Monitor

June 12, 1955: The start of the first show of the series. 4:00 P. M. (EDT). Raymond Baxter (BBC reporter) describes the accident during the car race at Le Mans, killing 85 people. Walter McGraw reports from San Quentin, from in front of the gas chamber. Peg McGraw interviews San Quentin warden Harley Keats. Morgan Beatty (host), Pat Weaver (president of NBC), Jim Fleming (executive producer), Dave Garroway (news headlines), Raymond Baxter, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Howard Rumsey and His Lighthouse All-Stars (remote from "The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California), Walter McGraw, Peg McGraw. 18:01.

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June 12, 1955: Host Dave Garroway interviews Marilyn Monroe on Monitor’s first night, from 8 to 8:30 p.m. ET. Included are the voices of Kenneth Banghart, Joseph C. Harsch and Jim Fleming, and a live band performance from Chicago.

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This is Monitor's last hour on its premiere day -- Sunday, June 12, 1955, from 11-12:00 p.m. ET. With Morgan Beatty and Walter Kiernan doing News on the Hour; a live big-band remote from Birdland in New York City; Host Ben Grauer introducing Henry Morgan, who reviews that evening's TV fare; a live update from Detroit, where General Motors contract talks were approaching a deadline; and a live big-band remote from the Blue Note in Chicago. Featuring live musical remotes from the Embers in New York City and from the Hollywood Palladium. It also features live reports from San Quentin Prison in California, from an airliner speeding across the Atlantic to Europe and from the National Weather Service. "Miss Monitor" gives her unforgettable temperature reports, and Roger Price has a humorous commentary.

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Thanks!

This is a nice find, BobbyP. Thanks for posting these.
Jeff

Brings back memories.  Thanks!

Here's another one, from June 18, 1955. A continuous program of news, weather, sports, music and special events from all parts of the world.

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Two from June 26, 1955.

"A continuous program of news, special events and variety entertainment. Today's remote pick-ups will include, at unspecified time periods, a Camel auction in Casablanca, a report on juvenile delinquency from the nation's capital, Air Force exercises in Western Europe, President Eisenhower fishing in Maine and a motion picture company on location in Kansas. Participants include James Fleming, Dave Garroway, Bob and Ray, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Gloria Graham, others."

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9:15 PM: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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A thirteen-and-a-half minute snippet from June 17, 1956 — a first-anniversary salute hosted by Dave Garroway.

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Thanks, Bobby!

Thank you Bobby. Love these old reports that were news at the time and now they are history.

You're welcome. Here are two more.

May 17, 1958, 11:30 PM. Morgan Beatty reads the news on the hour. Jim Simpson interviews Cookie Lavangetto (manager of the Washington Senators), Vickie Cummings is interviewed (from Ann Arbor). Jane Morgan receives an award from the Advertising Club of Washington as, "Entertainer of the Year" and is interviewed by Patty Cavander.

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Monitor, June 6, 1959, 11:00 to noon Eastern Time. Monty Hall of “Let’s Make a Deal” fame, and Bob Wilson sitting in for Frank Blair and Don Russell. The clip features sports reports, Ernie Kovacs, Miss Monitor, Bob & Ray and more.

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Monitor, December 10, 1961: Frank McGee and Bud Drake team up for this retrospective looking back at the same day in 1940, when World War II was coming.

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Monitor, December 3, 1961. This was one of the first “Date Specials” that premiered on Monitor after Frank McGee became Sunday night Monitor’s host in 1961. It looked back on that date in 1945 and includes a rare recording of Mahatma Gandhi’s voice. 8:36.

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Monitor, December 24, 1961. Colonel R.L. Gould of NORAD reports on tracking Santa Claus flying down from the North Pole. H.V. Kaltenborn (speaking from WPTZ, Palm Beach, Florida) recalls Christmas when he was a boy in Milwaukie.

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Monitor, March 3, 1962. Mel Allen, the “Voice of the Yankees,” hosting. This half-hour from 9:30 to 10 a.m. ET features a “Ring Around the World” and a report by Gene Garnes Sr. on pipe organs.

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bobbyp, i´m late to the party because of holidays, so i missed some of this shows. is it possible for you to re-up

the three parts of June 12, 1955
the one from June 18, 1955 and
Two from June 26, 1955.

thanks in advance!

keep boppin´
marcel

bicho wrote:bobbyp, i´m late to the party because of holidays, so i missed some of this shows. is it possible for you to re-up

the three parts of June 12, 1955
the one from June 18, 1955 and
Two from June 26, 1955.

thanks in advance!

keep boppin´
marcel

Ask and ye shall receive.

June 12, 1955:

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June 18, 1955:

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June 26, 1955:

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thanks for all this monitor shows, bobbyp. especially the live remotes from the big bands are wonderful and rare!

keep boppin´
marcel

Monitor, from June 25, 1955. 4:15 to 5:14 p.m. A continuous program of news, special events and variety entertainment. Personalities heard include Gloria Graham, Bob and Ray, Vyacheslav Molotov, and even Bill Haley and His Comets.

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It's great to get another Monitor, Bobby. I wish my father was around for me to share it with. Thanks.

Hi Bobby!

I looks as though I missed all of the shows in this fantastic post. Would it be possible to re-up?

Thanks!

Here they are, plus a couple of new ones:

June 12, 1955 (4 p.m.): [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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June 12, 1955 (11 p.m.): [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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June 26, 1955 (7:15 p.m.): [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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May 17, 1958: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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Thanks for these, Bobby. I'm sure I got these from you before and I managed to pick up one show, from June 19, 1955. I have two other shows listed as Monitor (they even have the logo embedded in the file) from December 3, 1961 and December 10, 1961, both eight plus minutes long that are remembrances of December 3, 1945 and December 10, 1945. Listening to them, they sound like transcription inserts. Do you know what they are?