It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas

[tico]

A few stations have already gone all-Christmas:

WBBF/Rochester
WALC/Charleston, SC
WRLX/South Bend
WSSS/Charlotte
WRSN/Burlington, SC

WLTM/Atlanta is giving listeners in that area a teaser of what's to come. Expect for them to go all-Christmas any day now. I'll be adding more stations as they become available.

[af18c]

Boston's Kiss 108's sister station KissAM, which usually plays oldies (ancient, as i like to say)...goes All-Christmas usually around the week of Thanksgiving. If you happen to find yourself passing through Boston...check out AM1430 for 100% XMas!

[ClassicCase]

Which only boils down to one thing AFTER Christmas.....fomat changes and eliminations of air talent to make room for new blood. Just watch.

[tico]

Blink in NYC has now gone all Xmas as of today.

[Jeff]

Last year, two stations here (Jackson, Mississippi) had the temporary Christmas format.

• WJKK--Mix 98.7: mainstream AC
  
• WQJQ--Q105.1: oldies (was Jammin' Oldies until March of this year)
  

So far, no stations here have switched to Christmas...yet!

[Matt4319]

I just can't fathom playing nothing but Christmas music more than a month before December 25th. If I were an employee of an all-Xmas station, I'd probably go crazy.

[af18c]

Im in the process of creating my Christmas Playlist! So far it includes:

-Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
-Alvin & The Chimpmunks, "Christmas Don't Be Late"
-Elvis Presley, "Blue Christmas"
-Christina Aguilera, "Angels We Have Heard On High
-Burl Ives, "Have A Holly Jolly Christmas"
-Bobby Helms, "Jingle Bell Rock"
-Faith Hill, "Where Are You Christmas?"
-Parody, "The 12 Pains Of Christmas"
-New Kids On The Block, "I Still Believe In Santa Claus"
-Christina Aguilera, "This Year"
-Brenda Lee, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
-*NSync, "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays"
-Boney M, "Mary's Boy Child"
-Britney Spears, "My Only Wish (This Year)"
-Andy Williams, "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of Year"
-Christina Aguilera, "Christmas Time"
-Jose Feliciano, "Felíz Navidad"
-Destiny's Child, "Opera Of The Bells"
-Stacie Orrico, "O Come, All Ye Faithful"


maybe that'll remind some people of some songs ;)

Anyone have suggestions for other songs??

[lsutigerfan]

Well, aren't I lucky. Not 1, but 2 New Orleans stations are now all Christmas. Magic 101.9 is all Christmas as is the new Lite 92.3, which just turned AC a week ago. There's nothing like hearing Silent Night on November 15th...

[WhySoSerious?]

LOL, call me crazy, but I've actually been listening to Blink in NYC all morning. :o

[Edf85]

af18c said:

Im in the process of creating my Christmas Playlist! So far it includes:

-Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
-Alvin & The Chimpmunks, "Christmas Don't Be Late"
-Elvis Presley, "Blue Christmas"
-Christina Aguilera, "Angels We Have Heard On High
-Burl Ives, "Have A Holly Jolly Christmas"
-Bobby Helms, "Jingle Bell Rock"
-Faith Hill, "Where Are You Christmas?"
-Parody, "The 12 Pains Of Christmas"
-New Kids On The Block, "I Still Believe In Santa Claus"
-Christina Aguilera, "This Year"
-Brenda Lee, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
-*NSync, "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays"
-Boney M, "Mary's Boy Child"
-Britney Spears, "My Only Wish (This Year)"
-Andy Williams, "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of Year"
-Christina Aguilera, "Christmas Time"
-Jose Feliciano, "Felíz Navidad"
-Destiny's Child, "Opera Of The Bells"
-Stacie Orrico, "O Come, All Ye Faithful"


maybe that'll remind some people of some songs ;)

Anyone have suggestions for other songs??

TLC "Sleigh Ride"

[strong4PMB!]

af18c said:

Im in the process of creating my Christmas Playlist! So far it includes:

-Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
-Alvin & The Chimpmunks, "Christmas Don't Be Late"
-Elvis Presley, "Blue Christmas"
-Christina Aguilera, "Angels We Have Heard On High
-Burl Ives, "Have A Holly Jolly Christmas"
-Bobby Helms, "Jingle Bell Rock"
-Faith Hill, "Where Are You Christmas?"
-Parody, "The 12 Pains Of Christmas"
-New Kids On The Block, "I Still Believe In Santa Claus"
-Christina Aguilera, "This Year"
-Brenda Lee, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
-*NSync, "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays"
-Boney M, "Mary's Boy Child"
-Britney Spears, "My Only Wish (This Year)"
-Andy Williams, "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of Year"
-Christina Aguilera, "Christmas Time"
-Jose Feliciano, "Felíz Navidad"
-Destiny's Child, "Opera Of The Bells"
-Stacie Orrico, "O Come, All Ye Faithful"


maybe that'll remind some people of some songs ;)

Anyone have suggestions for other songs??

- Billie, "Last Christmas"
- Jaci Velasquez, "The First Noel"
- Myra, "Frosty The Snowman"
- Willa Ford, "Santa Baby"
- Angela Via, "Christmas Wish"
- 3LW, "Ahh, Hell"
- 98 Degrees, "This Gift"
- B2K, "Santa Hooked Me Up"

[tico]

geoguy said:

- 3LW, "Ahh, Hell"

That's a Christmas song?

I wanna suggest "Walkin' Round In Women's Underwear" and "Christmas In Saravejo".

[Jeff]

af18c said:

Anyone have suggestions for other songs??

Yeah. Would you consider Eminem's Jingle Bells? (I think it was released last year.)

I heard it around Christmas of last year, via WDBT.

[Deleted]

Some R&B Christmas tracks for af18c.

"Let It Snow," Boyz II Men
"Baby, It's Cold Outside," Vanessa Williams & Bobby Caldwell
"Because Of His Love," Brian McKnight
"Soul Holidays," Sounds Of Blackness
"Silent Night," Kelly Price
"Christmas Without My Girl," Gerald Levert
"This Christmas," Jagged Edge
"Special Gift," The Isley Brothers
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," Luther Vandross
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," Freddie Jackson
"The Christmas Song," Tamia
"Give Love On Christmas," SWV
"Christmas Ain't Christmas," SWV
"All I Want For Christmas," TLC
"This Is Christmas," Dru Hill
"What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas," The Emotions
"In Love At Christmas," K-Ci & JoJo
"Grown Up Christmas List," Monica
"Snowflakes Of Love," Toni Braxton
"Who Would Imagine a King," Whitney Houston
"Joy To The World," Aretha Franklin
"I Want To Come Home For Christmas," Marvin Gaye
"It's Christmas All Over The World," New Edition
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," The Whispers
"Me And The Mistletoe," Isaac Hayes
"I'll Be Home For Christmas," Al Green
"Merry Christmas Baby," The O'Jays
"I'll Be Home For Christmas," The Stylistics
"I'll Be Home For Christmas," Babyface
"This Christmas," Donny Hathaway
"This Christmas," Joe
"This Christmas," Stephanie Mills

[joe]

Add The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping" to that list...It's my favorite Christmas song...

Did you have "Do They Know It's Christmas" on there? I mean nothing says Christmas like British pop artists singing about Africa...

Anyway, I put on Blink yesterday and heard some Christmas song and was like what the heck...I'm really of the mindset that it's too soon to go all Christmas...But I think Blink could be using it as a way of changing formats again maybe?...Their current commercials advertise "the new 102.7" and not "Blink 102.7" as they have in recent months...So perhaps a name change or slight format change, being covered up with two months worth of Christmas music?...

[Deleted]

They changed from Hot AC to Mainstream AC not too long ago, but I guess maybe they might be changing again. Lite FM is a hard force to compete with.

[jond7699]

I have a question for anyone. Destiny's Child did a song called "Oprea Of The Bells" , what is the original title of the song?

[jond7699]

I found the title of the original. It's "Carol Of The Bells"

[af18c]

jond7699 said:

I found the title of the original. It's "Carol Of The Bells"

good song. especially by DC

[George Tropicana]

I like the Spice Girls' "Christmas Wrapping" on their "Goodbye" single.

[tico]

WODL/Birmingham is now all-Christmas.

[jond7699]

I don't know of any Maine radio station that plays all Christmas music. But I am sure there are some around. I know Wal*Mart radio starts playing Xmas music on Black Friday to get everyone in the spirit.

[tico]

More all-Christmas converts:

KUDL and KSRC/Kansas City
WOOD/Grand Rapids
KSYR/Shreveport (this one's slated for a format change after Christmas)
WOEZ/Knoxville (non-commercial station)
WMXL/Lexington

I don't know of any in the state of Maine.

[Joe1240]

KOIT/San Francisco,CA

Just turned All Christmas Music today.

[EvanJ]

KBAY/KBAA San Francisco also. Three out of the Top 10 markets now have no non-Christmas Adult Contemporary. Philadelphians who want Adult Contemporary now have to listen to all old music, Urban Adult Contemporary, or Hot Adult Contemporary that plays some rap music (or sources other than local commercial radio).

[jond7699]

Well I just got Kylie Minogue's version of "Santa Baby" and it is the best version I have ever heard . I don't even think I will get Willa's version because Kylie's is so goooood

[tico]

More jingle-bell rockin' stations:

WMYX/Milwaukee
WMLL/St. Louis
WASH/Washington
WCKW and WLMG/New Orleans

[iceman]

The AC staton here has switched to all Christmas as of yesterday.

www.lite96.ca

[jdanton2]

the american idol christmas cd is worth checking out for songs to play.tamyra grays version of "silent night "is so soulfully done.she really does her own thing with it. and tamyra grays duet with ruben studdard "have yourself a merry little christmas"is so beautifully done .their voices blend well together.

[HER MINAJesty]

EZ Rock 97.3 FM here in Toronto has gone all-Christmas, I noticed last week

I hope they flip formats to CHR/Pop , Urban or Rhythmic after the New Year, LOL

but that station is really popular at workplaces, so...but they can always have CHFI 98.1, lol

we have too many AC/Hot AC stations here in Toronto, and not enough Pop, or under-25 audience stations, hell we dont even have a true Pop station