Volume 1, Issue 9
October 2012
KCME/KMPZ
Classical Matters
Send your questions or comments to Brenda Bratton, Editor, [email protected]
AUTUMN—A SEASON OF MIST AND MELLOW FRUITFULNESS
Contacts:
Jeanna Wearing
General Manager
[email protected]
8 8 . 7 KC M E - F M / 8 8 .1 K M P Z - F M
Keith Kauspedas
Traffic Director
[email protected]
Sherry Hamill,
Receptionist
[email protected]
Cynthia Bullock
Development
[email protected]
Melissa Anthony
Development Assistant
[email protected]
Brenda Bratton
Editor in Chief
Finance/Office Manager
[email protected]
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of KCME
Corporate
Sponsors
Autumn is settling over Colorado Springs with mornings “meeker
than they were” [Emily Dickinson], and our beautiful trees in the
city and mountains are presenting an arboreal fashion show in
“gowns” of russet and gold. I look forward to hearing the plaintive
honking sound of geese, flying in formation overhead, as they
migrate to warmer climes.
Autumn was once a time when the
bounty of the land was harvested and brought into barns to
support a family throughout the winter months. Alas, these days a
short trip to the supermarket in our SUV is about as close as any
of us will come to experiencing the “gathering in” of
Nature’s
plentitude.
Autumn is a time when those of us privileged to work at 88.7
K CME are busily preparing for the Fall On-Air Membership
Drive. A Membership Drive is a time when we turn to you, our
wonderful listeners and friends, and ask for financial support for
the programming you love —so that the classical music can remain
a strong presence on the air. It’s a little like the “gathering in” of
olden days when neighbors worked together to assure the
community’s survival in the coming Winter months.
Because KCME is a public station, the station depends on your
financial gifts to support the soothing and inspirational classical
music and fine arts programming you rely on hearing every time
you turn to K CME —or K MP Z in Chaffee County.
T h e O n - A i r M e m b e r s h i p D r i v e b e g i n s N o v e m b e r 1 st, w i t h t h e
financial goal of $200,000. Very soon you should be receiving a
donation letter in the mail. Won’t you please help KCME “gather
in” as much of the $200,000 as possible before we go on the air on
N o v e m b e r 1 st?
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KCME’s mission is to foster
the appreciation of great
classical music. We achieve
this goal by cultivating
knowledge and enjoyment of
the music by listeners of all
ages, by expanding the reach
of
our
coverage,
by
maintaining state-of-the-art
audio quality, and by
supporting the arts in our
broadcast area.
KCME-FM Featured
Corporate Sponsors
for October 2012
Inside this issue:
AUTUMN
1
KCME Welcomes new Corp. Sponsor
2
Composer Birthday Calendar
3
Articles of Interest
Announcements / Trivia
4-7
8
Serrano’s
Coffee
AUTUMN—A SEASON OF MIST AND MELLOW FRUITFULNESS
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Please make your gift of support of classical music before the on-air portion of the Drive
begins.
Every “Early Bird” gift reduces the number of hours and days of the upcoming
drive. Shorter on-air drives are the goal of everyone here at KCME!
You can also contribute via KCME ’s secure website at www.kcme.org.
reach the goal!
Every gift helps us
Your donation is a positive statement that you believe, as do all of us, that classical music
must have a presence on the radio and in our community. We hope you enjoy Colorado’s
spectacular autumn weather – and beautiful scenery – and that 88.7 K CME is
always part of what makes your life rich and rewarding. Thank you from all of
u s a t K C M E – n o w i n i t s 3 3 rd y e a r o f b r o a d c a s t i n g .
Jeanna Wearing,
General Manager
KCME Welcomes a New Corporate Sponsor—Rocky Mountain Health Care Services
Rocky Mountain Health Care Services (RMHCS) was include everything from primary and specialty health
developed in 1976 with the idea that providing home and care, nutritious meals, and help with chores at home to
health care services to the frail elderly and the disabled through-door transportation services.
would enable them to live with
The Brain Injury Services (BIS) program is
independence and dignity, in their own
the only comprehensive brain injury
Rocky Mountain Health Care
homes, for as long as possible. Thirty-five
treatment program in Colorado Springs.
Services provides a continuum of
years later, RMHCS has grown and adapted
The BIS program helps adults with brain
health care services to the
to meet the growing needs of our elderly, blind and disabled, the injuries relearn the skills they need to live
community; however, our vision has never brain injured, and persons living with as much independence as possible.
changed. RMHCS believes that everyone with diabetes and AIDS. We are The BIS program helps clients meet this
deserves the opportunity to live in the committed to giving our clients goal through independent living skills
community as independently as possible. the opportunity to live at their training, occupational therapy, mental
Every day we teach skills and provide highest level of independence health counseling, and art and music
treatment for people with brain injuries and and health through teaching, therapies. The BIS program also has four
the frail elderly, because without this care brokering, and the provision of residential treatment facilities that provide
they are at risk to be homeless or live in needed health care resources. 24-hour care oversight, depending on each
nursing homes.
client’s level of functioning.
RMHCS has three primary programs that help the most
vulnerable in our community access home and health care
services to help achieve this vision.
As the Single Entry Point designee for El Paso and Teller
Counties, RMHCS provides functional and financial
assessments for low-income elderly and disabled people
seeking home and community-based services under
Medicaid. Case managers also advocate for clients to assure
that they receive quality care and services from the
providers the client selects.
The Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
allows people age 55 years and older who qualify for
placement in a nursing home to instead receive home and
community-based services. The services provided by PACE
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RMHCS is excited about partnering with KCME to help
people understand the RMHCS mission. “We view this as
a great
opportunity to support KCME’s wonderful
programming while providing KCME listeners with an
awareness that there are options in the community to
help family members, friends and neighbors retain their
independence,” says Kelley Vivian, fund development
specialist at RMHCS. “And the missions of our two
organizations align nicely in our efforts to enrich the lives
of those in the community.”
Additional
information
available at
(719)
457-0660
or
www.rmhcare.org.
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October 2012
Sun
Mon
1
Paul Dukas
1865
Tue
2
Wed
5
6
10
11
12
Ralph Vaughan
Williams (1872)
13
18
19
20
25
Johann Strauss II
(1825)
Georges Bizet
(1838)
26
27
Domenico Scarlatti
Niccolò Paganini
(1685)
(1782)
9
14
15
16
17
21
22
Franz Liszt
(1811)
23
24
28
29
30
31
September 22, 2012
Sat
4
8
Jan Dismas
Zelenka (1679)
Fri
3
7
Giuseppe Verdi
(1813)
Camille SaintSaëns (1835)
Thu
Imre Kálmán
(1882)
Luciano Berio
(1925)
Halloween
Charles Ives
(1874)
Learning results in physical changes
in the brain, and these changes are
unique to each individual.
~ John Medina, Brain Rules
Location: Acacia Park Event: Picnic in the Park with KCME
The first Picnic in the Park with KCME was held on Saturday, September 22 nd from noon-2 p.m.
Approximately 250 people attended the event and heard live musical performances from The Little
London Winds, Jim Bosse of the Colorado Springs Guitar Society with Michelle Thayer Holmes of
the Pikes Peak Philharmonic , and Fountain Creek Brass Band , all local musicians.
The day could not have been any more gorgeous. A light breeze kept the heat away, and the sun was
present for the entire afternoon. As KCME employees and volunteers prepared for the event by hanging the
stage banner and setting up the event booth, the first attendees arrived around 11 a.m. with lawn chairs
and lunch from a downtown eatery. By noon the crowd was in place and emcees Michael Campion and
Jana Lee of KCME began the show! The Little London Winds kicked off the afternoon with
performances including several pieces from film scores. By the end of their set, they had the entire crowd
clapping along with them. A brief intermission followed their performance and the first of three KCME
goodie bags was given away to a gentleman whose dog followed him onto the stage! It was quite fun!
Next up was a bit of music by Jim Bosse and Michelle Thayer Holmes , who performed lovely classical
guitar and violin duets. No one could ask for better company than the music of Jim and Michelle, whose
performance was followed by another brief intermission and goodie bag giveaway…this time sans dog. The
final group to perform was Fountain Creek Brass Band , and what a show it was! The trombone solo
during one of their pieces was definitely a crowd -pleaser. The afternoon concluded with one last giveaway
that included an iPod Shuffle ® and a final piece by Fountain Creek Brass Band .
A special thanks to all who attended, the musical performers, and event sponsors , Boylan and Company,
Graner Music, and Peakharmonic Youth Orchestra . It was a lovely afternoon, and the event would
not have been the great success it was without each and every one of you. We hope to see you at the next
KCME event; stay tuned for updates!
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The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs starts its 29th Season with a
Special Offer to KCME Audience
well as new perspectives in performances of
well-established repertoire. Detailed program
notes for the full season can be found at
chamberorchestraofthesprings.org.
It’s not “29 and Holding” but “29 and
Exploding
with
Excitement”
for
the
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs as the
new concert season opens with a world
premiere composition, a brilliant guest
artist’s regional debut, and a popular
Beethoven symphony all in the outstanding
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts
Center.
The renowned guest artist for the Season
Premiere,
Man u el
La ur ea n o , ha iled by
Trumpetmaster.com
as “One of the best
trumpeters ever heard--live or recorded--period!”,
is playing the lyrically beautiful Trumpet Concerto
by Czech composer Jan Jiri Neruda . Mr. Laureano
is Principal Trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra
and one of the finest classical trumpeters in the
world today. He will also share his insights and
techniques during an inspirational lecture and a
brass master class at the UCCS campus on October
11 th and
12th.
For
more
details see
chamberorchestraofthesprings.org .
The orchestra, one of the most active and long running music organizations in our community, was
recognized for its spirit of exploration and
innovation by the 2010 Community Creates Art
Award by public vote and it was also honored as
the inaugural performer for the Free -For-AllSummer-Symphony
Charles
Ansbacher/Bee
Vradenburg concert in 2011.
The orchestra presents both new repertoire, as
Spring Premier in the Fall
The month of October saw the first performance of one of
the world’s greatest musical treasures when the Martha
Graham Dance Company gave the world premiere of Aaron
Copland’s Appalachian Spring in 1944.
Martha Graham had become famous for her unique style
which was based on the natural movement and rhythm of
the body. She studied the motions of the body as it
expressed emotion, and used these movements to create a
new kind of dance that would change the face of ballet.
Copland described how much Graham enlivened him: “It
was her very personal manner that inspired the style of the
music. Martha is rather prim and restrained, simple yet
strong, and her dance style is correspondingly direct. One
thinks of these qualities as being especially American and,
thus, the character of my score, which quotes only one
actual folk tune, “Simple Gifts,” but which uses rhythm,
harmonies and melodies that suggest an American
ambience.”
The ballet was performed at the Library of Congress in
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The 29 th Season of the Chamber Orchestra of
the Springs offers unparalleled “live” musical
experiences. In addition to Manny Laureano,
you will also hear two emerging artists of the
highest caliber: pianist Michael Cheung
and harpist Matthew Tutsky .
You will also hear Colorado Springs’ favorite string
quartet, Hausmusik , in collaboration with the
Chamber
Orchestra , as well as brilliant
performances by local favorites like flutist Paul
Nagem and clarinetist Ian Buckspan . Meanwhile,
the orchestra will be playing major works by
Beethoven, Mozart, Copland, Brahms, and
Sibelius , all with their usual fire, precision, and
excitement.
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience a priceless
musical event. You can secure your season tickets
online at chamberorchestraofthesprings.org.
The
price for all five concerts is $70.00.
However, in a special gesture to KCME members, the
Chamber Orchestra is offering a one -time invitational
promotion. All subscribers to this newsletter can
reserve these season tickets for $60.00 —the purchase
price balance is covered through a special donation
by
a
board
member—by
simply
emailing
[email protected]
and state the number of
tickets desired.
~
Michael Campion
Washington, D.C. where the space was so limited that
Copland was forced to make due with only 13
instruments to play his music.
Copland was baffled and often amused when people
would tell him how, when they hear his music, they can
see the Appalachians and feel spring. In fact, he had
nothing to do with the title of the work. He just handed
Martha the finished score and left it up to her. When
Copland arrived the day before the premier on October
30th, he remembers, “the first thing I said to Martha
was, ‘What have you called it?’ ‘Appalachian Spring,’ she
replied. ‘Oh,’ I responded, ‘what a nice name. Where did
you get it?’ She told me that the title was after a line in a
Hart Crane poem, ‘The Bridge.’ ‘It really has nothing to
do with the ballet,’ she added. ‘I just liked it.’
O Appalachian Spring! I gained the ledge;
Steep, inaccessible smile that eastward bends
And northward reaches in that violet wedge
Of Adirondacks!
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“So...Who’s Your Favorite Composer?”
It’s unfortunate, but even these
days when one says “twentiethcentury music” to many listeners
of Classical music, people have a
tendency to put their hands to
their ears, scream “Noooooooo!”
and cannot run away too quickly to
escape what, they are sure, will be
endless pages of sheer dissonance
without any semblance of melodic
writing. And nothing could be
further from the truth. It’s just
that during the twentieth century,
new ideas, new musical languages,
new sounds, and new “- ism s” came
thicker and faster than in any
previous period of music history.
But a quick look at just some of
the composers of the period reveal
just how much music from our
recent century is played a great
deal at KCME: Claude Debussy,
Jean Sibelius, Giacomo Puccini,
George Gershwin, Sergei
Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel,
Frederick Delius, Darius Milhaud,
Igor Stravinsky, Carl Nielsen, Béla
Bartók, Sergei Prokofiev, Ralph
Vaughan Williams, Francis Poulenc,
William Walton, Aaron Copland,
Community Service
We are here on earth to help
others. What the others are
here for, I’ve no idea.
~ W. H. Auden
As I mature—I won’t say “grow up”
because I’m beginning to think that
will never happen—I find that more
and more of the pleasure I get
from daily living is involved in
assisting others.
There’s a restaurant that I
frequent and I always ask for
Brian. He’s been a waiter there for
years, providing a warm smile and
great service. It’s hard to put my
finger on it, but it is obvious that
he loves waiting on customers.
The service aspects of his job keep
his personal batteries charged.
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~
by Robert Bruce, MLS
Dmitri Shosta kovi ch, Sa muel
Barber, and Benjamin Britten.
And there are many less wellk n o w n c o mp os er s fro m t h e
century whose music we play as
well.
Stravinsky, Bartók, Prokofiev, and
Shostakovich. I love the early
works of Igor Stravinsky, but
he turned to serialism in his old
age, and those works are a bit
more challenging. I like a
lot of Béla Bartók’s music,
So
who’s
my
but again, some of his
favorite?
Well,
music is a bit spiky and
admittedly, there
although I admire it, it’s
are a number of
difficult to say I love it.
t w e nt iet h - ce n t ur y
Dmitri Shostakovich left
composers whose
a huge but very uneven
music you hear
output – when he’s good, I
very little of on
like it a lot; when he’s not
KCME:
Arnold
so good, I’ll pass. So that
Schoenberg, Alban Prokofiev as drawn by
leaves … yeah, Sergei
Berg,
Charles
Henri Matisse
Prokofiev. For melodic
Ives,
Anton
inventiveness, jaunty rhythms,
Webern, Paul Hindemith – and
classic, satiric, jokey, and lyric in
perhaps one or two from my
turns, I think that makes him my
above list – and I have a certain
favorite twentieth-century
fondness, or at least an abiding
composer.
appreciation, for all of them. I’ve
a l r e a d y d e a l t w i t h F r e n c h Robert Bruce is the KCME-FM
composers , a s well a s the announcer for Saturday and
Nationalists. Perhaps I should Sunday afternoons, and the
set aside the Americans and KCME Librarian. He has a
Masters degree in Library
Brits as well at some future Science and came to us from
date. Of those remaining, I New York where he worked in
really do enjoy the music of the library of a prestigious
performing arts school.
~
Michael Pennington, Mid-Day Announcer
I got into my profession because
it seemed like a cool way to
make a living—and trust me, it
totally is, dude!! —but over the
years the realization has grown
that the truly fulfilling aspects of
radio are the elements of
service.
We serve the
community, we serve our
listeners, we broadcast public
service announcements. Service
is always part of the recipe.
Don’t get me wrong; I ain’t no
saint. I can be as selfish as the
next guy, even if the next guy’s
name is Ebenezer. But more and
more often, I find that the joy
comes from doing a favor for a
friend, or doing a favor and
making a friend in the process.
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And I suppose that’s why we do
what we do here at KCME. We
thrive on the service aspects of
the “radio game.” Just like fire
fighters, police officers, the
military, and call center technical
help desk workers, we provide a
service. Hopefully, it is service
with a smile.
Brian’s attitude is something to
which I aspire. I want to be like
that when I grow up—should that
ever happen.
Michael Pennington hails
from that all-too-familiar
state of Texas, although if
you ask him he might say
he is from the state of
Confusion.. He is the
midday host at KCME, and
also the resident humorist.
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Classics for Kids Road Show ~ Melissa Anthony, Classics for Kids
Administrator
Now that school
has begun and
children
and
teachers
are
beginning
to
settle back into
the ‘school year
groove’, KCME’s
of young babies
and teens going
through
their
formative years,"
said Ted Libbey,
music critic and
author of "The
NPR
Listener's
Encyclopedia Of
Classical Music."
Classics for Kids
Roadshow
is
ready to hit the
stage again! If
you know any
teachers
or
a n y o n e
affiliated with a
children’s
p r o g r a m ,
please have them contact the KCME
studio at 1-800-492-5263 to schedule
their FREE and interactive Classics for
Kids Roadshow presentation about
classical music.
Many studies have shown that classical
music helps children learn. A recent
study from a French research team at
the Université de Caen BasseNormandie showed that students
learned and retained more information
from a lecture when it was
underscored with classical music. “It is
possible that music, provoking a
change in the learning environment,
influenced the students’ motivation to
remain focused during the lecture,
which led to better performance”
researchers stated *.
Another article titled “Music Helps
Improve Your Thinking” from The
Acorn** states,
“The experts have weighed in and
classical music has been proven to be
a boon to our minds, especially those
Classics for Kids is
funded in part by:
The George White
Education and
Cultural Trust
and:
It's
not
that
classical
music
can make one
smarter, but it
can
improve
spatial reasoning
and certain types
of thinking, such
as the skills it takes to put together
a jigsaw puzzle.
And classical music has been proven
to be more effective than other
types of music at creating these new
pathways in the brain, believed to
be due to the complexity of the
musical structure.”
So give the children in your life a
‘leg up’! Expose them to classical
music. Contact KCME at 1-800-4925263 to find out more about how
the Classics for Kids Roadshow can
help bring classical music into the
lives of the children you know.
*"For Better Grades, Try Bach in the
Background." N.p., n.d. Wed. 27 Sept. 2012.
<http://www.psmag.com/culture/for-bettergrades-try-bach-in-the-background-38573/>.
**"Music Helps Improve Your Thinking|
ww.theacorn.com | The Acorn. N.p., n.d. Wed.
27 Sept. 2012.<http://www.theacorn.com/
news/2007-05-0/
health_and_wellness/047.html>.
Now’s the time when children’s noses
All become as red as roses
And the colour of their faces
Makes me think of orchard places
Where the juicy apples grow,
And tomatoes in a row.
~Katherine Mansfield, Autumn Song
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“I Like the Nighttime…”
Keith
Simon is
the KCME
evening
host and
production
assistant.
He has a BS in Mass
Communication. Keith and
his wife, Melissa, moved
here in 1997., and one of
his favorite things is
presenting the classical
music from 4 p.m. to 10
p.m. on 88.7 KCME-FM.
~
Keith Simon, KCME Evening Announcer
Night is certainly more novel
and less profane than day .
~Henry David Thoreau
What a perfect time for a classical companion like
88.7 KCME.
KCME provides stimulating classical music for your
afternoon drive time between four and six, and then,
as the afternoon turns into evening, longer musical
works for mealtime, followed by full symphonies and
major orchestral works to keep you company into the
evening hours.
After a long and difficult day,
most of us welcome the
denouement of the afternoon
and evening hours.
Most
days are for waking and
finding motivation, earning a
living, or simply participating
in this mysterious sojourn
called life, but as the sun
wanes and day sinks into
twilight, then the night, the world can change into
a gentler, less challenging adversary, a magical
place where the mind can relax and wander. At
night cares and concerns fall more easily through
the cracks of consciousness—out of sight in the
darkness—than during the bright, harried day.
Meals are prepared and eaten, often with loved
ones, be they the two-legged or four-legged
variety. Pastimes and hobbies are pursued. The
body and soul reboots and prepares for tomorrow.
Having worked in broadcasting for almost thirty years,
I can say unequivocally my favorite time to host a
music program is the night. I’m Keith Simon. I love
what overnight radio pioneer Herb Jepko called “The
Other Side of the Day”, and my goal is to share
timeless classical music with you wherever you go and
whatever you may do as the day winds down. My
wish is that the music KCME provides makes your life,
whether it be morning, noon or night, just a little bit
better. If I’m lucky, a lot better.
Where words fail, music takes over.
Please join me from 4 to 10 P.M., Monday through
Friday for an aural journey through time and space
made possible by classical music.
The Truth About Solar Storms And Broadcasting ~
Twice each year the sun lines up directly behind
broadcasters’ geosynchronous satellites, which causes a
one to ten minute irritating disruption in the high-quality
broadcast of the classical music that KCME listeners have
come to expect. This disruption lasts for about ten days
and occurs at the same time each day. The first day of
the interruption is short, but it gradually increases to
about the ten minutes, and then tapers off again until it
finally disappears. It happens again six months down the
road, and each time it happens, we receive telephone
calls from concerned listeners who want to make sure we
are still on the air. There is nothing wrong with your
radio, and we promise the signal is still being broadcast.
The conditions are perfect for what broadcasters often
refer to interruptions caused by sun spots or solar
storms. These terms are not the real causes of the
disruption in service. The truth lies in the position of the
satellites and how that relates to the spring and fall
equinoxes.
Let me explain. The sun is high in the sky in summer
and low in winter for us in the northern hemisphere. The
sun emits radio noise on the same frequency that the
satellites use for their transmissions. The large satellite
dish broadcasters use has a very narrow beam width of
about two degrees and is always pointed at the satellite
in geosynchronous orbit. For a few days after the fall
equinox in early October and a few days before the
spring equinox in early March, the sun passes through
the beam (behind the satellite) and the waves emitted by
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the sun are strong enough to override the satellite
signal.
The particular satellite providing KCME’s
programming is located due south hence the outage is near
the noon hour.
Secondly, the satellites used by broadcasters are in an orbit
around the earth called geosynchronous because at
approximately 23,000 miles above the equator the rotation
period—the time it takes to orbit the earth—is exactly 24
hours, so they appear fixed in the sky—tethered to the
same spot on Earth.
Satellites are actually kept in a
precise position by control stations firing thrusters, which
constantly correct for small disturbances to the satellites’
orbit caused by the moon and other small extraterrestrial
factors.
Finally, on its way south in the fall and north in the spring
the sun passes directly behind the satellite as viewed from
the station’s antenna.
The combination of the close
proximity of the sun to the satellite and the power of the
radio wave the sun emits is the perfect condition which
causes the disruption of the broadcast service. So for a
short time over a few days, old sol plays havoc with our
reception of the programming and we have a “sun outage”.
While the situation is improving because the satellites
currently in orbit are higher in power than the earlier ones,
we can still expect some disruption in service twice each
year. This fall, be prepared for the disruptions between the
5th and 11th of October at about 12:30 in the afternoon.
And now you know the real story.
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Cheyenne Mountain Public
Broadcast House, Inc.
1921 North Weber Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Phone: 800-492-5263
Fax: 719-578-1033
E-mail: [email protected]
KCME-FM began in 1979 as the dream of a small cluster of people who
believed that Southeastern Colorado should have a full-time classical radio
station in the area it was licensed to
Where to listen:
serve.
Charles “Bud” Edmonds,
Colorado Springs/Pueblo/
Willard Smull, and John Bennett
Manitou Springs: 88.7 FM
undertook the laborious task of
Cripple
Creek/Victor:
89.5 FM
applying to the FCC for a permit to
operate a public, non -profit, Woodland Park: 93.5 FM
educational station from Manitou Salida/Buena Vista: 88.1 & 89.5 FM
Springs, and on Christmas Eve, 1979
Cañon City/Florence/Penrose: 91.1 FM
KCME-FM went on the air for the first
time.
Today, KCME broadcasts Summit County 89.3 FM
classical music 24-hours a day at 88.7 FM and on its translators, with the
majority of its funding derived from the voluntary contributions of
foundations, corporations, and individuals in the community. KCME/KMPZ
wants to meet the expectation of excellence that classical listeners have,
both with regard to quality audio sound and current levels of radio and
broadcasting technology, as well as the presentation of classical music by
on-air announcers that can be compared favorably with any other
professional classical music station in the industry.
www.kcme.org
KCME is always looking for volunteers.
Please call 800-492-5263 to sign up today!
September’s Trivia Question: Erik Satie (1866-1925) was one of the first
composers to incorporate non-musical sound in his compositions. His Ballet
music , Parade, includes what non-musical sounds?
Answer: A ship’s foghorn and the clacking of typewriters.
October trivia question:
In Greek Mythology she is the muse of music and lyric
poetry. Her symbol is the flute and some legends say she invented the flute and all wind
instruments. Who is she?
Answers in next month’s Classical Matters.
(Lisa M. Headlee, Consultant to the author, Carolyn L. Quin, Ph.D., Classical Music Trivia, Flagstaff, The Master—Player Library, 1997)
One listener writes:
My husband and I are consultants. We do leadership mentoring for individuals of
organizations. We often listen to classical [music] as we develop our strategies and
encourage our clients to do the same for personal and professional development. [It] helps
all of us to tap into that “infinite mind” creative focus. Thanks!
K. S. from Colorado Springs
ATTENTION WEB LISTENERS! Classical KCME now has a total of 700 streams
available for our worldwide internet audience.
Classical 88.7 KCME is pleased to announce that we now have an additional 500 internet streams available
through IcyShout, a local Colorado Springs service provider, which offers exceptional audio quality. Apple
OS users may listen to our streaming audio by using the Apple iTunes player, if the Apple device has the iTunes
player installed.
For complete information go to kcme.org and click on LISTEN.
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 9
K C M E / K M PZ
C la ssi ca l Ma tters
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