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The official Christmas FM thread

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    #542
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    It was turned off in work today because Christmas Shoes kept being played. :(


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    #543
    finnharpsboy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,988 ✭✭✭finnharpsboy


    Posy wrote: »
    It was turned off in work today because Christmas Shoes kept being played. :(

    only heard it twice myself


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    #544
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Yeah. After the second playing it was turned to another station!!


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    #545
    finnharpsboy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,988 ✭✭✭finnharpsboy


    Posy wrote: »
    Yeah. After the second playing it was turned to another station!!

    ah sure you can please some of the people some of the time, not all the people all of the time


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    #546
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Indeed.


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    #547
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,829 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Posy wrote: »
    Yeah. After the second playing it was turned to another station!!

    After the second playing I turned off the radio, I hate that song haha!


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    #548
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Anyone listening on a Roberts Internet radio? Was definitely working a couple of weeks ago but nothing today.

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #549
    Winston Fit Orate
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Winston Fit Orate


    Yep...go onto the Frontier Silicon website and create a new entry under "My added stations" with this as the stream url:

    http://ice31.securenetsystems.net/XMASFM

    and all should be working!!


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    #550
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    That's grand - thanks have it working now

    Why does the listing on the Frontier Portal not work? Did Xmas FM change settings without telling them

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #551
    Winston Fit Orate
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Winston Fit Orate


    Short answer is yes! The stream was offline a couple of days ago for around 12 hours and when it came back the settings were different. I don't think there's a way of notifying Frontier that it's no longer working unfortunately.


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    #552
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    The Pure one is probably gone too then, although I have FM ok-ish where my Pure is

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #553
    Deenie123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 481 ✭✭Deenie123


    Ugh yeah I couldn't remember what the Christmas Shoes song was and wasn't sure what the fuss was about before they went on air about "to play or not to play"... Then I heard it on air and thought "ah yea, should have gone for "Not to play...""


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    #554
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Christmas Shoes is officially my most hated 'Christmas' song. It's AWFUL! I heard it for the first time on Christmas FM a few years, and I mute the radio whenever it comes on now. Christmas FM remains the only station I've ever heard it on, too.


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    #555
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Yeah, I often switch to another station from mid December because I can still get my fix of lovely Christmas songs without that awful yolk.


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    #556
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Christmas fm stream not working on tunein app, why? Tks


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    #557
    Princess Peach
    Registered Users Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    I'm listening to this station all the time lately!

    Last night the guy read out a to Hugh Janus, he repeated the name twice during it :pac:


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    #558
    TheCostumeShop.ie: Ronan
    Company Representative Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭TheCostumeShop.ie: Ronan


    Princess Peach wrote: »
    I'm listening to this station all the time lately!

    Last night the guy read out a to Hugh Janus, he repeated the name twice during it :pac:

    :rolleyes: Yep, I was presenting after him. He was mortified that that he missed that one. Although someone did spend a serious amount of cash texting in similar names all evening so at least some good will come from it.

    Christmas Shoes... Its on a very low rotation despite being one of the most requested songs on the text line. When it comes to pleasing everyone its a loosing battle I'm afraid.


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    #559
    Faith
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    TheCostumeShop.ie: Ronan wrote: »
    Christmas Shoes... Its on a very low rotation despite being one of the most requested songs on the text line. When it comes to pleasing everyone its a loosing battle I'm afraid.

    Hahaha I can't believe it's so highly sought after! I'd love to know who requests it. At least low rotation + high request = much money for charity.

    This thread is great! It's really interesting to have an inside track on the station.


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    #560
    Scarinae
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    TheCostumeShop.ie: Ronan wrote: »
    Christmas Shoes... Its on a very low rotation despite being one of the most requested songs on the text line. When it comes to pleasing everyone its a loosing battle I'm afraid.

    It's obviously being requested by evil people who want Christmas FM to lose all its listeners :D

    I believe someone even made a film that is based on the song! EDIT: I just looked it up, Rob Lowe is in it :eek:


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    #561
    CombatCow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭CombatCow


    I like the song :P

    The film is horrific in every sense of the word.


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    #562
    TheCostumeShop.ie: Ronan
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    Faith wrote: »
    Hahaha I can't believe it's so highly sought after! I'd love to know who requests it.

    Sure as Princess Peaches was saying earlier, some genius spent a fair chunk of his pocket money on Saturday requesting silly names to be read out. Mostly the prank calls Bart Simpson used on Mo in the early nineties if memory serves me correctly. It takes all sorts.

    Out of interest has anyone been tuning into Classic Christmas FM? Its only a streamed service but there seems to be no feedback good or bad here on boards about it. What do you guys think about this service? Were you aware it existed? Should we grow it or spend less time mentioning it on air?


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    #563
    CombatCow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭CombatCow


    I like that type of music, esp relaxing in the evening or late at night, but I don't listen much as I prefer to hear the DJ's etc..


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    #564
    Winston Fit Orate
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Winston Fit Orate


    TheCostumeShop.ie: Ronan wrote: »
    Sure as Princess Peaches was saying earlier, some genius spent a fair chunk of his pocket money on Saturday requesting silly names to be read out. Mostly the prank calls Bart Simpson used on Mo in the early nineties if memory serves me correctly. It takes all sorts.

    Out of interest has anyone been tuning into Classic Christmas FM? Its only a streamed service but there seems to be no feedback good or bad here on boards about it. What do you guys think about this service? Were you aware it existed? Should we grow it or spend less time mentioning it on air?

    It's wonderful Ronan!! I prefer it so much more to the headache inducing pop songs you usually hear on the radio at Christmas.

    I've been listening to it since the start of November. Just so relaxing and beautiful. Don't know what I'll do after Christmas.....and there's um ahem no DJs!!! :p


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    #565
    Eeden
    Registered Users Posts: 17,912 ✭✭✭✭Eeden


    TheCostumeShop.ie: Ronan wrote: »
    Sure as Princess Peaches was saying earlier, some genius spent a fair chunk of his pocket money on Saturday requesting silly names to be read out. Mostly the prank calls Bart Simpson used on Mo in the early nineties if memory serves me correctly. It takes all sorts.

    Out of interest has anyone been tuning into Classic Christmas FM? Its only a streamed service but there seems to be no feedback good or bad here on boards about it. What do you guys think about this service? Were you aware it existed? Should we grow it or spend less time mentioning it on air?

    I'd vaguely heard of it, but checked it out since your post; I really, really like it. I'm not anti-pop Christmas music at all, and I listen to Christmas FM in the car, but now I'll be listening to Classic Christmas FM at home; I definitely prefer less chatter and requests, and won't have to hear Christmas Shoes and Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer! :). I will be donating, too.


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    #566
    tunguska
    Registered Users Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭tunguska


    Have they played Bing & Bowie yet(little drummer boy)? I've been listening a fair bit since they went on air and I haven't heard it yet


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    #567
    Eeden
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    tunguska wrote: »
    Have they played Bing & Bowie yet(little drummer boy)? I've been listening a fair bit since they went on air and I haven't heard it yet

    I've heard it on Classic Christmas FM twice today.


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    #568
    tunguska
    Registered Users Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭tunguska


    Eeden wrote: »
    I've heard it on Classic Christmas FM twice today.

    Cheers I'll check that out


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    #569
    RoboAmish
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭RoboAmish


    TheCostumeShop.ie: Ronan wrote: »
    Sure as Princess Peaches was saying earlier, some genius spent a fair chunk of his pocket money on Saturday requesting silly names to be read out. Mostly the prank calls Bart Simpson used on Mo in the early nineties if memory serves me correctly. It takes all sorts.

    Out of interest has anyone been tuning into Classic Christmas FM? Its only a streamed service but there seems to be no feedback good or bad here on boards about it. What do you guys think about this service? Were you aware it existed? Should we grow it or spend less time mentioning it on air?

    I love it and mostly prefer it to the main station (which I pretty much just use to get my Feliz Navidad fix) but the stream keeps dropping for me. Could well be a problem at my end, but I have no such problems with the stream for the main station.

    It's an excellent idea though and I hope it proves successful.


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    #570
    tunguska
    Registered Users Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭tunguska


    I've been checking out Christmas stations from the US and even though I like Christmas fm I have to say the variety of songs coming from the states is way more extensive (and better).


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    #571
    Winston Fit Orate
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Winston Fit Orate


    Is that on TuneIn or Pandora or what please?


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