Mal Bellairs Interviews

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Mal Bellairs interviewed many well known personalities in Chicago. On WBBM-AM and later WIVS radio.

  1. 12/20/2022

    The Night Before Christmas

    In later years Mal used a professional recording of The Night Before Christmas, but I like hearing my Dad's version.

    The Night Before Christmas

  2. 12/19/2022

    Yes, Virginia, There Is

    Once upon a time a little girl asked the local paper for the truth about Santa. Half a century later Mal Bellairs interviewed Virginia O'Hanlon, that little girl.

    Yes, Virginia, There Is

  3. 02/28/2022

    Mal interviews Bill Cosby Summer 1968

    Interview in Chicago after a Cosby performance. Recorded in his dressing room between shows for broadcast on Mal's Sunday afternoon radio show on WBBM. In retrospect some disturbing rumination by Cosby on the colors of Black women. And Cosby tries out a bit. Mal comments that this is shortly after 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.

    Mal interviews Bill Cosby Summer 1968

  4. 01/05/2022

    Mal interviews Nat King Cole, October 14, 1956

    Mal and Nat King Cole discuss Nat's role in the movie "St. Louis Blues" about the life of WC Handy.

  5. 01/02/2022

    New Year's Eve 1955

    Mal was doing the New Years Eve broadcast from WBBM in Chicago in 1955. He called around the country to talk with band leaders including Nelson Riddle, Duke Ellington, Ralph Martiere, and others. Just a short minute or two with each.

  6. 12/26/2021

    Mal chats with musician Bob Gibson

    December 27, 1980. Bob Gibson drops by the studio with his banjo and guitar. He tells Mal about early days -- the first time he met Pete Seeger and fell for the banjo. The folk scene in Chicago. The interview includes a couple of new, unpublished songs.

  7. 12/13/2021

    Mal and Jo on the Go at Gaelic Imports

    They are at a business that has been in Chicago since 1957 and is STILL THERE. Reviews indicate that they do a huge business in Irish bacon. They have a facebook page.

  8. 12/13/2021

    Mal and Jo on the Go -- Plentywood Farm Restaurant, Bensenville IL

    Mal and Jo at a family favorite restaurant. Started in 1932 in a "log cabin" designed by a student of Wright. Closed now and log cabin torn down in the 1990s to make way for a subdivision.

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Mal Bellairs interviewed many well known personalities in Chicago. On WBBM-AM and later WIVS radio.

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  • Creator
    Mal Bellairs On the Air
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mal Bellairs On the Air
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    Mal Bellairs Interviews