Christmas on the Dial: Some Songs Find You

Meet the characters

Everyone you will meet, before the broadcast begins
The show
Your part in the show
The music

Christmas on the Dial happens in two places at once. On one side of the stage, WMRG, a small 1950s radio station, is putting its Christmas Eve broadcast on the air. On the other, a group of present-day cousins in an attic have found an old radio that is somehow picking it up. Here is who you will meet on each side, and the storyteller in the chair between them.

WMRG, The Voice of Christmas Eve: the station's round red emblem with a radio tower The Hi-Fi Five: a bass player, a saxophonist, a trumpeter, a drummer and a pianist in matching suits, over a banner reading Available for weddings, dances, and holiday engagements

At the station

Bing Marlow
The voice of WMRG. He will tell you so himself.
Vivian Vale
The co-host, and the one actually running the broadcast. She reads the commercials without cracking a smile.
Chester
The hardest-working man at WMRG.
The Hi-Fi Five
Five men. Five instruments. One standing engagement. Available for weddings, dances, holiday functions, and any event serving ham.
WMRG
The Voice of Christmas Eve. Coming to you live, straight to you.

In the attic

Maggie
She's got clues. Somebody's going to get it.
The Kids
Not apologizing at all for being up long past bedtime.

In the chair

The Narrator
She'll tell you what she remembers. She'll decide when.

Who is playing whom?

Every production of Christmas on the Dial is cast from its own community, so the faces change from town to town. Your program has tonight's cast, and you may well know a few of them.

A child reaching up to a glowing 1950s radio