{"id":3642,"date":"2015-11-23T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2016-08-05T15:33:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T20:33:23","slug":"its-beginning-to-sound-a-lot-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/its-beginning-to-sound-a-lot-like-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flip on your radio and tune into 93.9, it\u2019s that time! For the 14th consecutive year, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.939myfm.com\/main.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WLIT 93.9 FM <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be playing Christmas music 24\/7 from now until\u00a0December 26th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEleven months on 93.9 My FM you can hear Maroon 5, P!nk, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry and more variety from the \u201990s \u2019til now,\u201d said Mick Lee, program director of the radio station, \u201cBut it\u2019s time to officially kick off Chicago\u2019s holiday season with non-stop Christmas music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The station has turned its Christmas music start date into a guessing game each year, prompting listeners to take to their website to place their guesses online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edison the Reindeer, the station\u2019s official holiday mascot, is making a return as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The station brought in more than 3.2 million visitors per week in December last year, and this year is expected to bring more of the same. 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