RADIO BROADCASTING EXPANDS

Building on the success of the WBBR radio station during the preceding year, the Bible Students constructed another powerful radio station, this time near Chicago, Illinois. The call sign for the new station was WORD. “On cold winter nights,” recalled Ralph Leffler, a radio engineer who worked to construct the station, “WORD was heard far and wide.” For example, one family living more than 5,000 kilometers (3,000 mi) away in Pilot Station, Alaska, tuned in to one of the first broadcasts. After listening, the family wrote a letter to those working at the station to thank them for providing such an encouraging spiritual program.

Elaborating on the station’s amazing coverage, The Watch Tower of December 1, 1925, stated: “WORD is one of the super-stations of the United States, operating at 5,000 watts. The reception of this station has been good on both the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards, Cuba and the extreme northern part of Alaska. Many who have never before heard of the truth have been interested by hearing this station.”