When is it too early for Christmas music?

[imhomerjay]

I can thin of 10 songs from volume 2 I've heard this season.

As for Rockin Around...., the fixation with Brenda Lee must be why I've heard at least two other versions just this morning on a/c...and no Brenda Lee yet.

 

[firepoint525]

I can thin of 10 songs from volume 2 I've heard this season.

Still leaves 11 volumes unplayed.

As for Rockin Around...., the fixation with Brenda Lee must be why I've heard at least two other versions just this morning on a/c...and no Brenda Lee yet.

Well, good for you. : Meanwhile, I was in a restaurant the other night that just happened to be carrying Delilah, and you guessed it, Brenda Lee's version. And I was in there for probably no longer than 30 minutes.

 

[imhomerjay]

Still leaves 11 volumes unplayed.

Not at all. Just poking around the song lists, I found some from various other volumes also played on several stations I've heard in multiple cities.

Meanwhile, I was in a restaurant the other night that just happened to be carrying Delilah, and you guessed it, Brenda Lee's version. And I was in there for probably no longer than 30 minutes.

Which means...nothing, really. If you'd come in earlier or later, you might well not have heard the song. That it happened to be played at the time you were there means just that. Yes, it gets played, as do other versions.

 

[firepoint525]

Still leaves 11 volumes unplayed.

Not at all. Just poking around the song lists, I found some from various other volumes also played on several stations I've heard in multiple cities.

Of course, when they play something from one of those other collections, they don't always say so. At any rate, don't confuse it with the Now That's What I Call Christmas, which probably gets played more on CHRs. Just seems like volume 1 (ALL of it) from 1987 STILL gets far more airplay than any of those others.

Meanwhile, I was in a restaurant the other night that just happened to be carrying Delilah, and you guessed it, Brenda Lee's version. And I was in there for probably no longer than 30 minutes.

Which means...nothing, really. If you'd come in earlier or later, you might well not have heard the song. That it happened to be played at the time you were there means just that. Yes, it gets played, as do other versions.

I scrolled back through Mix 92.9's playlist, and only saw Brenda Lee's version listed, so it is not my imagination. And Delilah is syndicated, so she's nationwide.

 

[imhomerjay]

One station does not necessarily speak for the majority of stations. Nor does nearing Brenda Lee's version on Delilah mean other versions weren't played on her show at other times.

 

[oldies76]

I scrolled back through Mix 92.9's playlist, and only saw Brenda Lee's version listed, so it is not my imagination. And Delilah is syndicated, so she's nationwide.

The only version I have ever heard on AC's, in stores, or on classic hits stations, is Brenda Lee's. Where does inhomerjay think that updated versions are played as frequently as Brenda Lee's?? If any are in fact being played, it's far and very few between. Obviously if a Christmas song from the late 50's is still being aired in 2011, there must be demand for it...and had stood the test of time. Today's generation is enjoying that late 50's classic, just as the people from then.

It's not your imagination, guaranteed.

 

[imhomerjay]

At least four stations in four markets played other versions.

 

[firepoint525]

Where does inhomerjay think that updated versions are played as frequently as Brenda Lee's??

Don't you know that he will just disagree with anything that you or I or anyone else posts on this board? : His only talent seems to be being disagreeable. ;D

 

[imhomerjay]

Sorry if facts are inconvenient.

 

[oldies76]

Don't you know that he will just disagree with anything that you or I or anyone else posts on this board? : His only talent seems to be being disagreeable. ;D

Reminds me of that other poster....over 21000 posts at last check. ;D

 

[firepoint525]

Sorry if facts are inconvenient.

Sorry if ONE renegade station 20 miles north of nowhere is NOT representative of the industry as a whole! :

 

[johnbasalla]

Any time before the week of Thanksgiving might be too early.

 

[imhomerjay]

For many stations, that ship has sailed, and will sail earlier in 2012.

 

[bchristi]

Well..it's September now, so its time to start thinking about Christmas music and how soon stations will flip. K-Love is already sprinkling in Christmas music and its only barely past Labor Day. When do you plan on flipping or when do you think your local stations will flip to all-Christmas?

 

[new_friends_gr]

Well..it's September now, so its time to start thinking about Christmas music and how soon stations will flip.

I can't believe it. It seems to come earlier every year.

K-Love is already sprinkling in Christmas music and its only barely past Labor Day.

That's completely insane.

When do you plan on flipping or when do you think your local stations will flip to all-Christmas?

I would love it if no radio stations would play any Christmas music before Thanksgiving. It's still my fantasy that stations gradually sprinkle in the music between Thanksgiving and December 25 (then gradually sprinkle it out until New Year's) rather than doing all-or-nothing Christmas music. Last year one of the AC stations in my market (Grand Rapids) flipped to all-Christmas on October 28.

There's a weird situation going on with a station in northern Michigan (106.3/WYPV) that has been playing all-Christmas music since June, but that's just because it's been in testing mode for some reason. (I think they're trying to move a tower or something.) I don't know why they need to be using Christmas music for their testing. In my opinion, it goes against public decency, but whatever. When I was up in that area this past weekend for the Labor Day holiday, I heard that station being blasted on a radio of a vehicle closeby. I was disgusted.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Well..it's September now, so its time to start thinking about Christmas music and how soon stations will flip. K-Love is already sprinkling in Christmas music and its only barely past Labor Day.

That's insane. Is it the junk that has some mention of Christmas, the traditional tunes wrecked by today's artists, or real traditional music?

I was listening to the radio (I don't remember what station) and heard the stores have started putting out Christmas merchandise.

I thought it was crazy when three weeks ago I walked in a store where Halloween merchandise was being put out. I passed a store yesterday which has a Halloween tree in the window. That means an orange artificial tree that looks like a Christmas tree, with Halloween ornaments, of course.

 

[danikayser84]

Here in Albany, NY with WTRY tweaking its format, I'm wondering if WRVE will be the one to go Christmas this year along with B95 (River and B95 are just about the same in terms of signal, while WTRY is a semi-weak directional class A...)

 

[firepoint525]

For many stations, that ship has sailed, and will sail earlier in 2012.

I certainly hope so, because the sooner it sails, the MORE backlash AGAINST it there will be!

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

Well..it's September now, so its time to start thinking about Christmas music and how soon stations will flip. K-Love is already sprinkling in Christmas music and its only barely past Labor Day. When do you plan on flipping or when do you think your local stations will flip to all-Christmas?

My wife and I heard Denver's K-LOVE playing Winter Wonderland just last Monday (Labor Day).

 

[crainbebo]

Well..it's September now, so its time to start thinking about Christmas music and how soon stations will flip. K-Love is already sprinkling in Christmas music and its only barely past Labor Day. When do you plan on flipping or when do you think your local stations will flip to all-Christmas?

My wife and I heard Denver's K-LOVE playing Winter Wonderland just last Monday (Labor Day).

One word: DISGUSTING!!

I was in a local Michael's Craft store the other day and saw the store all decorated in orange, pumpkins and monsters. I was disgusted.

I was even more disgusted when I saw ONE FULL AISLE OF CHRISTMAS!!!
Get ready for "Christmas (insert FM frequency)" 365 days of the year, in the next decade, if we don't stop slowing down X-Mas stuff to after Thanksgiving. I always thought when Santa arrives at Macy's in NY during the Thanksgiving Parade, then it starts the X-Mas season.

-crainbebo