Your favorite shows on KNOM have “gone Christmas” this week. Each show celebrates the Christmas season in its own, unique way. Hear Christmas music countdowns and season specials, festive folk music, jolly jazz tunes, and great American Christmas classics.
Print the schedule or jot down when to catch your favorite shows and pin it on your fridge. Merry Christmas from your friends at KNOM!
Kelly Clarkson: Wrapped in Red Christmas Special, 2014 Edition
Thursday, December 18 at 6pm & again Sunday, December 21 at 2pm
A one-hour radio special features Kelly Clarkson’s certified Platinum and best-selling Christmas release, Wrapped in Red. Clarkson talks about her inspirations and her excitement at finally being able to make the Christmas album she’s always dreamed of, coupled with her joys of becoming a new mother and lots of music from Wrapped in Red, a production of Joyride Media.
Country Oldies Christmas Special
Saturday, December 20 at 8am-12noon
Steve Warren hosts 4 big hours of classic country Christmas songs on The Country Oldies Show: Christmas Special this weekend.
Pentatonix: That’s Christmas to Me
Monday, December 22 at 6pm and Christmas Day at 6pm
In this one-hour radio special, the a cappella sensation Pentatonix will share with you how they create their unique sound without instruments. Hear the inspirations for the songs they chose to feature on their new holiday album That’s Christmas to Me and what the holidays mean to them. A production of Joyride Media.
A Christmas Gift for You
Tuesday, December 23 at 7pm
This special Christmas program features the inside story behind the 1963 album A Christmas Gift for You, featuring performances by The Ronettes, The Crystals, Darlene Love, and Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, that raised the bar for pop/rock arrangements of classic holiday songs. It includes interviews with singers Darlene Love and LaLa Brooks, musicians Nino Tempo, Don Randi, and Hal Blaine. Hosted by Anthony DeCurtis and produced by Joyride Media.
Putumayo World Music Hour: Celtic Christmas
Tuesday, December 23 at 10pm
A special Celtic Christmas edition of the Putumayo World Music Hour. Hear Christmas music inspired by folk music traditions of the Celtic nations in Western Europe.
Red, White, and Air Force Blue Christmas
featuring the cast members of the ABC hit television show Nashville
Wednesday, December 24 at 2pm
This one-hour radio special produced by the Air Force Recruiting Service, highlighting the television show’s recent release, Christmas with Nashville. In addition to featuring several songs for the album, the actors discuss what it’s like to love, work, and perform in Nashville, and how the show blends fiction with reality.
Retro Cocktail Hour Christmas Party
Wednesday, December 24 at 6pm and Thursday, Christmas Day at 3pm
It’s time to hang the mistletoe and serve up a round of holiday cheer. This year’s party features songs for the holiday season by Peggy Lee, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and many others! Enjoy this two-hour program, produced by Kansas Public Radio.
Old Time Radio Hour: The Nativity
Wednesday, December 24, Christmas Eve at 10pm
An Ave Maria Hour production of the timeless, biblical story of the Nativity, originally created and aired in the late 30’s and early 40’s in New York City.
LIVE Midnight Mass
Thursday, Christmas morning, December 25th at 12am
KNOM will air Midnight Mass from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Nome at midnight Christmas morning.
Celtic Thunder: Holiday Symphony album
Thursday, Christmas Day, December 25 at 6am
Internationally renowned singing sensation Celtic Thunder pay homage to cherished holiday favorites on their brand new album Holiday Symphony. Tracks on the album range from the traditional carols “Away in a Manger,” “O Come All Ye Faithful,” and “O Holy Night,” to the more contemporary pop classic “Fairytale of New York” and “Mary, Did You Know?”
Earth, Wind, and Fire: Holiday album
Thursday, Christmas Day, December 25 at 8pm
Enjoy the sounds of Earth, Wind, and Fire’s first ever Christmas album, Holiday. Lead vocalist and Earth, Wind, & Fire co-founder Philip Bailey says, “This album is the band’s first and only holiday music project. We are very proud to offer it as a labor of love to all of our fans. Enjoy and happy holidays from our families to all of yours.”
Holiday is Earth, Wind, & Fire’s 21st studio album and second for Legacy Recordings
