Comments on: The Great Christmas Radio Wars Of 2008 Are Totally On, Grinches

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:14:52 +0000

ghey :(

By: LiquidHeaven

LiquidHeaven — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:04:03 +0000

KOSY 106.5 and whatever B98.7 in SLC have both been playing Xmas tunes since Nov 1.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS!!!!

And these are just the ones I've heard of! There may be more! Frightful!!!!

By: DocStrange

DocStrange — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:57:51 +0000

@bcapirigi: B101 has always sucked. Mostly for not playing "Happiest Days of Our Lives" before "Another Brick in the Wall" (on the off chance they do play a Pink Floyd song. That's usually WHJY territory).

I'm waiting for WBRU to add Christmas songs into their rotation so I can hear "December Will Be Magic Again" by Kate Bush on the radio. That's probably my favorite Christmas pop song ever (followed by "Christmas Day" by Squeeze, which almost never gets airplay due to its obscurity). WBRU doesn't shove Christmas down the throats of its listeners like B101, Lite Rock 105 and 92 Pro FM (who go about 80% Christmas come December 1) do, because there's not enough Christmas songs in WBRU's AAA-leaning Alternative format (that I can think of anyway).

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:47:52 +0000

B-101 in Providence is now calling itself Christmas 101. Right now a completely sucky version of Sleigh Ride is on.

Lite 105, which will also go all-Christmas soon, is currently playing that 'whenever i see your smiling face' song by James Taylor.

I'm waiting for Magic 106 in Boston to make the switch, just to see what this guy has to say about it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:43:58 +0000

One thing I used to miss about 92.3 K-Rock in NYC was their “twisted Christmas” they would do on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It was pretty much the only time the station was ever interesting.

By: El Zilcho!

El Zilcho! — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:38:04 +0000

Hip-hop stations should just make sure to spin “Christmas In Hollis” once an hour.