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Making Moves: Early Christmas

Published on Friday, November 06, 2009

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Two Detroit AC stations have already jumped to all-Christmas: Clear Channel’s WNIC and Greater Media’s WMGC … At the Jersey Shore, Greater Media’s WJRZ (100.1) is now all-Santa … Christmas is coming soon to New York City. WLTW-FM (106.7) is running promos saying “Not yet – but the continuous Christmas music starts soon” … Another Clear Channel “Lite-FM” station, WLZT-FM (93.3) in Columbus, Ohio has started playing holiday music … Suburban Boston’s 1000-watt WLLH-AM (1400), formerly an ESPN Radio affiliate before going dark in September, is back on the air playing Spanish music … Radio-Info confirms the soon-to-be syndicated Tony & Kris morning show will have Heather Cramsie as its producer. There’s now a countdown clock on the Tony & Kris website for their new show debut … Citing family reasons, Steve Lloyd-Jones says after just one season he won’t return as the radio voice of minor league baseball’s West Michigan Whitecaps … Sirius XM’s Playboy Channel will air the “Legends of Porn” during the “Night Calls” show for five days starting on Monday.

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