Viele Radiosender betreiben eigene Weihnachtskanäle, die schon lange vor dem ersten Advent laufen. Hier kannst du direkt reinhören und findest den Kanal, der zu deinem Geschmack passt.
Listen to Christmas radio right here
Start a station using the play button on its logo. It plays directly in your browser; you need neither an app nor an account.
Which Christmas songs are the most popular
International hits are clearly in front. This is shown by a representative survey by AutoScout24 and Innofact among 1,008 car owners. It asked which songs they at least occasionally listen to or sing in the car during Advent.
77 %
“Last Christmas”
76 %
“Driving Home for Christmas”
75 %
“All I Want for Christmas Is You”
50 %
“Silent Night” and “O Tannenbaum”
Share of car owners who at least occasionally listen to or sing the song in the car during Advent. Source: AutoScout24 and Innofact, published on 18.12.2024.
A 2022 YouGov survey of 2,049 adults reached a similar picture: “Last Christmas” and “Let it snow!” were each liked by 60 percent of respondents, “Driving Home for Christmas” by 59 percent. Among those aged 55 and over, “White Christmas” comes out on top.
Which Christmas station suits you?
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Pop and big Christmas hits
- FFH Weihnachtsradio: The Christmas channel of Hit Radio FFH from Hesse.
- Berliner Rundfunk Weihnachtsradio: The Christmas programming of Berliner Rundfunk 91.4.
- RPR1. Weihnachten: The Christmas channel of the Rhineland-Palatinate station RPR1.
- Antenne Niedersachsen X-Mas: The Christmas channel of Antenne Niedersachsen.
If you want it to sound different
- 104.6 RTL Weihnachtsradio: Three channels to choose from: Greatest Hits, Neue Hits and Rock Hits.
- bigFM Xmas: The Christmas channel of bigFM.
- 80s80s Christmas and 90s90s 90er Weihnachten: Christmas channels from the two decade stations.
- 181.fm Christmas RnB: Christmas songs from R&B, for example by Aloe Blacc.
German, reflective and for kids
- Antenne Schlager Weihnachten and Schlager Radio Weihnachten: For everyone who likes Schlager.
- 0N Weihnachten: According to its own description, it focuses on German-language Christmas songs.
- Antenne Bayern Bayerische Weihnacht: The Bavarian Christmas channel of Antenne Bayern.
- Klassik Radio Klassische Weihnachten: The Christmas channel of Klassik Radio.
- TOGGO Radio Weihnachten: The Christmas channel of the children’s radio station TOGGO Radio.
From Austria and from all over the world
- Austria: Antenne Vorarlberg Christkindl Radio, Antenne Christmas Hits, Arabella Christmas and Life Radio Weihnachtshits.
- United Kingdom: Heart Christmas and Christmas Radio.
- Finland: Radio Santa Claus reports in “live from the North Pole”.
- USA: 1.FM Always Christmas and other channels from 181.fm, such as Christmas Blender.
You’ll find even more choice in all stations in the Christmas genre.
From the first Advent: the “Christmas” collection
To kick off the Advent season, we’ve put together our favourites in the Christmas collection. It goes online on the first Sunday of Advent, 29 November 2026, and runs until 26 December. You’ll find it on the website and in the app under Collections. Until it launches, the page is still empty.
Christmas radio in the SoundNode app
Tap the star in the app, and your Christmas station will appear under “Your stations”. From there it goes with you everywhere:
- On the way to the family: With Android Auto, the station appears on the car’s screen. This applies to the version from Google Play.
- Under the tree: On Fire TV and Android TV there is a dedicated view for the TV. The version from Google Play also streams via Chromecast.
- In the morning and in the evening: The radio alarm clock wakes you up with Christmas music, and the sleep timer switches it off again in the evening.
Good to know
- Saisonkanäle: Viele Weihnachtskanäle sind auf die Adventszeit ausgerichtet und spielen außerhalb der Saison auch ein anderes Programm.
- Data volume: At 128 kbit/s, about 58 MB are used per hour, at 192 kbit/s about 86 MB. Eight hours on Christmas Eve at 128 kbit/s therefore come to about 460 MB.
- Not an offer from the stations: SoundNode is an independent radio directory. The programming and streams come from the respective stations.
Sources
- AutoScout24: Survey: German Christmas songs in the car only second choice, 18.12.2024
- YouGov: The most popular Christmas songs among Germans, 21.12.2022
