[Danny T]

On Nov 28, 5:42 pm, wrote:
I'm in the central Florida area, and there's a local station that
plays holiday material 24/7 from Thanksgiving through Christmas. It's
nice but year after year it seems to be very nearly the same playlist
as far as I can determine. They've added Michael Buble' recently but I
don't hear much other new material.

They're owned by Clear Channel Communications and apparently this
station's playlist is handed down to them from on high, they have no
discretion whatsoever.

How is this kind of determination made? If there's a new artist you'd
like to have them add and have connections to a fanbase who might
follow suit to campaign for such, is it possible to write to someone
at corporate? I would assume much of it is based on an artist's
popularity but I notice they play an Aselin Debison track. Show of
hands of anyone outside of Canada who's heard of her? I don't think
she's ever charted in the U.S.

The particular artist I have in mind is Bianca Ryan, winner of the
first America's Got Talent. She has a short Christmas album out that's
really good, and in particular there are IMO two outstanding new songs
on it - "Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Everyday" and "Home On Christmas
Day", both of which I believe were written for her and she knocks them
out of the park.

I have yet to hear either on the radio around here, though some on her
site say they've heard them elsewhere in the country.

Any suggestions as to how to get them played or is it based on some
criteria a group of fans aren't going to have any influence over?

Home On Christmas Day

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pc3yM9IrymE

Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Everyday? Has a retro-Motown flavor.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dV8IE_vtTq8

Thanks

Jimmy Rector