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

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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

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Alabama

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Anniston

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Birmingham

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Dothan

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Florence

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Huntsville/Decatur

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Mobile

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Montgomery

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Alaska

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Anchorage

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Fairbanks

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Arizona

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Phoenix

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Tucson

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Yuma

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Arkansas

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El Dorado/Monroe

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Fort Smith

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Little Rock

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California

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Bakersfield

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Fresno

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  • 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

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Los Angeles

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Oakland

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Sacramento/Stockton

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San Diego

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San Francisco

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San Jose

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Visalia

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

Colorado

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Colorado Springs

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Denver

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Connecticut

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Hartford

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New Haven

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Delaware

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

District of Columbia

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Washington

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Florida

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Fort Myers

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Jacksonville

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  • 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

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Orlando

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St. Petersburg

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Tallahassee

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Tampa

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  • 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

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Georgia

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Atlanta

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Augusta

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  • 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

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Macon

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Savannah

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  • 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

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Hawaii

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Honolulu

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KHON (Channel 2):

KGU/KITV/KHVH (now KITV) (Channel 4):

KGMB (Channel 9):

KTRG (now KHNL) (Channel 13):

Idaho

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Boise

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Illinois

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Chicago

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Peoria

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Quad Cities

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(see Quad Cities, Iowa market)

Quincy

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Rockford

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Harrisburg

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Indiana

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Evansville

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Fort Wayne

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Indianapolis

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South Bend

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Terre Haute

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

Iowa

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Cedar Rapids/Waterloo

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Davenport

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(see Quad Cities market)

Des Moines/Ames

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Mason City/Fort Dodge

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Quad Cities

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Sioux City

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Kansas

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Wichita

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Kentucky

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Bowling Green

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Lexington

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Louisville

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Paducah

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Louisiana

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Baton Rouge

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Monroe

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New Orleans

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Shreveport

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Maine

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Bangor

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Portland

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Maryland

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Baltimore

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Massachusetts

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Boston

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Springfield

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Worcester

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Michigan

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Detroit

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Detroit Area

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Flint

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Grand Rapids

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Kalamazoo

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

Lansing

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  • 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

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Austin

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Duluth

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Minneapolis/St. Paul

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Rochester

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Mississippi

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Columbus

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Missouri

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Columbia/Jefferson City/Sedalia

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  • 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

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Joplin

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  • 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

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St. Louis

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Springfield

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Montana

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Billings

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Butte

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Nebraska

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Lincoln

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Scottsbluff

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KSTF: The Wilmer Worm Show (with June Beaman)

Nevada

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Reno

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

Las Vegas

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New Hampshire

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Manchester

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New Jersey

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(see New York and Pennsylvania markets)

New Mexico

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Albuquerque

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New York

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Albany/Schenectady

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Binghamton

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Buffalo

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Elmira/Ithaca

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New York

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Plattsburgh

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Rochester

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Syracuse/Auburn

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Utica/Rome

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Watertown

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North Carolina

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Asheville

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Charlotte

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Greenville/New Bern

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Raleigh/Durham

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Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem

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North Dakota

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Bismarck

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Fargo

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Ohio

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Akron

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Canton

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Cincinnati

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Cleveland

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Columbus

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Dayton

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Lima

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WIMA-TV:

Springfield

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Steubenville

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  • Creegan and Crow

Toledo

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Youngstown

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Oklahoma

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Oklahoma City

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Tulsa

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Oregon

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Eugene

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Portland

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Pennsylvania

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Erie

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Harrisburg/Lancaster

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Johnstown/Altoona

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Philadelphia

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Pittsburgh

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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

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Rhode Island

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Providence

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South Carolina

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Charleston

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Columbia

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Florence/Myrtle Beach

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Greenville/Spartanburg

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South Dakota

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Rapid City

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Sioux Falls

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Tennessee

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Chattanooga

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Jackson

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Knoxville

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Memphis

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Nashville

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Texas

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Abilene

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Amarillo

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Austin

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Beaumont/Port Arthur

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Corpus Christi

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Dallas/Fort Worth

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El Paso

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Houston/Galveston

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Lubbock

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Odessa/Midland

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San Antonio

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Howdy Doody 1951 Chester Howard Little Rascals 1951 Chester Howard Roy Rogers 1951. Chester Howard Gene Autry. 1951. Chester Howard

Utah

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Salt Lake City

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Vermont

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Burlington

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Virginia

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Norfolk/Portsmouth

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Richmond

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Roanoke/Lynchburg

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Washington, D.C.

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Washington

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Bellingham

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Everett

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

Seattle/Tacoma

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Spokane

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Yakima

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West Virginia

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Charleston/Huntington

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Parkersburg

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Wheeling

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Wisconsin

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Eau Claire

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Green Bay

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Madison

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Milwaukee

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Wausau

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  • 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

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Casper

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Cheyenne

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Guam

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ NPR episode "A History of Local Children's TV Programs", aired May 22, 2002
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  4. ^ "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.
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  6. ^ Spata, Christopher (August 25, 2016) "Throwback Thursday: Local millennials remember Tampa's 'David D TV'" Tampa Bay Times
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  31. ^ "Amarillo philanthropist Allen Shifrin dies at 85".
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