description: In the mid-1950s, TV was siphoning off network radio's audience and profits. NBC's brilliant programmer, Pat Weaver, created Monitor to "save" his radio network. Airing continuously for 40 hours each weekend, Monitor featured big-name hosts introducing live news, sports, comedy, variety and live remotes from around the world. Monitor, broadcast from NBC's mammoth Radio Central studios, became a smash hit with audiences and advertisers. It became network radio's greatest program.
language: English
title: Monitor: The Last Great Radio Show
titlecomplete: Monitor: The Last Great Radio Show
ratings_count: 2
publisher: iUniverse