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

Summary

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 edit

Alabama edit

Anniston edit

Birmingham edit

Dothan edit

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

Florence edit

  • Captain Jack (with Jack Worley)
  • Earline in Storyland
  • WHDF, WOWL: Planet 15 (with Jack Worley)
  • WOWL: The Children's Hour

Huntsville/Decatur edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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)
  • Popeye Cartoon Theatre ("Captain Hank")
  • Romper Room ("Miss Skeeter")
  • WKRG: Rosie's Place (hosted by Rosie Seaman)
  • Jungle Bob / Scuba Bob

Montgomery edit

  • 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 edit

Anchorage edit

  • KENI: Mother Moose (with Larry and Carol Beck)

Fairbanks edit

  • School for Fun [clarification needed]

Arizona edit

Phoenix edit

Tucson edit

  • 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 edit

  • KYMA-DT/KIVA: The S.S. KIVA (with Don Kenny, Bob Hardy, Elmore Eaton)

Arkansas edit

El Dorado/Monroe edit

Fort Smith edit

Little Rock edit

California edit

Bakersfield edit

Fresno edit

  • 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 edit

  • KHOF: Black Buffalo's Pow-Wow [clarification needed]

Los Angeles edit

Oakland edit

Sacramento/Stockton edit

  • KOVR: Captain Delta (early 1970s)
  • KTXL: Cap'n Mitch (1970s-80s)
  • KCRA: Captain Sacto (Fred Wade; 1950s)
  • Capn's Locker [clarification needed]
  • Cartoonland [clarification needed]
  • KCRA: Romper Room ("Miss Nancy")
  • Skipper Stu (hosted by Stu Nahan)

San Diego edit

  • King Norman's Kingdom of Toys (with Norman Rosenburg)
  • KOGO: The Johnny Downs Show (with Johnny Downs)

San Francisco edit

  • 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 edit

  • Cosmo's Castle

Visalia edit

  • KMPH-TV: Uncle Woody (with Woody Bryant)

Colorado edit

Colorado Springs edit

Denver edit

Connecticut edit

Hartford edit

New Haven edit

  • 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 edit

(see Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia markets)

District of Columbia edit

Washington edit

Florida edit

Fort Myers edit

  • WINK-TV: The Lazy Bar 11 (with "Cousin Vern" Vernon Lundquist)
  • WINK-TV: Lazy Bar Club (with "Cousin Vern")

Jacksonville edit

  • 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 edit

Orlando edit

St. Petersburg edit

Tallahassee edit

  • WFSU-TV: Miss Nancy's Store (with Nancy Benda)

Tampa edit

  • 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 edit

  • WJNO (now WPTV): The Sheriff (with Bob Green)
  • WPTV-TV: The Man From GHOST (Global Headquarters for the Organization to Sustain Terror) [citation needed]

Georgia edit

Atlanta edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • WMAZ: Cartoon Club [clarification needed]

Savannah edit

  • 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 edit

Hawaii edit

Honolulu edit

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 edit

Boise edit

Illinois edit

Chicago edit

Peoria edit

Quad Cities edit

(see Quad Cities, Iowa market)

Quincy edit

  • WGEM-TV: "The Prairie Farms Cactus Club" (with Dick Moore as "Cactus Jim")

Rockford edit

Harrisburg edit

Indiana edit

Evansville edit

Fort Wayne edit

Indianapolis edit

  • 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 edit

  • Kids' Adventure Zone (with Capt. Ed Friend)
  • Popeye Theater (with Mike May)

Terre Haute edit

  • WTHI-TV: Captain Jack (hosted by "Captain Jack" Haines) (1978–1982)

Iowa edit

Cedar Rapids/Waterloo edit

Davenport edit

(see Quad Cities market)

Des Moines/Ames edit

Mason City/Fort Dodge edit

  • Bart's Clubhouse (hosted by Bart Curran)
  • Uncle Dick's Fun House [clarification needed]

Quad Cities edit

Sioux City edit

Kansas edit

Wichita edit

Kentucky edit

Bowling Green edit

  • WLTV-TV: Uncle Albert's General Store 1962-64 (with George Goldtrap)

Lexington edit

  • WKYT-TV: The Windy Wonderful Show 1959-65 (with Mary Ann Kuykendall)

Louisville edit

Paducah edit

Louisiana edit

Baton Rouge edit

Monroe edit

  • The Happiness Exchange (KNOE-TV) [citation needed]

New Orleans edit

Shreveport edit

  • 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 edit

Bangor edit

Portland edit

  • WGAN/WGME: Cap'n and the Kids (with Lloyd Knight)

Maryland edit

Baltimore edit

Massachusetts edit

Boston edit

Springfield edit

  • WHYN: The Admiral and Swabby (with Gary Garrison, Norm Goyer)
  • WHYN: Bozo the Clown
  • WHYN: Cy's Weather [clarification needed]
  • WHYN: Elby's Weather [clarification needed]
  • WHYN: The Swabby Show [clarification needed]
  • WGGB-TV WHYN: Pete & Willy's Tree Hut [clarification needed]

Worcester edit

Michigan edit

Detroit edit

  • The Auntie Dee Show (with Dee Parker)
  • WXYZ-TV: Cartoon Fun [clarification needed]
  • WXYZ-TV: Hot Fudge [clarification needed]
  • Jingles in Boofland
  • WXYZ-TV: Lunch With Soupy Sales (1952–1959)
  • WXYZ-TV: Batfink (also known as "Wake Up with Batfink")
  • Milky The Twin Pines Magic Clown
  • Milky's Party Time [clarification needed]
  • Oopsy The Clown [clarification needed]
  • Popeye Theater with Captain Jolly and Poopdeck Paul
  • Ricky the Clown (with Irv Roming)
  • Sagebrush Shorty (with Ted Lloyd)
  • Sonny Elliot [clarification needed]
  • Wixie's Wonderland (with Marv Welch)

Detroit Area edit

  • Get Up Get Out [clarification needed]
  • Kids Enjoy Yourselves Without Drugs [clarification needed]

Flint edit

Grand Rapids edit

Kalamazoo edit

  • WWMT-TV/WKZO-TV: Channel 3 Clubhouse (with Beanie Brown and Uncle Fred)

Lansing edit

  • 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 edit

Austin edit

  • The Uncle Robb (Buff "Uncle Robb" Setterquist KMMT Channel 6)

Duluth edit

Minneapolis/St. Paul edit

Rochester edit

Mississippi edit

Columbus edit

  • WCBI-TV: Funtime With Uncle Bunky (with Robert "Uncle Bunky" Williams), weekday afternoons,[20] 1958-76[21]

Missouri edit

Columbia/Jefferson City/Sedalia edit

  • 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 edit

Joplin edit

  • 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 edit

St. Louis edit

Springfield edit

  • 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 edit

Billings edit

Butte edit

  • KXLF: Popeye, Wallaby and Friends [clarification needed]
  • KXLF: Tots and Teens (with Paul Simitzes) [clarification needed]
  • KXLF: XL Corral (with Paul Simitzes) [clarification needed]

Nebraska edit

Lincoln edit

Scottsbluff edit

KSTF: The Wilmer Worm Show (with June Beaman)

Nevada edit

Reno

` KAME Space Station 21 { Ricky Price & Jo Anne Buchanan)

Las Vegas edit

  • 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 edit

Manchester edit

  • WMUR: Ring-A-Ding The Clown Show[22] (Dwight Damon)
  • WMUR: The Uncle Gus Show (with Gus Bernier)

New Jersey edit

(see New York and Pennsylvania markets)

New Mexico edit

Albuquerque edit

New York edit

Albany/Schenectady edit

  • 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 edit

Buffalo edit

Elmira/Ithaca edit

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

New York edit

Plattsburgh edit

  • Scoop O'Brian presented 1950s Superman TV episodes

Rochester edit

  • Gary the Happy Pirate
  • Romper Room ("Miss Ann", "Miss Rita")
  • Skipper Sam

Syracuse/Auburn edit

Utica/Rome edit

Watertown edit

  • The Danny Burgess Show
  • Kiddie Karnival (with Dan Burgess)

North Carolina edit

Asheville edit

  • WLOS: Mr. Bill and Bozo
  • WLOS: Mr. Bill's Workshop (with Bill Norwood)

Charlotte edit

  • WSOC: Clown Carnival (with Brooks Lindsay)
  • Ever-Ever Land [clarification needed]
  • WBTV: Junior Rancho / Little Rascals Club (with Fred Kirby)
  • Romper Room ("Miss Melissa", "Miss Jody", "Miss Carol")
  • Sgt. Mills [clarification needed]

Greenville/New Bern edit

  • Romper Room ("Miss Patsy")
  • WITN: Witney the Hobo
  • Telestory Time with Elenor Hawkins: WFMY 1952-1958; WCTI 1963-

Raleigh/Durham edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

Bismarck edit

  • KFYR: Marshall Bill (with Bill Owen)
  • KFYR: Romper Room (with "Miss Connie" Burnham & ""Miss Vonnie" Becker)

Fargo edit

Ohio edit

Akron edit

Canton edit

  • WJAN-TV: Alfred Alligator
  • WJAN-TV: Milton The Milkman

Cincinnati edit

Cleveland edit

Columbus edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit

Steubenville edit

  • Creegan and Crow

Toledo edit

Youngstown edit

  • The Captain Hal Fryer Show
  • Clancy's Tip Top Club House[24][25]

Oklahoma edit

Oklahoma City edit

Tulsa edit

  • 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 edit

Eugene edit

Portland edit

  • 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 edit

Erie edit

  • The Pappy Show (with Skip Lecher)

Harrisburg/Lancaster edit

Johnstown/Altoona edit

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

Philadelphia edit

Pittsburgh edit

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre edit

Rhode Island edit

Providence edit

South Carolina edit

Charleston edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

South Dakota edit

Rapid City edit

Sioux Falls edit

Tennessee edit

Chattanooga edit

  • WDEF TV: Mr. Chickaroonie (with Warren Herring and Mildred Gaither; 1953-1955)

Jackson edit

  • WBBJ/WDXI: The Cousin Tuny Show (with Doris Freeman as Cousin Tuny)
  • The Sheriff Big Jim Show

Knoxville edit

Memphis edit

Nashville edit

Texas edit

Abilene edit

  • KRBC: Cousin Pogo and Calvin Kiwi

Amarillo edit

Austin edit

Beaumont/Port Arthur edit

  • Cowboy John (with John Garner)

Corpus Christi edit

  • KZTV: Uncle Bob's Playhouse

Dallas/Fort Worth edit

El Paso edit

Houston/Galveston edit

  • 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 edit

Odessa/Midland edit

San Antonio edit

  • 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 edit

Salt Lake City edit

Vermont edit

Burlington edit

Virginia edit

Norfolk/Portsmouth edit

Richmond edit

Roanoke/Lynchburg edit

  • WLVA: Cactus Kids Club (with George Weeks)

Cactus Joe

Washington, D.C. edit

Washington edit

Bellingham edit

  • KVOS: Frisky Frolics (1970s-1980s)

Everett edit

  • Channel 3/Everett Cablevision: Jaycee Clown Show (with Crash the Clown (Nik Boldrini) and Captain Fuzz (Richard Boldrin) (1971–72))

Seattle/Tacoma edit

Spokane edit

  • 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 edit

West Virginia edit

Charleston/Huntington edit

Parkersburg edit

  • WTAP: PMA Pulse (with Todd Baucher)

Wheeling edit

Wisconsin edit

Eau Claire edit

Green Bay edit

Madison edit

Milwaukee edit

Wausau edit

  • 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 edit

Casper edit

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

Cheyenne edit

Guam edit

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ NPR episode "A History of Local Children's TV Programs", aired May 22, 2002
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External links edit

  • Benny Carle-Classic Alabama TV (on Birmingham/Huntsville TV in the 1940s/50s/60s/70s)