{"id":15895,"date":"2017-11-06T08:30:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T14:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=15895"},"modified":"2017-11-06T08:30:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T14:30:31","slug":"christmas-music-starts-tuesday-93-9-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/11\/06\/christmas-music-starts-tuesday-93-9-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas music starts Tuesday on 93.9 My FM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Mick Lee and Edison the Reindeer<\/p><\/div>\n

The calendar says it's November 6, but for one Chicago radio station, this is Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n

At 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, holiday music will begin airing around the clock for the 17th consecutive year on WLIT FM 93.9, <\/a>the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station known as 93.9 My FM.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith all the turmoil in the world today, we felt Chicago needed a little more Christmas right now,\u201d Matt Scarano, president of iHeartMedia Chicago, said in a statement. \u201cThe extension of the Christmas music season will allow Chicagoans to get into the Holiday spirit even more this year.\"<\/p>\n

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93.9 My FM<\/p><\/div>\n

Last year the switch to Christmas music came on November 10. The earliest it has happened was November 2 in 2006 and 2007.<\/p>\n

The biggest reason for the move, of course, is ratings. In Nielsen Audio figures released last week, WLIT was languishing in 22nd place overall with a 2.2 percent audience share in October. If history holds, it\u2019s certain to be No. 1 by this time next month.<\/p>\n

Edison the Reindeer returns as mascot of \u201cChicago\u2019s Christmas Music Station.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the most wonderful time of the year and we\u2019re so happy that millions of Chicagoan\u2019s choose to make 93.9 My FM part of their families\u2019 annual holiday traditions,\u201d Mick Lee, the station\u2019s program director and afternoon personality, said in a statement. \u201cIn our 17th year as \u2018Chicago\u2019s Christmas Music Station,\u2019 get ready for lots of fun holiday surprises in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Research shows it\u2019s not just older listeners who love the stuff. A Nielsen Music report published by AllAccess.com<\/a> found that 36 percent of holiday music fans are millennials (18 to 34) \u2014 the largest of any generation. Gen X (35 to 54) made up 31 percent, while baby boomers and beyond (55 and older) comprised only 25 percent.<\/p>\n

Here are the top-played holiday songs on radio in 2016:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Feliz Navidad,<\/em> Jose Feliciano (1970)<\/li>\n
  2. Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree,<\/em> Brenda Lee (1962)<\/li>\n
  3. A Holly Jolly Christmas,<\/em> Burl Ives (1965)<\/li>\n
  4. Jingle Bell Rock,<\/em> Bobby Helms (1962)<\/li>\n
  5. All I Want For Christmas,<\/em> Mariah Carey (1994)<\/li>\n
  6. The Christmas Song,<\/em> Nat King Cole (1949)<\/li>\n
  7. Christmas Eve Sarajavo,<\/em> Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1995)<\/li>\n
  8. It\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,<\/em> Andy Williams (1963)<\/li>\n
  9. White Christmas,<\/em> Bing Crosby (1944)<\/li>\n
  10. It\u2019s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas,<\/em> Johnny Mathis (1986)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The calendar says it's November 6, but for one Chicago radio station, this is Christmas Eve. At 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, holiday music will begin airing around the clock for the 17th consecutive year on WLIT FM 93.9, the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station known as 93.9 My FM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15895"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15912,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15895\/revisions\/15912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}