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MusicFan2009
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At 7:00 AM Local Time KEZ officially went all Christmas.
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I was watching KSAZ's morning show when they did the Beth segment. Behind her she had Christmas goodies up when she announced their Christmas music. Then she turned around and tugged on her stocking and the whole thing came tumbling down.
Not to worry though....they had it back up for her second segment.
Ho, ho, freakin' ho!
Not to worry though....they had it back up for her second segment.
Ho, ho, freakin' ho!
I always know it's time to visit the Hickory Farms store at the mall when KEZ goes all Christmas. Nothing says buy big hunks of sausage and cheese like music from Perry Como, Lawrence Welk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF6yKbm_xYk, and Ray Conniff Christmas music! ;D
What more could we ask for this holiday season?
Well, Dr. Akbar...Eva Longoria's on the market!
Well, Dr. Akbar...Eva Longoria's on the market!
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maybe it is just me but I cant listen to christmas music until about dec 20th.
MusicFan2009 said:
And still no sign of Fairy Tale of New York by The Pogues, the only Christmas song that matters. Just gotta show some love for that song again before it's forgotten (again). I don't suppose there any suits reading this message board who can get the track added...?
indieradioguy said:
A) It's only vaguely a Christmas song (just because the action of a song takes place around the holidays, it isn't necessarily a holiday song; this goes for you too, Same Old Lang Syne).
B) Given the content and themes of the tune, you'd have trouble getting it by the PD/MD at any commercial station this side of The X. Ain't no way in the world a lite station, of all things, is gonna play a song about junkies and drunk tanks, no matter how Christmasy, let alone one that drops Mark Knopfler's favorite nickname for Prince.
ykw said:
I bet he could have requested that song on XM Saturday Night with Bill Hutton. There was nothing Lucy wouldn't play if you requested it during that amazing request show. Still miss it after all these years.
asugeorge1 said:I bet he could have requested that song on XM Saturday Night with Bill Hutton. There was nothing Lucy wouldn't play if you requested it during that amazing request show. Still miss it after all these years.
It was in rotation on Special XMas (R.I.P.) and aired last holiday season on The Spectrum, The Loft, SXMU, The Virus (they do a holiday-music special) and Faction, so it wouldn't have been at all out of place on Lucy. (And, in fact, it wasn't; it was played during Lucy's final holiday season in 2007.)
Unfortunately, the closest terrestrial analogue any of those stations has in Phoenix radio is KEXX. AAA died here with the pre-Free KZON, and there's been nothing resembling a real college FMer in the mumbleflump number of years I've lived in the Valley.
Since the flip this morning, how many times has KESZ played Wonderful Christmastime?
Bet it's not as many times as they'll play: I Want A Hippopotamus For Xmas...
I wanna hear Greg Lake's "Humbug" right about now. Andy Olson's Radio Free Phoenix will play it...
scrappy said:
Didn't former KOOL-FM PD Kris try that (for Halloween weekend, then full-bore as of the
following weekend) during the ill-fated "KOOL Kristmas" in 2008?
Christmas music sucks. Same 15 songs for last 60 years, and always some jackball celeb that has to come out with an album that is terrible.
Back when I listened to talk radio, the worst thing ever was Limbaugh endlessly playing Mannheim Steamroller and wetting himself about how great they were.
But, someone is listening to this crap, so someone is making some dough.
Back when I listened to talk radio, the worst thing ever was Limbaugh endlessly playing Mannheim Steamroller and wetting himself about how great they were.
But, someone is listening to this crap, so someone is making some dough.
Serious question...
Does this stuff work in the PPM universe?
I mean, KEZ used to get a Christmas gift every year because of the fact that - whether they listened to it or not - people remembered KEZ as "the station that plays the Christmas music."
The Purple People Meter doesn't care about what you THINK you're listening to, so KEZ no longer gets credit for Christmas music played in the malls, over every Muzak system in Maricopa County, and other random instances of holiday tunes.
So does the PPM data support the idea that on or around Thanksgiving people in the Valley switch en masse to KEZ?
Does this stuff work in the PPM universe?
I mean, KEZ used to get a Christmas gift every year because of the fact that - whether they listened to it or not - people remembered KEZ as "the station that plays the Christmas music."
The Purple People Meter doesn't care about what you THINK you're listening to, so KEZ no longer gets credit for Christmas music played in the malls, over every Muzak system in Maricopa County, and other random instances of holiday tunes.
So does the PPM data support the idea that on or around Thanksgiving people in the Valley switch en masse to KEZ?
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