International Broadcasting Bureau Greenville Transmitting Station

Greenville was chosen because of its remoteness from other communication services, proximity of large quantities of reliable electric power, type of terrain and suitability for construction, and availability of property[1] which ensured the best electronic propagation conditions.

In the early 1950s, VOA planned for the construction of a high-power shortwave complex on the East Coast of the United States to provide coverage to Europe, Africa, and South America.

The site had to be south enough to avoid the northern auroral zone, but close enough to Washington D.C. to keep transmitting cost to a minimum.

The receiving facilities, program master control, communications center, and station main offices were located at site C.[3] Construction began on February 15, 1960 and was completed December 7, 1962, at a cost of $23–24 million.

[5] The Greenville facilities became the most powerful international broadcaster in the world, in both physical size and radio frequency energy.

[6] President John F. Kennedy's remarks at the dedication ceremony for the United States Information Agency Transmitter Complex in Greenville, North Carolina

In 1971, a private agribusiness, with the help of a local congressman, buried toxic waste from a fire at a chemical storage warehouse.

In 1994, the General Services Administration sold the site, minus 55 acres (22 ha) that contained the toxic waste, to the State of North Carolina and local governments.

In 1998, satellite dishes were placed on the Cohen Building in Washington, D.C. Greenville then became a receive-only station and acted as a backup to the headquarters site.