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September 4, 2026 5:27 pm  #1


The U.S. City Where There's No Radio Or Cell Phones Allowed

I found this story almost impossible to believe at first, but apparently it's true. It's a place called Green Bank, West Virginia, and according to the story below, it doesn't allow any radio waves, cell phones or anything else that might disturb a giant telescope meant to receive signals from deep space.

Yet people live there and still manage to get through their day, as long as they don't generate any interference. 

"Any radio transmissions are limited by law, as are any devices that use radio frequencies like wireless doorbells, baby monitors and mobile phone signals."

Yet somehow, there is a radio station in town.

"WVMR is the lone radio station that is allowed to operate because its equipment and transmission paths were designed to comply with the quiet zone rules, as well as operating on a shielded link."

Not sure I would want to live there, but imagine the DX!
 

The ‘quietest town in America’ with no radio, phone signal or doorbells

 

September 5, 2026 7:20 am  #2


Re: The U.S. City Where There's No Radio Or Cell Phones Allowed

Interesting read, thanks RA. I don’t think I could live in a place with such restrictions, unless I had a library full of decent books! Still, it would be hard to live without radio for me, and I would probably miss my cell phone as well, although I got along fine without one for years!

 

September 5, 2026 7:48 am  #3


Re: The U.S. City Where There's No Radio Or Cell Phones Allowed

This is serious stuff. Not being allowed to use a microwave is warning enough for me to stay away! 
I wonder how long one could play stupid, pretending to not know that a "Smart fridge" is also not allowed?
I don't doubt that there's probably always at least one person trying to smuggle something in and pass it off as "Oh...I didn't know!"  


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Yesterday 11:32 am  #4


Re: The U.S. City Where There's No Radio Or Cell Phones Allowed

Here's another story about radio silence - but this one comes courtesy of Corus' Alan Cross and it happened in 1924. Considering how few stations there were back then, this must have been a lot easier to arrange.

The worldwide Mars radio project of 1924

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