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It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas

As of last night, 106.9 still had a separate stream of Christmas music on their HD2. Of course the HD2 runs Xmas all year. But sounds kind of hilarious to have all those jingle bells.
 
Now that Lotus is running it, will KPLZ even do the Christmas thing this year? They jumped in early when they first started, but they typically wait until the first of December. Spirit will go on Black Friday.
 
bobdavcav said:
Now that Lotus is running it, will KPLZ even do the Christmas thing this year? They jumped in early when they first started, but they typically wait until the first of December. Spirit will go on Black Friday.
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I think they should add betting on stations flipping to Christmas with sports betting apps. Oh wait, there's probably a total of ten humans on this earth that actually care. :rolleyes:
 
I love Christmas in America by Pat Benatar. Released just after 9/11 and when we needed the comforts of the holidays. Warm won't air it. A few small-town stations will.
Actually, 95.7 KKSR 'Big' Tri-Cities BEAT you guys by two-three days! And so did Kiss 98.1 in Spokane, which used Veterans' Day as kickoff day for All Ho-Ho-Ho, All the Time.

In Yakima, 100.9 KARY should flip following the conclusion of Tom Kent's Music Magazine on Thanksgiving night. We celebrate our holidays one at a time here in the land of apples and hops.

Albeit, I think the Christmas radio format is most interesting between noon on 12/24 and late evening on 12/25. Country stations flip, the Westwood One oldies/AC formats flip, and my top pick also flips for a couple of days - WSBZ 106.3 in FL with their Smooth Jazz Christmas mix. KWIQ-FM in Moses Lake airs Handel's Messiah in full as well.
 
They stayed with regular format for many Decembers, until 2016. So, they just might back to that routine under Lotus. I remember 101.5 was all-Christmas on 12/24-25 only. And so was 103.7 the Mountain on a few occasions.
 
With all of the other AC outlets flipped to Christmas, they may actually benefit from skipping a total flip or simply mixing some Christmas songs in with the normal playlist. They missed out on the publicity of being the “first” to flip, and now the market for Christmas listeners is already split between three stations. Not to mention, they are uptempo and CHR leaning enough for it to not make sense.
 
radiogal said:
Star 101.5 may not go Christmas this year.....interesting change as Christmas is a tradition for them and seems to do well every year...Why?
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New owners, new philosophy?

Most stations flipping to Christmas use the opportunity to provide vacation time to staff, and simply coast for a few weeks. There's potentially something to be said about being there with the expected format for those of us who either get weary of Christmas music, especially when it happens on several stations around the same time frame, or those listeners who don't celebrate Christmas.
 
Don't forget rimshots in the north sound (KAFE) and south sound (KXXO) likely flipping in the coming days. The train left the station already, STAR.
At least with Yakima, KARY is alone with their Xmas format and can decide for themselves when to flip to Christmas, which is always on Black Friday...because the people of Yakivegas eat turkey and stuffing FIRST before listening to Andy Williams and Mariah Carey. Apparently!
 
crainbebo said:
At least with Yakima, KARY is alone with their Christmas format and can decide for themselves when to flip to Christmas, which is always on Black Friday...because the people of Yakivegas eat turkey and stuffing FIRST before listening to Andy Williams and Mariah Carey. Apparently!
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Or they wait until Santa appears at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. To me, that marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
 
crainbebo said:
Don't forget rimshots in the north sound (KAFE) and south sound (KXXO) likely flipping in the coming days. The train left the station already, STAR.
At least with Yakima, KARY is alone with their Christmas format and can decide for themselves when to flip to Christmas, which is always on Black Friday...because the people of Yakivegas eat turkey and stuffing FIRST before listening to Andy Williams and Mariah Carey. Apparently!
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You are right about KXXO, they flipped to Christmas today. At least they play a much more diverse playlist than other stations, including (surprisingly for Olympia) lots of religious carols. Who else is playing "A Soulin'" by Peter Paul and Mary or "Angels We Have Heard On High"?
 
I don't think a station should play "a much more diverse playlist" of Christmas music. It's self-indulgent and doesn't make sense.

The reason we listen to Christmas music is for familiarity, to remind us of past Christmas holidays. There's really no other reason why we suddenly want to hear music from decades ago, some songs before we were born. To hear a Peter Paul & Mary Christmas song we don't know does not remind us of happy memories.

I'm not against Peter Paul & Mary, if they sing a song we all know. But if we only have six or seven weeks of holiday music, how can we develop an affinity for an unfamiliar song we'll only hear a few times before it's put away until next November?
 
Gregg. said:
I don't think a station should play "a much more diverse playlist" of Christmas music. It's self-indulgent and doesn't make sense.

The reason we listen to Christmas music is for familiarity, to remind us of past Christmas holidays. There's really no other reason why we suddenly want to hear music from decades ago, some songs before we were born. To hear a Peter Paul & Mary Christmas song we don't know does not remind us of happy memories.

I'm not against Peter Paul & Mary, if they sing a song we all know. But if we only have six or seven weeks of holiday music, how can we develop an affinity for an unfamiliar song we'll only hear a few times before it's put away until next November?
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If it sounds good I'm willing to try it. It might end up reminding me of Christmas.

But all these new songs by people still recording hit songs today do nothing whatsoever for me.
 
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