Several months later, he left there to join WOL in Washington, D.C., where his job included announcing for the Mutual Broadcasting System.

[7] In 1951, Blair began his television career as the host of Heritage, an NBC cultural series broadcast live from Washington's National Gallery of Art.

Blair became the news editor and on-air newscaster for Today in 1953, continuing in those roles until he retired in 1975.

[3] Stephen Battaglio, in his book, From Yesterday to Today: Six Decades of America's Favorite Morning Show, described Blair as "a protege of legendary broadcaster Lowell Thomas and a consummate professional.

[11] Blair died in Hilton Head in 1995, 20 years to the day from his final NBC broadcast.