Have any stations tried going "All Country-Christmas"?

[CrankyYankee]

Sure, most country stations are "all Christmas on Christmas", but how about between Thanksgive and December 25th?

Would real country fans love this or hate it?

I'm asking because I don't believe I've ever heard of this being tried.

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[Jay_F]

> Sure, most country stations are "all Christmas on
> Christmas", but how about between Thanksgive and December
> 25th?
>
> Would real country fans love this or hate it?
>
> I'm asking because I don't believe I've ever heard of this
> being tried.
>
> Have I missed something?
>


KXXY/Oklahoma City tried it a few years ago.

I thought I read that KZLA/Los Angeles is doing it this year. Then again I read so many things each day that it could be a case of information overload.

As for loving it or hating it, my guess is most country listeners would hate it if it was done too early, they would miss the regular music mix. It's safer to slip in a christmas song or two an hour than go all the way with it. Although it might be a good idea for a 3rd place country station in a 3 way battle somewhere.

 

[John1]

> I thought I read that KZLA/Los Angeles is doing it this
> year. Then again I read so many things each day that it
> could be a case of information overload.>>

The KZLA website says it is all Christmas music by country artists and some pop artists, too. The last song played list at this hour shows Elton John & Billy Squire mixed in with Kenny Rogers, Gene Autry, and some current country singers. I agree a 2nd or 3rd pace country FM station should try this all country format. I'm sure many country stations lose some listeners to all Christmas AC stations during December.

 

[raccoonradio]

Re: Have any stations tried going

I could see if a contemporary country station had a weekly country oldies show (as WKLB does in Boston; Sun. mornings) they could do all-Christmas on that show the week or two before Christmas.

And of the AC/oldies stations that have gone Christmas, I can see them playing
a country artist doing a Christmas song. "Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer" (Autry)
and Elmo and Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over", for instance. (Maybe they could even
add Bill Engvall's "Here's Your Christmas Sign")

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[cheapman]

Channel 62 on Sirius is all country Christmas.
>

 

[clichemoth]

> Sure, most country stations are "all Christmas on
> Christmas", but how about between Thanksgive and December
> 25th?
>
> Would real country fans love this or hate it?
>
> I'm asking because I don't believe I've ever heard of this
> being tried.
>
> Have I missed something?
>
Birmingham's WZZK did this for years when no AC station in the market was going all-Christmas. I think they still do it the week of Christmas, but they started as early as Black Friday in the past. They used to take out huge ads in the newspapers listing their entire holiday playlist. I probably have a couple of those somewhere.

 

[smashedcd]

> Sure, most country stations are "all Christmas on
> Christmas", but how about between Thanksgive and December
> 25th?
>
> Would real country fans love this or hate it?
>
> I'm asking because I don't believe I've ever heard of this
> being tried.
>
> Have I missed something?
>
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[John1]

> Channel 62 on Sirius is all country Christmas.
> >
>
CMT also has an all Country Christmas station/player on their website.