Talk:Ben Haden

Meaning no disrespect, sir, but ...

I've never heard of this person. I'm puzzled when I read: "He became internationally known through the medium of one of the most successful of the twentieth century religious broadcasts, Changed Lives."

Is this a case of "world-famous in Poland?" Derrick Chapman 19:51, 25 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Derrickchapman (talk • contribs)

Hi, Derrick. ~~I'm Lech Walesa and I'll kick your ass!~~ (starting over): Ben's weekly radio and TV shows were on the air for more than 30 years (and still are on the air) and were carried on hundreds of stations. AFAIK, they were broadcast on Sunday mornings (you probably missed them because you were in church, or maybe you had not yet been born). He stopped doing those shows in 1998 or 1999 and focussed on the internet instead. It would be neat if we could find some hard numbers on how many listeners and viewers he was reaching. There's a list of radio stations from August 2010 here that's on his website now; apparently they still broadcast some variation of the Changed Lives program. --96.231.113.61 (talk) 22:05, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another answer, Derrick. One of our references is to a book called Prime-Time Religion. On its front cover are 9 photographs, showing, among others, Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker, and I believe that's Ben Haden in the middle of the bottom row. --96.231.113.61 (talk) 02:22, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, well, thanks for the details. In my 58 years I've never listened to any religious broadcast on the radio. That would explain my lack of familiarity with Ben Haden and his work. Derrick Chapman 14:58, 26 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Derrickchapman (talk • contribs)

I listened to his radio show a couple times about 25 years ago and I found his presentation interesting to the point that I never forgot his name. I've never seen any of his videos. (I'm curious why SineBot is not recognizing your signature. Are you typing it all in by hand? I usually just click on the blue pen icon to the right of the Bold and Italics icons above, to sign and date my comments.) --96.231.113.61 (talk) 17:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]