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- Pantelis Kavouras
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Nostalgic Radio Sounds for a Cozy Evening, 1950s Bing Crosby Show
There is a new interesting release by BCE, described as "Bing Crosby’s original 1950s Radio Shows are now available on Bing Crosby’s YouTube channel! Cozy up and hear Bing chat about life, music, and more—all while crooning timeless ballads in your living room" the release earlier today seems to have gained some digital attention. I always though of radio as the medium most suited to Bing's talents and it is nice to see that they are using radio episodes to promote his legacy, I am a huge fun of his radio work but I haven't yet heard all episodes available so I am not sure from what year this was taken for.
- Pantelis Kavouras
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Re: Nostalgic Radio Sounds for a Cozy Evening, 1950s Bing Crosby Show
Here is the link,
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Thread Starter- michaelbiesenthal
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Re: Nostalgic Radio Sounds for a Cozy Evening, 1950s Bing Crosby Show
The way that they edited Bing's face into the picture is a little strange, but other than that, I approve of the release. Just makes me sad I can't tune into NBC radio to listen to a Bing program, or anything else like that for that matter, anymore like it used to be.
Random question, if anyone would know. Did they ever play reruns of shows like they do for television? Of course we can listen to the taped shows again and again now with the material we have, but would the stations rebroadcast them after the initial airdate?
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Re: Nostalgic Radio Sounds for a Cozy Evening, 1950s Bing Crosby Show
This is a very interesting question,
Full reruns weren’t common for domestic audiences during the golden age of radio like we see on TV. It was the golden age, after all- there was a tremendous amount of original production in place. KMH could be distributed through the Armed Forces Radio Service after its original NBC broadcasts during the war and aftewards.
With Philco Radio Time (1946–1949 on ABC), The Bing Crosby Show for Chesterfield (1949–1952 on CBS), and The Bing Crosby Show for General Electric (1952–1954 on CBS), rebroadcasts were not permitted domestically. These shows were pre-recorded, and as compensation, it was strictly stipulated that they were to be broadcast exactly once. All the contracts with sponsors and unions strictly limited them to a single airing per coast. They were played once in the East, and once in the West.
However, I think it is possible that they might have been re-run them internationally after a while.
By the mid-1950s, as network radio was declining and television took over,CBS began allowing some late night reruns of several shows, and perhaps Bing’s among them to fill unsold airtime.
The Bing Crosby Show with Rosemary Clooney (1960–1962) was a syndicated daily program, distributed via CBS. This show was designed for flexible use by many local stations, and some stations did re-air the same episodes more than once depending on their scheduling needs. This is the closest thing to regular reruns of a Bing Crosby show even if it was through syndication and not network.
Again I could be wrong but I believe it was not possible for the audience to hear the shows of the golden age twice.
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Thread Starter- michaelbiesenthal
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Re: Nostalgic Radio Sounds for a Cozy Evening, 1950s Bing Crosby Show
Okay, thanks! I just wondered if it was anything like where you can go and see The Office or similar shows replayed a million times on TV, and it sounds like the general answer is no with a few exceptions. I suppose I already knew TV back then wasn't rebroadcast either since most of it was live. Makes sense, too, with the studio negotiating.
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