Tuesday 12/20 - Home for the Holidays with Helen Leicht 10pm
Meet Sandra Bae .....on the 3rd Annual XPN Philly Local Home for the Holidays show airs at 10pm on 88.5 XPN
recorded at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, PA. Jim Boggia, Charlie & Richie of Soul Survivors, Sharon Little, Ryan Tennis, JD Malone & the Experts, Pete Donnelly of NRBQ, Matt Muir, and Paul Sotille. Thanks to Phil Nicolo for studio and engineering!
Wednesday, December 21: XPN's 12 Days Of Local Christmas: John Flynn's Christmas Balls Free Download
A true Philadelphia collaboration. The song is an original composition recorded and mixed by Harvey, featuring John Flynn, Harvey and Joshua Rudkin. The choir includes john's wife, son, and daughter as well as Kids Corner's Kathy O'Connell, Skip Denenberg, Sue Serio of FOX29, Debby Calton of WMGK, the Phillie Phanatic and more. Download "Christmas Balls" from TheKey.XPN.org. And, be sure to visit John's website and look for his new album The End of the Beginning on January 28, with a CD release party at World Cafe Live on January 28 as well.
Thursday, December 22
Watch the Christmas light-centric new video for Endor Endor’s “Bedford Falls” on The Key.
Friday, December 23 World Cafe Holiday Extravaganza, XPN Free At Noon and Funky Friday
The Dead Milkmen on XPN Free At Noon
Carole King, Scott Weiland, Jack Johnson, and G Love all perform live, plus a variety of World Cafe artists pick their favorite seasonal songs for the music mix, on this special World Cafe holiday extravaganza. 2-4pm
Funky Friday w/ David Dye - 4-7pm
Eric Schuman hosts XPN music mix - 7-11:00pm
Echoes Christmas Show- 11:00pm - Midnight
Don't forget to submit your holiday greeting at The Night Before!
A special one hour Ben Vaughn Holiday Show at 5pm Saturday.
Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day
Blues and Beyond - Midnight-1am
Stars End - 1am-6am
A Sleepy Hollow Christmas Morning with John Diliberto from 6-8am, and
Keith Brand from 8-12Noon
Rebroadcast of World Cafe Holiday show featuring Carole King, Scott Weiland, Jack Johnson, and G Love, plus a variety of World Cafe artists pick their favorite seasonal songs for the music mix.
World Cafe w/ Goat Rodeo Sessions 2-3pm –
Home for the Holidays w/ Helen Leicht (rebroadcast) 3-4pm –
Christmas edition of Conversations from World Cafe 4-5pm –
Sound Opinions 5-6pm
Mountain Stage 6-8pm
Ben Vaughn's Holiday show (rebroadcast) 8-9pm
World Cafe featuring the Black Keys 9-10pm
World Cafe featuring Tony Bennett 10-11pm
Monday, December 26 - Boxing Day (in Canada and the UK!)
Enjoy the Best of World Cafe 2011
The Best of the World Cafe 2011 kicks off with encore presentations of sessions with
The Decemberists and St. Vincent.
Sessions with the Steve Miller Band and Elton John and Leon Russell are revisited as the Best of the World Cafe 2011 continues.
Wednesday, December 28 - It's the Annual XPN Year In Review Countdown & The Best of World Cafe
Top 10 album playback continues at 10am
The Best of the World Cafe 2011 continues with two standout sessions featuring Bon Iver and Dawes.
Thursday, December 29 - It's the Annual XPN Year In Review Countdown & The Best of World Cafe
Top 10 album playback continues at 10am
The Best of the World Cafe 2011 comes to a close with Adele and Nick Lowe.
Friday, December 30 - It's the Annual XPN Year In Review Countdown & The Best of World Cafe
Top 10 albums playback continues at 10am
Free At Noon with Charlie Gracie
On this World Cafe New Year’s special, we'll look back on 2011's best songs and albums with blogger Heather Browne, and WXPN Program Director, Bruce Warren, looks ahead to the bands to watch in 2012.
Saturday 12/31 - A Rockin' New Years Eve
Bruce Warren's 11th annual Rockin' New Years Eve from 7pm-1am
Echoes Chillout show from 1am-3am
Sunday January 1, 2012 - Happy New Year!!
Top 100 Songs playback kicks off at 11am!!
After the countdown is over it's Mountain Stage and Sound Opinions.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
It's the Top 100 Songs of the Year Rebroadcast starting at 6am!!
Tune in at 12noon for another doubleheader XPN Free At Noon Concert.
2pm-4pm - Special World Cafe
Cutting-edge live showcases are the focus of non-commercial radio's annual music conference, the Non-COMMvention, and the World Cafe presents this year's best performances in a special two-hour World Cafe with David Dye.
5pm - 7pm Funky Friday with Host, David Dye
Tune into Funky Friday on 88.5FM, as you head down to the shore.
Saturday July 3 - Best of 2010 | A Tribute To The Geator
10am-2pm The Best of 2010 and 1/2
Bruce Warren hosts a special year in music (so far) of the best albums and songs.
5-7pm – A Tribute To The Geator
Ben Vaughn hosts a two hour special to The Geator celebrating his 50th Anniversary on the air in Philly, The Geator’s 70th birthday. Ben spends two hours with The Geator as he tells the stories and plays the songs that he made famous on Philly radio. Read more on XPN press release.
A Music Mix for America from WXPN and NPR Music
Here's music to listen to as you sit at your computer and
stream a whole bunch of music that sings the praises of our great land.
Sunday July 4 - The Second Annual July 4th Shuffle
11am-6pm – We're loading up the XPN music machine, giving the DJ’s off and setting the station on shuffle. Mountain Stage follows at 6pm, then The Folk Show with Gene Shay from 8 to 11pm.
Monday July 5 – Wish You Were At Bonnaroo Concert Playback
9am-10am – Backstage @ Bonnaroo
Featuring exclusive acoustic performances recorded at Bonnaroo from The Black Keys, Dawes, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Phoenix, John Prine, Mumford & Sons & Dr. Dog
10am-2pm Bonnaroo Sets
Live sets from The National, Michael Franti & Spearhead and Brandi Carlile.
2pm-4pm – World Cafe w/ Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
4pm-6pm – Rebroadcast of the World Cafe Non-Comm Special
Airs originally on Friday July 2.
6pm-8pm – Rebroadcast of The Geator/Ben Vaughn special
8pm-11pm – More Bonnaroo
Bonnaroo sets featuring the Flaming Lips playing Dark Side of The Moon and the Dave Matthews Band in concert.
The 18th Annual The Night Before on XPN 24 Nonstop Hours on the 24th Day of December! From midnight to midnight December 24, 2011
Robert Drake here – excited to once again host The Night Before on XPN!
It was 18 years ago when WXPN came to me, with those puppy-dog eyes, hoping that I'd fill in on December 24. Seems no one was available, and in those days before digital, you needed a body to oversee any programming. So, I agreed - as long as they gave me complete freedom to spin an aural web of sounds of the season - direct from my collection of holiday tunes. What they didn't know was that I had already developed a fascination for Christmas songs. Not the burnt cookies anyone can hear up and down the dial in December. My collection was chock-full of unique nuggets - some not given the light of day for decades.
So, they agreed to give me three hours and I delivered. The three hours went to four - which went to six and then to twelve, to celebrate twelve years of tradition! In 2007 management asked what I planned to do to top my 12-hour marathon the previous year. I said, how 'bout 24 hours?! After checking my pulse and temperature - just to be sure I wasn't babbling under some illness - they agreed. So, for the last four years, I've been on the air for 24-nonstop hours.
And now I am doing it all again!
Share Your Holiday Greeting!
On behalf of all of us at WXPN, I want to thank you for being valuable part of the experiment that is Member-Supported Radio! Without your support, a program like The Night Before on XPN would be impossible to produce year after year. To show our thanks, feel free to submit a brief holiday greeting to your loved ones for possible inclusion on the 18th annual edition of The Night Before on XPN! I'll do my best to read as many greetings as possible during my 24-hours on air, Saturday December 24! And, if you're not already a member of WXPN, consider changing that today - click here for details!
Happy Holidays! – Robert Drake
***Please Note: Greetings are moderated before publishing.
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Listen Live to WXPN 
Meet Sandra Bae .....on the 3rd Annual XPN Philly Local Home for the Holidays show airs at 10pm on 88.5 XPN
recorded at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, PA. Jim Boggia, Charlie & Richie of Soul Survivors, Sharon Little, Ryan Tennis, JD Malone & the Experts, Pete Donnelly of NRBQ, Matt Muir, and Paul Sotille. Thanks to 
The Best of the World Cafe 2011 kicks off with encore presentations of sessions with
The Decemberists and St. Vincent.
