As a devoted listener of Christmas music (I listen to nothing else from Thanksgiving through Christmas Day), the state of Christmas music on the radio is appalling. Admittedly, I had to rebuild my iTunes Library a few months ago, so my count of Christmas songs in my collection is down a bit, but I still own over 1,000. And I have a Christmas Favorites playlist with more than 250 songs, which is seemingly 200 more than KOST 103.5 plays here in LA.
Back when we had a big band/swing AM radio station in Los Angeles, they would awesomely play all the Christmas tunes by the Rat Pack, Crosby, Cole, Torme, Ella, and even Aretha. But that format has ceased to be. And back when we had a weekend blues show (down from six hours two days a week to a single two our shift), we had a station playing Armstrong, King, Clapton, and more. Those were the days, when we had actual variety in the second biggest radio market in the nation. There are some good new albums out this year and a few good ones from last year that financial conditions are preventing me from purchasing. This is admittedly a tough year for me to get in the spirit, but I'm doing my best through the music I have. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote: > Billboard's Sean Ross, whose other job is with the company that did the > survey revealing that the prime audience for Christmas radio didn't want to > hear the Beach Boys, Eric Cartman or Neil Diamond singing Christmas songs > explains--to a certain extent, since he doesn't bring up Mannheim > Steamroller on the least-loved Christmas song list (which I suspect is the > same reason that the "smooth jazz" format where the group had its first > airplay is dying out)--but he does explain why that sanctimonious "The > Christmas Shoes" still gets played: > > > http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/least-liked-holiday-songs-some-theories-1008028342.story > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
