Another show with Bing at Star Spangled Radio Hour here 
http://media.studio1430.com/a/98484416/ssrh-10-25-14.htm

Bing denies he is Frank Sinatra's father, sings Snoqualmie Jo and is joined by Helen Forrest,  Linda Darnell and others.
from G. I. Journal 52 Recorded July 14, 1944
Stream it or download it.
 
 

Great sound and even Australia gets a mention,

- And they have now got another  here

"BING CROSBY THE KRAFT MUSIC HALL Thursday, December 21, 1944, 6:00-6:30 p.m. PWT NBC Hollywood (NBC) Ken Carpenter, announcer Bing Crosby, host With Eugenie Baird, The Charioteers, Charles Henderson and the Kraft Choir, The Kraft Choral Club (from Chicago), John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra".

Includes many of the favourites that became a perennial part of Bing's Christmas shows and his comments about servicemen and his experience overseas.

ADDITION
The introducers spend some time at the beginning talking about the recent PBS broadcast and it's references to Bing's character (and that book by Gary Crosby).

 

Last edited by Richard Baker (23/12/2014 11:42 pm)

Nice listening. Would have been great to attend one of Bing's radio shows especially when they started to pre-record on tape and no doubt took a few liberties.

Richard,
Wonder if Bob Phillips, who worked for Bing and attended Leeds last year could throw some light on the subject. Or may be KenBarnes might have some info seeing that he made a number of albums with him and the matter could have mentioned.

Another good show featuring Bing on the Star Spangled Radio Hour. 

AFRS SPECIAL VICTORY IN EUROPE (V-E) DAY PROGRAM Recorded April 1945 CBS Hollywood Basic Information Library B-5 Released May 8, 1945 Bob Hope, host, with Bing Crosby, Frances Langford, Dinah Shore, Ginny Simms, Judy Garland, “G. I. Jill” Martha Wilkerson, Loretta Young, Johnny Mercer, Charles Boyer, Lin Yutang, Herbert Marshall, Michael Chekov, the Ken Darby Singers, Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Rev. R. H. Brooks, Major Meredith Willson and the AFRS Orchestra

See http://media.studio1430.com/a/104901790/ssrh-5-9-15.htm
 

Last edited by Malcolm Macfarlane (11/5/2015 8:26 am)

The current podcast from The Star Spangled Radio Hour is of "AFRS VICTORY EXTRA" - A COMMAND PERFORMANCE SPECIAL Broadcast Uponthe Surrender of Japan"

A Star Spangled Line up indeed - 
" Tuesday, August 14, 1945 CBS Hollywood Studio A AFRS H-9-125 Ken Carpenter announcer Bing Crosby, host Major Meredith Willson AFRS Orchestra Col. Thomas H. A. Lewis (Commanding Officer, AFRS), Ronald Coleman, Rise Stevens, Dinah Shore, Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Lionel Barrymore, Jose Iturbi, Marlene Dietrich, Burgess Meredith, Ginny Simms, Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Desi Arnaz, Ernest “Bubbles” Whitman, Ida Lupino, Ginger Rogers, Ruth Hussey, Claire Trevor, Don Wilson, Bill Mauldin, George Montgomery, John Conte, Jinx Falkenburg, Diana Lewis, Janet Blair, William Powell, Harry Von Zell, Lucille Ball, The King Sisters, Cary Grant, Robert Montgomery, Loretta Young, Lena Horne, G. I. Jill” Martha Wilkerson, Johnny Mercer, Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Lina Romay, Danny Kaye, Marilyn Maxwell, Herbert Marshall, Carmen Miranda, Claudette Colbert, Ed “Archie” Gardner, Greer Garson SSRH 270 PLAYLIST: Part 1 includes: Opening Prayer (Ronald Coleman), Over There Fanfare, Program Open (Bing Crosby), Schubert’s Ave Maria (Rise Stevens), I’ll Walk Alone (Dinah Shore), Comedy Skit (Jimmy Durante and Bette Davis), Chopin’s Polonaise (Jose Iturbi), Tribute to Ernie Pyle (Marlene Dietrich and Burgess Meredith), You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (Ginny Simms), Medley: You Are My Sunshine, Sonny Boy, You’re the Top (Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra), The House I Live In (Frank Sinatra), AFRS Victory Medley (Various Voices), What Is This Thing Called Love (Janet Blair), San Fernando Valley (Bing Crosby), Memorable Sounds of Command Performance (Harry Von Zell and Lucille Ball), Shoo Shoo Baby (The King Sisters), Words of FDR (Robert Montgomery), Over There Fanfare, AFRS Station Break Part 2 includes: Opening Remarks (Bing Crosby), Prayer For Tomorrow (Loretta Young), The Man I Love (Lena Horne), Comments about AFRS, the Broadcasting and Entertainment Industries by Col. Thomas H. A. Lewis, G. I. Jive (Johnny Mercer), Famous Wartime Words (Edward G. Robinson and Orson Welles), Chiu Chiu (Lina Romay), Hello, Fresno, Goodbye (Danny Kaye), I Got Rhythm (Marilyn Maxwell), Wartime Poem (Herbert Marshall), Tico Tico (Carmen Miranda), Comedy Skit (Claudette Colbert, Ed “Archie” Gardner), White Christmas (Bing Crosby), Victory Prayer (Orson Welles), The Star Spangled Banner (Maj. Meredith Willson and the AFRS Orchestra)

"Star Spangled Radio Hour" has another of Bing Crosby's shows here - http://media.studio1430.com/a/110564810/ssrh-10-31-15.htm

 

I've just listened to the Star Spangled Radio Hour's two shows from 1939 featuring Jimmy Dorsey and Bob Crosby respectively. I can't recall how I found them but they were interesting and enjoyable. Jimmy Dorsey's clarinet playing was amazing.

The Star Spangled Radio Hour has regularly featured Bing's radio Kraft Music Hall and AFRS  shows. Currently they are streaming a group of shows which includes KMH #347 from November 1944. Click here  

Unfortunately for those outside North America access now seems to have been restricted so we can no longer enjoy this very good streaming service.

 

Malcolm Macfarlane wrote:

Richard, the show plays OK in Wilmslow.

Malcolm,
Possibly your device has a setting which conceals your location? The site is now totally inert for me! Exploring it I clicked on "Listen Live" and had an audio announcement "You have tuned in from a location outside North America" and it went on to say that the stream was restricted. Another try just now produced the same result.
I'll have to examine whether any settings will get around the obstacle for me!
I see neither a play nor a download option, both of which I could previously get.
Does anyone else have anything to report? 


 

I’m in Germany at the moment and it streams without any problems...