The official Christmas FM thread

Think they've (2 or 3 anyway) been in the hot seat before too, haven't they?

At the the end of the day its gonna boil down to the presenters & tunes like it does every year. All the charities are deserving and I can live with it being shared around more than one of them.

Already looking forward to kick off immensely!

Welcome @ClaudeVercetti.

Couldn't place that song in my head so had a quick google. Very catchy is right!

Thanks @TRS30! Didn't realise that either - kinda sad in that there won't be the buzz of waiting for the partner announcement each year for the next few years.

I remember the first year - I was studying for the 6th year Christmas exams and the father came in with a "did you hear about this new station" needless to say it was a staple ever since. I loved that they played more obscure songs too different to what you'd hear on your normal music channels each year.

Nothing mentioned so far about presenters starting online early this year. I wonder with the general perception that covid is behind us will that be done away with now & they'll revert to just having them from 28th Nov.

Have to say I really enjoyed listening in more and more throughout November the last 2 years with the presenters there, would have liked for that to continue.

Not sure how they find 2 weeks' worth of Halloween related songs.

Think someone said songs that had been hits around halloween time in years gone by were fair game so that opens it up a tad too!

& not forgetting that Virgin Media Digital TV subscribers in Ireland can listen to Christmas FM Ireland on Channel 900 (from November 28th- Dec 27th) and the apps are available all year round too...

Looking forward to this now.

No mention of presenters online before the 28th Nov launch this year though which is a shame. Whilst I wouldn't go all in straight away I'd dip my toe at the start and progressively listen in more & more as we got closer to launch day.

Though I wonder if the image on their twitter page is a throwback to last year or if they'll still have presenters all of November (albeit online)?

I would have thought they would have started the friday of the late late toy show.

Yea, it's comes to the 28th and get into the car and hear static and make me a little sad.

Ah that makes total sense so.

It’s a bit stingy they don’t run it until at least the Feast of the Epiphany - January 6th. Little Christmas. Or as Gaeilge - Nollaig na mbàn.

Come on like.

Yep. I’m not sure why they “cut it off” so abruptly after December 25th. There’s a whole 12 nights (at least!!) before Christmas is over as a season

Thats been discussed here previously and people with great knowledge of radio licencing have explained the limitations of the temporary licences. Many of us have asked why it can't receive special dispensation only to be told there's zero flexibility, sadly. In reality its only the car I'll miss it after the 27th as I'll keep listening online until new years day anyway.