Edward Beatie "Ted" Kimball (February 17, 1910 – August 5, 1985),[1] was a professional radio host in the Salt Lake City region.
For the first broadcast a long microphone cable stretched over a block from radio station KDYL[4] to the Salt Lake Tabernacle.
With the station's only microphone suspended from the Tabernacle ceiling, Ted Kimball announced each song while standing on a ladder during the whole show.
After only eleven months, Kimball was replaced by Richard L. Evans, who is considered the first regular narrator and voice of the show.
Evans expanded the narrations to include inspirational thoughts, called "sermonettes", and stayed with the show for 41 years.