Wilberg has been the choir’s music director since 2008, and was the associate director for the previous nine years, which puts his own involvement with “Music & the Spoken Word” at over 1,600 episodes ...

"Music & the Spoken Word" celebrates 5,000 episodes on Sunday, marking 96 years of broadcasts. The 5,000th episode will have references to the first episode in July of 1929 and will include a special ...