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Music & the Spoken Word
Music & the Spoken Word is a religious radio and television series. Broadcast weekly from the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah, the program primarily features performances of music by Tabernacle Choir (Choir)—often accompanied by the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ and the Orchestra at Temple Square. The program also includes spiritual messages and passages related to a specific episode's theme (the "spoken word"), presented by Derrick Porter.
Music & the Spoken Word has been broadcast continually on the Salt Lake City-based KSL radio since 1929, making it the world's longest-running national radio program carried continuously on a network. The program made its television debut in October 1949, and is currently the longest-running non-news program on television. It has received two Peabody Awards, and was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2004, and the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2010.
The radio program is distributed by the CBS Radio Network; its flagship station is KSL, which is owned by Bonneville International, a division of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). KSL is a former CBS Radio affiliate; it switched to ABC Radio in 2005. The program is also heard on Sunday mornings over 50,000 watt KOA radio from Denver, also a former CBS Radio affiliate. In addition, it is currently broadcast by over 2,000 television and radio stations worldwide, including Bonneville International-owned KOIT-FM in San Francisco, KIRO-FM in Seattle-Tacoma, and KTAR-AM-FM in Phoenix.
The Choir's first network radio program, Music & the Spoken Word was first transmitted on July 15, 1929. The organ, choir, and announcer shared a single microphone that was attached to the ceiling of the tabernacle. The announcer stood on a ladder in order to speak into it. A telegraph was used to alert the sound engineer at KSL radio to start the broadcast. Anthony C. Lund was the director of the Choir for the first program, with Earl J. Glade, the general manager of KSL, as its director and producer.
Beginning in 1930, Richard L. Evans became the program's first regular host. Evans held this role until his death in 1971, when he was succeeded by J. Spencer Kinard. Lloyd D. Newell hosted the program from 1991 to 2024.
In 2004, in conjunction with its 75th anniversary, Music & the Spoken Word was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters' Radio Hall of Fame. It is one of only two radio programs to have been inducted, the other being the Grand Ole Opry.
The program was also inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2010.
Through early 2020, the program's continuous new weekly broadcasts led to it becoming the longest continuous weekly program in television and radio broadcasting history. The program has occasionally aired reruns when the Choir is on concert tours.
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Music & the Spoken Word
Music & the Spoken Word is a religious radio and television series. Broadcast weekly from the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah, the program primarily features performances of music by Tabernacle Choir (Choir)—often accompanied by the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ and the Orchestra at Temple Square. The program also includes spiritual messages and passages related to a specific episode's theme (the "spoken word"), presented by Derrick Porter.
Music & the Spoken Word has been broadcast continually on the Salt Lake City-based KSL radio since 1929, making it the world's longest-running national radio program carried continuously on a network. The program made its television debut in October 1949, and is currently the longest-running non-news program on television. It has received two Peabody Awards, and was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2004, and the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2010.
The radio program is distributed by the CBS Radio Network; its flagship station is KSL, which is owned by Bonneville International, a division of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). KSL is a former CBS Radio affiliate; it switched to ABC Radio in 2005. The program is also heard on Sunday mornings over 50,000 watt KOA radio from Denver, also a former CBS Radio affiliate. In addition, it is currently broadcast by over 2,000 television and radio stations worldwide, including Bonneville International-owned KOIT-FM in San Francisco, KIRO-FM in Seattle-Tacoma, and KTAR-AM-FM in Phoenix.
The Choir's first network radio program, Music & the Spoken Word was first transmitted on July 15, 1929. The organ, choir, and announcer shared a single microphone that was attached to the ceiling of the tabernacle. The announcer stood on a ladder in order to speak into it. A telegraph was used to alert the sound engineer at KSL radio to start the broadcast. Anthony C. Lund was the director of the Choir for the first program, with Earl J. Glade, the general manager of KSL, as its director and producer.
Beginning in 1930, Richard L. Evans became the program's first regular host. Evans held this role until his death in 1971, when he was succeeded by J. Spencer Kinard. Lloyd D. Newell hosted the program from 1991 to 2024.
In 2004, in conjunction with its 75th anniversary, Music & the Spoken Word was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters' Radio Hall of Fame. It is one of only two radio programs to have been inducted, the other being the Grand Ole Opry.
The program was also inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2010.
Through early 2020, the program's continuous new weekly broadcasts led to it becoming the longest continuous weekly program in television and radio broadcasting history. The program has occasionally aired reruns when the Choir is on concert tours.