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A 15-foot replica of a 1940s RCA studio microphone, described as made of picket-fence slats painted silver, stands in front of the KVMC radio station on West Business Interstate 20 in Colorado City, Texas.
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Site-level location · 32.3890° N, 100.8598° W
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Radio station KVMC signed on in Colorado City in 1950 and is known as “the Voice of Mitchell County,” and a giant silver microphone stands in front of it. Roadside America describes a 15-foot replica of a 1940s RCA studio microphone, made from old picket-fence wood painted silver, and says the real microphone was used by the station. Authentic Texas, in an article published in 2023 and updated in 2025, calls the 15-foot replica a roadside attraction. Roadarch says it is believed to have been built in the 1960s and was restored and repainted around 2016. A visitor in 2016 found it falling apart and warned of cactus around it. Roadside America places it on the south side of the business route west of town, near the station’s tall broadcast tower. Treat it as a quick roadside photo stop beside the KVMC station.
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In front of the KVMC radio station at 1869 W Interstate 20 Business, Colorado City, Texas, on the south side of the road, west of town and just east of the I-20 exit (Roadside America). Roadside America visitors in 2016 reported it can be approached on foot, with cactus nearby.
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