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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: âO Holy Nightâ May Have Been The First Christmas Song Played On The Radio
Description: 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 youâre into big holiday light displays, they donât 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 weâll keep sending sound out into the world too