# Are there any radio stations playing all-Christmas music in your area this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781 "2011-11-13T08:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/21 "2011-11-20T14:52:13Z")
The ‘classic rock’ station here rolled over and is holly jolly f’ing Christmas 24/7 as of last week. I don’t know why that one, the ‘soft rock/easy listening’ stations are still droning on as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/22 "2011-11-20T14:55:33Z")
B101 in Philadelphia does it every year, and they pump it into several of my workstations. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/23 "2011-11-20T15:23:26Z")
magic 94.9 in the tampa bay area has been all christmas for a couple of weeks now. they used to start working the christmas music in every few songs after thanksgiving, i’m not sure when they started this. i remember back in the day when they did all christmas music on christmas eve only. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/24 "2011-11-20T16:11:06Z")
Last night I switched over to the radio and found that the station that does it every year–a pop-rock station–has made the switch. I’m not sure exactly when it happened but I’m pretty sure it was still normal about 4 days ago. It’s horrible. I just stop listening to it until January. Last year they started really early but I guess they toned it down a little this time. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/25 "2011-11-20T16:33:59Z")
Nashville has at least one. I stop listening to the radio for a month and a half. StG ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/26 "2011-11-20T16:50:00Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > Last night I switched over to the radio and found that the station that does it every year–a pop-rock station–has made the switch. I’m not sure exactly when it happened but I’m pretty sure it was still normal about 4 days ago. It’s horrible. I just stop listening to it until January. Last year they started really early but I guess they toned it down a little this time. From what I’ve heard around the dial, November 18 seemed to be D-Day for starting Christmas music on a lot of stations. I think even Sirius/XM (which devotes like, four or five channels to all holiday tunes) started that day. Although that’s still better than kicking off the 24-hour Christmas music at the beginning of November, which used to happen around here on a couple of stations. They’ve finally realized that was really stupid, however. I used to be a radio DJ years ago. I remember the system we’d use … work in a holiday tune every few hours as you get into December, and then gradually increase the frequency so you might be playing one every hour by Christmas Eve. We never, NEVER considered the possibility of going all-Christmas, all-the-time. I can’t imagine where that notion even came from. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/27 "2011-11-20T21:30:16Z")
One of the pop/light rock stations here went all Christmas Friday. I’m fully expecting the other one to do so this week. ☹ One year there were at least four stations here playing all Christmas all the time, and a couple of them started November 1st. That was a bad year… ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/28 "2011-11-22T21:24:36Z")
We generally listen to Sirius/XM (and really miss the XM programming). Holly has already started. I think Holiday Pops and Holiday Classics start up in December, as does Radio Hanukkah. In Toronto we’ve already got 2 stations started with Xmas, CHFI 98.1 and K-Lite 102.9 (Hamilton). ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/29 "2011-11-22T21:30:51Z")
> [@piepiepie](#): > > As far as I know the only station that does this is 101.9 Lite FM WLIF Baltimore (they have a catchy jingle that sticks), but I don’t think any other Maryland or Delaware stations do. However, most of the time I either listen to Sirius XM or my iPod. Lite 101.9 switched over a couple of days ago. I turned it on Sunday, and there it was. “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/30 "2011-11-22T21:33:52Z")
I count 3 of the stations programmed in my car that have switched to 24/7 Christmas music. I assume there may be more, I just don’t listen to them. The first one switched about 2-3 weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/31 "2011-11-23T10:51:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Charlie 97.1 fm here in Portland went all-Christmas on November 9th. I have removed them from my car stereo until next year because of this. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/32 "2011-11-25T05:08:37Z")
The Wave 94.7 in Los Angeles is the new Christmas music station here. I have to admit that after a couple of drinks it sounds warm and comforting. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/33 "2011-11-25T06:00:42Z")
Seems like every goddamned one of them by late December. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/34 "2011-11-25T15:00:45Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > It was my pleasure to learn that the Japanese don’t have a Christmas Season :D-- and my tremendous horror to learn that, starting November 1 and running through the end of February, they instead celebrate “Winta Gifto-ken” [Winter Gift Season) and play all the world’s favorite 40 holiday songs by all the worlds ten-thousand different cover artists over and Over and OVer and OVEr and OVER non-stop :smack: and, since my school was in the downtown/shopping area of my little town, they piped the stuff out over indoor and outdoor speakers as a public service.:eek::mad: That sounds like something that would go over pretty well in America’s retail world. I will not be at all surprised if 10 years from now, we’re supposed to be celebrating “the holiday season” well into February. ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/35 "2011-11-25T16:17:30Z")
94.5 FM WWSW in Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/36 "2011-11-26T03:38:36Z")
Yes, two FM stations in Cleveland, both the week before Thanksgiving - too damn early, say I! Bah, humbug! ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/37 "2011-11-26T08:32:50Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > The Wave 94.7 in Los Angeles is the new Christmas music station here. I have to admit that after a couple of drinks it sounds warm and comforting. KOST 103.5 went all-Christmas as of last week. So now there are two all-Christmas stations in the greater L.A. area. Unfortunately, I don’t get The Wave on my radio at work, so it’s either KROQ or my iPod till January unless I want to be subjected to Celine Dion or some other Christmas glurge. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781/38 "2011-11-26T11:50:24Z")
On the way up to Moms on Thanksgiving I found only one station playing Christmas music. I remember from 2003 finding several (Dad was in the hospital and that was the last time I saw him alive, which is why I remember it clearly.) On the way home at 3 AM the next day I found many station playing Christmas music. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-radio-stations-playing-all-christmas-music-in-your-area-this-year/602781.md?page=1)