Tabernacle Choir marks 5,000 episodes of ‘Music and the Spoken Word’

The Tabernacle Choir, one of the oldest and largest choral organizations in the world, broadcast its 5,000th episode of “Music and the Spoken Word” on Sunday.

One of the longest-running broadcast church services, “Music and the Spoken Word”has aired each week sinceJuly 1929and has been heard by more than 6 million people in 50 countries around the globe on radio, television and online streaming.

Sunday’s episode commemorated more than nine decades of music and messages shared with audiences in the United States and beyond, the choir said.

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Sunday’s event was broadcast from the Conference Center at Temple Square in Salt Lake City and featured a preshow,the 5,000th episode of “Music and the Spoken Word” and a post show after the historic program concludes.

“The 5,000thepisode ofMusic & the Spoken Wordrepresents more than longevity and international reach,” saidPerry Sook, joint board chair of the National Association of Broadcasters and the chair and CEO of Nexstar Media Group, which is the parent company of The Hill.

“It represents unwavering excellence, a commitment to public service and the enduring power of faith and music to unite us all.”

Sunday’s 5,000thepisode was broadcast at 11:30 a.m. EDT on the Tabernacle Choir’s YouTube channel.

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