{"id":272,"date":"2025-02-22T12:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T18:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:42:32","slug":"100-greatest-christmas-songs-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/100-greatest-christmas-songs-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Greatest Christmas Songs of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/100greatest-schedule-2024v1.jpg\" alt=\"The 100 greatest Christmas hits of all time with Wink Martindale\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time with Wink Martindale is a 10-hour radio countdown of the 100 best-loved Christmas songs, with insightful stories behind the songs and interviews with the stars, plus bonus tracks and extra features. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We&#8217;ll air the program on both 979 XFM &amp; KJ Country 102.3 on the following dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Saturday, December 7\u00a0 \u00a0Noon-10 PM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Saturday, December 14\u00a0 \u00a09 AM &#8211; 7 PM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Saturday, December 21\u00a0 \u00a09 AM &#8211; 7 PM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Christmas Eve:<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Noon &#8211; 10 PM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Christmas Day<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a08 AM &#8211; 6 PM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/100greatest_by.png\" alt=\"The 100 Greatest Christmas Songs of All Time Brought to You By\" width=\"900\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\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:\/\/thebeanstalkboutique.commentsold.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:\/\/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:\/\/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:\/\/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:\/\/www.taylorlaw.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor Law Offices<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time with Wink Martindale is a 10-hour radio countdown of the 100 best-loved Christmas songs, with insightful stories behind the songs and interviews [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-272","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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