List of local children's television series (United States)

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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 1940s 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][2]

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, 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, Mighty Mouse, Porky Pig, Deputy Dawg, The Funny Company, Clutch Cargo as well as movie shorts such as Our Gang/The Little Rascals and The Three Stooges. Some included educational segments like the portraits of wildlife in Nature's Window. 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. Befitting the small staffs many stations had in the early days of television, some hosts did double-duty as announcer or handled administrative functions, like Program Director. Some even hosted adult fare such the daily movie with such titles as Million Dollar Movie or were weathermen on the newscast. 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. Lucrative syndicated programming such as The Mike Douglas Show, Merv Griffin Show and Donahue, plus re-runs of old network series, began to fill available airtime. Much of the audience for local children's shows began watching Sesame Street, which for many surpassed anything that had ever been shown on local shows. By the late 1970s, local children's programming had all but disappeared from the airwaves, although a few continued well into the 1990s. For many, they represent nostalgic memories - an indelible part of their childhood.

[edit] Television Broadcast Markets

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[edit] Alabama

[edit] Anniston

[edit] Birmingham

[edit] Dothan

[edit] Florence

[edit] Huntsville

[edit] Mobile

[edit] Montgomery

[edit] Alaska

[edit] Anchorage

[edit] Fairbanks

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Phoenix

[edit] Tucson

[edit] Yuma

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] El Dorado/Monroe

[edit] Fort Smith

[edit] Little Rock

[edit] California

[edit] Bakersfield

[edit] Fresno

  • KAIL: Leebo The Clown (Leland Harris)
  • KFSN: Fun Time (Al Radtka)

[edit] Glendale

[edit] Los Angeles

[edit] Oakland

[edit] Sacramento/Stockton

[edit] San Diego

[edit] San Francisco

[edit] San Jose

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Denver

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Hartford

[edit] New Haven

[edit] Delaware

see Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia markets

[edit] District of Columbia

[edit] Washington

[edit] Florida

[edit] Fort Myers

[edit] Jacksonville

  • WFGA: Popeye & Pals with Skipper Ed, weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings

[edit] Miami

[edit] St. Petersburg

[edit] West Palm Beach

  • WJNO (now WPTV): The Sheriff (Bob Green)
  • The Man From GHOST (Global Headquarters for the Organization to Sustain Terror), Ch. 5; a Chiller Theater-type show with a live host, but using humorous drop-ins during the films. A precursor to Mystery Science Theatre 3000. For example, in a scene where the Mad Scientist is writing in his journal, the show would superimpose a kids' book, such as The Little Engine That Could.

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Atlanta

[edit] Augusta

  • WJBF: Trooper Terry, weekdays 5-5:30pm later years 4:30-5pm featured Terry Sams, the weatherman. 1960s-70's.
  • WATU: Bozo the Clown, weekdays 4:30-5:30pm 1970

[edit] Columbus

[edit] Macon

[edit] Savannah

  • WTOC-TV: Romper Room (30 mins.) weekdays 9-9:30AM
  • WTOC-TV: Happy Dan (30 mins.) weekdays 4-4:30PM. Originally Happy Dan & The Little Rascals later Happy Dan & Popeye. Happy Dan was Dwight Bruce who co-hosted Kaleidoscope with Gwen Ferguson weekdays after Romper Room. Happy Dan was later replaced with "Skipper Jack & Popeye".
  • WJCL (TV), WJCL: Bozo the Clown (60 mins.) weekdays 4:30-5:30PM program was later replaced by Col. Frank - he had a chicken puppet & co-hosted by perhaps his wife, featured birthdays

[edit] Thomasville

[edit] Hawaii

[edit] Honolulu

KHVH (Now KITV) (Ch 4):

KGMB, KGMB (Ch 9):

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Chicago

[edit] Peoria

[edit] Quad Cities

see Quad Cities, Iowa market

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Evansville

[edit] Fort Wayne

[edit] Indianapolis

[edit] South Bend

[edit] Terre Haute

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Cedar Rapids/Waterloo

[edit] Davenport

[edit] Des Moines/Ames

[edit] Mason City/Fort Dodge

[edit] Quad Cities

[edit] Sioux City

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Wichita

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Bowling Green

[edit] Louisville

[edit] Paducah

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Baton Rouge

[edit] Monroe

[edit] New Orleans

[edit] Maine

[edit] Bangor

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Baltimore

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Boston

[edit] Springfield

[edit] Worcester

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Detroit

[edit] Detroit Area

[edit] Grand Rapids

[edit] Kalamazoo

  • WWMT-TV, WKZO-TV: Channel 3 Clubhouse. (Beanie Brown, Uncle Fred, others.)

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Duluth

[edit] Minneapolis/St. Paul

[edit] Rochester

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Joplin

[edit] Kansas City

[edit] St. Louis

[edit] Springfield

[edit] Montana

[edit] Billings

[edit] Butte

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] Lincoln

KOLN/KGIN: Cartoon Corral

[edit] Scottsbluff

KSTF: The Wilmer Worm Show (June Beaman)

[edit] Nevada

[edit] Las Vegas

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] Manchester

[edit] New Jersey

see New York and Pennsylvania markets

[edit] New Mexico

[edit] New York

[edit] Albany/Schenectady

[edit] Binghamton

[edit] Buffalo

[edit] Elmira/Ithaca

[edit] New York

[edit] Rochester

[edit] Syracuse/Auburn

[edit] Utica/Rome

[edit] Watertown

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] Asheville

[edit] Charlotte

[edit] Greenville/New Bern

[edit] Raleigh/Durham

[edit] Winston-Salem/Greensboro

[edit] North Dakota

[edit] Bismarck

[edit] Fargo

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Akron

[edit] Canton

[edit] Cincinnati

[edit] Cleveland

[edit] Columbus

[edit] Dayton

[edit] Lima

Steubenville

Creegan and Crow

[edit] Toledo

[edit] Youngstown

[edit] Zanesville

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oklahoma City

[edit] Tulsa

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Eugene

[edit] Medford

[edit] Portland

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Erie

[edit] Harrisburg/Lancaster

[edit] Johnstown/Altoona

[edit] Philadelphia

[edit] Pittsburgh

[edit] Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] Providence

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] Charleston

[edit] Columbia

[edit] Florence/Myrtle Beach

[edit] Greenville/Spartanburg

[edit] South Dakota

[edit] Rapid City

[edit] Sioux Falls

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Chattanooga

[edit] Jackson

[edit] Knoxville

[edit] Memphis

[edit] Nashville

[edit] Tri-Cities

[edit] Antioch

[edit] Texas

[edit] Abilene

[edit] Amarillo

[edit] Austin

The Uncle Jay Show (Jay Hodgson)

[edit] Beaumont/Port Arthur

[edit] Corpus Christi

[edit] Dallas/Fort Worth

[edit] El Paso

[edit] Houston/Galveston

[edit] Lubbock

[edit] Odessa/Midland

[edit] Rio Grande Valley

[edit] San Angelo

[edit] San Antonio

[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

[edit] Roanoke/Lynchburg

[edit] Washington, D.C.

see District of Columbia

[edit] Washington

[edit] Bellingham

KVOS Frisky Frolics (1970s-1980s)

[edit] Everett

[edit] Seattle/Tacoma

[edit] Spokane

[edit] Yakima

[edit] West Virginia

[edit] Beckley/Bluefield

[edit] Charleston/Huntington

[edit] Morgantown/Clarksburg

[edit] Parkersburg

[edit] Wheeling

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] Eau Claire

[edit] Green Bay

[edit] La Crosse

[edit] Madison

[edit] Milwaukee

[edit] Wausau

[edit] Wyoming

[edit] Casper

[edit] Cheyenne

[edit] Guam

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hollis, Tim (November 2001). Hi There Boys and Girls: America's Local Children's TV Programs. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1578063965
  2. ^ NPR episode "A History of Local Children's TV Programs", aired May 22, 2002
  3. ^ Portland Radio Message Board: The Original KLIQ
  4. ^ The Addie Bobkins Show

[edit] See also

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