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<\/p>\nThis festive season, WLR is rolling out a rich radio schedule of live shows, concerts, documentaries, dramas and special programmes \u2013 all with a little Christmas magic stirred in.<\/p>\n
Things kick off bright and early on Christmas Eve, when Santa Claus joins Oliver Carroll from 8\u201310am.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s one of those radio traditions that never gets old: Santa chatting with the boys and girls of Waterford.<\/p>\n
There is last-minute excitement in the air, and that unmistakable Christmas Eve feeling.<\/p>\n
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Later that evening, the music takes centre stage.<\/p>\n
The Little Star Is Christmas, recorded in Sacred Heart Church, airs at 6pm.<\/p>\n
This is followed by the Dungarvan Community Christmas Concert from the Friary Church at 10pm.<\/p>\n
Christmas in Tramore from Holy Cross Church broadcasts at 11pm.<\/p>\n
Each concert captures Christmas as it should sound \u2013 local voices, shared moments and a real sense of togetherness.<\/p>\n
Christmas Day Schedule<\/p>\n
On Christmas Day, WLR is live from 7am, with Ollie and Dymphna waking up Waterford and setting the festive tone through to 10am.<\/p>\n
David Farrell brings WLR listeners news on the hour on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n
Damien Tiernan then takes over from 10am\u201312pm, easing listeners gently towards lunchtime.<\/p>\n
At 12pm, the Christmas Concert from Tramore returns, followed by Gemma Delaney from 1\u20133pm.<\/p>\n
The afternoon brings the much-loved Voices from Our Parish concert from St Paul\u2019s Church at 3pm.<\/p>\n
From 4\u20136pm, John Keane provides the perfect soundtrack as the wrapping paper piles up.<\/p>\n
The evening sees a return to Dungarvan for another Community Christmas Concert at 6pm.<\/p>\n
Then, Michael Byrne plays festive favourites from 7\u201310pm.<\/p>\n
Christmas Day closes on a high with The Little Stars Concert at 10pm \u2013 a final sparkle before the lights go down.<\/p>\n
Christmas Schedule<\/p>\n
St Stephen\u2019s Day keeps the good mood going with John O\u2019Shea\u2019s St Stephen\u2019s Day Special from 9am\u201312 noon, serving up three hours of solid gold hits.<\/p>\n
Beyond the festivities, WLR also looks back on the year that was.<\/p>\n
From December 29th to 31st, 10am\u201312 noon, the station will broadcast its News and Current Affairs Review.<\/p>\n
The team will be revisiting the stories and issues that shaped Waterford in 2024.<\/p>\n
Sport gets its own moment in the spotlight with the WLR Sports Review of 2025, airing on Monday, December 22nd from 6\u20137pm.<\/p>\n
Presented by S\u00e9amus Barry, the programme looks back on a memorable year in Waterford sport, capturing the highs, the heartbreaks and the moments that had the county talking.<\/p>\n
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\nDocumentaries<\/p>\n
The Christmas schedule also features a strong slate of original documentaries.<\/p>\n
Highlights include Bringing Home the Bacon \u2013 The Story of Denny\u2019s in Waterford (Tuesday, December 23rd, 6\u20137pm).<\/p>\n
Also, A Labour of Love, exploring the legacy of Airmount Maternity Hospital (Sunday, December 28th, 12\u20131pm)<\/p>\n
And finally, The Missing Postman, revisiting the nearly 100-year-old mystery of Larry Griffin\u2019s disappearance in Stradbally (Monday, December 29th, 6pm).<\/p>\n
Waterford Crystal takes centre stage in The Glass, a six-part documentary series airing at 10pm on December 28th, 29th and 30th.<\/p>\n
Local history and culture continue with The Daly Sisters (December 30th, 6\u20137pm) and Flour Power \u2013 The Story of the Blaa on New Year\u2019s Eve from 6\u20137pm.<\/p>\n
John O\u2019Shea rings in 2026 with a New Years Eve LIVE special on WLR from 7-til late.<\/p>\n
Music lovers can also look forward to The Musical Priest, the story of Portlaw native Richard Henebry.<\/p>\n
The story of the priest, scholar and pioneer of Irish music preservation \u2013 airing on January 2nd.<\/p>\n
From 6pm on New Year\u2019s Day, listeners can hear the final moments of the 20th anniversary celebrations of Flaggy Lane\u2019s win at the Waterford Festival of Light Opera.<\/p>\n
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\nRinging in the New Year<\/p>\n
The New Year begins on a high, with New Year\u2019s Day on WLR delivering wall-to-wall solid gold hits from the 70s and 80s, from 7am with Geoff Harris right through to midnight.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead to January, on January 4th (12\u20131pm) Mario Rosenstock joins John Keane in conversation,.<\/p>\n
This is followed at 6pm by the premiere of Mea Culpa \u2013 an original dark comedy radio play written by Gayle Corrigan and Nicola Spendlove, and directed by Jim Nolan.<\/p>\n
From Santa at breakfast to documentaries late into the night, from children\u2019s choirs to solid gold classics, this is the sound of Waterford at Christmas \u2013 on WLR.<\/p>\n
For the latest Waterford\u00a0News<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Sport<\/a>,\u00a0<\/a>tune into WLR News on the hour and download the WLR App for news on demand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This festive season, WLR is rolling out a rich radio schedule of live shows, concerts, documentaries, dramas and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[121878,156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-197527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-christmas-on-wlr","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}