How much Christian music?

[vchimpanzee]

This is one time of year when AC stations can play Christian music. But do they? How many of the songs have the secular message instead?

 

[Music Lover]

On various stations I've listened to, I've heard about 50/50.

 

[oldiesgirl]

Same here. It seems that they're pretty evenly matched. Also I notice that this is the only time of year where you can hear Christian stations playing secular songs, as they will play the more fun songs as well as the religious.

I have noticed something else that you guys might find interesting, although it's not exactly radio per se. The music played in stores and restaurants definitely leans more toward the secular songs. There was a restaurant we used to go to in Murfreesboro that piped in Christmas music during December. The mix between sacred and secular was about 50/50, but the secular songs had lyrics, while the Christian songs were pretty much always instrumental. I guess it wasn't too unusual as during the rest of the year they played instrumental music in the style of what you would hear on the Weather Channel during the local forecast, but I just thought it was weird that when they were piping Christmas music, which was the only time I remember hearing lyrics in their music, every time a Christian song played it was instrumental. I'm sure they played instrumental versions of the other songs too, ut IIRC while I was there I didn't hear a single Christian song with lyrics.

 

[Avid Listener]

I honestly cannot answer that. When I tune in to any radio station and there are playing any sort of Christmas song, or worse, one of those damn "winter" songs like Frosty The Snowman, I change the station.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I found it strange this morning on America's Best Music (not AC, but some of their Christmas music is more AC than anything they play the rest of the year) to hear a song "Little Altar Boy" which had a Christian message but didn't seem to mention Christmas.