Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Lineup

SUNDAY, DECEMBER  24 – CHRISTMAS EVE

6-7 am RadioLab 

7-8 am On Being

8-10 am Weekend Edition Sunday: Lulu Garcia Navarros and Alisa Zee host Weekend Edition Sunday.  Get the latest news and some Sunday fun to start your day.   

10-11 am This American Life 

11 am – 1 pm Ann Delisi’s Essential Music: Ann plays holiday music with a spoken word classic by Bob Dylan.

1-3 pm Acoustic Cafe with Rob Reinhart: This week on Acoustic Cafe, Rob’s final in-studio guests this year –Albion, Michigan’s own The War & Treaty.

3-4 pm The Moth at 3  

4-5 pm Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me

5-6 pm Weekend All Things Considered with Michel Martin

6-7 pm The Moth Christmas Special: A special Holiday Hour from The Moth. The unexpected gifts of December: holiday customs, brand new traditions, flying cows, fruit, luminaries and a magical forest. Hosted by The Moth’s Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. 

7-8 pm Laura Weber Davis Presents Christmas Eve Storytime: WDET’s Laura Weber Davis speaks with “The Polar Express” author and Michigan native Chris Van Allsburg, and provides a special reading of the Christmas classic.

8-9 pm Broadway and Hollywood Christmas: Stage and screen songs for Christmastime

9-10 pm A ’40s Radio Christmas: A reminiscence of Christmas on the radio in the 1940s

10 pm – Midnight Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program

MONDAY, DECEMBER  25 – CHRISTMAS DAY

Midnight – 2 am WDET Staff Holiday Music Picks

2-3 am Sound Opinions

3-4 am  The Moth Christmas Special: A special Holiday Hour from The Moth. The unexpected gifts of December: holiday customs, brand new traditions, flying cows, fruit, luminaries and a magical forest. Hosted by The Moth’s Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness.  

4-5 am  Laura Weber Davis Presents Christmas Eve Storytime: WDET’s Laura Weber Davis speaks with “The Polar Express” author and Michigan native Chris Van Allsburg, and provides a special reading of the Christmas classic.

5-9 am MORNING EDITION  with WDET’s Bre’Anna Tinsley 

9-11 am Ann Delisi’s Christmas Special 

11 am – 1 pm Rob Reinhart’s Christmas Special 

1-3 pm Jon Moshier’s Holiday Spectacular 

3-4 pm Sound Opinions Holiday Spectacular 

4-7 pm All Things Considered with Sascha Raiyn 

7-9 pm Jon Moshier’s Holiday Spectacular 

9-11 pm Ann Delisi’s Christmas Special 

11 pm – 1 am Rob Reinhart’s Christmas Special 

1-2 am Broadway and Hollywood Christmas: Stage and screen songs for Christmastime

2-3 am A ’40s Radio Christmas: A reminiscence of Christmas on the radio in the 1940s