Indiana Broadcast History Archive

Billy Graham & Glasnost

Station

Aired

1988-06

Collection

These reports aired July 25-29 on WLOS in Asheville, North Carolina. Owen was the primary co-anchor for the ABC affiliate and traveled with Rev. Graham for the celebration of the millennium of the Russian Orthodox Church. (Ken Owen)

In June 1988, a crew from WLOS-TV went to Russia--the only electronic journalists from the U.S. to cover events held to mark the millenium of the Russian Orthodox Church. Dignitaries attending the celebrations included the Rev. Billy Graham, who lived in nearby Montreat, NC.

Producer: Debra Furr Sluder;
Writer/Reporter: Ken Owen;
Photographer/Editor: Charlie Woodward;