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Tribute Pages
December 2024
Merry Christmas, Monitor fans!
We anticipate returning next month with “new” Monitor hours on these pages, as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Monitor’s final broadcasts on NBC Radio.
Meanwhile, enjoy hours of Christmastime Monitor ’66 hosted by Gene Rayburn, Barry Nelson & Brad Crandall on this page
AND
hours of Christmastime Monitor ’67 hosted by Rayburn, Crandall & Henry Morgan on this page.
Below: Monitor ’64 hosts (from left) Frank Blair, James Daly, Gene Rayburn, Barry Nelson & David Wayne (courtesy Louis Castaing)
**One more note**
Jodie Peeler — a broadcast historian and great friend of this website — has written “the” definitive biography of Dave Garroway, the first “Today” host and one of the first and greatest “Monitor” hosts. You can find out about it here
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On these pages, you can hear — and read about — NBC Radio’s innovative, and legendary, weekend-long “Monitor” — which aired from 1955 to 1975. It started as a broadcasting experiment — quickly became a smash hit — and wound up becoming an institution. We are proud to present and preserve the “Monitor” story here.
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