The 1934 WLS Family Album:

Joe Kelly


Curator's note: One of Chicago radio's most beloved personalities, Joe Kelly for a number of years hosted the WLS National Barn Dance as well as NBC's Quiz Kids broadcast. In the mid and later 1950's he hosted "The Totem Club" on WTTW television.

Joe Kelly's picture naturally belongs on the same page with the Westerners because you hear them together on the Round-Up. Joe is making a great host of friends among the little boys and girls, with his morning program of "Jolly Joe and his Pets." He has such a radiant, happy personality that you can't be in the same room with him and hold onto a grouch.

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