Dallas radio station makes holiday music switch

Welcome back. I'm in the car the other day and my son's sitting next to me and he starts pushing all the radio stations, every button on the car radio station. He's like, where is the Christmas music? And I said, oh, oh, it hasn't started yet. It's coming. It's coming. Settle down. It's on its way. And I said, I will tell you when it happens because I know we'll know for sure the minute it happens. Indeed. It is now begun. Radio station star 102.1 officially flipped their music this morning for the holidays. Host Leigh Ann Adam joins us this morning. All right, Leigh Ann, this is either one of those, it's the best day, or it's, all right, here we go again. No, it's the best day. Brandon, it is the best day. It's the most magical time of the year. I mean, Lauren's son, he's got it right. We are so excited around here, and our listeners are so excited. We've got to get you excited. Let's do it. Okay, very, very fun. What was the first song you played? I know that's what we ask every year. It's the most wonderful time of year. Andy Williams, such a great song. No doubt. Mine is the Christmas song by Nat King Cole. That's your favorite? Yeah. Okay. You know what? I'm going to get that on just for you. Thank you. It's the classics, though, that you kind of get response from people that they want to hear most, right? That is, yes. Other than Mariah Carey, yes, that is true. The classics, you can't go wrong with the classics. You know, Andy Williams, Nat King, Cole, Bing Crosby, all those. They're just, every year, they just get bigger and bigger. Leigh-Anne, you're joined by some very special guests this morning as well. Tell us what's going on. Well, as you can see, I've got Santa, Mrs. Claus, and I've got a Marine. We like a man in uniform around here. I've got to tell you, you know, because we're getting ready for Toys for Tots. We can't wait for that. No doubt. Yes. So that's going to be a lot of fun. You guys are going to be partnering with us. We're going to all be supporting Toys for Tots. That's just basically a new unwrapped toy just to make sure every kid wakes up with something on Christmas morning. We make it so easy. You just scan that QR code and you can figure out like drop off points, what you need to buy, or you can just Give over some cash, make a donation, and those Marines will take care of the shopping for you. So it is that easy. Yeah, yeah. Hey, Leanne, what do you hear from listeners? I mean, I'm sure they email you or they call in during this time of year. You want to know something? We start getting DMs. We start getting iHeartRadio, our talkback mic. We get messages from that, calls, all of it, asking, well, we're going to start playing Christmas music. In September, that's when it starts, September, I kid you not, people are so excited, yes, you know what, we've had a, I feel like I say this every year, but it's been a challenging year, you know, a lot of back and forth conflict, and this just reunites everybody, you know, we can all agree to be happy at Christmas time. Yeah, I agree, I feel like when we were in COVID, we kind of had this change where it was like, you know what? I'm in my home or, you know, now, but I'm in my home and if this is going to make me happy, I'm going to do it. So I think people have, you know, really kind of stuck with that. It's like if I want to put up my tree, you know, you do you, whatever makes you happy. And so I think we are starting to see more people celebrate the holidays a little early. And to be able to have one station, 102.1, where we can just hit the button and listen to all different music surely helps. Do you have a favorite song? Did you get to pick this song, the first one, or do you have one that you like to play a lot? You know, I like Happy Holidays a lot, but I also, I love the Queen of Christmas. Mariah Carey, can't go wrong with it. But yeah, there's so many, it's hard to name, actually. Yeah, my son started creating a list, like, you know, like a list where he has all his favorite songs. And Pentatonix, for me, being that they're from, you know, Arlington area as well, I just love that acapella and, you know, how they sing, too. So, lots of Christmas music to come weekend. Wait, Leanne, thank you so much for sharing with us and for sharing the Toys for Tots, too, because we've got to get started on that early, right? Yes, we do. We're excited about that. Merry Christmas to all of you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. You can go to our website, fox4news.com, again, to find all the details where you can donate a new unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots. Let's get that started going now so that we're not really hurting at the end when it's crunch time. And I bet Santa's got a pretty good radio system in his sleigh. Oh, you know, it tunes that to 102.1. If not, I'll ask for one for Christmas. Merry Christmas.