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Sirius to Devote Exclusive Channel to Bing Crosby for the Holidays - 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio'
'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
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio
(Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that it will devote an entire channel - Bing
Crosby Christmas Radio - to classic Bing Crosby radio broadcasts from the
personal vault of Bing Crosby, one of America's most beloved entertainers of
all time and a star synonymous with classic holiday entertainment.
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.
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