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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1962)
A V iO.O.O.O.O.O.OlOjO On the Air By ELEANOR WIESE GAY GIVING FOR LUXURY LIVING ttiut uhJ imail. iniouHL, MturOhU, UtiLUUN Several weeks ago "Music Symposium," the five hours cf classical music broadcast each day on FM radio, died quiet death. And silence was the reason for this loss to our area-silence from lis teners who enjoy serious mu sic. Bill DcMarco ol Stereo Sound, who once managed one of the largest classical YU stations in California, be lieved that in Southern Ore gon, loo, could be found an audience responsive to "bet ter" music. So far nearly two months he played on KBOY I'M the treasures from his high fidelity library, aug menting the music with com ments concerning the com posers end performers. Because FM radio, like any ether medium, is a commer cial thing dependent upon an audience to justify any pro gram, Mr. DeMarco asked listeners to drop him a card, give him a call, do anything to show that there were listen ers. The response? Pathetical ly small. The radio station received only 16 letters and 8 phone calls in two months. Mri DeMarco fared no better. With discouragement and sadness, the program was dropped. This is perhaps just one example of the general apathy all over the United Stales in regard to the development and use of high-fidelity, dis-Inrtion-frce FM broadcasting. The number of FM stations has actually declined 10 per cent since 1948. In other countries the sit uation is much different. There were only 4 FM sta tions in all of Europe in 1950. Today over 1000 stations are operating in an area about the same size as the united Stales. In the Soviet Union, too, FM is glowing and has replaced AM in most urban centers. Although Canada claims only one-twentieth as many FM stations as the United States, it has one of the long est FM networks on the con tinent. Until recently, the Canadian Broadcasting Cor poration's FM network dupli cated the AM programming. But because of growing inter est in FM, the CBC now broadcasts separate programs on FM, primarily high-fidelity music and live drama. Unless the listening public In the United States replaces apathy with demands for inure FM programing, we will continue to fail behind other countries in distortion- free, high-fidelity broadcast ing. CONCERT HALL. 2 p.m Sunday K-SHA radio. Mous- anresky s "Night on Bald Mountain": Offenbach's "Fan tasics"; and Ravel's Bolero. CONSOLE AT THE CA THEDRAL, 4:30 p.m. Sunday K-SHA radio. Dr. Herbert E Richards plays on the organ of the Cathedral of the Rock ies in Boise, Idaho with com mentary on the music and composers. UPDATE, 5 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. A wrap-up on the Cuban situation and the Ecu menical Council in Rome are featured. COLLEGE BOWL, 5 30 p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. Oregon State University, last week's winners, meet a team from the University of New Mex ico. TWENTIETH CENTURY, 6 p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. "La val: Portrait of a Traitor" follows the career of the man who became Hitler's chief pawn in the collaborationist Vichy government of France. MEET THE PHESS, 6 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. Mortimer M. Caplin, Commissioner of Internal Revenue and one of the outs'mding tax experts in the nation, will be inter viewed. ED SULLIVAN, 8 p.m. Sun- day KBES-TV. Guests in clude: Al Hirt, jazz trump eter: Jerome Hincs, Metro politan Opera basso; Pearl Bailey, singing comedienne; and Maya Plisetakaya, prima ballerina of the Bolsoi Ballet. SHOW OF THE WEEK. 10 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. "Mu tiny," a dramatic interpreta tion of the only recorded mu tiny in U S. Navy history set in 1842. Dana Andrews and Robert Walker star. 45 CALENDAR, 9 a.m. Mon day KBES-TV. Publisher Al fred A. Knopf will reminisce about famous literary figures aid show films of Thomas Mann, Sigrid Undsct, Rebecca West, Willa Cather. Elinor Wylie and others taken by Knopf in 1927-1932. CHRISTMAS FANTASY, 10 a.m. Monday through Fri day K-SHA radio. Robin Mor row won a Peabody award for this seasonal series pre senting the music and legends of Christmas. JACK BENNY, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday KBES-TV. Bob Hope and Jack Benny play two hungry sung-and-dance men. CHET HUNTLEY REPORT ING. 10:30 p.m. Tuesday KMED-TV. A special report about the Sino-lndian con flict. Phime Minister Nehru is interviewed in New Delhi. Throughout Gates' Store are hundreds of items that every family can use and enjoy. Every thing from Sunbeam Electrical Appliances, Vases, Pictures, Wall Decor and Sofa Pillows to 3 and 4 Piece Sectionals, complete Bedroom Sets, Living Room Croups and many others that will LAST FOR YEARS. ..... g.Vr Second 3 f Optional ?f -Jo? - at $79 i """ 1 """ . Vh Gift That j Keeps on -ft t I I MA. A .fell -l 77P- k II j 7 urskV HALLMARK HALL OI" FAME, 9:30 p.m. Thursday KMED-TV. "Cyrano de Berg erac," Edmond Rostand's swashbuckling romantic drama. 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