Mel Mains | Hall of Fame 2003 | Nebraska Broadcasters Association
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- A native of Holmesville, Nebraska, Mel Mains was born 10 days before the stock market crash of 1929. He graduated from Wymore High School in 1947, then spent one year at Doane College in Crete and then one year at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
At the age of 19, Mel began his broadcasting career in radio with KWBE in Beatrice, in June 1949. He also worked as the farm director and newscaster at KMA radio in Shenandoah, Iowa. After he was drafted in 1951, he worked for the army Hometown News Center in Kansas City, then for KIMO radio in Independence, Missouri and then KCTY-TV and WDAF AM/TV in Kansas City. He later served as the Executive Director of the National Agricultural Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, Kansas, in 1959, as well as a public relations position in Kansas City from 1959 to 1961.
In November, 1961, Mel was hired at KOLN/KGIN TV in Lincoln. During the next 34 years, he anchored the evening news on Ten-Eleven for thousands of Nebraska viewers across the state. Mel Mains became an institution within the Nebraska media and a household name for Nebraskans. Mel appreciated the responsibility that came with delivering daily newscasts and being such a trusted member of the community.
After his retirement from KOLN/KGIN-TV in July, 1995, Mains remained active as a news broadcasters for KWBE radio in Beatrice, the same station he had worked for at the start of his career.
Mel Mains passed away on May 26, 2003, after a struggle with cancer. Mel said, "I'd like to be remembered as a true friend that you could trust.....that's the way I want to be remembered." And certainly, he is.
Beloved Mel Mains. Besides being a great newscaster, he's the reason I got to stay up a little bit longer. What a thrill it was to see him out and about in real life! (Nice, brief glimpse at the young Bob Kerry, Sen. Richard Marvel and was that an appearance on the set of Calamity Kate?)
Mel Mains was in our home every night. I grew up watching him broadcast the evening news. He was a trusted source of news and information for our family.
I liked the way Mel talked about how Deb doing the news helped him do the news. Helped him collect his thoughts. Well compare that with Harry reasoner's attitude toward Barbara walters. We Nebraskans didn't realize how lucky we were to have a newsman like Mel. I sure miss him and Joe Kinney. I've lived in tenn a long time and I miss nebraska
I Live in North Central Kansas, I grew up watching Mel Mains Deb Collins and Ken Siemek with weather..
I remember one night toward the end of his Newcastle Mal had an interview with Dan lynch the Nebraska state senator. And I told my mother I hated lynch and walked into the bathroom. When I came out my mother said lynch had rudely contradicted Mel and you could tell by his look Mel didn't seem to like him either. Mel made my day.
I be lived in tenn my parents passed and I just want to hear one more time and so as we began. Good evening everyone. I know I'm a nutcase.
my parents always had 10/11 on when Mel Mains was on. he was like the Paul Harvey of local news.
I've got to say I usually supported the Nebraska state legislature. Had a little trouble with lynch.