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Baptist Hour on WEBQ marks 50 years of daily radio faith
A.L. Cox started the Baptist Hour on WEBQ in Harrisburg on March 1, 1931, creating America's oldest continuous religious daily radio program. It grew from a $10 daily bet to 30 minutes by 1980, with 33 churches involved and Nellie Malone as longtime announcer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Harrisburg
A.L. Cox
Cox
Baptist Hour
America
Dix
Jerry Falwell
James Robison
Robert Schuller
I.E. Lee
J.A. Musgrave
Musgrave
Mary Travillion
Nellie Malone
Franklin County
Baptist Hour Association
Carrier Mills Baptist Church
WEBQ
First Baptist Church
Frank D. Hastings
Oral History of
Grace Baptist Church Choir
Evansville
Ind