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Post by BrettVW on Dec 28, 2020 8:58:15 GMT -5
And I'd program 100% Christmas (assuming I was an AC or Classic Hits station) from the first or second week in November and go cold turkey at 12am on 12/26. Secular Christmas is where the $$ is. Of course if I was programming a personal station or non-comm where ratings weren't a thing, my answer would be different. But I think I'd still go cold turkey on 12/26. Heck, I'd probably go cold turkey by 6pm on Christmas night.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 28, 2020 9:46:03 GMT -5
And I'd program 100% Christmas (assuming I was an AC or Classic Hits station) from the first or second week in November and go cold turkey at 12am on 12/26. Secular Christmas is where the $$ is. Of course if I was programming a personal station or non-comm where ratings weren't a thing, my answer would be different. But I think I'd still go cold turkey on 12/26. Heck, I'd probably go cold turkey by 6pm on Christmas night. I'd sprinkle in a few tunes starting TGiving. But I don't even get into Xmas music mood until my final day of work, around 12/23. So I wouldn't go 24/7 until then. But then I wanna hear holiday tunes until I return to work in the new year. So I wouldn't cease until Jan. 1st.
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Post by jblues on Dec 28, 2020 14:07:55 GMT -5
Christmas season runs through Epiphany, which is Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Personally, I would much rather hear Christmas/'Holiday' songs between about December 20 and Jan. 1 than all through the month of November and early December. I'm with mga707 with a twist. How I would program Christmas music... * Four weeks from Christmas: every 4th song played would be a Christmas tune. * Three weeks from Christmas: every 3rd song played would be a Christmas tune. * Two weeks from Christmas: every other song would be an X-Mas tune. * One week away from Christmas through Christmas day: 100% Christmas music. * December 26 - 27: 50% Christmas music. * December 28 - 29: 33% Christmas music. * December 30 - 31: 25% Christmas music leading into Top 100 of (insert year here) countdowns. * January 1: Back to regular programming (personally, I would be okay with an occasional Christmas song through Epiphany on January 6 but listeners would probably crab). Also, I would not permit Christmas songs to re-enter the Hot 100. New Christmas tunes... sure but not classic tunes. Having a separate Christmas chart for a few weeks is fine.
jblues... Christmas didn't end Friday night. We're in the 12 days of Christmas. This could get fun... two metro Detroiters getting into an online argument . Naww, I am not that passionate about Christmas tunes. Your idea sounds ok for the Christmas lovers out there. There are those who want Christmas tunes all the time! I just avoid them in November, especially on WNIC. I turn on SiriusXM, streaming or WOMC (another similarly formatted Detroit area station.) I turn on WNIC from mid December - Christmas Day occasionally. The Breeze 98.7 got their Christmas tunes cut short when they became Alt 98.7. I was kind of ambivalent to that, but odd that they started before WNIC, but ended way earlier, with the hurried format change...lol (well not for the DJ who was on air then, who got let go during her shift!) As for the 12 days of Christmas, thought that was Dec 13-25, didn't think it came after Christmas Day, but could be wrong?
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Post by mga707 on Dec 28, 2020 14:46:11 GMT -5
As for the 12 days of Christmas, thought that was Dec 13-25, didn't think it came after Christmas Day, but could be wrong? The original, religious (Christian) meaning of the '12 days' was to note the time period between the day of Christ's birth and the arrival of the 3 Wise Guys, er, Men, (and their gifts) on Epiphany. Of course, the meaning has shifted over the centuries.
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Post by Mike on Dec 28, 2020 20:24:22 GMT -5
The original, religious (Christian) meaning of the '12 days' was to note the time period between the day of Christ's birth and the arrival of the 3 Wise Guys, er, Men, (and their gifts) on Epiphany. Of course, the meaning has shifted over the centuries. The following clip demonstrates how the original "12 days" would make for a fairly difficult trivia question (though the whole episode is linked, the start time is set for where the question is): (Bonus point: This comes from the end of 1984, much like one of Premiere's choices for a year-end countdown this year. )
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Post by jblues on Dec 29, 2020 16:48:00 GMT -5
Cool, thanks all. That is something I never realized. Oh and SiriusXM turned off their Christmas stations at 3am US ET today...
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Post by caseyfan100 on Dec 29, 2020 17:20:31 GMT -5
Cool, thanks all. That is something I never realized. Oh and SiriusXM turned off their Christmas stations at 3am US ET today... Channel 58 (Prime Country) was all holiday for December. They went back to regular music on Saturday the 26th.
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Post by jblues on Dec 30, 2020 7:47:32 GMT -5
Cool, thanks all. That is something I never realized. Oh and SiriusXM turned off their Christmas stations at 3am US ET today... Channel 58 (Prime Country) was all holiday for December. They went back to regular music on Saturday the 26th. Yep except when they were pre-empted on the satellites for Country Christmas on 58. I listened to it when it was online/app only and they played a smattering of Christmas tunes.
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Post by BrettVW on Dec 30, 2020 10:39:38 GMT -5
It's actually an interesting topic/poll for music lovers like us. Not for radio play, just personal preference: Christmas music from Dec 26-Jan 1. Yes or no? I say no. But I also grew up in a house where Mom had the decorations down by the time I woke up on the 26th. I'm good to start listening a week or so before Thanksgiving. But by the evening of the 25th it's like it was all a bad dream and I can't imagine why I ever would want to listen to any of that
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 30, 2020 11:02:58 GMT -5
It's actually an interesting topic/poll for music lovers like us. Not for radio play, just personal preference: Christmas music from Dec 26-Jan 1. Yes or no? I say no. But I also grew up in a house where Mom had the decorations down by the time I woke up on the 26th. I'm good to start listening a week or so before Thanksgiving. But by the evening of the 25th it's like it was all a bad dream and I can't imagine why I ever would want to listen to any of that I'm about a week behind you with that. I generally avoid Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving, and when 12/26 comes around, I mostly go cold turkey with it but may feel an urge here and there to listen to a little Christmas music until New Year's Eve.
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Post by JMW on Oct 1, 2021 22:19:47 GMT -5
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Post by Mike on Oct 1, 2021 22:35:00 GMT -5
Since WXMS is, effectively, engaging in a three-month stunt, the "first to Christmas" distinction should come with an asterisk.
As to WWIZ - gee, if people are going to keep asking earlier and earlier when the flip is, then why ever flip back?
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 2, 2021 6:14:37 GMT -5
One month to go until these AT40: The 70's and/or AT40: The 80's affiliates go all Christmas for November-December 2021: KQQL Kool 108 Twin Cities, Minnesota 3WS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WXXM Rewind 92.1 FM Madison, Wisconsin
Does WNIC Detroit, Michigan go all Christmas music November-December too?
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 2, 2021 7:58:58 GMT -5
If KQQL follows recent years, they'll flip on 11/19, the Friday before Thanksgiving.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 2, 2021 9:09:09 GMT -5
But how come iHeartRadio can't test out an "All Halloween Music" format for October months (Halloween month) on some Hot AC/classic hit radio stations?
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