Did Yours Start Yet?

[W3WN]

They started this morning. Earliest I can ever remember.

"What?", you wonder? (I'll bet Kelli knows already!)

24 hour Christmas music.

...
When I worked at the old WGMR-FM, we wouldn't even crack open the Christmas stuff until the day before Thanksgiving. The day after is when we'd start... work in 1 an hour, then 2 or 3, building up to the week before. Only in the last few days would we come close to saturation; of course, on Christmas Eve (starting around dusk) and Christmas Day, it would be 100%. [I often worked shifts on both, for the benefit of those co-workers who celebrated the holidays; I had an album of music from The Nutcracker, when you heard that on the air, you'd know I was busy eating lunch/dinner or otherwise, ah, occupied...]

But that was a long time ago, before I moved to Pittsburgh... back in the days of vinyl records and CART machines for commercials (commercial version of an 8 track).

The last decade or so, one of the local stations, WSHH-FM, had become "The Christmas Station" for most of December. Last few years, they ran Christmas music 24x7 all weekend starting right after Thanksgiving, going 100% after the 2nd weekend in December.

Two years ago, they were all Xmas in all of December.

Last year? Started on the Friday before Thanksgiving, to co-incide with Pittsburgh's annual Light-Up Night.

This year? 4 AM today.

Even my daughter -- who is religious, who sings in the church choir, who loves most of this music -- looked at me when she got up and said "Really? already? They're kidding, right?"

But They Have To Be First!

Yuch.

The LEAST they could do is throw in a little Spike Jones, or some Bob Rivers, or the original (non-snarky) "Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer", from time to time. They won't even play the Singing Dogs barking Jingle Bells! They don't want to offend anyone, you see...

Time to get an MP3 player or another iPod and tune the radio out for 2 months (they don't quit until AFTER New Years!)

[N2CHX]

Yup. The two stations in town who do it started last week.

[kf0rt]

I'd never listen to a radio station that would do that. :rofl:

[N2CHX]

I'd never listen to a radio station that would do that. :rofl:

My son loves it. I used to work for one. I don't listen to ANY terrestrial radio anymore. I haven't in at least five years with the exception of having to do so for employment purposes.

[KK4AMI]

Top all that off with Lifetime Television.They started with their unlimited supply of Christmas Movies. My wife records the new ones and old ones on the DVR.

[kf0rt]

My son loves it. I used to work for one. I don't listen to ANY terrestrial radio anymore. I haven't in at least five years with the exception of having to do so for employment purposes.

Mostly listen to NPR in the car. Pandora feed at work.

Must be a damn hippie or something.

[KJ3N]

Mostly listen to NPR in the car. Pandora feed at work.

Must be a damn hippie or something.

Secret ACORN supporter. ;)

[kf0rt]

Secret ACORN supporter. ;)

My nuts itch.

[KG4CGC]

It will be a week after New Years before I can watch another Fraiser rerun on Hallmark TV.

[NY3V]

They started this morning. Earliest I can ever remember.

"What?", you wonder? (I'll bet Kelli knows already!)

24 hour Christmas music.

...
When I worked at the old WGMR-FM, we wouldn't even crack open the Christmas stuff until the day before Thanksgiving. The day after is when we'd start... work in 1 an hour, then 2 or 3, building up to the week before. Only in the last few days would we come close to saturation; of course, on Christmas Eve (starting around dusk) and Christmas Day, it would be 100%. [I often worked shifts on both, for the benefit of those co-workers who celebrated the holidays; I had an album of music from The Nutcracker, when you heard that on the air, you'd know I was busy eating lunch/dinner or otherwise, ah, occupied...]

But that was a long time ago, before I moved to Pittsburgh... back in the days of vinyl records and CART machines for commercials (commercial version of an 8 track).

The last decade or so, one of the local stations, WSHH-FM, had become "The Christmas Station" for most of December. Last few years, they ran Christmas music 24x7 all weekend starting right after Thanksgiving, going 100% after the 2nd weekend in December.

Two years ago, they were all Xmas in all of December.

Last year? Started on the Friday before Thanksgiving, to co-incide with Pittsburgh's annual Light-Up Night.

This year? 4 AM today.

Even my daughter -- who is religious, who sings in the church choir, who loves most of this music -- looked at me when she got up and said "Really? already? They're kidding, right?"

But They Have To Be First!

Yuch.

The LEAST they could do is throw in a little Spike Jones, or some Bob Rivers, or the original (non-snarky) "Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer", from time to time. They won't even play the Singing Dogs barking Jingle Bells! They don't want to offend anyone, you see...

Time to get an MP3 player or another iPod and tune the radio out for 2 months (they don't quit until AFTER New Years!)

Every year, way before Christmas, I am Sick of the music!

Not to mention the Shopping Season starting earlier each year!

And Now we have 2 Year Election Campaigns every 2 years On Top of Those!