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X-mas Music will start next Friday

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scottwmro

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Well Boys & Girls, the dreaded time of year for me will start next Thurday Night/Friday Morning. All Xmas will start on Mix 92.9 and 93.7 (FISH). My station, becasue of it's network affiliation will start to play some of too....BUMMER!

Now, before you go off and rant about me, read what I''m about to say in this paragraph. I know some of you will enjoy the all Xmas Music, and that's fine, I respect your opinion and I hope you do enjoy listening to it if it makes you happy. We all do what makes us happy in life and the music that we listen to on a personal basis makes our days, happy days, while we are having to live in this sometimes awful world.

Warning....Editorial here from ole grump:

WHY IN THE HELL (John Engelbrecht, President of Mix 92.9 & South Central Communications) do you take the top rated AC station (YOUR STATION) in the market & change format for one month. Terrestrial Radio, MAN, what the hell will you & your consultants think of next to screw it up. I will say the only thing in the month of December you have got going good is Jack!

I suspect 92.9's winter book numbers will go down slightly because folks get tired of Xmas Music quickly, plus Rick is gone to KDF. I stomach Xmas junk for 10-15 minutes, then I'm somewhere else on the dial or off doing my on thang (mp3,CD, XM, etc.)

If I didn't have a network commitment, and Sunday programming sold, I'd go all "KICK ASS ROCK" starting Friday Morning 11/23 @ 6 AM to Wednesday Morning 12/26 @ 6 AM. No bubble gum, Bing, Stupid Snoopy Xmas Music. I say it would be music from Ozzy, Iron Maden, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Def Leppard, Ratt, Poison, Kiss, etc.

I know, I know....this is just wishful thinking on my part, but I'm allowed to dream outside the business world!
 
Will 92.9 play Christmas music 24/7, nothing else. I wonder how many of their fans will listen the whole month? It seems to me that it would get alittle old after awhile. Just my opinion! I have no problem with Christmas music, some of it i really like, but i just could'nt listen to it for a whole month straight. Now all Christmas music 4 or 5 days before Christmas would be cool with me.
Damn this year has flown by, it seems like yesterday since i got my Hot Wheels race track! LOL
 
scottwmro said:
WHY IN THE HELL (John Engelbrecht, President of Mix 92.9 & South Central Communications) do you take the top rated AC station (YOUR STATION) in the market & change format for one month.
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Maybe it's that ratings spike, ya think? Or the listeners have come to expect it...and enjoy it?
Or those pesky clients that spend money to advertise across the dayparts?
Other than that...you're right...what the hell are these morons thinking?
 
I just hope The Fish and the Today's Christian Music Network don't do like they've done in the past and go to where they play more easy listening Christmas music than AC or CCM. Since they're an AC CCM station they need to stay with CCM and clean AC Christmas music, not elevator music except for a few true classics.
 
I've got an idea. I called this consultant my old friend Bill Barry told me how to get in touch with and I think he's on to something.
He says during this time of the year when depression hits and the grinches who want to steal Christmas and those crazy folks who own and make money with radio stations playing that seasonal music, let's do something radical. My consultant, Jimmy Dorsey, suggested we try something never tried before. Are you ready?
How about splitting the music between Polka with an emphasis on accordians and Hawaiin?
It's never been done here before. There are enough musicians in Middle Tennessee that played in high school and college bands and steel guitar players and accordian playes who will listen.
And if the station just does it between now and the New Year, we'll get publicity in this area unlike any we've ever seen before.
Sure there are those who won't like it....but the untapped market that is out there could be phenominal.
Just a suggestion.
 
Christmas music again, already? Oh, joy! ::)

Doesn't Delilah go all Christmas about this time, too? I don't know; I don't listen to her.

I agree that stations should play artists that fit their format, even when playing Christmas music. My first station was dayparted country and gospel, and it was interesting trying to program sacred Christmas music by country artists, and secular Christmas music from gospel singers. Fortunately, we were all-Christmas for only about a week leading up to Christmas. Prior to that, it was the usual once an hour, and then later, twice-an-hour Christmas song.

At my next station, the following year, my birthday, November 29th, fell on "black Friday," ::) and we had to play Christmas music all day! Fortunately, it was just for that day, until right up before Christmas. (Although, I worked an overnight shift that weekend (December 1st), and just let a reel of Christmas music track through.)

My personal least fave Christmas songs: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (it gets my "overkill" award!) and anything from the overhyped Phil Spector album. It just sounds "dated" now! (I'm sure even Brenda Lee is sick of her song by now! And my two least favorite singers, Amy Grant and LeAnn Rimes, have covered it! ::))
 
THE TARGET AUDIENCE is all that FRIGGIN' MATTERS and THAT IS NOT ANY OF US. We're supposed to hate it.
THE WOMEN LIKE THE DAMN CHRISTMAS MUSIC ... and the advertisers like to spend more money with Mix than
anyone else in Nashville. It's just the way it is. Accept it and forget about.

Besides, which one of us will really miss ESCAPE for the next 30 days? Nada. Well, okay, I will -- but, only because
it keeps Sarge from getting his very own Pina Colada Glass award for his 1,000,000th rotation of ole Rupert
in before Santa arrives with a new version.

We need a break from the AC crap we've been bitching about on here, as if any of us would listen to Mix when you could be
listening to that Santanic, Evil Hard Rock on THE DEVIL'S AM HOME, WMRO???? :)

And, we'll all really love 'watching' the Mighty V 102.5 miss another chance to finally get a solid 1.0 share because
something will fall off the tower or three hundred 80's songs will play at the same time at 7:01 pm, but all us MEN
will be listening because we have to.

.
 
olebud said:
How about splitting the music between Polka with an emphasis on accordians and Hawaiin?
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Brilliant... but...it's been neglected and not played much, but there's the if-you-hear-it-you-won't-soon-forget-it format option Hawaiian Polka Music
 
Tibbs2 said:
THE TARGET AUDIENCE is all that FRIGGIN' MATTERS and THAT IS NOT ANY OF US. We're supposed to hate it.
THE WOMEN LIKE THE DAMN CHRISTMAS MUSIC ... and the advertisers like to spend more money with Mix than
anyone else in Nashville. It's just the way it is. Accept it and forget about.

Besides, which one of us will really miss ESCAPE for the next 30 days? Nada. Well, okay, I will -- but, only because
it keeps Sarge from getting his very own Pina Colada Glass award for his 1,000,000th rotation of ole Rupert
in before Santa arrives with a new version.

We need a break from the AC crap we've been bitching about on here, as if any of us would listen to Mix when you could be
listening to that Santanic, Evil Hard Rock on THE DEVIL'S AM HOME, WMRO???? :)

And, we'll all really love 'watching' the Mighty V 102.5 miss another chance to finally get a solid 1.0 share because
something will fall off the tower or three hundred 80's songs will play at the same time at 7:01 pm, but all us MEN
will be listening because we have to.

.
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I LOVE IT, I LOVE, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Tibbs,
I laughed my butt off when I read your comments! Gave me a good laugh this morning. Point is, your right, it is one of those mental things. Get'em in that Xmas mood and they spend that money!
No matter how bad Buddy has to get on the air to tell the news listening audience how bad our economic situation is, and they still running out there, tearing the hell out of the the U.S. economy, running up credit cards, and coproate brings in the doe, their ads paid off. Now if I can the ad agencies to pay me in Jan-Feb of 08!

Got to give ya an "A" for those comments Tibbs, I'm still laughing! ;D :D

Scott
 
Ahhh, the Christmas season - the one time of year when you don't hear 92.9 play "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)", as another poster here would tell you... 8)
 
And don't forget, Rock Steady by the Whispers. I'm so sick of when I call my Dr's office, they have 92.9 piped in the "music on hold" section of the PBX, and all I here is that worn out song from the 80's we CHR guys played to death!

What is so funny, Standard AC works in every market. It's so mass appeal, it makes you sick.

I'll have to give Bud Walters and crew credit, no Xmas Music on Christmas Eve or all day on Christmas Day. V-102.5 and 102.9 The Buzz sticks to thier guns and plays thier regular format, at least over the past several years.
The radio dial get so bad, the news/talk stations drop thier regular format on Xmas Eve and Xmas Day to play Xmas Music. I guess Rush & Shawn need a day off too.

On XMas Eve, I know I'm going jump in and play, "I WANNA ROCK", by Twisted Sister. I hope everyone enjoys it!

SwissVol, let's just raid the Clear Channel building on Xmas Eve, and change The River to Rock 107.5 and Kick Ass!
Oh well, wishful thinking........ ;D
 
What's so sick is you walk in Wal-mart or Walgreens and the Xmas Music is playing the day after Halloween. Boy talk about PUSH MARKETING. I could wait to be checked out and got the hell out of Walgreens last night.

If it was for all this B.S. about this XM/Sirus merger, I would go buy an XM radio now! Terrestrial radio has gotten out of hand.

NOT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT:

Hey, if you want a great laugh, filp over to 1470 WVOL during afternoon drive. It's the station's owner, John Heidelberg, doing an editorial political show, getting some real B.S. stired up. I heard him one afternoon get on the air with a potentional advertiser that he didn't need his money, go take your advertising somewhere else. The guy was telling Heidelberg he would come down to the station and show him how much money he had and where he's going to spend it. The whole ordeal turned into a fight on the air!
He has this sidekick that is on in the middays as well, T. J. Graham.
It's the wildest local talk show on the air. When listening, I can't really decide if Heidelberg is right or not??????
I rather listen to Heidelberg get some real crap stirred up than BORING Bing Crosby and I'm dreaming of a White Christmas!
 
To Tibbs, that was a hilarious post. I am with Scott on this one. Brilliant and hilarious, you hit the proverbial and cliched nail on the head (to borrow a line from the 104.5 Afternoon Zone host manual).
 
scottwmro said:
What is so funny, Standard AC works in every market. It's so mass appeal, it makes you sick.
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I think the typical standard AC listener is so zoned out they don't even realize what they are hearing.

Me: "Oh my goodness - you listen to that crap? Don't you hear the lyrics? That song was about throwing puppies into a wood chipper!!"

Mix 92.9 listener : " Oh - I don't pay attention to the words. I listen to this because it lulls me into a coma which allows me to stop thinking about my pointless life."


Don't even get me started on Delilah. She should read out two numbers on her show - one for requests and the other for the suicide hotline.
 
scottwmro said:
Hey, if you want a great laugh, filp over to 1470 WVOL during afternoon drive. It's the station's owner, John Heidelberg, doing an editorial political show, getting some real B.S. stired up. I heard him one afternoon get on the air with a potentional advertiser that he didn't need his money, go take your advertising somewhere else.
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Try tuning in a bit earlier from noon to 3 and listen to Rev Graham's talk show, "Open Forum". He has a tendency to talk over callers trying to make somewhat valid points on a topic and then he'll 'flush' them if he doesn't agree (which is about every 5 to 6 minutes). Listen for the flush and a monkey wailing sfx and you'll hear what I mean.

Makes me wonder why they don't have a 7 second delay to 'weed' out the same pranksters who call daily?

Christmas music. . how about grindcore inspirational polka?

-M
 
>>>>SwissVol, let's just raid the Clear Channel building on Xmas Eve, and change The River to Rock 107.5 and Kick Ass!
Oh well, wishful thinking.......<<<<<

In my younger days, I would have probably done something such as this. lol Now a days though, I think Clear Channel installed some equipment that alerts them when someone with some ideas with a wide open approach gets within 5 miles of the building.

I dunno if you'd want me at your kick ass rock station because at some point I'd most certainly drag out old Flying Burrito Brothers tunes. It would surely clash with "kick ass" rock. On my ipod just today was Stone the crows, Twink, A foot in cold water and Chocolate watchband. Talk about obscure stuff. lol

Yuck, maybe I am getting Eberneezer Scroogish in my older age, but just the thought of hearing Grandma got run over by a reindeer again, well, yuck. LOL That and Amy Grant singing that sappy "Tender Tennessee Christmas:.:::Shivers:::: LOL
 
FYI

The Rumour Mill on Rosedale has it from a very unreliable source that not all will be lost during
the Christmas flip on Mix this year:

There will be a very special Mix 92.9 exclusive Southern Rock version of Tender Tennessee Christmas
featuring Rupert Holmes, Christopher Cross, Cyndi Lauper, Sammy Hagar and Wylonna --- 18 minute
version for bathroom breaks or trips to McDonald's on Nolensville Road for Minty Chocolate Shakes.
Proof of little or no VT-ing even during the Yuletide Season.

See, there is a Santa Clause.

Hohoho.


This will be my LAST post on the Christmas subject, Scott. :)

We have a bigger agenda to take 97.1 Tower to Real Rock. Even if they couldn't pull it off.
 
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