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WHICH STATION WILL TRY AN ALL HALLOWEEN FORMAT?

blackgold

blackgold

I wonder if there are any radio stations who will try an All-Halloween format for the 2 weeks leading up to the big day. After all, it is the second most commercialized holiday in the nation, so why not call up some radio stations and get them to try an All-Halloween format?
 
An all-Halloween format? That's a bit of a stretch. However, I could see a station, on 10/31 itself, going all Halloween just for that day. Along with the novelty stuff like 'Monster Mash,' they could play songs that just sound spooky and have a Halloween vibe. 'Hypnotized' by Fleetwood Mac and 'In the Court of the Crimson King' by King Crimson come to mind. 'Welcome to My Nightmare' from Alice Cooper (hell, almost anything by him) is an obvious choice. And, of course, there's the all-time Halloween classic, 'Halloween' by Helloween. I think there's enough music out there that fits the description I just provided for a day's worth of programming, but not for weeks on end like they do with Christmas.
 
Don't forget "Spooky" by the Classics IV.

Or, just put "Hell is for Children" by Pat Benatar on an endless loop.
"That'll fix the little b@$t@rds!" -- Uncle Don
 
I'll be filling in for the WMWM local music show on Halloween day as the host goes out in downtown Salem to interview people via cell phone. I could probably think of some appropriate songs (not
necessarily local) though we may just sprinkle a song or two in

Screamin Jay Hawkins--I Put a Spell On You
Howlin' Wolf--Evil... I Ain't Superstitious etc
Lonnie Brooks (blues)--Bewitched
Sinatra--Witchcraft
Ministry--Every Day is Halloween
Dead Kennedys--Halloween
Bob Malone (guy I interviewed last wk)--So What If It's Halloween
Bonzo Dog Band--Monster Mash (cover version of Bobby Boris Pickett...who I saw play
Archie Bunker in Morgan White & Bob Katzen's stage show "Don't Touch That Dial")

Rose & The Arrangement (IIRC)--The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati
and many more
 
Bloom Country comic strip, with Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat going door to door in
their Presidential campaign. People keep saying they're cute and giving them candy. "Who
the heck put Election Day so close to Halloween???" :)
 
Actually, stunting by playing continuous "Monster Mash" might be a good way to segway to a new format for some stations changing on November 1.
 
Actually, Boris Pickett's little-known follow-up, "Monster's Holiday," would be a good bridge from an all-Halloween format to an all-Christmas format. ;)
 
blackgold said:
I wonder if there are any radio stations who will try an All-Halloween format for the 2 weeks leading up to the big day. After all, it is the second most commercialized holiday in the nation, so why not call up some radio stations and get them to try an All-Halloween format?
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Damn ! So glad I don't have to participate in this madness anymore. I can just see the Sales Manager calling a special (and mandatory) meeting and asking for lists of all Halloween songs the staff has ever heard of..."And, you're not leaving this room until you've got at least 5 ! And, no looking at your neighbor's list ! Oh, and as an incentive...you'll all receive some of last year's candy corn as a "big" thank you from Clueless Conglomerate Broadcasting, Inc." LOL !
 
playlist from my Halloween show last year--just the Halloween songs I played. I don't expect a lot of you to know many of the songs, except maybe Bob, but anyway... (the record labels are in the parentheses)

in the unlikely occurrence someone would like to check out this show, I have it archived: http://sonicoverload.blogspot.com/2009/11/sonic-overload-102609.html


SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-The Only Scary Thing About Halloween Is Your F***g Face (from “Songs For The Witching Season,” Creep)

PLAN 9-Day Of The Dead (Nickel and Dime)
GRIFFIN-The Phantom Of The Shocker (MCR)
ROSEMARY’S BABIES-Talking To The Dead (Ghastly)
VAMPIRE LEZBOS-Plasma (self-released)
SCRATCH ACID-Monsters (Rabid Cat)

SPEND 4-Necrophilia (ACME)
GBH-Necrophilia (Clay)
ZEKE-Season Of The Witch (Dead Teenager)
STEAMING WOLF PENIS-Vampire Mustache (from “Funhouse Comp Thing,” My Fat Ass)
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN-Devil Dust (Get Hip)
YOUTHS-Zombie Youth (Criminal IQ)

PHANTOM RATS-Get Out (1+2)
DEAD KENNEDYS-Halloween (Alternative Tentacles)
BROKEN TOYS-Smash Some Pumpkins (Trashtone)
MONSTERS-Don’t Burn The Witch (Voodoo Rhythm)
SONICS-The Witch (Fan Club)

FLESH EATERS-See You In The Boneyard (Ruby)
TSOL-Code Blue (Frontier)
45 GRAVE-Black Cross (Goldar)
MAD PARADE-Real Horror Show (Dr. Strange)

PSYCHO-Psycho III (Welfare)
BONES BRIGADE-Zombie Attack (Coalition)
EVIL ARMY-Friday The 13th (Get Revenge)
CIRIL-Herman (Know)
BATTALION OF SAINTS-I Wanna Make You Scream (Taang)

DEEP PURPLE-Black Night (Warner Bros.)
GRUESOMES-Jack The Ripper (Sundazed)
DEADITES-Little Red Spider (from “Diggy Diggy Dead,” Rubble)
GRAVEDIGGER V-She’s A Cur (Voxx)

SOCIAL DISTORTION-The Creeps (Time Bomb)
BUSH TETRAS-Too Many Creeps (99)
SPIDER BABIES-I’m Dead (GI)
SINISTER SIX-Keep My Cool (Empty)
WITCHES WITH DICKS-Your Job Does Not Rock Balls (Kiss Of Death)

THE HORROR-Reunited Ripper (Chainsaw Safety)
MISFITS-Bloodfeast (Plan 9)
GRIM REAPER-See You In Hell (RCA)

AGENT ORANGE-Bloodstains (Posh Boy)
 
That Dead Kennedys song becomes an "earwig" every year to me (can't get it out of my head).
"Remember what I did, remember what I was, back on Halloween"

Maybe Rocky Horror stuff could fit in too...the idea of it being a horror movie spoof, plus
the devotees who 'dress up' as the characters. Time Warp; "There's a Light...Over at the
Frankenstein place" etc
 
dhoule said:
Actually, stunting by playing continuous "Monster Mash" might be a good way to segway to a new format for some stations changing on November 1.
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Like perhaps the Christmas format?
 
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