Re: Garner Ted and Hebert W (but not Jack) Armstrong (was Re: WITS)

["Ira Apple" <iapple@erols.com>]

I agree wholeheartedly with Dan's assessment of Garner Ted.  The delivery
and the writing of his programs were outstanding.  He also knew how to
increase time spent listening.  When Garner Ted had the famous fall-out with
his father I had a chance to do a talk show with him.  He told us that
before what he described as the shunning by his dad and the followers, each
day would bring in 33 full bags of mail almost all with money and checks.
After Ted left and went on his own, the donations to HW dropped to only
three bags a day.  I always thought that Garner Ted could have been a
success in any endeavor of his choice.

Ira Apple
- -----Original Message-----
From: Dan Strassberg <dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net>
To: David W. Harris <dwh@totalnetnh.net>;
boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Date: Thursday, June 25, 1998 12:27 AM
Subject: Garner Ted and Hebert W (but not Jack) Armstrong (was Re: WITS)


>At 10:00 PM 6/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>Remember "The Wooooooorld Tomorrow"?  For many years it was hard to
>>avoid this program when scanning across the AM band at night.
>>"Greetings friends around the world, this is Herbert W. Armstrong with
>>the good news of the World Tomorrow!"  WITS carried this radio ministry
>>of the Worldwide Church of God Sunday through Friday.
>
>Do you remember Garner Ted Armstrong, the son of Herbert W? I remember
>hearing GT much more than I heard HW until the elder Armstrong ousted his
>son from the Church for some transgression (real or imagined). In GT's
>heyday, the program was heard on all of the major 50-kW AM powerhouses I
>could pick up. GT had an absolutely mesmerizing voice and delivery. He
>sounded more like Paul Harvey than Paul Harvey did. I'm sure that many,
many
>people thought that they were listening to Harvey. Though I am not at all
of
>that religious persuasion, I thought that listening to GT was one of the
>most incredible radio experiences of that era. I'm sure that somewhere,
>there must be quite a library of GT tapes. If someone has some and would be
>willing to share them, listening is an experience that should not be missed
>by anyone too young to have caught the programs the first time around. I'm
>sure that HW has passed to his reward, and quite possibly so has GT. Can
>someone let us know whether the Worldwide Church of God still exists, and
if
>so who heads it now? Is the Church still active in radio, and does it have
a
>spokesperson anywhere near as eloquent as HW, let alone GT?
>
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