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Yet another scoop by Friends of the Sabbath! The texts of the initial broadcasts of Mr Armstrong’s on radio station KORE (Eugene, Oregon) 10-14 October 1933 were among the items received 21 April 2025, but the very first one from 9 October is missing. These messages were presented almost 92 years ago.

NB: a program was used to convert each of these broadcasts to MP3.

Mr Armstrong outlines how the broadcast came about and commenced 9 October 1933 (during the Feast of Tabernacles) in his Autobiography, Vol. 1, pp. 451-53 (1973 edition) and pp. 530-33 (1986 edition):

"In September—very soon after rejecting a salary and being controlled and muzzled by men, the living Christ began opening doors for the mass-proclaiming of His Gospel. It was then that someone brought to my attention the fact that the local radio station at Eugene, KORE, then the very smallest minimum-power of 100 watts, had a morning devotional program scheduled, but that they were having difficulty getting local ministers to conduct the program. It was free time, carried by the station as a public service sustaining program of 15 minutes, 7:45 to 8:00 a.m.

Immediately I went to the radio station. A woman secretary told me she felt sure they would be glad to have me take the program for a week. I was to call back later for the exact date.

On my second call I was assigned the week of October 9th.

October 9th was surely a great big day in my life—the day of my very first experience before a microphone, ON the AIR!

I took this opportunity very seriously. It was an opportunity to speak to several hundred people at once! I had never spoken to that many before.

I spent the preceding week preparing rather extensive notes and script. I might never again have such an opportunity, so I decided to strike directly at the very heart of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. Since the Kingdom of God is based on the promises made to Abraham, I began, on Monday morning’s program with the promises made to Abraham."