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The PLAIN TRUTH
a Magazine of Understanding
BOX 111, Pasadena, Calif. 91109
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG, Editor
June 5, 1968
Dear Friend and PLAIN TRUTH Subscriber:
I just wanted to sit down at my typewriter here in my
office, and have a little personal chat with you.
A recent event brought to mind the thought that our
readers would like to know some of the inner workings of The WORLD
TOMORROW broadcast, heard worldwide -- and just HOW it goes on the
air. Several times, in these semi-annual talks with our
subscribers, I have answered the many questions about myself,
personally.
But this time I think you'd like to know a little about my
son, Garner Ted Armstrong -- how he does the broadcast -- and why
you seldom hear me anymore on the air.
The incident that brought this suggestion to mind occurred
recently on the Isle of Man. I was visiting the English campus of
Ambassador College. With two of our executives, I flew over to the
Isle of Man -- a most interesting independent country, located in
the Irish Sea, between England and North Ireland. We met with the
Board of Directors of Manx Radio, over which we broadcast twice
daily.
The idea was provoked by a conversation I had with the
Program Manager of Manx Radio, He is personally interested in
listening to The WORLD TOMORROW, and he asked several questions
about my son, Garner Ted.
After our chat together, those in the room expressed
regret that there had not been a microphone before us, tape-
recording the conversation.
"I would most certainly have put that tape on the air,"
said the Program Manager. "Our listening audience would have been
tremendously interested to hear those things about Garner Ted
Armstrong, and how the program goes on the air."
So I thought that, if it would have been interesting to
radio listeners on the Isle of Man, perhaps our readers would enjoy
"listening in" -- as nearly as I can remember what was said.
"I would like to know," he began, "how Garner Ted
Armstrong does this program. Where does he get all the amazing
facts he is always giving us? And how does he do the program? I
don't see how he could keep pouring out so much information, unless
it is all written on script -- yet it doesn't sound like he is
reading it, and he surely could not find the time to write so much,
beside researching out so much information, and keep it up daily.