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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's first network radio program, Music and the Spoken Word was transmitted on July 15 1929 . The organ, choir, and announcer shared a single microphone. In contemporary times, after more than 75 years and over 4,000 broadcasts, "Music and the Spoken Word" is the oldest continuous nationwide network broadcast in America . In 2004, the program was inducted into the National Association Of Broadcasters Radio Hall of Fame. It is one of only two radio programs to be so inducted, the other being the Grand Ole Opry . It is distributed by the CBS Radio Network and its broadcast "home base" is KSL (AM) Radio, the Mormon Church-owned radio station in Salt Lake City . In addition, it is currently broadcast by over 2,000 television and radio stations worldwide. The original writer, producer, and announcer of the "Spoken Word" portion of the broadcast was Richard L. Evans , who continued in that capacity until his death in 1971 . J. Spencer Kinard took over as announcer in 1972 until he stepped down in 1990. Lloyd D. Newell has been the announcer since then. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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