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You can hum along to Hanukkah hits this year

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published December 14, 2006

MIAMI - Every year it's the same - the relentless refrains of Santa Baby and Silver Bells, on radio and in stores, restaurants and offices. By the time Christmas is over, Terri Lynn says she feels saturated.

This year, the 50-year-old Jewish woman from Fort Lauderdale has an escape: She can tune her XM Satellite Radio to XM108 for Radio Hanukkah.

Though the potential audience is likely rather small, XM's Hanukkah-themed station is being touted as the first radio station of its kind and one celebrated by the satellite network's Jewish clientele.

"It's 24 hours of Hanukkah! I'll be dancing the horah," said Lynn, a publicist whose clients include the Salvation Army, the Jewish Federation of Broward County and Habitat for Humanity. "Who knows? Maybe non-Jews will start loving these songs too."

XM108 will run for the eight nights of the Festival of Lights, beginning Friday, not only with Hanukkah songs including I Have a Little Dreidel, but also candlelight blessings and Jewish-themed specials with celebrities, including sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer and the rock band Barenaked Ladies.

[Last modified December 13, 2006, 23:36:45]