School Spirit
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Hiring numerous Baylor students and alumni, McCracken (left) and Word also found ways of supporting the university outside of being an employer. The label produced and distributed many of the school’s programs (like the performance of Hamlet pictured here). McCracken was also a stalwart booster of Baylor Athletics.
This file appears in: Word Inc.
Word Inc.
Founded in 1951, the Word label helped spark the multimillion-dollar genre of Christian Contemporary Music (CCM). And it was sportscaster and ministry student Jarrell McCracken who gave it a voice.
McCracken was working in radio to finance his…