In years past, most Christmas music stations would end the holiday tunes at midnight on Dec. 25. Some would continue playing one per hour for the next few days but only non-specific seasonal songs, such as Let It Snow and Jingle Bell Rock.
This year, many stations stayed all-Christmas until the Sunday after, Dec. 28. WLTW NYC, KODA Houston and KOST Los Angeles, all owned by iHeart. Others did too, such as Audacy-owned WMJX Boston and WLIF Baltimore. But some iHeart stations ended it on Dec. 25. I heard KTSM-FM El Paso back in its usual format the day after Christmas. WSRS Worcester-Boston went to mostly AC music with an occasional holiday hit.
At least one station that decided to continue with all-Christmas music until New Year's Day is WBEB Philadelphia, owned by Audacy. That's a full week after Dec. 25th. I'm listening and right now they're playing Nat King Cole's "Silent Night," a religious song. Surprising. I'm not sure anyone else is doing this except maybe stations using Christmas music before switching to a new format on Jan. 1 or on Monday.
This year, many stations stayed all-Christmas until the Sunday after, Dec. 28. WLTW NYC, KODA Houston and KOST Los Angeles, all owned by iHeart. Others did too, such as Audacy-owned WMJX Boston and WLIF Baltimore. But some iHeart stations ended it on Dec. 25. I heard KTSM-FM El Paso back in its usual format the day after Christmas. WSRS Worcester-Boston went to mostly AC music with an occasional holiday hit.
At least one station that decided to continue with all-Christmas music until New Year's Day is WBEB Philadelphia, owned by Audacy. That's a full week after Dec. 25th. I'm listening and right now they're playing Nat King Cole's "Silent Night," a religious song. Surprising. I'm not sure anyone else is doing this except maybe stations using Christmas music before switching to a new format on Jan. 1 or on Monday.