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On Sunday, July 13, will be the 5,000 week of continuous network broadcasting of the “Music & the Spoken Word” with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square.
To commemorate the milestone, Derrick Porter — executive producer, principal writer and presenter of the “Music & the Spoken Word” — is inviting those who have “had any special experiences or stories, or feelings of inspiration that has come as you’ve participated in” the show to email those to 50**@******ir.org
These experiences will be used to help determine the theme of the “Spoken Word” message for that day, Porter said. Some of these experiences, with permission from the submitters, may be highlighted during the broadcast or shared in other media posts, he added.
The 5,000th weekly broadcast airs two days before the 96th anniversary of the first broadcast, which was on July 15, 1929.
For the first broadcast, one microphone for the choir and announcer was attached to the ceiling, with a long cable connecting it to KSL’s radio controller, located a city block away. Nineteen-year-old Ted Kimball, the son of organist Edward P. Kimball, climbed up a 15-foot-tall step ladder and announced each song that was sung by the choir.
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