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How Does Know Your Bible Work?

What goes on behind the scenes of Know your Bible?

Published Jan 1, 2007

How Does Know Your Bible Work?-Body

Know Your Bible is a pre-recorded program. Questions are collected each week and recorded before air- time. It is impossible to answer questions during the broadcast they are received.

The production process works like this:

During the broadcast, volunteers stand by to answer the phones. Usually by 10:32, the phones are ringing. If the viewer has a question, the operator writes it down. If the viewer requests the Bible Correspondence Course, the phone operator gets their name and address. If the viewer offers their name and address, they receive a written answer to their question that week. All of the questions are sent to Steve Tandy, Louis Tandy and Bill Oakley and arranged into a script for taping of the program.

Every few weeks, Bill, Louis, and Steve meet at the KSN studios to tape three programs. Bill and Louis have studied the list of questions and know in what order they will be asked. The KSN production crew has prepared the "study" by setting table, chairs, and bookshelves in the middle of the studio. A director and sound technician are in the control booth, and two cameramen are in the studio operating three cameras and giving Steve time cues. After microphone and lighting checks, the director rolls the opening and Steve gets ready to welcome 20,000 homes into the study. In 28 minutes and 50 seconds, he invites them to be back next week for more of their questions on Know Your Bible. The programs are usually taped straight through, without retakes. However, the taping has been interrupted by weather alerts or special news broadcasts, or occasionally a serious flub-up. (Like the time Steve's watch alarm went off in the middle of a program.) Taping three shows usually takes about an hour and 45 minutes. KSN records the program and sends a copy to KSPR in Springfield, MO and WHBF in Rock Island, IL for broadcast there.