1922 - One Hundred Years Ago - REACHING THOUSANDS BY RADIO

 In addition to printing some of their own books, Jehovah's people began using a new method of spreading the good news-radio broadcasting.  On Sunday afternoon, February 26, 1922m Brother Rutherford spoke on the radio for the first time. He delivered the talk "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" on radio station KOG in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. 

An estimated 25,000 heard the program.  Some of them sent letters expressing their appreciation for the broadcast. One of these letters was from Willard Ashford, a resident of Santa Ana, California.  He commended Brother Rutherford for an "entertaining and interesting presentation. He then added: "With three sick ones in the house it would have been impossible for any of us to have heard you except through this means, even had you spoken in the next block. 

More broadcasts  followed in the coming weeks. By year's end, The Watch Tower estimated that "at least 300,000 people [had] received the message by wireless [radio]." 

Encouraged by the response, the Bible Students determined to build a radio station on a property in Staten island, not far from Brooklyn Bethel.  In the coming years, the Bible Students would use this station, WBBR, to spread the Kingdom message extensively.

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