Tabernacle Choir to mark 5,000 episodes of ‘Music and the Spoken Word'

The Hill

13-07-2025

The Tabernacle Choir, one of the oldest and largest choral organizations in the world, will 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 since July 1929 and has been heard by more than 6 million people in 50 countries around the globe on radio, television and online streaming.
Sunday's episode will commemorate more than nine decades of music and messages shared with audiences in the United States and beyond, the choir said.
Sunday's event will be broadcast from the Conference Center at Temple Square in Salt Lake City and feature a preshow, the 5,000th episode of 'Music and the Spoken Word' and a postshow after the historic program concludes.
'The 5,000th episode of Music & the Spoken Word represents more than longevity and international reach,' said Perry 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 5,000th episode will be broadcast at 11:30 a.m. EDT on the Tabernacle Choir's YouTube channel.