Fireside Christmas Radio Hour

28/12/2023

Another Christmas has come and gone here at the cabin, but you can still listen to this year's "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour where our theme was Peace On Earth, and last year's show (Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future) on Soundcloud at: https://on.soundcloud.com/APhCU Here's the 2023 Playlist: Duke Pearson * Go Tell It On The Mountain * Merry Ole Soul * 1969
The Country Gentlemen * Back Home At Christmas Time Comp * Christmas Time Back Home * 1966
Johnny Cash * I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day * The Christmas Spirit * 1963
The Louvin Brothers * Hark The Herald Angels Sing * Christmas With The Louvin Brothers * 1961
Dar Williams * The Christians And The Pagans * Out There Live
Ben Sures * The Holiday Song * CAN
Tracey Thorne * Maybe This Christmas * Tinsel And Lights * CAN
Johnny Moore’s Blazers * Christmas Everyday * Merry Christmas Baby * 1956
Ben Kaplan & Katzenjammer * Fairytale Of New York * 2011 * CAN
J.D. McPherson with Lucie Silvas * Claus Vs Claus * Socks
Bowling For Soup * Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)* Merry Flippin’ Christmas Vol 1
John Denver & Muppets * The Peace Carol * A Christmas Together * 1979
The Washboard Union * Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy * CAN
From Kelowna BC
Jeffrey Foucault * Ghost Repeater * Ghost Repeater
Joan Osbourne * Christmas Must Be Tonight * Christmas Means Love * 2005 * CAN
Calexico * Happy Xmas (War Is Over) * Seasonal Shift * 2020
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles * Peace On Earth (Goodwill To Men) * The Season For Miracles * 1970
Remy Zero * Someday At Christmas * Bands Under The Radar Vol 13, A Very Indie Xmas 2
Homer & Jethro * Santa Claus, The Original Hippie * Cool Crazy Christmas
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians * Here Comes Santa Claus * Sing The Songs of Christmas with Guy Lombardo * CAN
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings * World Of Love featuring Binky Griptite * It’s A Holiday Soul Party
Eliza Gilkyson (with Iris Dement, Patti Griffin & Mary Chapin Carpenter) * Peace Call * Land Of Milk & Honey
Bing Crosby * Do You Hear What I Hear * Christmas Classics * 1963
Boreal * Silent Night * Winter’s Welcome * CAN

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas from the snow-covered cabin in the woods! You can tune into the Fireside Christmas Radio Hour today on CJAM 99.1fm in Windsor/Detroit at 2:30pm, Radio Western 94.9fm in London at 7:00pm, Midtown Radio www.midtownradio.ca at 5:00pm. Peace On Earth by the Fireside!

19/12/2023

The Fireside Christmas Radio Hour comes to your airwaves from the snow-covered cabin in the woods this week! 90 minutes of Christmas and Holiday music about Peace On Earth by the crackling fire, sure to warm your heart through the magic of radio... tune in! Radio Western 94.9fm in London:
Saturday, December 23rd: 12:00 noon to 1:30pm
Sunday, December 24th, Christmas Eve: 8:00pm to 9:30pm
Monday, December 25th, Christmas Day: 7:00pm to 8:30pm

CJAM Radio 99.1fm in Windsor & Detroit:
Monday, December 25th, Christmas Day: 2:30pm to 4:00pm

Midtown Radio online, www.midtownradio.ca
Friday, December 22nd: 9:00pm to 10:30pm
Monday, December 25th, Christmas Day: 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Radio 42 North Online: https://radio42north.com/
Stay tuned for show times!

And anytime on demand on Soundcloud:
https://on.soundcloud.com/APhCU

13/12/2023

Coming soon to your radio and internet airwaves, the 2023 edition of The 'Fireside' Christmas Radio Hour! This year's theme is Peace On Earth, broadcast beside the crackling fire from my snow-covered cabin in the woods! 90 Minutes of Christmas music hand-picked by your host Allison Brown. Stay tuned for airtimes!

06/12/2023

Working on this year's Fireside Christmas Radio Hour, memories from last year are still on Soundcloud!

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

06/12/2023

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

28/12/2022

Thanks so much to everyone who tuned in to the "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour this year; you can still give a listen anytime on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-518551521/sets/fireside-christmas-radio-hour Here's this year's Playlist:
The Canadian Brass * Hark, The Herald Angels Sing * Christmas Tradition * CAN * 2007
The Chieftains w/Nanci Griffith * The Wexford Carol * Bells Of Dublin * 1991
Perry Como * Here We Come A Caroling/We Wish You A Merry Christmas * Home For The Holidays * 1968
Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Family * Seven Joys Of Mary * The McGarrigle Christmas Hour * CAN * 1998
Teresa Brewer * Ebenezer Scrooge * 1954
Deidre & the Dark * The Ghost Of Christmas Past * 2015
Ella Fitzgerald * White Christmas * Ella Wishes You A Swingin’ Christmas * 1960
Amy Speace * I Want An Old Fashioned Christmas * Just One Angel Compilation * 2013
Frank Sinatra * Old Fashioned Christmas *12 Songs Of Christmas * 1964
Onion Honey * Grey Christmas * A Merry Little While * CAN * 2022 Kitchener
Sufjan Stevens * That Was The Worst Christmas Ever * Songs For Christmas * 2006
Tony Bennett * Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas* Snowfall * 1968
Jimmy Wakely * It’s Christmas *Merry Christmas From Jimmy Wakely * 1959
Puss N’ Boots* Christmas All Over Again * Dear Santa * 2019
Good Lovelies * Another Year To Wait * Under The Mistletoe * CAN
Lori Cullen & ChromaDuo * The Christmas Song * 2021 * CAN
Ruby Boots * I Slept Through Christmas * Bloodshot Records 13 Days of Christmas
Dean Drouillard * Sleigh Ride * A Christmas Voyage * 2017 * CAN * Windsor, ON
Gigi Ramone * Next Year * CAN 2022 Remix * London, ON
Whyte Horses * Next Year Will Be Mine * Single with Coldest Night Of The Year * 2018
Freedom Fry * Next Christmas * Holiday Soundtrack EP * 2017
Stevie Wonder * Someday At Christmas * Someday At Christmas * 1967
S'aints * Imagine * Imagine No Hunger * CAN 2022 * Windsor, ON
Maria Dunn * God Bless Us Everyone * CAN

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

23/12/2022

Tonight at 8:00pm, the "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour takes to the airwaves on Radio Western at 94.9fm in London, Ontario! Listen online from anywhere in the world, including the North Pole, as the snow falls on London, as through the magic of radio I join you from my snow-covered cabin in the woods! https://radiowestern.ca/ You can also listen anytime on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/.../fireside-christmas-radio-hour

22/12/2022

Tonight at 9:00pm the "Fireside" Christmas Radio hour hits the internet airwaves on Kitchener/Waterloo's Midtown Radio! https://www.midtownradio.ca/ Tune in to join me at the snow-covered cabin in the woods beside my crackling fire to hear 90 minutes of songs on the theme of "The Ghosts Of Christmas Past, Present and Future"...

19/12/2022

***This just in** adding to the airtimes for this year's "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour; coming from the snow-covered cabin in the woods to your radios in Windsor/Detroit on CJAM 99.1fm on December 24th at 5:00pm, and on December 25th at 2:30pm! You can also listen anytime on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-518551521/sets/fireside-christmas-radio-hour

17/12/2022

My favourite way to wish friends near and far a Merry Christmas is with my annual "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour (90 Minutes), broadcast from my snow-covered cabin in the woods beside my crackling fire. This year's theme is "The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future"... it'll be broadcast on Midtown Radio Online from Kitchener on December 22nd at 9:00pm, https://www.midtownradio.ca/, Radio Western in London, 94.9fm or https://radiowestern.ca/ on December 23rd at 8:00pm and December 24th at 4:00pm and stay tuned for when it will air on CJAM 99.1fm in Windsor/Detroit! You can listen anytime through the holiday season on Soundcloud at this link: https://soundcloud.com/.../fireside-christmas-radio-hour Merry merry merry!

10/12/2022

Just finished putting together the playlist for this year's "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour, this year with a Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future theme.. all I need to do now is finish chopping my firewood, get ready to cozy up to your radios and stay tuned for stations and times!

28/12/2021

Still in the mood for an All-Canadian Christmas playlist by the fireside? - you can download the podcast archive at http://www.radio42north.com/podcasts/

26/12/2021

Thanks so much to everyone who tuned in this Christmas for the Fireside Christmas Radio Hour and especially the elves at CJAM, Radio Western, Midtown Radio and Radio42North who brought the magic of radio to you from the snow-covered cabin! You can download an archive of the show here: http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/.../1852-Fireside_Christmas_Radio... and here's the playlist:
FIRESIDE CHRISTMAS RADIO HOUR 2021 PLAYLIST
All Canadian Content
Artist * Song Title * Album Title * Year
Natalie McMaster & Donnell Leahy * White Christmas * A Celtic Family Christmas * 2016
Wilf Carter * Christmas Time In Canada * Christmas In Canada * 1965
Stompin’ Tom Connors * Merry Christmas Everybody * Merry Christmas Everybody * 1973
Hank Snow * Nestor The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey * 1977
Ron Sexsmith * Maybe This Christmas * Maybe This Christmas Comp * 2002
Glen McNeil * Song For Winter’s Night *
O’Pears * River * Stay Warm * 2018
Paul & Trevor * Christmas In Prison * The Boat I Built With My Father * 2017
Sloan * 12 Days of Christmas * 2011
Dean Drouillard * O Christmas Tree * 28 Minutes Of Christmas
Ambre McLean * Carol Of The Bells
PIQSIQ * Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy * 2021
Whitehorse * 2000 Miles * A Winter Classic * 2019
Rebecca Jenkins * I’ll Be Home For Christmas * Count Your Blessings * 1994
Ian Foster & Nancy Hynes * Week In December * Week In December * 2018
James Gordon * There is No Silent Night * Mining for Gold * 2000
Graham Townsend * Snowflake Breakdown * Graham Townsend’s House Party * 1979
Jackie Washington * Let It Snow *A Roots Christmas * 2021
Dayna Manning * O Snow * Morning Light * 2019
Boreal * Warm Hands * 2021
Western Swing Authority * Christmas Bonus * A Roots Christmas Comp 2021
Good Lovelies * Mele Kalikimaka * Under The Misteltoe * 2009
Michael Buble * Santa Baby * Christmas * 2011
Onion Honey * White Vans * 2021
Lynn Jackson * Christmas In The Dark * 2021
Small Glories * Huron Carol * 2020
David Francey * Hark The Herald * Carols For A Christmas Eve * 2006
Doris Folkens * Lo How A Rose * 2020
Luke Davies * Christmas Must Be Tonight * It’s A Badgerful Life * 2019
Heather Rankin * Silent Night * Imagine * 2017
Crissi Cochrane * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) * Santa Baby EP * 2016

25/12/2021

This just in - you can tune in from Radio Western 94.9fm www.radiowestern.ca in London at Noon and at 8pm tonight!

25/12/2021

Waking up on Christmas morning to freshly fallen show here at the cabin, getting the fire going again for more broadcasts of the Fireside Christmas Radio Hour on Christmas Day!
5:00pm to 7:00pm on CJAM 99.1 in Windsor/Detroit, www.cjam.ca
5:00pm to 7:00pm on Midtown Radio, www.midtownradio.ca,
2:00pm to 4:00pm and 8:00pm to 10:00pm on Radio42North, www.radio42north.com

25/12/2021

Well the Ghosts of Technical Difficulty Christmas have got me again; sadly we have some blank air on CJAM at the moment, trying to figure out what's cookin' and hopefully the magic of Christmas will be able to bring you the program soon!

24/12/2021

Something is up with Radio Western and it's not running online; not sure about over the airwaves... tune into CJAM 99.1 www.cjam.ca tonight at 8pm!

Reaching Higher Ground in Windsor-Detroit

24/12/2021

Christmas Eve is here and through the magic of radio you can join me by the fireside this evening as I broadcast from a snow-covered cabin in the woods nestled into the forest of Northern Ontario. I'll be sharing with you Two Hours of All-Canadian Christmas and Winter music to celebrate the season! You can tune in tonight on CJAM 99.1fm in Windsor at 8:00pm, Radio Western CHRW 94.9fm in London at 6:00pm and Midtown Radio online from 9:00pm to 11:00pm just as Santa takes to the skies! Grab your eggnog and cookies and cozy up to your radios and join me by the fireside tonight!

Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th, 6:00pm to 8:00pm on Radio Western in London, 94.9fm www.radiowestern.ca

Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th at 8:00pm to 10:00pm on CJAM 99.1fm in Windsor/Detroit, www.cjam.ca

Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th at 9:00pm to 11:00pm and Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Midtown Radio, www.midtownradio.ca,

Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 8:00pm to 10:00pm on Radio42North, www.radio42north.com

23/12/2021

Feeling nostalgic here at the cabin and thought I'd share some of the fun Fireside Christmas Radio Hour posters I've made in the many Christmases past I've been hosting the show on various radio stations. I've been doing the show yearly since around 2004!

22/12/2021

TONIGHT! The first broadcast of The "Fireside" Christmas Radio takes to the airwaves of Radio Western, 94.9fm in London, www.radiowestern.ca, 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The show will air on a flurry of traditional and online radio stations;
Wednesday, December 22nd and Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm on Radio Western in London, 94.9fm www.radiowestern.ca
Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th at 8:00pm to 10:00pm on CJAM 99.1fm in Windsor/Detroit, www.cjam.ca
Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th at 9:00pm to 11:00pm and Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Midtown Radio, www.midtownradio.ca,
Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 8:00pm to 10:00pm on Radio42North, www.radio42north.com Here's how things are looking at the cabin!

21/12/2021

Just added to the broadcast schedule;
Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 8:00pm to 10:00pm on Radio42North, www.radio42north.com

20/12/2021

I'm packing up and starting my trek up north to my snow-covered cabin in the woods this week for my annual "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour! Midtown Radio has just added the Two Hour All-Canadian show to its holiday schedule along with Radio Western and CJAM, here's where and when you can tune in from anywhere in the world, including the north pole!
Wednesday, December 22nd and Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm on Radio Western in London, 94.9fm www.radiowestern.ca
Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th at 8:00pm to 10:00pm on CJAM 99.1fm in Windsor/Detroit, www.cjam.ca
Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th at 9:00pm to 11:00pm and Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Midtown Radio, www.midtownradio.ca,
Stay tuned for more dates and times at https://www.facebook.com/firesidechristmasradiohour

17/12/2021

My favourite way to wish a Merry Christmas to friends far and near is with my annual "Fireside" Christmas Radio Hour! This year it's on several stations across Southern Ontario including CJAM in Windsor where it will be aired on Christmas Eve at 8:00pm and Radio Western in London where you can hear the show on December 22nd and Christmas Eve at 7:00pm... tune in and join me at the snow-covered cabin in the woods!

07/12/2021

Getting excited about this year's edition of the Fireside Christmas Radio Hour! 2021 brings you a two-hour show of All-Canadian Christmas, Winter and Holiday songs; classic Christmas Canadiana, new original songs and more! Stay tuned here on FB for a list of stations and broadcast times through the holiday season!