APPROXIMATE TIMES Original Christmas: Sun Dec 23, 12:05 AM, PST AT 40 Christmas: Sun Dec 23, 10:19 AM, PST Original Christmas: Sun Dec 23, 12:49 PM, PST AT 40 Christmas: Sun Dec 23, 11:04 PM, PST Original Christmas: Mon Dec 24, 1:34 AM, PST AT 40 Christmas: Mon Dec 24, 11:48 AM, PST Original Christmas: Mon Dec 24, 2:18 PM, PST AT 40 Christmas: Tue Dec 25, 12:33 AM, PST Original Christmas: Tue Dec 25, 3:03 AM, PST AT 40 Christmas: Tue Dec 25, 1:17 PM, PST Original Christmas: Tue Dec 25, 3:47 PM, PST AT 40 Christmas: Wed Dec 26, 2:02 AM, PST For 2007, REELRADIO invites everyone to enjoy our streaming Christmas Special. It streams non-stop on December 23, 24, 25 and for a few hours of December 26, U.S. Pacific Time. In the Spirit of the Season, this stream requires no subscription. You can access the stream with Real Player, at the bottom of this page. Merry Christmas!

By Jim Hampton, producer, An Original Christmas The idea of creating an entire day of produced Christmas programming originated when I was Production Manager of WLS in Chicago. We wanted to give the jocks a day off, so I produced a 12-hour special that ran from 3pm Christmas Eve to 3pm Christmas day. China Smith When I left WLS to begin my career in radio syndication with Ken Draper at Draper-Blore, I decided to create a syndicated version for radio stations across the US. It was called "The Christmas Album." It contained lots of great Holiday music, stories, old time radio shows, celebrity interviews and the voices of children. It was first hosted by my partner, Dave Prince, later re-done by Don Bleu. And, the latest version I did, from 1998 I believe, is called An Original Christmas, hosted by the late China Smith. In fact, this may have been the last syndication work he did. Also, in this version, you will hear some vignettes by Robin and Betty. Betty is the legendary Betty Thomas, who later would be a star in Hill Street Blues for TV and an award winning film director. She is also a brilliant comedienne and a wonderful person, and tall - perhaps, the tallest woman I have ever known. Successful L.A. Voice-Over guy Brian Cummings is also heard, in addition to Joni Caryl (KRTH), Tom Murphy (WCFL), and Tony Cruz, a staff writer at the time. I haven't heard from Tony in years. Jim Hampton The musical theme is a creation of my buddy, Bo Donovan, formerly of Silvertree. He used to work with Ken Draper, Chris Lane and me in the 70's. I think it is time to re-do this show. I love the Christmas music, but most of all I love the special features. I miss that in radio today. I also produced the counterpart to this, a country version, with the late Chris Lane called "Christmas in the Country." I would love to find a copy of that someday. In any case, I hope this program brings back all the special memories of Christmases past, when it was still "An Original Christmas." Merry Christmas everyone! [This program was designed to run with 8 commercial minutes in each hour. The approximate running time of the REELRADIO presentation of An Original Christmas, without commercials, is ten hours, 14 minutes.] For your holiday enjoyment, also featured between encores of "An Original Christmas"... Santa Casey REELRADIO thanks Pete Battistini for his recording of Casey Kasem and the Top 40 Biggest Christmas Hits Of All Time. This program was originally broadcast in 1971. Total running time is approximately two hours, 24 minutes. For 2007, we have re-processed this recording for extended response in Magical Make-Believe Stereo! The program was originally produced in monaural only. TOP STREAM 64Kbps WEB-TV compatible stereo Click on the Hat to Hear our Seasonal Special!

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