2007 Holiday Radio Programming

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American Family Radio - www.afr.net/newafr/program.asp

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.

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XM Radio Channel 64 - The Groove

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.

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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 (Big Band fans take notice!)
7pm to 9pm - Crooners Christmas (Yep, Bing and company!)

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

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

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Little Steven's Underground Garage

Coming Up this month in the Underground Garage...

December 15-16: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

December 22-23: Christmas A Go-Go

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!

www.littlesteven.com/affiliates.html

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Coming up this Sunday! (At post time.)

Find a station (some offer a webcast) - 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

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PRI Christmas 2007 page:

www2.pri.org/infosite/programsupport/holiday07_direct.html

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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.

Download RealAudio 8.0 or newer to listen to interviews!

"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)

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December 24, 2007

Two twenty-four hour Christmas marathon shows today.

In progress at post time:
Midnight Eastern, Dec 24 on WXPN - Philadelphia, PA - 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 - 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 eiight hour VHS tapes, I should get all of this fine show!