Christmas FM Song Contest 2012 now open for submissions

Great news Irish bands! Submissions are open from NOW [http://christmasfm.ie/index.php?option=com_rsform&Itemid=125] for the Christmas FM Song Contest 2012. The festive radio station is back and are looking for the best original Christmas song from an Irish artist. The winner will receive €500 worth of audio gear from Christmas FM’s kind sponsors X-Music and be play-listed on Christmas FM. Submissions close Friday 7th December.

The esteemed judging panel will whittle down all the entries to a top 6. The the Top 6 go to a public vote on the Christmas FM site and text. The winner will be announced Monday 17th December on the Breakfast show on Christmas FM.
This year’s kind souls volunteering to judge are

• Aidan Cuffe (Goldenplec.com)
• Una Mullally (Irish Times / Journalist)
• Rick O’Shea (RTE 2FM presenter)
• Stuart Clarke (Hotpress)
• Niall Byrne (Nialler9 / Day & Night mag)
• Ronan Hunt-Murphy (Swear I’m Not Paul Music Blog)
• John Balfe (Editor Entertainment.ie)
• Claire Beck (Phantom 105.2 presenter)
• John Barker (98FM Totally Irish)
• Lisa McInerney (Co-editor Ramp.ie / Columnist)
• Kelly O’Brien (State.ie)
• Dee Woods (Radio Nova presenter)

Finally the Christmas FM frequencies this year are
Dublin City 94.3
Cork City 106.7
Limerick City 105.5
Galway City 89.5
Kildare 88.1
South East 103.8.

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