Music & the Spoken Word
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| Genre | Worship, classical |
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| Running time | 27 minutes, 56 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station |
KSL NewsRadio (radio) KSL-TV (television) |
| Starring |
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Orchestra at Temple Square |
| Announcer |
Lloyd D. Newell (November 1990 – present) J. Spencer Kinard (February 1972 – October 1990) Alan Jensen (November 1971 – February 1972) Richard L. Evans (June 1930 – October 1971) Ted Kimball (July 1929 – May 1930) |
| Created by | Earl J. Glade |
| Written by | Joni Hilton Luke Howard Roger Miller Lloyd D. Newell Heidi S. Swinton |
| Directed by | Lynn Clayson Wendy Crossman Michael Hunter Robert O. Morton Lee Wessman Nathan K. Wright |
| Produced by | Edward J. Payne Eldon Griffin |
| Recording studio |
Salt Lake Tabernacle and Conference Center Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Air dates | since July 15, 1929 (radio) since October 1949 (television) |
| No. of episodes | 4,547 (as of November 6, 2016) |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
| Opening theme | Gently Raise the Sacred Strain |
| Other themes | As the Dew from Heaven Distilling |
| Ending theme | God Be with You Till We Meet Again |
| Website | www |
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 the Mormon Tabernacle Choir—often accompanied by the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ and the Orchestra at Temple Square, accompanied by spiritual messages and passages related to a specific episode's theme (the "spoken word").
Music & the Spoken Word has been broadcast continually on radio since 1929, making it one of the United States' longest-running national radio programs. The program 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, now Citadel Media in 2005. In addition, it is currently broadcast by over 2,000 television and radio stations worldwide.
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 program. Glade had been the moving force behind getting the program started.
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