Monday, December 11, 2006
Radio Station Plays Only Hanukkah Music
Every year it's the same - the relentless refrains of "Santa Baby" and "Silver Bells," those saccharine lyrics that seem to fill every radio frequency, not to mention the airwaves in stores and restaurants and offices. By the time Christmas is over, Terri Lynn says she feels saturated.
This year, the 50-year-old Jewish woman from Fort Lauderdale has an escape: She can tune her XM Satellite Radio to XM108 for Radio Hanukkah.
Though the potential audience is likely rather small, XM's Hanukkah-themed station is being touted as the first radio station of its kind and one celebrated by the satellite network's Jewish clientele, who've long known December's airwaves to be filled only with the holly-jolly, bell-clinging sounds of Christmas.
"It's 24 hours of Hanukkah! I'll be dancing the horah," said Lynn, a publicist whose clients include the Salvation Army, the Jewish Federation of Broward County and Habitat for Humanity. "This could be refreshing. Who knows? Maybe non-Jews will start loving these songs too."
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/70879.aspx
Every year it's the same - the relentless refrains of "Santa Baby" and "Silver Bells," those saccharine lyrics that seem to fill every radio frequency, not to mention the airwaves in stores and restaurants and offices. By the time Christmas is over, Terri Lynn says she feels saturated.
This year, the 50-year-old Jewish woman from Fort Lauderdale has an escape: She can tune her XM Satellite Radio to XM108 for Radio Hanukkah.
Though the potential audience is likely rather small, XM's Hanukkah-themed station is being touted as the first radio station of its kind and one celebrated by the satellite network's Jewish clientele, who've long known December's airwaves to be filled only with the holly-jolly, bell-clinging sounds of Christmas.
"It's 24 hours of Hanukkah! I'll be dancing the horah," said Lynn, a publicist whose clients include the Salvation Army, the Jewish Federation of Broward County and Habitat for Humanity. "This could be refreshing. Who knows? Maybe non-Jews will start loving these songs too."
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/70879.aspx
Comments:
Next thing you know, the Chabad'tskers will want this music playing at the Menorahs they put up next to "the tree".
"Only Jingle Bells is holiday music? Dreidel, Dreidel is also holiday music", they'll say.
You know what, at the end of the day there will be lots of confused kids growing up thinking "the Tree" has something to do with Hanukah.
Hey, wait a minute. Are there presents piled up around the base of the Menorah?
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"Only Jingle Bells is holiday music? Dreidel, Dreidel is also holiday music", they'll say.
You know what, at the end of the day there will be lots of confused kids growing up thinking "the Tree" has something to do with Hanukah.
Hey, wait a minute. Are there presents piled up around the base of the Menorah?
