Music & the Spoken Word
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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 Lloyd D. Newell.
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Running time | 28 minutes |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
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Syndicates | Bonneville Distribution |
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Created by | Earl J. Glade |
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Produced by | Edward J. Payne Eldon Griffin |
Recording studio | Salt Lake Tabernacle and Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
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No. of episodes | 4,939(as of May 12, 2024)[1] |
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 | musicandthespokenword |
Music & the Spoken Word has been broadcast continually on the Salt Lake City-based KSL radio since 1929, making it the United States' longest-running national radio program carried continuously on a network.[2] 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.[3] The program made its television debut in October 1949, and is currently the longest-running non-news program on television. It airs in syndication on television.
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.[4][5]