Frank Blair (journalist)
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Frank S. Blair Jr. was a broadcast journalist for NBC News, perhaps best known for being the news anchor on the Today program from 1953 to 1975.
Blair in 1953
Blair (left) with the rest of the 1953 Today show cast, including J. Fred Muggs
Monitor (radio program)
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Monitor was an American weekend radio program broadcast live and nationwide on the NBC Radio Network from June 12, 1955, until January 26, 1975. It began originally on Saturday morning at 8am and cont
Frank Blair (journalist)
…months later, he left there to join WOL in Washington, D.C., where his job included announcing for the Mutual Broadcasting System. When NBC radio's Monitor weekend program began in 1955, Blair was one of the first news anchors. Beginning in 1942, Blair served in the U.S. Navy as a flight instructor and…
Monitor host Dave Garroway
Monitor Sunday afternoon and evening staff in Radio Central, 1957. From left: Frank Gallop, Lorna Lynn (Monitor Medley Girl), Dave Garroway, Tedi Thurman (Miss Monitor), and Ben Grauer.
Marlene Dietrich was a regular Monitor advisor on emotional problems.