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Post by mkarns on Sept 10, 2019 12:32:58 GMT -5
^^I'm OK with Christmas music late in the season, say for a couple of weeks in December, or when shopping. I don't want or need it nonstop on the radio starting right after Halloween (a holiday which I think is commercially overdone, but that's another discussion.)
Relative to this board, it can get annoying when we get close to Christmas trying to find the regular AT40s at a convenient time, especially if I have to change up my weekend schedule, as by then many retro AT40 affiliates are playing either Casey's Christmas shows or none at all.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 10, 2019 12:40:56 GMT -5
Yeah I hear you. I really like the holidays, but I can do without all of the commercialized Xmas music, especially that which preempts the AT40 classic shows. And I really don't get the appeal in listening to the same rotation of Xmas songs (e.g. "Step Into Christmas" by EJ, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey, that John Lennon song, etc.). But apparently, a large contingent of the minivan soccer moms/dads driving their kids all over town get a bang out of that stuff. Agree with this 100%. The Detroit station that goes all-Christmas in November advertises its music as as "the 80s until now", yet when it comes to Christmas music, most of what they play is pre-1980. Hearing those tunes for so long just sounds so... old. If these stations were to start playing Christmas music after Thanksgiving and maybe play a Christmas tune once in every four songs, that might make more sense. The closer to Christmas, the more Christmas music we could hear. But NOOOOOOOO... We have to follow the iHeart radio gods who say that select stations must all flip to Christmas music the second week of November. On the other hand, now that I have Sirius/XM radio in my car, I'll probably attempt to listen to their numerous Christmas stations when they first start ... but just to sample them! I won't listen to those stations full-time, I promise!
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 10, 2019 12:43:29 GMT -5
Relative to this board, it can get annoying when we get close to Christmas trying to find the regular AT40s at a convenient time, especially if I have to change up my weekend schedule, as by then many retro AT40 affiliates are playing either Casey's Christmas shows or none at all. I don't know if this time is convenient for you but CKWW based out of Windsor/Detroit hasn't flipped to Christmas leading up to December 25 in the last 6 years. They play AT40 - The 70s Sunday evenings from 7 - 10pm Eastern time. Just wanted to throw that out as an option for you.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 10, 2019 13:23:42 GMT -5
Hey mga707, don't get caught up in the blues of holiday format changes just yet. Focus on all the great AT40 shows yet to come in 2019. In fact, if you include this weekend's 1976 show, there are still 18 regular weekly shows from the 70s to finish up the year. Enjoy!
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Post by mrjukebox on Sept 10, 2019 16:21:18 GMT -5
A lot of the stations in the I-Heart Radio network air wall to wall Christmas songs prior to Thanksgiving-Fortunately,that won't be the case with WQSR.
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Post by jmack19 on Sept 10, 2019 23:59:31 GMT -5
WPNC is also now repeating last week 70s: 1974 WPNC is now playing last weekend's 70s B show: 1978.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 11, 2019 21:13:16 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show: 1st Guess - 9/15/79 2nd Guess - 9/16/72 You're one year and six days off on your second guess. And that stands alone.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 11, 2019 21:26:32 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show: 1st Guess - 9/15/79 2nd Guess - 9/16/72 You're one year and six days off on your second guess. And that stands alone. So September 22, 1973 it apparently is.
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Post by kchkwong on Sept 11, 2019 23:45:50 GMT -5
the unaired November, 1976 show stands a good chance of being played in another two months! Yes, that will be the last weekly show from 1976 for 2019. And 'tis the season (almost), it will be paired with this year's first Christmas program. I assume the Christmas program begins on the Nov 9/10 weekend. Is that correct? If so, I think we won't be getting the other unaired show 11/11/78 this year.
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Post by kchkwong on Sept 11, 2019 23:49:27 GMT -5
You're one year and six days off on your second guess. And that stands alone. So September 22, 1973 it apparently is. I was hoping for 9/16/72 and 9/29/73 this month. Looks like I have to wait at least another year.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 12, 2019 1:55:44 GMT -5
Between specials, guest hosted shows, and shows aired in the last couple of years, we probably won't get 1972 or 1979 until October, by which time it'll have been about three months since either year was an A. Unless, that is, we get 9/22/79 the last weekend in September, but if they were going to do that then the 21st/22nd would likely have been the time.
And taking all that into account as well as years featured in the last few weeks, the last show of the month is probably either 9/25/71 (with a B) or 9/30/78. Since we haven't had a 1978 A since June, longer than any other year, it looks like a decent bet. In fact, they've really short-shrifted 1978 this year, with A's only in February, March, and June so far. Maybe the main year end show will be from 1978, which it hasn't been since 2007?
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Post by matt on Sept 12, 2019 7:59:30 GMT -5
Between specials, guest hosted shows, and shows aired in the last couple of years, we probably won't get 1972 or 1979 until October, by which time it'll have been about three months since either year was an A. Unless, that is, we get 9/22/79 the last weekend in September, but if they were going to do that then the 21st/22nd would likely have been the time. And taking all that into account as well as years featured in the last few weeks, the last show of the month is probably either 9/25/71 (with a B) or 9/30/78. Since we haven't had a 1978 A since June, longer than any other year, it looks like a decent bet. In fact, they've really short-shrifted 1978 this year, with A's only in February, March, and June so far. Maybe the main year end show will be from 1978, which it hasn't been since 2007? So right now, it's looking more and more like 10/7/78 could be the next 1978 show (9/23/78 was offered as a 'B' in both 2016 and '17, but 9/30/78 hasn't been played since 2015 and could very well be played the last weekend in September as well). I can't imagine they go much longer than that. It would be possible to get 11/11/78 the weekend of November 9th, and 11/13/76 the following weekend (unless Pete made it clear that 1976 will happen the weekend of the 9th, in which case 11/18/78--which has only aired in 2011 and therefore hasn't been offered with the full four hours yet--could happen the weekend of Nov. 16th).
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Post by matt on Sept 12, 2019 8:05:20 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show: 1st Guess - 9/15/79 2nd Guess - 9/16/72 You're one year and six days off on your second guess. And that stands alone. Thanks Pete! Funny thing -- the above was my prediction for this coming weekend, but I actually had a post written up sometime yesterday which guessed 9/16/78 for next weekend (second guess was 9/22/79). Apparently I closed my browser before I hit "Create Post"!
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Post by seminolefan on Sept 12, 2019 10:04:42 GMT -5
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Post by Hervard on Sept 12, 2019 14:17:49 GMT -5
Between specials, guest hosted shows, and shows aired in the last couple of years, we probably won't get 1972 or 1979 until October, by which time it'll have been about three months since either year was an A. Unless, that is, we get 9/22/79 the last weekend in September, but if they were going to do that then the 21st/22nd would likely have been the time. I'm wondering, since they tend to have been light on 1979 "A" shows, if they're going to wait until late November (or even early December) to do that year and go with one of the yet-unplayed shows from that year. Probably not - we'll probably get a late September/early October show, and then by late November, it'll be time for another 1979 show. And taking all that into account as well as years featured in the last few weeks, the last show of the month is probably either 9/25/71 (with a B) or 9/30/78. Since we haven't had a 1978 A since June, longer than any other year, it looks like a decent bet. In fact, they've really short-shrifted 1978 this year, with A's only in February, March, and June so far. Maybe the main year end show will be from 1978, which it hasn't been since 2007? Doubtful, as 1978 was the "B" offering last year. I somehow have a feeling that this year's YE show will be one of the standalone years, but that's merely speculation and nothing more.
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