1. STUART MCLEAN BIOGRAPHY STUART MCLEAN IS A CANADIAN BORN RADIO BROADCASTER, BUT WAS ALSO A HUMOURIST, MONOLOGIST, AND AN AUTHOR. HE IS BEST KNOWN AS THE RADIO BROADCASTER FOR A BROADCAST ON CBC NEWS RADIO CALLED THE VINYL CAFÉ. OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A “STORY-TELLING COMIC”. KNOWN FOR HIS DISTINCTIVE VOICE AND HIS ABILITY TO ALTER HIS STORIES TO MAKE THEM VERY CLEAR/DISTINCTIVE ON EVERY SHOW.

2. EARLY LIFE  Born in Montreal to Australian immigrant parents.  Was educated at Lower Canada College in Montreal  Graduated from Sir George Williams University with a B.A. degree in 1971.

3. CAREER  From 1978-1982, he made documentaries for a program called Sunday Morning on CBC Radio.  He acted as the show’s (Sunday Morning) executive producer from 1982 to 1984.  During the 80’s and 90’s he was a frequent guest and sometimes host of Morningside with Peter Gzowski.  He had an opportunity to cohost the show Midday with Valerie Pringle of CBC Television in 1989, but the spot went to Ralph Benmergui.  As a summer replacement show, he created The Vinyl Café in 1994.  By the autumn of 1997, The Vinyl Café was being broadcasted every Sunday at noon.  Since 1998, McLean has taken The Vinyl Café on the road to theatres in Canada and the United States.

4. AWARDS  ACTRA award for best radio documentary for coverage of the Johnstown Massacre, 1979.  Canadian Authors Association best non-fiction book for Welcome Home, 1993.  Rookie fellowship for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Writing: Trent University, 1994-95.  Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour “Home from Vinyl Café”, 1999.  Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour “Vinyl Café Unplugged”, 2001.  Canadian Author’s Jubilee Award, for “Vinyl Café Diaries”, 2004.  Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour “Secrets from the Vinyl Café”, 2007.  In 2011, he was made an officer of the Order of Canada “for his contributions to Canadian culture as a storyteller and broadcaster, as well as for his many charitable activities”.