Talk:Jack Moss

Personal Life Details

I am posting this here due to my COI as the subject's grandson. Moss' life details can be expanded. He was living in Newfoundland in the early 1950s working for Philco as a Field Engineer contracted with the US Military (after his service in the Army). He met Rebecca "Becky" Youden (later his wife) in Argentia, Newfoundland and they married in St. John's, Newfoundland (Gower Street Church) in March of 1953. They shortly relocated to Washington, DC after marriage. Sirkevinalot2 (talk) 17:42, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Jack Moss with four of his nine grandkids at his retirement ceremony from USIA/VOA.

Sirkevinalot2 (talk) 18:10, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

I would like this photo added to the article. Sirkevinalot2 (talk) 18:25, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Sirkevinalot2, thank you. The photo has been added to the article. AriuCH (talk) 18:55, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

I would like to submit the below article revision/edit for acceptance:

'''John Francis “Jack” Moss''' (March 7, 1928 – January 16, 2004) was an American senior diplomat and career member of the [[United States Senior Foreign Service]] who served with the [[United States Information Agency]] (USIA). His diplomatic career included overseas assignments and culminated in his service as station manager of the [[Voice of America]]'s Greenville transmitting station in North Carolina, which contemporary technical publications described as the '''“world's most powerful shortwave broadcasting station”''' and later the '''“world's largest transmitting facility.”'''<ref name="IRE1961">{{cite journal

|title=IRE Transactions on Broadcasting

|journal=IRE Transactions on Broadcasting

|year=1961

|publisher=Institute of Radio Engineers

}}</ref><ref name="Electronics1963">{{cite magazine

|title=Voice of America Greenville Transmitting Facility

|magazine=Electronics

|date=March 15, 1963

}}</ref><ref name="RadioWorld1989">{{cite magazine

|title=Paying a Visit to the VOA's Greenville Transmitter Sites

|magazine=Radio World

|date=September 27, 1989

}}</ref>

== Early life and military service ==

Moss was born on March 7, 1928, in [[Pacific Junction, Iowa]], to Francis V. Moss and Artie Mae Strauser Moss. He served in the [[United States Army]] and later became a Senior Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. government.<ref name="LegacyJohnMoss">{{cite web

|title=John Francis Moss Obituary

|website=Legacy.com

|publisher=Carolina Funeral Service & Cremation Center – Charlotte

|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/charlotte/name/john-moss-obituary?id=15265534

|access-date=September 23, 2026

}}</ref>

== Diplomatic career ==

Moss's career with the [[United States Information Agency]] (USIA) took him into the U.S. Foreign Service and international broadcasting during the [[Cold War]]. The U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service List identifies John F. Moss as a USIA employee assigned to the U.S. mission in [[Monrovia]], [[Liberia]], as deputy relay station manager in July 1972.<ref name="FSL1974">{{cite book

|title=Foreign Service List

|date=1974

|publisher=U.S. Department of State

}}</ref>

Moss continued to rise through the USIA and the Foreign Service. In 1985, President [[Ronald Reagan]] nominated him for promotion into the [[United States Senior Foreign Service]]. The July 8, 1985, [[Congressional Record]] listed John F. Moss of Florida among the career members of the U.S. Information Agency nominated for the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor.<ref name="CR1985">{{cite journal

|journal=Congressional Record—Senate

|volume=131

|issue=98

|date=July 8, 1985

|publisher=United States Government Printing Office

}}</ref> The promotion placed Moss among the senior career officers responsible for representing U.S. interests and communicating American information and policy overseas.

=== Voice of America ===

A later assignment brought Moss to the [[Voice of America]]'s Greenville transmitting station in North Carolina, where he served as station manager.<ref name="RadioWorld1989" />

The Greenville facility that Moss ultimately managed was one of the most powerful broadcasting installations of the Cold War. In 1961, while the facility was under construction at a cost of nearly $24 million, IRE Transactions on Broadcasting reported that it was expected to become the “world's most powerful shortwave broadcasting station.” The planned installation included six 500-kilowatt, six 250-kilowatt and six 50-kilowatt transmitters.<ref name="IRE1961" />

When Greenville went into operation, Electronics described it as the “world's largest transmitting facility” and reported a combined transmitting power of approximately 4.82 million watts. The installation included two transmitting sites and a receiving site spread across approximately 6,000 acres.<ref name="Electronics1963" />

By the late 1980s, Moss was in charge of the Greenville transmitting operation. In September 1989, Radio World identified him as the station manager and published a photograph of him standing beside an AEG Telefunken S4005 500-kilowatt transmitter at the facility.<ref name="RadioWorld1989" />

Moss's role at Greenville represented the culmination of his USIA career. He had advanced from overseas Foreign Service assignments to the Senior Foreign Service and ultimately became the station manager responsible for one of the most powerful shortwave broadcasting operations in the world. The facility he managed had been built to transmit Voice of America programming across the globe during the Cold War.<ref name="RadioWorld1989" />

== Personal life ==

Moss married Rebecca "Becky" Moss (née Youden) in [[St. John's, Newfoundland]], in March 1953 and moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] shortly thereafter. They had three children: Sheila Nichols, Dave Moss, and John Moss.

His daughter Sheila Nichols and grandson Josh Nichols died before him. Moss died at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, on January 16, 2004, at the age of 75. His cremated remains were later combined with his wife's and scattered in [[Argentia]], Newfoundland and Labrador, at the spot where they first met.

== References ==

{{reflist}} Sirkevinalot2 (talk) 13:12, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

In addition to the above, I would like for this photo to be added in his Career section. This is him in 1952 working for Philco at Naval Station Argentia.

File:JackMossPhilco.jpg - Wikimedia Commons Sirkevinalot2 (talk) 15:37, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

Requested move 25 September 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Thanks! —1isall (talk | contribs) 10:09, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

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• John Francis “Jack” Moss → Jack Moss
• Jack Moss → Jack Moss (disambiguation)

– Per WP:NICKNAME, Avoid (for example) adding a nickname, or a contracted version of the original given name(s), in quotes or parentheses between first and last name. This is the primary topic for Jack Moss as none of the other uses have standalone articles. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 06:03, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

I can agree with renaming the article Jack Moss. He went by Jack, not his legal given name of John (as was common). Sirkevinalot2 (talk) 19:46, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.