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

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

• WHMA-TV-40, later WJSU-TV: The Cousin Cliff Show (with Cliff Holman)^[3]

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
• Captain Supreme (Earl Hutto)
• Cartoonerville ("Chuck Wagon" Charlie)
• Fun and Games (with Marcia Wanaker and Rosie Seaman)
• Junior Auction
• 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

• School for Fun

Arizona

Phoenix

• KTVK: Cartoonland
• KTAR-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Sherri", "Miss Coleene")
• KPHO-TV: The Wallace and Ladmo Show (Bill Thompson as Wallace, Ladimir Kwiatkowski as Ladmo, and Pat McMahon as Gerald, Captain Super, other characters). Also known as "It's Wallace" and "Wallace & Company."
• KPHO-TV: The Ladmo Show (Ladimir Kwiatkowski as Ladmo)
• KPHO-TV: Gold Dust Charlie (Ken Kennedy, with Bill Thompson as Wallace Sneed)

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

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

Fort Smith

• KFSM-TV/KFSA: Captain Chuck (with Chuck Abraria)
• KFSM-TV/KFSA: Romper Room ("Miss Nancy")
• KFSM-TV/KFSA: Uncle Elmer (with Elmer Morris)
• KFSM-TV/KFSA: Uncle Zeb (with Jerry Davis)

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

• KBAK-TV, KERO-TV, KJTV-TV: Uncle Woody (with Woody Bryant)

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

• KHOF: Black Buffalo's Pow-Wow

Los Angeles

• KTLA-DT: Batfink (Len Maxwell)
• KTLA-DT: Beany and Cecil (Bob Clampett)
• KTLA-DT: Bozo the Clown (with Vance Colvig Jr.)
• KTLA-DT: Bozo's Circus (with Pinto Colvig)
• KTLA-DT: Buffalo Billy (with Bob Clampett)
• KTLA-DT: Cartoon Carousel (Frank Herman, a.k.a. Skipper Frank)
• KCAL-TV/KHJ-TV: Cartoon Express (with Engineer Bill, played by Bill Stulla)
• KCOP: Cartoonville
• KCAL-TV/KHJ-TV: Chuck McCann's Funstuff (with Chuck McCann, Barry Thompson, Sonny Fox)
• KABC-TV, KTTV: Chucko the Clown (with Charles M. Runyon)
• KTTV: Daphne's Cartoons
• KABC: Domingo
• KCBS-TV/KNXT: Dusty's Treehouse (Stu Rosen)
• KTLA-DT: For Kids Only (with Skipper Frank)
• KCAL-TV/KHJ-TV: The Froozles (with Sally Baker)
• KCOP: Hobo Kelly (with Sally Baker)
• KTTV: King Koopa's Kool Kartoons (Christopher Collins)
• KTLA-DT: Light Time (with James E. Stewart and Rolf Forsberg)
• KTTV: Mr. Wishbone
• KCAL-TV/KHJ-TV: Pancake Man (with Hal Smith)
• KTLA-DT: Pier Five Club (with Tom Hatten)
• KTLA-DT: Popeye and Friends (with Tom Hatten and Edwin McCormick)
• KTLA-DT: Popeye And Friends and Three Stooges Uncle Woody Show (with Woody Bryant)
• KCOP: Romper Room ("Miss Mary Ann", "Miss Socorro")
• KNBC: Serendipity (with Rudi Medina)^[4]
• KTTV: Sheriff John (with John Rovick)
• KCAL-TV/KHJ-TV: Shrimpenstein (with Gene Moss)
• KCOP: Skip and Woofer
• KCBS-TV/KNXT: Space Funnies (Dal McKennon)
• KTLA-DT: Squeaky Mulligan, the Talking Cat (with Al Jarvis)
• KNBC-TV: That's Cat (with Alice Playten)
• KTLA-DT: Thunderbolt the Wondercolt (John Carradine, Walker Edmiston)
• KTTV: Willy the Wolf (with Walker Edmiston)

Oakland

• KTVU: Bits and Pieces
• KTVU: Captain Cosmic
• KTVU: Captain Satellite (with Bob March)
• KTVU: Charley and Humphrey (with Pat McCormick)
• KTVU: Romper Room
• KTVU: TV Pow (with Pat McCormick)

Sacramento/Stockton

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

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
• 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

• Cosmo's Castle

Visalia

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

Colorado

Colorado Springs

• KRDO-TV, later KKTV: Romper Room ("Miss Betty", "Miss Diane", "Miss Susan")

Denver

• KWGN-TV: Blinky's Fun Club
• KBTV: Sheriff Scotty
• KBTV: The Clubhouse Gang
• KBTV, later KCNC-TV, later KWGN-TV: Romper Room
• KLZ: Fred & Fae
• KFEL: Fred & Fae The Soda Shop

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

• WWRC/WRC-TV, later WDCA: Bozo the Clown (with Willard Scott, Dick Dyszel)
• WDCA: Captain 20 (with John Kallimonis, Tony Alexis, Dick Dyszel)
• WTTG: Captain Tugg
• WTTG: Cindy Lou's Ranch (hosted by Cindy Dahl)
• WJLA/WMAL: Claire and Co Co (hosted by Claire Kress)
• WTTG: Countdown Carnival (with Bill Gormly)
• WWRC/WRC-TV: Cousin Cupcake (with Bob Porter)
• WTTG: Grandpa's Place (with Lee Reynolds)
• WTTG: Hoppity Skippity (with Jules Huber and Gordon Williamson)
• WDCA: Kids' Break (with Howard Huge)
• WJLA/WMAL: Pete and His Pals (hosted by Pete Jamerson)
• WTTG: Pick Temple (with Bob Dalton)
• WUSA (TV)/WTOP-TV: Ranger Hal (played by Hal Shaw)
• Romper Room ("Miss Lynn", "Miss Jan", "Miss Barbara", "Miss Sally", "Miss Connie", "Miss Anne")
• WWRC/WRC-TV: Sam and Friends (with Jim Henson)
• WTTG: Time for Science (with Darrell Drummond)
• WDCA: WOW (with Dick Dyszel)

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

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

• WLCY: 10 Ultimate
• WSUN-TV: Bozo the Clown
• WSUN-TV: Captain Mac ^[5]
• WSUN-TV: Cartoon Carnival
• WLCY: Romper Room ("Miss June", later moved to WFLA-TV in March 1975)
• WLCY: Submarine 10
• WLCY: This Side Up

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

• WJNO (now WPTV): The Sheriff (with Bob Green)
• WPTV/WEAT: Romper Room
• WPTV-TV: The Man From GHOST (Global Headquarters for the Organization to Sustain Terror)

Georgia

Atlanta

• WAGA: Batfink & Ronald McDonald (Saturdays 9:00–9:30am)
• 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)
• WRBL: Shaun O'Hoolihan (played by John "Jack" Morin)
• WLTZ: Calliope (Starring Rachel Einglett Elliott)

Macon

• WMAZ: Cartoon Club

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

• WCTV: Romper Room ("Miss Carolyn")

Hawaii

Honolulu

KHON (Channel 2):

• Romper Room (same host as KTRG; 1964–74)

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):

• Romper Room (same host as KHON; 1962–64)

Idaho

Boise

• KID/KIDK/KTVB: The Merry Milkman (with Jack Lythgoe)
• KTVB: Romper Room ("Miss Mary" Alsager)

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 1969-1970, 4pm weekdays, between stock market and foreign language programming)
• WLS-TV: (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

Peoria

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

Quad Cities

(see Quad Cities, Iowa market)

Quincy

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

Rockford

• WIFR-TV: Mr. Moustache
• WIFR-TV: Romper Room
• WREX-TV: Rainbow Railroad
• WREX-TV: The Roddy Mac Show

Harrisburg

• WSIL-TV: The Funny Company with Uncle Briggs (hosted by Briggs Gordon)

Indiana

Evansville

• WEHT: The Peggy Mitchell Show (1961-1986)
• Romper Room ("Miss Annette")

Fort Wayne

• Happy's Place (1980s-90s)
• Froggy's Pad (1980s-90s)
• The Little Rascals Club (hosted by Bill Jackson)

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

• KGAN-TV/WMT-TV: The Dr. Max Show (with Dr. Max Hahn)
• KGAN-TV/WMT-TV: Marshal J Show^[7] (with Jay Alexander)
• WMT-TV: Miss Ruth Ann's School
• KWWL-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Bonnie")

Davenport

(see Quad Cities market)

Des Moines/Ames

• KCCI-TV/KRNT-TV: 1-2-3 (hosted by Dolph Pulliam)
• KCCI-TV/KRNT-TV: The Breakfast Club (with Bill Riley)
• KCCI-TV/KRNT-TV: Dolph's Cartoon Corner (hosted by Dolph Pulliam)
• WHO-TV: Duane & Friend (hosted by Duane Ellett)
• WHO-TV: The Floppy Show (hosted by Duane Ellett)
• WHO-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Gloria")
• Hey Bob (with Bill Riley)
• Kadipus Land (Fred "SuPiDaK" Hiatt, "Captain Redbeard")
• WOI-TV: The Magic Window (Betty Lou Varnam)
• Romper Room
• Variety Theatre (Bill Riley)
• Volume See (Carl Williams)

Mason City/Fort Dodge

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

Quad Cities

• WQAD-TV: Bozo's Circus^[8] (with Keith Andrews)
• KWQC-TV/WOC-TV: Cactus Jim^[9] (with Bob Allard)
• KWQC-TV/WOC-TV: Cap'n Don's Cartoon Showboat (Don Warren)
• KWQC-TV/WOC-TV: Cap'n Ernie's Cartoon Showboat^[10] (with Ernie Mims)
• KWQC-TV/WOC-TV: Captain Ken's Cartoon Showboat^[11] (with Ken Wagner)
• KWQC-TV/WOC-TV: Cap'n Vern's Cartoon Showboat (with Vern Geilow)
• KWQC-TV/WOC-TV: The Circle 5 Ranch^[12] (with Walt Reno as "Cowboy Whitey")
• KWQC-TV/WOC-TV: The Circle 6 Ranch^[13] (with Wes Holly as "Cowboy Wes")
• KWQC-TV/WOC-TV: Comic CutUps^[14] (with Ken Wagner)
• WHBF-TV: Grandpa Happy^[15] (with Milt "Trader Milt" Boyd)
• WHBF-TV: Iowanna Pow-Wow (with Milt Boyd)
• WQAD-TV: Jungle Jay^[16] (with Gene King)
• WHBF-TV: The Magic Carpet (with Jan Schrage)
• WQAD-TV: Q-Deenie
• KWQC-TV/WOC-TV: Romper Room^[17] ("Miss Barbara", "Miss Gwen", "Miss Donna")
• WQAD-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Peggy")

Sioux City

• KVTV: Bingo's Big Top (with Dave Madsen)
• KVTV: Book Bandwagon
• KVTV: Canyon Kid's Corner (with Jim Henry)
• KVTV/KCAU: Romper Room ("Miss Candy")
• KTIV: Cartoon Time (with Gene Quilleash, Dutch Meyers)
• KTIV: Romper Room
• KTIV: Commander Four (with John Rickwa, Gene Quilleash)
• KMEG: Klarence the Klown (with Bill Bass)
• KMEG: Pops (with Dave Webber)
• KMEG: Puppin's Place (with Tim Poppen)

Kansas

Wichita

• KAKE-TV: Cap'n Bill (Bill McLean) and Popeye (Clarence Brown)
• KAKE-TV: Deputy Dusty (hosted by Dusty Herring)
• KAKE-TV/KTVH/KWCH-TV: Freddy Fudd (with Henry Harvey)
• KSNW/KARD-TV/KSAS-TV: Major Astro (with Tom Leahy)
• KAKE-TV: The Old Cobbler (with John Froome)
• KAKE-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Marty" and "Miss Fran")
• KAKE-TV/KWCH-TV/KTVH: Santa's Workshop (with Henry Harvey)
• KAKE-TV: Uncle Bill Reads the Funnies (hosted by Bill Boyle)

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

• WHAS-TV: Cartoon Circus (with Randy Atcher)
• WDRB-TV:Funsville (Presto The Magic Clown) (Feb. 28, 1971-?)
• WHAS-TV: T-Bar-V Ranch (with Randy Atcher, Tom "Cactus" Brooks) March 1950-April 1971
• WAVE-TV: The Magic Forest (with Ed Kallay, Julie Shaw)
• WAVE-TV: Batfink
• WLKY-TV: Bob Terry and His Pirates (1963-1967)
• WLKY-TV: Romper Room (various hostesses, 1962-1970)
• WAVE-TV: "Blue Apple Playhouse" (1977-?)

Paducah

• WPSD: Romper Room ("Miss Emily", "Miss Kay", "Miss Penny", "Miss Betsy")

Louisiana

Baton Rouge

• Storyland (1955–1988), hosted by Buckskin Bill Black (WAFB-TV)

Monroe

• The Happiness Exchange (KNOE-TV)

New Orleans

• Bozo the Clown
• Johnny's Follies (WVUE)
• Johnny's Showboat (WVUE)
• Mr. Bingle (WDSU)
• Polycarp
• Popeye and Pals (WWL-TV)
• WDSU: Romper Room ("Miss Ginny", "Miss Linda")

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

• WABI: Bozo's Circus
• WLBZ-TV: The Eddie Driscoll Show
• WEMT: Romper Room (with "Miss Nancy" Dysart)

Portland

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

Maryland

Baltimore

• WJZ-TV: The Bob McAllister Show
• WMAR: Bozo the Clown (with Stu Kerr)
• WMAR: Caboose (with Stu Kerr and Kevin Clash)
• WBFF: Captain Chesapeake (George Lewis)
• WBFF: Batfink
• WJZ-TV: The Lorenzo Show (with Gerry Wheeler)
• WMAR: Mr. Morning's Clubhouse (with Stu Kerr)
• WMAR: Professor Kool (with Stu Kerr)
• WMAR: Romper Room ("Miss Nancy" Claster, "Miss Sally"; also seen with "Miss Sally" in TV markets without local Romper Room shows)
• WBAL-TV: Paul's Puppets children's marionette show that ran from 1948 to 1958
• WBAL-TV: P.W. Doodle (Royal Parker), children's cartoons and Mickey Mouse Club reruns 1962-1965
• Maryland Public Television: Bob the Vid Tech (with Bob Heck) Children's Interstitials and specials 1993-2010

Massachusetts

Boston

• WBZ-TV: Boomtown (with Rex Trailer)
• WCVB, WHDH-TV: Bozo the Clown (with Frank Avruch) (also seen in TV markets without local Bozo shows)
• WLVI-TV/WKBG-TV: Bunker Hill (with Bob Glover)
• WLVI-TV: Captain Boston (with Chris Claussen)
• WSBK-TV/WIHS-TV: The Children's Hour (with Paula Dolan)
• WCVB, WHDH-TV: Commander Jet's Comedy (with Bill Harrington)
• WCVB/WHDH-TV: The Natural World with Captain Bob/ Drawing from Nature with Capt. Bob (with Bob Cottle)
• WCVB-TV: Jabberwocky (Tucker Smallwood, JoBeth Williams)
• WCVB-TV: A Likely Story (late 1980s - early 1990s)
• WHDH-TV, WNAC-TV: Major Mudd (with Ed McDonnell) ^[18]
• WCVB, WHDH-TV: Romper Room ("Miss Jean")
• WHDH-TV: RTV (Ready To Go!!!) (weekday morning magazine program for children)
• Skiddle Alley (with Rex Trailer)
• WBZ-TV: Small Fry Club (with Big Brother Bob Emery)
• WNEV-TV: The Story Lady (mid 1980s)
• WSBK-TV: Willie Whistle ("Dick Beach") ^[19]
• WGBH-TV: ZOOM (While the program was shown on PBS stations in the US and Canada, most of its primary audience was made up of children in the Metro Boston region.)

Springfield

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

Worcester

• WSMW-TV: Bozo the Clown

Michigan

Detroit

• The Auntie Dee Show (with Dee Parker)
• WXYZ-TV: Cartoon Fun
• WXYZ-TV: Hot Fudge
• 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
• Oopsy The Clown
• Popeye Theater with Captain Jolly and Poopdeck Paul
• Ricky the Clown (with Irv Roming)
• Sagebrush Shorty (with Ted Lloyd)
• Sonny Elliot
• Wixie's Wonderland (with Marv Welch)

Detroit Area

• Get Up Get Out
• Kids Enjoy Yourselves Without Drugs

Flint

• WJRT-TV: Bozo the Clown

Grand Rapids

• WZZM-TV: Bozo the Clown
• WOOD-TV: The Buck Barry Show
• WOOD-TV: Captain Woody (with Andy Rent)
• WOOD-TV: Romper Room (with "Miss Jean")

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

• Bozo the Clown (Ray Paulsen)
• Bugs Bunny Rides Again (with Ray Paulsen; not to be confused with the Bugs Bunny short with the same name)
• Captain Q (with Jack McKenna)
• Mr. Tolliver's Travels (with Herb Taylor)
• Mr. Toot (with Ray Paulsen)
• Romper Room ("Miss Jane")

Minneapolis/St. Paul

• Axel and His Dog (with Clellan Card, Don Stolz, Mary Davies) WCCO-TV 1954–66
• Boots and Saddles (Jimmy Valentine) KSTP-TV c. 1955
• Bozo the Clown (Roger Erickson) WCCO-TV c. 1961–63
• Burn 'Em Up Barnes
• Cap'n Ken / Grandpa Ken (with Ken Wagner) KMSP-TV c. 1959–68
• Captain 11 (with Jim Lange) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1953–55 (with Chris Wedes) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1955–58
• Captain Daryl (Daryl Laub) KSTP-TV c. 1955–57
• Carmen's Cottage (with Mary Davies) WCCO-TV 1966–77
• Clancy and Company / Clancy and Willie (with John Gallos, Allan Lotsberg) WCCO-TV 1963–77
• Clancy the (Keystone) Cop (with John Gallos) WCCO-TV 1959–61
• Clancy the Space Cop (with John Gallos) WCCO-TV 1961
• Commodore Cappy (with John Gallos) WCCO-TV 1957–59
• Dave Lee and Pete (with Dave Lee) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. early 1960s
• Jimmy's Junior Jamboree (with Jimmy Valentine) KSTP-TV c. 1948–54
• Joe the Cook (with Chris Wedes) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1956
• Johnny .44! (with Jack Hastings) WCCO-TV c. 1956–58
• J. P. Patches / The Carnival Clown (with Daryl Laub) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) 1953–55; (with Chris Wedes) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) 1955–58
• Junior Auction (Roger Erickson) WCCO-TV c. 1963; (Roger Awsumb)WTCN-TV (Ch 11) c. 1968
• Juvenile Auction (Jimmy Valentine) KSTP-TV
• Lunch with Casey (Roger Awsumb WTCN-TV (Ch 11), 1953–1972; Chris Wedes WTCN-TV (Ch 11), 1953–58; Lynn Dwyer, WTCN-TV (Ch 11), 1958–72)
• Popeye and Pete (Dave Lee) KMSP-TV c. 1959
• Popeye's Clubhouse WCCO-TV (Mel Jass) c. 1956–57, (Dale Woodley) c. 1957–1959; (Jack Hastings) c. 1959–60
• Riddle Griddle (Jimmy Valentine) KSTP-TV c. 1948
• Roger! (Roger Erickson) WCCO-TV c. 1963
• Skipper Daryl (Daryl Laub) WTCN-TV (Ch 11) 1953–55
• T. N. Tatters (Daryl Laub) KSTP-TV c. 1955–57
• Toby's Talent Hunt (Toby Prin) WTCN-TV (Ch 4) c. 1950
• Uncle Toby's Tune Time (Toby Prin) WTCN-TV (Ch 4) c. 1949
• Wrangler Steve (Steve Cannon) WTCN-TV (Ch 11), c. 1955

Rochester

• KMMT: Uncle Rob

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

• KHQA-TV: Romper Room

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

• KMBC-TV: Torey and Friends (hosted by Torey Southwick)
• WDAF-TV: Western Roundup (hosted by Uncle Frito Frank)
• KMBC-TV/KBMA-TV: Romper Room

St. Louis

• KPLR-TV: Buck's Ranch
• KPLR-TV: Captain 11's Showboat (with Harry Fender), 1959-1968
• KSDK/KSD-TV: Corky's Colorama (with Clif St. James)
• KACY-TV: The Cricket and Millie (with Mildred Savage, Eleanor Donohue)
• KETC: Fignewton's Newspaper (with Leo and Dora Velleman)
• KETC: The Finder (with Sonny Fox)
• KMOV/KMOX: D. B.'s Delight (with Doug Kincaid)
• KMOV: Gator Tales (with Doug Kincaid)
• KTVI: The Little Rascals (Fred Moegle)
• KTVI: Lorenzo and Friends (with Gerald Wheeler)
• KSDK/KSD-TV: Mickey and Amanda (with Richard Clayton)
• KDNL-TV/KTVI: Mr. Patches the Clown (with Jack Miller)
• KETC: A Number of Things (with Leo and Dora Velleman)
• KTVI: Romper Room ("Miss Joan", "Miss Lois")
• KMOV/KWK: The S.S. Popeye, later named Cookie and the Captain (with Jim Bolen, Dave Allen)
• KTVI: Suzy's Playroom
• KTVI: Treehouse Time (with Jack Murdock)
• KSDK/KSD-TV: Whistle V Ranch
• KMOV/KMOX: World of Mr. Zoom (with Jack Miller)
• KSDK/KSD-TV: The Wranglers Club (with Harry Gibbs)

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
• KOLR/KTTS: Television Classroom

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

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

Nebraska

Lincoln

• KOLN/KGIN: Cartoon Corral
• KOLN/KGIN: Romper Room ("Miss Linda")

Scottsbluff

KSTF

The Wilmer Worm Show (with June Beaman)

Nevada

Reno

` KAME Space Station 21

Notes and References

1. Hollis, Tim (November 2001). Hi There Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs. University Press of Mississippi.
2. [NPR]
3. Book: Hollis, Tim . Hi There, Boys and Girls!: America's Local Children's TV Shows . University Press of Mississippi . 2001 . 1-57806-396-5 . 27.
4. News: SERENDIPITY: LEARNING FUN FOR THE YOUNG . . 1972-07-16 . 2017-04-02 . 535 . 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..
5. http://www.big13.com/Other%20Hosts/capt_mac_1.htm
6. Spata, Christopher (August 25, 2016) "Throwback Thursday: Local millennials remember Tampa's 'David D TV'" Tampa Bay Times
7. Web site: Marshal J WMT KPIX KGO Kids Show Host Jay Alexander . https://web.archive.org/web/20080314182209/http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/marshalj . dead . 2008-03-14 . 2018-03-21.
8. Web site: http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/bozo . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160106022354/http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/bozo . January 6, 2016 .
9. http://captainerniesshowboat.com/boballard.html
10. Web site: http://captainerniesshowboat.com/ . https://web.archive.org/web/20110201103550/http://captainerniesshowboat.com/ . 2011-02-01 . 2011-02-01 . 2012-11-27.
11. Web site: http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/kenwagner . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929204139/http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/kenwagner . September 29, 2011 .
12. Web site: Cowboy Whitey and the Circle 5 Ranch WOC TV 5/6 Davenport, Iowa . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717160506/http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/cowboywhitey . July 17, 2012 .
13. http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/wesholly
14. Web site: Ken Wagner and Pee Wee Comic CutUps WOC Davenport, Iowa . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717160501/http://captainerniesshowboat.com/comiccutups1957.html . July 17, 2012 .
15. Web site: http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/grandpahappy . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115040729/http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/grandpahappy . January 15, 2016 .
16. Web site: Gene King - Dr. Igor and Jungle Jay - Wqad Tv 8 Moline, Illinois, Kzaz Tv 11, Tucson, Arizona, KWGN Tv 2, Denver Colorado . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920001731/http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/junglejay . September 20, 2012 .
17. Web site: Romper Room WOC TV 6 . February 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111029114711/http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/romperroom . October 29, 2011 .
18. Web site: The Major Mudd Show. .
19. Web site: Willie Whistle. .
20. Web site: The Packet . Robert 'Uncle Bunky' Williams: A Local Living Legent Reflects on His Storied Career . 2015-07-30.
21. Book: Hollis, Tim . Hi There, Boys and Girls!: America's Local Children's TV Shows . University Press of Mississippi . 2001 . 1-57806-396-5 . 161.