Greetings from Christmas Broadband

[ChristmasBroadband]

Hi! My name is Rob Schroeder, and I run a Christmas radio station on Live365 called Christmas Broadband. I was contacted on my own forums by Jeff, who told me about his wonderful website and active forum. I am not here to promote my station, although I will have a link in my signature. But I'm really looking forward to participating in the Christmas discussion. My passion for Christmas is why I started the station. I've been looking for a good Christmas-themed forum. I like mine, but it's nowhere near as active as this one! Maybe some of you can stop by and say hi on mine. (It's currently under construction at the moment, gearing up for the 2006 season!)

Anyway, just wanted to intoduce myself, and say that I'm very excited about becoming a very active member in this community.

[Jeff Westover]

Rob,

Thanks so much! We need a coming together of these forums and of our Christmas sites. You have an edge on us in terms of what you offer and that's because you play to the theater of the mind. Your station is more than welcome to promote via these forums and our sites. It's all Christmas to us. (Although we need to be careful, we could max your bandwidth in a hurry). I look forward to hearing about your plans for 2006 and working to share with our audience what you've got going on.

I've listened to Christmas Broadband and highly recommend it. Welcome to the Merry Forums!

Jeff

[dvdelf]

ooh christmas music sweet
:???:

[Jeff Westover]

oh, yeah. Rob's going to show us to the Christmas music promised land. Trust me on this.

[dvdelf]

BOOOYAH

[caseydbell]

Glad to finally meet the man behined what I listen to all to often :-D

[sheepsnot]

Rob, I'm a big fan of your radio station. Glad to have you among us. Welcome!
8) :) :grin: :D :smile:

[ChristmasBroadband]

Thanks for the welcomes! I do have some new ideas for this year, and would love to hear your suggestions too. Jeff and I are trying to come up with ideas of how to partner between our sites. Let us know if you have any ideas how to make that happen. I just think with the #1 Christmas website, and one of the most popular Christmas radio stations (if I do say so myself), we could offer alot. Just what, hasn't been determined yet. At any rate, I'm very excited about the 2006 season, which always starts for me on Sept 1.

[dvdelf]

any way to get the station to play on the site? That would be cool.

[dvdelf]

I'm listening now, gotta love it

[elfworks]

welcome rob!!

i look forward to checking out your site!

xo

[sheepsnot]

Oh, yeah, baby! Ray Conniff singing Rudolph! Twenty years ago we'd have to break out the cassettes to do this. I still have an old Christmas album with bell music. It's red vinyl and beautiful to look at and to listen to. Just bells, no words or other instruments. Quasimodo would be proud. Esmeralda!

[dvdelf]

ah christmas time is here, love this song

[sheepsnot]

Grinch! Top notch entertainment, if you ask me, and you did. You just can't remember it.

[dvdelf]

its wierd your getting things before me I think. I just got Ray. Wonder if I'll get Grinch next

[dvdelf]

did you get o holy night already?

[sheepsnot]

I don't know cause I was typing. It's 10:29 and Andy Williams is singing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.

[sheepsnot]

Make that Sinatra.

[dvdelf]

hmm we're getting a different mix. wonder how that works

[sheepsnot]

You're listening to Christmas Broadband?

[dvdelf]

yep
I've got god rest ye merry gentleman now

[sheepsnot]

Maybe we should ask the gent who runs it, since he's a member here now. I'll PM him.

[ChristmasBroadband]

Do one of you pay for VIP membership through Live365? VIP members get a different playlist than standard listeners, as they don't have to listen to commercials.

[sheepsnot]

Well, I didn't want to flash my gold card around, but yes, I forked out the $2 for VIP treatment. Don't worry, dvdguy, I'll still talk to you if you have an appointment. 8)

[dvdelf]

I do not maybe thats it

[dvdelf]

good to see money hasnt changed you


much
lol

[sheepsnot]

I could get XM radio for about $13 a month or live365 for about $2. Actually, I have both. I haven't found any really good news sites on live365 yet, but maybe I will. It eats very little bandwidth, maybe 8k a second at best.

[dvdelf]

one of the guys I worked with had xm. I asked him where the christmas station was & he just looked at me funny
I told him I thought the whole point was that I could listen to whatever I want whenever I want.
& then he left
me: "What?"

[sheepsnot]

I could do without this hippopotamus Christmas song. Drives me nuts.

[dvdelf]

Shirley Temple?

[mrshfromjersey]

I LOVE THAT SONG!!!

[ChristmasBroadband]

I could do without this hippopotamus Christmas song. Drives me nuts.

I hear that alot. Might remove it. But some people like it.

"Teacher says that hippos are vegetarians.."

[ChristmasBroadband]

I LOVE THAT SONG!!!

See?

[dvdelf]

between that & the emmet otter thing you might want to watch out lol

[ChristmasBroadband]

Shirley Temple?

Gayla Peevey. 1950's.

[mrshfromjersey]

Watch out...I'll start singing it.

I want a hippopotomus for Christmas....only a hippopotomus will do....

You want more????

[dvdelf]

ah. which came first? Peevey?

[ChristmasBroadband]

ah. which came first? Peevey?

Shirley came first, but didn't sing the Hippo Song. Only Peevey.

[sheepsnot]

I don't have to ride 1000 miles with her, so I not askeered. Surely her vote doesn't count. She married a guy with a sock monkey for crying out loud! (See what bravery the miles create?)

[mrshfromjersey]

Want me to sing MORE????

[dvdelf]

dont make me say something that causes you're wife to ask if you're going to live

[sheepsnot]

You might as well; I'm already laughing just thinking about it.

[dvdelf]

ahem
is it just me or are you worthless?

I'm visiting the folks sunday so I'm sure there will be more thoughtful comments coming my way

[mrshfromjersey]

Oh yes...expect comments if I cut your hair again.

Wow...you're a tub of lard and that haircut stinks!

[dvdelf]

Ah Rosemary clooney singing snow. Lovely song & a little sick too

[RadioJonD]

Welcome ChristmasBroadband! There can never be too many Christmas Stations.

I don't have a station on Live365 but I am published there:
http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=scanner

[ChristmasBroadband]

Our new forums are up at christmasbroadband.com. We'd love to hear from you in our little community over there!

[sheepsnot]

Have I said enough times that your radio station is awesome? I'm listening to We Are Santa's Elves right now. Top notch station, my friend! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

[ChristmasBroadband]

Thanks! :???:

[sndgrdn]

Rob, are you going to have another contest this year and give away a live365 membership during the holidays? I think it was a great thing you did for the listeners last year. :eek:

[MarthaK]

sheepsnot wrote:
I could do without this hippopotamus Christmas song. Drives me nuts.


I hear that alot. Might remove it. But some people like it.

"Teacher says that hippos are vegetarians.."

Guys,
Don't sweat the Hippo. It plays 'too often' for some because the rotation was cut down after Christmas last year. Once Rob revs back up for the season and uploads the other playlists, you'll hardly notice the Hippo...or the Waitresses, (they make me want to ask to get Tex Ritter's "Merry Christmas Polka" back! ... or send in Jim Reeves' "Jingle-O the Brownie," LOL. )

I've also been sending him new music this week as new CDs show up in my mailbox. Mel Torme, more Percy Faith, I found some Duke Ellington the other day I can't wait to hear....

Duke Ellington arrived in today's mail! His version of Jingle Bells instantly set me off on a childhood memory of my aunt in a form-fitting silver sheath dress with stilleto heels (ala Diana Ross & the Supremes)... What a Christmas THAT was! LOL