Some people couldn't do this without writing a suicide note, but I spent a whole week listening to KRWM 106.9's holiday format. Mostly in my office (where my employees asked me to play. Unlike some employers, I take a hint.) And in these tough times, any way I can help that's cost effective and well...worth it is a flat out go.
And I'm actually IMPRESSED.
The selection has DRAMATICALLY improved since their beginnings in fall of 2001. And the diversity of selections is remarkable. You hear the usual holiday standards, as well as the contemporary pop stuff. But you can also find a lot of indie and local Christmas cuts as well as some jazz and brief classical selections, not enough to outright scare KPLU or KING-FM, but enough to give them pause, on 106.9 MHz. Even some country Christmas cuts have been thrown in. And surprisingly good ones "That's What I Want For Christmas" SHEdaisy (my wife's favorite) is shockingly jazzy (how many country songs do you know have a vibraphone?) - Pardon me. SMOOTH enough for airplay down the Sandusky hall at KWJZ.....
And you're talking to a guy who once HATED Christmas music. Guess kids change everything......
I've listened to Christmas formatted stations around this time from all the ones online at least, but in a shockingly unusual display of actual ADMIRATION for a COMMERCIAL Puget Sound AC radio station, I will give this to KRWM: They are the BEST in America in the Holiday format.
Period.
So congrats to KRWM. Keep up the good work.....
(Yes, hell has now officially frozen over. Break out your ice skates.....)
Cheers!
And I'm actually IMPRESSED.
The selection has DRAMATICALLY improved since their beginnings in fall of 2001. And the diversity of selections is remarkable. You hear the usual holiday standards, as well as the contemporary pop stuff. But you can also find a lot of indie and local Christmas cuts as well as some jazz and brief classical selections, not enough to outright scare KPLU or KING-FM, but enough to give them pause, on 106.9 MHz. Even some country Christmas cuts have been thrown in. And surprisingly good ones "That's What I Want For Christmas" SHEdaisy (my wife's favorite) is shockingly jazzy (how many country songs do you know have a vibraphone?) - Pardon me. SMOOTH enough for airplay down the Sandusky hall at KWJZ.....
And you're talking to a guy who once HATED Christmas music. Guess kids change everything......
I've listened to Christmas formatted stations around this time from all the ones online at least, but in a shockingly unusual display of actual ADMIRATION for a COMMERCIAL Puget Sound AC radio station, I will give this to KRWM: They are the BEST in America in the Holiday format.
Period.
So congrats to KRWM. Keep up the good work.....
(Yes, hell has now officially frozen over. Break out your ice skates.....)
Cheers!