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''Monitor'' was an NBC Radio program that premiered on June 12 , 1955 , and left the air on January 26 , 1975 . The show provided news coverage, interviews, entertainment and more, and for much of its history aired for over thirty hours every weekend - in fact, at the time of its launch, the show aired from 8:00 on Saturday morning through midnight Sunday.

Among the many names who served as hosts, or "communicators", for multiple years were Hugh Downs , Dave Garroway , Gene Rayburn , Mel Allen , Ed McMahon and Bill Cullen . The program's final hosts were Big Wilson and John Bartholomew Tucker .


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