Monitor was an American weekend radio program broadcast from June 12, 1955, until January 26, 1975. Airing live and nationwide on the NBC Radio Network, it originally aired beginning Saturday morning at 8am and continuing through the weekend until 12 midnight on Sunday. However, after the first few months, the full weekend broadcast was shortened when the midnight-to-dawn hours were dropped since few NBC stations carried it.
The program offered a magazine-of-the-air mix of news, sports, comedy, variety, music, celebrity interviews and other short segments (along with records, usually of popular middle-of-the-road songs, especially in its later years). 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.
The show was the brainchild of legendary NBC radio and television network president Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, whose career bridged classic radio and television's infancy and who sought to keep radio alive in a television age. Believing that broadcasting could and should educate as well as entertain, Weaver fashioned a series to do both with some of the best-remembered and best-regarded names in broadcasting, entertainment, journalism, and literature taking part. Monitor and the Sunday-afternoon TV documentary series Wide Wide World were Weaver's last two major contributions to NBC, as he left the network within a year of Monitor's premiere.
NBC FM is a volunteer run organisation and is funded through listener support, grants and limited commercial sponsorship. The station celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008.
History
2NBC was formed in 1974 by a group of local residents and the Narwee Baptist Church, interested in the idea of a community radio station. After test broadcasts in the early 1980s the group was granted a licence by the then Australian Broadcasting Tribunal to provide a community broadcast service to the south and inner west suburbs of Sydney. Although 2NBC was spearheaded by the team from Narwee Baptist Church, the station has always been managed and programmed independently to the church.
Current
In 2008 the City of Hurstville and 2NBC teamed up to record The Tales from Dragonhurst, a local history radio drama. Funded by the Australia Council for the Arts the production involved a cast and crew of 30 seniors and an orchestra. Eight episodes were recorded and broadcast and the series has been made available to all community radio stations in Australia.
Contemporary music critics were divided in their opinions of Born to Die; some commended its distinctive production, while its repetitiveness and melodramatic tendencies were a recurring complaint. The record debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 77,000 copies; it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after moving one million units. Born to Die reached the peak position on eleven international record charts, and has sold 8.5 million copies worldwide as of May 2015.
The song is a reflection on the narrator's teenage years: specifically, of borrowing his mother's car to take his girlfriend for a ride, and listening to songs on the radio while doing so.
Critical reception
The song generally received favorable reviews. Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song four and a half stars out of five, saying that "it sounds like the kind of fun song you would want to hear on the radio at a memorable moment." Peacock praised Rucker's "all-smiles delivery" and the song's "incredibly catchy melody and tight production." He also compared its theme to "I Watched It All (On My Radio)" by Lionel Cartwright. Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly gave the song an A grade, calling it "the perfect marriage of an artist’s effervescent personality with an upbeat song, this one about the love of music." Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song two and a half stars out of five, writing that "the uptempo tribute to young love, open roads and, of course, the radio is familiar and easy to fall for, especially when powered by Rucker’s unequaled exuberance." However, Dukes also called the song "a little fluffy" and "not difficult to forget."
"Radio" is a song by BritishpopsingerRobbie Williams. It was the first single from his hits compilation Greatest Hits, released in 2004. The video includes tattooed cheerleaders in masks doing flips, Williams being fawned over as a snake emerges from his trousers, and Williams' eyes morphing into lizard eyes. The song also features robo-type music.
Chart success
"Radio" became Williams' sixth number one single in the UK Singles Chart, selling 41,734 in its first week. To date the song has sold 100,000 copies in the UK. The song also topped the charts in Portugal and Denmark and reached the top ten across Europe and Latin America. In Australia, the single charted at number-twelve and after seven weeks on the charts, the single was certified Gold.
The song was Williams's last UK number-one for eight years until "Candy" took the top spot in November 2012.
'Monitor Beacon' audio symbol of NBC Radio (27+ seconds)
'Monitor Beacon' audio symbol of NBC Radio.
Thanks to:
http://monitorbeacon.net
published: 23 Feb 2019
Ernie Kovacs - NBC Radio Network Comedy Monologue on "Monitor" June 6, 1959
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - I am sure that every "Kovacsphile" is well aware that Ernie's professional entertainment career started on radio in his hometown of Trenton NJ. Even after his breakthrough on television, Ernie kept a finger in the medium up until the late 1950's. Here is a segment that was broadcast from June 6, 1959 over the now defunct NBC Radio Network on it's long running "Monitor" program. Created by NBC vice-president Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver, "Monitor" was initially an extended weekend and ultimately a daily radio program which blended recorded music, news, sports, remote radio pick-ups, interviews and commentary. It was "The Today Show" of radio which was not surprising since Pat Weaver created both programs! While voicing over my photo montage, Ernie relat...
published: 04 Dec 2010
NBC RADIO'S "MONITOR" (A TRIBUTE TO JOHN F. KENNEDY) (NOVEMBER 22, 1964)
Don Pardo on working at NBC radio in NY- EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG
See the full interview at http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/don-pardo
published: 22 Feb 2013
Bill Kenny Interview on NBC Monitor Radio 1956
Bill Kenny sits down with Frank Blair and Don Russell in a very interesting interview from 9/22/1956
published: 25 Oct 2013
Jimmy Stewart on NBC Radio's Monitor, April, 11, 1970
Interview of Jimmy Stewart
published: 02 Feb 2012
Jim Lowe NBC Monitor Recorded July 25, 1971
A weekend feature of the NBC network was "Monitor".
Not heard in this sample wee the songs
Sweet Caroline (don't know the orchestra)
Games That Lovers Play - Mantovani
La Vie En Rose - Mantovani - Here is where we fade in to hear
Jim Lowe do a station ID for the NYC station.
Next clip we fase up on Marilyn McCoo singing "Wedding Bell Blues" followed by Jim Lowe announcing Space Program story.
The snapshots begin with a view of the NBC Monitor studio that you would see if you took the NBC tour which I did. I believe Jim Lowe and Fanny Flagg were behind the glass that day I took the tour. The snapshots get closer to the studio. Then we finish with appropriate images of Apollo 15. We know the date of this recording because Jim says it is the eve of the launch of Apollo 15.
published: 06 Apr 2016
NBC Radio Network News Sounder 1975 - 1985
The Sounder for NBC Radio Network News from 1975 to C. 1985
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - This blackout clip has Ernie satirizing topics which always appear to have social relevence...even after 48 years! Does the style of the cartoon characters seem familiar? Keep in mind that Ernie at the time was also a fan and occasional contributing writer to Mad Magazine. The weather forcast segment with Jolene Brand appears to be a not-so-veiled jab at NBC-Radio personality Tedi Thurman, who was popularly known as "Miss Monitor". (Ernie and Jolene also threw in a good measure of Jayne Mansfield to boot!). Broadcast radio fans can view more information about Tedi, and listen to a sample of her vocalization of the weather forcast, at http://www.monitorbeacon.net/missmonitor.html . BTW, Jolene's refers to "Pluvius". Jupiter Pluvius was an ancient god...
published: 01 Apr 2009
Monitor NBC Radio Network After Six Presentation Sides 1-2- Gene Rayburn June 1965
Several stars make appearances on this record, including Groucho Marx, Jonathan Winters and Mike Nichols & Elaine May.
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - I am sure that every "Kovacsphile" is well aware that Ernie's professional entertainment career started on radio in his ...
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - I am sure that every "Kovacsphile" is well aware that Ernie's professional entertainment career started on radio in his hometown of Trenton NJ. Even after his breakthrough on television, Ernie kept a finger in the medium up until the late 1950's. Here is a segment that was broadcast from June 6, 1959 over the now defunct NBC Radio Network on it's long running "Monitor" program. Created by NBC vice-president Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver, "Monitor" was initially an extended weekend and ultimately a daily radio program which blended recorded music, news, sports, remote radio pick-ups, interviews and commentary. It was "The Today Show" of radio which was not surprising since Pat Weaver created both programs! While voicing over my photo montage, Ernie relates a subtle and wry observation of formulaic screenwriting. Listen closley during the vampire discussion and in the background you can hear a woman quietly chuckling in the studio. More than likely it is that of his wife Edie Adams.
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - I am sure that every "Kovacsphile" is well aware that Ernie's professional entertainment career started on radio in his hometown of Trenton NJ. Even after his breakthrough on television, Ernie kept a finger in the medium up until the late 1950's. Here is a segment that was broadcast from June 6, 1959 over the now defunct NBC Radio Network on it's long running "Monitor" program. Created by NBC vice-president Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver, "Monitor" was initially an extended weekend and ultimately a daily radio program which blended recorded music, news, sports, remote radio pick-ups, interviews and commentary. It was "The Today Show" of radio which was not surprising since Pat Weaver created both programs! While voicing over my photo montage, Ernie relates a subtle and wry observation of formulaic screenwriting. Listen closley during the vampire discussion and in the background you can hear a woman quietly chuckling in the studio. More than likely it is that of his wife Edie Adams.
A weekend feature of the NBC network was "Monitor".
Not heard in this sample wee the songs
Sweet Caroline (don't know the orchestra)
Games That Lovers Play - Ma...
A weekend feature of the NBC network was "Monitor".
Not heard in this sample wee the songs
Sweet Caroline (don't know the orchestra)
Games That Lovers Play - Mantovani
La Vie En Rose - Mantovani - Here is where we fade in to hear
Jim Lowe do a station ID for the NYC station.
Next clip we fase up on Marilyn McCoo singing "Wedding Bell Blues" followed by Jim Lowe announcing Space Program story.
The snapshots begin with a view of the NBC Monitor studio that you would see if you took the NBC tour which I did. I believe Jim Lowe and Fanny Flagg were behind the glass that day I took the tour. The snapshots get closer to the studio. Then we finish with appropriate images of Apollo 15. We know the date of this recording because Jim says it is the eve of the launch of Apollo 15.
A weekend feature of the NBC network was "Monitor".
Not heard in this sample wee the songs
Sweet Caroline (don't know the orchestra)
Games That Lovers Play - Mantovani
La Vie En Rose - Mantovani - Here is where we fade in to hear
Jim Lowe do a station ID for the NYC station.
Next clip we fase up on Marilyn McCoo singing "Wedding Bell Blues" followed by Jim Lowe announcing Space Program story.
The snapshots begin with a view of the NBC Monitor studio that you would see if you took the NBC tour which I did. I believe Jim Lowe and Fanny Flagg were behind the glass that day I took the tour. The snapshots get closer to the studio. Then we finish with appropriate images of Apollo 15. We know the date of this recording because Jim says it is the eve of the launch of Apollo 15.
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - This blackout clip has Ernie satirizing topics which always appear to have social relevence...even after 48 years! Does ...
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - This blackout clip has Ernie satirizing topics which always appear to have social relevence...even after 48 years! Does the style of the cartoon characters seem familiar? Keep in mind that Ernie at the time was also a fan and occasional contributing writer to Mad Magazine. The weather forcast segment with Jolene Brand appears to be a not-so-veiled jab at NBC-Radio personality Tedi Thurman, who was popularly known as "Miss Monitor". (Ernie and Jolene also threw in a good measure of Jayne Mansfield to boot!). Broadcast radio fans can view more information about Tedi, and listen to a sample of her vocalization of the weather forcast, at http://www.monitorbeacon.net/missmonitor.html . BTW, Jolene's refers to "Pluvius". Jupiter Pluvius was an ancient god who was the reliever of droughts.
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - This blackout clip has Ernie satirizing topics which always appear to have social relevence...even after 48 years! Does the style of the cartoon characters seem familiar? Keep in mind that Ernie at the time was also a fan and occasional contributing writer to Mad Magazine. The weather forcast segment with Jolene Brand appears to be a not-so-veiled jab at NBC-Radio personality Tedi Thurman, who was popularly known as "Miss Monitor". (Ernie and Jolene also threw in a good measure of Jayne Mansfield to boot!). Broadcast radio fans can view more information about Tedi, and listen to a sample of her vocalization of the weather forcast, at http://www.monitorbeacon.net/missmonitor.html . BTW, Jolene's refers to "Pluvius". Jupiter Pluvius was an ancient god who was the reliever of droughts.
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - I am sure that every "Kovacsphile" is well aware that Ernie's professional entertainment career started on radio in his hometown of Trenton NJ. Even after his breakthrough on television, Ernie kept a finger in the medium up until the late 1950's. Here is a segment that was broadcast from June 6, 1959 over the now defunct NBC Radio Network on it's long running "Monitor" program. Created by NBC vice-president Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver, "Monitor" was initially an extended weekend and ultimately a daily radio program which blended recorded music, news, sports, remote radio pick-ups, interviews and commentary. It was "The Today Show" of radio which was not surprising since Pat Weaver created both programs! While voicing over my photo montage, Ernie relates a subtle and wry observation of formulaic screenwriting. Listen closley during the vampire discussion and in the background you can hear a woman quietly chuckling in the studio. More than likely it is that of his wife Edie Adams.
A weekend feature of the NBC network was "Monitor".
Not heard in this sample wee the songs
Sweet Caroline (don't know the orchestra)
Games That Lovers Play - Mantovani
La Vie En Rose - Mantovani - Here is where we fade in to hear
Jim Lowe do a station ID for the NYC station.
Next clip we fase up on Marilyn McCoo singing "Wedding Bell Blues" followed by Jim Lowe announcing Space Program story.
The snapshots begin with a view of the NBC Monitor studio that you would see if you took the NBC tour which I did. I believe Jim Lowe and Fanny Flagg were behind the glass that day I took the tour. The snapshots get closer to the studio. Then we finish with appropriate images of Apollo 15. We know the date of this recording because Jim says it is the eve of the launch of Apollo 15.
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - This blackout clip has Ernie satirizing topics which always appear to have social relevence...even after 48 years! Does the style of the cartoon characters seem familiar? Keep in mind that Ernie at the time was also a fan and occasional contributing writer to Mad Magazine. The weather forcast segment with Jolene Brand appears to be a not-so-veiled jab at NBC-Radio personality Tedi Thurman, who was popularly known as "Miss Monitor". (Ernie and Jolene also threw in a good measure of Jayne Mansfield to boot!). Broadcast radio fans can view more information about Tedi, and listen to a sample of her vocalization of the weather forcast, at http://www.monitorbeacon.net/missmonitor.html . BTW, Jolene's refers to "Pluvius". Jupiter Pluvius was an ancient god who was the reliever of droughts.
Monitor was an American weekend radio program broadcast from June 12, 1955, until January 26, 1975. Airing live and nationwide on the NBC Radio Network, it originally aired beginning Saturday morning at 8am and continuing through the weekend until 12 midnight on Sunday. However, after the first few months, the full weekend broadcast was shortened when the midnight-to-dawn hours were dropped since few NBC stations carried it.
The program offered a magazine-of-the-air mix of news, sports, comedy, variety, music, celebrity interviews and other short segments (along with records, usually of popular middle-of-the-road songs, especially in its later years). 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.
The show was the brainchild of legendary NBC radio and television network president Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, whose career bridged classic radio and television's infancy and who sought to keep radio alive in a television age. Believing that broadcasting could and should educate as well as entertain, Weaver fashioned a series to do both with some of the best-remembered and best-regarded names in broadcasting, entertainment, journalism, and literature taking part. Monitor and the Sunday-afternoon TV documentary series Wide Wide World were Weaver's last two major contributions to NBC, as he left the network within a year of Monitor's premiere.
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