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And the KOST has flipped...
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Thomps2525
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Christmas music in November. Next you'll be telling me that stores are already selling Christmas decorations! Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, KOST program director Jhani Kaye decided to start playing Christmas music in November in the hope of lightening everyone's mood. It's been a KOST tradition every year since. SiriusXM's "Holiday Traditions" channel launched on November 11 on XM Channel 73 and Sirius Channel 147 and will run through December 30.
On another site, people are discussing what the all-time worst Christmas song might be. The big vote-getters are Feliz Navidad, Christmas Shoes and Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer. It's bad enough that we have to hear these songs at all...but when stations begin playing Christmas music in November, we have to hear them for six weeks instead of three! I guess that's why radios have an "off" button and a "channel select" button.
On another site, people are discussing what the all-time worst Christmas song might be. The big vote-getters are Feliz Navidad, Christmas Shoes and Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer. It's bad enough that we have to hear these songs at all...but when stations begin playing Christmas music in November, we have to hear them for six weeks instead of three! I guess that's why radios have an "off" button and a "channel select" button.
Once again, the things you find annoying are the things most people enjoy. The converse is also probably true.
Grandma has ranked among the most loved Christmas songs and Elmo & Patsy are folk heroes.
Because we love research, here's something for you:
Edison Media Research and Pinnacle Media Worldwide independently survey radio listeners on which Christmas songs they like and dislike. In both surveys, results of which were reported in 2007, the only song that reached the top of both liked and disliked lists was "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."
The one I can't stand is the dog barking Jingle Bells. But that's just me.
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And I like "Feliz Navidad" enough to keep it on my MP3 player year-round.
This isn't going to be another thread full of "I don't like these songs, therefore the stations shouldn't repeat them", is it?
This isn't going to be another thread full of "I don't like these songs, therefore the stations shouldn't repeat them", is it?
They're playing these songs six times a day!!!!! *wink*
This year's flip to holiday music was tied directly to Disneyland. They music began at the same time the parks opened the gates to begin it's "Holiday Time" celebration.
Never heard barking Jingle Bells and hopefully never will. When I used to live in Seattle, KRWM used to play the heck out of Duffy Bishop's "Sippin in Seattle's Latteland" during their Christmas format, as well as "Christmas in the Northwest" Brenda White - which a lot of Seattle people don't like. They have not started yet which I am shocked - but probably on Nov 21st. Over in Yakima, 105.7 KRSE had Christmas last year and they had a short playlist - they would repeatedly play "Mele Kalikimaka" by Bing Crosby during the season in 2013. KARY 100.9 will probably be the holiday station this year in Yakima due to 105.7 flipping to classic rock earlier this year (they were Bob FM).
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I don't know how you could miss it but here it is, complete with its 1955 introduction, thanks to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mNd1pVSpYQ
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Thomps2525
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Joel Whitburn's Billboard reference books lists the names of the Singing Dogs: Dolly, Pearl, Caesar and King. Actually there were five dogs. Joel apparently did not want to include the name of the other dog. It was *****. Record producer Don Charles recorded each dog barking and then spliced the barks to create a rendition of Oh Susanna. The song reached #22 in 1955. The B-side was a medley that included Jingle Bells. In 1973, RCA released an expanded version of Jingle Bells as a single. In addition to the link posted by semoochie, the song can also be heard at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBhQCCyhTo
And you need not worry about complaints, Mr. Richards---I know Feliz Navidad will not be on any station's regular playlist after Christmas. I won't have to hear it again for another eleven months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBhQCCyhTo
And you need not worry about complaints, Mr. Richards---I know Feliz Navidad will not be on any station's regular playlist after Christmas. I won't have to hear it again for another eleven months.
I doubt that this was anything more than coincidence.
KOST flipped for the first day of a PPM measurement week.
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K.M. Richards
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I knew it was the Christmas season when I went to do my grocery shopping on November 1 and found the Halloween candy displays at the supermarket had been replaced by Christmas candy and decorations.
I enjoy Christmas music even this early. My problem with kost is the same old same old Christmas songs day in and day out year in and year out. Why not play the maroon 5 Christmas tune or the Jason moraz or the barenaked ladies green Christmas etc...Yes I know research research says this that and the other thing for radio does nothing without it. But in my hometown our light rock station plays the traditional ones plus more contemporary ones like the maroon 5 and Jason moraz. But that's just me. Hootie and the blowfish does a really cool cover of the Christmas song. And no doubt oy to the world. It is surprising market number 2 plays it so safe with Christmas music and market number 54 steps outside that box. But the rest of the year it is the other way around(((
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Odd thing that, in what I have heard, lots of Santa and pop Christmas songs, but few if any with any religious content. I am not trying to call a" war on..." or anything. From a variety point of view though, this cuts out quite a bit. Not to mention I have yet to hear the Waitresses!
Odd thing that, in what I have heard, lots of Santa and pop Christmas songs, but few if any with any religious content. I am not trying to call a" war on..." or anything. From a variety point of view though, this cuts out quite a bit. Not to mention I have yet to hear the Waitresses!
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There should really be a rule that Thanksgiving is the cutoff date for Christmas decorations and music. Anything earlier is tacky and smacks of blatant commercialism.
I used to listen to that as a child. I still love it.
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Thomps2525
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I concur: very few Christian Christmas songs get played nowadays, not on FM radio and not on Sirius XM's seasonal Christmas channels. Songs about Santa and bells and sleighs and reindeer and trees have replaced Silent Night, O Holy Night, Away In A Manger and O Little Town Of Bethlehem.
The Singing Dogs was a 1955 project of Danish record producer Don Charles. He recorded the barks of five dogs and arranged the various sounds to create a recording of the dogs "singing" Oh Susanna. It was released as a single with a medley of Jingle Bells, Pat-A-Cake and Three Blind Mice. It got to #22 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. A longer version of Jingle Bells was released as a single in 1971 and went to #2 on the Christmas chart. A year later it went to number one! Yikes! So Mister eagles is obviously not alone in liking that song!
The Singing Dogs was a 1955 project of Danish record producer Don Charles. He recorded the barks of five dogs and arranged the various sounds to create a recording of the dogs "singing" Oh Susanna. It was released as a single with a medley of Jingle Bells, Pat-A-Cake and Three Blind Mice. It got to #22 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. A longer version of Jingle Bells was released as a single in 1971 and went to #2 on the Christmas chart. A year later it went to number one! Yikes! So Mister eagles is obviously not alone in liking that song!
No doubt using a razor blade and editing tape. Imagine how much easier it would be to do now?
I find the religious songs are missing an important element: tempo. Need that tempo for radio!
LARadioRewind says >>>very few Christian Christmas songs get played nowadays, not on FM radio and not on Sirius XM's seasonal Christmas channels. Songs about Santa and bells and sleighs and reindeer and trees have replaced Silent Night, O Holy Night, Away In A Manger and O Little Town Of Bethlehem. <<<
Actually the opposite is true. Radio stations (that weren't religious) never used to play Christmas hymns before Dec. 24. It was all Snoopy's Christmas and Marshmallow World till Christmas Eve. Only then was the religious music aired. That changed in 1984 when the album "A Very Special Christmas" raising money for Special Olympics came out. Various artists contributed songs and from Stevie Nicks came "Silent Night" and from Sting came "Gabriel's Message." Radio stations didn't want to ignore these religious Christmas songs till Dec. 24, so the rule that you only play secular Christmas music till Dec. 24 was broken.
Today, there are plenty of religious Christmas songs included in KOST and other AC station playlists when they go All-Christmas. Several versions of O Holy Night, by Josh Grobin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey get included. Hark The Herald Angels Sing from Carrie Underwood, We Three Kings from Anne Murray, O Come All Ye Faithful from Lionel Richie and other hymns are heard. Maybe in the early weeks it's only one or two per hour, but as we get closer to Dec. 25, more religious music is added. The other day I heard on WLTW NYC (like KOST an iHeart AC station) Nat King Cole doing "Adeste Fidelis" sung in Latin. Can't get any more religious than that!
Actually the opposite is true. Radio stations (that weren't religious) never used to play Christmas hymns before Dec. 24. It was all Snoopy's Christmas and Marshmallow World till Christmas Eve. Only then was the religious music aired. That changed in 1984 when the album "A Very Special Christmas" raising money for Special Olympics came out. Various artists contributed songs and from Stevie Nicks came "Silent Night" and from Sting came "Gabriel's Message." Radio stations didn't want to ignore these religious Christmas songs till Dec. 24, so the rule that you only play secular Christmas music till Dec. 24 was broken.
Today, there are plenty of religious Christmas songs included in KOST and other AC station playlists when they go All-Christmas. Several versions of O Holy Night, by Josh Grobin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey get included. Hark The Herald Angels Sing from Carrie Underwood, We Three Kings from Anne Murray, O Come All Ye Faithful from Lionel Richie and other hymns are heard. Maybe in the early weeks it's only one or two per hour, but as we get closer to Dec. 25, more religious music is added. The other day I heard on WLTW NYC (like KOST an iHeart AC station) Nat King Cole doing "Adeste Fidelis" sung in Latin. Can't get any more religious than that!
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Thomps2525
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On November 15, 2014, BigA started this thread by stating, "Some people think it's too early for Christmas music on the radio." Well, KOST is not going to be the first station to start playing Christmas music this year. WQSH is licensed to the city of Malta and serves the Albany area and started playing Christmas music today, March 4. The station is now "Santa 105.7"....but is it just a stunt?
http://blog.timesunion.com/business...t-one-albany-radio-station-is-offering/64103/
http://santa1057.com/
http://blog.timesunion.com/business...t-one-albany-radio-station-is-offering/64103/
http://santa1057.com/
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