Glad you kids finally made up and hit a common ground on the subject of frozen tundra. Oldies, you mention you work in a store. Can you elaborate without getting to personal? Let's face it, most people are so busy that as listeners, they will not really hear that many hours of Christmas music, even if it starts two months before the 25th. But, it is amazing how people do stop and really tune in a few days before Christmas and on Christmas Day, the latter being when the greedy radio scumbags actually run few, if any, commercials and make nada. Oldies may have to suffer through weeks of songs for eight hours a day at work. That is really rare. Another thing to think about is that as people are busy and are stressed as the season comes around, 90 percent of the songs are so familiar that it becomes background noise. So, listeners, especially on female-friendly stations, actually call in wishing for another day of Christmas music even on the 26th, so they can "take it all in." Seriously. Mostly, we all gotta remember the agencies and advertisers are buying the healthy, proper demographic and that is what matters. And it works, despite all the debates. And yes, some stations, in some markets are close to a 10 share often and even get into the mid-teens as a nice way to finish out the year. I can name a station or two that fits that bill every year and it does not matter how many other stations try to compete. Snow in Tennessee kicks all your butts, by the way. So there. Don't need a snow blower like one person about to comment on this.
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