{"id":19800,"date":"2018-11-07T07:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=19800"},"modified":"2018-11-07T07:30:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T13:30:10","slug":"lite-fm-starts-christmas-music-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/11\/07\/lite-fm-starts-christmas-music-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Lite FM starts Christmas music Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19801\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/11\/07\/lite-fm-starts-christmas-music-thursday\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19801\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19801\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-1024x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-1024x469.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-300x137.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-768x352.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-500x229.jpg 500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-150x69.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-1200x550.jpg 1200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-400x183.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-800x367.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT-200x92.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WLIT.jpg 2019w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> 93.9 Lite FM<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ready or not, here comes Christmas: At 4:05 p.m. Thursday, holiday music will begin airing around the clock on <a href=\"https:\/\/939litefm.iheart.com\">WLIT 93.9-FM,<\/a> the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station.<\/p>\n<p>Edison the Reindeer will return as mascot of \u201cChicago\u2019s Christmas Music Station\u201d to kick off the format in the studio with Lite FM personalities Melissa Forman, Robin Rock and Mick Lee. The sounds of the season will air through the end of the year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201c93.9 Lite FM is ready to get Chicagoans in the holiday spirit,\u201d Matt Scarano, president of iHeartMedia Chicago, said in a statement. \u201c93.9 Lite FM\u2019s non-stop Christmas music is the perfect opportunity to escape life\u2019s challenges and celebrate the joy of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year the switch to Christmas music came on November 7. The earliest it has happened was November 2 in 2006 and 2007.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, Lite FM tied for ninth place among all Chicago radio stations. But if history holds, ratings should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2017\/12\/27\/robservations-ratings-soar-lite-fm-104-3-jams\/\">skyrocket to the top <\/a>during the holiday period.<\/p>\n<p>Lee, who doubles as program director and afternoon personality at Lite FM, said in a statement: \u201cWe are thrilled to be Chicago\u2019s home for holiday music and this year, listeners will find amazing contests and a few new surprises along with the Yuletide cheer we bring to Chicagoland every year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready or not, here comes Christmas: At 4:05 p.m. Thursday, holiday music will begin airing around the clock on WLIT 93.9-FM, the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station. Edison the Reindeer will return as mascot of \u201cChicago\u2019s Christmas Music Station\u201d to kick off the format in the studio with Lite FM personalities Melissa Forman, Robin Rock and... <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/11\/07\/lite-fm-starts-christmas-music-thursday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/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\/19800"}],"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=19800"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19810,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19800\/revisions\/19810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}