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Download: Christmas Songs Safe List

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By Tracy Johnson

Here is a list of highly-researched Christmas songs that should be a great starting point for most radio stations to program and schedule Christmas songs, updated with fresh research for 2022, courtesy of P1 Research. For details on the list, go here. Here’s the updated 2023 survey: …

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