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User Submitted 2025 All-Christmas Station List

My usual staples flipped on Black Friday... KKRB Klamath Falls OR and WQPW in Valdosta GA. KKRB's playlist is very wide for a holiday format, as I have mentioned in the past. Lots of the usual, with quite a few novelty/rarer covers and songs. I taped an hour of them recently and found "Tree's on Fire" by Cledus T. Judd in their holiday mix. Cledus is the Weird Al of country music. KKRB was in regular format during the week of Thanksgiving (prior to Fri.) but they air John Tesh's show at night, which was already in Christmas mode.

I'll have to check out the Retro FM station in Albany. That's not too far from Valdosta either.
 
cc333 said:
Sounds like KYNO flipped.

Not sure when it happened. Sometime over the weekend, I suspect.

c
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I'm listening to KYNO's stream right now. The song playing is "Smiling Faces Sometimes," by The Undisputed Truth and that song was immediately preceeded by "19th Nervous Breakdown," by The Rolling Stones. Now here comes a Christmas number: The Ames Brothers' version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town."

Unless the stream (which I am listening to now) has departed from simulcasting KYNO's AM signal (certainly a possibility), KYNO hasn't gone all Christmas yet.

And now, I've a "More Tunes Just Ahead," promotional announcement and now a commercial (or PSA) for the Community Housing Council followed by an ad/PSA for a long-term community care service for the elderly. Now we're back to music with The Winstons' "Color Him Father."
 
Huh, well I could not quite hear it through the static, so I could be mistaken that it did a wholesale flip (I know I heard The Christmas Song, though).

I'll see if I can check it out this evening, when the skywaves are fully active.

c
 
In other Christmas station news based upon what I'm hearing on their streams:

KWOL 105.1 mHz, wWhitefish, MT--definitely doing the seasonal thing. I believed they switched last Friday.
KLCE 97.3 mHZ, Blackfoot, ID--I believe this one has gone all-seasonal as well; I say "believe" because I heard two recognizable Christmas songs in a row, then something that may not have been. I'll need to double-check this one at a later date.
KVVR 97.9 mHZ, Great Falls, MT--I think this one is following in the footsteps of KBEQ-FM this year. Last year, it began playing all seasonal tunes on the Friday after Thanksgiving; this year it's mixing some seasonal tunes with its regular playlist.

I have read and heard from other sources previously that today's young are not as into Christmas tunes as their parents. It occurs to me that KVVR's and (possibly) KLCE's pulling back on the all-Christmas playlist may well reflect this point.
 
All-Christmas on WEVR AM/FM in River Falls WI now. They can be heard by tuning one of the Minneapolis-area SDRs (MN Kiwi or Croton) to 1550khz. Super traditional, instrumental, and a lot of covers you never hear on any other station. Remember, this is the same adult contemporary station that seems like it's stuck in about 1990 or so.
 
ted chittenden said:
In other Christmas station news based upon what I'm hearing on their streams:

KWOL 105.1 mHz, wWhitefish, MT--definitely doing the seasonal thing. I believed they switched last Friday.
KLCE 97.3 mHZ, Blackfoot, ID--I believe this one has gone all-seasonal as well; I say "believe" because I heard two recognizable Christmas songs in a row, then something that may not have been. I'll need to double-check this one at a later date.
KVVR 97.9 mHZ, Great Falls, MT--I think this one is following in the footsteps of KBEQ-FM this year. Last year, it began playing all seasonal tunes on the Friday after Thanksgiving; this year it's mixing some seasonal tunes with its regular playlist.

I have read and heard from other sources previously that today's young are not as into Christmas tunes as their parents. It occurs to me that KVVR's and (possibly) KLCE's pulling back on the all-Christmas playlist may well reflect this point.
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An update: I listened to KLCE (Idaho Falls, ID) and KVVR (Great Falls, MT) this afternoon and both stations are now in the "All Christmas" category.

Also, if nobody else has listed it above, Hickory, NC's WAIZ (630 AM) is now all-Christmas as of November 28. 2025.
 
Okay. Here are some more, this time from the northern Rocky Mountain states:

KMRZ 106.7 mHZ, Superior (Rock Springs), WY
KBOZ 99.9 mHz, Bozeman, MT
KCHH 95.5 mHZ, Billings, MT
KYYA 730 AM, Billings, MT

I believe all of these flipped on November 28, the day after Thanksgiving.

Here's one that I believe has flipped (it has done so in the past) but the stream is geofenced and I can't even get a now playing list from the station's website. If anybody on this Board either lives in Reno, NV or within the geofenced area, please verify if KRNO-FM has gone all-Christmas. Thank you in advance.
 
It appears WZTZ enterprise Al 101.1 Retro fm is all Christmas as well. Not sure when this flipped, after thanksgiving they were still classic hits format, while 102.1 was all Christmas.
 
KMGK 107.1 Glenwood MN has gone all-Christmas. Take a listen if you like a traditional/standards-leaning Christmas playlist. You won't hear Ariana Grande, Sia, or Taylor Swift here.
 
crainbebo said:
KMGK 107.1 Glenwood MN has gone all-Christmas. Take a listen if you like a traditional/standards-leaning Christmas playlist. You won't hear Ariana Grande, Sia, or Taylor Swift here.
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So no Kelly Clarkson.

What about Mannheim Steamroller and Trans-Siberian Orchestra?

I also would not want any Beatles.
 
CTListener said:
Are Beatles Christmas songs standard radio fare? Have they ever been?
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I'll comment on another thread.

Memories 1280 in the Charlotte NC market went all-Christmas at some point. Ever since they went from 60s and 70s music to 70s, 80s and 90s I haven't bothered with the station but I had something I needed to do related to the big shuffle in Charlotte. And technically it's Memories 101.7 but no one in Charlotte will be likely to hear the translator.
 
cc333 said:
Ah, I see.

Did the band, during their active years (~1963-1969), ever have any true Christmas records? My limited research says no.

c
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Lennon recorded "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," but that wasn't the Beatles either. I seem to recall that the Beatles would, in the initial Beatlemania years, cut special Christmas greetings records for fan club members, but they never got radio airplay and weren't actual songs.
 


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