"The Greatest Story Ever Told" has occupied a peculiar niche, carved by both quality and popularity..." Also in 1949, the Freedoms Foundation named the show Best Radio Program. On February 9, 1947, Jack Gould wrote in "The New York Times", ""The Greatest Story Ever Told" is a program of extraordinary beauty and reverence, which without reservation may be listed as one of the most significant ethereal achievements in recent years." He went on to call the show "a rare and successful fusion of religion, art and commerce ..." On December 2 and 23, 1951, ABC-TV broadcast episodes of "The Greatest Story Ever Told". The first was "The Story of Lazarus", and the second was "No Room at the Inn". In 1952, CBS obtained the rights to broadcast a televised version of "The Greatest Story Ever Told", to be sponsored by Goodyear. An article in the trade publication "Billboard" reported that the half-hour program would be broadcast one Sunday afternoon in each of April, May and June 1952, and "it will be shown weekly next season".