Lloyd David Newell (born 1956) is an American journalist, announcer and author, who is the current voice of '' Music and the Spoken Word'' (the oldest continuous nationwide network radio broadcast in America), He is also a professor of religion and family life at

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(BYU). He was previously an anchor for

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and

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. He is a descendant of Susannah Stone Lloyd, a member of the

Willie Handcart company The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Salt Lake City, Utah, who used handcarts to transport their belongings. The Mormon handcart movement ...

. Newell received a

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in Family Sciences from BYU in 1999. He and his wife, Karmel, are the parents of four children. Newell has written numerous books, including ''May Peace Be With You,'' ''The Divine Connection'', ''Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice'', ''The Healer's Art''. In 1990, Newell was appointed host of ''Music and the Spoken Word'' by

Gordon B. Hinckley Gordon Bitner Hinckley (June 23, 1910 – January 27, 2008) was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from March 1995 until his death in January 200 ...

, who was then a counselor in the First Presidency of

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. Since May 2021, Newell has been serving as a counselor in a

stake presidency A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in certain denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. The name "stake" derives from the Book of Isaiah: "enlarge the place of thy tent; stretch forth the curtains of thine h ...

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Biography at the official Music and the Spoken Word site
1956 births American Latter Day Saints Brigham Young University alumni Brigham Young University faculty Living people {{US-tv-bio-stub