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...
Steve Allen was in the studio for an interview. One of Mal’s heroes. Wish we had the tape of this one.
In the 50s the family took a vacation at Aspen. One evening we went to Toklat for dinner. In this recording from around 1968 Mal and Jo remember Stuart Mace the owner of Toklat at Aspen, now part of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies. Mal always had an...
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...
Mal and Jo Bellairs at the mike for their On the Go show.
First 15 minutes of Music Wagon on January 21, 1959. Mal Bellairs, the Boyd Twins, Hal Carton, Billy Leach, Paul Rogers. A snowy day in Chicago. School closings. Survey – what do you gals want in your house? Porky Panico, Big Boogie.
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.
Here are handwritten notes Mal made when preparing to talk about his work. (If you have heard his talk you understand he never typed a word.) Interesting things he mentions that you may not hear in the talk — His first job in on the air was a commercial...
Dad got a chance to stand up and talk to a group of Chicagoland broadcasters about his life. He talked about his early years in Wyoming, his discovery of Chicago and acting. He talks about future greats he got to know at the Pasadena Playhouse and his service during...
North Shore Hilton and North Shore Magazine put Mal on the North Shore Walk of Fame in 1994. Jack Brickhouse, a longtime friend, made the presentation. Here is Mal putting his hand prints on the walk: And here is the plaque commemorating the award: Previous honorees included Scott Turow,...
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