For two decades starting in 1955, millions of Americans spent their weekends listening to an extraordinary radio program-NBC's """"Monitor."""" Running continuously from Saturday morning through Sunday night, """"Monitor"""" featured big-name hosts like Dave Garroway, Hugh Downs, Gene Rayburn, Ed McMahon, Henry Morgan, Barry Nelson, Joe Garagiola, Bill Cullen, Jim Lowe and Murray the K-all broadcasting from mammoth studios called """"Radio Central."""" """"Monitor"""" spotlighted a galaxy of feature reporters such as Arlene Francis, Gene Shalit, Bob Considine and Mel Allen. Comedy came from Bob and Ray, Nichols and May and Ernie Kovacs-and """"Miss Monitor"""" gave her unforgettable weather forecasts. This is the vastly expanded, revised edition of Dennis Hart's inside look at """"Monitor."""" Included are doz | Monitor (Take 2) by Dennis Hart, Paperback | Indigo Chapters