“Hark!” Christmas carols radio special available for syndication

America StaffNovember 27, 2024

For Radio Stations

“Hark!” Christmas Carols Radio Special is available for download via FTP. To access the four-hour radio special for your station’s use, please contact Maggi Van Dorn at mvandorn@americamedia.org

About the Christmas Carols Radio Special

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The cookies, the mistletoe, the lights...oh, and the music! But where do our beloved yuletide carols come from? What inspired the people who composed them? How did they become popular and even mainstream?

About “Hark!”

America Media presents “Hark!” a podcast on the meaning and the making of our most beloved Christmas carols and their time-honored traditions. In four seasons, the podcast has seen rapid growth, rising to the top of the charts and landing #4 in Music Commentary and #11 in Music Podcasts in the U.S. on Apple Podcasts.

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