Sirius to Devote Exclusive Channel to Bing Crosby for the Holidays - 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio'


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Sirius to Devote Exclusive Channel to Bing Crosby for the Holidays - 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio'
Thursday December 13, 12:55 pm ET
"Bing Crosby Christmas Radio" airs December 21-25, features 20+ years of vintage Bing Crosby holiday radio programs
Classic shows with Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland, Bob Hope, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Stewart, Peggy Lee, The Andrews Sisters, and more
Bing's wife Kathryn Crosby and daughter Mary Crosby host the channel, share their personal anecdotes and memories

Working with the Crosby family, SIRIUS tapped into Bing's personal archives and will transform channel 119 into Bing Crosby Christmas Radio from December 21-25, broadcasting 5 consecutive days of Crosby's incredible holiday radio shows from 1938-1962, brimming with special celebrity guests, music, performances and variety shows.

Bing's wife Kathryn Crosby and daughter Mary Crosby will host the channel, sharing personal anecdotes and memories about the programs.

These shows include his most popular recording ever, "White Christmas," as well as multiple Christmas Day and Christmas Eve radio specials hosted by Bing over the years.

Bing Crosby Christmas Radio will feature a wide variety of Crosby's beloved music, storytelling and special guests like Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Bob Hope, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, The Andrews Sisters, Jimmy Stewart, Phil Silvers, Jimmy Durante, and Edgar Bergen and his daughter, a young Candice Bergen.

Classic radio programs on Bing Crosby Christmas Radio include "Christmas Sing with Bing," "The Bing Crosby Show," and "Philco Radio Time."

Crosby was a major radio star from 1931 to 1962. He appeared on approximately 4,000 radio broadcasts, nearly 3,400 of them his own programs.

Just what I want to hear, music by a child abuser.

From imdb:

His eldest son Gary Crosby was vocal in criticizing Bing's violent ways as a father. He wrote a sensationalist tell-all biography titled "Going My Own Way" in 1983 which was touted as a "Daddy Dearest" about Bing. Though Lindsay Crosby and Dennis Crosby agreed with many of Gary's criticisms of their father, Phillip Crosby defended Bing after the book was published. Two of the sons suffered bouts of depression throughout their lives and shot themselves in the head (Lindsay and Dennis, in 1989 and 1991, respectively).