We are long-time Atlanta area residents and we are disgusted at the way our long-time favorites have been systematically dismantled and thrown aside.

This latest move of scrapping Lite FM in the middle of the holidays is too much. What am I supposed to tell my little kids when we get in the car and I try to turn on their favorite Christmas songs, only to hear country music instead?

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against country music. We listen to Kicks 101.5 and Eagle 106.7 frequently, but when I promised my kids we could listen to Christmas music on 94.9 Lite FM and it wasn’t there anymore, it was very disappointing.

We have a family tradition of driving around Christmas Eve and looking at the local holiday light displays while listening to favorite Christmas music on 94.9.

Thanks to ClearChannel, that won’t be happening this year. Who is in charge up there? Ebenezer Scrooge? The Grinch? For the looks on my children’s faces, it might as well be.

With dirty deals like this, it’s no wonder more and more people are turning to satellite radio so they don’t have to put up with Clear Channel’s mess.

We are also not happy about you destroying our favorite 96Rock. We have been listening to that station for years, and now in one year all the stations we have had as our favorite radio presets are gone, except for the PBS/classical stations.

Not cool, ClearChannel, not cool.

The Andrews family
Peachtree City, Ga.