Mark your calendars, set the clocks: Jon Solomon’s 22nd Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show is almost here! The marathon begins on Wednesday, December 24 at 6:00 PM ET and ends Thursday, December 25 at 6:00 PM ET.

It’s not Christmas without Jon’s annual holiday marathon. Seriously! From the absurd and bizarre to the beautiful and almost-kinda-holy, Jon’s show traverses the terrain of holiday music. No two marathons are alike, and perhaps that’s why listeners both near and far flock to the radio and/or webstream. So says Inside Jersey:

Forget the Bing Crosby-Nat King Cole-Mariah Carey loop that seems to air on every station in every mall – Solomon mixes covers of traditional hits with songs by bands from the region, recordings lost to attics and basements, and esoteric picks like “Mr. Russian, Please Don’t Shoot Down Santa’s Sleigh,” a Cold War-era number.

Which is not to be confused with “Can Santa Miss Those Missiles,” Solomon says.

Jon wants you to know that if you would like to make some requests, by all means get in touch.

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Listen to 103.3 fm WPRB on Wednesday, November 4th at 8:00 pm ET as Jon Solomon welcomes comedian Andy Kindler to his show.

Kindler, who is a regular correspondent on the Late Show with David Letterman, has recently released a DVD of a 2003 performance called “I Wish I Was Bitter (sic).”

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Here’s video of Kindler on Letterman from 2008, trying to find a life coach:

Come With Us On A Journey Through Time And Space!

WPRB has posting the first series of Rock Blastaar on the station blog to get listeners up to speed before the start of this year’s Membership Drive. These seven episodes were originally produced during the first-annual WPRB Membership Drive in October 2007, with the final episode being recorded and broadcast live!

In the first series, we heard our heroes, Rock Blastaar and the Radio Rangers battle a deluge of robots, anarchists, and diabolical scientists in their quest to retrieve WPRB’s stolen music library from the cretinous supervillain, Dr. Cosmo!

This year the series returns with an all new story and slew of enemies for Rock to clash with, not as a Radio Ranger, but as a Private Investigator managing his own firm here on Earth! He’s not in it alone, however, as he’ll be getting lots of help from the familiar faces of pevious cast members Daphne Willmington, Ranger Ray, the evil Dr. Cosmo, and more! Tune in for action, adventure, intrigue and mystery this October for the second season of the Adventures of Rock Blastaar!

Get caught up on what you missed the first time around…

Episode Seven:

Come With Us On A Journey Through Time And Space!

WPRB will be posting the first series of Rock Blastaar on the station blog to get listeners up to speed before the start of this year’s Membership Drive. These seven episodes were originally produced during the first-annual WPRB Membership Drive in October 2007, with the final episode being recorded and broadcast live!

In the first series, we heard our heroes, Rock Blastaar and the Radio Rangers battle a deluge of robots, anarchists, and diabolical scientists in their quest to retrieve WPRB’s stolen music library from the cretinous supervillain, Dr. Cosmo!

This year the series returns with an all new story and slew of enemies for Rock to clash with, not as a Radio Ranger, but as a Private Investigator managing his own firm here on Earth! He’s not in it alone, however, as he’ll be getting lots of help from the familiar faces of pevious cast members Daphne Willmington, Ranger Ray, the evil Dr. Cosmo, and more! Tune in for action, adventure, intrigue and mystery this October for the second season of the Adventures of Rock Blastaar!

Get caught up on what you missed the first time around…

Episode Five:

Episode Six:

At WPRB, we’ve never hidden our love for The Feelies – a band considered by some DJs in our ranks to be New Jersey’s finest export. Right up there on the top shelf with The Feelies are the band’s many side projects, groups like Yung Wu, The Trypes and tonight’s guests Wild Carnation.

Listen to 103.3 fm WPRB on Wednesday, September 23rd at 8:00 pm ET as Wild Carnation performs live on Jon Solomon’s show.

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Here’s a live video of the song “Saab Story” from their most recent record “Superbus”:

Come With Us On A Journey Through Time And Space!

WPRB will be posting the first series of Rock Blastaar on the station blog to get listeners up to speed before the start of this year’s Membership Drive. These seven episodes were originally produced during the first-annual WPRB Membership Drive in October 2007, with the final episode being recorded and broadcast live!

In the first series, we heard our heroes, Rock Blastaar and the Radio Rangers battle a deluge of robots, anarchists, and diabolical scientists in their quest to retrieve WPRB’s stolen music library from the cretinous supervillain, Dr. Cosmo!

This year the series returns with an all new story and slew of enemies for Rock to clash with, not as a Radio Ranger, but as a Private Investigator managing his own firm here on Earth! He’s not in it alone, however, as he’ll be getting lots of help from the familiar faces of pevious cast members Daphne Willmington, Ranger Ray, the evil Dr. Cosmo, and more! Tune in for action, adventure, intrigue and mystery this October for the second season of the Adventures of Rock Blastaar!

Get caught up on what you missed the first time around…

Episode Three:

Episode Four:

Listen to 103.3 fm WPRB on Wednesday, September 16th at 8:00 pm ET as High Two recording artist Whales & Cops performs live on Jon Solomon’s show.

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Here’s a video for their song “Futuro Futuro!” off of their debut ep “Great Bouncing Icebergs”:

Catch Whales & Cops live on Friday, September 18th at Pilam in Philadelphia with labelmates Make A Rising.

Listen to 103.3 fm WPRB on Wednesday, September 9th at 8:00 pm ET as High Two recording artist Adam Arcuragi makes his fourth appearance on Jon Solomon’s show.

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Arcuragi’s latest album, “I Am Become Joy” was released yesterday and he’ll be playing selections from that fine disc and other surprises.

Here’s video of Adam and his traveling caravan performing “The Belgian” on One Take New York.

Listen to 103.3 fm WPRB on Wednesday, September 2nd at 8:00 pm ET as Kiam recording artist Choo Choo La Rouge visits Jon Solomon’s show to play live.

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Boston/Philly/Providence trio Choo Choo La Rouge stop by WPRB tonight in support of their Kiam record “Black Clouds.”

In addition, Jon will be joined in studio by former WPRB DJ Greg L. from “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly”, who will be picking records for the show’s final hour.

Enjoy the very clever video for CCLR’s song “Here Come The Guns”: