Lon Helton to Host Top 30 Country Christmas Countdown

Lon Helton

Lon Helton will host a countdown of the Top 30 Christmas songs as played by Country radio for Christmas weekend. It will feature a full range of holiday classics from Nat King Cole, Gene Autry, Burl Ives and Brenda Lee, alongside songs from current country stars including Lady A, George Strait, Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Alan Jackson and more. As with Helton's weekly show, the Top 30 countdown is compiled by Country Air Check, and powered by Mediabase.

In addition, there will be holiday stories from Helton's co-hosts over the years, including Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw and a classic Christmas Eve memory from Luke Bryan.

The 3-hour show is commercial-free and is available to affiliates of Country Countdown USA, and to stations in open markets. Contact Doug Ingold at Compass Media Networks for more information.

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