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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Do you hear what I hear?

Would you believe four stations are Christmas-sing this holiday season.

Now 97.5 went to all-yule first, followed by B101. Then WHAT (1340), the standards station, pulled the switch.

At 6 a.m. Wednesday, WOGL (98.1) will go all-Christmas, calling itself "Philadelphia's Christmas Classic Station" (for which CBS bought a service mark). Program director Anne Gress explains: "We'll play the songs you remember hearing as a kid growing up in Philly. So, sorry, no En Vogue covers of 'Silent Night.' Instead, it's Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. Only the best of the best stuff."

WOGL also will add excerpts between songs from classic Christmas TV shows and movies, such as Linus telling the true meaning of Christmas and when Santa asks Rudolph to guide his sleigh.

Silent Night, hah.
Posted by Michael Klein @ 4:41 PM  Permalink | 13 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:03 PM, 11/25/2008
    94.5 starting playing Christmas songs a month ago. It's ridiculous - Christmas is commercial enough without having to listen to half the radio stations playing Christmas music 2 months before the holiday!!
    — italia
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:23 PM, 11/25/2008
    Bah!! Humbug!
    — Paul B
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:44 PM, 11/25/2008
    Yeah, B101 started this whole thing. Everyone else is just a huge wannabe! I like hearing the music on the BEE....they make it a nice variety!
    — mike388b
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:54 AM, 11/26/2008
    It would be alright if they didn't start playing it at Halloween...you get SICK of the songs by Turkey Day....
    — Philly Cat
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