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11 1 8 .« Discussing "Monitor" opening at NBC's new Radio Central are, left to right Sylvester L. Weaver, Jr., NBC Presi- dent; James Fleming, Executive Producer and Editor of "Monitor," Robert W. Sarnoff, NBC Executive Vice-President; Dave Garroway, "Monitor" Communicator, and Mike Zeamer, program's Entertainment Producer. "Monitor" Takes to the Air A he National Broadcasting Company has opened a new era in network radio with the revolution- ary service, "Monitor." Using the immediacy and mo- bility of radio, "Monitor" is designed to bring listeners whatever is most interesting, important or entertaining, wherever it may be happening. The new weekend radio service was introduced June 12 with an ear-and-eye-opening one-hour similcast — a program presented on both radio and television — from NBC Radio Central, the network's new §150,000 world listening post in New York. Continuing on the NBC radio network for eight hours in its opening broadcast, "Monitor" indicated its scope with a virtual kaleidoscope of information and entertainment. Among its features were: — A tense interview with a prisoner inside the walls of the Federal Penitentiary at San Quentin. — A jazz concert by Howard Rumsey and his band at Hermosa Beach. California. — A bewildering conversation between Al Kelly, the double-talk artist, and baseball fans in a Manhattan tavern. — The departure of a London-bound Constellation carrying a transmitter for later in-flight reports relayed back to "Monitor." — A pickup of Jerry Lewis at Brown's Hotel in the Catskills and a preview of a segment of his latest film. — A discussion of "The Spiritual Climate of Amer- ica," with Dr. William Saltonstall, principal of Phillips- Exeter Academy, interviewing Dr. Nathan Pusey, Presi- dent of Harvard. — A dress rehearsal of Victor Jory's "The Fairly Fortune" at Bucks County Playhouse, with a com- mentary by producer Michael Ellis. The Opening Team The initial simulcast was presided over by Sylvester L. Weaver, Jr., President of NBC, and featured James Fleming, executive producer and editor of "Monitor." Also on hand were "communicators" Dave Garroway, Clifton Fadiman, Walter Kiernan, Morgan Beatty, Frank Gallop and Ben Grauer. During the show. Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding roamed NBC Radio Central playing the roles of an NBC page and a confused tourist. Since this first broadcast, "Monitor," which runs con- tinuously from 8 a.m. Saturday to midnight Sunday, has proven itself as a new concept in electronics — a week- end radio service attuned to modern habits of living and listening. Over and above such basic services as news, sports, time signals and the weather, "Monitor" presents RADIO AGE 9