I've been following the Christmas formats for the past ten years or so and I haven't seen this many stations, especially the IHeart stations, not go back to their regular programming on the day after Christmas. I wonder if this will be a new trend going forward.
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User Submitted 2025 All-Christmas Station List
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Did the iHeart stations bring in their full-time talent on the 26th, or just run holiday hits jockless? What's been going on this weekend? Part-timers on duty, or automated jukebox? Saving money is most likely what's driving this trend; I'm just trying to figure out where the savings are coming from, Another thought: Are the advertisers who had supported the Christmas format over the holiday run-up still advertising this weekend even though the season for the time-honored American Christmas tradition ofmaxing out the credit cards has ended? Would they still be on board if the stations had returned to standard pop fare at midnight Friday?
For the past several years WBEB (B101) in Philly has been keeping the Christmas music on till New Years.
For the past several years WBEB (B101) in Philly has been keeping the Christmas music on till New Years.
For the past several years WBEB (B101) in Philly has been keeping the Christmas music on till New Years.
WJMJ Hartford, CT, still at it with its voluminous library of secular and religious seasonal songs, including a new, political-ish ditty called "Say Merry Christmas," by something billed as The American Christian Life Choir. Played only half an hour after the Pogues and Kirsty McColl's "Fairytale of New York," no less!
Take a gander at today's complete playlist. The station switches to "In the Afterglow," and in-house program of Catholic preaching/dogma and occasional songs, at 7 p/m.; the individual songs are not logged.
Take a gander at today's complete playlist. The station switches to "In the Afterglow," and in-house program of Catholic preaching/dogma and occasional songs, at 7 p/m.; the individual songs are not logged.
KDGE Star 102.1 in Dallas has gone back to the normal format as they went back to non-holiday music at Midnight Sunday Night into Monday Morning beginning with Poison's "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" according to the "Recently Played" section of it's website, the website has gone back to the normal Star 102.1 colors but still has the Christmas version of the station's logo, but i'm sure they will have the normal logos back tomorrow.
Do any commercial, non-religious (or church-owned) stations carry on with Rudolph and Frosty until Epiphany? The station I often cite, WJMJ, is an arm of the Hartford Archdiocese, so its expanded Christmas format makes sense. Any examples of plain old adult contemporary stations that put their regular playlists on hold until 1/6?
As for KDKK, the De La Hunt family are devout Catholics, and Ed, the patriarch passed away a few months ago. So they may be in extra sentimental mode this year. I also question, with Ed's passing if there could be change at KDKK which he programmed as Adult Standards.
I believe WSJY went until January 8th last year.
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For me, to still hear Christmas music 4 days after New Year's...is just plain weird. But it's still Christmas on WEMP 98.9 Two Rivers, WI.
One day to Epiphany -- big deal among Catholics, especially -- and the Hartford Archdiocese's WJMJ just started putting secular pop, soul and country songs back into its playlist at 12:07 a.m., when Olivia Newton-John's "Suddenly" followed the first song after ABC news, Brook Benton's "This Time of Year." Right now the ratio is about 3:1 in favor of non-holiday music. Tomorrow will definitely see the end of the extended season on Hartford radio. Too bad. I always get a chuckle out of segues like "Christmas in America" (Kenny Rogers) into "What a Fool Believes" (Doobie Brothers), which happened around 9:15!
At least they are breaking up the Christmas stuff with secular thrown in, and this is run by the Catholic archdiocese. But WEMP is still doing their wall to wall Easy Listening version...Just played 'Christmas Island' by The Andrews Sisters.
For all the hardcore holiday people out there who haven't put away the Christmas decorations and taken down the tree .. Enjoy!
Call letter change is on the horizon, so might also have something to do with it.
Something is going to happen at the end of the month. Just guessing...maybe moving WOMT off of AM to 98.9, and turning in the AM license.
Since, I always guess wrong most of the time.. we'll see!
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