Why does Les keep using a simple music stand and no suit and tie?
He keeps the simple music stand and avoids a suit and tie because he intentionally breaks every rule of religious broadcasting and maintains an informal Bible study format. Viewers repeatedly write asking him never to change, and he knows this is what the people like.
Les explains that he breaks every rule of religious broadcasting: he does not wear a suit and tie, the program does not have a fancy format, and he does all his own announcements. He calls this “part and parcel” of the program and says it is what makes the program different from all the rest. Over and over, people write and say, “Don’t ever change a thing,” and he says he does not hope to. He intends to keep right on using the simple music stand and to keep doing what he does without benefit of a suit and tie, because he knows this is what the people like. He also describes the program as an informal Bible study that is not preaching at anybody and not trying to twist arms, while people are getting into the Book and seeing things they have never seen before, with the Lord receiving the praise and credit.