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Christmas music

Christmas music... What if they just don't do it this year?

Just a hypothetical scenario...

Let's say Sunny does am all-Christmas preview weekend November 4, 5, & 6 (which might be pretty likely) and then returned to their normal format on Monday, November 7. And let's say that at some point on November 7, B101 flips to all-Christmas because they feel like of-course-they-should.

But then... let's say Sunny acts like none of it ever happened and they stick with their usual AC format, maybe even throwing in a bit more B101 tuneage. Maybe on Christmas Day itself, they still stick with the usual format but with four or five Christmas songs per hour.

What will happen? How would B101 react? It's not like they could dump the all-Christmas format on November 30 without looking like complete idiots. But...at the same time, by November 30, they'd likely be shitting in their pants a little bit while all the AC listeners who don't want Christmas songs flock to Sunny, wouldn't you think?

PS- You can hear Sunny's Christmas music (complete with imaging) online and commercial-free <a href="http://www.sunny1045.com/pages/listen_online.html">by clicking here</a href>.

> If you don't like Christmas music so early on the radio, the
> petition is still available at
> http://www.petitiononline.com/sunny25/petition.html
>
> Otherwise, keep your radio locked at 101.1 and 104.5 for
> more holiday favorites.
>
 
Re: Christmas music... What if they just don't do it this year?

> Just a hypothetical scenario...
>
> Let's say Sunny does am all-Christmas preview weekend
> November 4, 5, & 6 (which might be pretty likely) and then
> returned to their normal format on Monday, November 7. And
> let's say that at some point on November 7, B101 flips to
> all-Christmas because they feel like of-course-they-should.
>
>
> But then... let's say Sunny acts like none of it ever
> happened and they stick with their usual AC format, maybe
> even throwing in a bit more B101 tuneage. Maybe on
> Christmas Day itself, they still stick with the usual format
> but with four or five Christmas songs per hour.
>
> What will happen? How would B101 react? It's not like they
> could dump the all-Christmas format on November 30 without
> looking like complete idiots. But...at the same time, by
> November 30, they'd likely be shitting in their pants a
> little bit while all the AC listeners who don't want
> Christmas songs flock to Sunny, wouldn't you think?
>
> PS- You can hear Sunny's Christmas music (complete with
> imaging) online and commercial-free by clicking here.
>
> > If you don't like Christmas music so early on the radio,
> the
> > petition is still available at
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/sunny25/petition.html
> >
> > Otherwise, keep your radio locked at 101.1 and 104.5 for
> > more holiday favorites.
> >
>








THEY ARE PLAYING ALL CHRISTMAS MUSIC NOW!!on wsni.com i wish it was on the radio now i love christmas music
 
Re: Christmas music... Too early

> i wish
> it was on the radio now i love christmas music

I really like it too but having it online is good enough for me right now. If it starts in a week or a week-and-a-half, I'll have no problem with it at all. But if it were on the radio now, I'd think they're out of their minds. (Like the owner of WTTH in Atlantic City which has been all-Christmas since, like, May 15 or something. LOL.)
 
Re: Christmas music... Too early

> > i wish
> > it was on the radio now i love christmas music
>
> I really like it too but having it online is good enough for
> me right now. If it starts in a week or a week-and-a-half,
> I'll have no problem with it at all. But if it were on the
> radio now, I'd think they're out of their minds. (Like the
> owner of WTTH in Atlantic City which has been all-Christmas
> since, like, May 15 or something. LOL.)
>
That's just idiotic. But then, I think the whole idea of ALL holiday music is absurd. Blend it in people, BLEND it in.
 
Re: Christmas music... What if they just don't do it this year?

> What will happen? How would B101 react? It's not like they
> could dump the all-Christmas format on November 30 without
> looking like complete idiots. But...at the same time, by
> November 30, they'd likely be shitting in their pants a
> little bit while all the AC listeners who don't want
> Christmas songs flock to Sunny, wouldn't you think?

I posted this same general idea a couple Christmas-times ago. But it now makes more sense than ever with Sunny's poor showings. The "B" flips to Christmas, and Sunny just sits there like nothing happened and keeps playing the AC. And then starts a campaign on TV to come to 104.5 if you're tired of the holiday tunes. Believe me, yes, there are a lot of holiday music fans out there, but there are just as many irate people when it happens, as well. Sunny could gain all those listeners. But if both a good-performing AC station (B-101) and a bad-performing AC station (Sunny) flip to the same holiday music, there's no incentive for anyone to go to Sunny. Their ratings remain status quo.
 
Re: Christmas music... What if they just don't do it this year?

> Just a hypothetical scenario...
>
> Let's say Sunny does am all-Christmas preview weekend
> November 4, 5, & 6 (which might be pretty likely) and then
> returned to their normal format on Monday, November 7. And
> let's say that at some point on November 7, B101 flips to
> all-Christmas because they feel like of-course-they-should.
>
>
> But then... let's say Sunny acts like none of it ever
> happened and they stick with their usual AC format, maybe
> even throwing in a bit more B101 tuneage. Maybe on
> Christmas Day itself, they still stick with the usual format
> but with four or five Christmas songs per hour.
>
> What will happen? How would B101 react? It's not like they
> could dump the all-Christmas format on November 30 without
> looking like complete idiots. But...at the same time, by
> November 30, they'd likely be shitting in their pants a
> little bit while all the AC listeners who don't want
> Christmas songs flock to Sunny, wouldn't you think?
>
> PS- You can hear Sunny's Christmas music (complete with
> imaging) online and commercial-free by clicking here.
>
> > If you don't like Christmas music so early on the radio,
> the
> > petition is still available at
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/sunny25/petition.html
> >
> > Otherwise, keep your radio locked at 101.1 and 104.5 for
> > more holiday favorites.
> >
>
If this would happen and Sunny stayed AC, even adding some mainstream AC, what would happen after Xmas and B101 went back to regular programming? Wouldn't those listeners go back to B? This should be interesting to see what happens this year with the holiday music on Sunny and B.
 
Re: Christmas music... Too early

WSNI-104.5 and WBEB-101.1 will both go all-Christmas. It's worked for both of them over the last few years.

It was suggested earlier in this thread that "Sunny" (WSNI) would have a "Christmas Preview Weekend" next weekend (November 4th-6th), then go back to AC for a few days before going all-Christmas.

I don't think either Sunny or B-101 (WBEB) will have a "Christmas Preview Weekend". Both stations will probably plunge into the all-Christmas format Tuesday morning (November 1st), likely within minutes of each other.

Yes, it will be much earlier that in the past, but I think this year, there will be a lot of early flips to 24/7 Christmas music. I wouldn't be surprised if 100 stations take the plunge on Tuesday, with 50 others following suit by the end of the week.
 
Re: Christmas music... Too early

Am I the only one who feels a little strange right now?

> WSNI-104.5 and WBEB-101.1 will both go all-Christmas. It's
> worked for both of them over the last few years.
>
> It was suggested earlier in this thread that "Sunny" (WSNI)
> would have a "Christmas Preview Weekend" next weekend
> (November 4th-6th), then go back to AC for a few days before
> going all-Christmas.
>
> I don't think either Sunny or B-101 (WBEB) will have a
> "Christmas Preview Weekend". Both stations will probably
> plunge into the all-Christmas format Tuesday morning
> (November 1st), likely within minutes of each other.
>
> Yes, it will be much earlier that in the past, but I think
> this year, there will be a lot of early flips to 24/7
> Christmas music. I wouldn't be surprised if 100 stations
> take the plunge on Tuesday, with 50 others following suit by
> the end of the week.
>
 
Re: Christmas music... Too early

> WSNI-104.5 and WBEB-101.1 will both go all-Christmas. It's
> worked for both of them over the last few years.
>
> It was suggested earlier in this thread that "Sunny" (WSNI)
> would have a "Christmas Preview Weekend" next weekend
> (November 4th-6th), then go back to AC for a few days before
> going all-Christmas.
>
> I don't think either Sunny or B-101 (WBEB) will have a
> "Christmas Preview Weekend". Both stations will probably
> plunge into the all-Christmas format Tuesday morning
> (November 1st), likely within minutes of each other.
>
> Yes, it will be much earlier that in the past, but I think
> this year, there will be a lot of early flips to 24/7
> Christmas music. I wouldn't be surprised if 100 stations
> take the plunge on Tuesday, with 50 others following suit by
> the end of the week.


Do you cut and paste this? It is the 4th or 5th time you've written the same exact thing in the last month! We will see on Tuesday if your repeated prediction comes true or not. By the way, K-B Toys and Toys R Us in Media were both all Christmas today.
 
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