Posted by Bud on December 23, 2009 at 12:02:42:
RadioTime.com Releases Ranking of Its Users' Favorite Holiday Music Stations
DALLAS - (Business Wire) RadioTime.com today released its Top 19 Holiday Music Radio Stations list, a ranking of its users' favorite terrestrial and online radio stations for holiday music. Internet-only stations make up seven of the top 10, and stations in smaller broadcast markets.
The most popular station is "Christmas Melody," streaming from Xmasmelody.com. 181.FM's collection of holiday stations is also popular, with three of its holiday-themed stations appearing in the top 10. Los Angeles' KOST ranks as the most listened-to terrestrial station.
The top five are:
1. Christmas Melody (Internet-only)
2. 1.FM Always Christmas (Internet-only)
3. 181.FM Christmas Mix (Internet-only)
4. KOST – 103.5 FM (Los Angeles)
5. WLTW–106.7 FM (New York)
"Along with stations in markets you might expect to attract the most listeners, such as New York, Boston and Los Angeles, the list also includes two smaller market stations: WRRM in Cincinnati and KCKC in Kansas City," says Dan Halyburton, President, RadioTime, Inc. "A RadioTime user can save these stations as presets and have instant access to a wide variety of holiday music 24/7 on their computers, Internet-connected home entertainment devices, iPhones and other mobile devices."
RadioTime guide users can easily discover which of their local stations may also be airing holiday music, as all local options are listed first among search results, when available.
View the top holiday music stations all the way up to number 49, and keep up with the latest RadioTime news and information at inside.radiotime.com, and via Twitter at twitter.com/openradiotime.
RadioTime's Top 19 Holiday Music Radio Stations
1. Christmas Melody (Internet-only)
2. 1.FM Always Christmas (Internet-only)
3. 181.FM Christmas Mix (Internet-only)
4. KOST (Los Angeles)
5. WLTW (New York)
6. Christmas Music 24/7 (Internet-only)
7. 181.FM Christmas Classics (Internet-only)
8. WLIT (Chicago)
9. 181.FM Christmas Smooth Jazz (Internet-only)
10. Soma FM Christmas Lounge (Internet-only)
11. Sky.FM Christmas Channel (Internet-only)
12. 181.FM Christmas Rock (Internet-only)
13. WROR (Boston)
14. Forever Christmas Radio (Internet-only)
15. Christmas Broadband (Internet-only)
16. WRRM (Cincinnati)
17. WODS (Boston)
18. KVIL (Dallas)
19. KCKC (Kansas City)