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Who will go All-Christmas this year? WROR or WMJX?

MarcB said:
BTW the ratings may not have shown it (The right people didn't have the People Meter), but I know a lot of people who liked the XMAS Music on DRC-FM better than WRCH's.
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Do you know what the PPM showed last year? WRCH was the highest rated Christmas music station IN THE COUNTRY last year. 17.1 share. No other Christmas station did better. DRC-FM did a great job and I liked their mix, but it wasn't even close.

I'm mostly thinking WBMX isn't flipping because Karson Kennedy and several others in the know have all said "ain't gonna happen." Frankly, I think it'd be a good idea and it's too bad it's not being considered (at least according to the people at CBS I'm talking to.)
 
reelyreal said:
MarcB said:
BTW the ratings may not have shown it (The right people didn't have the People Meter), but I know a lot of people who liked the XMAS Music on DRC-FM better than WRCH's.
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I'm mostly thinking WBMX isn't flipping because Karson Kennedy and several others in the know have all said "ain't gonna happen." Frankly, I think it'd be a good idea and it's too bad it's not being considered (at least according to the people at CBS I'm talking to.)
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Karson Kennedy is not one person. I'm Karson (Tager) & my co-host, her name is Kennedy. She doesn't post on here. Unlike me, she has a life outside of radio. ;D
 
reelyreal said:
MarcB said:
BTW the ratings may not have shown it (The right people didn't have the People Meter), but I know a lot of people who liked the XMAS Music on DRC-FM better than WRCH's.
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Do you know what the PPM showed last year? WRCH was the highest rated Christmas music station IN THE COUNTRY last year. 17.1 share. No other Christmas station did better. DRC-FM did a great job and I liked their mix, but it wasn't even close.

I'm mostly thinking WBMX isn't flipping because Karson Kennedy and several others in the know have all said "ain't gonna happen." Frankly, I think it'd be a good idea and it's too bad it's not being considered (at least according to the people at CBS I'm talking to.)
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Well, if people who work there are denying it, I guess it's not going to happen. Still, it seems strange that CBS would let another company have the Christmas advertising all to itself just becuse it no longer has a station running the "right" format to flip. It would be even stranger if WROR didn't flip either and 24/7 Christmas music in Boston were to be limited to an HD3 signal that only a tiny fraction of the market's listeners can even receive.
 
Maybe WBMX-104.1's on-air staff won't learn about any Christmas flip until it happens.

In retrospect, maybe CBS Radio Boston should have kept WODS-103.3 oldies/classic hits until Novemebr 1st, then drop the airsdtaff, go all-Cbristmas, and flip to Top-40 to mark the start of the new year.

But on the other hand, the Summer ratings book is traditionally the strongest for Top-40/CHR formats, so maybe that's why the decision was made to flip 103.3 to "Amp" in June.

Given the CBS cluster, the only other possibility for a Christmas flip would be WZLX-10.7, but only if they to do it as a stunt and flip to another format after the Holidays (read: a simulcast of WBZ-1030).

And I still think that Clear Channel will take the plunge with WHBA-101.7, given that company's aggressive nature as regards all-Christmas formats.
 
I still think a FM simulcast of WBZ-AM is still 2to 3 years off. Still predict WROR to go all Xmas before Thanksgiving.101.7 FM going All Xmas, not many will care. If it does , will the "MIke" format return on 12/26?
 
Mattcatlover456 said:
I really don't think Mike fm will return unless Waaf stops a simulcast. Maybe like keeping Waaf only on 97.7 then mike on 107.3
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I think mgpt6 meant 101.7’s version (in presumption it goes all XMas, first):

mgpt6 said:
101.7 FM going All Xmas, not many will care. If it does , will the "MIke" format return on 12/26?
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