Music and the Spoken Word is a weekly 30-minute radio and television program of inspiring messages and music produced by Bonneville Communications with music performed by the
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (often accompanied by the
Salt Lake Tabernacle organ and the
Orchestra at Temple Square).
The radio program is distributed by the
CBS Radio Network and its broadcast center is
KSL Radio, a
Salt Lake City station owned by
Bonneville International Corporation, which is in turn owned by
the LDS Church. (KSL is a former
CBS Radio affiliate; it switched to
ABC Radio, now
Citadel Media in 2005) In addition, it is currently broadcast by over 2,000 television and radio stations worldwide.
History
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's first network radio program,
Music and the Spoken Word was first transmitted on July 15, 1929. The organ, choir, and announcer shared a single microphone which 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 to start the broadcast.
Anthony C. Lund was the director of the choir for the first program, and
Earl J. Glade the general manager of
KSL was the director and producer of the first...
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