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Post by allow that on Nov 3, 2003 18:34:18 GMT -5
Looking over the various Going For Adds section of the R&R charts this week, several Christmas songs are "going for adds."
Am I missing something here? What's the point of going for adds before a station will play you? I mean, no one will start playing Christmas music yet. Wouldn't the best time to go for adds be the week of Thanksgiving?
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Post by Leafstorm on Nov 3, 2003 18:52:59 GMT -5
Christmas songs should go for adds during the week of Thanksgiving... Can't believe I've heard Britney Spears' "My Only Wish (This Year)" already at Sears... Yeah I was there yesterday...
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Post by irice22 on Nov 3, 2003 22:15:35 GMT -5
Well, if I had to choose I would have to say never! Unless the song was original. But I would agree to have them go for adds the week of Thanksgiving.
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Post by tico on Nov 3, 2003 22:39:10 GMT -5
I also agree with Thanksgiving as the starting point.
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Post by jond7699 on Nov 4, 2003 13:20:49 GMT -5
Definitely the best week for a X-mas song is the week of Thanksgiving. Black friday sets everyone in the christmas mood and if I were a record copmpany I would capatilize on this yearly tradition
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Nov 4, 2003 14:26:23 GMT -5
Maybe they go for adds so to make sure the songs are available to play. I'm sure these songs aren't really made to be big radio hits but I suppose if they go for adds this early, there's more of a chance for growth before all are banished the last week of December for another 11 months.
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Post by joe on Nov 6, 2003 10:46:43 GMT -5
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too...They probably just want to get added now so that by the time December rolls around, the stations already have the song ready to play...
Personally I like Christmas music...I wouldn't mind a year-long radio station that played Christmas music...Would be fun to listen to every now and then, especially on really hot days in like the middle of July...
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Post by tico on Nov 6, 2003 13:18:04 GMT -5
I saw on All Access that WLTW is about to go all-Christmas. It didn't say when but I'm under the impression that it's any day now, if not already.
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Post by EvanJ on Nov 6, 2003 15:22:02 GMT -5
I saw on All Access that WLTW is about to go all-Christmas. It didn't say when but I'm under the impression that it's any day now, if not already. It was November 20 something. |
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Post by joe on Nov 6, 2003 17:22:19 GMT -5
I think it's the day after Thanksgiving...WLTW did the same thing last year...
Z100 usually does like 24 hours of Christmas music, from like noon on Christmas eve to noon Christmas day...Personally I like listening to them, though they repeat the same songs way too much...By the end of last Christmas eve, I knew all the words to the Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping"...
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Post by EvanJ on Nov 6, 2003 18:34:29 GMT -5
By the end of last Christmas eve, I knew all the words to the Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping"... I like that song. |
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Post by Michael1973 on Nov 7, 2003 9:35:51 GMT -5
If I remember correctly, WLTW didn't change over until mid-December last year. I seem to recall them taking a listener poll just before Thanksgiving as to when the all-Christmas format should begin, and that most people said wait a few more weeks.
I have mixed feelings about the all-Christmas format. I am a huge fan of Christmas music, so it's nice because I always know where to find it when I'm in the mood. On the other hand, it suffers from the same problem that any other format suffers from -- too much repetition, while too many other great songs get ignored.
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Post by EvanJ on Nov 7, 2003 10:08:14 GMT -5
They said WLTW went all-Christmas for six days last year.
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Post by allow that on Nov 7, 2003 10:47:20 GMT -5
I have mixed feelings about the all-Christmas format. I am a huge fan of Christmas music, so it's nice because I always know where to find it when I'm in the mood. On the other hand, it suffers from the same problem that any other format suffers from -- too much repetition, while too many other great songs get ignored. And if the AC stations all go Christmas, the Hot 100 will become even more Rhythmic leaning than it already is now. I didn't even think a more Rhythmic leaning Hot 100 would be possible. And I agree with Michael about why he has mixed feelings about the all-Christmas format. I'd like it a lot more if it started around Dec 15... and I also hate how the day after Xmas, you won't even hear 1 Xmas song on the radio... I think they should still be played through Dec. 31. |
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Post by Keith3000 on Nov 7, 2003 10:57:00 GMT -5
I'd like it a lot more if it started around Dec 15... and I also hate how the day after Xmas, you won't even hear 1 Xmas song on the radio... I think they should still be played through Dec. 31. That's the way they do it here..actually they don't really start playing x'mas songs until the 10th and go on till New Years. I've noticed that's the way it is in most countries besides the US. |
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Post by EvanJ on Nov 7, 2003 11:30:09 GMT -5
And if the AC stations all go Christmas, the Hot 100 will become even more Rhythmic leaning than it already is now. I didn't even think a more Rhythmic leaning Hot 100 would be possible. And I agree with Michael about why he has mixed feelings about the all-Christmas format. I'd like it a lot more if it started around Dec 15... and I also hate how the day after Xmas, you won't even hear 1 Xmas song on the radio... I think they should still be played through Dec. 31. I have read posts about stations playing Christmas music after Christmas, at least one station played Christmas music in January 2003. Jersey Boy is right, Christmas music could be what sends "Calling All Angels" to recurrent on the Billboard Hot 100. It makes me wonder if it's even worth it to make an Adult Contemporary chart in December. I also think December should be its own radio station ratings period. I don't remember the dates, but Arbitron takes a break in December. |
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Post by joe on Nov 9, 2003 22:58:42 GMT -5
Me too..."Christmas Wrapping" is my favorite Christmas song...  ... |
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Post by af18c on Nov 15, 2003 11:12:51 GMT -5
Kiss 108 in Boston usually goes all-Christmas like Z100 on Christmas Eve-Christmas Day, I believe. Their AM sister station, KISS AM1430, which normally plays oldies (50's, 60's) goes completely Christmas the week of Thanksgiving!
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Post by BFMR on Nov 16, 2003 19:24:26 GMT -5
2 weeks before christmas no earlier!
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Post by joe on Nov 17, 2003 23:26:46 GMT -5
Have any singles from Ashanti or Whitney's new Christmas CDs been sent to radio?...Both CDs are out tomorrow...
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