Naturally, on a Christmas rotation, all three local xmas stations play fewer songs than normal. B98.5, which normally plays 300 songs, spun only 158 Christmas songs last week, according to Mediabase 24/7. Of those songs, 35 are exclusive to B98.5. Most spun songs were "Litte Saint Nick" by Beach Boys (39), "Last Chrismast" by Wham! (39), Ray Conniff's "Ring Christmas Bells" (38), "Feliz Navidad" by Jose Feliciano (38), "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney (38), Monica's "Grown Up Christmas List" (38), Atlantic Starr's "Silver Bells" (38) and Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas" (38).
Lite 94.9 plays the most, 407 different Christmas songs, about 230 exclusive to the station. Top songs: Brenda Lee's Rockin' (38), Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" (38), Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" (36), Burl Ives "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" (34), Andy Williams' "Most Wonderful Time of th e Year" (33), Carpenters' "Merry Christmas Darling" (32), Amy Grant's "Winter Wonderland" (30) and Bing Crosby's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot LIke Chrsimtas" (29)
The Fish spun 201 different Christmas songs. About half the songs are exclusive to the Fish, mostly by Christian artists, of course. Top songs are MercyMe's "Joseph's Lullaby" (44), Casting Crowns' "Away in a Manger" (42), Big Daddy Weave's "Go Tell It On the Mountain" (41), Chris Tomlin's "Angels We Have Heard on High" (41), Josh Grobin's "O Holy Night" (40), Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (40) Burl Ives' "Have a HollY Jolly" 940) and "The Christmas Shoes" by NewSong.
As you can probably guess, the most heard Christmas song the past week is Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around." -- 139 spins. It was heard on seven different radio stations.
Lite 94.9 plays the most, 407 different Christmas songs, about 230 exclusive to the station. Top songs: Brenda Lee's Rockin' (38), Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" (38), Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" (36), Burl Ives "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" (34), Andy Williams' "Most Wonderful Time of th e Year" (33), Carpenters' "Merry Christmas Darling" (32), Amy Grant's "Winter Wonderland" (30) and Bing Crosby's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot LIke Chrsimtas" (29)
The Fish spun 201 different Christmas songs. About half the songs are exclusive to the Fish, mostly by Christian artists, of course. Top songs are MercyMe's "Joseph's Lullaby" (44), Casting Crowns' "Away in a Manger" (42), Big Daddy Weave's "Go Tell It On the Mountain" (41), Chris Tomlin's "Angels We Have Heard on High" (41), Josh Grobin's "O Holy Night" (40), Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (40) Burl Ives' "Have a HollY Jolly" 940) and "The Christmas Shoes" by NewSong.
As you can probably guess, the most heard Christmas song the past week is Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around." -- 139 spins. It was heard on seven different radio stations.