At 9 AM Nov. 15, technically less than a week after the presidential election ended, KDAT (104.5) went to all-“Holiday” (by which it means “Christmas”)-all-the-time. That’s a late start compared to KMXG (96.1) in Davenport, which is also already all-Christmas and last year started on Nov. 5.
If the lame-duck Congress wanted to make itself useful, it would ban such things before Thanksgiving. KCVM (96.3) in Cedar Falls won’t start shaking sleigh bells until next Friday.
(…he said, fully aware that the Cedar Rapids Festival of Trees started when this post went live. This post was written midweek, before the daily highs dropped 30 degrees in 24 hours.)
On a related note, North Tama’s superintendent wrote about policy for weather-related delays and cancellations, and noted that KWWL and KCRG no longer offer text alerts (because, get the app!).