''Appointment with Music'' is a half-hour American radio music program that was broadcast on NBC beginning on June 30, 1948. Singer

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headed the cast of ''Appointment with Music'', and Dorothy Dillard was the female vocalist. The Dixie Dons quartet also performed on the show, and

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led a 26-piece orchestra. As the summer replacement for Jimmy Durante's program, ''Appointment with Music'' was broadcast on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The show's competition included ''Texaco Star Theater'' on ABC and ''The Whistler'' on CBS. The program originated from WSM in Nashville, Tennessee, and was sustaining.

Critical response

A review in the trade publication ''

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'' described ''Appointment with Musics content as "tuneful and uncomplicated melody, unmixed with jive and unmarred by be-bop." The review complimented the vocal performances of Lanson, Dillard, and the Dixie Dons and commended Lanson's work as master of ceremonies. The trade publication ''

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'' noted in a review that the program was "a surprise departure" from WSM's "accepted, bucolic format" of country music. The review described the program as having a "soft lights, sweet music theme" and said, "Listeners in search of quiet and mental calmness will find this half-hour of song and music a welcome appeasement from the raucous quizzers."

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