It’s beginning to look a lot like … that day in early November when WNIC-FM (100.3) begins playing Christmas music 24/7.
Starting at 7 a.m. on Nov. 6, there will be nothing but classic holiday hits on the Detroit adult contemporary station to celebrate a holiday that still is two months away.
Yes, it’s like the Fourth of July in May or Halloween in August. Or think of it as terrestrial radio’s equivalent of the Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas,” only you don’t have to pay attention to a story about a party planner who goes back to her small Vermont hometown where her high school crush still lives in order to save her grandparents’ mail-order gingerbread business located on a llama farm.
WNIC will be making the switch at a live event that morning from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Gardner White Home on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, where listeners can meet host Jay Towers and crew and enter to win the trip to Las Vegas to see Mariah Carey perform in Las Vegas.
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Is it too early for carols to invade the airwaves or is that just your inner Grinch talking? Here’s a quick list of the pros and cons of WNIC’s 24/7, all-Christmas, all-the-time tradition.
Pro: Good reminder to finish your Christmas shopping.
Con: Nagging reminder of how commercialized the season has become.
Pro: Never get tired of Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.”
Con: Estimated time that fatigue sets in for Wham!’s “Last Christmas”? Nov. 9.
Pro: The timeless soundtrack by Vince Guaraldi for “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
Con: A reminder that “A Charlie Brown Christmas” turns 60 this year, which means we’re how old?
Pro: Can finally start campaign to get more airtime for Bing Crosby and David Bowie’s “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy.”
Con: Still embarrassed by last year’s crushing defeat at getting more airtime for the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues.
Pro: Having a good cry during Judy Garland’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”
Con: Sobs provoked by the “Next year all our troubles will be miles away” line can lead to reduced driving visibility.
Pro: It’s like “All I Want for Christmas” by Mariah Carey on a loop!
Con: It’s like “All I Want for Christmas” by Mariah Carey on a loop???
Contact Detroit Free Press pop culture critic Julie Hinds at [email protected].
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