NEW YORK, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio will celebrate Christmas with exclusive music specials on various channels on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The programming will feature celebrity guest DJs sharing their favorite holiday music, stories, and exclusive performances.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991118/NYTH125 ) SIRIUS' featured Christmas specials are: Christmas on Siriusly Sinatra channel 75 Siriusly Sinatra will air Room For A Stranger, classic radio play starring Frank Sinatra (December 24 at 4 pm and 11 pm ET). Nancy Sinatra's weekly show Nancy For Frank will feature Nancy's favorite Christmas music and her personal stories about Christmas with her father (December 25 at 2 pm and 8 pm ET). A special edition of The Chairman's Hour, Siriusly Sinatra's innovative weekly show 'hosted' by Frank Sinatra using rare archival materials, will feature Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra singing Christmas songs together (December 24 at 2 pm and 10 pm ET, December 25 at 12 pm, 6 pm and 11 pm ET). Also singer Pat Boone will play his favorite holiday recordings by Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and others (December 23 at 12 pm ET, December 24 at 12 pm and 6 pm ET). The Shady Xmas Special The annual airing of the infamous Eminem Xmas special hosted by Eminem featuring Stat Quo, Obie Trice and comedian Jim Florentine. December 24 at 2 pm and 8 pm ET, December 25 at 2 am, 6 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, 6 pm, and 10 pm ET. Shade 45, channel 45 Elvis Radio Christmas Celebration Elvis Radio Christmas at Graceland, a two-hour special featuring Elvis performing holiday music will kick-off the Elvis Radio Christmas programming beginning at 6 pm ET on Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, the channel will air Gospel Time Christmas Morning, a two-hour special of Elvis' most beautiful and inspirational gospel music beginning 7 am ET. At 9 am, George Klein's Christmas at Graceland, a show featuring Elvis' long-time friend sharing his favorite Christmas memories and music. The Big 80s Very VJ Holiday Special The original MTV VJs -- Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Nina Blackwood -- will share holiday stories from their days as VJs, personal holiday moments and play their favorite 80s holiday music. December 24 at 9 am and 4 pm ET, December 25 at 5 am, 12 pm and 8 pm ET Big '80s, channel 8. Cousin Brucie's Rockin' Around Christmas Tree Legendary radio personality Cousin Brucie will play the greatest Christmas hits from the 50s and 60s. December 19 at 5 pm ET, December 23 at 11 am ET. 60s Vibrations, channel 6 Celebrity Guest DJs Spin Holiday Favorites Wyclef Jean on Reggae Rhythms channel 97 (December 25 at 12 pm and 7 pm ET) Rick Springfield on Big 80s channel 8 (December 24 at 9 pm ET and December 25 at 2 am, 9 am and 9 am ET) Olivia Newton-John on Christmas Country channel 62 (December 23 at 5 pm ET and December 24 at 7 am ET) Gospel artist Kirk Franklin on Praise 68 (December 25 at 12 pm ET and 7 pm ET) Rhonda Vincent on Bluegrass channel 65 (December 24 at 9 pm ET, December 25 at 3 pm ET) Lonestar Atop Your Tree Christmas Country will play songs from Lonestar's exclusive acoustic performance at SIRIUS of songs from their new Christmas album. The band will also share their personal Christmas stories and favorite country holiday music. December 25 at 5 pm ET through December 26 at 12 am ET Christmas Country, channel 62 Christmas Eve special with Trin-i-tee 5:7 Leading Gospel Trio Trin-i-tee 5:7 will perform exclusively at SIRIUS' Rockefeller Plaza studios. December 24 at 1 pm ET Praise, channel 68
SIRIUS will also feature exclusive holiday editions of some of their popular shows including Steve Earle's Christmas Show, A Trailer Park Christmas with Fred Imus, Christmas with Hillbilly Jim in Mudlick, KY on Outlaw Country, channel 63, and Gravy in Your Ears! with Wavy Gravy, on Jam ON, channel 17. SIRIUS Kids Stuff, channel 116, will bring listeners breaking news and special reports from the North Pole with their ace reporter Holly Day. This holiday season will also mark the broadcast of the second annual Bare Family Christmas hosted by country singer, Bobby Bare Sr. and his son on Outlaw Country, channel 63.
In addition, subscribers can also hear commercial-free holiday music on SIRIUS Holiday channel 2, Christmas Country channel 62, and Classical Christmas channel 86. Other channels featuring holiday music programming on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will include Sirius Love channel 3, Prime Country channel 61, New Country channel 60 and Coffee House channel 30. For additional details, listeners can log onto http://www.sirius.com/.
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