November
5, 1950
Hour
of Decision Debut
Hour of Decision is a weekly
radio broadcast by the Rev. Dr. Billy Graham. The first broadcast aired November 5, 1950, as
a live radio program featuring Graham's message "Revival", and was
directed by Cliff Barrows. A television version aired on ABC Television Sunday
nights from 1951-54. The show aired for fifty years and changed countless lives.
The program generally
featured a song by soloist George Beverly Shea and a brief message by Rev.
Graham. Early episodes followed the team as they traveled the country, while
later episodes were studio products and featured testimonies from a range of
guests.
Graham has had a personal
audience with many sitting US presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama.
After meeting with Truman in 1950, Graham told the press he had urged the
president to counter communism in North Korea. Later he always treated his
conversations with presidents as confidential.
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