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Thank God christmas music is over

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maddog1964

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A whole month of christmas music is finally over. Now let's get back to the "70's weekend" on My 102.5.
 
I really don't mind Christmas music, but 5-6 years ago when these numb-skulls started it 100% and right after Halloween it got to be too much! Years ago, we would wait till Dec.1, then play one an hour, then slowly ease up from there. Now..if it makes sense, it won't happen. ;) Take from the same book where Chapter 8 was "From intern to PD in 18 months"! :eek:
 
;D You know I was reading (glancing) at a book about radio programning in the Charlotte Library today and it was a fairly recent book and they were still talking about splicing with razor blades and blocks..Maybe this still happens in small market? Surprised Me
 
Thank God Christmas music is over

I guess these stations that go all Christmas music on Halloween won't change their ways until all the women refuse to listen until December 1st. We know that won't happen.

My wife wonders why I hate Christmas. I get tired of all the Christmas music and commercialization of the holiday before it gets here.

But, I'm just a male radio listener. My opinion doesn't count. I have to put up with it or turn the radio off.
 
Don't get me wrong,I don't have anything against christmas music. It just shouldn't be played when it's not christmas. The first sign I hear christmas music way too early, I start scanning the dial for classic rock or anything close to that. WIMZ and WQUT did not play much christmas music. It was rock & roll all the way.
Finally, My 102.5 is back to normal. The "70's weekend" is back on. I heard one of my favorite Bee Gees songs last night, "Fanny(be tender)". When I heard it come on I yelled "Alright!" It's about damn time"!....
Call me cheesy, I can take it.
 
I remember when I worked at WLON (back about 1974) and they started Christmas music 100% Thanksgiving Day or the day after and I went NUTS. At least it was all on tape and we just stoped the tape to play commercials and started the tape again.
 
spacetrucker said:
I remember when I worked at WLON (back about 1974) and they started Christmas music 100% Thanksgiving Day or the day after and I went NUTS. At least it was all on tape and we just stoped the tape to play commercials and started the tape again.
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you worked at WLON in 74? that must have been just after I got fired there. no, wait, that was 73. it was WHKY I got fired from in 74. or was it WWWC? or WCSL? no, didn't get fired from WCSL or WAAK or WGAS.

Wayne Howard had you playing Christmas music 100% on Thanksgiving? or was that Jack Brown's idea?

do we know each other?

-amos
 
Interest about splicing and tape - although I can tell you that it is likely larger markets - 1010 WINS was among the last CBS stations to go all digital! A smaller market can buy a computer and digital audio software for way less than they can repair an Otari!
 
I had to pull an all nighter at 107.9 one Chtistmas Eve and run a satellite Christmas show for eight hours. I thought I had died and ended up in the wrong place.
 
When I worked in the QC, some of the stations there were just starting to dabble in digital editing with Fast Eddie. Moved to Wichita, we were right into full digital editing-playback-recording. Same after moving back to NC-New Bern, then to a big network O&O in DC.... as of May, we finally switched from reel to... mini disc.

These elderly major market shops have so many wire plans that different engineers have put in place over the years that they become frozen in time. The little AM I worked for in college adopted digital program paths before WBT.

I also worked the overnight Christmas shift, on the BT side. The one nice thing about it was that the TV did an annual story on who had to work through the holidays, and the overnight TV guy shot video of me for the story.
 
Re: Thank God Christmas music is over

Johnny Caudle said:
I guess these stations that go all Christmas music on Halloween won't change their ways until all the women refuse to listen until December 1st. We know that won't happen.

My wife wonders why I hate Christmas. I get tired of all the Christmas music and commercialization of the holiday before it gets here.

But, I'm just a male radio listener. My opinion doesn't count. I have to put up with it or turn the radio off.
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Actually, up here in Raleigh/Greensboro, WMAG (in Greensboro) waited until Nov. 17 to switch to all-Christmas, although its former Raleigh counterpart, WRSN Sunny 93.9, started on Nov. 1 (and then, of course, became WKSL 93.9 Kiss FM immediately after Christmas--- well, after 12 hours of "crazy stunting" the new station launched at noon on Dec. 26). I am still wondering who will pick up the Christmas format in Raleigh now that Sunny is gone...
 
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