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iHeartRadio Puts the 'Home' in Christmas Music

Listen to Radio Stations in Your Hometown or Favorite City

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iheartradio Mobile Radio Application for iPhone

iheartradio Mobile Radio Application for iPhone

Photo: Clear Channel Radio
iHeartRadio offers a variety of pre-programmed Christmas and holiday radio streams online.

The service's featured stations are "Xmas Lites", "Country Christmas" and "Holiday Jams" and "Holiday Mix."

But, other stations in the Clear Channel Radio family which are playing seasonal music are also listed in the app's holiday section and if you're looking to accentuate your Christmas music with a taste of your hometown or favorite city, it might be possible.

For instance, you can listen online to KOST 103.5 "Southern California's Holiday Music Station" based out of Los Angeles. Or, if you'd like a Chicago connection during your holiday travels, tune into 93.9 Lite FM known as "The Holiday Lite: Chicago". Detroit is represented by Fresh 100.3 "Detroit's Christmas Station" and St. Louis offers Oldies 103.3 "St. Louis' Christmas Station."

With Clear Channel's large reach in radio resources, the iHeartApp is able to offer Christmas music seasoned with almost any major city's attitude. Listen to Christmas and holiday music from Columbus, Albany, Colorado Springs, Sarasota, New York, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, Greenville, San Antonio, and more.

If you're away from home for the holidays or just have a warm spot inside for a particular location from another time, listening to Christmas music from a radio station in that locale can be poignant, reflective, or just more joyful.

Possible the best gift any of us have gotten in the past few years is the incredible technology that integrates analog radio with the internet and smart phones. Our radio choices for listening have never been greater. Plus, with Facebook integrated into the app, it's easy to share holiday thoughts with new or old friends.

To listen online with your browser, go to www.iHeartRadio.com. For a list of apps available for devices, go to www.iheart.com/apps/".

(Full Disclosure: Corey Deitz is an employee of Clear Channel Radio.)

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