Monitor

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Monitor was a long-running, innovative weekend radio program on NBC Radio that mixed news, music, interviews, and live remote segments into a continuous magazine-style broadcast.

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instanceOf NBC Radio program
radio program
broadcastMedium AM radio
broadcastOn NBC Radio Network NERFINISHED
broadcastSchedule Saturday and Sunday
weekends
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Pat Weaver NERFINISHED
describedAs innovative radio magazine
long-running weekend radio program
developedBy Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver Jr. NERFINISHED
endTime 1975
January 26, 1975
format magazine-style radio program
genre news and entertainment
hasHost Big Wilson NERFINISHED
Bill Cullen NERFINISHED
Dave Garroway NERFINISHED
Don Imus NERFINISHED
Frank Blair NERFINISHED
Gene Rayburn NERFINISHED
Henry Morgan NERFINISHED
Hugh Downs NERFINISHED
Joe Garagiola NERFINISHED
John Bartholomew Tucker NERFINISHED
Wolfman Jack NERFINISHED
hasPart celebrity interviews
human-interest features
news bulletins
remote broadcasts from public events
sports updates
weather reports
inception 1955
influenced all-news and information radio programming
later magazine-style radio formats
language English
networkAffiliation NBC NERFINISHED
notableFeature continuous long-form weekend broadcast
integration of news, features, and entertainment
use of live remote pickups from around the world
openingTheme Monitor beacon sounder
originallyBroadcastFrom NBC studios at Rockefeller Center, New York City NERFINISHED
originalNetwork NBC Radio NERFINISHED
productionCompany National Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED
runningTime 40 hours per weekend at its peak
segmentType interviews
live remote segments
music
news
slogan "The Monitor Beacon" (used as an audio signature) NERFINISHED
startTime June 12, 1955
targetAudience general American radio audience

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