{"id":23194,"date":"2025-11-18T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?page_id=23194"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:38:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:38:31","slug":"christmas-across-the-lands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/christmas-across-the-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Across the Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23217 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/christmas-across-lands-11182025v1.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Across the Lands 12 Hour Radio Show and Christmas Across the Lands 12 Hour Radio Show Classics and Country\" width=\"1024\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/christmas-across-lands-11182025v1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/christmas-across-lands-11182025v1-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/christmas-across-lands-11182025v1-768x638.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #a32025;\">Christmas Across the Lands<\/span><\/strong> is a 12-hour radio show produced and hosted by Randy Sherwyn. This features a mix of Christmas music, interviews, holiday stories, trivia, and global traditions. It was originally created as a tribute to U.S. troops overseas and has been distributed to military and international radio networks (for example via the American Armed Forces Network).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We have a Contemporary version for 97.9 XFM and a Country version for KJ Country 102.3 on the following dates: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Saturday, December 6, 10 a.m. &#8211; 10 p.m.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Saturday, December 13, 10 a.m. &#8211; 10 p.m.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Saturday, December 20, 10 a.m. &#8211; 10 p.m.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Wednesday, December 24 <span style=\"color: #a32025;\">(Christmas Eve)<\/span>, 10 a.m. &#8211; 10 p.m.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Thursday, December 25 <span style=\"color: #a32025;\">(Christmas Day)<\/span>, 7 a.m. &#8211; 7 p.m.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">This Years Sponsors<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gabbygoat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Gabby Goat<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonsavings.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Savings Bank<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danhecht.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Hecht Chevrolet Toyota<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorlaw.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor Law Offices<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsonandsonsfh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnson Funeral Home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barlowlockandsecurity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barlow Lock &amp; Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dustenterprise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dust Enterprises LLC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebeanstalkboutique.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Beanstalk Boutique<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visiteffinghamil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit Effingham<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Across the Lands is a 12-hour radio show produced and hosted by Randy Sherwyn. 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