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The following is a list of local children's television shows.

Local children's television series were locally produced television shows intended for the child audience with unique hosts and programming. This type of programming began in the late 1940's and continued into the 1970s. Tim Hollis documented about 1,400 local children's shows in a 2002 book called Hi There, Boys and Girls!^[1]

The programs typically aired in the weekday mornings before school, or afternoons after school, as well as on weekends (to a lesser degree). There were several different formats. Almost all shows had a colorful host, who assumed a persona such as a cowboy/cowgirl, captain, princess, clown, sheriff, magician, or "uncle", whose role was to not only to be the "DJ" for syndicated material (typically cartoons, although westerns were more popular earlier on), but also entertain the kids, often with a live studio audience of kids, during breaks. Early program fare included cartoon favorites such as Crusader Rabbit, Popeye, Bugs Bunny, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Mighty Mouse, as well as movie shorts such as Our Gang/The Little Rascals and The Three Stooges. The popular hosts usually became local "celebrities" in the eyes of children and their parents, and were known to make public appearances at amusement parks and benefit fund raisers. Although most of the shows were unique to a given market, there were a few franchised shows, most notably, Romper Room and Bozo the Clown, which became extremely popular nationwide.

The eventual decline of the local children's television series market was attributable to a variety of causes, including parental concern over the effect of violence depicted in shows on their children and sponsor "brainwashing" of children via commercials. By the late 1970's, local children's programming had all but disappeared from the airwaves, although a few continued well into the 1990s.

[edit] Television Broadcast Markets

Contents 1 Television Broadcast Markets 1.1 Alabama 1.1.1 Anniston 1.1.2 Birmingham 1.1.3 Dothan 1.1.4 Florence 1.1.5 Huntsville 1.1.6 Mobile 1.1.7 Montgomery 1.2 Alaska 1.2.1 Anchorage 1.2.2 Fairbanks 1.3 Arizona 1.3.1 Phoenix 1.3.2 Tucson 1.3.3 Yuma 1.4 Arkansas 1.4.1 El Dorado/Monroe 1.4.2 Fort Smith 1.4.3 Little Rock 1.5 California 1.5.1 Bakersfield 1.5.2 Chico/Redding 1.5.3 Eureka 1.5.4 Fresno 1.5.5 Los Angeles 1.5.6 Sacramento 1.5.7 Salinas 1.5.8 San Diego 1.5.9 San Francisco 1.5.10 San Luis Obispo 1.6 Colorado 1.6.1 Colarado Springs/Pueblo 1.6.2 Denver 1.6.3 Grand Junction 1.7 Connecticut 1.7.1 Hartford 1.7.2 New Haven 1.8 Delaware 1.9 District of Columbia 1.9.1 Washington 1.10 Florida 1.10.1 Fort Myers 1.10.2 Jacksonville 1.10.3 Miami 1.10.4 Orlando 1.10.5 Panama City 1.10.6 Tallahassee 1.10.7 Tampa/St. Petersburg 1.10.8 West Palm Beach 1.11 Georgia 1.11.1 Albany 1.11.2 Atlanta 1.11.3 Augusta 1.11.4 Columbus 1.11.5 Macon 1.11.6 Savannah 1.11.7 Thomasville 1.12 Hawaii 1.12.1 Honolulu 1.13 Idaho 1.13.1 Boise 1.13.2 Idaho Falls 1.14 Illinois 1.14.1 Champaign 1.14.2 Chicago 1.14.3 Peoria 1.14.4 Quad Cities 1.14.5 Quincy 1.14.6 Rockford 1.14.7 Springfield/Decatur 1.15 Indiana 1.15.1 Evansville 1.15.2 Fort Wayne 1.15.3 Indianapolis 1.15.4 South Bend 1.15.5 Terre Haute 1.16 Iowa 1.16.1 Cedar Rapids/Waterloo 1.16.2 Des Moines/Ames 1.16.3 Mason City/Fort Dodge 1.16.4 Quad Cities 1.16.5 Sioux City 1.17 Kansas 1.17.1 Topeka 1.17.2 Wichita 1.18 Kentucky 1.18.1 Bowling Green 1.18.2 Lexington 1.18.3 Louisville 1.18.4 Paducah 1.19 Louisiana 1.19.1 Alexandria 1.19.2 Baton Rouge 1.19.3 Lafayette 1.19.4 Monroe 1.19.5 New Orleans 1.19.6 Shreveport/Texarkana 1.20 Maine 1.20.1 Bangor 1.20.2 Portland 1.21 Maryland 1.21.1 Baltimore 1.22 Massachusetts 1.22.1 Boston 1.22.2 New Bedford 1.22.3 Springfield 1.23 Michigan 1.23.1 Cadillac/Traverse City 1.23.2 Detroit 1.23.3 Flint 1.23.4 Grand Rapids 1.23.5 Kalamazoo 1.23.6 Lansing 1.23.7 Marquette 1.24 Minnesota 1.24.1 Duluth 1.24.2 Minneapolis/St. Paul 1.24.3 Rochester 1.25 Mississippi 1.25.1 Columbus 1.25.2 Greenville/Greenwood 1.25.3 Gulfport/Biloxi 1.25.4 Hattiesburg 1.25.5 Jackson 1.26 Missouri 1.26.1 Jefferson City 1.26.2 Joplin 1.26.3 Kansas City 1.26.4 Kirksville 1.26.5 St. Joseph 1.26.6 St. Louis 1.26.7 Springfield 1.27 Montana 1.27.1 Billings 1.27.2 Butte 1.27.3 Glendive 1.27.4 Great Falls 1.27.5 Helena 1.28 Nebraska 1.28.1 Kearney 1.28.2 Lincoln 1.28.3 Omaha 1.29 Nevada 1.29.1 Las Vegas 1.29.2 Reno 1.30 New Hampshire 1.30.1 Manchester 1.31 New Jersey 1.32 New Mexico 1.32.1 Albuquerque 1.33 New York 1.33.1 Albany/Schenectady 1.33.2 Binghamton 1.33.3 Buffalo 1.33.4 Elmira/Ithaca 1.33.5 New York 1.33.6 Rochester 1.33.7 Syracuse/Auburn 1.33.8 Utica/Rome 1.33.9 Watertown 1.34 North Carolina 1.34.1 Asheville 1.34.2 Charlotte 1.34.3 Greenville/New Bern 1.34.4 Raleigh/Durham 1.34.5 Winston-Salem/Greensboro 1.35 North Dakota 1.35.1 Bismarck 1.35.2 Fargo 1.35.3 Minot 1.36 Ohio 1.36.1 Cincinnati 1.36.2 Cleveland 1.36.3 Columbus 1.36.4 Dayton 1.36.5 Lima 1.36.6 Toledo 1.36.7 Youngstown 1.36.8 Zanesville 1.37 Oklahoma 1.37.1 Oklahoma City 1.37.2 Tulsa 1.38 Oregon 1.38.1 Eugene 1.38.2 Medford 1.38.3 Portland 1.39 Pennsylvania 1.39.1 Erie 1.39.2 Harrisburg/Lancaster 1.39.3 Johnstown/Altoona 1.39.4 Philadelphia 1.39.5 Pittsburgh 1.39.6 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 1.40 Rhode Island 1.40.1 Providence 1.41 South Carolina 1.41.1 Charleston 1.41.2 Columbia 1.41.3 Florence/Myrtke Beach 1.41.4 Greenville/Spartanburg 1.42 South Dakota 1.42.1 Rapid City 1.42.2 Sioux Falls 1.43 Tennessee 1.43.1 Chattanooga 1.43.2 Jackson 1.43.3 Knoxville 1.43.4 Memphis 1.43.5 Nashville 1.43.6 Tri-Cities 1.43.7 Antioch 1.44 Texas 1.44.1 Abilene 1.44.2 Amarillo 1.44.3 Austin 1.44.4 Beaumont/Port Arthur 1.44.5 Corpus Christi 1.44.6 Dallas/Fort Worth 1.44.7 El Paso 1.44.8 Houston/Galveston 1.44.9 Lubbock 1.44.10 Odessa/Midland 1.44.11 Rio Grande Valley 1.44.12 San Angelo 1.44.13 San Antonio 1.44.14 Tyler/Longview 1.44.15 Waco/Temple 1.44.16 Wichita Falls 1.45 Utah 1.45.1 Salt Lake City 1.46 Vermont 1.46.1 Burlington 1.47 Virginia 1.47.1 Harrisonburg 1.47.2 Norfolk/Portsmouth 1.47.3 Richmond 1.47.4 Roanoke/Lynchburg 1.48 Washington 1.48.1 Seattle/Tacoma 1.48.2 Spokane 1.48.3 Yakima 1.49 West Virginia 1.49.1 Beckley/Bluefield 1.49.2 Charleston/Huntington 1.49.3 Morgantown/Clarksburg 1.49.4 Parkersburg 1.49.5 Wheeling 1.50 Wisconsin 1.50.1 Eau Claire 1.50.2 Green Bay 1.50.3 La Crosse 1.50.4 Madison 1.50.5 Milwaukee 1.50.6 Wausau 1.51 Wyoming 1.51.1 Casper 1.51.2 Cheyenne 2 References 3 See also

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Anniston

• WAPI-TV: The Cousin Cliff Show (Cliff Holman)

[edit] Birmingham

• WAPI-TV: The Balloon Goon (Sterling Brewer)
• WBRC: Birthday Party (Joe Langston)
• WBRC: Bozo the Clown (Bart Darby, Ward McIntyre)
• WBRC: The Bugs Bunny Show (Benny Carle)
• WDBB: Cartoon Clubhouse (Cliff Holman)
• WABT: Channel 13 Theatre (Bill Wright)
• WBRC: Circle Six Ranch (Benny Carle)
• WBMG: The Dick Tracy Show (Neal Miller)
• WBRC: Quick Fire McIntyre (Ward McIntyre)
• WAPI-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Jean" Pierce, "Miss Jane" Hooper, "Miss Carol" Aldy)
• WAPI-TV: The Sgt. Jack Show (Neal Miller)
• WBRC: Supersonic Sam (Horace Pumphrey)
• WABT: Tip Top Clubhouse (renamed to Cousin Cliff's Clubhouse) (Cliff Holman)
• WBRC: Uncle Bill and Spooky (Bill Wright)
• WABT: Uncle Bill's Fun Shop (Bill Wright)
• WABT: Western Theatre (Benny Carle)

[edit] Dothan

• Miss Becky, Bugs Bunny, and Friends (Becky Copeland)

[edit] Florence

• Captain Jack (Jack Worley)
• Earline in Storyland
• WOWL: Planet 15 (Jack Worley)

[edit] Huntsville

• WAAY-TV: 31 Funtime (Johnny Evans)
• WAAY-TV: The Benny Carle Show (Benny Carle)
• Captain Barney and Popeye (Johnny Evans)
• Junior Auction (Johnny Evans)
• Kiddie Circus (Bill Sykes)
• Romper Room
• Through the Looking Glass
• Western Theatre (Johnny Evans)

[edit] Mobile

• Aunt Beka (Rebecca Horton)
• Bunnyville USA ("Barney Bunny")
• WALA-TV: Camp Walabear
• Captain Mal
• Captain Supreme (Earl Hutto)
• Cartoonerville ("Chuck Wagon" Charlie)
• Fun and Games (Marcia Wanaker, Rosie Seaman)
• Junior Auction
• WEAR-TV: The Lynn Toney Show (Lynn Toney)
• Popeye Cartoon Theatre ("Captain Hank")
• Romper Room ("Miss Skeeter" Diehl)
• Rosie's Place (Rosie Seaman)

[edit] Montgomery

• Cactus Cal (Calvin Ruff)
• Captain Zoomar (Walter Bamberg)
• Cartoon Carl (Carl Stephens)
• Junior Auction (Curt "Pop" Blair)
• Kartoon Karnival (Billy Morgan, Martha Sadler)
• Popeye Theatre (Curt "Pop" Blair)
• Princess Pat's Storybook Castle (Pat Barnes)
• Romper Room ("Miss Bobbi" Dunaway, "Miss Sue" Weeks)
• Western Theatre (Bob Underwood)
• Willie the Clown (Bill Smith)
• Young World (Marge Payne)

[edit] Alaska

[edit] Anchorage

• Mother Moose (Larry Beck, Carol Beck)

[edit] Fairbanks

• School for Fun

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Phoenix

• KTAR-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Sherri" Finkbine, "Miss Colleen" Eilers)
• KPHO-TV: The Wallace and Ladmo Show (Bill Thompson, Ladimir "Lad" Kwiatkowski, Pat McMahon)

[edit] Tucson

• KVOA: Cartoon Corral ("Chuck Waggin")
• KDTU: The Friendship Club (Bob Love)
• KGUN: Marshal K-Gun (Burt Oien, Bob Love, Jack Jacobson)
• KZAZ: The Uncle Bob Show (Bob Love)
• KOLD-TV: Zipo the Clown

[edit] Yuma

• KIVA: The S.S. KIVA (Don Kenny, Bob Hardy, Elmore Eaton)

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] El Dorado/Monroe

• KTVE: Bozo the Clown (Tommy Bush)
• KTVE: Commodore Clem (Henry Clements)
• KTVE: Chuckles the Clown (Dale Nicholson)
• KNOE-TV: The Happiness Exchange
• KTVE: Romper Room ("Miss June")

[edit] Fort Smith

• KFSA: Captain Chuck (Chuck Abraria)
• KFSA: Romper Room ("Miss Nancy" Stell)
• KFSA: Uncle Elmer (Elmer Morris)
• KFSA: Uncle Zeb (Jerry Davis)

[edit] Little Rock

• KRTV: Betty's Little Rascals (Betty Fowler)
• KATV: Bozo the Clown (Gary Weir)
• Candy the Clown (Gary Weir)
• KARK-TV: Captain KARK (Lloyd Denney)
• Clowntown USA (Gary Weir)
• Lorenzo the Tramp (Gerry Wheeler)
• Mr. Specs' Cartoon Caravan (Bruce Smith)
• Romper Room ("Miss Sylvia" Johnson, "Miss Linda" Gladney)
• Six-Gun Theatre (Volmar "Cactus" Vick)

[edit] California

[edit] Bakersfield

[edit] Chico/Redding

[edit] Eureka

[edit] Fresno

[edit] Los Angeles

• KCOP:Hobo Kelly (Sally Schurman)
• KCOP:Romper Room ("Miss Mary Ann" King, "Miss Soco" Socorro Serrano)
• KHJ-TV:Shrimpenstein(Gene Moss)
• KTTV:Sheriff John (John Rovick)
• KTLA:Tom Hatten
• KTLA:Beany and Cecil (Bob Clampett)

[edit] Sacramento

• Capn's Locker
• Romper Room

[edit] Salinas

[edit] San Diego

[edit] San Francisco

• Happy Birthday to You (Lucille Bliss)
• Romper Room ("Miss Nancy" Besst, "Miss Nancy" Ruby Petersen Unger)
• Captain Satellite (Bob March)
• The Mayor Art Show (Art Findley)
• Fireman Frank (George Lemont)

[edit] San Luis Obispo

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Colarado Springs/Pueblo

[edit] Denver

[edit] Grand Junction

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Hartford

• Ranger Andy (Orville Andrews)
• The Hap Richards Show (Floyd Richards)

[edit] New Haven

• Captain Solomon C. Whiskers (Mitch Agruss)
• Flippy the Clown (Ivor Hugh)
• Happy the Clown (Joey Russell)
• Mr. Goober (Mike Warren)

[edit] Delaware

• see Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Coumbia markets

[edit] District of Columbia

[edit] Washington

• WDCA:Captain 20 (John Kallimonis, Tony Alexis, Dick Dyszel)
• WTOP-TV:Ranger Hal (Hal Shaw)
• Romper Room ("Miss Lynn", "Miss Jan", "Miss Barbara" Harris, "Miss Sally", "Miss Connie" Anne Bohlin, "Miss Anne" Shadbolt)
• WRC-TV, laterWDCA:Bozo the Clown (Willard Scott, Dick Dyszel)

[edit] Florida

[edit] Fort Myers

[edit] Jacksonville

[edit] Miami

[edit] Orlando

[edit] Panama City

[edit] Tallahassee

[edit] Tampa/St. Petersburg

[edit] West Palm Beach

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Albany

[edit] Atlanta

[edit] Augusta

[edit] Columbus

• Miss Patsy's Playhouse (Patsy Avery) WVTM channel 9
  
• Kiddie Castle Lane (Princess Bonnie) WRBL channel 3
  
• Blast Off (V-Man--Jim Carlisle) WRBL channel 3
  
• WTVM show with Mr. Play-Like as one of the characters; eventually renamed Mr. Play-Like's Morning Special, when it aired one morning a week.

[edit] Macon

[edit] Savannah

[edit] Thomasville

Romper Room

[edit] Hawaii

[edit] Honolulu

KHVH (Ch 4)

Captain Honolulu (Sgt Sacto: Bob Smith) 1959 - 1968
Billy Boy Moonster (?) 1968
Rocketship 4 (Bob Smith and ?) 1969 - ?

KGMB (Ch 9)

Some Chinese guy (?) early 60s
Bufo the frog and a mynah bird (hand puppets) early 60s
Jimmie Dodd's Aloha Club early-mid 60s
Sailor Al mid 60s
Checkers and Pogo (Pogo Poge: Morgan White; Mr Checkers: Jim Hawthorne, Dave Donnelly, Jim Demarest) 26 May 1967 - 1982

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Boise

[edit] Idaho Falls

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Champaign

[edit] Chicago

• WGN-TV:Ray Rayner and His Friends (Ray Rayner)
• WGN-TV:Romper Room ("Miss Rosemary" Rapp, "Miss Beverly" Marston-Braun)
• WBBM-TV:The Magic Door Television Theatre(Charles Gerber "Tiny Tov")
• WFLD:The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show AKA "Cartoon Town" (Bill Jackson)
• WBKB and WGN-TV:Garfield Goose and Friends(Frazier Thomas)
• WGN-TV: Bozo's Circus later "The Bozo Show" and "The Bozo Super Sunday Show" (Bob Bell) and later Joey D'Auria)

[edit] Peoria

• Bids for the Kids
• Bozo the Clown
• Captain Jinks (Stan Lonergan)
• Hobo Kelly (Sally Baker)
• Mr. Toyman (Gary Gresham)
• Romper Room

[edit] Quad Cities

• see Quad Cities, Iowa market

[edit] Quincy

[edit] Rockford

[edit] Springfield/Decatur

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Evansville

• Romper Room ("Miss Annette")

[edit] Fort Wayne

• The Little Rascals Club (Bill Jackson)

[edit] Indianapolis

• Cowboy Bob's Corral, previously called Chuckwagon Theatre (Bob Glaze)
• Janie, previously called Popeye and Janie (Janie Hodge)
• Romper Room ("Miss Julie" Shaw)

[edit] South Bend

[edit] Terre Haute

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Cedar Rapids/Waterloo

• The Dr. Max Show (Max Hahn)
• Marshall J
• Miss Ruth Ann's School
• Romper Room ("Miss Bonnie" Noonan)

[edit] Des Moines/Ames

• The Breakfast Club (Bill Riley)
• Dolph's Cartoon Corner (Dolph Pulliam)
• Duane & Friend (Duane Ellett)
• The Floppy Show (Duane Ellett)
• Hey Bob (Bill Riley)
• Kadipus Land (Fred "Supidak" Hyatt, "Captain Redbeard")
• The Magic Window (Betty Lou Varnam)
• Romper Room
• Variety Theatre (Bill Riley)
• Volume See (Carl Williams)

[edit] Mason City/Fort Dodge

• Bart's Clubhouse (Bart Curran)
• Uncle Dick's Fun House

[edit] Quad Cities

• WOC-TV: Cap'n Ernie's Cartoon Showboat^[1] (Ernie Mims)
• WOC-TV: Cap'n Ken's Cartoon Showboat (Ken Wagner)
• Cap'n Don's Cartoon Showboat (Don Warren)
• WOC-TV: Cap'n Verne's Cartoon Showboat (Vern Geilow)
• Circle 5 Ranch (Walt Reno as Cowboy Whitey)
• Circle 6 Ranch (Wes Holly as Cowboy Wes)
• Grandpa Happy) (Milt Boyd)
• Iowanna Pow-Wow (Milt "Trader Milt" Boyd)
• Jungle Jay
• The Magic Carpet (Jan Schrage)
• Q-Deenie
• WOC-TV: Romper Room^[2] ("Miss Barbara" Gorham, "Miss Gwen" Korn, "Miss Donna" Scott)
• WQAD-TV: Bozo's Circus
• WOC-TV: Cactus Jim^[3] (Bob Allard)

[edit] Sioux City

• Bingo's Big Top (Dave Madsen)
• Book Bandwagon
• Canyon Kid's Corner (Jim Henry)
• Cartoon Time (Gene Quilleash, Dutch Meyers)
• Commander Four (John Rickwa, Gene Quilleash)
• Klarence the Klown (Bill Bass)
• Pops' (Dave Webber)
• Puppin's Place (Tim Poppen)

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Topeka

[edit] Wichita

• Uncle Bill Reads the Funnies
• Santa and Toyboy (Henry Harvey)
• Major Astro
• Romper Room (Miss Marty)

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Bowling Green

• Uncle Albert's General Store (George Albert Goldtrap)

[edit] Lexington

[edit] Louisville

• The Magic Forest (Ed Kallay, Julie Shaw)
• The T Bar V Ranch (Randy Atcher, Tom "Cactus" Brooks)
• Funsville (Presto The Magic Clown)

[edit] Paducah

Romper Room (Miss Kay)

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Alexandria

[edit] Baton Rouge

[edit] Lafayette

[edit] Monroe

• The Happiness Exchange (KNOE-TV)

[edit] New Orleans

[edit] Shreveport/Texarkana

[edit] Maine

[edit] Bangor

[edit] Portland

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Baltimore

• WBFF:Captain Chesapeake (George Lewis)
• WMAR:Mr. Morning's Clubhouse (Stu Kerr)
• WMAR:Romper Room ("Miss Nancy" Claster, "Miss Sally" Claster Gelbard)
• WMAR:Professor Kool (Stu Kerr)
• WJZ-TV:The Bob McAllister Show
• WJZ-TV:The Lorenzo Show(Gerry Wheeler)
• WMAR:Caboose (Stu Kerr and a young Kevin Clash)

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Boston

• Boomtown (Rex Trailer)
• Captain Boston (Chris Claussen)
• Commander Jet's Comedy (Bill Harrington)
• Romper Room ("Miss Jean" Harrington)
• WHDH-TV:Bozo the Clown (Frank Avruch)
• Jabberwocky (TV Show) (WCVB)

[edit] New Bedford

[edit] Springfield

• The Admiral and Swabby (Gary Garrison & Norm Goyer)
• The Swabby Show
• Bozo the Clown
• Cy's Weather / Elby's Weather

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Cadillac/Traverse City

[edit] Detroit

• Milky The Twin Pines Magic Clown
• Lunch With Soupy Sales Soupy Sales (1952-1959)
• Jingles in Boofland
• Popeye Theater Captain Jolly and Poopdeck Paul
• Sonny Elliot
• Oopsy The Clown

[edit] Flint

[edit] Grand Rapids

• WZZM-TV: Bozo the Clown

[edit] Kalamazoo

[edit] Lansing

[edit] Marquette

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Duluth

• Bozo the Clown (Ray Paulsen)
• Bugs Bunny Rides Again (Ray "Slim Raymond" Paulsen)
• Captain Q (Jack McKenna)
• Mr. Tolliver's Travels (Herb Taylor)
• Mr. Toot (Ray Paulsen)
• Romper Room ("Miss Jane")

[edit] Minneapolis/St. Paul

• Axel and His Dog (Clellan Card & Don Stolz, Mary Davies) WCCO-TV 1954-1966
• Boots and Saddles (Jimmy Valentine) KSTP-TV c. 1955
• Bozo the Clown (Roger Erickson) WCCO-TV c. 1961-1963
• Burn 'Em Up Barnes
• Cap'n Ken / Grandpa Ken (Ken Wagner) KMSP-TV c. 1959-1968
• Captain Daryl (Daryl Laub) KSTP-TV c. 1955-1957
• Captain 11 (Jim Lange) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1953, (Chris Wedes) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1955
• Carmen / Carmen's Cottage (Mary Davies) WCCO-TV 1966-1977
• The Carnival Clown / J. P. Patches (Daryl Laub) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) 1953-1955, (Chris Wedes) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) 1955-1958
• Clancy and Company / Clancy and Willie (John Gallos & Allan Lotsberg) WCCO-TV 1963-1977
• Clancy the (Keystone) Cop (John Gallos) WCCO-TV 1959-1961
• Clancy the Space Cop (John Gallos) WCCO-TV 1961
• Commodore Cappy (John Gallos) WCCO-TV 1957-1959
• Dave Lee and Pete (Dave Lee) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1961
• Jimmy's Junior Jamboree (Jimmy Valentine) KSTP-TV c. 1948-1954
• Joe the Cook (Chris Wedes) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1956
• Johnny .44! (Jack Hastings) WCCO-TV c. 1956
• Junior Auction (Roger Erickson) WCCO-TV c. 1963, (Roger Awsumb) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1968
• Juvenile Auction (Jimmy Valentine) KSTP-TV
• Lunch with Casey (Roger Awsumb) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) 1953-1972, & (Chris Wedes) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) 1953-1958, (Lynn Dwyer) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) 1958-1972
• Mailbox Melodies (Toby Prin) WTCN-TV (Ch 4) c. 1949
• Popeye and Pete (Dave Lee) KMSP-TV c. 1959
• Popeye's Clubhouse WCCO-TV (Mel Jass) c. 1956, (Dale Woodley) c. 1958, (Jack Hastings) c. 1960
• Riddle Griddle (Jimmy Valentine) KSTP-TV c. 1948
• Roger! (Roger Erickson) WCCO-TV c. 1963
• Skipper Daryl (Daryl Laub) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) 1953-1955
• T. N. Tatters (Daryl Laub) KSTP-TV c. 1955-1957
• Toby's Talent Hunt (Toby Prin) WTCN-TV (Ch 4) c. 1950
• Uncle Toby's Tune Time (Toby Prin) WTCN-TV (Ch 4) c. 1949
• Wrangler Steve (Steve Cannon) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1955

[edit] Rochester

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Columbus

[edit] Greenville/Greenwood

[edit] Gulfport/Biloxi

[edit] Hattiesburg

[edit] Jackson

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Jefferson City

[edit] Joplin

• Romper Room ("Miss Judy" Brown)

[edit] Kansas City

[edit] Kirksville

[edit] St. Joseph

[edit] St. Louis

• KETC: A Number of Things (Leo Velleman, Dora Velleman)
• KPLR: Buck's Ranch
• KPLR: Captain 11 (Harry Fender)
• KSD-TV: Corky's Colorama (Clif St. James)
• KACY-TV: The Cricket and Millie (Mildred Savage, Eleanor Donohue)
• KETC: Fignewton's Newspaper (Leo Velleman, Dora Velleman)
• KETC: The Finder (Sonny Fox)
• KMOX: Gator Tales (Doug Kincaid)
• KETC: The Letter People
• KTVI: The Little Rascals (Fred Moegel)
• KTVI: Lorenzo and Friends (Gerald Wheeler)
• KSD-TV: Mickey and Amanda (Richard Clayton)
• KDNL-TV: Mr. Patches the Clown (Jack Miller)
• KTVI: Romper Room ("Miss Joan", "Miss Lois")
• KWK: The S.S. Popeye (Jim Bolen, Dave Allen)
• KTVI: Suzy's Playroom
• KSD-TV: Whistle V Ranch
• KMOX: World of Mr. Zoom (Jack Miller)
• KSD-TV: The Wranglers Club (Harry Gibbs)

[edit] Springfield

• KTTS: Birthday Party (Rene Handley)
• KTTS: Captain Briny (Wayne Grisham)
• KYTV: The Children's Hour (Norma Champion)
• KTTS: Television Classroom

[edit] Montana

[edit] Billings

• KGHL: Happy Herb (Herb McAllister)
• KGHL: Maury's Carnival (Maury White)
• KGHL: Pete and Friends (Pete Perlain)

[edit] Butte

• KXLF: Popeye, Wallaby and Friends
• KXLF: Tots and Teens (Paul Simitzes)
• KXLF: XL Corral (Paul Simitzes)

[edit] Glendive

[edit] Great Falls

[edit] Helena

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] Kearney

[edit] Lincoln

[edit] Omaha

[edit] Nevada

[edit] Las Vegas

• The Bostick Western Show
• The Cinderella Show (Merle Bunker)
• Rascal Rabbitt (Caroll Spinney)
• Romper Room ("Miss Nancy" Merle Bunker)

[edit] Reno

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] Manchester

[edit] New Jersey

• see New York and Pennsylvania markets

[edit] New Mexico

[edit] Albuquerque

[edit] New York

[edit] Albany/Schenectady

• Romper Room ("Miss Diane" Weber)
• Commander Ralph (Ralph Vartigian)

[edit] Binghamton

• Popeye and the Admiral (Len Hathaway)
• Romper Room

[edit] Buffalo

• The Commander Tom Show (Tom Jolls)
• Rocketship 7
• Romper Room

[edit] Elmira/Ithaca

• Jerry's Playhouse (Jerry White)
• TV Clubhouse ("Coach" Carl Proper)

[edit] New York

• WNBC, laterWABD:The Children's Hour (Stan Lee Broza)
• WABC-TV, WNEW,WOR:Romper Room ("Miss Gloria" Flood, "Miss Joan" Thayer, "Miss Barbara", "Miss Louise" Redfield, "Miss Mary Ann" Myrna Pedersen, "Miss Molly" McCloskey)
• WNEW:Wonderama(Sonny Fox and Bob McAllister)
• WNEW:The Sandy Becker Show
• WOR-TV, later WPIX:The Merry Mailman (Ray Heatherton)
• WPIX:Popeye ("Captain Allen" Swift)
• WPIX and WNEW:The Chuck McCann Show
• WNEW:The Soupy Sales Show
• WPIX:Bozo the Clown(Bill Britten)

[edit] Rochester

• Romper Room ("Miss Ann" Rogers, "Miss Rita" Smith)

[edit] Syracuse/Auburn

• Romper Room ("Miss Cathy" Stampalia, "Miss Joan" Connal)
• Ladybug's Garden (Cathy Stampalia)
• Magic Toy Shop ("Play Lady" Jean Daugherty, "Miss Merrilee" Marilyn Hubbard, "Eddie FlumNum" Socrates Sampson)

[edit] Utica/Rome

• Bozo the Clown (Edwin Whitaker)

[edit] Watertown

• Kiddie Karnival (Dan Burgess)

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] Asheville

[edit] Charlotte

• Romper Room ("Miss Melissa", "Miss Jody", "Miss Carol")

[edit] Greenville/New Bern

• Romper Room ("Miss Patsy")

[edit] Raleigh/Durham

• Bozo the Clown (Paul Montgomery)
• Frog Hollow
• Time for Uncle Paul (Paul Montgomery)

[edit] Winston-Salem/Greensboro

The Old Rebel (George Perry)

[edit] North Dakota

[edit] Bismarck

[edit] Fargo

[edit] Minot

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Cincinnati

• The Bean's Clubhouse (Bud Chase)
• Captain Glenn's Bandwagon (Glenn Rowell)
• Commander 12 (Glenn Ryle)
• A Million Laughs (Bob Shreve)
• Laff House Gang (Lee "Louie the Louse" Fogel)
• The Larry Smith Show (Larry Smith)
• Mr. Hop (Dave Manning)
• Popeye & Billy
• The Popeye Show (Bob Shreve)
• Romper Room ("Miss Kay" King, "Miss Paula" Watters)
• Signal Three (Art Mehring)
• The Skipper Ryle Show (Glenn Ryle)
• The Three Stooges Show (Bob Shreve)
• The Uncle Al Show (Al and Wanda Lewis)

[edit] Cleveland

• Romper Room ("Miss Barbara" Plummer)
• Captain Penny (Ron Penfound)
• Woodrow the Woodsman (Clay Conroy)
• Barnaby (Linn Sheldon)
• Franz the Toymaker (Ray Stawiarski)
• Uncle Jake (Gene Carroll)

[edit] Columbus

• Romper Room

[edit] Dayton

• Romper Room ("Miss Jo" Corey, "Miss Anne" Shadbolt)

[edit] Lima

• The Barry Patch (Barry Willis)
• Charlie's Cartoon Clubhouse (Chuck Osborne)
• For Kids Only (Sam Fitzsimmons)

[edit] Toledo

• Captain Cotton and Salty (Jerry Carr)
• Fun Farm

[edit] Youngstown

• The Barney Bean Show
• The Captain Hal Fryer Show

[edit] Zanesville

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oklahoma City

[edit] Tulsa

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Eugene

• Captain Shipwreck (Gordon Bussey)
• Jack's Kartoon Clubhouse
• Mr. Fixit (Tom Stanford, Dave Weinkauf)
• Nanna's Cottage (Rachael Rizzo)

[edit] Medford

[edit] Portland

• KPTV:Addie Bobkins (Bobby Adkins)
• KATU:Bumpity
• KPDX:Galaxy Robot
• KPTV:The Ramblin' Rod Show
• KATU:Romper Room
• KOIN / KPTV:Rusty Nails

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Erie

• The Pappy Show (Skip Lecher)

[edit] Harrisburg/Lancaster

• Percy Platypus and Friends (aka Per-Ki Place) (Marijane Landis, Jim Freed)
• Romper Room ("Miss Marcia" Kaplan)
• Sunshine Corners (Marijane Landis)

[edit] Johnstown/Altoona

• Romper Room ("Miss Sally", "Miss Patty")
• Sy Seaweed's Popeye Playhouse (Charlie Ritchey)

[edit] Philadelphia

• Adam Android (Aldo Farnese)
• Al Alberts Showcase (Al Alberts)
• Bertie the Bunyip (Lee Dexter)
• Candy Apple News Company (Matt Robinson)
• Captain Noah and His Magical Ark (W. Carter Merbreier)
• Captain Philadelphia (Stu Nahan)
• Carney C. Carney (Harry LeVan)
• Cartoon Corners (Gene London)
• Cartoon Party (Pauline Comanor)
• Chief Halftown (Traynor Halftown)
• The Children's Hour (Stan Lee Broza)
• C'mon to Uncle Pete's (Pete Boyle)
• Dickory Doc (Aldo Farnese)
• Frontier Playhouse (Pete Boyle)
• Fun House (Pete Boyle)
• The Ghost Rider (Robert Olander)
• Grand Chance Roundup (Gene Crane)
• Happy the Clown (Howard Jones)
• Jack Valentine's T-K Ranch (Jack Valentine)
• KYW-TV"The Lorenzo Show (Gerry Wheeler)
• Lunch with Uncle Pete (Pete Boyle)
• Mr. Rivets (Joe Earley)
• Pete's Gang (Pete Boyle)
• WCAU-TV:Pixanne (Jane Norman)
• Popeye Theater (Sally Starr)
• Ranger Joe (Jesse Rogers)
• Rex Trailer's Ranch House (Rex Trailer)
• Romper Room ("Miss Claire" Coleman)
• Shorty the Clown (Bill Hart)
• Sidewalk Science (Gerry Wheeler)
• Surprise Shop (Pete Boyle)
• Tottle (Jane Norman)
• The Wee Willie Colorful Cartoon Show (Bill Webber)
• Willie the Worm (Warren Wright)
• The World Around Us (Anita Cleaver)

[edit] Pittsburgh

• Adventure Time (Paul Shannon)
• Captain Jim's Popeye Club (Ted Eckman)
• The Children's Corner (Josie Carey, Fred Rogers)
• Funsville (Sterling Yates)
• Josie's World (Josie Carey)
• Misterogers (Fred Rogers)
• Romper Room ("Miss Jan" Bohna)
• Ricki & Copper (Ricki Wertz)
• Captain Pitt (George Lewis) (same as Captain Chesapeake)

[edit] Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

• Hatchy Milatchy (Nancy Berg, Judy Burns)
• Rosco the Clown (Frank LaBarr)
• Romper Room ("Miss Marion" Conway, "Miss Mary Ruth" Kelly)
• Showboat (Nancy Berg)
• The Uncle Ted Show (Ted Raub)

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] Providence

• Commander Jet
• Cowboy Hank (Hank Bouchard)
• Draw Podner
• Hey Wake Up
• Hippity Hop
• The Little Circus
• Salty Brine's Shack (Walter Brine)
• Salty's Funny Company (Walter Brine)
• Storytime (Beth Chollar)
• Sunday Funnies

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] Charleston

• The Adventure Lady (Anna Lee Smalls)
• Commodore Moore
• Happy Raine (Lorraine "Rainey" Evans)
• Princess Charlene
• Uncle Charlie's Playhouse (Charlie Hall)

[edit] Columbia

• Cactus Quave (Mackie Quave)
• The Jolly Jim Show (Jim O'Shea)
• Mr. Knozit (Joe Pinner)
• Princess Pat (Pat Bouknight)

[edit] Florence/Myrtke Beach

• Captain Ashby (Ashby Ward)
• Spaceship C-8 (Dick Taylor)

[edit] Greenville/Spartanburg

• Captain Jack and Mr. Dutch (Jack Six, Rene Royaards)
• The Little Rascals (Monty DuPuy)
• Sunday Island (Jack Six, Rene Royaards)
• Tim the Squirrel aka Mr. Dutch (Rene Royaards)

[edit] South Dakota

[edit] Rapid City

• Captain Glenn's Fun Wagon (Glenn Rowell)
• The Jolly Postman (John Clement)

[edit] Sioux Falls

• Bozo the Clown (Pat Tobin)
• Captain 11 (Dave Dedrick)
• Junior Auction (Roger Russell)
• Romper Room ("Miss Carolyn" Flemming)

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Chattanooga

• Mr. Chieckeroonie (Warren Herring, Mildred Gaither)

[edit] Jackson

[edit] Knoxville

[edit] Memphis

• Magicland (Dick Williams)
• Romper Room
• Bozo the Clown

[edit] Nashville

[edit] Tri-Cities

[edit] Antioch

[edit] Texas

[edit] Abilene

[edit] Amarillo

[edit] Austin

Media:Looking for Carrascolendas

[edit] Beaumont/Port Arthur

[edit] Corpus Christi

[edit] Dallas/Fort Worth

• The Frito Kid (Bob Stanford)
• Slam Bang Theatre (Bill "Icky Twerp" Camfield)
• The Webster Webfoot Show (Jimmy Weldon)

[edit] El Paso

• Romper Room

[edit] Houston/Galveston

• Cadet Don (Al Eisenmann)
• Happy Hollow (Mary Jane Vandiver)
• Kitirik (Bunny Orsak) (1954-71)
• Mary Jane's Magic Castle (Mary Jane Vandiver)

[edit] Lubbock

[edit] Odessa/Midland

[edit] Rio Grande Valley

[edit] San Angelo

[edit] San Antonio

• Captain Gus (Joe Alston)
• Johnny's Treehouse (Johnny Dugan)

[edit] Tyler/Longview

[edit] Waco/Temple

[edit] Wichita Falls

[edit] Utah

[edit] Salt Lake City

[edit] Vermont

[edit] Burlington

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Harrisonburg

[edit] Norfolk/Portsmouth

[edit] Richmond

• Romper Room ("Miss Joan")

[edit] Roanoke/Lynchburg

[edit] Washington

[edit] Seattle/Tacoma

• Brakeman Bill's Cartoons (Bill McLain)
• J. P. Patches (Chris Wedes)
• King's Klubhouse (Stan Boreson)

[edit] Spokane

• Romper Room ("Miss Florence")

[edit] Yakima

• Uncle Jimmy's Clubhouse (Jim Nolan)
• Uncle Jimmy's Story Hour (Jim Nolan)

[edit] West Virginia

[edit] Beckley/Bluefield

[edit] Charleston/Huntington

• Mr. Cartoon (George Lewis)
• Romper Room ("Miss Marilyn" Fletcher)

[edit] Morgantown/Clarksburg

[edit] Parkersburg

[edit] Wheeling

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] Eau Claire

• The Sheriff Bob Show

[edit] Green Bay

[edit] La Crosse

[edit] Madison

[edit] Milwaukee

• Cartoon Alley
• Funny Farm
• You & I
• Mac the Mailman
• Romper Room
• Bozo the Clown

[edit] Wausau

• Romper Room

[edit] Wyoming

[edit] Casper

• The Fun Ranch (Jack Slothower)
• Tumbleweed (Dick Frech)

[edit] Cheyenne

• Captain 5
• Timmy O'Toole

[edit] References

1. ^ Hollis, T. (2001 November). Hi There, Boys and Girls. ISBN 978-1578063963. See NPR episode "A History of Local Children's TV Programs", aired May 22, 2002

[edit] See also

• List of children's television series by country
• Children's television series