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It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

We’ll be playing all your holiday favorites as Champaign-Urbana’s only all-holiday music radio station! We’re playing all your Christmas, Hanukkah, and winter-time favorites!

Listen here in Champaign-Urbana on 97.9, or all over Central Illinois on 94.5 HD-2 on your HD Radio.

We’ll keep the music going all the way from Black Friday through New Year’s Day. Then the Greatest Hits of All Time will return.

So grab a sweater, get your chestnuts ready for roasting, and heat up your cocoa. Because it’s time for The Holiday Channel!

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