Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The first broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word was on a hot summer afternoon in the Tabernacle on Temple Square, July 15, 1929. The announcer climbed a ladder to speak into the radio station's one and only microphone, suspended from the ceiling. He stayed perched on the ladder throughout the half-hour program. An audio engineer was alerted by telegraph when to start. Hand signals cued the announcer. He began, "From the crossroads of the West, we welcome you to a program of inspirational music and spoken word."
Those words, first spoken eight decades ago, still open the program, Today Music and the Spoken Word is the world's longest continuing network broadcast, carried on more than 2,000 radio and television stations and cable systems. It has been broadcast from locations across the country and around the world. Through all the ups and downs, twists and turns of four generations, this broadcast has lifted spirits, comforted souls, and brought millions closer to the Divine. Every week since 1929, listeners young and old have tuned in to a familiar station and found a trusted friends-the Choir's broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.
Vocabulary
broadcast = ออกอากาศ
announcer = ผู้ประกาศ
suspended = แขวนอยู่
perch = อยู่บนที่สูง
crossroad = ทางแยก
inspirational = ที่บันดาลใจ
decade = ทศวรรษ
ups and downs = ชีวิตขึ้นๆลงๆ
twist and turn = หมุนไปหมุนกลับ
generation = ยุค