WCCO will once again be presenting special holiday programming over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. For many years, music and special programming have entertained WCCO listeners as they gather with family, hit the road, and celebrate the season. A mix of music, specials, a few funny bits from past and present are spread out over the two days.
We'll kick things off with a great traditon, "A Christmas Box" by Richard Paul Evans, and read by Richard Thomas. You'll hear from Dave Lee, Boone and Erickson, a re-broadcast of "It's a Wonderful Life" at the St. Paul Hotel and many of your WCCO favorites. Plus great music from Jearlyn Steele, her family, the Peterson family, a great group of local musicians, and the always wonderful Mormon Tabernacle Choir!
Here's the schedule of what you'll hear in 2019 on WCCO Radio starting at 3:00p.m. on Christmas Eve! Listen both days on News Talk 830 WCCO or on the Radio.com app.
Christmas Eve:3p “The Christmas Box” Hour 1 4p “The Christmas Box” Hour 25p “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the St. Paul Hotel (Hour 1)6p “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the St. Paul Hotel (Hour 2)7p “It’s a Wonderful Life” at the St. Paul Hotel (Hour 3) 7:30 Jearlyn Steele’s Holiday Special (Part 1)8p Jearlyn Steele’s Holiday Special (Part 2)9p “Christmas Pipe Organs” Mormon Tabernacle Choir “Blessings of Christmas” Mormon Tabernacle Choir10p “Messiah Story” Mormon Tabernacle Choir “Oh Come Little Children” Mormon Tabernacle Choir11p Christmas “Sing with Bing”
Christmas Day:12a “The Christmas Box” Hour 11a "The Christmas Box” Hour 22a “Home for the Holidays” (Alfie Boe) Mormon Tabernacle Choir “A Decade of Christmas” Mormon Tabernacle Choir3a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- Sing We Now of Christmas Gift of the Magi A Cup of Christmas Tea The Solitary Life (Howard Viken) 4a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- Sing Choir of Angels Mr. Pickwick’s Christmas Lutefisk Lament (Roger Erickson) Uncle Olav’s Night Before Christmas (Dave Lee)5a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- We Need a Little Christmas The Juggler (Howard Viken) Axel’s Night Before Christmas (Clellan Card) “Klem Kringle” (Dave Lee, Roger Strom, Mike Lynch and Doc Severinsen) Bong Crosby (Dave Lee and Tim Russell) The Undelivered Letter (Joe McFarlin)6a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- Wondrous Christmas Night Before Christmas Douglas Edwards “At the North Pole”7a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- The Bells of Christmas Mormon Tabernacle Choir- Walter Cronkite “One Silent Night”8a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- The Spirit of Giving BBC’s Christmas Story9a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- Carols Then and Now Tim Russell’s Comedy Christmas Carol10a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- A Magical Season Douglas Edwards Reports: Santa Dave Lee’s Letters to Santa (2013 Edition) A Cup of Christmas Tea11a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- O Holy Night The Littlest Angel Paul Stagg’s Christmas Gifts Uncle Olav’s “Night Before Christmas” (Dave Lee)12p “The Christmas Box” Hour 11p “The Christmas Box” Hour 22p Holiday Music3p Holiday Music4p Holiday Music5p Holiday Music6p Holiday Music 7p Holiday Music8p “Christmas Pipe Organs” Mormon Tabernacle Choir “Blessings of Christmas” Mormon Tabernacle Choir9p “Messiah Story” Mormon Tabernacle Choir “Oh Come Little Children” Mormon Tabernacle Choir10p Christmas “Sing with Bing”11p "Home for the Holidays” (Alfie Boe) Mormon Tabernacle Choir “A Decade of Christmas” Mormon Tabernacle Choir12a Mormon Tabernacle Choir- Sing We Now of Christmas Gift of the Magi A Cup of Christmas Tea The Solitary Life (Howard Viken)