The following is a list of local children's television shows in the United States. These were locally produced commercial television programs intended for the child audience with unique hosts and themes. This type of programming began in the late 1940s and continued into the late 1970s; some shows continued into the 1990s. Author Tim Hollis documented about 1,400 local children's shows in a 2002 book, Hi There, Boys and Girls![1][2]
The television programs typically aired in the weekday mornings before school or afternoons after school, as well as on weekends (to a lesser degree). There were different formats. Almost all shows had a colorful host who assumed a persona, such as a cowboy/cowgirl, captain/skipper/commodore/admiral, jungle explorer, astronaut, king, princess, clown, sheriff/deputy/trooper, cop, firefighter, hobo/tramp, railroad engineer, magician, "cousin", "grandfather" or "uncle", whose role was not only to be the "DJ" for syndicated material (typically cartoons, although Westerns were more popular earlier on) but also to entertain, often with a live television studio audience of kids, during breaks.
Early program fare included cartoon favorites, such as Koko the Clown, Daffy Duck, Crusader Rabbit, Dick Tracy, Popeye, Bugs Bunny, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Mighty Mouse, Porky Pig, Deputy Dawg, Hergé's Adventures of Tintin, Mel-O-Toons, Woody Woodpecker, The Funny Company, Mr. Magoo, Space Angel and Clutch Cargo, as well as movie shorts, such as Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang/The Little Rascals and The Three Stooges, as well as animated versions of Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello and The Three Stooges, and live action shorts, such as Diver Dan. Some included educational segments like the portraits of wildlife in Nature's Window.
Television broadcast markets
Alabama
Anniston
Birmingham
- WVTM-TV, WAPI-TV: The Balloon Goon (with Sterling Brewer)
- WBRC: Birthday Party (with Joe Langston)
- WBRC: Bozo the Clown (Bart Darby, Ward McIntyre)
- WBRC: The Bugs Bunny Show (with Benny Carle)
- WTTO, WDBB: Cartoon Clubhouse (with Cliff Holman)
- WVTM-TV, WABT: Channel 13 Theatre (Bill Wright)
- WBRC: Circle Six Ranch (with Benny Carle)
- WIAT, WBMG: The Dick Tracy Show (with Neal Miller)
- WBRC: Quick Fire McIntyre (with Ward McIntyre)
- WVTM-TV, WAPI-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Jean", "Miss Jane", "Miss Carol")
- WVTM-TV, WAPI-TV: The Sgt. Jack Show (with Neal Miller)
- WBRC: Supersonic Sam (with Horace Pumphrey)
- WVTM-TV, WABT: Tip Top Clubhouse (renamed to Cousin Cliff's Clubhouse; hosted by Cliff Holman)
- WBRC: Uncle Bill and Spooky (with Bill Wright)
- WVTM-TV, WABT: Uncle Bill's Fun Shop (with Bill Wright)
- WVTM-TV, WABT: Western Theatre (with Benny Carle)
Dothan
- Miss Becky, Bugs Bunny, and Friends (with Becky Copeland)
Florence
- Captain Jack (with Jack Worley)
- Earline in Storyland
- WHDF, WOWL: Planet 15 (with Jack Worley)
- WOWL: The Children's Hour
Huntsville/Decatur
- WAAY-TV: 31 Funtime (with Johnny Evans)
- WAAY-TV, WMSL: The Benny Carle Show (with Benny Carle)
- Captain Barney and Popeye (with Johnny Evans)
- Junior Auction (with Johnny Evans)
- Kiddie Circus (with Bill Sykes) WMSL,1961 and WHNT, 1963
- Romper Room WAAY (WAFG), WHNT and WAFF (WMSL).
- Through the Looking Glass (with "Miss Dottie" Frame, WMSL, 1958-1962)
- Western Theatre (with Johnny Evans)
Mobile
- Aunt Beka (Rebecca Horton)
- Bunnyville USA ("Barney Bunny")
- WALA-TV: Camp Walabear
- Captain Mal [clarification needed]
- Captain Supreme (Earl Hutto)
- Cartoonerville ("Chuck Wagon" Charlie)
- Fun and Games (with Marcia Wanaker and Rosie Seaman)
- Junior Auction [clarification needed]
- WEAR-TV: The Lynn Toney Show (hosted by Lynn Toney)
- WKRG: Popeye Cartoon Theatre ("Captain Hank")
- WKRG/WEAR-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Skeeter" [WKRG version]; "Miss Jackie" [WEAR version])
- WKRG: Rosie's Place (hosted by Rosie Seaman)
- Jungle Bob / Scuba Bob
Montgomery
- Cactus Cal (with Calvin Ruff)
- Captain Zoomar (with Walter Bamberg)
- Cartoon Carl (with Carl Stephens)
- Junior Auction (with Curt "Pop" Blair)
- Kartoon Karnival (with Billy Morgan, Martha Sadler)
- Popeye Theatre (with Curt "Pop" Blair)
- Princess Pat's Storybook Castle (with Pat Barnes)
- Romper Room ("Miss Bobbi", "Miss Sue")
- Western Theatre (with Bob Underwood)
- Willie the Clown (with Bill Smith)
- Young World (with Marge Payne)
Alaska
Anchorage
- KENI: Mother Moose (with Larry and Carol Beck)
Fairbanks
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
- KVOA: Cartoon Corral ("Chuck Waggin")
- KTTU-TV/KDTU: The Friendship Club (with Bob Love)
- KGUN: Marshal K-Gun (with Burt Oien, Jack Jacobson and Bob Love) Romper Room (with "Miss Evelyn" (San Angelo))
- KMSB-TV/KZAZ: The Uncle Bob Show (with Bob Love)
- KOLD-TV: Zipo the Clown (Zipo & Friends; starring Victor Dains Sr.)
Yuma
- KYMA-DT/KIVA: The S.S. KIVA (with Don Kenny, Bob Hardy, Elmore Eaton)
Arkansas
El Dorado/Monroe
Fort Smith
Little Rock
- KRTV: Betty's Little Rascals (with Betty Fowler)
- KATV: Bozo the Clown (Gary Weir)
- KARK-TV: Bozo's Big Top (Gary Weir) (Replaced much of NBC's Saturday Morning lineup)
- KARK-TV: Candy the Clown (with Gary Weir)
- KARK-TV: Captain KARK (with Lloyd Denney)
- KKYK: Clowntown USA (with Gary Weir)
- KARK-TV: Lorenzo the Tramp (with Gerry Wheeler)
- KATV: Mr. Specs' Cartoon Caravan (with Bruce Smith)
- KATV: Romper Room ("Miss Sylvia", "Miss Linda")
- KARK-TV: Six-Gun Theatre (with Volmar "Cactus" Vick)
California
Bakersfield
Fresno
- KMPH: Uncle Woody Show (with Woody Bryant)
- KAIL: Leebo The Clown (with Leland Harris)
- KFSN: Fun Time (with Al Radka)
- KMJ: Miss Pat's Playroom
Glendale
Los Angeles
Oakland
Sacramento/Stockton
San Diego
- King Norman's Kingdom of Toys (with Norman Rosenburg)
- KOGO: The Johnny Downs Show (with Johnny Downs)
San Francisco
- KRON-TV: Assignment Four (film documentary series)
- Buster and Me [clarification needed]
- Captain Cosmic (with Bob Wilkins) (KTVU)
- Captain Fortune
- KBHK: Captain San Francisco (Mike Cleary)
- Dapper Dan's Playhouse (with Dan McGrath)
- Fireman Frank (with George Lemont)
- Happy Birthday to You (with Lucille Bliss)
- Kippy the Kop (hosted by Dan Joffee)
- KRON-TV: The Mayor Art Show / The Popeye Show (host: Art Finley)
- KRON-TV: Mayor Art's Almanac (segment within Mayor Art Show, Art Finley)
- KTVU: Captain Satellite (Bob March)
- KTVURomper Room ("Miss Nancy" Besst, "Miss Ruby")
- King Norman's Castle
- KRON-TV: Skipper Sedley (Bruce Sedley)
- KTVU: Sir Sedley (Bruce Sedley)
- KTVU: Charley and Humphrey (Pat McCormick)
- KGO-TV: Aunt Lolly's Storytime (Alice Marino)
- KPIX / KGO-TV: Marshal "J" (Jay Alexander)
- KPIX: Jack's Place (Jack Hanson)
San Jose
Visalia
- KMPH-TV: Uncle Woody (with Woody Bryant)
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
Connecticut
Hartford
- WFSB/WTIC: Captain Bob
- WVIT/WHNB: Colonel Clown (with Joey Russell)
- WUVN/WHCT: Flippy the Clown (with Ivor Hugh)
- WUVN/WHCT: General Funn
- WFSB/WTIC: The Hap Richards Show (with Floyd "Hap" Richards)
- WFSB/WTIC: Ranger Andy (with Orville Andrews)
- WWE Network: Firefly Fun House (with Bray Wyatt)
New Haven
- WTNH/WNHC: Admiral Jack (with Guy Alyward)
- WTNH/WNHC: Captain Solomon C. Whiskers (with Mitch Agruss)
- WNHC/WTNH: Space Commander 8
- WTNH/WNHC: Kitdoodle (with Kit Adler)
- WTNH/WNHC/WHCT: Flippy the Clown (with Ivor Hugh)
- WTNH/WNHC: Happy the Clown (with Joey Russell)
- WTNH/WNHC: Mr. Goober (with Mike Warren)
Delaware
(see Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia markets)
District of Columbia
Washington
Florida
Fort Myers
- WINK-TV: The Lazy Bar 11 (with "Cousin Vern" Vernon Lundquist)
- WINK-TV: Lazy Bar Club (with "Cousin Vern")
Jacksonville
- WMFJ: Here's How, (1962-1963) (with Virginia Atter and a clown known as Clark Winchester). They visited manufacturers each week to see how things are made.
- WFGA: Romper Room
- WFGA: Bozo and Skipper Ed Show, (1961–1966) Saturday mornings. [clarification needed]
- WFGA: Popeye & Pals with Skipper Ed, weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings. [clarification needed]
Miami
- WPLG: Duck, Duck, Goose; Arthur & Company
- WPLG: Batfink (Fridays 8:00–8:30am from January-July 1970)
- WLBW: Banjo Billy (starring Dave Herbert)
- WPST/WLBW/WPLG: Romper Room ("Miss Dolly", "Miss Joan")
- WGBS-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Barbara")
- WCKT: Romper Room ("Miss Iris")
- WCKT: Bobsville (starring Bob Clayton, later the announcer on Dick Clark's Pyramid game shows)
- WCKT: The Dungeon (with Charlie Baxter)
- WCKT: Fun Club (starring Charlie Baxter and Willie the Moose)
- WLBW: Jumpin Jack's 4 O'Clock Club (starring Jack O'Brien)
- WTVJ: The Lucky Duck Show (with Merv Griffin and Chuck Zink)
- WTVJ: Popeye Playhouse (hosted by multiple hosts) (1957-79)
Orlando
- WDBO: Romper Room ("Miss Nancy" Stilwell; Mondays [later weekdays] 9:00–9:30am)
- WLOF/WFTV: Kartoon Kapers
- WFTV: Cartoonland
St. Petersburg
Tallahassee
- WFSU-TV: Miss Nancy's Store (with Nancy Benda)
Tampa
- WFTS-TV: David D TV (1994-2000, Saturday mornings[6])
- WTVT: Romper Room ("Miss Colleen"; Weekdays 9:00-9:30am from October 1955 until January 1959)
- WFLA: Romper Room ("Miss Kay", "Miss June", "Miss Alice") (Kay's version aired at 9:00–9:30am each weekday from January 19, 1959 until Spring 1961. June's WFLA version aired at 10:00-10:30am each weekday from March 31, 1975 until May 30, 1980, and Alice's version aired 10:00-10:30am each weekday from October 1980 until February 1982).
West Palm Beach
Georgia
Atlanta
- WAGA: Batfink & Ronald McDonald (Saturdays 9:00–9:30am) [clarification needed]
- WXIA/WQXI/WLWA-TV: Billy Johnson
- WAGA: The Bugs Bunny Show (Bob Underwood as "Captain Bob", weekdays 5:30–6:00 pm; not to be confused with ABC's national program which aired on WLWA (ABC), now WXIA (NBC) at the time)
- WATL: Cartoon Club
- WAGA: Dooley and Co. (George Ellis as fictional hobo "Bestoink Dooley", weekdays 4:00–4:30 pm; Ellis appeared in the same role hosting local telecasts of horror film classics, Fridays 11:30 pm)
- WAGA: Mr. Pix (Dave Michaels, Saturdays 8:00–9:00am)
- WATL: Officer Don's Clubhouse (Don Kennedy)
- WSB-TV: Popeye Club with Officer Don (Don Kennedy, weekdays 5:00–6:00pm, then from 4:30–5:30pm; later on WATL)
- WTBS-TV: Romper Room (Weekdays 8:30am)
- WLWA-TV: Romper Room (Weekdays 9:00am)
- WLWA-TV: Skipper Ray (Ray MacKay, weekday mornings at 10:00 AM)
- WXIA/WQXI: Treehouse Club
- WXIA/WQXI: Tubby and Lester (Monday-Saturday 7:30 to 10 AM, 1968–72)
Augusta
- WATU: Bozo the Clown (weekdays 4:30–5:30 pm, 1970)
- WJBF: Trooper Terry (weekdays 5-5:30pm; later years 4:30-5pm; featured weatherman Terry Sams; 1960s-70s)
- WRDW-TV: "Hippity Hop" (weekdays 5:30-5:45; featuring William "Bill" Tennent; 1954-1957)
Columbus
- WRBL: Blast Off (V-Man, played by Jim Carlisle)
- WRBL: Col. Chick & Bozo (played by Charles "Chick" Autry and later by Marvin "Alec" Bush and Jack Morin)
- WRBL: Kiddie Castle Lane, later renamed Kid's Corner (with Bonnie Brown Elmore a.k.a. Princess Bonnie)
- WTVM: Miss Patsy's Playhouse (with Patsy Avery)
- WTVM: Mr. Play-Like's Morning Special (with Reuben Hensley) [clarification needed]
- WRBL: Shaun O'Hoolihan (played by John "Jack" Morin)
- WLTZ: Calliope (Starring Rachel Einglett Elliott)
Macon
Savannah
- WJCL (TV): Bozo the Clown (weekdays 4:30–5:30 pm)
- WTOC-TV: Happy Dan (weekdays 4-4:30 pm; originally Happy Dan & The Little Rascals, later Happy Dan & Popeye)
- WTOC-TV: Romper Room (weekdays 9-9:30 am)
Thomasville
Hawaii
Honolulu
KHON (Channel 2):
KGU/KITV/KHVH (now KITV) (Channel 4):
- Billy Boy Moonster (1968)
- Captain Honolulu (Sgt Sacto, played by Bob Smith; 1959–68)
- Rocketship 4 (with Bob Smith; 1968–70)
KGMB (Channel 9):
- Bufo the Frog and a Mynah Bird (hand puppets; early 1960s)
- Checkers and Pogo (Pogo Poge: Morgan White; Mr. Checkers: Jim Hawthorne, Dave Donnelly, Jim Demarest; May 26, 1967 – 1982)
- Jimmie Dodd's Aloha Club (early-mid-1960)
- Sailor Al (mid-1960s)
KTRG (now KHNL) (Channel 13):
Idaho
Boise
Illinois
Chicago
- WGN-TV: The Adventures of Blinkey
- WFLD: The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show, aka Cartoon Town (Bill Jackson)
- WGN-TV: Blue Fairy
- WGN-TV: Batfink
- WGN-TV: Bozo's Circus, later The Bozo Show and The Bozo Super Sunday Show (with Bob Bell, later Joey D'Auria)
- WGN-TV: Breakfast with Bugs Bunny (with Dick Coughlin and Ray Rayner)
- WGN-TV: Dick Tracy Crime Stopper Club (hosted by Ray Rayner)
- WBBM-TV/WBKB/WGN-TV: Garfield Goose and Friends (Frazier Thomas)
- WLS-TV: Gigglesnort Hotel (with Bill Jackson)
- WLS-TV/WBKB: Here's Geraldine (with Jim Stewart)
- WCIU-TV: Hey Colonel Frank (circa 1970, 4pm weekdays, between stock market and foreign language programming)
- WLS-TV: INK: Interesting News for Kids (circa 1972, with Fahey Flynn and Joanie Sandler, aka "Susie Streetnoise", along with a cast of various puppets)
- WGN-TV: Junior Crossroads
- WGN-TV: Junior Edition
- WBKB-TV: Junior Jamboree (later Kukla, Fran and Ollie), The Play House (with Angel Casey)
- WBKB/WCIU-TV: Kiddie A-Go-Go (with Elaine Mulqueen; not to be confused with Tampa's 10 A-Go-Go which ran during the same era)
- WGN-TV: Lunchtime Little Theatre (with Uncle Ned (Ned Locke), Uncle Bucky and Aunt Dody)
- WBBM-TV: The Magic Door (a/k/a "Beyond the Magic Door" in 1981-1984)
- WGN-TV: Paddleboat (with Ned Locke)
- WGN-TV: Ray Rayner and His Friends (Ray Rayner)
- WGN-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Rosemary", "Miss Beverly")
- WGN-TV: The Story Teller
- WBBM-TV/WBKB: Time for Fun (with Nicky Francis)
- WGN-TV: Time for Stories
- WGN-TV: Treetop House (with Debra Wuerfel, Tasha Johnson, Anita Klever, Mary Jane Clark, Jane McGrath)
- WGN-TV: What's the Answer
- WBBM-TV: Project Headstart classroom show similar to Romper Room, hosted by Miss Felice Mooney (late 60s-early 70s)
Peoria
Quad Cities
(see Quad Cities, Iowa market)
Quincy
- WGEM-TV: "The Prairie Farms Cactus Club" (with Dick Moore as "Cactus Jim")
Rockford
Harrisburg
Indiana
Evansville
- WEHT: The Peggy Mitchell Show (1961-1986)
- Romper Room ("Miss Annette")
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
- WLWI: The Bill Jackson Show
- WHMB: Captain Hook's Pirate Adventures
- WTTV: Cowboy Bob's Corral, previously called Chuckwagon Theatre (with Bob Glaze)
- WFBM: The Harlow Hickenlooper Show (with Hal Fryar)
- WFBM: The Three Stooges Show (with Hoosier Hank, later Harlow Hickenlooper and Curley Myers)
- WTTV: Janie, previously called Popeye and Janie (hosted by Janie Hodge)
- WTTV: Popeye and Peggy (hosted by Peggy Nicholson)
- WTTV: Happy Herb
- WTTV: Ruffles' Party
- WTTV: Lunchtime Theater
- WLWI: Kindergarten College (with Pat Garrett Rooney)
- Romper Room ("Miss Julie")
- WTHR: This Side Up (with Dave Garrison & Dudley)
- WLWI/WTHR: Time for Timothy (formerly Timothy Churchmouse)
South Bend
- Kids' Adventure Zone (with Capt. Ed Friend)
- Popeye Theater (with Mike May)
Terre Haute
- WTHI-TV: Captain Jack (hosted by "Captain Jack" Haines) (1978–1982)
Iowa
Cedar Rapids/Waterloo
Davenport
(see Quad Cities market)
Des Moines/Ames
Mason City/Fort Dodge
Quad Cities
Sioux City
Kansas
Wichita
Kentucky
Bowling Green
- WLTV-TV: Uncle Albert's General Store 1962-64 (with George Goldtrap)
Lexington
- WKYT-TV: The Windy Wonderful Show 1959-65 (with Mary Ann Kuykendall)
Louisville
Paducah
- WPSD: Romper Room ("Miss Emily", "Miss Kay", "Miss Penny", "Miss Betsy")
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport
- KSLA-TV: Al's Corral, hosted by Al Bolton
- KSLA-TV: Bob and His Buddies, hosted by Bob Griffin
- KTBS-TV: Bozo the Clown
- KCMC-TV/KTBS-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Barbara" [KTBS version])
- KTAL-TV: Captain Talltower and Cartoons
- KTAL-TV/KSLA-TV: Sesame Street (In 1970, a local advocacy group was formed to fundraise to help cover the cost of bringing the program to television in the region due to the market not having an NET/PBS station. The show was moved to KSLA in February 1972 and remained on KSLA until August 1978)
Maine
Bangor
Portland
- WGAN/WGME: Cap'n and the Kids (with Lloyd Knight)
Maryland
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Boston
Springfield
Worcester
Michigan
Detroit
Detroit Area
Flint
Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo
- WWMT-TV/WKZO-TV: Channel 3 Clubhouse (with Beanie Brown and Uncle Fred)
Lansing
- WJIM-TV: Ranger Jim (with John Kelly then known as Jack Kelin,who then went on to host Kelly and Company with Marilyn Turner
Minnesota
Austin
- The Uncle Robb (Buff "Uncle Robb" Setterquist KMMT Channel 6)
Duluth
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Rochester
Mississippi
Columbus
- WCBI-TV: Funtime With Uncle Bunky (with Robert "Uncle Bunky" Williams), weekday afternoons,[20] 1958-76[21]
Missouri
Columbia/Jefferson City/Sedalia
- KRCG-TV/KMOS-TV/KOMU-TV: Sesame Street (Due to the lack of a PBS station in Mid-Missouri, CBS stations KRCG and KMOS began premiering PBS's Sesame Street on January 4, 1971 as a weekday morning program [9:00-10:00 AM] after a spokesman for a local group replied that KRCG was confident enough for the Citizens of Sesame Street Fund could raise money that it had notified CBS of the preemption replacement of two programs. Both stations dropped Sesame Street during the first week of March 1977 due to the station's revenue losses, and the former Sesame Street slot was replaced with The New Price Is Right that originally aired in the afternoon hours. This led to major consequences on a new station for the program in the market. In April 1977, Columbia's ABC station KCBJ immediately seek funds for Sesame Street to return in Mid-Missouri planning on airing it on weekday evenings rather than weekday mornings, but failed days after announcement due to the Missouri Department of Education reported no funds in its budget available. Then NBC station KOMU came along to seek funds as well, as the staff at KOMU paid an additional $1,825 from its general operating budget to run the program. The staff at KOMU promised to only air the show briefly in its lineup due to concerns over the same reason why KRCG pulled Sesame Street off its lineup. KOMU immediately aired Sesame Street at the same slot as KRCG/KMOS as a replacement of both Sanford & Son and Hollywood Squares for a brief time from June 20, 1977 until August 31, 1977).
Hannibal
Joplin
- KODE: Romper Room ("Miss Judy")
- KODE: Sesame Street (For more than a decade, KODE aired Sesame Street on weekday mornings from the early 1970s until 1986 when Springfield's KOZK launched its sister-station KOZJ. This was all due to the lack of a PBS station in the Joplin market, although Springfield received full-time PBS programming when KOZK launched in 1975).
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield
- KOLR/KTTS: Birthday Party (with Rene Handley)
- KOLR/KTTS: Captain Briny (with Wayne Grisham)
- KOLR/KTTS: Romper Room ("Miss Rene")
- KYTV: The Children's Hour (with Norma Champion)
- KYTV: Sesame Street (Sesame Street aired on KYTV beginning in November 1969 due to the lack of an NET/PBS station in the Ozarks. The show originally aired at 4:00 PM but moved to 9:00 AM several months later until the launch of KOZK in 1975).
- KSPR: Sammy's Place [clarification needed]
- KOLR/KTTS: Television Classroom [clarification needed]
Montana
Billings
- KULR-TV/KGHL: Happy Herb (with Herb McAllister)
- KULR-TV/KGHL: Maury's Carnival (with Maury White)
- KULR-TV/KGHL: Pete and Friends (with Pete Perlain)
Butte
Nebraska
Lincoln
Scottsbluff
KSTF: The Wilmer Worm Show (with June Beaman)
Nevada
Reno
` KAME Space Station 21 { Ricky Price & Jo Anne Buchanan)
Las Vegas
- KLAS: The Bostick Western Show [clarification needed]
- KLAS: The Cinderella Show (with Merle Bunker)
- KLAS: Commander Lee (with Jack Lehman)
- KLAS: Rascal Rabbitt (with Caroll Spinney)
- KLRJ: Romper Room (with "Miss Nancy" Merle Bunker)
New Hampshire
Manchester
- WMUR: Ring-A-Ding The Clown Show[22] (Dwight Damon)
- WMUR: The Uncle Gus Show (with Gus Bernier)
New Jersey
(see New York and Pennsylvania markets)
New Mexico
Albuquerque
New York
Albany/Schenectady
- Commander Ralph (with Ralph Vartigian)
- WRGB: Freddie Freihofer Show (with Jim Fisk)
- WTEN/WCDA: Romper Room ("Miss Diane") and Popeye and the 3 Stooges with the Old Skipper
- WRGB: Satellite Six (with Glendora)
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira/Ithaca
- Jerry's Playhouse (with Jerry White)
- TV Clubhouse (with Coach Carl Proper)
New York
- WPIX: The Beachcomber Bill Show (with Bill Biery; Herb Bass)
- WNBC-TV: Birthday House (with Paul Tripp)
- WPIX: Bozo the Clown (with Bill Britten)
- WPIX: The Carol Corbett Show (Carol Corbett)
- WPIX: Cartoon Express (with Bill Britten)
- WPIX: Cartoon Zoo (Milt Moss)
- WNBC-TV, later WABD: The Children's Hour (with Stan Lee Broza)
- WPIX, later WNEW-TV (now WNYW): The Chuck McCann Show (with Chuck McCann and Paul Ashley)
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Chuck McCann's Laurel and Hardy Show (with Chuck McCann and Paul Ashley)
- WPIX: Clubhouse Gang (with Joe Bolton)
- WNYW: The D.J. Kat Show
- WNBT/WNBC-TV: Facts N' Fun (with Shari Lewis)
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Felix the Cat and Friends (with "Uncle" Fred Scott and Allen Swift)
- Filbert the Flea, Buster's Buddies, Tom Corbet Space Cadet, Magic Clown, Singing Lady, Mister I-magination (with Paul Tripp)
- WABD/WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Freddie the Fireman (with Ed McCurdy)
- WNTA (now WNET) Funderama (with Herb Sheldon, Arnold Stang, Morey Amsterdam)
- WABD/WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Funny Bunny (with Dick Noel)
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Great Bombo's Magic Cartoon Circus Lunchtime Show (with Chuck McCann and Paul Ashley)
- WCBS-TV: The Great Foodini (with Hope Bunin and Morey Bunin)
- WWOR-TV/WOR-TV: Happy Felton's Knothole Gang (with Happy Felton)
- WRCA/WNBT/WNBC-TV: Howdy Doody Show (original puppet) (with Frank Paris)
- WABD/WNEW-TV (now WNYW): J. Fred Muggs Show
- WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV): The Johnny Andrews Show (with Johnny Andrews, Paul Ashley and Chuck McCann)
- WABC-TV: Jolly Gene and His Fun Machine (with Bill Britten)
- WPIX: Joya's Fun School
- WNTA (now WNET): Junior Carnival (with "Uncle" Steve Hollis) (Sunday version of essentially same show as Junior Frolics with different host)
- WNTA (now WNET): Junior Frolics (with "Uncle" Fred" Sayles)
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Just for Fun! (with Sonny Fox)
- WPIX: Kartoon Klub (with Shari Lewis)
- WPIX: Laurel and Hardy and Chuck (with Chuck McCann)
- WPIX: Let's Have Fun! (with Chuck McCann, Paul Ashley and Terry Bennett)
- WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV): Little Tom Tom at the Wigwam Party (with Gene London)
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Lunch with Soupy Sales
- DuMont: The Magic Cottage (with Pat Meikle)
- WPIX: The Magic Garden
- WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV), later WPIX: The Merry Mailman (with Ray Heatherton)
- WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV): Merry Mailman's Funhouse (with Ray Heatherton)
- WPIX: Pancake Man (with Hal Smith)
- WCBS-TV: The Patchwork Family (with Carol Corbett and Carey Antebi)
- WPIX: Pixie Playtime
- WPIX: Popeye (with Captain Allen Swift)
- WNTA-TV (now WNET): The Puppet Hotel (with Chuck McCann and Paul Ashley)
- WABC-TV, later WNEW-TV, later WOR-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Gloria", "Miss Joan", "Miss Barbara", "Miss Louise", "Miss Mary Ann", "Miss Molly")
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): The Sandy Becker Show
- WABD/WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Sandy Becker's Fun House!
- WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV): The Scrub Club (with Claude Kirchner)
- WPIX: Shariland (with Shari Lewis)
- DuMont: Small Fry Club (with Bob Emery)
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): The Soupy Sales Show
- WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV): The Space Explorer's Club (with Al Hodge)
- WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV): Space Station Nine (with Chubby Jackson)
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Speak Out (with Sonny Fox)
- WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV): Steampipe Alley (with Mario Cantone and Judy Katchska)
- WNTA (now WNET): Studio 99½ (with Jimmy Nelson)
- WOR-TV (now WOR-TV): Super Adventure Theater (with Claude Kirchner)
- WNTA (now WNET): Super Serial (with Al Hodge and Eric Page)
- WPIX: The Surprise Show (with Hank Stohl, Morey Bunin, Jimmy Boyd)
- WCBS-TV: Terry Tell Time (with Carol Reed, Morey Bunin, Hope Bunin)
- WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV): Terrytoon Circus (with Claude Kirchner)
- WPIX: The Three Stooges Funhouse (with Officer Joe Bolton)
- WABC-TV: Tinker's Workshop (with Bob Keeshan, Dom DeLuise, Henry Burbig, and Gene London)
- WABC-TV: Time for Fun (with Joe Bova)
- WABC-TV: The Tommy Seven Show (with Ed Bakey)
- WNBC-TV: Uncle Wethbee (with Tex Antoine)
- WNBC-TV: Watch Your Child/The Me Too Show
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Winchell-Mahoney Time (with Paul Winchell)
- WNEW-TV (now WNYW): Wonderama (with Sonny Fox; Bob McAllister)
Plattsburgh
- Scoop O'Brian presented 1950s Superman TV episodes
Rochester
- Gary the Happy Pirate
- Romper Room ("Miss Ann", "Miss Rita")
- Skipper Sam
Syracuse/Auburn
- WNYS-TV, WCNY-TV: Ladybug's Garden (with Cathy Stampalia and Jerry Sanders)
- WTVH/WHEN-TV: Magic Toy Shop (with "Play Lady" (Jean Daugherty); "Miss Merrily" (Marilyn Hubbard) and "Eddie Flum Num" (Socrates Sampson))
- WCNY-TV: Pappyland (originally on local public access before airing nationally on TLC and select PBS member stations)
- WNYS-TV: Bozo the Clown (with Mike Lattiff)
- WNYS-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Cathy", "Miss Joan")
- WSYR-TV: Salty Sam's Super Saturday (Bill Lape)
- WSTM-TV/WSYR-TV: Saturday Showboat ("Salty Sam")[23]
Utica/Rome
Watertown
- The Danny Burgess Show
- Kiddie Karnival (with Dan Burgess)
North Carolina
Asheville
- WLOS: Mr. Bill and Bozo
- WLOS: Mr. Bill's Workshop (with Bill Norwood)
Charlotte
Greenville/New Bern
- Romper Room ("Miss Patsy")
- WITN: Witney the Hobo
- Telestory Time with Elenor Hawkins: WFMY 1952-1958; WCTI 1963-
Raleigh/Durham
- WRAL: Bozo the Clown (with Paul Montgomery) (1958-1961)
- Frog Hollow (1981-1985)
- Time for Uncle Paul (with Paul Montgomery) (1961-1981)
- Sparks (1985-1990)
- The Androgena Show (1992-1996)
- WPTF: Barney's Army (1979-1983)
Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem
- Mr. Green [clarification needed]
- WFMY: The Old Rebel and Pecos Pete Show (with George Perry, Jim Tucker and "Lonesome Lee" Marshall) (1955-1977)
- WGHP: Romper Room
- WFMY: Six-Gun Playhouse (with George Perry) (1950-1955)
- WGGT: Billy Bobb's Fun Club (with Dana Lowell)
North Dakota
Bismarck
- KFYR: Marshall Bill (with Bill Owen)
- KFYR: Romper Room (with "Miss Connie" Burnham & ""Miss Vonnie" Becker)
Fargo
Ohio
Akron
Canton
- WJAN-TV: Alfred Alligator
- WJAN-TV: Milton The Milkman
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
- ACTV/Access 21: BeBe the Clown
- WCLS-TV: Crystal Palace (with Nina Gilbert)
- WBNS-TV: Flippo the Clown (with Bob Marvin)
- WTTE-TV: Fox28 Kids' Club (with Yolanda Harris)
- WBNS-TV: Luci's Toy Shop (with Lucille Gasaway)
- Romper Room
- WTTE-TV: TV28 Kids' Club (with Susan Gilbert)
- WINJ-LP: TV8 Kids' Fun Festival (with Ella Flowers, also known as 'Pink Morning Cartoon')
Dayton
- WHIO-TV: Charlie Goodtime (with Dave Eaton)
- WKEF-TV: Clubhouse 22 (with Malcolm Macleod, "Dr. Creep")
- WHIO-TV:Ferdy Fussbudget (with Ken Hardin)
- WHIO-TV:Nosey the Clown (with Jack Jacobson)
- WKEF-TV:Romper Room ("Miss Jo" (Jo Corey), "Miss Anne")
- WKEF-TV:Toody the Clown
- WHIO-TV:Uncle Orrie (with Joe Rockhold)
- WKTR-TV: Kim's Kartoon Kapers (with Kim Christy)
- WKTR-TV: Batfink
Lima
WIMA-TV:
- The Barry Patch (with Barry Lillis)
- Charlie's Cartoon Clubhouse (with Chuck Osburn)
- For Kids Only (with Sam Fitzsimmons)
- IN-SIDE with Ron Blazer and Charlie Chunk (Chuck Osborn)
Springfield
Steubenville
Toledo
Youngstown
- The Captain Hal Fryer Show
- Clancy's Tip Top Club House[24][25]
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
- WKY: 3-D Danny (with Danny Williams)
- WKY: Circle 4 Ranch Foreman Scotty
- KOCO: Lunch With Hoho (with Hoho the Clown)
- KWTV, KOCO: Romper Room
Tulsa
- KJRH: Big Bill and Oom-A-Gog (with Bill Blair)
- KTUL: Captain Ben (with Bob Jernigan)
- KTUL: Dr. Ding A Ling's Cartoon Laboratory
- KTUL: Romper Room ("Miss Nancy", "Miss Donna", "Miss Peggy")
- KOTV: The Kids Carnival (with Bob Latting)
- KOTV: Lee Woodward and King Lionel
- KOTV: The Lorenzo Show (with Gerald Wheeler)
- KTUL: Mr. Zing and Tuffy (with John Chick and Wayne Johnson), 1963–71
- KOTV: Spanky's Clubhouse (with Spanky McFarland; 1950s)
- KTUL: Uncle Zeb's Cartoon Camp
- KTUL: Uncle Zip's Do Da Day!
- KOTV: Zeta, on Satellite Six (with Jim Ruddle)
Oregon
Eugene
Portland
- KPTV: Addie Bobkins (with Bob Adkins), 1961–64[27]
- KPTV: Bar 27 Corral (with "Heck" Harper) 1950s
- KPTV: Bent Nails (with Gene Brendler), early 1960s (Temporary replacement for injured Rusty Nails)
- KATU: Bumpity
- KOIN: Cartoon Circus with "Mr. Duffy" (played by Frank Kincaid), 1958–71
- KATU: Cartoonival with Rusty Nails mid-1960s
- KPTV: Dr Zoom (with George Ross, "Mad Scientist" character) Mid-1960s.
- KPDX: Galaxy Robot
- KGW: "Heck" Harper Early 1960s.
- KPTV/KOIN: Mister Moon (with Ed Leahy), 1955–1958
- KPTV: The Ramblin' Rod Show (with Rod Anders) 1960s/1997
- KATU: Romper Room 1950s (Varying hosts.) 1950s/ Early 1960s.
- KATU/KPTV: Rusty Nails (with Jim Allen; hosted Three Stooges shorts) Late 1950s - Early 1960s.
- KPTV: Uncle Charlie (with Charlie LaFranchise. Railroad Engineer host of Round House, model trains & cartoons, late 1950s/early 1960s)
- KPTV: Uncle Charlie's Den 1962-?? (with Charlie LaFranchise)
- KOIN: Saddlepals (with Red Dunning), 1953–55
- KATU: Popcorn (1984)
Pennsylvania
Erie
- The Pappy Show (with Skip Lecher)
Harrisburg/Lancaster
Johnstown/Altoona
- WJAC: Romper Room ("Miss Sally", "Miss Patty")
- Sy Seaweed's Popeye Playhouse (with Charlie Ritchey)
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Rhode Island
Providence
South Carolina
Charleston
- The Adventure Lady (with Anna Lee Smalls)
- Commodore Moore
- WCSC-TV:Happy Raine (with Lorraine "Rainey" Evans)
- Princess Charleen (with Charleen Carrel)
- WCSC-TV: Uncle Charlie's Playhouse (with Charlie Hall)
Columbia
- Aboosa Ya Ya
- Cactus Quave (with Mackie Quave)
- Deputy Billy (with Allen Sloan)
- The Jolly Jim Show (with Jim O'Shea)
- WIS-TV: Mr. Knozit (with Joe Pinner)
- Princess Pat (with Pat Bouknight)
- Stanley And The Stooges
Florence/Myrtle Beach
- WBTW-TV ( Captain Ashby with Ashby Ward)
- WBTW-TV ( Spaceship C-8 with Dick Taylor),
- WEYB-LP ( Fox 56 Kids Club with Sly Fox)
Greenville/Spartanburg
South Dakota
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Tennessee
Chattanooga
- WDEF TV: Mr. Chickaroonie (with Warren Herring and Mildred Gaither; 1953-1955)
Jackson
- WBBJ/WDXI: The Cousin Tuny Show (with Doris Freeman as Cousin Tuny)
- The Sheriff Big Jim Show
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Texas
Abilene
- KRBC: Cousin Pogo and Calvin Kiwi
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont/Port Arthur
- Cowboy John (with John Garner)
Corpus Christi
- KZTV: Uncle Bob's Playhouse
Dallas/Fort Worth
El Paso
Houston/Galveston
- Cadet Don (with Al Eisenmann)
- Happy Hollow (with Mary Jane Vandiver)
- Kiddie Troopers (with Don Mahoney and Jeanna Clare)
- KTRK-TV: Kitirik (with Bunny Orsak) (1954–71)
- Mary Jane's Magic Castle (with Mary Jane Vandiver)
- No-No the Clown
Lubbock
Odessa/Midland
San Antonio
- Captain Gus (Joe Alston)
- Johnny's Treehouse (Johnny Dugan)
Howdy Doody 1951 Chester Howard
Little Rascals 1951 Chester Howard
Roy Rogers 1951. Chester Howard
Gene Autry. 1951. Chester Howard
Utah
Salt Lake City
- KSL TV: Admiral Bernie with Bernie Calderwood
- KUTV: Aunt Lolly's Storytime
- KCPX: Captain Scotty
- KSL TV: Engineer Ron with Ron Ross
- KCPX: Fireman Frank
- KCPX/KTVX TV: Hotel Balderdash
- KCPX: KC's Club
- KSL TV: Kimbo the Clown with Jack Whitaker
- KSL TV: Lucky Pup
- KSL TV: Princess MakeBelieve with Alene Dalton
- KSL TV: Romper Room with Miss Nancy (Jackie Nokes), and Miss Julie (Edna Andersen)
- KSL TV: Sheriff Jim with John Lugt
- KSL TV: Story Princess with Alene Dalton
- KSL TV: Uncle Roscoe with Roscoe Grover
Vermont
Burlington
- WCAX: Polar Bear Theatre
- WCAX: Romper Room (with "Miss Pat" Nilsson)
Virginia
Norfolk/Portsmouth
- WVEC: Bungles the Clown
- WAVY: Poop Deck Pappy (Mac McManus)
- WVEC: Romper Room ("Miss Connie")
Richmond
Roanoke/Lynchburg
Washington, D.C.
Washington
Bellingham
- KVOS: Frisky Frolics (1970s-1980s)
Everett
- Channel 3/Everett Cablevision: Jaycee Clown Show (with Crash the Clown (Nik Boldrini) and Captain Fuzz (Richard Boldrin) (1971–72))
Seattle/Tacoma
Spokane
- KREM: Captain Cy Show (late 1950s/early 1960s) (Host: David Cyrus Page, ran Popeye cartoons).
- KHQ: Romper Room ("Miss Florence") (Late 1950s/ Mid 1970s).
- Cosmic Cable: ("Sally Jo Clapper") (Cox Cable local Original children's program) (1988-1991).
Yakima
West Virginia
Charleston/Huntington
Parkersburg
- WTAP: PMA Pulse (with Todd Baucher)
Wheeling
- Comedy Time
- Creegan & Crow (hosted by George Creegan)
- WTRF: Romper Room
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Wausau
- WSAU-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Maureen", "Miss Elizabeth")
- WAOW/WAEO: Sesame Street (Despite being shown on NET/PBS stations in the US, the show was aired on WAOW from 1969 until 1972 and on WAEO from 1974 until 1976, due to most of northern Wisconsin not having a NET/PBS affiliated station with the exceptions of Duluth-Superior (due to the area having its own NET/PBS station) and Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls (due to cable systems and over-the-air antennas can easily receive KTCA in the area) until the launch of WHRM-TV in 1976).
Wyoming
Casper
- The Fun Ranch (Jack Slothower)
- Tumbleweed (with Dick Frech)
Cheyenne
Guam
See also
References
- ^ Hollis, Tim (November 2001). Hi There Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-396-5
- ^ NPR episode "A History of Local Children's TV Programs", aired May 22, 2002
- ^ Hollis, Tim (2001). Hi There, Boys and Girls!: America's Local Children's TV Shows. University Press of Mississippi. p. 27. ISBN 1-57806-396-5.
- ^ "SERENDIPITY: LEARNING FUN FOR THE YOUNG". Los Angeles Times. 1972-07-16. p. 535. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
Serendipity, KNBC's Emmy-winning children's series, is offering new shows for the summer (Sundays at 9 a.m. on Channel 4), and this means more televised field trips for the youngsters. Host Rudi Medina takes the children to places like the Music Center, Marine-land, horse ranches, aviaries and aboard the Queen Mary (below). Educational-fun is the primary mission.
- ^ http://www.big13.com/Other%20Hosts/capt_mac_1.htm [bare URL]
- ^ Spata, Christopher (August 25, 2016) "Throwback Thursday: Local millennials remember Tampa's 'David D TV'" Tampa Bay Times
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- ^ "Cowboy Whitey and the Circle 5 Ranch WOC TV 5/6 Davenport, Iowa". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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- ^ "Ken Wagner and Pee Wee Comic CutUps WOC Davenport, Iowa". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160115040729/http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/grandpahappy. Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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- ^ "Willie Whistle". IMDb.
- ^ "Robert 'Uncle Bunky' Williams: A Local Living Legent Reflects on His Storied Career". The Packet. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
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- ^ "Stm Club". Syracusenostalgia.com. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ "Station Information - WKBN - 27 First News - Local News - Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana, Ohio - Sharon, Pennsylvania". WKBN. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
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- ^ "Amarillo philanthropist Allen Shifrin dies at 85".
External links
- Benny Carle-Classic Alabama TV (on Birmingham/Huntsville TV in the 1940s/50s/60s/70s)