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The official Christmas FM thread

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    #1562
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Loughc wrote: »
    Strangely there's been no presenter yet.... which makes me wonder how is this any different to the Online ChristmasFM stream which streams all year long?

    Maybe they are holding back on most of the presenters until its official launch on FM.
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    #1563
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,773 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Mystery Egg wrote: »
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    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    Maybe they are holding back on most of the presenters until its official launch on FM.

    Their Instagram post says its back with presenters from 12pm today. Other wise why make a big deal on it their stream never went away it was always on online all year.


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    #1564
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,773 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Never mind, the presenter is on just now!!! :D

    Exciting!!!!


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    #1565
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Just put it on. Missed the start :(

    First song, Wizzard..............I wish it could be Christmas every dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :D


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    #1566
    pigtail33
    Registered Users Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭pigtail33


    Loughc wrote: »
    Never mind, the presenter is on just now!!! :D

    Exciting!!!!

    There's just something about hearing the songs on Christmas FM that makes it! I had to turn off the Christmas music channels on TV as it was too early, but I am bopping away at my WFH desk right now :)


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    #1567
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,773 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    pigtail33 wrote: »
    There's just something about hearing the songs on Christmas FM that makes it! I had to turn off the Christmas music channels on TV as it was too early, but I am bopping away at my WFH desk right now :)

    Absolutely!! The presenter makes it for me as well, otherwise I can pull together a playlist myself on Apple Music.


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    #1568
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Okay, I have it on for the moment. Can't guarantee I will stick with it all the time!

    The presenter sounds familiar, but I can't quite place him. Is that Karl Tsignidos that is presenting?
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    #1569
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Garvan Rigby has just identified himself! Not sure if he was the same person I heard a few minutes ago.

    The presenters might be just the management team while it's online only.
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    #1570
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Garvan said that Dan is on next at 1pm. I presume that's Dan McDermott the station manager. He has been the station manager for a few years and I'm not aware of him presenting on Christmas FM before. If it is the same Dan, he is more associated (as a presenter) with alternative-leaning online station 8Radio.com. It will be interesting to see if he brings that slant into his selection.

    It is Dan McDermott! Love that Grown Up Christmas List song by Natalie Cole and David Foster. Will turn it off now - don't want to really hear that particular Mariah Carey song - you know the one!
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    #1571
    Lord Spence
    Registered Users Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭Lord Spence


    I love christmas fm but its too early for me, any word on the official launch day? Is it gonna be the Friday or the Saturday?


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    #1572
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,773 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Lord Spence wrote: »
    I love christmas fm but its too early for me, any word on the official launch day? Is it gonna be the Friday or the Saturday?

    FM Launch day is going to be the Saturday. I think that played a big part into launching online with presenters so early. They know people would have wanted ChristmasFM the day of the toy show.


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    #1573
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Lord Spence wrote: »
    I love christmas fm but its too early for me, any word on the official launch day? Is it gonna be the Friday or the Saturday?
    Loughc wrote: »
    FM Launch day is going to be the Saturday. I think that played a big part into launching online with presenters so early. They know people would have wanted ChristmasFM the day of the toy show.

    That's right. Garvan said on air that it would be launched on FM on November 28th, which indeed is a Saturday.

    I think I will hold off listening to it too much more myself before the FM launch. I was just curious to hear who was presenting at this point.
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    #1574
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,773 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    I think I will hold off listening to it too much more myself before the FM launch. I was just curious to hear who was presenting at this point.

    Same, I'll think I'll leave it for quick pick me ups in the mornings and the night walks.


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    #1575
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Loughc wrote: »
    Same, I'll think I'll leave it for quick pick me ups in the mornings and the night walks.

    Same. Listened in ther when I got back from a meeting & noticed they played a few of my favourites recently too, so will leave it to the odd listen until the launch in a couple of weeks.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #1576
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Just one more song..... the waitresses just came on!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #1577
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    pigtail33 wrote: »
    There's just something about hearing the songs on Christmas FM that makes it! I had to turn off the Christmas music channels on TV as it was too early, but I am bopping away at my WFH desk right now :)


    Lol ! I found myself bopping too when they played Shakin Stevens !


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    #1578
    [Deleted User]
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    I missed all the buzz earlier, but delighted to hear this is the big news! I won't be tuning in online for another while yet, maybe in another week or 2 :)


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    #1579
    Heroditas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,447 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    otnomart wrote: »
    Lol ! I found myself bopping too when they played Shakin Stevens !

    Me too but I had to grit my teeth with the Riptide Movement were played


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    #1580
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    I was up the walls with work today, and haven't been able to listen yet... but there will be plenty of time in the next few days/weeks. :D:D


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    #1581
    Snails pace
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭Snails pace


    Woke up early and I didn't want to listen to the radio. Stuck this on the App instead :D


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    #1582
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,773 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I'm not complaining as I think this was an exceptional idea from ChristmasFM, but I have a feeling the presenter parts are pre-recorded and just slotted in between certain songs, which makes sense, they could pre-record them at home and pull together a playlist of it.

    It's still aprreciated though, as that is no easy task and all done ni their free time as well.


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    #1583
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    I must admit I spent longer listening yesterday than I ever would have any other year, can definitely see myself popping in & out between now & the official live launch on the 28th, I need christmas more than ever but dont want to overdo it & dilute it to the point by the time it comes around its lost some of its lustre but the odd song cant hurt, can it?
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #1584
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Stuck it on again there now, first song i hear... 'Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas' by Bing Crosby.... talk about giving me a craving for the 28th!!!

    3 short weeks!

    Though in saying that, traditionally thats when my hectic spell starts & everything seems to go by in a blur until we finish work, every year I say I must do it differently, so thats reinforced my decision to let it start sinking in a few weeks earlier this year.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #1585
    Lord Spence
    Registered Users Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭Lord Spence


    Damit really wish the official launch was the Friday it goes so nicely with putting up the decorations and the toy show. Think I will just stick to Now Christmas or something like that on Friday and then maybe have a special launch Christmas breakfast the Saturday morning :D


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    #1586
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Felt like I was cheating listening to Trance Xmas earlier so switched over to Christmas FM. It forgave me :P


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    #1587
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Further to my previous posts about Christmas FM presenter connections with Spanish station Real FM, you can add Enda Caldwell, who is a former presenter with Christmas FM.

    Further to my previous post about Christmas FM presenter connections with community radio stations, you can add Chris Maher. He is known for his championing of soul music and has indeed at times stuck on some more soul-oriented music into his Christmas FM playlist!
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #1588
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    DvB wrote: »
    Not sure tuning in on a Saturday for the launch will be quite as exciting as doing so from work! I just associate it with work lunchbreak (or if lucky enough, the car as I go to or from a site meeting):)

    In fact if its a saturday lunchtime there's a decent enough chance I'd miss it completely what with Saturdays being so hectic for us generally :(

    That could change if we're at level 4 or 5 of lockdown mind...:eek:

    Well that was prescient!!!!
    Have you next week's lotto numbers please!


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    #1589
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    How many presenters do Christmas FM have?


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    #1590
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    TRS30 wrote: »
    How many presenters do Christmas FM have?

    A lot! You have the regulars and the ones who crop up once or twice during its run each year. You will see a selection of them, plus their backroom staff, on their website. But quite a lot do not make the website. If you are thinking of my anorak posts, some of the people I mentioned are former Christmas FM presenters and there are some past and current presenters that appear in more than one list!
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    #1591
    SarahLil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    Just seen on Christmas fm Instagram they are working with the charity Alone this year
    I will probably be crying non stop listening to the stories


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