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On December 23, Radio 4 Extra are repeating a programme from December 2001 in which Ken Barnes explored how a beloved singer became king of radio, hosting over 4000 broadcasts on American networks. Bert Bishop reviewed the programme in BING #130 (Spring 2002) and said: "When radio was king . . . and when Bing was King of Radio. This sobriquet from Radio 4's Archive Hour edition "Bing Crosby Meets . . ." was bestowed by Ken Barnes who, with Gary Giddins, presented the best programme I've ever heard on the Crosby years of the pre-tv era. It's a remarkable revelation that, at his peak, Bing's audience was no less than fifty million listeners, representing one in four Americans tuning in to his weekly show for Kraft. Surely, this will remain an all-time, unbeatable record. The sixty minute programme covered just about every aspect of those great days of wireless entertainment from the Cocoanut Grove through to his final years with Rosemary Clooney and Buddy Cole in the mid-1950s."
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That would be an interesting program but I fear I'll be unable to tune in to it.
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Don't forget. It's on today.
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Most enjoyable here on Aust at 8.30pm Saturday night.
Merry Christmas all.
About a 100 today and tomorrow in the 'old money'cb
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A great programme, full of interesting comment. Hope you all managed to catch it...
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Posting here as most recent topic page.
No Bing at all on TV at Christmas in NSW.
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Thanks very much for bringing attention to this programme, Malcolm. I seem to have missed it 'the first time around'. I will listen to it in due course.
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Just listened to this yesterday and enjoyed it thoroughly!
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That was a beaut program. Loved it. What a talent Bing was on radio.