HONORING RADIO HALL of FAMER BING CROSBY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, October 3rd, 1998

FIFTEEN MINUTES WITH BING CROSBY (9­21-31) Excerpt. Announcer Harry Von Zell in­troduces Bing’s first radio program. Crosby sings “Just One More Chance” and “I’m Through with Love.” Freddy Rich and the or­chestra. Sustaining, CBS. (8:44)

SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS (8-26-46) “Bells of St. Mary’s” starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman recreating their original screen roles in the 1945 film. Father O’Mally is assigned to a run-down parish where Sister Benedict is the Sister Superior. Joan Carroll co-stars. Camel Cigarettes, CBS. (28:56)

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (3-2-44) Bing Crosby welcomes guests Lucille Ball and Marilyn Max­well. “Time Marches Back” to 1933. Ukie Sherin, Ken Carpenter, John Scott Trotter and the orchestra. Kraft Foods, NBC. (29:25)

G I JOURNAL #94 (5-11-45) Bing Crosby is Editor-in-Chief of this mythical newspaper for military audiences. On hand are Andy Devine, Chili Williams, Mel Blanc (as Pvt. Sad Sack), and Elvia Allman. Model Chili arranges a date for Bing with Miss Georgia Peach, “a shy and timid girl.” AFRS. (29:16)

SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS (10-14-48) “Welcome Stranger” starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald in a radio version of the 1947 film. A young doctor is hired to fill in for an older, vacationing physician in a small New England town. Camel Cigarettes, NBC. (26:42)

PHILCO RADIO TIME (10-16-46) Bing Crosby stars in the first program in his “transcribed” series, forever changing the way radio programs would be delivered to listening audiences. Guest is Bob Hope. Philco Radios, ABC. (30:00)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be JOHN SEBERT of Metro Golden Memories, a long-time Crosby fan who will help us celebrate Bing’s October 11, 1998 induction into the Radio Hall of Fame.