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CONTINUOUS CHRISTMAS MUSIC ON CINCINNATI RADIO

C

Cincinnati Kid

I'm just thinking of the recent history of Cincinnati radio stations playing continuous Christmas music on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. In the late 1950's, WCKY-1530 AM- aired what they called "24 hours of Christmas" with Christmas music from 6 P.M. on Christmas Eve to 6 P.M. on Christmas Day. I never understood why they stopped at 6 P.M. on that day. The station later expanded to playing the music until Midnight. Later on, as I recall, they began playing the music at Noon on Christmas Eve, making it 36 straight hours. At one time, they took out a full-page ad in the Cincinnati newspaper to list all of the songs that would be played. Interestingly enough, some of the recordings played during those hours were not Christmas songs. I never understood that either.
 
Around 1970, stations played Christmas music as late as Jan 1. In particular, I remember 106.5 just north of Dayton playing full time Christmas music until New Years weekend. How the times have changed...
 
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