Now Playing Music for Easter

The Easter playlist is now active on CCM, just as Easter morning is dawning in the East and those of us in the West are attending or have attended our Easter Vigils.  Never has a powerful musical testimony to the Resurrection of Our Lord been so important to this world, in these times, as it is now.  Dear friends, may you triumph over the lesser powers of death and despair in your own lives, and reaffirm Our Lord's rising again within your own hearts.  "For lo, the winter is past...rise up my love, my fair one, and come away..."

Christ is risen, as He promised! Alleluia!

PS - I've caved in and joined the Twitterati.  I may not be that active in Twitter, but ya never know!  Follow me at @robmarais .

Lenten Music Now Playing on CCM

Hi everyone, after an extremely busy and tiring work schedule for the last 2 months, I've finally updated the station to a Lenten playlist---and not a moment too soon, as Ash Wednesday has already dawned in Asia.  Most of the selections mirror last year's playlist for Lent.  I hope to post a complete playlist soon.  I know that I've been promising to post complete playlists for several months now, but given my recent schedule I've been neglectful, much to my regret.

Christmas Has Come to Classic Church Music!

I've just switched over from Advent to Christmas, now that the feast has begun in Asia and Australia. Thanks to everyone who listened to CCM during the Advent season, another record for this station! The playlist is much like last year, with some variations; I will post it when I return home from visiting family.

May you all have a blessed and joyful Christmastide, and please enjoy these Christmas favorites!

Advent Playlist Now Playing

It's Thanksgiving Day here in the US, and since I'll be away from the Internet for Advent I  I've decided to start the Advent playlist today.  After all, here in the States the pre-Xmas madness started, well, just after Hallowe'en, and we surely need an antidote to all of that.  I hope all of you find the music helps you to have an edifying and hopeful Advent season!

All Saints/All Souls Playlist Posted

I've activated the playlist for All Saints and All Souls today, a little early because I'm on the road soon.  The playlist will be posted soon, but it is substantially the same playlist as for this season in 2007.  As with previous iterations in this season, the All Saints/All Souls playlist is "composed" and not set to shuffle.

Obviously, by now I've discovered a way to upload music to the Live365 server using my new Mac.  I'm not liking it...using the Windows app to maintain playlists was so much easier, but I shall continue.  Thanks to all who were praying for "light in my darkness"!

Delay for New Playlist

Hi all, just a note explaining the delay in my posting a new playlist: my laptop died in late August and I got a Mac for a replacement.  Unfortunately, the software used to maintain Live365 playlists is not the same, actually it is sadly deficient for the Mac...and so I'm still looking for a software solution for maintaining playlists for Live365.  This situation may trump me for October, but I've got to find a solution in time for All Saints/All Souls...otherwise I might have to shut down.

Please bear with me as I feel my way through this difficulty.

Where the Listeners Were in July 2008

It's been a while since I sampled the GeoStats to give you a picture of who's listening from where, so here is a summary of listenership in July.  Since the summer is usually an off season for listeners of CCM, this may tell you where some of our "core" listeners live.  Here are the top 10 US Metro Areas for July:

1. New York City
2. Philadelphia
3. Dallas - Fort Worth
4. Raleigh - Durham (Fayetteville)
5. Boston (Manchester)
6. Atlanta
7. Cincinnati
8. Los Angeles
9. Burlington - Plattsburgh
10. Minneapolis - St. Paul

And here are the top 10 countries for listeners in July:

1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Canada
4. Czech Republic
5. Netherlands
6. Germany
7. Malaysia
8. Australia
9. Japan
10. Puerto Rico (technically a US Commonwealth, but not really US)

Once again, every continent except for Antarctica was represented.  Heartfelt thanks to all listeners everywhere!