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Post by JCMF3 on Oct 22, 2010 21:29:14 GMT -5
We are closing into Nov. 1 quickly, which is the date of the start of the "All Christmas Music" switch being flipped on several AC stations, only to grow as the month progresses.
Who will be first this year? What will be the top-played Christmas tune for 2010? New Christmas singles out?
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Post by johnm1120 on Oct 22, 2010 22:35:12 GMT -5
We got Susan Boyle and Mariah Carey as the top candidates so far.
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M1tchD
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Post by M1tchD on Oct 22, 2010 23:00:32 GMT -5
WSMM South Bend has already started.
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Post by Rurry on Oct 22, 2010 23:07:14 GMT -5
WSMM South Bend has already started. That's insane. It ain't even Halloween yet... |
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Post by johnm1120 on Oct 22, 2010 23:14:11 GMT -5
Maybe they're gonna flip?
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Oct 23, 2010 9:49:35 GMT -5
WSMM South Bend has already started. That's insane. It ain't even Halloween yet... I don't like stations playing non-stop Christmas music when we haven't had Thanksgiving yet. Always insane. |
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Adam (UTR)
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Post by Adam (UTR) on Oct 23, 2010 9:58:58 GMT -5
I'd assume Straight No Chaser is gonna release another Christmas single. If not, we also have Annie Lennox releasing a Christmas album, and Jackie Evancho (from America's Got Talent) releasing a Christmas EP. Katherine McPhee should also get some airplay.
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Post by johnm1120 on Oct 24, 2010 19:28:48 GMT -5
Wilson Phillips also has a Christmas album out this year.
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Post by uplink2 on Oct 26, 2010 12:57:47 GMT -5
A couple of songs from Katharine McPhee's new Christmas record have been sent to radio. Hopefully we will start hearing them early on.
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Post by esoteric76 on Oct 26, 2010 16:02:39 GMT -5
That's insane. It ain't even Halloween yet... I don't like stations playing non-stop Christmas music when we haven't had Thanksgiving yet. Always insane. It's crazy, but it happens! There definitely was a big turning point after 9/11, where the lite stations were offering comfort in the form of Christmas music. |
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Post by smack on Oct 28, 2010 20:30:12 GMT -5
The only good thing about it flipping is it cleans out the chart, but sometimes too early. I myself enjoy 24/7 from the friday after thanksgiving to the day after xmas only.
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Adam (UTR)
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Post by Adam (UTR) on Nov 1, 2010 11:59:06 GMT -5
...and, it begins:
KCKC/Kansas City
KHGE/Fresno
KLQT/Albuquerque
WAKW/Cincinnati
WBZZ/Albany
WEZW/Cape May, NJ
WSHP/Lafayette, IN
WTRV/Grand Rapids
WTRY/Rotterdam, NY
WUMX/Utica, NY
WZUN/Syracuse
They all flipped this morning.
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Adam (UTR)
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Post by Adam (UTR) on Nov 2, 2010 11:32:20 GMT -5
WXLY/Charleston, SC gets added to the list today.
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Post by jayman on Nov 2, 2010 12:54:18 GMT -5
WXLY hasn't flipped to all-Christmas yet. The Christmas music station is just on their website.
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smack
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Post by smack on Nov 8, 2010 20:22:22 GMT -5
all access has willie f norah jones on it so far, that is the only song I see xmas related.
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Post by singingsparrow on Nov 9, 2010 1:24:28 GMT -5
Train's "Shake Up Christmas" is also likely to garner heavy airplay, considering it is the official song for Coca-Cola's Holiday 2010 promotional effort.
Namaste,
Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Nov 12, 2010 21:04:09 GMT -5
WLTE (Lite FM) in Minneapolis flipped a couple of days ago.
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Post by M1tchD on Nov 12, 2010 21:08:22 GMT -5
My local AC (WLEV) surprised me by going all-Christmas today. They always waited until Thanksgiving in previous years, and they even decided not to flip in 2007.
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Post by Adam (UTR) on Nov 15, 2010 12:40:39 GMT -5
So, the AC in my hometown went all-Christmas at 9AM this morning. It's a Clear Channel station, and I just noticed that the other Clear Channel AC station I can get on my dial in Providence, which is also all-Christmas, is playing the exact same songs.
Really, Clear Channel? Really? ???
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Post by johnm1120 on Nov 15, 2010 15:56:37 GMT -5
National playlist?
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Nov 20, 2010 8:35:07 GMT -5
WKTK (Gainesville FL) officially switched to Christmas music today. Gag!
On WKTK's web site, they offer two streams: One for Christmas music (playing on the main channel) and one for regular music.
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