WCSF Spirit of Christmas

03/31/2024

Happy Easter! 🐣

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01/07/2024

That’s a wrap on our extended 30th anniversary season, our longest season ever at 1,080 hours! Thanks for joining us! We'll be back at 12 noon CST on Thanksgiving day as we are every year. May you keep the Spirit of Christmas throughout 2024. Happy New Year! 🎄

01/05/2024

As we enter the final 48 hours of the 30th anniversary season of the Spirit of Christmas, we'd like to thank everyone for their great feedback and enthusiasm regarding the program and the extra 120 hours! Welcome to all the new fans who recently found us and please share with anyone you know who may still want a bit of Christmas spirit this weekend! Enjoy!

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01/02/2024

We’re usually wrapping up the Spirit of Christmas program at noon on January 2nd, but not this year! In celebration of our 30th anniversary season, enjoy an extra 120 hours of the greatest Christmas songs of all time through 12 noon CST on January 7th!

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12/31/2023

Tonight @ 9pm CST, we'll count down the top 30 Christmas songs of 2023 based on your votes one last time this season followed by remixes of your favorite Christmas songs to get you in the New Year's Eve party mood until 1am CST, including our countdown to midnight!

Happy New Year!

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12/31/2023

Just announced! In celebration of our 30th anniversary season, we're extending the Spirit of Christmas program by 120 hours! We'll continue to bring you the greatest Christmas songs of all time through 12 noon CST Sunday, January 7th! 🥳

Happy New Year!

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12/31/2023

Happy New Year's Eve Day! Join us at 12 noon CST today as we count down the top 30 Christmas songs of 2023 based on your votes! And, at the end of the countdown, we'll have some exciting news to share!

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12/30/2023

So, how much extra Christmas do you want? 24 hours? 48? More?!?

12/29/2023

Join us tonight at 7pm CST as we pay tribute to those Christmas recording artists we lost in 2023 with a selection of their Christmas recordings.

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12/28/2023

Tonight @ 7pm CST, we will rebroadcast the 30th anniversary interview with Bob Zak, the creator of the Spirit of Christmas!

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12/27/2023

Tonight @ 7pm CST, it's a full hour of local artists, including Joliet's own Bob Doszak, Lockport's Olivia Minogue (recently on NBC's "The Voice"), Matthew West from Downer's Grove, Joliet West alum John Barrowman and Joliet's Ken Plese & Mike Zolecki!

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12/26/2023

Don't forget: We will continue to bring you the greatest Christmas songs of all time, 24 hours a day, right through 12 noon CST on January 2nd, 2024! Or should we do more? 🤔

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12/25/2023

Merry Christmas! 🎄 Tonight @ 5pm CST we will rebroadcast the exciting conclusion of "The Cinnamon Bear" and @ 6pm CST we begin 24 straight hours of "Christmas Across the Lands" with Randy Sherwyn!

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12/25/2023

Look who stopped by the studio on his way through town! 🎅

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! 🎄

12/25/2023

Santa sighting in Chicago!

12/24/2023

Here are the Top 30 Christmas Songs of 2023 based on your votes:

30 - Marshmallow World - Johnny Mathis
29 – Little St. Nick – Beach Boys
28 – Dominick the Donkey (the Italian Christmas Donkey) – Lou Monte
27 – Thanks God It’s Christmas – Queen
26 – Suzy Snowflake – Rosemary Clooney
25 – Light of the World – Lauren Daigle
24 – Christmas in America – Pat Benatar
23 – Zat You, Santa Claus – Louis Armstrong
22 – Merry Christmas Polka – Bob Doszak
21 – The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
20 – 12 Days of Christmas – Bob & Doug McKenzie
19 – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love
18 – Let It Be Christmas – Alan Jackson
17 – Hard Candy Christmas – Dolly Parton
16 – Little Drummer Boy – Harry Simeon Chorale
15 – Nightmare Before Christmas – Ray Stevens
14 – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Carpenters
13 –Angels Among Us – Alabama
12 – Ave Maria – Ken Plese & Mike Zolecki
11 – Don’t Be a Jerk, It’s Christmas – SpongeBob, SquarePants
10 – When We’re Together/That Time of Year – Olaf’s Frozen Adventure
9 – White Christmas – Bing Crosby
8 – O Holy Night – Ken Plese & Mike Zolecki
7 – It Must Have Been the Mistletoe – Barbara Mandrel
6 – Frosty the Snowman – Jan & Dean
5 – Christmas Cannon – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
4 – Jingle Bell Hustle – Wayne Newton
3 – We Need a Little Christmas – Angela Lansbury
2 – All I Want for Christmas is You – Vince Vance and the Valiants
1 – Hardrock, Coco & Joe – Les Tucker Singers

🎄🎄Thanks to everyone who voted! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄

12/24/2023

🎄🎄Merry Christmas Eve!🎄🎄

Coming up at 12 noon CST, we count down the Top 25 Christmas Songs of 2023 based on your votes! Don't forget to vote! Call 815-740-3697, post your vote here or on our website. All voting ends at 11am CST.

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12/24/2023

Follow Santa's journey around the world on WCSF Spirit of Christmas as we bring you hourly updates from the NORAD Santa Tracker team from the time he takes off from the North Pole until he returns home! 🎅

12/23/2023

Tonight, get in the Christmas spirit with 2 hours of the World's Greatest Choirs at 7pm CST! 🎶

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12/23/2023

Remembering the day before Christmas Eve 2022...

12/23/2023

What's your favorite Christmas song of 2023? Vote and we'll count down the top 25 songs Christmas Eve day at 12 noon CST. You can vote right here but only one vote per account. You can also vote at our website or by calling 815-740-3217. Voting closes at 11am CST Sunday! 🎅 🎶

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12/22/2023

Tonight at 7pm CST, we are proud to present "A Yule SF Christmas"! A great concert featuring over 20 performers singing your Christmas favorites as originally presented live last weekend on the campus of the University of St. Francis!

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12/21/2023

It’s a duet kinda night! First at 7pm CST tonight, it's a full hour of nothing but Bing Crosby singing duets with various artists, followed by a full hour of Christmas Duets from other artists at 8pm! Then, at 9pm, we wrap up "A Century of Christmas Music" with top songs from the 2020s!

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12/21/2023

Congratulations to Lockport's Olivia Minogue on her success on NBC's The Voice! We're proud to add her newly recorded Christmas songs to our program!

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Olivia Minogue, 20, of Lockport, was a contestant on season 24 of NBC’s vocal competition show “The Voice.” She is currently collaborating with Alby Odum, music producer and instructor of digital and recording arts at the University of St. Francis in Joliet.

12/20/2023

Tonight at 7pm CST, it's the Rat Pack! That's right, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr., are back together on your radio followed at 8pm CST by a full hour of Nat "King" Cole and his daughter Natalie Cole! Then, at 9pm CST, "A Century of Christmas Music" hits the 2010s!

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12/19/2023

Great night to gather the family around the tree and listen to the radio! Tonight at 7pm CST, it's a full hour of sing-alongs with Mitch Miller & the Gang and Ray Conniff & the Conniff Singers! Then, at 8pm CST, it's a full hour of two of the greatest American composers of the 20th century, Leroy Anderson & Percy Faith, and at 9pm CST, "A Century of Christmas Music" hits the new millennium, the 2000s!

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12/19/2023

Final two days to support the Spirit of Christmas and get your limited edition 30th anniversary ornament!

Available through Wednesday 12/20 at the University of St. Francis bookstore, 500 Wilcox St., Joliet. Enter through door between main campus and new science building (530 Wilcox), between Douglass and Taylor. If exterior door is locked, call campus security at 815-740-3200 to buzz you in. Bookstore is just inside the entrance.

Minimum donation $15, cash only, no change, no tax.

100% goes directly to supporting WCSF radio and the Spirit of Christmas.

Bookstore hours:
Tuesday & Wednesday - 9am-5pm

Limited quantities!

12/19/2023

We’re on Santawatch 2023! Starting today, enjoy daily updates from the North Pole during the 11am, 2pm and 5pm CST hours as Santa prepares for his journey around the world! 🎅

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