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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 03:10 PM Nov 2021

Cincinnati radio station playing non-stop Christmas music

This is a devastating sneak attack in the War on Christmas. If you Google, you will see that other stations are mobilizing.

Cincinnati radio station playing non-stop Christmas music

By FOX19 Digital Staff
Published: Nov. 1, 2021 at 11:21 AM EDT | Updated: 3 hours ago

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - It’s that time of year again!

A Cincinnati radio station has flipped over to non-stop holiday music.

STAR 93.3, Cincinnati’s Christian music station, started spreading the holiday cheer Monday morning.

“We believe Christmas is the most joyful time of the year,” station officials wrote on their website. “Christmas music is one of the few types of music that is almost universal. Not everyone listens to Christian music. Nor does everyone listen to country, rock, or pop music. However, Christmas music is different in the fact that almost everyone grew up at one time or another listening to Christmas music. It’s familiar to almost everyone. Because of that fact, when we play Christmas music on STAR 93.3, we have many new people tuning in.”

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Louisville radio station flips over to nonstop Christmas music

Updated: 10:52 AM EDT Nov 1, 2021

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Right on cue. ♫

A Louisville radio station has once again flipped over to non-stop Christmas music.

If you turn on 106.9 Play (WVEZ), you'll hear nothing but holiday music up until Dec. 25, 2021. It started early Monday morning at 9 a.m.

They usually make the switch from modern hits to Christmas tunes the day after Halloween. You'll hear all kinds of classics like "Rudolph" and "Let It Snow."

"We are the perfect mix, Christmas music during the holiday season and the best variety of 2K and today the rest of the year. We always have been, and always will be, Louisville’s original Christmas Music Station," SummitMedia Louisville Operations Manager, Cagle, said in a news release.

Cagle said the station plans will also have contests like the "Jingle Bell Rock Double Play" and plans to parade Santa through Louisville.

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Cincinnati radio station playing non-stop Christmas music (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 OP
Some pirate radio stations won't be happy EYESORE 9001 Nov 2021 #1
:-) CentralMass Nov 2021 #2
If you subscribe to Sirius you can listen to Xmas/holiday music all year long FakeNoose Nov 2021 #3
Interesting. I went to the FoxNews store online and searched for Christmas and it came up CentralMass Nov 2021 #4
There's a station in my area gratuitous Nov 2021 #5
Can we at least not play "Wonderful Christmastime"? mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 #6
Could we get a Contitutional Ammendment to stop doc03 Nov 2021 #8
My grandmother loved that song. I'm afraid I have to be on your side on this one. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 #9
Saw a pic of a diner... AngryOldDem Nov 2021 #11
The Savation Army bell ringers are out today. nt doc03 Nov 2021 #7
This is why I hate this time of year. AngryOldDem Nov 2021 #10

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
3. If you subscribe to Sirius you can listen to Xmas/holiday music all year long
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 03:25 PM
Nov 2021

But why would anybody want that?

This is why people get so sick of the Christmas holidays. It's blasted at us for 2 solid months, whether we want it or not. And then the DAY after Christmas, everything disappears off the air.

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)
4. Interesting. I went to the FoxNews store online and searched for Christmas and it came up
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 03:28 PM
Nov 2021

with this red ornament with a Pentagon shaped image. Hmmm.

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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. There's a station in my area
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 03:48 PM
Nov 2021

They start in with the Christmas music around about Thanksgiving (and it's creeping up sooner every year, it seems). I don't mind Christmas music, but let's face it, there's about three hours of songs, maybe four. After the umpteenth rendition of Burl fucking Ives and "Holly Jolly Christmas" or the assaultive "Carol of the Bells," I've had it.

I supposed a constitutional amendment might be overkill, but fer crissakes, can we at least not play "Wonderful Christmastime" before, say, December 10? Or at least provide government-paid ice picks for those of us who want to stab out our eardrums?

doc03

(35,345 posts)
8. Could we get a Contitutional Ammendment to stop
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 04:36 PM
Nov 2021

playing "Little Drummer Boy" I hate that? One of my favorites "Baby it's Cold Outside" by Dean Martin is banned.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
11. Saw a pic of a diner...
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 05:34 PM
Nov 2021

….they posted a note saying that Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is restricted to one time per week (IIRC), and that the plug will be pulled on it after that.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
10. This is why I hate this time of year.
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 05:32 PM
Nov 2021

Can we at least get a few days into November before we start this shit?

Just waiting until all the nonstop “December To Remember” car ads start, with happy people waking up on Christmas morn with a brand-new SUV in the drive, complete with ribbon and bow.

Call me a Grinch, but I’m probably not the only one who finds November and December difficult enough without this.

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