PHILCO RADIO TIME starring Bing Crosby (108 broadcasts) Compiled by Dick Judge - Apr 21, 2003 Remarkably Bing Crosby had a regular radio series for almost 25 years. Starting out as a band vocalist he used this talent as the star and host for the Woodbury Show on Sep 2, 1931. During the ensuing years he was THE man for the Kraft Music Hall, The Philco Radio Time, The Bing Crosby Show for Chesterfields and then General Electric and finally in the middle 1955s, a daily show for CBS. You have to remember that he also had a highly successful career in the movies and then when television came along he appeared in The Bing Crosby Show for the 1964-1965 season. And then there were his great TV Christmas shows when his entire family partcipated. PHILCO RADIO TIME The seasons: Oct 16, 1946 to Jun 18, 1947 (36 shows) Oct 1, 1947 to Jun 2, 1948 (36 shows) Sep 29, 1948 to Jun 1, 1949 (36 shows) Any comments or questions about this log can be addressed to its author at dickjudge@juno.com. DATE GUEST(S) OR THEME ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Oct 16, 1946 World premiere; Bob Hope, (first Philco show w/Bing) Oct 23, 1946 Spike Jones & His City Slickers Oct 30, 1946 Les Paul Trio Nov 6, 1946 Rafael Mendez Nov 13, 1946 Ezio Pinza Nov 20, 1946 Burl Ives Nov 27, 1946 Judy Garland, Les Paul Trio Dec 4, 1946 Jimmy Durante Dec 11, 1946 Jerry Colonna, Peggy Lee Dec 18, 1946 Peggy Lee Dec 25, 1946 Christmas show Jan 1, 1947 Joe Frisco, Peggy Lee Jan 8, 1947 Mickey Rooney Jan 15, 1947 Al Jolson Jan 22, 1947 George Jessel Jan 29, 1947 Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour Feb 5, 1947 Beatrice Lillie Feb 12, 1947 Groucho Marx Feb 19, 1947 Judy Garland, William Frawley, Leo McCarey Feb 26, 1947 Joe Frisco, Andrews Sisters, Les Paul Mar 5, 1947 Al Jolson Mar 12, 1947 Ernie Felice Quartet Mar 19, 1947 Danny Kaye Mar 26, 1947 Jack Benny, Mary Livingston Apr 2, 1947 Al Jolson, John Charles Thomas Apr 9, 1947 Alec Templeton Apr 16, 1947 Jimmy Durante Apr 23, 1947 Les Paul, Burl Ives Apr 30, 1947 Groucho Marx, Dorothy Shay May 7, 1947 Irving Berlin, Al Jolson May 14, 1947 Groucho Marx, Hank Greenberg May 21, 1947 Maurice Chevalier May 28, 1947 Margaret O'Brien Jun 4, 1947 Fred Allen, Connee Boswell Jun 11, 1947 Ethel Merman, Alec Templeton Jun 18, 1947 Bob Hope, Jimmy Demaret (last show of first season) Oct 1, 1947 Gary Cooper, (first show of the second season Oct 8, 1947 Jimmy Durante Oct 15, 1947 Dinah Shore Oct 22, 1947 Burl Ives, Clifton Webb, Howard Duff Oct 29, 1947 Boris Karloff, Victor Moore, Gale Robbins Nov 5, 1947 Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson Nov 12, 1947 Peter Lorre, Kay Thompson, Williams Brothers Nov 19, 1947 Barry Fitzgerald, Dorothy Kirsten, Ken Darby Chorus Nov 26, 1947 Frankie Laine, ; Thanksgiving show Dec 3, 1947 Al Jolson Dec 10, 1947 Walter O'Keefe Dec 17, 1947 Joe Frisco, Eileen Woods Dec 24, 1947 Christmas show Dec 31, 1947 Danny Thomas Jan 7, 1948 Walter O'Keefe, Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger) Jan 14, 1948 George Burns, Evelyn Knight Jan 21, 1948 Burns and Allen Jan 28, 1948 Esther Williams, Red Engel Feb 4, 1948 Jimmy Durante, Dick Haymes, Mark Hellinger Feb 11, 1948 Oscar Levant, Joe Venuti, Peggy Lee Feb 18, 1948 Robert Taylor Feb 25, 1948 Peggy Lee Mar 3, 1948 Jack Benny, Tom Brenaman Mar 10, 1948 James Stewart Mar 17, 1948 Margaret O'Brien Mar 24, 1948 Will Bill Elliott, Peggy Lee Mar 31, 1948 Dick Powell Apr 7, 1948 Fred Astaire, Peggy Lee Apr 14, 1948 Fibber McGee and Molly Apr 21, 1948 Clifton Webb, Four Crosby Boys Apr 28, 1948 Claudette Colbert May 5, 1948 Barry Fitzgerald May 12, 1948 Henry Fonda May 19, 1948 Ethel Merman May 26, 1948 Beatrice Lillie, Alec Templeton Jun 2, 1948 Fred Allen, Joe Venuti, Ham Fisher (last show of the second season) Sep 29, 1948 Claudette Colbert, Four Crosby Boys (first show of the third season) Oct 6, 1948 Judy Garland Oct 13, 1948 William Gargan, Ray Milland, Joe Venuti, Marilyn Maxwell Oct 20, 1948 William Gargan, Joe Venuti, Marilyn Maxwell, Dan Dailey Oct 27, 1948 William Powell, William Gargan, Peggy Lee Nov 3, 1948 Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy Nov 10, 1948 Oscar Levant, Joe Venuti, Red Nichols, Ziggy Elman Nov 17, 1948 Adolph Menjou, Kay Starr Nov 24, 1948 Bert Lahr, Dorothy Kirsten Dec 1, 1948 Bob Crosby, Peggy Lee, Cathy Crosby Dec 8, 1948 Morton Downey, Kay Starr, Joe Venuti Dec 15, 1948 Bob Hope, Peggy Lee Dec 22, 1948 Bob Mitchell Boy's Choir; Christmas show Dec 29, 1948 Peggy Lee, Mills Brothers Jan 5, 1949 Betty Grable, Harry James Jan 12, 1949 Johnny Mercer, Peggy Lee Jan 19, 1949 Hattie McDaniel Jan 26, 1949 Abe Burrows, Peggy Lee Feb 2, 1949 Jimmy Durante, Gertrude Niesen Feb 9, 1949 Groucho Marx, Connie Haynes Feb 16, 1949 Bob Burns, Kay Starr Feb 23, 1949 Abe Burrows, Peggy Lee Mar 2, 1949 Dinah Shore, Burl Ives Mar 9, 1949 Phil Harris, Elliott Lewis, Peggy Lee Mar 16, 1949 Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Joe Venuti, Peggy Lee Mar 23, 1949 Ethel Merman Mar 30, 1949 Dennis Day Apr 6, 1949 James Stewart, Kay Starr Apr 13, 1949 Peggy Lee, Gonzaga University Glee Club Apr 20, 1949 Rudy Vallee, Walter O'Keefe Apr 27, 1949 Abe Burrows, Peggy Lee May 4, 1949 Alec Templeton, Carol Richards May 11, 1949 Alec Templeton, Peggy Lee May 18, 1949 Johnny Mercer, Rhonda Fleming May 25, 1949 Dorothy Kirsten Jun 1, 1949 Last Philco show for Bing Crosby (end of third season)