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Q105.1 all-Christmas?

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the golden boy

I heard "Little Drummer Boy" by Bob Seger this morning and other Christmas songs afterward. Even went over to their website and saw a Santa's hat on their logo. It's way too early for Christmas music to be playing.
 
WHER 99.3 in in Laurel has been all Christmas music since right after Halloween. However, like most of the stations that play christmas these days, its the same tired old chesnuts that get played every year, over and over with a limited playlist. There are literaly thousands of good christmas albums with great songs and arrangements. I don't want to hear "Simply having a wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney or Mariah Carey butchering a Christmas carol several spins a day. After listening for a couple of days, you've heard every song in their computer. I know its beating a dead horse, but the pre-meditated butchery these pop singers do to our sacred Christmas carols makes me reach for the knob everytime one of the caterwaullers comes on.
 
*facepalm*

This is going to sound much worse than I mean it, but… I am really getting it HATE Christmas. And one of the major reasons is Christmas music this friggin' soon.

I understand it's a down economy and therefore all the stores are gonna try to elongate the Christmas Shopping Season to maximize profits, but this music on the radio and putting up decorations is asinine! A neighbor down the street put up their two trees the day after Halloween. The city of Gulf Shores has their Christmas decorations up and it's still 75° at the beach. Grr.

Sorry for the rant. It's just too soon. By the time my traditional "start of season" rolls around — the day after Thanksgiving — I'm already burned out. Plus it only serves to further minimize the real reason behind the holiday.

If Q 105 is gonna be first in Jackson to go all Christmas, let me be the first to say unto all of ye, "Bah effing humbug!" ;D
 
1 of 2 things. Either they're teasing like they did last year (they did the very same thing over the weekend and then returned to oldies Monday) OR (2) their numbers are so horrible that it doesnt make any difference. Seen their numbers? Sheez Louise. I'm thinking it's really a mixture of 1 and 2. Bob Dylan said it best..when ya got nuthin, you got nuthin to lose
 
I don't think it's just a weekend thing but we'll see tomorrow. I think it could be a last ditch effort to get the ratings up or even a format change afterward. And since Q has USM football, maybe a move to put the Score 620 on FM?
 
Q 105 has been bad for several years. The station to me just sounds "tired". When they are on autopilot you can always tell. there is no energy and the station is just a snooze fest. they really need to step it up. make radio cool again. They play the same burned out songs over and over. And its not always the good songs they burn out.

If they were to move WJDX to FM, it would kill the AM station. I doubt it would even be mentioned on the air except in the legal I.D. Just like they did when they simulcast on 96.3. No more WJDX, it was "Mix 96" The AM wound up simulcasting Miss 103 and eventually going sports. Nowadays I think they would just put dollar for a holler preachers on 620, if they moved WJDX to FM. I've seen it happen before.
 
Over in Birmingham you have not one, not two… but five AM/FM simulcasts and no one's doing anything different with the AMs. There's WJOX 690/94.5, WAPI 1070/94.5, WERC 960/105.5, WYDE 1260/101.1 and WENN 1320/102.1.

When WJOX first went to FM, the AM eventually flipped to mostly syndicated Fox Sports programming, but that was dropped for some unknown reason. I'd suggest the same for WJDX but god knows Jackson already has all the sports it can handle on AM.

Really, wouldn't it just be better to revamp the programming and start programming more than 70's disco? I'm sure a well programmed full out oldies station wouldn't do worse than Q is doing now.
 
the golden boy said:
I heard "Little Drummer Boy" by Bob Seger this morning and other Christmas songs afterward. Even went over to their website and saw a Santa's hat on their logo. It's way too early for Christmas music to be playing.
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They are playing that Bob Seger song too much. I heard it this morning and it came back on the next time I tuned in only a few hours later. They really need to expand the playlist. And I never want to hear "Santa Baby" ever again.
 
Hence why I have XM and only venture onto only certain local stations otherwise. :)
 
Zach said:
Over in Birmingham you have not one, not two… but five AM/FM simulcasts and no one's doing anything different with the AMs. There's WJOX 690/94.5, WAPI 1070/94.5, WERC 960/105.5, WYDE 1260/101.1 and WENN 1320/102.1.

When WJOX first went to FM, the AM eventually flipped to mostly syndicated Fox Sports programming, but that was dropped for some unknown reason. I'd suggest the same for WJDX but god knows Jackson already has all the sports it can handle on AM.
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I was in Birmingham over the summer and I heard all those simulcasts. That's crazy. BTW, Magic 96.5 over there is all- Christmas according to the Alabama board.
 
flytrap said:
WHER 99.3 in in Laurel has been all Christmas music since right after Halloween. However, like most of the stations that play christmas these days, its the same tired old chesnuts that get played every year, over and over with a limited playlist. There are literaly thousands of good christmas albums with great songs and arrangements. I don't want to hear "Simply having a wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney or Mariah Carey butchering a Christmas carol several spins a day. After listening for a couple of days, you've heard every song in their computer. I know its beating a dead horse, but the pre-meditated butchery these pop singers do to our sacred Christmas carols makes me reach for the knob everytime one of the caterwaullers comes on.
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You can time Q105's playlist: Nat King Cole's "Christmas Song," Perry Como's "Home for the Holidays" and Andy Williams "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (and others) are played every three hours almost to the minute. That really wears those classics out.

Interesting article on the necessity and perils of all-Christmas radio: http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Radio_46/-Say-is-it-time-for-Jingle-Bells-yet-.asp
 
Once again, they just don't get it. Nobody wants to hear the same old renditions over and over like a broke record. you're right, you can almost time it out. I hear Josh Groban (which I like) every few hours, along with that truly awful Santa Baby. Plus horrible remake versions of Jingle Bell Rock, Rockin around the Christmas Tree and Baby its cold outside (not always Dean Martin, but the bad covers from pop singers) I've got a stack of great christmas albums with some great songs on them. solos, choirs, orchestras, pop and country singers etc. and yet Q just plays the same tired old predictible songs. Do us a favor, surprise us. play something cool. shock us and play an album cut. this is what happens when you have too many consultants and computers running a station,and less disk jockeys who know and love music. This will burn out quick if they don't add some tunes. especially if its from people who can't sing. ( which sadly is the majority of pop stars that try to sing classic christmas music these days)
 
I feel compelled to revisit this topic and say I think Q105 is airing a much better, more varied mix of Christmas tunes in week two (or three?) of its holiday 24/7 programming. Much, much better.
 
I think the problem with christmas music on the radio is that every song has to be a "hit". And most people that enjoy Christmas music will tell you that the best christmas music is not always going to be a "hit". Orchestras, choirs and compitant soloists make some of the best christmas records. Most modern day pop stars butcher up the classics. I'll take Bing Crosby over Mariah Carey's caterwauling any day.
 
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