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Christmas Music

Did a search for Rupert Christmas tunes..found one he wrote..but did not perform as far as I can tell..Guess we're safe....... ::)
 
At the risk of sounding like a scrooge, can't we skip it this year. The worst part is theres only about 12 christmas songs and every artist has a version of every song. And, in the event something new comes along, give it a year or two and every artist has to cover it. Then there is "Grandma got ran over by a Raindeer", heard it every year since 1900 it seams, hate it as much as I did the first time I heard it. Christmas YES. Christmas Music "BAH HUMBUG"
 
Don78 said:
At the risk of sounding like a scrooge, can't we skip it this year. The worst part is theres only about 12 christmas songs and every artist has a version of every song. And, in the event something new comes along, give it a year or two and every artist has to cover it. Then there is "Grandma got ran over by a Raindeer", heard it every year since 1900 it seams, hate it as much as I did the first time I heard it. Christmas YES. Christmas Music "BAH HUMBUG"
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As long as the stations that do flip receive the nice ratings bump they always do...the answer is, no...
 
techguy1975 said:
Don78 said:
At the risk of sounding like a scrooge, can't we skip it this year. The worst part is theres only about 12 christmas songs and every artist has a version of every song. And, in the event something new comes along, give it a year or two and every artist has to cover it. Then there is "Grandma got ran over by a Raindeer", heard it every year since 1900 it seams, hate it as much as I did the first time I heard it. Christmas YES. Christmas Music "BAH HUMBUG"
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As long as the stations that do flip receive the nice ratings bump they always do...the answer is, no...
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Since only one or two stations go all-out all-Christmas for two months, of course they are going to get a "bump" from the relatively small number of people out there who just can't get enough of Christmas muzak. If more stations went all-Christmas (and thankfully, they don't!), any supposed "bump" would be spread out among more stations. Aside from that, mix 92.9 is #1 pretty much the rest of the year, so any "bump" is actually unnecessary for them. ::)
 
Don78 said:
At the risk of sounding like a scrooge, can't we skip it this year. The worst part is theres only about 12 christmas songs and every artist has a version of every song. And, in the event something new comes along, give it a year or two and every artist has to cover it. Then there is "Grandma got ran over by a Raindeer", heard it every year since 1900 it seams, hate it as much as I did the first time I heard it. Christmas YES. Christmas Music "BAH HUMBUG"
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Can't argue with anything that you posted here, except that "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is my all-time least fave "Christmas" song, primarily due to EXTREME overkill! Add to that that two of my least favorite singers, Amy Grant and Leann Rimes, have recorded unnecessary covers of that awful song!

Also on my least-fave list: ANYTHING from the Phil Spector album, or anything from the Very Special Christmas album.

If you don't like "Grandma Got Run Over...," I highly recommend the parody, "New Kids Got Run Over by a Reindeer." It is hilarious!
 
techguy1975 said:
Mix 92.9...My guess is the 16th.
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The last couple of years, 94 the Fish has beaten Mix 92.9 to the punch by going All-Christmas a day or two earlier than than Mix 92.9. In 2010, they went All Christmas on November 10 and Mix didn't switch until a day or two later. A year or so earlier, I went to Knoxville for the weekend and when I left on Friday, neither station was playing Christmas music, but when I got back into town on Sunday afternoon, both stations had gone All Christmas.
 
I saw a billboard for 96.3 Jack-FM yesterday afternoon in Downtown Nashville stating that Jack-FM was now playing All Pilgrim Music during the month of November. It's odd that one of South Central Communication's stations taking a jab at another one of their stations.
 
I saw a billboard for 96.3 Jack-FM yesterday afternoon in Downtown Nashville stating that Jack-FM was now playing All Pilgrim Music during the month of November. It's odd that one of South Central Communication's stations taking a jab at another one of their stations.
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Maybe I'm missing something. Where's the jab?
 
TruThdeTecTor said:
I saw a billboard for 96.3 Jack-FM yesterday afternoon in Downtown Nashville stating that Jack-FM was now playing All Pilgrim Music during the month of November. It's odd that one of South Central Communication's stations taking a jab at another one of their stations.
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Maybe I'm missing something. Where's the jab?
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Mix 92.9 and 96.3 Jack-FM are both owned by South Central Communications out of Evansville, IN. Both stations are consistantly ranked in the Top 5 radio stations in Nashville whenever the new rating books come out (Mix 92.9 usually rated #1 and Jack-FM usually around 3 or 4). Mix 92.9, along with 94 the Fish, usually goes to an All Christmas Music format around the middle of November. Therefore, 96.3 Jack-FM is poking fun at Mix 92.9 going All Christmas by stating they will be going All Pilgrim Music during November.
 
The new Jack national campaigns are based around current months or events. Like the election billboards that are just being replaced. The Pilgrim ads are a more than subtle smack at Christmas music, and here in Nashville, it's just a fluke that a sister station would be 'that' Christmas station. Made everyone look! That's a good 'sign.'

Speaking of Jack, anyone noticing how much different the music has been as of late? Better sounding?

Something must be in the H2O on Rosedale....all kinds of hip & happenin things are churning.
 
Sister stations take jabs at each other. Back when Y-107 changes to 107.5 The River, Gerry House named 97.9 The Creek. Same afternoon Carl P. Mayfield renamed his show "The P Stream".
 
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