Inside the sound
How the new arrangements were created with John's band and a 60-piece orchestra. Go inside the sessions, the arrangements and the creative process.
THE THREE-HOUR RADIO SPECIAL
An Epic Christmas
with John Tesh
Give your listeners three hours of Christmas music and stories with John Tesh.
Explore the specialFREE & EXCLUSIVE TO OUR MEMBER STATIONS
3Gold records
8 millionRecords sold
7PBS music specials
A MUSICAL CAREER. A CHRISTMAS TRADITION.
With three gold records, eight million records sold and seven PBS music specials, John brings a celebrated musical career to your station's holiday lineup. The three-hour special features his fifth Christmas album, Epic Christmas, released in 2026.
01 / THE MUSIC & THE STORIES
What's in the
three hours
John hosts from his recording studio. The music selections? Christmas classics, plus songs from his five Christmas albums, including his new 2026 Epic Christmas release. Between the songs, John gives listeners the stories behind the music.
Intelligence For Your Holiday
Stories from the whole Tesh family, with wife Connie Sellecca, son Gib Gerard and daughter Prima Tesh.
02 / PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Run the hours
any way you want.
Free and exclusive to our member stations, the special is built in three stand-alone hours. The special opens with a welcome from John to introduce the music and stories.
Your schedule. Your choice.
- Run all three hours back to back.
- Repeat an hour or the whole special as often as you like throughout the holiday season.
A familiar station clock.
The special follows the same clock as the three-hour John Tesh weekend program: three segments in each of the first two hours and four segments in the third hour.
Three local breaks in every hour give your station nine minutes of local inventory per hour, with zero national inventory.
Download station clocks (PDF)Draft clocks for hours 1 & 2 and hour 3. Illustrative, not final timed clocks.
Epic Christmas Radio Special
Download available
Adult contemporary, Classic Hits and Christmas-format stations
03 / SUPPORT BEYOND THE AIRWAVES
Your holiday lineup.
With John's support.
Free promotional support across John's social media and email audience, plus PR outreach and TV appearances.
John is available for interviews on your station to promote the special.
1.5 million
Facebook & Instagram fans
70,000
Email audience
JOHN TESH / EPIC CHRISTMAS
On your air.
For the holidays.
Three hours of music and stories.
Free and exclusive to our member stations.
Epic Christmas Radio Special
Download available
For more information:
Betsyc@teshmedia.comCrissy@Teshmedia.comFor TV/Podcast interviews:
chris@rc-pr.com