Tomorrow will mark the two-week “anniversary” of 94.9 WHOM switching over to All Holiday/Christmas music.
Since then, we have had hundreds, maybe thousands of requests! Of course, I’m interested in YOUR favorites, but I am also intrigued by the songs that appear at the top of the list:
Dominic The Donkey- By Lou Monte….again this year, out most requested song! Hard to believe. I grew up in Washington, D.C. and NEVER heard this song until just a few years ago. While mentioning it on-air one morning, we were flooded with calls from people who said it was part of their childhood growing up-and thus had tremendous sentimental value.
The Maine Christmas Song-By Melinda Liberty. Never a fan myself ( I consider the song a little on the SAPPY side), we nonetheless get a lot of requests for it. I just aired it this afternoon after a call from a “displaced” Mainer living in Reading, California-who was listening to the internet stream. I was happy to play it for her…
The Christmas Shoes-By Newsong. This song made me cry the first time I heard it-and about the next ten times. Now, it just depresses me….and the fact that I no longer cry at the lyrics about a small boy buying shoes for his dying mother makes me feel doubly depressed because now I believe I am heartless for NOT getting emotional!
A lot of the traditional songs I am personally tired of. “Feliz Navided”, “White Christmas”, “Wonderful Christmastime”, “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)”, “Blue Christmas”…they remain HUGE with the audience, but I’m a bit fatigued. I still love Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song” and The Carpenters “Merry Christmas Darling”, even though I have heard them THOUSANDS of times, too!
Would love to hear from you—which are your favorites and which ones would you like to see us DEEP-SIX? (in a jolly holiday sort of way, of course)
Either comment below—or send me an e-mail!
And, as always….THANKS FOR LISTENING TO 94.9 WHOM!tim.moore@citcomm.com
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