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You see, radio waves do not reach out far thru sun-light. The
biggest super-power stations reach out only over a few local
counties in day-time. But after sunset stations of 50,000 watts
and more reach out over MANY states. The World Tomorrow program
is going out every night except Saturday--six nights a week--over
the two most powerful stations covering the United States--Mexican
border stations--XEG, with 150,000 watts, and XELO with 100,000
watts of power. The strongest stations permitted within the United
States are 50,000 watts. These two giant Mexican stations, after
dark, and in winter time, reach out over the entire North American
continent.
Not only do the sun's rays cut radio waves from reaching out,
but also even after dark reception is much better in the colder
weather of winter than in the summer.
This is one reason we had planned to discontinue the week-
night broadcasting for the summer. Another reason is that the
every-night broadcasting lays a heavy strain on me personally, and
in order to be fully fit to carry on again next fall and winter, I
felt I needed to lighten the burden for the summer. A third reason
is that we had planned a trip for Mrs.Armstrong, our two high-
school-age sons, and myself for the summer, visiting scores of
listeners scattered all over the country who have been converted
thru the broadcasts, or who want to be converted and baptised, or
who need my personal help.
The past several weeks we have been receiving letters from all
parts of the country urging me to keep up the every-night broad-
casts. Hundreds and hundreds of letters are pouring in from people
who tell us they have been learning more from these broadcasts than
they ever learned in all their lives before about the Bible--coming
to really UNDERSTAND it for the first time. They have told us how
much the broadcasts mean to them and pleaded with us to stay on
every night.
Well, dear Co-Worker, this is God's work, not mine. I just
have my part in it, the same as you have your part. And always
I've noticed that God works out all the problems of His work FOR
US. He has worked it all out in this case!
So let me explain how it has been worked out.
Remember, first, one thing we CAN'T help or change is the fact
that radio reception won't be as good thru the summer months. Our
listening audience won't be as large. Some, farther away from the
stations, won't be able to hear the programs at all. Others will
have spotty reception, more static, more interference from other
stations, yet be able to get most of it. But many others, in other
localities, will continue to get GOOD reception.
I have contacted both XEG and XELO, and both stations,
realizing this poor reception and reduced listening audiences thru
the summer, have agreed to reductions in the charge for time for
the summer, making it possible--if you co-workers remain loyal and
faithful--to keep on the air nightly the YEAR 'ROUND.
As to the need for lightening my personal burden, and taking
the summer trip, I think we have that worked out, too. We will,
for this reason, have to re-broadcast transcriptions of some of the
programs that have been broadcast before. As a matter of fact
there have already been several nights when I was unable to send
you a live broadcast, and the stations were forced to re-broadcast
transcriptions of former programs. I understand one or two of
these have been re-broadcast two or three times. I will try to