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    November 2, 2025 8:53 pm  #1

    RadioActive
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    First Canadian Station Goes All Xmas - And It's Not CHFI

    This is not only early, but it happened during an entirely different holiday. 

    CKFT-FM, a station in Fort Saskatchewan/Edmonton, flipped the switch on - of all times - Halloween. That may the earliest ever for a Canadian station.

    The new "format" runs until Boxing Day.

     

    Yesterday 8:03 am  #2

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    Way too early! It won’t be long before they start festive music on Labour Day.

     

    Yesterday 8:05 am  #3

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    Talk about a scary Halloween trick that's not a treat...

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    Yesterday 8:20 am  #4

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    RadioActive wrote:

    Talk about a scary Halloween trick that's not a treat...

     
    No kidding, and I actually like most Christmas music, except “Last Christmas” by Wham……!

     

    Yesterday 10:22 am  #5

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    It would take two pages to list all the "Christmas" songs I detest. If it is not performed by the original artist I don't want to hear it. I can take the Perry Como's, Burl Ives, Nat King Cole's Crosby's and Sinatra's in small doses. But the rest of the Yule slop that is passed off as Holiday Hits makes me wish for Boxing Day to arrive as quickly as possible. Yes I know some out there will simply say don't listen which is certainly an option in my personal time. However, when you work retail, that option disappears.

     

    Yesterday 10:38 am  #6

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    I am widely recognized as one of those fools who rush in where angels fear to tread, but I wouldn't go near Christmas music in Canada before November 12h.

    Is Rob Christie still doing mornings there?

    Madness takes its toll.  Please have exact change.
     
     

    Yesterday 10:43 am  #7

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    ig wrote:

    I wouldn't go near Christmas music in Canada before November 12h.

    This is the correct answer.

     

    Yesterday 11:10 am  #8

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    ig wrote:

    Is Rob Christie still doing mornings there?

    According to their website and the linked page, he is. 

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