Originally posted by: jjessico
One of the stations where I live went all Christmas on Thanksgiving. It really pisses me off because there aren't a whole lot of stations around here. Why in the hell they have done this, I do not know. I'm severely pissed and won't be listening to them again.
So Chaotic, why do the stations do this? You seem to be in the biz.
Jason
Well, it could be a few things.
They could be a member of a "local station group" that has members all over the country. One station changed over, had success, told them about it, and now they're trying it.
It could be that the locals demanded it.
Or, in our case, our boss' wife is insane and won't let him get a moments rest at home until he does what she wants, which is go all Christmas. She wanted to make it all commercials, with a DJ there on air to talk about the commercials. I kid you not.
She's also our news director.
You want to know what to do? Get everyone that you know that is unhappy about it, and get *all* of them to write physical letters (sign them) to the station manager, owner, DJ, and anyone else who you can get the name of. Saturate that station with letters to everyone. Send them over and over again. Call every day, maybe get a group of 5 people per day to call.
Once you've done that, it's time for the coup de grace....
Go to the people who advertise on the station, and mention that you won't be listening to the station or buying from them while it's still on the Christmas format.
The employees just work there, the listening public and advertisers are the only people who can do anything about it.