The official Christmas FM thread

washiskin · 28-11-2015 12:15pm

OMG Shakey!!!!!

28-11-2015 12:15pm

Is it me or is the bitrate for the online stream rather low? Very "tinny" sounding.....actually the bitrate is the same as the Classic Christmas FM stream which sounds perfect to me. Strange....

amor3 · 28-11-2015 12:19pm

washiskin wrote: »

Oh Gawd Lads, I'm so thrilled I could cry!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D

And what a cracker of a song to kick off!!!

Haha, I actually did cry!!!!

Loughc · 28-11-2015 12:19pm

washiskin wrote: »

OMG Shakey!!!!!

My favouritest Christmas song ever!

CrowdedHouse · 28-11-2015 12:21pm

washiskin wrote: »

OMG Shakey!!!!!

See https://twitter.com/British_First/status/669850265496002560

washiskin · 28-11-2015 1:14pm

The first outing of Gene Autrey this year. I think he wrote Here Comes Santa Claus, another top3 of mine.

Toto Wolfcastle · 28-11-2015 1:19pm

We lost it for a good while there but the Cork frequency is working nicely now!

washiskin · 28-11-2015 1:22pm

Awww, that Harry Connick jr song is just gorgeous!

Er....dusty in here..... something in my eye....

hdowney · 28-11-2015 1:28pm

Hurry up work and finish

28-11-2015 7:16pm

Online stream sounds great now! Cheers guys.

corblimey · 30-11-2015 9:27am

Downloaded the app on friday, but all I get is

Error
The station is not currently streaming. Please try again later.

30-11-2015 10:19am

I'm having no luck with the online stream today, either direct from the app or via tunein. It has always been a bit spotty but right now it cuts out after less than a minute of play.

30-11-2015 10:35am

This is the url for the online stream:

http://ice31.securenetsystems.net:80/XMASFM

It's working fine for me so hopefully it might help you guys!

Westeros · 30-11-2015 2:29pm

Christmas FM made my Monday morning commute so much more enjoyable! Thanks guys

Toto Wolfcastle · 30-11-2015 2:48pm

Make is Wish is such a worthy charity for Christmas FM to support. I usually can't handle hearing stories about people who are sick but the little clips they've been playing are so so lovely. It's so nice to hear how much of a difference the charity makes to those kids.

Toto Wolfcastle · 05-12-2015 12:28pm

I'm not feeling very Christmassy today and Christmas FM just played Christmas Shoes. Might as well just crawl back into bed and hope tomorrow is a bit better.

Posy · 05-12-2015 9:40pm

Yeah, I stopped having Christmas FM on last year because of that song.

06-12-2015 2:42am

Are you serious? I mean I'm not mad about it either but if I hated it I'd simply turn the sound down for a few minutes. But stop listening to the entire station? Kind of cutting your nose off to spite your face isn't it?

Jude13 · 06-12-2015 9:35am

I have held off till today to listen, I might throw it on for the drive home from work this evening.

Posy · 07-12-2015 12:20am

Deleted User wrote: »

Are you serious? I mean I'm not mad about it either but if I hated it I'd simply turn the sound down for a few minutes. But stop listening to the entire station? Kind of cutting your nose off to spite your face isn't it?

I'm not really a radio person, I rarely have one on the rest of the year, and it made little difference as the radio is in a different room!
I still listened to it in work though, and that's where I spend most of my waking hours anyway! :pac:

Eeden · 07-12-2015 12:25am

Deleted User wrote: »

Are you serious? I mean I'm not mad about it either but if I hated it I'd simply turn the sound down for a few minutes. But stop listening to the entire station? Kind of cutting your nose off to spite your face isn't it?

I don't like it either; what tends to happen is that when it comes on, I change the station, and then forget to change it back for a long, long time. Sometimes all day.

Posy · 07-12-2015 12:29am

Yeah, that's pretty much what I did last year! I just forgot to put Christmas FM back on! Like I said, I don't listen to the radio much at home anyway.

hdowney · 07-12-2015 11:17am

Posy wrote: »

I'm not really a radio person, I rarely have one on the rest of the year, and it made little difference as the radio is in a different room!
I still listened to it in work though, and that's where I spend most of my waking hours anyway! :pac:

I'm the same. Apart from Christmas FM the only time you'll catch me listening to the radio is when I am out somewhere (shop, hospital etc) that has it on. I don't listen to the radio. I listen to CDs/iPod etc. Christmas FM I make an exception for

castleshindig · 08-12-2015 10:58am

I can't seem to get it on my radio ? Galway City centre area. whats the frequency again ?

Loughc · 08-12-2015 11:17am

castleshindig wrote: »

I can't seem to get it on my radio ? Galway City centre area. whats the frequency again ?

Galway is 89.5fm

hdowney · 09-12-2015 10:42am

I have never had a problem with Christmas Shoes..... until now. Driving to work during Drive Time yesterday and it comes on. I COULDN'T SEE for tears. It triggered a lot of built up sadness in me and I'm crying like a loop in traffic hoping no-one will see me and I don't crash thru the haze of tears!!

kitten_k · 09-12-2015 1:56pm

I never realised Christmas FM had an online shop:

http://c988a8.42.ekmpowershop.net/

CombatCow · 10-12-2015 10:42am

Treated myself to a mug :P

Toto Wolfcastle · 14-12-2015 1:02pm

Did anyone hear the song competition songs? None of them were great (even the covers) but the winning song is dreadful. It was the same last year. There are only 3 songs that make me switch the station: Christmas Shoes, last year's winner and now this year's winner.

sentient_6 · 14-12-2015 1:28pm

Who won it? Hope it wasn't song A written by some fella who writes for the Irish Independent, and did we mention he writes for the Independent?! The Irish Independent folks, wow!

Posy · 14-12-2015 2:04pm

I didn't like the fact that there were cover versions- it kind of defeated the purpose of a song contest!

Toto Wolfcastle · 14-12-2015 2:37pm

sentient_6 wrote: »

Who won it? Hope it wasn't song A written by some fella who writes for the Irish Independent, and did we mention he writes for the Independent?! The Irish Independent folks, wow!

Not him! The winner was Chrismastime in Ireland in My Heart.

Posy wrote: »

I didn't like the fact that there were cover versions- it kind of defeated the purpose of a song contest!

Yeah, I thought that was strange. And they didn't do anything different with the cover versions. They were very similar to the originals.

Kajemo · 14-12-2015 3:51pm

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Did anyone hear the song competition songs? None of them were great (even the covers) but the winning song is dreadful. It was the same last year. There are only 3 songs that make me switch the station: Christmas Shoes, last year's winner and now this year's winner.

I totally agree with you... Ugh that song that won the competition is terrible.... just really terrible....

Coupon King · 14-12-2015 4:12pm

I agree also it was RIDICULOUSLY twee but it only won because people "voted" for it. I much preferred the Aluskas at least it was cheery and a bit more festive

I'm not overly sold on Xmas Fm this year it's a constant stream of repeats with boring repetitive presenters talking nonsense and over the last 10 seconds of EVERY track!

They need a larger selection of Christmas music and maybe throw in some carols for good measure like on a Sunday evening for an hour or two to help people wind down and relax for a bit

hdowney · 14-12-2015 4:35pm

Toto Wolfcastle wrote:

Not him! The winner was Chrismastime in Ireland in My Heart.

I hate that song

14-12-2015 7:24pm

Guys the winners are a group of teenage girls. We should cut them a little slack. They don't need to see boardsies bashing them online!

Edited to say: Christmas fm is a charity radio station, hosted by volunteers, and if you don't like it, don't listen.

Posy · 14-12-2015 8:13pm

I actually don't mind the winning song. I appreciate the sentiment and the point they're getting across.
I guess I'm just glad the winner was an actual original composition; I'd have been very unhappy if a cover-version had been in first place!

Posy · 14-12-2015 8:49pm

Ronan is on air now.

Assuming it's 'our' Ronan, hullo!!! o/

Toto Wolfcastle · 14-12-2015 9:15pm

Hai Ronan!

hdowney · 15-12-2015 11:00pm

Fair point. Apologies to the girls. It's just not my choice of song.

I'mma be in the Ballsbridge Hotel on Friday

Patty O Furniture · 17-12-2015 1:47am

Deleted User wrote: »

This is the url for the online stream:

http://ice31.securenetsystems.net:80/XMASFM

It's working fine for me so hopefully it might help you guys!

What do you use to open it?
i googled it & came across this site which brought me to christmasfm.com

Can you only get in some places on radio?

Pretty sure i saw an app on my Samsung smart tv, vtuner?

Thanks.

Posy · 26-12-2015 6:59pm

One minute left, then that's it for another year.

Loughc · 26-12-2015 7:03pm

Posy wrote: »

One minute left, then that's it for another year.

Gone so soon. The online stream will be getting played for another good while yet. Well done to Ronan, Darragh and all the lads at Christmas FM. An amazing amount raised so far and it honestly seems it gets better every year.

JustTheOne · 26-12-2015 10:48pm

Didn't it used to end on Christmas eve?

Loughc · 26-12-2015 10:50pm

JustTheOne wrote: »

Didn't it used to end on Christmas eve?

No always on Stephens day.

Toto Wolfcastle · 27-12-2015 1:19pm

Got into the car to head home only to be greeted by static.

I'll miss it. I didn't get a chance to listen for the last two days.

fryup · 30-12-2015 10:22am

Loughc wrote: »

Gone so soon. The online stream will be getting played for another good while yet.

online stream doesn't work for me

Loughc · 30-12-2015 11:36am

fryup wrote: »

online stream doesn't work for me

Does the stream on the app work?

Loughc · 08-08-2016 10:28am

Good interview here with one of the co-founders of ChristmasFM. Our very own boardie Darragh gets a few mentions.

Building excitement to the return of ChristmasFM this year.

http://radiotoday.ie/2016/08/garvan-rigby-talks-pirate-radio-and-christmas-fm/

Loughc · 01-10-2016 9:17pm

It can't be long until Christmas FM's return date and charity partner is announced.... waiting patiently haha.

Eeek...

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