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The Theocrat
Zion, Lake County County, Illinois
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The radio program 'The Greatest Story Ever Told,' dramatizing Christ's teachings and sponsored by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on ABC, begins worldwide shortwave broadcasts on Sunday, July 25, at 4:45 p.m. EDT via World Wide Broadcasting Foundation stations WRUL, WRUW, and WRUX, reaching over 58 foreign countries. It will resume domestic ABC broadcasts on Sunday, September 12, after a summer vacation.
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SHORTWAVED TO WORLD-WIDE AUDIENCE
"The Greatest Story Ever Told," the radio program which dramatizes the teachings of Christ and which is broadcast in this country over the ABC network by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company as a public service program, is now being broadcast to the entire world through the facilities of the World Wide Broadcasting Foundation. More than fifty-eight foreign countries will hear the broadcasts as they are shortwaved through stations WRUL, WRUW and WRUX.
Shortwave broadcasting through these stations begins on Sunday, July 25, and will continue indefinitely. The present broadcasting time is 4:45 p. m., EDT, every Sunday. The programs will be broadcast from the recordings of the original programs as heard by listeners in this country.
"The Greatest Story Ever Told" has previously been shortwaved to various parts of the world, and to our armed forces. Several of the programs have been translated into foreign languages.
After a brief summer vacation, "The Greatest Story Ever Told" will resume domestic broadcasts on the ABC network on Sunday, September 12.
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Sunday, July 25; Sunday, September 12
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broadcasts to more than fifty-eight foreign countries; indefinite continuation; previous shortwaves to world parts, armed forces, and translations
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The Greatest Story Ever Told radio program, dramatizing teachings of Christ, broadcast domestically on ABC by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company as public service, now shortwaved worldwide through World Wide Broadcasting Foundation stations WRUL, WRUW, WRUX, starting Sunday, July 25, at 4:45 p.m. EDT every Sunday, using original program recordings. Previously shortwaved to various world parts, armed forces, with some programs translated into foreign languages. Resumes domestic ABC broadcasts after summer vacation on Sunday, September 12.