On January 25 and 26, 1975, Monitor spent its last 12 hours looking back on its 20-year history of more than 20,000-plus hours with hosts Big Wilson and John Bartholomew Tucker. Many clips were played, including Dave Garroway's interview with Marilyn Monroe on the show's first day, Frank McGee's talk with Martin Luther King Jr. in the early 1960s, Bob and Ray spoofing "Miss Monitor," and reporter Helen Hall riding on a roller-coaster. On January 26, Wilson hosted from noon to 3pm while Tucker hosted from 3 to 6pm. The program's last guest was Hugh Downs, who talked about his earlier days on Monitor with Tucker. During the show's final minutes Sammy Cahn sang about the show's history ("Monitor: It's Been a Long, Long Time"), followed by Tucker thanking the listeners and staff, after which he said his last farewell. The final sound heard on Monitor was of the "Beacon", followed by the NBC chimes at 5:58:50pm. About 125 stations still carried the program on its last day, with few in major markets. In 1983, NBC revived the title for a short-lived television news program, Monitor, hosted by Lloyd Dobyns. The show was renamed First Camera and was canceled in 1984. Listen to Monitor clips, including the Beacon NPR: Liane Hansen talks with Dennis Hart on the 50th anniversary of Monitor (6/12/05) Miss Monitor (Tedi Thurman) (RealPlayer) Monitor (June 6, 1959, 11am to noon ET, Saturday) with Bob and Ray, Ernie Kovacs, Miss Monitor, Bob Wilson, Monty Hall, Herb Kaplow, Longines Chorus and Orchestra, segment on airline ticketing via "electronic brain" in Copenhagen (MP3 format) "Miss Janitor", the Joy Boys' parody of Miss Monitor (February 10, 1961) (MP3 format) Monitor: Nichols and May (September 1964) (MP3 format) See also Radio in the United States References Notes Hart, Dennis. Monitor (Take 2): The Revised, Expanded Inside Story of Network Radio's Greatest Program''. 297 pages. New York: iUniverse, 2003. External links Dennis Hart's Monitor Beacon Revolution 21: "I'm on the Monitor beacon." Necrology of Old Radio Personalities OTR Actors and Their Roles Who's Who On 'Monitor' TV-Radio Magazine, 1955 Dennis Hart Monitor collection at the University of Maryland Libraries 1955 radio programme debuts 1975 radio programme endings 1950s American radio programs 1960s American radio programs 1970s American radio programs American jazz radio programs American variety radio programs NBC radio programs Peabody Award-winning radio programs