ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Offenbach and Bizet"

 

Episode 590 for AFRTS. Released August 21 1964. The Overture to La Belle Helene by Offenbach and the second suite of music from Carmen by Bizet.

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Kaiserstadt Polka"

 

ep 585 Kaiserstadt Polka

Released for AFRTS August 14, 1964 episode 585. J Strauss' Kaiserstadt Polka, Victor Herbert's Irish Rhapsody, Debussy's Gollywogs Cakewalk" and Gounod's Faust Waltz.

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "March Carillon"

 

Episode 580 for AFRTS dated August 7, 1964. Music by Hanson: March Carillon, Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Sibelius: Romance and Saint-Saens: Dance Macabre.

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Strike Up The Band"

 

From  KCBH Los Angeles and AFRTS, July 1964. The program opens with Strike Up the Band by George Gershwin (Photo). Also music by R. Strauss, Khachaturian and Bizet.

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Fantaisie Impromptu"

 

Released for AFRTS transcription services June 12, 1964. Episode 540 opens with a orchestration of Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu.

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov"

 

AFRTS classical music program opens with The Procession of the Sardar by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov from Caucasian Sketches. Ippolitov-Ivanov's works include operas, orchestral music, chamber music and a large number of songs. His style is similar to that of his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov. With the exception of his orchestral suite Caucasian Sketches ( Kavkazskiye Eskizi, 1894), which includes the much-excerpted "Procession of the Sardar", his music is rarely heard today.

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Colonel Bogey March"

 

98.7 Los Angeles – KMGM begat KCBH became KJOI, then KXEZ and later KYSR. 

KCBH-FM Beverly Hills, California at 98.7FM originated this series for AFRTS. KCBH was originally put on the air as KMGM by Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios in the late forties. KMGM ceased operating in the early fifties. Art Crawford bought the station in about 1953 and programmed a classical music format through the early 1960s.

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Country Gardens"

 

From AFRTS the 525 episode of classical music on The Enchantment of Music produced cast KCBH-FM Beverly Hills, California. Opens with Country Gardens by Percy Grainger.

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Orpheus"

 

This is episode 520 recorded on May 15, 1964 for AFRTS. The program, from Beverly Hills, California  FM stereo Station KCBH, opens with the Overture to "Orpheus in the Underworld".

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Belle of the Ball"

 

From May 8, 1964 episode 515 begins with Leroy Anderson's (photo) Belle of the Ball. KCBH featured a classical music format and presented high fidelity stereo broadcasts at a time when no one really knew what to do with FM radio. The Enchantment of Music was a collection of concerts of "Light Classic music from California, designed for pleasant listening to melodies of the Masters, Old, and New"...(OTRcat.com)

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Candide"

 

Episode 505 (AFRTS) dates from April 24, 1964. Classical music was a staple programming choice on Armed Forces Radio and Television Services broadcasts and became rather popular considering that most G.I.s would have had little or no exposure to "long-hair" music before entering the service. A terrific introduction to classical music came from The Enchantment of Music program originating from Southern California. 98.7 on the FM dial was occupied by KMGM, a station run by the Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer movie studios beginning in 1948, but since the studio had no real use for an FM station, it was shut down in 1953. The following year, the station, studio, and all of its broadcasting equipment were purchased by Art and Jean Crawford, owners of Crawford's of Beverly Hills Record and HiFi Store on the soon-to-be exclusive Rodeo Drive. The newly-christened KCBH featured a classical music format and presented high fidelity stereo broadcasts at a time when no one really knew what to do with FM radio. The Enchantment of Music was a collection of concerts of "Light Classic music from California, designed for pleasant listening to melodies of the Masters, Old, and New"...(OTRcat.com)

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Overture Le Corsaire "

 

This episode from AFRTS is dated April 17, 1964 as presented by KCBH one of the first FM Stations in Southern California and originating from exclusive Beverly Hills, The Enchantment of Music celebrated advancements in High-Fidelity sound technology with light classical music. The KCBH-FM Tower sat on Briarcrest Peak above Beverly Hills at 1,550 feet. The tower, which was at least 250 feet high, stands on that mountain to this day, thus reaching over 1800 feet above sea level. Located just above famous Mulholland Drive, It can be seen from both the Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley. Our 75,000 watt stereo signal was propelled by the salt water of the Pacific Ocean and was heard from BaJa Mexico to Santa Barbara, California. 

ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "BERLIOZ Symphony Fantastique"

 

April 10, 1964. Presented by one of the first FM Stations in Southern California and originating from exclusive Beverly Hills, The Enchantment of Music celebrated advancements in High-Fidelity sound technology with light classical music. KCBH featured a classical music format and presented high fidelity stereo broadcasts at a time when no one really knew what to do with FM radio. Click here to read more about Enchantment Of Music: Enchantment of Music More about this radio station: KCBH-FM, Beverly Hills, CA