Fireside Christmas Radio Hour

12/11/2025

It's mid-November and I'm already perfecting my hot chocolate recipe, chopping firewood and collecting songs for my annual "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour, broadcasting 90 minutes of music from my snow-covered cabin in the woods beside the crackling fire. The theme for this year’s chill show is “Winter Wonderland”, and I'm on the lookout for a flurry of new winter and holiday songs from Canadian artists of all genres to include. Send your tracks or song suggestions to [email protected]. Looking forward to sharing a blizzard of great wintery holiday music with you all through the magic of radio again this season!

25/12/2024

"Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour Playlist 2024 ~ "Naughty and Nice"
Leif Shires & Band * You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch * Single * 2022
Harry Reser and his Orchestra * Santa Claus Is Coming To Town * 1934
Alex Pangman * Everybody’s Waiting For The Man With The Bag * Alex Pangman’s Christmas Gift * 2006 * CAN
Kyle Cox * Santa Won’t You Listen To Me * Single * 2022
JD McPherson * Bad Kid * SOCKS * 2018
Joan Osborne * What Do Bad Girls Get * Christmas Means Love * 2005
Homer & Jethro * Nuttin’ For Christmas * A Cool Crazy Christmas * 1968
Loretta Lynn * To Heck With Ole Santa Claus * Country Christmas * 1966
Dia Frampton * The Nice List * Maybe This Christmas Vol 6 * 2022
Chris Issak * Gotta Be Good * Christmas * 2004
Davina & The Vagabonds * I Try To Be Good * Sunshine * 2014
Ben Levin & Lil’ Jimmy Reed * Lump Of Coal * Ben Levin Presents a Holiday Blues R***e * 2024
The Killers with Jimmy Kimmel * Joel The Lump of Coal * Don’t Waste Your Wishes * 2016
The Ellas * The Naughty List * Merry And Bright * 2015
David Myles * Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo * It’s Christmas * 2014 * CAN Crissi Cochrane * Santa Baby * Santa Baby * 2016 * CAN
Whitehorse * Merry Xmas, I Hope You Get What You Deserve * Winter Classic * 2018 * CAN
Dean Drouillard * Don’t Be Late * A Christmas Voyage * 2017 * CAN
Ian Foster and Nancy Hynes * Good King Wenceslas * A Week In December * 2018 * CAN
Boreal * Shepherd of The Road * Winterbirds * 2024 * CAN
Nick Lowe * Dollar Short of Happy * Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family * 2013
Be Good Tanyas * Rudy * Maybe This Christmas Too * 2003 * CAN
David Ruffin * Put A Little Love In Your Heart * Feelin’ Good * 1969
Ella Fitzgerald * Secret Of Christmas * Single * 1959

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas Everyone!! There's still a few airtimes for this year's "Fireside" Christmas Radio hour, tune in Radio Western in London 94.9fm today at 2pm, Radio 42 North online in Lakeshore at noon (https://radio42north.com/) 9:00pm on Midtown Radio Kitchener-Waterloo (https://www.midtownradio.ca/) and 5:00pm on CJAM 99.1fm Windsor/Detroit. Or - you can tune in anytime on Soundcloud. This year's theme is "Naughty and Nice" and you can listen to last year's episode "Peace On Earth" on the Soundcloud link as well. https://on.soundcloud.com/a6GvR6vesk5sb87f8

Every year at Christmas, Allison Brown makes her trek up to her snow-covered cabin in the woods in a secret location in Northern Ontario to broadcast the “Fireside” Christmas Radio hour beside the cra

23/12/2024

*this just in* The 'Fireside' Christmas Radio Hour hits the airwaves at CJAM 99.1fm in Windsor/Detroit at 5:00pm Christmas Eve (December 24th) and again on Christmas Day also at 5:00pm - tune in www. cjam. ca!

21/12/2024

* this just in * Tune in online at Radio 42 North December 24th at 12:00 noon, December 25th at 00:00 hours if you want to start your Christmas Morning early just as Santa finishes his cookies! and again December 25th at Noon.

The Pirate of the Great Lakes

20/12/2024

The firewood is all chopped and ready here at the snow-covered cabin in the woods for this year's "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour, 90 minutes of Christmas and holiday music on the theme of "Naughty and Nice"! Broadcast times are coming in:
Radio Western CHRW 94.9 London, www. radio western .ca
Monday, December 23 - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, December 24 - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, December 25 - 2:00 PM
Midtown Radio Kitchener-Waterloo online www. midtownradio. ca
Sunday, December 22 at 7pm
Wednesday, December 25 at 9pm
Stay tuned for airtimes on CJAM 99.1fm in Windsor, and Radio 42 North Lakeshore!
And - if you want to listen before it hits the radio airwaves you can listen on Soundcloud at https://on.soundcloud.com/z7tpVfhq75PCeipF8

14/12/2024

Coming soon to your radio and internet airwaves! Though the magic of radio, I'm broadcasting again from my snow-covered cabin in the woods beside my crackling fire on the "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour... tune in for 90 minutes of songs on this year's theme "Naughty And Nice"! Stay tuned for stations and times!

04/11/2024

The skies in Southern Ontario are still sunny this early November, but I'm already chopping firewood, perfecting my hot chocolate recipe and collecting songs for my annual "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour! Every year at Christmas, I make my journey up to the snow-covered cabin in the woods in a secret location in Northern Ontario to broadcast the “Fireside” Christmas Radio Hour for 90 minutes of music beside the crackling fire. The theme for this year’s spicy show is “Naughty and Nice”, and I'm on the lookout for new holiday and winter music and songs from Christmases past from Canadian artists of all genres to feature on the show. Send your tracks or song suggestions to [email protected]. Looking forward to hearing this year's new Christmas/Holiday/Winter music to add to the show!