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 continued through the weekend until 12 midnight on Sunday. After the first few months, the full weekend broadcast was shortened when the midnight-to-dawn hours were dropped since few NBC stations carried it.
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.
The National Broadcasting Company's NBC Radio Network was an American commercial radio network which was in continuous operation from 1926 through 1999. Along with the NBC Blue Network, it was one of the first two nationwide networks established in the United States. Its major competitors were the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), founded in 1927, and the Mutual Broadcasting System, founded in 1934. In 1942, NBC was required to divest one of its national networks, so it sold NBC Blue, which was soon renamed the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). After this separation, the Red Network continued as the NBC Radio Network.
The Eveready Hour announcer Helen Hahn in the WEAF studios, c. 1922
WEAF announcer Graham McNamee calling the 1924 World Series for the "WEAF chain"
The Aeolian Hall in New York City was home to WJY–WJZ and the "WJZ chain" of the "radio group".
The WEAF (red) and WJZ (blue) chains in 1926
