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EPISODE · Dec 12, 2025 · 3 MIN

“O Holy Night” May Have Been The First Christmas Song Played On The Radio

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

It was this month in 1906 that radio pioneer Reginald Fessenden says he put a Christmas Eve transmission out on wireless that included a rendition of "O Holy Night," which would make it the first Christmas song ever played on the radio. Plus: if you’re into big holiday light displays, they don’t get much bigger or brighter than the ones in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn. Reginald Fessenden (National Park Service) Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Back our show on Patreon and we’ll keep sending sound out into the world too

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