Christmas time.

[Ted Larsen]

Next Year...LABOR DAY.

Hey, bright idea coming up. Why not a 24/7 "All Christmas Music, All The 
Time Format."..."For The Santa In All Of Us."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Bello" <rbello@belloassoc.com>
To: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
Cc: "Ted Larsen" <tlmedia@triad.rr.com>; "BostonRadio Mailing List" 
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: Christmas time.


WODS has been running teasers for Christmas music for a couple of
weeks.  They had been streaming it for those who couldn't wait.
It is a good time of the year to get CDs from the local library to add
to my iPod or discover new music.  Only 41 days until it goes away !

On Saturday, November 14, 2009, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@gmail.com> wrote:
> Supposedly both stations were getting a lot of emails asking when the
> Christmas music would start. No word on how many of them were from
> sponsors, and managers at Greater Media and CBS...
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Ted Larsen <tlmedia@triad.rr.com> wrote:
>> Oh no! This HAS to be a ratings killer. Two weeks before Xmas used to be 
>> the
>> norm. This is plain silly.
>
> Back to Chri$tma$ has 2 S's in it and they're both dollar signs. Yes
> it is early but while some will "take it off the presets", many others
> will welcome the news. Listeners...also maybe some stores who will put
> these stations on as background music (provided they've paid the
> ASCAP/
> BMI rights). The laundromat I go to usually has Magic...106.7...on, so
> I won't be bombarded by the Yule stuff.
>
> Supposedly it could have been earlier but they wanted to wait as the
> weather was still kind of warm (plus there was election day &
> veteran's day). They have gone from 2 wks before the holiday to the
> start of Dec to Thanksgiving, all the way back to the first or second
> week of
> Nov. But hey, the holiday stuff may have been in the stores around the
> same time the Halloween candy went in...
>

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