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November 13, 2025 9:41 am  #1


2 GTA stations have started playing christmas music.

I was doing my FM and HD bandscan yesterday night, And Guess What I heard for all you scrooges.
CHFI and 99.9hd4 have both swiched to all Christmas.
If you gave me the Choice, I would pick 99.9's mix because it has slitely more older music.
Its not Christmas without the classics and some of the traditional hymns.

 

November 13, 2025 9:45 am  #2


Re: 2 GTA stations have started playing christmas music.

Why would they go on a Thursday? Odd timing. Perhaps they wanted to get a jump on their competitors. But confirmed on their website. 

 

November 13, 2025 10:17 am  #3


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RadioActive wrote:

Why would they go on a Thursday? Odd timing. Perhaps they wanted to get a jump on their competitors. But confirmed on their website. 

They went yesterday morning. Just waiting to clear Remembrance Day, I guess.

 

November 13, 2025 10:24 am  #4


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You'd think it would be a Friday, so they could promote for the weekend and beyond. Wednesday? An even odder choice, but your Nov. 11th theory could be correct. 

 

November 13, 2025 10:28 am  #5


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Monday and Friday are lower listening days. Going at 8:30 on a Wednesday gives you the most possible ears. Also, people will talk about it when they get to work

 

November 13, 2025 11:16 am  #6


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i have never listened to CHFI. Now that it's Holiday Hits, 24/7, I have no reason to start listening now.

 

November 13, 2025 1:37 pm  #7


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I find it a little too early for Christmas Music. I’m glad the stations near me like Fresh 103.1 and CHYM 96.7 have not made the switch yet. But if they do. I remove them from my presets untill they switch back to regular music.

 

November 13, 2025 1:50 pm  #8


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There will soon be a surprise Christmas Station in the GTA.

 

November 14, 2025 6:43 pm  #9


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RadioAaron wrote:

There will soon be a surprise Christmas Station in the GTA.

And that station is Energy 95.3

 

November 14, 2025 7:03 pm  #10


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haydenmatthews14 wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

There will soon be a surprise Christmas Station in the GTA.

And that station is Energy 95.3

Another one…

 

November 21, 2025 8:15 pm  #11


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For anyone keeping tabs on these things, MOVE 100 (Bell)in Ottawa, went all Christmas this morning;

 

November 22, 2025 8:13 pm  #12


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It's started in stores too.  I just got back from the local Metro to restock the house after a trip and they had Christmas music playing, serenading me while I looked at a box of frozen shrimp that was the subject of shrinkflation.

Shrinkflation and wall to wall Christmas music.  These are not a few of my favourite things.
 

 

November 22, 2025 8:35 pm  #13


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Ale Ont wrote:

For anyone keeping tabs on these things, MOVE 100 (Bell)in Ottawa, went all Christmas this morning;

Also the new Dream 105.7 in Niagara also flipped to all Christmas this week as well.

 

November 22, 2025 10:07 pm  #14


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RadioAaron wrote:

There will soon be a surprise Christmas Station in the GTA.

Unless it's one of the super small ones.... I must've missed this

 

Yesterday 6:17 am  #15


Re: 2 GTA stations have started playing christmas music.

RadioAaron wrote:

haydenmatthews14 wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

There will soon be a surprise Christmas Station in the GTA.

And that station is Energy 95.3

Another one…

88.5 FM? 


CityNews 24/7: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/
RadioWiz & RadioQuiz are NOT the same person. 
RadioWiz & THE Wiz are NOT the same person.

 
 

Yesterday 7:32 am  #16


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You'll never believe who's back on the AC charts with a "new" song, for the first time in four decades. Only at Christmas...

Frank Sinatra Charts A New Radio Hit, A Quarter-Century After His Death


 

 

Yesterday 11:27 am  #17


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I miss when 102.5 played christmas music.

     Thread Starter
 

Yesterday 12:31 pm  #18


Re: 2 GTA stations have started playing christmas music.

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

I miss when 102.5 played christmas music.

Ironically, the new owner should be playing (Christian) Christmas music if they have not started to do so already...


CityNews 24/7: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/
RadioWiz & RadioQuiz are NOT the same person. 
RadioWiz & THE Wiz are NOT the same person.

 
 

Yesterday 1:07 pm  #19


Re: 2 GTA stations have started playing christmas music.

Radiowiz wrote:

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

I miss when 102.5 played christmas music.

Ironically, the new owner should be playing (Christian) Christmas music if they have not started to do so already...

They only do it on weekends in December.