Festive Holiday Shows

From Doo-Wop to Punk-Rock from Americana to Reggae we have a special holiday show that'll add a little cheer to your celebrations this winter. 

It's like a holiday party on the Mighty Zephyr with all of you favorite friends & family!

Starting on Wednesday 12/18 @ 3pm Senior Felipe is gonna play all LA Christmas music on LA Sounds including all his favorite artists, James Brown, Aaron Neville, Etta James, The impressions, John Prine, and his favorite doo-op Christmas tunes.

Thursday 12/19 @ 7pm Groovy Grandma will have the kiddos dancing with her holiday Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

Friday 12/20 @ 3pm DJ PhG's annual Caribbean Dance Radio Reggae Christmas special.

Friday 12/20 @ 5pm Philosophers on Culture Troy Jollimore and Robert Jones deconstruct two holiday classics, "The Shop Around the Corner" and "You've Got Mail".

Saturday 12/21 @ 3pm Christmas with the Big Bands is the theme for Swing City offering a very pleasant changeup from the kind of Xmas music you're experiencing at the mall!

Sunday 12/22 @ 1pm String Theory Christmas Spectacular! featuring two hours of the best in holiday guitar music.

Monday 12/23 @ 2:30pm Time to celebrate the return of the sun to the Northern Hemisphere and make merry as we put the shortest, darkest day of the year behind us. Spend you after with Steve's jazzy holiday It's Just Jazz special.

Monday 12/23 @ 7:30pm Eve of Destruction's special "Curemas" post-punk tribute!

Tons of specials on Tuesday 12/24

6am What do Louis Armstrong, Jethro Tull, The Beach Boys, John Prine, Fountains of Wayne, Lou Rawls and Loudon Wainright III all have in common? They all ended up on Uncle Jim’s favorite Christmas playlist. Start your Christmas Eve with the Holidazed edition of O’Dark:30!

9am Jazzy Christmas Facets of Jazz edition with swingers like Hank Crawford, Jimmy McGriff , The Count Basie Orchestra, The Fedora Club, Gregory Porter, Coltrane, Kurt Elling , Ray Charles, Holly Taylor, Lady Day, Louis Armstrong, Samara Joy, Jimmy Smith & more.

3pm Jim will be spinning all the Christmas fun on the Fun House.

5pm Winter Solstice on Ecotopia, a discussion on the history of solstice celebrations with a focus on midwinter astronomy, including research into the facts and mythology of the Star of Bethlehem.

7:30pm Zephyr Soul Stew Tim G & Katie bring you a "Soulful Christmas" special.

10pm DJ JLBS brings you a hip-hop Christmas on BYOB Radio.

More for you on Wednesday 12/25

6am Bohemian Express Christmas/Hannukah Holiday Special with Kozmic Kev & Anna co-hosting

9am Steve'O will play for you the most beautiful Celtic Holiday melodies on Celt Radio.

And on New Years Eve...

Jan & Jim are in the studio together all afternoon playing their (probably yours, too) favorite timeless tunes from 50 years ago, 1974!

Everyone at the Mighty Zephyr wishes you a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year! Stay tuned to KZFR Community Radio to see what we have planned for you in 2025.

Tune in Thurs 12/19 @ 5pm Radio Shorts collaboration between KZFR, the Brain Injury Coalition, and graduates from Chico State’s Communication Sciences & Disorders program.
3:59pm, 12-18-2024
After many years on KZFR Becky & Noah retire their show that shared news & explored music from the Hmong, Thai and Lao and cultures.
11:43am, 12-12-2024
We've been nice all year so we're hoping you'll remember the Mighty Zephyr when you're shopping this holiday season.
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