Monitor NBC Radio - radio central indeed
i am fascinated by these programs and can’t get enough of listening to them. to think these were still on whilst i was born - its the same fascination i feel when i listen to cbs radio mystery theater.
NBC Monitor was a weekend radio program broadcast which ran from June 12, 1955 until January 26, 1975. Airing live and nationwide on NBC Radio, originally beginning Saturday morning at 8am and continuing through the weekend until midnight on Sunday, it offered a magazine-of-the-air mix of news, sports, comedy, variety, music, celebrity interviews and other short segments. Its length and eclectic format were radical departures from the traditional radio programming structure of 30- and 60-minute programs and represented an ambitious attempt to respond to the rise of television as America’s major home entertainment medium.
[From Monitor (NBC Radio) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
especially interesting is the embedded news flashes or programs - its a great look into the times and gives a unique perspective on the era the broadcast occurred.
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