How to listen to non-stop Christmas music on Downtown Radio 🎅📻🎶

If you wish it could be Christmas every day, then you're in luck... as Downtown Radio, in partnership with Ballymena BID, transforms into the 'Home of Christmas Music' for Northern Ireland this December!

All mainstream shows are now playing 100% Christmas playlist, to help shine a light on rising child poverty levels across Northern Ireland.

Our Cash for Kids team are in full Mission Christmas mode, helping pack and distribute gifts to under-privileged kids and families. Listeners can support and donate HERE.

We've got everything from the traditional classic to more modern upbeat hits. 'Yule' be immersed in the best festive music for this very special season!

Here's how to listen to non-stop Christmas music on Downtown Radio 🎅📻🎶

1) Download our FREE Rayo App

2) Ask your smart speaker to “play Downtown Radio”

3) On your radio

Belfast, Newtownabbey, Holywood, Carrickfergus - 103.4FM

North West - 102.4FM

The West - 96.6FM

Causeway Coast - 96.4FM

South Down - 103.1FM

Mid Antrim - 102.3FM

Newcastle - 103.4FM

Larne - 97.1FM

DAB digital radio

4) Online – downtown.co.uk

Check out some of our presenters favourite Christmas hits 👇

Kirstie McMurray - Weeknights from 7pm

Ed Sheeran and Elton John - Merry Christmas
"It's got everything - jingle bells and two legends, they couldn't go wrong. It's feel-good, uplifting and catchy"

Neal McClelland - Weekdays from 4pm

The Darkness - Christmas Time
"It's a toss up between The Darkness and The Pogues, who doesn't love a headbanger like Christmas Time!"

Gary Myles Weekdays from 6am

Shankin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
Rend Collective - Christmas in Killarney
"I have always loved it Shakin Stevens, it's a great Christmas party song and always fills the dance floor.
On a more local level there is a band from Bangor called Rend Collective - a Christian folk rock band who did a fantastic version of "Christmas in Killarney" which we started playing 2 years ago on Downtown Breakfast which got a great response and lots of requests."

Caroline Fleck Weekdays from 10am

Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
"This is when Christmas really kicks in for me. Our family are spread out all over, from America to England So driving home has such a special meaning for us having to go the extra miles to be together!"

Coley Weekends from 6am

The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
"It's a classic, no matter how many times you hear it, it's always great!"

How to listen to Cool FM:

Tune into Northern Ireland’s number 1 for music, Cool FM on 97.4FM, online, on our Rayo app, your DAB radio, or say ‘Play Cool FM’ on your Smart Speaker. We play you the biggest hits from the world’s hottest artists, from Pete Snodden in the morning to the NI Hit 40.