Radio Essen plays over 300 music requests on the public holidays
Thank you for so many music wishes for a good cause at the Radio Essen Lichtblicke Christmas Market Tour 2022. Because not only can you greet your loved ones with your favorite songs on the radio over the Christmas holidays, but your donation for the music request goes to ours Action bright spots and thus to families and children in NRW who are in need through no fault of their own. In this way, many people in the region and also locally in Essen can be helped.
So that you don’t miss your greeting and your song, you will find the two playlists for Christmas Day and Boxing Day here. We try to keep to the times, but ask for your understanding if things may shift here and there.
Radio Essen with your music requests on Christmas Day – December 25th, 2022
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. with Christian Pflug and Joshua Windelschmidt
9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.:
Anthony Ventura: Your children are coming // Detlev Jöcker: Big red candles // Queen: Thank God it’s Christmas // Herbert Grönemeyer: Your hand // Ava Max: Christmas without you // Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting: All for Love // Andreas Bourani: To Us // Jose Carreras: Silent Night // Mariah Carey: Santa Claus is comin’ to Town // Manuel & Pony: The Song of Manuel // Disturbed: Sound of Silence
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.:
Michael Jackson: Earth Song // Robbie Williams: Angels // Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah // Depeche Mode: Shake the Disease // Bing Crosby: White Christmas // Wincent Weiss: Feuerwerk // One Republic: I Ain’t Worried // Die Roten Rosen: Alle Jahre wieder // Slade: Merry Xmas Everybody // Various Artists: All 4 One
11.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.:
Michael Patrick Kelly: ID // Roland Kaiser & Maite Kelly: Warum hast Du nicht nein gesagt? // Kelly Family: An Angel // Andreas Grosse: Freedom // Justin Bieber feat. Mariah Carey: All I want for Christmas // VNV Nation: Illusion // Elmo & Patsy: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer // Pentatonix: Mary did you know // Bruce Springsteen: Streets of Philadelphia // Sarah Connor: Best Side of Life // Orchester Hugo Strasser: So what’s new
12 to 3 p.m. with Christian Pflug and Mario Arlt
12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m.:
Band Aid: Do they know it’s Christmas // David A. Stewart & Candy Dulfer: Lily was here // David Guetta & Bebe Rexha: I’m Good (Blue) // Mark Forster: Lulajze Jezuniu // Richard Harris: MacArthur Park // Faithless: Insomnia // Helene Fischer: Herzbeben // Michael Bublé: Jingle Bells // Imagine Dragons: Bad Liar // Udo Jürgens: Merry Christmas allerseits
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.:
Boney M.: Mary’s Boychild / Oh my Lord // Adel Tawil: Lieder // Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody // Peter Maffay: Eiszeit // Black Eyed Peas: Shut up // BTS: Dynamite (Holiday Mix) // Muse: Starlight // Mariah Carey: O holy Night // Roy Black: Weihnachten bin ich zu Haus
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.:
Anastacia & Eros Ramazzotti: I belong to you // Rolf Zuckowski: In the Christmas bakery // Ben E. King: Stand by me // De Höhner: Gloria in excelsis deo // Boss Hoss: Dos Bros // Bad Boys Blue: I ‘m not a fool // Udo Lindenberg & Pascal: What are wars for? // John Lennon: Give peace a chance // U 2: Christmas (Baby please come home) // 257ers: Home // Don Diablo, Steve Aoki & Lush & Simon (feat. BullySongs): What We Started

We have collected many donations and music requests
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3 p.m. to 6 p.m. with Christian Pflug and Timm Schröder
3 p.m. – 4 p.m.:
Banda Senderos: Fate // Maite Kelly & Giovanni Zarrella: Don’t worry // Chris Rea: Driving home for Christmas // Jimi Hendrix: Hey Joe // Laura Branigan: Gloria // Gabi Albrecht & Ronny Weiland: The Little Drummer // Frankie goes to Hollywood: The Power of Love // Lea: Perfume // Erasure: Always // Volker Rosin: Baby Hai
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.:
Falco: Vienna is calling // Deerock feat. Mila: This Year // Eric Philippi: In Love // Wham: Last Christmas // Johannes Oerding: Kreise // Alba Gil: Hallelujah // Sarah Connor: Ring out the Bells // Marius Müller-Westernhagen: Because I love you // Taylor Swift: Anti-Hero // Helene Fischer: Let it go (live) // Siw Malmkvist: Adiolé (original)
5 p.m. – 6 p.m.:
Mark Forster: 194 Länder // Queen: Who wants to live forever? // Stereoact & Vicky Leandros: Ich liebe das Leben // Backstreet Boys: I want it that way // Frank Sinatra: Have yourself a merry little Christmas // Yasha, Materia, Miss Platnum: Lila Wolken // AC DC: Thunderstruck // The Pogues: Fairytale of New York // Bryan Adams: Back to you // Toten Hosen: Tage wie diese
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. with Christian Pflug and Anne Schweizer
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.:
Pur: Party Mix 1 // Nathan Evans: Wellerman // Phil Collins: Ich bin unterwegs // Lady Gaga: Bloody Mary // Bastille: Send them off // Stray Kids: Christmas evel // Cold war Kids: First // Amigos: Dann kam ein Engel // City: Am Fenster // Muse: Kill or be killed // Powerwolf: Demons are a girl’s best friend
7 p.m. – 8 p.m.:
Guns’n’Roses: Sweet child of mine // Rosa Linn: Snap // Your friends: Give us your children // Trans-Siberian Orchestra: An Angel came down // Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge over troubled Water // Norah Jones : Sunrise // Procul harum: A Salty Dog // Florence & the Machine: Free // Wolfgang Petry: Eine Muh ein Mäh // Vulture dive: Pure lust for life
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.:
Frida Gold: What should we dream of? // Heath Hunter: Revolution in Paradise // Querbeat: Nie mehr Fastelovend // Marquess (feat. Raykuba): Te extraño // Milano: Du & Ich // HaoFX: Lyrics for You // Sam Smith: Stay with me // Macklemore: It’s Christmas Time // Municstreet: Summer // Böhse Onkelz: Viva los tioz // Broilers: Just go forward // Darkhouse: Life worth living
21.00 – 22.00:
Will.i.am: I like to move it // Ozzy Osborne: Crazy train // Luna: Blau // Der Biker: Ein stummer Schrei // Liquid Service: Babylon’s on Mars // Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit // Electric Callboy (feat. FiNCH): Spaceman // twenty4tim: Galaxie // The sensational Alex Harvey Band: Next // Various artists: The Greatest Show
Radio Essen with your music requests on Christmas Day – December 26th, 2022
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. with Christian Pflug and Joshua Windelschmidt
9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.:
Queen: The Show must go on // Maite Kelly: Hello // Michael Bublé: Winter Wonderland // U 2: Beautiful Day // Ben Zucker: Guten Morgen Welt // Tom Odell: Another Love // Sarah Connor & Gregor Meyle: Nobody is like you // Kuult: When you laugh // Bob Seger: Little Drummer Boy // Coldplay: Viva la Vida // Orange Blossom Project (feat. Radio-Essen-Frühschicht): Love, Love, Love
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.:
The XX: Intro // Ed Sheeran & Elton John: Merry Christmas // BTS: Dynamite // Franz Schier: Dear Little Conductor // Phil Collins: In the Air Tonight // Paul McCartney: Wonderful Christmas Time // Udo Lindenberg: Stark like two // Backstreet Boys: Last Christmas // Max Giesinger: 80 million // Mark Forster & Lea: Three o’clock at night // Noah Cyrus (feat. Miley Cyrus): I Got So High That I Saw Jesus (Live)
11.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.:
Frankie goes to Hollywood: Relax // Raign: Christmas (Baby please come home) // Humpty Dumpty: Humpty Dumpty sat on the Wall // Kerstin Ott: Regenbogenfarben // Tones and I: Dance Monkey // John Lennon: Happy Xmas War is over // Anna-Carina Woitschack & Stefan Mross: Wir wollen Frieden // Elvis Presley: Blue Christmas // Johannes Oerding: Porzellan // Master KG: Jerusalema // José Feliciano: Feliz Navidad
12 to 3 p.m. with Anne Schweizer and Mario Arlt
12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m.:
Elton John & Dua Lipa: Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) // Trinidad Cardona, Davido & AISHA: Hayya Hayya (Better Together) // Siw Malmkvist: Adiolé (Oh RWE) // RWE Fans: Opa Luscheskowski // Spice Girls: Mama // Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper: I will never love again (Filmversion) // Michael Hirte: Schneeflöckchen Weißröckchen // Melanie Thornton: Wonderful Dream // Alice Cooper: Poison // Elias: Revolution // Whitney Houston: One Moment in Time
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.:
Robbie Williams feat. Jamie Cullum: Merry Xmas everybody // Namika: favorite person // Helene Fischer: Little Drummer Boy // Ed Sheeran: Galway Girl // Simone Sommerland, Karsten Glück & others: Wie wilde Weiße Schafe // Rainhard Fendrich: I am from Austria / / Walk the Moon: Shut up and Dance // The Red Roses: Santa Claus from the Roof // Bruce Springsteen: The River // Powerwolf: Where the wild Wolves have gone // Marianne Rosenberg: He belongs to me
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.:
Depeche Mode: Enjoy the Silence // Queen: These are the Days of our Lives // Sarah Connor: Life is beautiful // Andreas Grosse: Together // Pentatonix: Hallelujah // Taylor Swift: Maroon // Samu Haber: Sä et tiedä elämästä mitään // Stray Kids: 24 to 25 // Florence & the Machine: King // Max Raabe: The perfect Christmas moment // Dirk Busch: I don’t suck in my stomach anymore

Presenter Angela Hecker also fulfills music requests in the live show
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3 to 6 p.m. with Christian Pflug and Nadine Müller
3 p.m. – 4 p.m.:
Bryan Adams & Tina Turner: It’s only Love // NMix: Funky Glitter Christmas // Muse: Compliance // Ibo: Schwarze Rose // Nico Santos: One Day (I’m gonna break your heart) // Karl-Heinz Freudenberg: Ist schon wieder Weihnacht (Ruhrpott-Revue) // Herbert Grönemeyer: Bochum // Michael Patrick Kelly: Blurry Eyes // Michael Jackson: This is it // USA for Africa: We are the World // Nina Chuba: Wildberry Lillet
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.:
Sportfreunde Stiller: A compliment // Metallica: Nothing else matters // Wincent Weiss: If not us, who // Coldplay feat. BTS: Universe // Roger Whittaker: Albany // Rufus & Chaka Khan: Ain’t nobody // Justin Bieber: Love yourself // Eminem: Lose yourself // SDP: Hooray Hooray, the school is on fire // Ronan Keating: Life is a roller coaster
5 p.m. – 6 p.m.:
Freddy Mercury: I was born to love you // Mariah Carey: All I want for Christmas is you // Peter Maffay: So bist Du // Phil Collins: You’ll be in my Heart // Wise Guys: Sawmill Bad Segeberg / / Felix Jaehn: Do it better // Helene Fischer: Breathless through the night // Jörg Bausch: Great Cinema // Dynoro & Gigi D’Agostino: In my mind // P. Lion: Happy Children // Kelly Family: No more Christmas
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. with Christian Pflug and Jeanne Bertelmann
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.:
R.E.M.: Losing my Religion // Gene Autry: Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer // Rolf Zuckowski: Mitten in der Nacht // Andrea Berg: Sternenträumer // James Hype, Miggy Dela Rosa: Ferrari // Dikka feat. Lea: Bis zum Mond // VNV Nation: Nova // Lionel Richie: Hello // Roy Black: Ganz in weiß // N’Sync: Merry Christmas Happy Holidays // Maria Mena: I was made for loving you
7 p.m. – 8 p.m.:
Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven // Wilhelmine: Step by Step // RAF Camora & Bones MC: Blue Light // Riotshift: Dark Matter // Larsito: Under These Clouds // Backstreet Boys: Quit playing Games // Beatrice Egli: Ganz never mind // Stevie Wonder: As // Robert Miles: Children
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.:
AC/DC: TNT // Baha Men: Who let the Dogs out? // Sonata Arctica: Don’t Be Mean // Alvaro Soler: Magia // Phil Ochs: No Christmas in Kentucky // Judy Garland: Somewhere over the Rainbow // Unheilig: Astronaut // Scooter Lee: Rock & Roll Waltz // Rednex: Wish you were here // Glockenbach Feat. Ásdís: Dirty Dancing // Foreigner: Urgent // Sofia Carson: Come back Home
21.00 – 22.00:
Peter Fox (feat. Inéz): Zukunft Pink // Barry White: You’re the first the last // Gloria Gaynor: I will survive // XATAR & Samy: Mama was the man in the house (Rheingold Soundtrack) // Sulli: Goblin // Jamie Cullum: Wheels // Rhinestones: Tell All That To Your Barber // Jessica Haller feat. Daniel Hall: Love will bring you Home // Tori Amos: Hey Jupiter // Wolfsheim: No turning back // Trude Herr & Wolfgang Niedecken: You never really go that far