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When is it too early for Christmas music?

I don't know what happened the other day. I heard "Silent Night" but it didn't last long. I wasn't where I could hear the radio the whole time but it sounds like to me someone pushed the wrong button and realized their mistake. The regular morning DJ was back at work, and my guess is he knows the buttons to push but made a mistake.
 
Yesterday in a mall, where the music is normally a mix of classic hits that includes the 50s through today but is mostly 70s and 80s and maybe 90s, I heard Christmas music.
 
KOST/103.5 in Los Angeles started wall-to-wall Christmas music five minutes ago (3:00pm 11/12). They're well-known for having been the first station to push the start date to before Thanksgiving.

WLIT in Chicago and WASH in Washington DC also flipped today.

For those who think this is too soon ...
https://youtu.be/ZgP0aUKlmNw
 
KRWM will probably flip next Friday (106.9 Seattle). I also predict a 11/20 start date for WLTW New York. Here in Yakima, Christmas music aired on KRSE "Bob FM" in 2013 (now classic rock) and Cherry FM KARY 100.9 in 2014.
 
Here in Vancouver, I have been hearing Christmas music on KDAR Stereo 87~Nine sporadically since a couple weeks before Hallowe'en.
 
Sorry you didn't get the joke. I was just trying to be human. Sheesh.
 
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K.M. Richards said:
87.9 is only used for non-commercials forced to move by other stations' changes when there is no other frequency available, as is noted in those records. Note that both entries are for the same station and one of the two records is a STA application.
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There are three records, two for Mountain View and one for Sun Valley. I thought I heard at the time that the FCC was opening up the frequency in places without a channel six but they must have dispensed with that idea.
 
semoochie said:
There are three records, two for Mountain View and one for Sun Valley.
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For some reason, the first time I brought up that link, it only displayed the first two records. All three are displaying when I clicked again just now, so you may disregard my comment based upon the discrepancy.
 
WMAG Greensboro. I thought it was Delilah but they just had a regular annoying station ID. They could learn a lesson from K-104.7 which has a nice relaxing station ID instead of one that is quite jarring after the pleasant Christmas music.
 
vchimpanzee said:
They could learn a lesson from K-104.7 which has a nice relaxing station ID instead of one that is quite jarring after the pleasant Christmas music.
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I'll bet you that the only person that's upset about that is you, chimp.
 
K.M. Richards said:
I'll bet you that the only person that's upset about that is you, chimp.
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I don't see how I could be. The music isn't entirely relaxing, but that station ID is a real jolt. And I'll bet the station picks up a lot of listeners this time of year who want relaxing but can't get it from broadcast radio any other time of year. And you know they won't care for that.
 
But in all likelihood you probably are. Except for aircheck collectors or the excessively pedantic, most people who still listen to terrestrial broadcast radio do so for the music programming, not for the jingles and sounders.
 
Darth_vader said:
But in all likelihood you probably are. Except for aircheck collectors or the excessively pedantic, most people who still listen to terrestrial broadcast radio do so for the music programming, not for the jingles and sounders.
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You're missing the point. I listen to the radio for the music programming and it's very jarring to have to deal with that in the middle of it. They came to their senses last night, because the Christmas station IDs, as opposed to the regular ones, fit much better with the music they were playing. Then they took a break from music and did the traffic report with this annoying instrumental AC music. That was enough for me to change stations, especially since a break on one of these stations is lots of commercials.

This is another topic, but all but one of the songs met my standards for Christmas music, which is better than one might expect for an AC. Even better than America's Best Music, in fact. I listened to Waylon and Willie while Mariah Carey or whoever was yowling. I don't mind all-Christmas right now because it's just about the only way to hear the music I like. But I wouldn't listen at home because it's harder to change stations than in the car and, with an AC, I might have to do that a lot. And one reason for the popularity of Christmas music may just be that it gets people like me to listen to music they wouldn't otherwise get to hear on traditional AM or FM radio.
 
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