Our 2025 Christmas Schedule
We have a bumper stocking full of special festive shows on Forest Radio this December. Take a look below at what's on and when.
Unless mentioned below, our schedule will be as normal. Check that out here.
Here's a run down of each day where our schedule changes. For all other days over Christmas,
click here
to see what's on.
Christmas Eve
6am
The Forest Radio Christmas
Wall of Sound
2pm The Christmas Eve Request Show
with Chris, Helen & Mabel Taylor
6pm Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
performed by the Wanstead Players
8pm The Forest Radio Christmas Wall of Sound
11pm Carols from Cambridge
as we join the congregation of St. Paul’s Church Cambridge
12am Relax It’s Mr. Sandman
Christmas Day
6am The Forest Radio Christmas Wall of Sound
7am Ali Burnett
Christmas Morning
10am The Forest Radio Christmas Wall of Sound
2pm Carols from Cambridge
with the congregation of St. Paul’s Church Cambridge
3pm HM The King
with his Christmas Message
3.05 The Forest Radio Christmas Wall of Sound
12am Relax It’s Mr. Sandman
Boxing Day
6am The Forest Radio Christmas Wall of Sound
12am Relax It’s Mr. Sandman
Sunday 28th December
6am Easy Like Sunday Morning
8am Toby's Extra Big Breakfast
1pm
Phil Hughes
3pm Emperor Rosko's LA Connection
5pm Helen Munro
7pm Big Performers with Siobhan Turnbull
9-10.30 Gary Dixon
with the Soft Rock Café
10.30 Producer Lucy
12am Relax It’s Mr. Sandman
New Year's Eve
6am Gary Dixon
10am Matt Shepherd
2pm Chad Gomez
6pm Paul Mumford’s Nearly 2026 show
10pm David Bartley
– Lite and Easy in to 2026
1am Relax It’s Mr. Sandman
New Year's Day
6am Helen Monro's Early Risers
9am Deborah Smart's Late Breakfast
12pm Matt Shepherd
3pm Tim Benson
6pm Chad Gomez
9pm Chris Taylor's Northern Soul Night In
12am Relax It’s
Mr. Sandman
Thursday 2nd January 2025
6am Gary Dixon
9am Toby Cottrell
12pm David Bartley
3pm Paul Meader
6pm Chris Richards
8pm Nick Jeffery
10pm Tim Benson
12am Relax It’s Mr. Sandman
Here on Forest Radio, we love to celebrate Christmas. So here is this years Classic Hits Forest Radio's Christmas Advent Calendar!
Our Feel Good Team is made up of staff from Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) and Classic Hits Forest Radio who have worked collaboratively to bring this project together. EPUT West Essex Integrated Community Physical and Mental Health teams joined together to develop a range of helpful soundbites to advise and support health promotion strategies for listeners. The Feel Good team invite you to tune in to Classic Hits Forest Radio for regular Feel Good information on how to make small changes that could have a big impact on your mind, body and spirit. We hope you enjoy listening. For more information on our Feel Good soundbites please click on the links below.
On our community bulletin board you can find details of events, exhibitions and things to do in the Epping area. If you'd like to tell us about your event, look out for contact details at the foot of this page.
Here on Forest Radio, we love to celebrate peoples birthdays. So here are 5 birthdays in September from musicians that have had a major influence in the music industry. You may even share a birthday with one of these legends.
Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Radio all squeezed into 500 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count). So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Duran Duran. But don't get too comfy, it is only 500 words (ish).
Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Radio all squeezed into 250 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count). So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Jerry Lee Lewis. But don't get too comfy, it is only 250 words (ish).
Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Radio all squeezed into 400 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count). So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Chas & Dave. But don't get too comfy, it is only 250 words (ish).
Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a musical genre we play on Classic Hits Forest Radio all squeezed into 600 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count). So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about classical music. But don't get too comfy, it is only 600 words (ish).
Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Radio all squeezed into 400 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count). So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Phil Collins. But don't get too comfy, it is only 400 words (ish).
Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Radio all squeezed into 400 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count). So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Meat Loaf. But don't get too comfy, it is only 400 words (ish).
