Kraft Music Hall
Broadcast · 1933 · Fortnightly
NBC
NBC · 1933–1949
Broadcasts
200
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1933
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1933–1949
- Surviving broadcasts
- 200
- Genre
- variety
Kraft Music Hall began on NBC in 1933 and became one of radio's defining variety programmes, hosted in turn by Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's orchestra, and later Al Jolson. Guests ranged across Hollywood, Broadway and the concert stage. These recordings stream from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
14 dated broadcasts across 96 years on the air, with 83 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1931, in original transmission order.
- 1. 15 Minutes With Crosby 1931-09-02 (1) First Song - Just One More Chance · 2 Sep 1931
- 2. 1933(USA)Archives19331130PaulWhitemanOrch(KraftMusicHall) · 1 Jan 1933
- 3. Bing Crosby Show (54-56) 1954-11-22 (1) First Song - This Old House · 22 Nov 1954
- 01
15 Minutes With Crosby 1931-09-02 (1) First Song - Just One More Chance
2 Sep 1931 · 7 min
- 02
1933(USA)Archives19331130PaulWhitemanOrch(KraftMusicHall)
1 Jan 1933 · 43 min
- 03
Bing Crosby Show (54-56) 1954-11-22 (1) First Song - This Old House
22 Nov 1954 · 15 min
- 04
Bing Crosby Show (54-56) 1954-11-23 (2) First Song - Papa Loves Mambo
23 Nov 1954 · 15 min
- 05
Bing Crosby Show (54-56) 1954-11-24 (3) First Song - Mandy
24 Nov 1954 · 14 min
- 06
Bing Crosby Show (54-56) 1954-11-25 (4) First Song - I Never Knew
25 Nov 1954 · 14 min
- 07
Bing Crosby Show (54-56) 1954-11-30 (5) First Song - I Want To Be Happy
30 Nov 1954 · 14 min
- 08
Bing Crosby Show (54-56) 1954-12-01 (6) First Song - Somebody Loves Me
1 Dec 1954 · 14 min
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NBC in 1933–1949
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