Monitor (Take 2): The Revised, Expanded Inside Story of Network Radio's Greatest Program
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Overview
For two decades starting in 1955, millions of Americans spent their weekends listening to an extraordinary radio program--NBC's Monitor.Running continuously from Saturday morning through Sunday night, Monitor featured big-name hosts like Dave Garroway, Hugh Downs, Gene Rayburn, Ed McMahon, Henry Morgan, Barry Nelson, Joe Garagiola, Bill Cullen, Jim Lowe and Murray the K--all broadcasting from mammoth studios called "Radio Central."
Monitor spotlighted a galaxy of feature reporters such as Arlene Francis, Gene Shalit, Bob Considine and Mel Allen. Comedy came from Bob and Ray, Nichols and May and Ernie Kovacs--and "Miss Monitor" gave her unforgettable weather forecasts.
This is the vastly expanded, revised edition of Dennis Hart's inside look at Monitor. Included are dozens of new, never-before-told stories about the men and women of Monitor. Readers will discover--or remember--what made Monitor such a "must-listen" experience in the mid-20th century--and learn, for the first time, the real story about the death of America's last great radio show.
Monitor (Take 2) is the "last word" about a true broadcasting institution.