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Quebec City — Winter Carnival

Mal and Jo describing their experience attending Winter Carnival in Quebec City in 1966. Mal loved winter and winter activities. Jo went along (but you may hear about cold feet). Our family took regular winter vacations, going north into ski country. Of course this year (2021) Quebec City is...

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Illinois Broadcast Pioneer Award

Here is a video That IBA prepared to honor Mal. He gave this talk in 1995. The award was given in June 2009 when Mal was 89 and no longer as spry. This link shows you others who have been given the broadcast pioneer award. The video above was...

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Halloween Pumpkins

Mal and Jo Bellairs at the mike for their On the Go show.


Mal and Jo with some of the kids. Fall 1968 picking pumpkins for Halloween. Only 3 minues long with a couple of places where the audio drops off badly. At the Wauconda Apple Orchard.

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Mal’s 2d Day Hosting Arthur Godfrey Show

On Tuesday, Mal’s guests include Ed Ames and Helen Gurley Brown. Also, apparently, the Bellairs kids bought everything for sale at FAO Schwartz on 5th Ave. Greatest toy store ever.

Mal makes it through discussing women’s sex lives with Gurley Brown and Ames sings “Try to Remember” from The Fantasticks.

Godfrey pitches Lysol, diet pills and breakfast bran cereal.

Mal went long – announcer says the program was edited to meet time requirements. Or maybe Helen said too much.

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Remembering Art Hellyer’s Career

Here’s a great video about Art Hellyer, another Chicago radio pioneer. Some of the comments about Art are by Mal. In a home where we mostly listened to Dad on the radio, I still managed to listen to Art’s AM radio show on WCFL. I love that the video also credits Lenny Kaye. Dr. Kaye was a true artist.

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Mal’s Recordings on Vintage Broadcast

The VintageBroadcast.com website has captured recordings of many of the greats of early radio. They have more than 100 recordings of Mal, starting in 1954. Feel free to scroll through and listen to your favorites. You can help support VintageBroadcast.com by buying recordings you want to be sure to...

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