Thank goodness we not in Chicago

[Doug Drown]

David said: <<Christmas formats make money and attract listeners for
stations that target adults the rest of the year.>>

I'm incredulous. Astonished.  Flummoxed.  Amazed --- that this format
actually draws good ratings. IMHO, Christmas pop music is so ubiquitous this
time of year (people can hear the same thing when they go into Walmart or
any other store) that after a short time it gets tiresome.  Makes me wonder
how many people actually LISTEN to music on the radio, or whether it's just
background noise while they do something else.

Curmudgeonly yours,
Doug


---- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Tomm" <nostaticatall@charter.net>
To: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>; "Dan.Strassberg"
<dan.strassberg@att.net>; "Ron Bello" <RBello@belloassoc.com>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: Thank goodness we not in Chicago


> He moved on to Radio-Info and racked up a staggering number of posts
> with them, and then disappeared from that forum as well.
>
> The difference now, and even Joe would get this...Christmas formats
> make money and attract listeners for stations that target adults the
> rest of the year.  WODS gets a noticeable bounce in the Fall book every
> year and it lingers into the Spring.  Without the Christmas music
> fueled revenue that station enjoys every year, chances are WODS would
> have flipped to some other format by now, or transitioned to Classic
> Hits.  IMHO, oldies fans in Boston should be thankful for the 6 week
> diversion into Santa-land every year.  Without it, oldies may very well
> be gone in this town.
>
> -Dave Tomm
> "Mike Thomas"
>
>
> On Nov 2, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
>
> > Ah yes Joesph Gallent
> >
>