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[learn to fly]

Right or wrong>the two AC's have gone 100% Xmas.

[Calvert DeForest]

Wrong maybe, but no surprise.

Hallmark Movie Channel fired up their Christmas marathon last week.

[Mega Hertz]

Oh for Christ's sake! That's THREE stations I pick up that are all Christmas! WFMK doesn't seem to have made the leap, but in fairness, I don't know if they've done it prior; I only started tuning them in earlier this year. 98.7, 100.3 and now 105.7. Who's next...

[bmw]

The bounds of annual Christmas creep seem to be limitless. Just 10 years ago, Thanksgiving seemed like a barrier. Nope. Now it's Halloween. How long before it creeps towards Labor Day?

[Mega Hertz]

The bounds of annual Christmas creep seem to be limitless. Just 10 years ago, Thanksgiving seemed like a barrier. Nope. Now it's Halloween. How long before it creeps towards Labor Day?

Just wait. That 24/7/365 Christmas format is on its way...

[Chris1980]

Oh for Christ's sake! That's THREE stations I pick up that are all Christmas! WFMK doesn't seem to have made the leap, but in fairness, I don't know if they've done it prior; I only started tuning them in earlier this year. 98.7, 100.3 and now 105.7. Who's next...

WFMK has done it the past few years.

WHNN and WRVF haven't flipped yet as of today, but it's only a matter of time. WHNN has flipped as early as Halloween in years past.

[Radio1]

3 stations playing White Christmas. Not that big a deal. Don't we have like 6 stations playing Sweet Home Alabama?

[Mega Hertz]

Oh for Christ's sake! That's THREE stations I pick up that are all Christmas! WFMK doesn't seem to have made the leap, but in fairness, I don't know if they've done it prior; I only started tuning them in earlier this year. 98.7, 100.3 and now 105.7. Who's next...

WFMK has done it the past few years.

WHNN and WRVF haven't flipped yet as of today, but it's only a matter of time. WHNN has flipped as early as Halloween in years past.

WHNN is spotty, but I get it here. WRVF is a crapshoot. Too much broadcasting on that frequency. Gonna be a LONG couple of months.

[tc]

... Just 10 years ago, Thanksgiving seemed like a barrier...

It started in 2001. People were still reeling after the 9/11 attacks, so many AC stations adopted the "because we need a little Christmas now" mentality.

[krafty]

Prior to 2001, at least at CheapChannel, Christmas music started on Thanksgiving. I remember EZ/Star would run a full day of Christmas music on Thanksgiving and black Friday, then return to a mostly normal format. They would insert the music at a growing frequency the closer you got, and then it was full-bore Christmas eve and day.

[blakeharms]

93.9 WLIT "LITE FM" Chicago just made the switch at 4 PM Central... seems fitting with the seven-day forecast in the midwest.

[Turkeytop]

I can't believe there is anyone that would want to listen to Christmas music this early in the year.

[tc]

I can't believe there is anyone that would want to listen to Christmas music this early in the year.

I know, it's frustrating that other people like different things!

[Turkeytop]

I can't believe there is anyone that would want to listen to Christmas music this early in the year.

I know, it's frustrating that other people like different things!

It doesn't frustrate me at all. It just surprises me that such people exist. There's no accounting for taste. Some people like eating squash. Some people like rough sex. Some people like a Harley Davidson.

There are people who don't own a horse or a pickup truck , but like country music. So I suppose it's entirely possible that some people like Christmas music when it isn't even Christmas time. I just haven't met any of them yet.

WFME in New York has Christmas in July every July 25. On that day they play Christmas carols all day.