Title:

Kraft Music Hall, The

AKA The Bing Crosby Show, The Al Jolson Show

Type:

Variety

Broadcast History

Jun 26, 1933-Sep 22, 1949 NBC. Mondays for six weeks, then a long running Thrusday night seies. Kraft Foods.

Announcer:

Don Wilson, Ken Carpetner, Roger Krupp

Host:

Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, Nelson Eddy, Dorothy Kirsten

Created to launch the new salad dressing - Miracle Whip.

Earliest series Jun 25, 1933-Dec 26, 1935 starred Paul Whiteman. Aug 3, 1933-Aug 16, 1934 Al Jolson. Jan 2, 1936-May 9, 1946 Bing Crosby. 1945-1947 Edward Everett Hoton, Eddie Foy and Frank Morgan. Oct 2, 1947-May26, 1949 Al Jolson. 1947 summer shows with Nelson Eddy. 1948-1949 Nelson Eddy and Dorothy Kirsten.

Source: Radio's Golden Years by Vincent Terrace

Source: On the Air - John Dunning