# Are Any Radio Stations in Your Market Playing Round-the-Clock Christmas Music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186 "2004-12-10T19:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/21 "2004-12-11T03:39:35Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > The odd thing about the Christmas season on the radio is that it ends just when it should be beginning. That is, December 25 is the _first_ of the twelve days of Christmas, yet that’s the _last_ day you will hear any Christmas songs on the radio. The concept of the 12 days of Christmas is rapidly becoming archaic; few to no people celebrate it outside of church, where it is the time between Christmas and Epiphany. Since most Christmas music on the radio is decidedly secular and is concerned with presents and such, having it run during the secular “holiday season” from Thanksgiving through Christmas Day is entirely appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/22 "2004-12-11T03:50:23Z")
94.1 WBHC-FM, Canton (I think). > [@](#): > > Since most Christmas music on the radio is decidedly secular and is concerned with presents and such, having it run during the secular “holiday season” from Thanksgiving through Christmas Day is entirely appropriate. Which makes me thankful for my cd player and collection of religious Christms music that I begin playing a day or so before Christmas and continue through Epiphany. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/23 "2004-12-11T03:53:06Z")
(If not WBHC, then possibly WREO 97.1 FM, Ashtabula. It was faint and I couldn’t see the co-worker’s radio dial clearly.) ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/24 "2004-12-11T04:16:50Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > XM Radio. Four channels playing different varieties. And they took away my freakin’ disco channel to do it, too! I want Chrome back, you bastards! Then again, they’re gonna stop supporting my receiver pretty soon, too … ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/25 "2004-12-11T04:53:12Z")
101.3 FM, _The ROSE_ . Sigh. I really miss my all eighties Fridays! ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/26 "2004-12-11T05:10:23Z")
KOST 103.5 in Los Angeles. A whole month of Christmas music. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/27 "2004-12-11T05:58:16Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > 101.3 FM, _The ROSE_ . Sigh. I really miss my all eighties Fridays! Pffft. 😛 Don’t listen to him…he’s a scrooge! 🙂 Of course, I was so excited I was jumping up and down when I turned on the Rose the Monday before Thanksgiving and heard Christmas music…don’t listen to anything else in the car. I love it! This is Lancaster, PA, btw. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/28 "2004-12-11T06:14:31Z")
Yes, the “lite rock” station in Pittsburgh, WISH 99.7, has been playing holiday music all month. I’m glad I only have to listen to the radio when I go out with my parents, and then, I only have to listen to the few seconds between the car starting and my mp3 player loading. I despise Xmas music. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/29 "2004-12-11T07:26:59Z")
107.9 FM, KLTB “Lite 108” in Boise is playing all Christmas music 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/30 "2004-12-11T18:04:13Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > At least one of the Detroit stations is doing it. All the local fast food places are tuned on to that station, that’s why I’m having my food to go. 100.3 FM, the local Lite Rock (read: elevator music for office environments) station had been in an all-Christmas-music format since a couple of days before Thanksgiving. Also, the Oldies Station (I forget its frequency) has a decent smattering of Christmas music in it. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/31 "2004-12-11T18:47:48Z")
My normal morning drive radio station started their all Christmas music format a week before Thanksgiving. This forced me to actually attempt to listen to one of my evening stations in the morning. I’m proud to say that I lasted through nearly 20 minutes of the Bob and Tom show before giving up\*. I tried the country music station I normally listen to in the afternoons, but the team of Liberals are evil guy and Liberals are idiots guy makes this show almost as unbearable as Bob and Tom. I’d give up on morning radio completely, but I have to listen to a local station. I leave for work at 6:00, and the superintendant of the school district where I work has the habit of canceling school on snow days at about 6:15. \*I’ve heard rumours that listening to Bob and Tom was considered as a technique for interrogating Iraqi prisoners, but was discarded for being too cruel. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/32 "2004-12-11T19:34:35Z")
The other station doing 24/7 Christmas music in Detroit is the _other_ lite rock station, 105.1 FM. Personally, I feel like it’s a little bit too much. I enjoy Christmas music, but all things in moderation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/33 "2004-12-11T19:42:19Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > 80 Clear Channel-owned stations are doing this, and more than 250 in total. At least a dozen cities have _three_ all-Christmas stations, including Indianapolis, Detroit, Columbus, Ohio and Virginia Beach. I know Sunny 95 is doing it in Columbus, but who else? ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186/34 "2004-12-11T20:06:17Z")
99.1 in Houston does this every year. It was my deep, dark secret that I keep this channel permanently on during the holidays, but this year I decided to embrace my dorkiness and let everyone know… I LOVE CHRISTMAS MUSIC!! Except Jessica Simpson’s awful “What Christmas Means to Me.” That thing is an abomination. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-radio-stations-in-your-market-playing-round-the-clock-christmas-music/279186.md?page=1)