Humble beginnings
Nativity
In the dark winter of 1896 shepherds from the Manor Valley in lowland Scotland followed a bright star to the nearby and vaguely fictional town of Peebles. There they found a young engineer building a radio transmitter in the steeple of the Old Parish Church.
Inspired by the shepherds’ rustic music and sharp local humour, the first Amerrycana Christmas was born and broadcast to the world.
The Downright Homespun Radio Company has grown from these humble beginnings to a global media phenomenon.
Showtime
Every year our award-winning multi-talented DHRC house band flies in from Nashville on the DHRC Gulfstream jet, bringing soul-stirring, foot-tapping' bluegrass, country and Americana music to our packed auditorium at the Grand Old Eastgate Theatre in downtown Peebles.
Meantime our Royal Company of Radio Actors brings a cavalcade of characters and surreal events to life in a series of razor-sharp comical sketches.
To see films of our shows click the button.
Spring Revival Show poster, 2013
Evangelical
The DHRC offices in the company’s lock-up down by the Drill Hall bring thousands of pilgrims annually to the country town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders.
Vintage recordings of early shows fetch high prices on eBay and queues for DHRC tickets dwarf even the famous Forsyth’s Christmas Eve Turkey queue.
DHRC show posters are highly sought after, like this Summer Sarsaparilla poster believed to have originated in either 1922, 1939 or 1961, for obvious reasons.
Browse through some of our other posters below:
Summer Sarsaparilla poster, possibly mid-20th century
