First Listen: How Christmas Radio Sounds in 2025
Of the stations that flipped to Christmas on (or before) November 1, the one I had to listen to first...
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Of the stations that flipped to Christmas on (or before) November 1, the one I had to listen to first...
Some things worth noting about Classic Hits KCMO-FM Kansas City: on the day after a major ratings accomplishment.
It is the most curious of all Christmas radio format standards – an 82-year-old movie-musical plot song that acknowledges that...
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I once worried that radio stations were trying to become “famous for boring things.” It was the late ’10s. The...
CKNO (Now 102.3) Edmonton doesn’t really need to give away money to get callers. As the first and most enduring...
It has already been ratified around the world. It’s a seemingly instant hit in America. It’s the rare instance of...
As the summer of 2025 began, we all knew there were no marquee records. No “Espresso.” No “I Had Some...
In the early ‘00s, during an AC-leaning stretch that very much recalls Country’s late ‘10s pre-Morgan Wallen doldrums, two major-market...
Connoisseur’s newly relaunched Classic Hits WGTZ (Z93) Dayton, Ohio, has a logical reason for starting its music around 1984. That...
I was listening to Sydney’s 2DayFM, the station that decided earlier this year to lean into new music. I was...






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