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She will definitely be missed. In what can be described as good news for ailing regional sports networks, the NBA and its players union have struck a deal to start a shortened game season on December Details are yet to be worked out. So far, it is not known what kind of Covid protocols the NBA would take, and it would depend greatly on how local government in each city would decide how many fans would be allowed in arenas.

The NBA suspended its season in March like every other sports league, and resumed play in a bubble in Orlando. For the Toronto Raptors, they could play in Buffalo -similar to the Blue Jays did with the Canadian border closed to most travelers due to the pandemic. Also an issue was the social justice protests that alienated many conservative viewers.

As for the NHL, the league is planning a January 1 start date for the start of the season. November 9, Listeners love it. Lance Venta, publisher of RadioInsight. Sean Ross, who has been tracking holiday music preferences for 15 years with Edison Research and publishes the Ross On Radio newsletter, says:. Stations that might have changed on Nov. Beyond the national mood, some adult contemporary stations have less to lose by switching early this year. Lite FM has done relatively well this year, and in general since it switched back to soft adult contemporary, although it was off in the last few months.

Other similar adult contemporary stations that were usually reliable ratings winners have been down because of the disruption in at-work listening. In general, mainstream adult contemporary stations have been somewhat off. MRC Data , formerly known as Nielsen Music, tracks the number of plays Christmas songs have on radio and on-demand streaming services. It also gathers the start and end dates for Christmas music on hundreds of radio stations in the United States and Canada.

More than half the list can be called holiday classics — songs often recorded decades ago. Ross credits music testing and family traditions for the consistent play of these classic songs.

Louis home:. Program directors know listeners want to hear versions of holiday carols that they know best, which could explain why so many songs released in the 20th century continue to be popular this time of year — and have even outlived the artists who performed them.