2007 Holiday Radio Programming

[RadioJonD]

From American Public Media comes this schedule of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve programming. Keep in mind that the listed times are for "feeds". Air times may vary for your local or internet station. American Public Media is one of three main distributors for public radio programming. This website is for public radio programmers but I stumbled upon it and am glad I did! RJD

http://tinyurl.com/3bdlfn

From the website:

Program Overview

ContentDepot Reminder: Be sure to contact your Station Relations Representative so they can provide you with access to the programs in the ContentDepot.

Giving Thanks with John Birge
As Thanksgiving brings family together to share common blessings and a bountiful meal, host John Birge brings music and stories together in a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday. This program is available in one- and two-hour versions.
Program Length: 59:00 and 01:59:00
ContentDepot: Nov 6 at 9:00am ET


Anonymous 4 Thanksgiving Special
A Thanksgiving concert of Americana with vocal ensemble Anonymous 4, GRAMMY®-nominated fiddler Darol Anger and guitarist Scott Nygaard.
Program Length: 59:00
ContentDepot: Nov 8 at 9:00am ET


The Splendid Table's Turkey Confidential
It's two hours of Thanksgiving morning triage for cooks across the nation. Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of American Public Media's The Splendid Table, will be taking your calls in a live, two-hour broadcast when you need it most, on the biggest cooking day of the year. The lines open for your calls at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Program Length: 01:59:00
ContentDepot: Nov 22 at 11:00am ET


A Choral Christmas Card
Featuring the best choral ensembles from around the country, A Choral Christmas Card highlights America's singing celebration of the holiday.
Program Length: 59:00
ContentDepot: Dec 5 at 9:00am ET


Echoes of Christmas
Over the years, the Dale Warland Singers have provided magical performances for this season to listeners across the country. Drawing upon the archive of those live performances, Dale Warland and host Brian Newhouse bring old and new treasures to listeners looking for Christmas inspiration.
Program Length: 59:00
ContentDepot: Dec 5 at 9:00am ET


Welcome Christmas!
Welcome Christmas! is the annual Christmas concert from VocalEssence, recognized internationally as one of America's premier choral groups. John Birge is producer and host of this one-hour special.
Program Length: 59:00
ContentDepot: Dec 5 at 9:00am ET


Peter Ostroushko's Heartland Holiday
Peter Ostroushko's Heartland Holiday concert celebrates the spirit of the season from a multi-cultural perspective. Ostroushko is a master fiddler, mandolin, and guitar player, and his musical journey features traditional and ancient carols.
Program Length: 59:00
ContentDepot: Dec 6 at 9:00am ET


The Rose Ensemble: An Early American Christmas
Celebrate the season with this fascinating program of Appalachian folksongs, New England shapenote hymns, Acadian carols and dances, and lively music from the 18th-century Californian Franciscan missions with one of America's premiere early music groups, The Rose Ensemble.
Program Length: 59:00
ContentDepot: Dec 10 at 9:00am ET


St. Olaf Christmas Festival
The St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest and most cherished celebrations of the holidays in the United States. Begun in 1912, the Festival is a worship service of hymns, carols, choral works and orchestral selections that celebrate the birth of Christ. Featuring more than 550 student musicians, it takes place on the St. Olaf campus in Northfield, Minnesota.
Program Length: 01:59:00
ContentDepot: Dec 12 at 9:00am ET


Chanticleer Christmas
A Chanticleer Christmas celebrates the mystery and wonder of Christmas with an elegant blend of traditional carols, medieval and Renaissance sacred works, and moving spirituals.
Program Length: 59:00
ContentDepot: Dec 17 at 9:00am ET


A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
One live, 90-minute stereo music and spoken-word broadcast from the chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England presenting the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service (Biblical readings and music) as performed by the 30-voice King's College Choir.
Program Length: 90 minutes, estimated; this is a live broadcast and may run longer than 90 minutes; no internal breaks
ContentDepot: Dec 24 at 10:00am ET


Garrison Keillor - New Year's Eve Special
Treat your listeners to an evening with Garrison Keillor as he celebrates New Year's Eve from St Paul. Garrison will be joined by the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band and other Prairie Home Companion favorites for a terrific evening of music and laughter.
Program Length: 02:59:00
ContentDepot: Dec 31 - Feed A: 22:00 - 1:05 ET / Feed B: 0:00 - 3:05 ET

[RadioJonD]

St. Olaf College Christmas Festival - http://www.stolaf.edu/christmasfest/broadcast.html

(Also a TV Special!)

From the web site:

Radio Broadcasts
The 2007 St. Olaf Christmas Festival concert will broadcast live on Dec. 2 at 3:30 p.m. on KSJN 99.5 in the Twin Cities, and all of the MPR classical music stations across Minnesota. Check your local listings for times in your area.

Television
PBS is set to air a new one-hour Christmas special, Where Peace and Love and Hope Abide, as part of its holiday programming. Produced by Twin Cities Public Television, this 2007 St. Olaf Christmas Festival program will rerun several times throughout the holiday season. Check your local PBS listings for telecast dates and times in your area.

[RadioJonD]

Not exactly public radio programmimg, but here's what you could be listening to while Christmas shopping this year.

http://www.dmx.com/holiday/pdf/dbs.pdf

[Jeff Westover]

That's pretty wild, Jon. Where do you find this stuff?

[RadioJonD]

Where do you find this stuff?

By surfing, Dude!

[RadioJonD]

NPR's JazzSet® with Dee Dee Bridgewater - http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzset/

December 13
Freddy Cole @ Prudential Hall, NJPAC, Newark, NJ Roberta Gambarini @ Theater Square Grill
Relax with a Christmas song or two from the husky baritone and great piano of Freddy Cole, after Roberta Gambarini's clear vocal perfection and lovely Italian swing. Both sets from NJPAC.

December 20
Putumayo Holiday Concert @ Howlin Wolf, New Orleans
It's a seasonal assortment from Crescent City toe-tappers Lars Edegran's Santa Claus Revelers, vocalists Topsy Chapman and John Boutté, Don Vappie's Creole Jazz Serenaders, and Ellis Marsalis's trio. Rhonda Hamilton hosts.

[RadioJonD]

http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/features/holiday_holly.xmc

Holly: An XM Holiday Channel
Thu, 11/1/07 - Tue, 1/1/08 | XM 103 & XMRO (XM Radio Online) - 103

Holly - XM 103 is quickly becoming a Christmas tradition for the XM Nation. Holly blends contemporary holiday music with just a touch of the classics for the perfect mix of Christmases present and memories from Christmases past.

[RadioJonD]

http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=103-108

Holly
Thu, 11/1/07 - Tue, 1/1/08
XM 103 & XMRO (XM Radio Online) - 103
Holly - XM 103 blends contemporary holiday music with just a touch of the classics for the perfect mix of Christmases present and memories from Christmases past.

Holiday Traditions
Mon, 11/19 - Tue, 12/25 | XM 104
Mon, 11/12 - Tue, 12/25 | XMRO (XM Radio Online) - 104
Holiday Traditions - XM 104 celebrates Christmas the way you remember it with timeless holiday favorites from some of the biggest recording artists from the '40s, '50s, and '60s.

Music City Holiday
Mon, 11/19 - Tue, 12/25 | XM 105
Mon, 11/12 - Tue, 12/25 | XMRO (XM Radio Online) - 105
For a down-home Christmas straight from Nashville, tune in to contemporary and traditional Holiday hits from Country music's biggest superstars.

A Classical Christmas
Mon, 11/19 - Tue, 12/25 | XM 106
Mon, 11/12 - Tue, 12/25 | XMRO (XM Radio Online) - 106
Classical Christmas - XM 106 celebrates the season with the biggest selection of Holiday pops and symphonies performed by the greatest classical musicians and choirs of all-time.

Special Xmas
Mon, 11/19 - Tue, 12/25 | XM 107
Mon, 11/12 - Tue, 12/25 | XMRO (XM Radio Online) - 107
Special Xmas - XM 107 is the soundtrack to your dysfunctional family holiday. It's a special, different musical view of Christmas with parodies, novelty songs, hip numbers, retro oddities, and weird tunes

[RadioJonD]

Perhaps a radio station near you will also air this twelve hour show! Click in the lower right to sample an hour for free! The 2006 playlist is also linked. RJD

http://www.christmasacrossthelands.com/

Christmas Across The Lands is a 12 hour radio show. Each hour this year contains 10 minutes of time for your local spot content. Each hour of the show is broken into 3 segments, allowing for 3 spot breaks an hour.

Christmas Across The Lands 2007 is once again airing globally on The U.S. Armed Forces Radio Network in 2007, as well as a part of the Canadian Forces Network in Europe for 2007. We are truly honored to donate our services to bring a bit of the Holidays to those men and women serving across the world.

[RadioJonD]

Here is another syndicated packaged Christmas radio show. This one features Old Time Radio Shows and runs for twenty-four hours with no show repeats! Look for a station near you on the web site. Also a couple of audio samples are included! RJD

http://www.christmasontheradio.com/

Christmas On The Radio 2007 - a look back at 1947
This years program will focus on the Christmas of 1947, with some of that years out standing Christmas shows form the best known names in Radio. The program will also include selected shows from 1937 and 1957, taking listeners back to Christmases 50, 60, and 70 years ago.

In addition to the big stars such as Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, George Burns and Gracie Allen and Milton Berle, you'll hear radio's greats such as Amos and Andy, Lum and Abner, Jack Hailey and Harold Perry as the Great Gildersleeve. You'll also hear dramatizations of Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Carol, and that early 1947 movie that didn't become a Christmas tradition until the late 80's, It's a Wonderful Life. Comedy, Variety, Drama, and even Thrillers. They're all a part of Christmas on the Radio with Wyatt Cox.

2007 Show Listings by hour! - http://www.christmasontheradio.com/2007showlist.html

[RadioJonD]

American Routes Radio is in my top five favorites list! RJD

American Routes - http://www.americanroutes.org

December 19 - December 25, 2007
Xmas with Diana Krall and the Heath Brothers
There's no place like home for the holidays. Our guests for this holiday version of American Routes wax nostalgically in words and music. Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall recalls her childhood on Vancouver Island and how those traditions are being carried on in her own home today. Jimmy and Tootie Heath of the Heath Brothers reminisce about a life in jazz and late brother Percy. Baby, it's cold outside. Stay in, snuggle up and enjoy.

[RadioJonD]

May as well add this too:

December 26 - January 1, 2007
American Routes Live on New Year's
Ring in the new year with some of our favorite live music from 2007. We'll have live sets from New Orleans' trumpet player, Kermit Ruffins with an all-star Crescent City band featuring vocalist Thais Clark. Lafayette, Louisiana's Pine Leaf Boys bring rock and roll energy to their own version of traditional Cajun music. Plus a club set from singer and banjo player Don Vappie and His Creole Serenaders that will keep you swinging well into 2008.

[RadioJonD]

http://www.sirius.com/elvisradio From the website -

The Graceland Holiday Lights Come Alive on Elvis Radio
Fri 11/23 7:00 pm ET
Big Jim and Argo anchor complete live coverage of the traditional lighting of Elvis’s “Blue” Christmas Tree. If you can’t join us in person, gather the family around your SIRIUS radio and experience this incredible and joyous annual Memphis Tradition as Elvis’ Christmas lights at Graceland come alive for another year.

[RadioJonD]

For those with access to XM Radio online, today, 11/12/2007, their complete Christmas line-up is now available. Look for them on your XM Radio next Monday, 11/19/2007.

http://www.mymerrychristmas.com/forum/showpost.php?p=49210&postcount=8

My favorite - Special X-Mas! Got it cranked up now!

[RadioJonD]

http://investor.sirius.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=275065&cat=&newsroom= From the website -

SIRIUS Satellite Radio will kick-off the holiday season with three twenty-four hour commercial-free channels dedicated to holiday music beginning on November 19th.

SIRIUS Holiday on Starlite channel 2 will feature a blend of holiday hits mixing traditional favorites performed by artists including Nat "King" Cole, Paul McCartney, Bing Crosby, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Mariah Carey and many more.

Christmas Country on The Roadhouse channel 62 will feature holiday favorites recorded by country music's biggest stars including Martina McBride, George Strait, Alabama, Garth Brooks and others.

Classical Christmas on SIRIUS Pops channel 86 will feature traditional holiday music performed by the world's leading orchestras, choirs and opera stars, including classic Christmas carols and masterpieces such as Handel's Messiah and Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker.

Regular programming will return to Starlite, The Roadhouse and SIRIUS Pops after the holiday season.

[RadioJonD]

Since KMST of Rolla & Lebanon, Missouri is the first station that I found with their 2007 Christmas schedule, I've included it here. KMST offers an online broadcast so you can enjoy these specials on your computer!

For those who listen to and support a local public radio, the below schedule may vary (probably not by much, especially if your station is a NPR affiliate ). Check your station webpage in the next few weeks for an accurate broadcast schedule. Also take note that there will be special locally produced shows scheduled in the week(s) preceding Christmas Day.

(Since these forums limit character size for each post, the complete schedule continues in the next post - RJD)

[RadioJonD]

All Times are Central Time Zone

http://www.kmst.org/holiday.html - Holiday Programming, 2007 From the website -

Thursday, November 22 (Thanksgiving)

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Anonymous 4 Thanksgiving Special
A Thanksgiving concert of Americana with vocal ensemble Anonymous 4, Grammy-nominated fiddler Darol Anger and guitarist Scott Nygaard.

10:00 am – 12:00 am
The Splendid Table's Turkey Confidential 2007
It's two hours of Thanksgiving morning triage for cooks across the nation. Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of American Public Media's The Splendid Table, will be taking your calls in a live, two-hour broadcast when you need it most, on the biggest cooking day of the year. The lines open for your calls at 11:00 a.m. ET.

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Giving Thanks 2006 with John Birge
As Thanksgiving brings family together to share common blessings and a bountiful meal, host John Birge brings music and stories together in a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday.

Friday, November 30

11:00 am to 12:00 noon
Christmas Calvalcade with Mrs. M. and Jim Sigler on Sounds Eclectic

Friday, December 7

8:00am – 9:00 pm
Christmas Calvalcade with Mrs. M and Jim Sigler on Sounds Eclectic

Tuesday, December 11

9:00am – 10:00 am
Hannukah Lights 2007
A perennial NPR favorite, now in its second decade. Acclaimed authors explore Hanukkah traditions in original stories commissioned expressly for Hannukah Lights. Hosted by Murray Horwitz and Susan Stamberg.

Friday, December 14

11:00 am to 12:00 noon
Christmas Calvalcade with Mrs. M and Jim Sigler on Sounds Eclectic

1:00pm – 2:00 pm
A Choral Christmas Card
Featuring the best choral ensembles from around the country, A Choral Christmas Card highlights America’s singing celebration of the holiday.

8:00pm – 9:00 pm
Jazz Piano XVIII
NPR is onstage again at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for another LIVE incarnation of one of their most popular programs, mixing established jazz stars with promising newcomers to offer original and unique jazz interpretations of holiday favorites.

Monday, December 17

11:00am – 12:00 pm
A Chanticleer Christmas (from American Public Media)
A Chanticleer Christmas celebrates the mystery and wonder of Christmas with an elegant blend of traditional carols, medieval and Renaissance sacred works, and moving spirituals.

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers
An annual favorite, Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers is a concert of traditional and contemporary holiday music performed by the renowned choral group. This year, the famed ensemble celebrates Christmas on Logan Square with a program of 20th-century music.

Tuesday, December 18

9:00am – 10:00am
Peter Ostroushko's Heartland Holiday 2006
Peter Ostroushko’s Heartland Holiday concert celebrates the spirit of the season from a multi-cultural perspective. Ostroushko is a master fiddler, mandolin and guitar player, and his musical journey features traditional and ancient carols.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fear Not
The National Lutheran Choir returns to Minneapolis' magnificent Basilica of Saint Mary for its annual Christmas Festival. This vast space is the perfect setting for a contemplative choral concert based on the Incarnation message, "Christ was born to bring peace to the world. Fear not."

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Concordia College Christmas Concert 2007
For 80 years the small Lutheran Evangelical school out-on-the-Prairie, Concordia College, has had anything but a small vision when it comes to celebrating music. With a choir and orchestra of over 400, the Concordia College Christmas concert attracts capacity crowds from all faiths to celebrate the season and the promise it holds. For this Christmas, listen to nationally-renowned conductor René Clausen as he leads the pure, youthful voices in a concert called "On our Way Rejoicing," a potpourri of familiar and traditional works intertwined with music that brings new sounds and meaning to the season. Come celebrate an hour of pure joy and peace with Concordia College Christmas.

Wednesday, December 19

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Echoes of Christmas 2007
Over the years, the Dale Warland Singers have provided magical performances for this season to listeners across the country. Drawing upon the archive of those live performances, Dale Warland and host Brian Newhouse bring old and new treasures to listeners looking for Christmas inspiration.

Thursday, December 20

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Christmas Around the Country 2007
The best of holiday music-making from coast-to-coast. NPR takes you from churches to concert halls to auditoriums to town halls all across the nation in search of performances that express the best of the holiday season.

1:00 pm– 3:00 pm
Bach's Christmas Oratorio from Carnegie Hall
NPR and WNYC team up to offer you an encore performance of one of the most joyful and sumptuous works from Johann Sebastian Bach -- his collection of six sacred cantatas, each depicting a different scene from Christ's birth, known collectively as the Weihnachts-Oratorium, or Christmas Oratorio. Robert Bass leads the acclaimed Collegiate Chorale and soloists, including Soprano Lisa Saffer, Mezzo-soprano Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, Tenor Paul Austin Kelly, and Baritone James Maddalena.

Friday, December 21

11:00 am to 12:00 noon
Christmas Calvalcade with Mrs. M and Jim Sigler on Sounds Eclectic

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2007
The St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest and most cherished celebrations of the holidays in the United States. Begun in 1912, the Festival is a worship service of hymns, carols, choral works and orchestral selections that celebrate the birth of Christ. Featuring more than 550 student musicians, it takes place on the St. Olaf campus in Northfield, Minnesota.

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Jazz Piano Christmas XVII
New Orleans keyboard legend Allen Toussaint headlines another stellar program mixing established jazz stars with promising newcomers to offer original and unique jazz interpretations of holiday favorites.

Monday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)

12:00pm – 3:00 pm
Handel's Messiah from Philadelphia
WHYY and NPR present an encore presentation of Handel's holiday masterpiece performed by the "Fabulous Philadelphians" -- one of the world's great orchestras, joined by the nationally-renowned Philadelphia Singers Chorale in the immediacy and vitality of a live broadcast. Acclaimed British choral master Richard Hickox conducts.

9:00 pm to 11:00 pm
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2006
Hear a live broadcast from the chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England. Michael Barone hosts the exclusive broadcast of the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service of Biblical readings and music as performed by the King's College Choir.

Tuesday, December 25th (Christmas Day)

8:00 am– 9:00 am
Fear Not
The National Lutheran Choir returns to Minneapolis' magnificent Basilica of Saint Mary for its annual Christmas Festival. This vast space is the perfect setting for a contemplative choral concert based on the Incarnation message, "Christ was born to bring peace to the world. Fear not."

9:00 am to 10:00 am
Echoes of Christmas 2007
Over the years, the Dale Warland Singers have provided magical performances for this season to listeners across the country. Drawing upon the archive of those live performances, Dale Warland and host Brian Newhouse bring old and new treasures to listeners looking for Christmas inspiration.

10:00 – 11:00
A Chanticleer Christmas (from NPR)
From the beautiful acoustics of St. Vincent's Church in Petaluma, California, inspiring sounds of the season from one of the world's finest choral ensembles... the twelve men of Chanticleer, led by Joseph Jennings.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Concordia College Christmas Concert 2007
For 80 years the small Lutheran Evangelical school out-on-the-Prairie, Concordia College, has had anything but a small vision when it comes to celebrating music. With a choir and orchestra of over 400, the Concordia College Christmas concert attracts capacity crowds from all faiths to celebrate the season and the promise it holds. For this Christmas, listen to nationally-renowned conductor René Clausen as he leads the pure, youthful voices in a concert called "On our Way Rejoicing," a potpourri of familiar and traditional works intertwined with music that brings new sounds and meaning to the season. Come celebrate an hour of pure joy and peace with Concordia College Christmas.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
A Choral Christmas Card
Featuring the best choral ensembles from around the country, A Choral Christmas Card highlights America’s singing celebration of the holiday.

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2007
The St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest and most cherished celebrations of the holidays in the United States. Begun in 1912, the Festival is a worship service of hymns, carols, choral works and orchestral selections that celebrate the birth of Christ. Featuring more than 550 student musicians, it takes place on the St. Olaf campus in Northfield, Minnesota.

Monday, December 31

(Time TBA)
Toast of the Nation
For more than 25 years, NPR listeners have counted down and sung along -- and danced the night away -- to these jazzy parties with live music from coast to coast. New Year's Eve 2007 promises more and better! Starting in Boston, the special moves west with four celebrations of midnight from time zone to time zone.

Tuesday, January 1

1:00pm to 3:00 pm
New Year's Day from Vienna
NPR and WGBH, Boston take you direct to the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna for the most popular classical music concert in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day concert. Korva Coleman hosts

[RadioJonD]

Even with my disdain for corporate broadcast crap radio, in all fairness here is a look at Clear Channel Holiday programming. Even though your favorite radio station may air local advretising and offer limited local programming, it may be receiving a feed from the mother ship. So here is what you might hear this year on your "Station for the Holidays." Believe me, you should demand better!

http://www.clearchannelmusic.com/formatlab/christmas.htm From the website:

The Christmas Hits Channel (CH 1017) Available

A very tight list of high testing traditional Christmas favorites. This playlist is exactly the same as what is aired on FM stations each Holiday season. Titles include: Bing Cosby 'White Christmas'; Nat King Cole 'Christmas Song'; Jose Feliciano 'Feliz Navidad'. Recommend for: All stations.

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The Christmas Variety Channel (CH 1012) Available

This channel includes all the songs featured on Christmas Hits plus deep familiar variety. Where Christmas Hits will play only the Bing Cosby version of White Christmas, this channel airs that title plus other artist versions of the same song in a packet rotation. The hits plus deep familiar variety (different versions of the hits) from a range of music formats (AC, Urban, Smooth Jazz, Traditional, excluding country). Recommend for: Stations which would like to offer a Christmas stream to their audience without duplicating and directly competing with a sister FM airing the Christmas Hits format in the same market.

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The Christmas Pop Music Channel (CH 1019) Available

A Christmas channel featuring contemporary artist performances of Holiday songs. This is intended for stations who would like to offer a more contemporary or POP music Christmas stream to their audience. Artists include: Madonna, Bon Jovi; Mariah Carey; Eurythmics; Kelly Clarkson. Recommend for: Hot AC and CHR stations.

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The Christmas R&B Channel (CH 3006) Available

This channel offers the R&B version of the Christmas Hits playlist plus other Urban Holiday classics. Artists include: Luther Vandross, Brian McKnight, Nat King Cole, Al Green, Alicia Keys, Ashanti, Stevie Wonder. Recommend for: Urban stations.

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The Christmas Country Channel (CH 1013) Available

This channel airs the Christmas Hits playlist in traditional and Country style plus a variety of Country Holiday classics. Artists include: Garth Brooks; Alabama, Amy Grant, Kenny Rogers and Leann Rimes. Recommend for: Contemporary and Classic Country stations who do not stream Christmas Hits.

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The Christmas Standards Channel (CH 1018 ) Available

This channel offers the Standards version of the Christmas Hits playlist plus other nostalgic classics. Artists include: Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Michael Buble. Recommend for: Nostalgia stations.

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The AC Channel (CH 1016) Available
This channel is available for Mainstream AC and Lite AC stations wishing to stream online a format similar to their regular programming during their Christmas music programming. A tight AC playlist blending today's hits with yesterdays favorites.


(I really had to restrain myself here folks! - RJD)

[RadioJonD]

Here's another public radio/TV offering: http://www.pbs.org/livefromlincolncenter/ From the website:

Red Hot Holiday Stomp with Wynton Marsalis and Friends airs Monday, December 10, 2007. Check Local Listings to see when it is airing on your local PBS station.

[RadioJonD]

With several affiliates in the South and MidWest, American Family Radio has switched to all Christian Christmas Music for 2007. Find a station near your or listen online.

http://www.afr.net/newafr/program.asp

[clarebear]

Thank you

[RadioJonD]

National Public Radio (NPR) has their Holiday (can't say Christmas) Page posted - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16691637

While I haven't found a radio schedule per se, there are articles posted about some of the upcoming programming. In addition to music, there are sections on books, recipes, and Hanukkah as as well.

[RadioJonD]

With the 2007 TV schedule thread nearing seven thousand views, I can see that more folks watch seasonal television than listen to special radio programming. Wonder if this thread will even reach four hundred views?

Just a reminder that many public radio stations have (or will) start mixing Christmas tunes in their playlists. This is an opportunity to experience tunes that just aren't played anyone else. Call it Alt-Christmas if you will!

Some specials are coming up as well, so be sure to check the schedules above and your local station schedule for times in your area.

[RadioJonD]

http://www.keepingscoreathome.com/ From the website:

Hello everyone.

I just wanted to let you all know that I *will* be doing my 20th Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB / wprb.com starting this Christmas Eve at 6:00 pm ET until Christmas day at 6:00 pm ET.

If you would like to submit some music for airplay or make some requests, by all means get in touch.

Back to previewing boxes and boxes of cds…

Thanks.

Happy Holidays!

Jon Solomon
jon@wprb.com
http://www.keepingscoreathome.com

[RadioJonD]

From the website:

R&B Christmas - Saturdays in December | 6PM-Midnight ET

Starting on Saturday, December 1, join The Groove - XM 64 for an R&B Christmas every Saturday night through December. The show will feature holiday R&B music from The Temptations, Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Nat "King" Cole, Stevie Wonder, Toni Braxton, and more.

[RadioJonD]

Ah! Four hundred views at this post! 'Course about half of 'em are mine!

Just a reminder that many of the programs listed in this thread are coming up.

Here is Alabama Public Radio's 2007 Holiday Programming Schedule. APR offers an online stream. All times are in the Central Time Zone.

Friday, December 14

9am - Music of the Baroque Christmas
11am - Choral Arts Society Christmas

Monday, December 17

9am - Welcome Christmas
10am - Echoes of Christmas
11am - A Choral Christmas Card
12pm - The Rose Ensemble: Christmas in Elizabethan England

Tuesday, December 18

9am - Footprints to Paradise - A Medieval Christmas
10am - St Olaf Christmas Festival
12pm - Christmas with the Morehouse & Spelman Glee Clubs

Wednesday, December 19

9am - A Baroque Christmas
10am - Carols for Dancing
11am - Fear Not: For Behold!
12pm - Concordia College Christmas Concert

Thursday, December 20

9am - Bach's Christmas Oratorio
11am - A Chanticleer Christmas
12pm - Christmas Across the Country

Friday, December 21

9am - Messiah
11am - Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers

Monday, December 24

9am - Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
11am - Lessons & Carols from Washington National Cathedral
12pm - A Choral Christmas Carol
8pm - Red Hot Holiday Stomp

Tuesday, Christmas Day

9am - Christmas Music from NPR

Wednesday, December 26

9am - Messiah
11am - St Olaf Christmas Festival

Monday, December 31

8am - Toast of the Nation

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

10am - New Year's Day from Vienna

Though not included in the above schedule there are a few locally produced APR shows that air good Christmas shows:

Friday, December 21

8pm to 10pm - All Things Acoustic
10pm to 12am - American Routes (Nationally Syndicated)

Saturday, December 22

7pm to 9pm - Bama Bluegrass (A must for you Bluegrass fans!)
11pm to 12am - A Case of the Blues (not sure if it will air Christmas music)

Sunday, December 23

6pm to 7pm - Getting Sentimental Over You (Crown, take notice! This one's right up your alley!)
7pm to 9pm - Crooners Christmas (This one's for you too, Crown!)

9pm to 11pm - Jugs, Jukes, & Jazz (This one's killer!)

[whychristmas]

Some nice user on my site posted this link as a comment on the advent calendar day for Christmas music. http://www.eeradio.com/

I don't think it's been posted on here before. I've had a random play of stations and it seems pretty good.

RadioJonD, I think this one esp might be up your street (and mine!)

http://radio.bobmerritt.com/ http://grace.fast-serv.com:9240/listen.pls

Typing of otr, do you collect Christmas otr as well as music? I've got some that I could put up somewhere if you're interested...

[RadioJonD]

These are new to me! Thanks James!

Yep, Christmas OTR is in my collection; about 80 shows or so. I got "60 Greatest Old Time Radio Christmas Shows seleted by Andy Williams" from a used music store three years ago. Since there are now OOP, the used price has gone up. Check this one http://www.audiobooksonline.com/1570193401.html $53.98! And that's for just audio cassettes! I think I paid thirty bucks for my CDs.

The rest I've donloaded from online sources.

[RadioJonD]

Coming Up this month in the Underground Garage...

December 15-16: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

December 22-23: Christmas A Go-Go

Stations & Times - http://www.littlesteven.com/affiliates.html


Get ready boys and girls! Strap on your Mistletune crash helment and cinch it up to a level seven! Starting this weekend, next week and up to Christmas, the afore mentioned programs will be on the air! Tear yourselves away from the television set and don't be left out in the cold!

[RadioJonD]

A Holiday Mix from National Public Radio's All Songs Considered (an online program available now) - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17173498&cc=asc-20071214

[RadioJonD]

At post time, this is less than thirty minutes away on Alabama Public Radio:

Monday, December 17

9am - Welcome Christmas
10am - Echoes of Christmas
11am - A Choral Christmas Card
12pm - The Rose Ensemble: Christmas in Elizabethan England

Listen Link - http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/ppr/index.shtml

[RadioJonD]

The two hour syndicated version of The Bone Conduction Music Show's Christmas is now available as a download.

http://www.thayrone.com/listennow.html

Scroll down to: December 14, 2007--Christmas Show: Hour One Hour 1 || Hour 2

Click each hour to listen and/or right click and choose "save as" to download.

Here's the playlist:

SANTA AS SEEN ON TV--THE CHRISTMAS JUG BAND
JASPER'S WORST CHRISTMAS--WHIT HILL
I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS--BIG DEE IRVIN AND LITTLE EVA
SWINGIN' MANGER--SIR BOB FRANCIS
HAPPY HOLIDAY--THE JAQUARS
WALKIN' 'ROUND IN WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR--THE UNCLE STEVE SINGERS
MERRY CHRISTMAS WILL DO--THE YULE TUNES
OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM--ROSETTA THARPE
JINGLE BELLS--ADRIAN KEMPA
MERRY CHRISTMAS LUPE LU--THE KAISERS
SQUAT--SHELBY LYNN
CHRISTMAS OF LOVE--LITTLE ISISDORE
LOVIN' LITTLE CHRISTMAS--DANNY TATE
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU--VINCE VANCE AND THE VALIENTS
I GOTTA GET LUCKY FOR CHRISTMAS--JOHNNY RABB
SEXY LITTLE CHRISTMAS THANG--SCOOTER LEE
JINGLE FISTS--ROY D. MERCER
EVEN SANTA GETS THE BLUES--MARTY STUART
CHRISTMAS WITH FAT AUNT BETTY--ANDREA PERRY
THE BIRTH--CHARLIE DANIELS
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE FAMILY--ROBERT EARL KEENE
MAMA MADE HER GET AWAY--WHIT HILL
ROCK AND ROLL CHRISTMAS--CORRDELL JACKSON
TRIM YOUR TREE--JIMMY BUTLER
JINGLE BELLS--DIANA KRALL
I BOUGHT YOU A PLASTIC STAR FOR YOU ALUMINUM TREE--MICHAEL FRANKS
LOVE FOR CHRISTMAS--JACKSON TRIO
CHRISTMAS AS I KNEW IT--JOHNNY CASH
MARY HAD A BABY--BRUCE COCKBURN
COOL YULE--DONNIE BURNS
SLEIGH RIDE--THE RONNETTS

And don't forget the four hour broadcast version coming up Sunday, December 23. This one is a little more rowdy. Follow the listen now links.

[RadioJonD]

New York Times article about Jon Solomon's twenty-four marathon Christmas Show -

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/16peoplenj.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[RadioJonD]

Alabama Public Radio

Tuesday, December 18

9am - Footprints to Paradise - A Medieval Christmas
10am - St Olaf Christmas Festival
12pm - Christmas with the Morehouse & Spelman Glee Clubs

Listen Link - http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/ppr/index.shtml

[RadioJonD]

Alabama Public Radio

9am - A Baroque Christmas
10am - Carols for Dancing
11am - Fear Not: For Behold!
12pm - Concordia College Christmas Concert

Listen Link - http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/ppr/index.shtml

[RadioJonD]

Coming up this Sunday (at post time)!

There will be tunes you have never heard here!

Find a station (some offer a webcast) - http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/program.pl?programid=170

From the BBS website:

BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 12/23/07
ANNUAL BBS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM -

HOORAY FOR CHRISTMAS!!

This week on Blues Before Sunrise it's our annual Christmas Program. All of your favorite Blues and R&B Christmas favorites. Plus as a Holiday bonus almost no dates or personel listings - maximum of music/a minimum of me! - Only On BBS!

HOUR #1

MRS. SANTA CLAUS
LESLIE UGGAMS

THE CHRISTMAS SONG
KING COLE TRIO

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
JOE WILLIAMS

OLE SANTA
DINAH WASHINGTON

LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE
NAT 'KING' COLE

THE CHRISTMAS SONG(1946)
KING COLE TRIO

CHRISTMAS WON'T BE CHRISTMAS
CALVIN BOSTICK

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE
BILLY ECKSTINE

MY STOCKING IS EMPTY
LESLIE UGGAMS

JINGLE BELLS
KING COLE TRIO

CHRISTMAS DATE BOOGIE
BIG JOE TURNER

BEBOP SANTA
BABS GONZALES

CHRISTMAS MORNING
TITUS TURNER

BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA
LIONEL HAMPTON

WHITE CHRISTMAS
RAVENS

RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
SUGAR CHILD ROBINSON

JINGLE BELLS
LEO WATSON

I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
BILL DOGGETT

HOUR #2

MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
CHARLES BROWN

FAR AWAY CHRISTMAS BLUES
LITTLE ESTHER

BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA
MABEL SCOTT

CHRISTMAS TIME BLUES
ROY MILTON

I WANT MY BABY FOR CHRISTMAS
JIMMY LIGGINS

MAY EVERYDAY BE CHRISTMAS
LOUIS JORDAN

I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
BULLMOOSE JACKSON

MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
LIONEL HAMPTON

CHRISTMAS BLUES
GATEMOUTH MOORE

IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN
CECIL GANT

EMPTY STOCKING BLUES
FLOYD DIXON

WHITE CHRISTMAS
BIG MAYBELLE

SILENT NIGHT
HARMONIZING FOUR

WILL THE COFFIN BE YOUR SANTA CLAUSE
REV J.M.GATES

SILENT NIGHT
MAHALIA JACKSON

JINGLE BELL HOP
JACKSON TRIO

HOUR #3

CHRIST WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS MORN
FRANKIE 'HALF-PINT' JAXON

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR'S BLUES
TAMPA RED

SANTA BRING ME A BRAND NEW WOMAN
BUMBLE BEE SLIM

CHRISTMAS & NO SANTA CLAUS
BUMBLE BEE SLIM

WRONG WAY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
REV EDWARD CLAYBORN

AT THE CHRISTMAS BALL
BESSIE SMITH

COME ALL YEE FAITHFUL
BLACK SWAN QUARTET

AIN'T GONNA LET YOU SEE MY SANTA CLAUS
VICTORIA SPIVEY

HOLIDAY MESSAGE
REV HUDSON SHOWER

CHRISTMAS EVE BLUES
BUKKA WHITE

SANTA CLAUS
WALTER DAVIS

CHRISTMAS TIME BLUES
CASEY BILL WELSON

LET ME HANG MY STOCKING
ROOSEVELT SYKES

CHRISTMAS IN JAIL - AIN'T IT A PAIN
LEROY CARR

CHRISTMAS MORNING BLUES
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON I

CHRISTMAS EVE BLUES
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON

HOUR #4

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
JESSE THOMAS

SANTA'S MESSIN' WITH THE KID
EDDIE C.CAMPBELL

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
B.B. KING

SANTA CLAUS NEEDS SOME LOVIN'
ALBERT KING

SONNY BOY'S CHRISTMAS BLUES
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II

SANTA CLAUS
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II

THE CHRISTMAS SONG
LEE JACKSON

SANTA CLAUS CAME HOME DRUNK
CLYDE LASLEY

HOLIDAY GREETINGS
VARIOUS ARTISTS

MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
ROBERT NIGHTHAWK

HOWLING FOR MY BABY
HOWLING WOLF

BLUES FOR CHRISTMAS
JOHN LEE HOOKER

REMEMBER LAST CHRISTMAS
GUS JENKINS

LONESOME CHRISTMAS BLUES
LOWELL FULSON

CHRISTMAS BLUES
RALPH WILLIS

SANTA
LIGHTNING HOPKINS

MERRY CHRISTMAS
LIGHTNING HOPKINS

RUN RUN RUDOLPH
CHUCK BERRY

I HEAR JINGLE BELLS
FREDDY KING

HOUR #5

LET'S MAKE CHRISTMAS MERRY BABY
AMOS MILBURN

CHRISTMAS WON'T BE CHRISTMAS
CALVIN BOSTICK

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE
BILLY ECKSTINE

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
LOUIS ARMSTRONG

SILENT NIGHT
DINAH WASHINGTON

WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS NIGHT
DAN GRISSOM

WHITE CHRISTMAS
JIMMY SMITH

CHRISTMAS EVE
BILLY ECKSTINE

SILENT NIGHT
RAVENS

CHRISTMAS WITH NO ONE TO LOVE
CHARLES BROWN

BLUE CHRISTMAS
BILLY ECKSTINE

THIS TIME OF YEAR
BROOK BENTON

DIG THAT CRAZY SANTA CLAUS
OSCAR McLOLLIE

SANTA DO THE MAMBO
BIG JOHN GREER

ZAT YOU SANTA CLAUSE
LOUIS ARMSTRONG

COOL YULE
LOUIS ARMSTRONG

WHITE CHRISTMAS
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE

MOONDUST
BILL DOGGETT

[RadioJonD]

The musical countdown continues on Alabama Public Radio (APR) and many other public radio stations across the country! Hope you haven't missed any! Some of these were or will be shown on PBS Televison as well.

APR Today

9am - Bach's Christmas Oratorio
11am - A Chanticleer Christmas
12pm - Christmas Across the Country

Listen Link - http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/ppr/index.shtml

[RadioJonD]

Friday, December 21

Alabama Public Radio (APR) and other public radio stations around the country

9am - Messiah (repeats Wednesday, December 26)
11am - Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers

8pm to 10pm - All Things Acoustic (APR local show only)
10pm to 12am - American Routes (check your station for local times all weekend)

APR Listen Link - http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/ppr/index.shtml

[RadioJonD]

Xmas with Diana Krall and the Heath Brothers

There's no place like home for the holidays. Our guests for this holiday version of American Routes wax nostalgically in words and music. Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall recalls her childhood on Vancouver Island and how those traditions are being carried on in her own home today. Jimmy and Tootie Heath of the Heath Brothers reminisce about a life in jazz and late brother Percy. Baby, it's cold outside. Stay in, snuggle up and enjoy.


"Song" Artist
Album (Label)

December 19 - December 25, 2007

Hour One
Open Bed: "Silver Bells" Heritage Hall Jazz Band with Greg Stafford
New Orleans Christmas (Putumayo)
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"Jingle Bells" Diana Krall & the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra
Christmas Songs (Verve)

"Swingin' Them Jingle Bells" Fats Waller & His Rhythm
The Spirit of Christmas Past (Living Era)
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"Shake Hands with Santa Claus" Louis Prima
Breaking it Up! (Columbia/Legacy)


"'Zat You, Santa Claus?" Louis Armstrong with the Commanders
Louis Armstrong & Friends: What a Wonderful Christmas (Hip-O)

"Santa's Second Line" New Birth Brass Band
A New Orleans Christmas (NYNO)

"A Party for Santa Claus" Lord Nelson
Xmas Marks the Spot (Rykodisc)
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Instrumental: "We Three Kings of Orient Are" John Fahey
The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album (Takoma)
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"May Everyday Be Christmas" Louis Jordan & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong & Friends: What a Wonderful Christmas (Hip-O)

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" Jimmy Smith
Christmas Cookin' (Verve)

"I Pray on Christmas" The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Solomon Burke
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Real World)
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Instrumental: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" The George Shearing Quintet
Christmas with the George Shearing Quintet (Telarc)
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"Please Come Home for Christmas" Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band
New Orleans Christmas (Putumayo)
"Snow is Falling" Ray Charles
The Swingtime Records Story (Capricorn)
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SEGMENT: Diana Krall
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End Bed: "White Christmas" Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor (Rounder)

Hour Two
"Our Little Town" The Heath Brothers
Jingle Bell Jazz (Columbia)
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"Last Month of the Year" The Fairfield Four
Standing in the Safety Zone (Warner Bros.)
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"I See Mary and Joseph" Joseph Spence
Bahamian Guitarist (Arhoolie)

"Cherry Tree Carol" Pentangle
Solomon's Seal (Reprise)

"Greensleeves" John Coltrane
Ballads: Deluxe Edition (Impulse)
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instrumental: "Sleigh Ride" Duke Pearson
Jingle Bell Jam: Jazz Christmas Classics (Rhino)
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SEGMENT: Heath Brothers
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"Home for the Holidays" Betty Carter
Jazz for Joy: A Verve Christmas Album (Verve)

"Santa Baby" Kelly Willis and Bruce Robinson
Happy Holidays (Boars Nest)

"Footprints in the Snow" Marty Robbins
Rock'n Roll'n Robbins (Bear Family)
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Instrumental: "Skaters Waltz" Hank Thompson
Favorite Waltzes by Hank Thompson (Capitol Nashville)
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"Blue Christmas" Willie Nelson
Pretty Paper (Columbia)

"River" James Taylor
A Tribute to Joni Mitchell (Nonesuch)
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"My Blue Heaven" Norah Jones
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard)
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" Fats Domino
Christmas is a Special Day (The Right Stuff)
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End Bed: "White Christmas" Booker T. & the MG's
In the Christmas Spirit (Atlantic)

Find a station - http://www.amroutes.org/stations.html

[RadioJonD]

Alabama Public Radio locally produced shows:

7pm to 9pm - Bama Bluegrass (A must for you Bluegrass fans!)
11pm to 12am - A Case of the Blues (not sure if it will air Christmas music)

Check your local station for some unique programming this weekend!

WWOZ - www.wwoz.org - in New Orleans, LA has a great line up and an online webcast.

[RadioJonD]

The Bone Conduction Music Show - Christmas Extravaganza! 7:00 - 11:00 pm, ET

BCMS - http://www.thayrone.com/ Follow the listen links. Also choose the two hour Christmas show archive for a warm up to tonight's four hour show! This show will be available as an archive/download starting Monday or Tuesday!

And/or Alabama Public Radio:

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Central - Getting Sentimental Over You - Big Band (Crown, take note!)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Central - Crooners Christmas
9:00 pm to 11:00 pm, Central- Jugs, Jukes & Jazz

[RadioJonD]

December 24, 2007

Alabama Public Radio (other pubilc radio station times may vary.)

9am - Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
11am - Lessons & Carols from Washington National Cathedral
12pm - A Choral Christmas Carol
8pm - Red Hot Holiday Stomp

APR Listen Link - http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/ppr/index.shtml

In addition to public radio offerings, there are two twenty-four hour Christmas marathon shows today:

In progress at post time:
Midnight Eastern, Dec 24 on WXPN - Philadelphia, PA - http://www.xpn.org/listen_live/listen.php
The Annual Night Before with Robert Drake
Nothing but Robert Drake and Christmas music for this 24 hour marathon


WPRB - Princeton, NJ - http://www.wprb.com/listen.html
20th Annual 24-Hour Xmas show!
Jon Solomon is at the controls this Monday, December 24th starting at 6:00 pm ET until December 25th at 6:00 pm ET for the 20th annual edition of his 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show. Have a request or a submission you would like to make? Send Jon an email

I'm recording all I can of the first one, but will cranking up Jon Solomon @ 6pm. With three eight hour VHS tapes, I should get all of this great show!

[RadioJonD]

Jon Solomon's Marathon continues 'til 6pm, ET

Alabama Public Radio and other public radio stations across the US (times may vary).

-All times Central-

December 25
9 am - Jonathan Winters Christmas Carol
10 am - Bach's Christmas Oratorio (repeat from last week)
12 pm - Christmas Around the Country

[RadioJonD]

For those that are smarting after their "Official Holiday Station" pulled the plug, public radio still has a day left!

Alabama Public Radio and other public radio stations across the US (schedules may vary)

9am - Messiah (repeat from last week)
11am - St. Olaf Christmas Festival (repeat from last week)


Here's an interesting observation; the combined total views of the two 2007 television holiday schedule threads is 11,006 at time of this post. By comparison, this thread for 2007 radio programming has been viewed 782 times.

I filled up six or seven DVDs & about twelve eight hour VHS cassettes with nothing but radio programming!

Is there a need for a similar thread for radio in 2008?

[RadioJonD]

Jon Solomon - http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5314486&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1

And our own whychristmas webmaster, James Cooper - http://whychristmas.com/blog/news/bbc-radio-interview-listen/

Also check out and support Jingle Bell Rocks, a feature documentary in the making about obsessive Christmas music lovers. - http://www.jinglebellrocks.com/