"[10] The show featured many celebrities, such as Anthony Quinn, Ricardo Montalbán, José Feliciano, Antonio Aguilar, Pedro Vargas, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltrán, Ken Curtis who played Festus in "Gunsmoke", Kirk Douglas, Muhammad Ali, Don Knotts, Johnny Weissmueller, and Freddy Fender.
He stayed with the NBC affiliate until 1985, during this time, the Val De La O Show became a local favorite, due in part to the chemistry he developed between his co-stars, Juan Raigoza and Mario Leyba.
Because of Val’s flourishing career that began at a very young age, he became a role model for rising hopefuls in the music and TV industry.
In 1985, due to the dramatic and ever evolving changes in the National Hispanic Television market, Val ended the production of his show.
In the early 1980s Val developed an interest in alternative health care and decided to pursue a career in naturopathic medicine.
At a young age, Val’s parents and siblings moved from Colorado to Hatch, New Mexico to start a family farm, which is where he was raised.
In 1954, Val graduated from Hatch Valley High School and earned a Ford Foundation scholarship to attend the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
Some of his many heroes were, El Trio Los Panchos, and through their inspiration he and his brother Nel, learned to play the guitar.
A few years later Val, along with his brother Nel, recorded an album of their favorite popular Mexican-Spanish songs.
In the early 1980s, Val developed an interest in alternative health care and decided to pursue a career in Naturopathic medicine.