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The official Christmas FM thread

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    #1802
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Jude13 wrote: »
    The amount of times I have heard Christmas Shoes, who the hell in requesting that thing.

    I assume it’s someone from here just to annoy the rest of us :D


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    #1803
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,133 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Jude13 wrote: »
    The amount of times I have heard Christmas Shoes, who the hell in requesting that thing.


    Someone is ripping the p*ss in there I reckon, no way is anyone requesting that piece of garbage.

    BTW Jude, heard 'baby its cold outside' over the weekend
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #1804
    JohnGreenFan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    DvB wrote: »
    Someone is ripping the p*ss in there I reckon, no way is anyone requesting that piece of garbage.

    BTW Jude, heard 'baby its cold outside' over the weekend

    I read on their instagram a couple of weeks ago that Christmas Shoes is one of their most requested songs!


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    #1805
    Loughc
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    DvB wrote: »
    Someone is ripping the p*ss in there I reckon, no way is anyone requesting that piece of garbage.

    BTW Jude, heard 'baby its cold outside' over the weekend

    I've heard it twice in the last week as well.


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    #1806
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,133 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    JohnGreenFan wrote: »
    I read on their instagram a couple of weeks ago that Christmas Shoes is one of their most requested songs!

    Being honest, I don't believe that, that or people are doing it in spite because its that bad.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #1807
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Loughc wrote: »
    I've heard it twice in the last week as well.

    For reals? The Tom Jones one?


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    #1808
    Loughc
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    For reals? The Tom Jones one?

    Yes the Tom Jones one. Unedited.


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    #1809
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Date 07/12/2020
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    Im back in


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    #1810
    Mystery Egg
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    DvB wrote: »
    Someone is ripping the p*ss in there I reckon, no way is anyone requesting that piece of garbage.

    BTW Jude, heard 'baby its cold outside' over the weekend

    I know people who *love* Christmas shoes! I don't understand them, but they exist.

    The playlist is set by the station director, as with all national radio stations. The DJs aren't free to play what they want unfortunately, and they work hard to gather requests together for the songs already on their playlists.

    I did radio training with Christmas fm and that's what they told us.


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    #1811
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Mystery Egg wrote: »
    I did radio training with Christmas fm and that's what they told us.

    Nice, was it as much fun as it sounds or is listen the fun part??


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    #1812
    Mystery Egg
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    Nice, was it as much fun as it sounds or is listen the fun part??

    It was brilliant! I had planned to volunteer with them following the training but didn't get my application in on time due to being preggo!

    I hope to do it some day. :)


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    #1813
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Mystery Egg wrote: »
    It was brilliant! I had planned to volunteer with them following the training but didn't get my application in on time due to being preggo!

    I hope to do it some day. :)

    Good to hear. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if certain jobs are really as fun as people make them seem.


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    #1814
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,997 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    A number of past and present presenters on Christmas FM have been presenters on LMFM and/or KFM. Here are examples I came up with.

    KFM: Dermot Breen, Gareth O’Connor, Keith Shanley, John Troy, Stephen Keogh, Tommy McCabe

    LMFM: Chris Murray, Dermot Breen, Gareth O’Connor, Adrienne O’Hora, Enda Caldwell, Damien Allen
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #1815
    radiotrickster
    Registered Users Posts: 859 ✭✭✭radiotrickster


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    A number of past and present presenters on Christmas FM have been presenters on LMFM and/or KFM. Here are examples I came up with.

    KFM: Dermot Breen, Gareth O’Connor, Keith Shanley, John Troy, Stephen Keogh, Tommy McCabe

    LMFM: Chris Murray, Dermot Breen, Gareth O’Connor, Adrienne O’Hora, Enda Caldwell, Damien Allen

    You might not know Declan, but did any of those people start at Christmas FM and move onto KFM/LMFM, or did they go from KFM/LMFM to Christmas FM?

    I’m always interested in hearing if people got their start at Christmas FM and moved on elsewhere after, especially as so many people do their training courses. I feel like most people have other radio experience by the time they’re presenting on Christmas FM though!


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    #1816
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,997 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    radiotrickster wrote: »
    You might not know Declan, but did any of those people start at Christmas FM and move onto KFM/LMFM, or did they go from KFM/LMFM to Christmas FM?

    I’m always interested in hearing if people got their start at Christmas FM and moved on elsewhere after, especially as so many people do their training courses. I feel like most people have other radio experience by the time they’re presenting on Christmas FM though!

    The ones I mentioned above had radio experience before Christmas FM - some going back years before. Most of them would have been with said stations prior to Christmas FM as well.
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #1817
    Loughc
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    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    The ones I mentioned above had radio experience before Christmas FM - some going back years before. Most of them would have been with said stations prior to Christmas FM as well.

    I could be wrong but I’ve a feeling Alan Young came through the ChristmasFM ranks with no prior radio experience.


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    #1818
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,997 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Loughc wrote: »
    I could be wrong but I’ve a feeling Alan Young came through the ChristmasFM ranks with no prior radio experience.

    I was answering a question about those I listed with KFM and LMFM - not in general.
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #1819
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,530 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Loughc wrote: »
    I could be wrong but I’ve a feeling Alan Young came through the ChristmasFM ranks with no prior radio experience.
    I heard him the other day, he sounds as young as his name! :pac:


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    #1820
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,997 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Posy wrote: »
    I heard him the other day, he sounds as young as his name! :pac:

    I heard Alan Young as well. He does sound very young alright! There are a number of younger staff working with Christmas FM, some with presentation roles. Many of these younger staff, whether in front of or behind the microphone, received training in Christmas FM. Some of the more recent staff got their first break with Halloween FM (same stable). Adrian Nolan, an experienced broadcaster, has been involved with the training.

    Just to reiterate, my previous posts were about people connected to KFM and LMFM, not about staff in general in Christmas FM. I just thought of another former Christmas FM presenter who presented on KFM: Tommy Green!
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    #1821
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,997 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Let it Snow by Dean Martin, a staple of Christmas FM, was voted by Forum Games Boardsies as the "The Greatest Christmas Song... EVER"!

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058138472
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #1822
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,288 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    Let it Snow by Dean Martin, a staple of Christmas FM, was voted by Forum Games Boardsies as the "The Greatest Christmas Song... EVER"!

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058138472

    It’s good in the “snow” genre of Christmas songs


    More on the “marshmallow candy land” genre I like “most wonderful time of the year” by Andy Williams

    But overall I’d prefer a Carol as it is genuinely about the spirit of Christmas


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    #1823
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,133 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    Let it Snow by Dean Martin, a staple of Christmas FM, was voted by Forum Games Boardsies as the "The Greatest Christmas Song... EVER"!

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058138472

    Pack of weirdos over there... LOL.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #1824
    Loughc
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    DvB wrote: »
    Pack of weirdos over there... LOL.

    I agree. :D


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    #1825
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,997 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Just when you thought it was safe, here's yet another anorak's list!

    The following past and present presenters on Christmas FM have been presenters on Dublin's FM104. All of these names have featured on other lists too!

    Adrienne O'Hora
    Stephen Keogh
    Chris Barry
    Niall Boylan
    Mark Byrne
    Marty Miller
    Enda Caldwell
    Ryan O'Neill
    Darragh O'Dea (also can be added to lists for 98FM, Q102 and KFM!)
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #1826
    Autosport
    Registered Users Posts: 22,239 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    I love Christmas shoes and may have requested it :D

    Have ye no hearts at all :D


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    #1827
    DvB
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    Autosport wrote: »
    I love Christmas shoes and may have requested it :D

    Have ye no hearts at all :D

    Heard it in the car earlier.


    Its still garbage though.... LOL
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #1828
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Autosport wrote: »
    I love Christmas shoes and may have requested it :D

    Have ye no hearts at all :D

    I could make a comment about your hearing however I wouldn’t :D


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    #1829
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,997 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    I heard Brian Walsh on Christmas FM for the first time this morning. I notice that he is not on the "Our Team" section of the website! There are so many names on it!

    He can be added to my lists of presenters for 98FM, independent national stations, Sunshine 106.8, East Coast FM, Radio Nova (licensed rock station) and online only stations.
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #1830
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 5,997 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    I heard Christmas FM yesterday in Harry Cory's, a homeware shop, in Nutgrove Retail Park.

    What retail outlets (shops, restaurants, gastropubs), and where, have you heard Christmas FM being played?
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    #1831
    radiotrickster
    Registered Users Posts: 859 ✭✭✭radiotrickster


    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    I heard Brian Walsh on Christmas FM for the first time this morning. I notice that he is not on the "Our Team" section of the website! There are so many names on it!

    One of my friends worked with Christmas FM before and he said that they just get sent a form out to answer all the questions. Whenever a volunteer has a chance, they upload it to the site. Maybe he didn’t bother filling it in, or it hasn’t been uploaded yet!


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