The television we watched & radio we listened
to, how many do you remember?
Family Classics / WGN-TV, featuring Frazier Thomas (1962-1985)
The Mulqueen's / WGN-TV, featuring Elaine Mulqueen as Pandora (1963-1965)
Wonder House / WGN-TV , featuring Dick "Two-Ton" Baker & the marionettes of Art Nelson (1948)
CLTV / (1993-2019)
Panhandle Pete & Jennifer / WNBQ-TV, featuring Johnny Coons & Jennifer Holt (1951)
Night Out / WBBM-TV, featuring Ray Rayner and Mina Kolb
WFXF / The Fox FM 103.9 / (2013-2019)
Bugs Bunny And Friends / WGN-TV, featuring Dick Coughlan
Sunday Matinee / WGN-TV (1975-1987)
Murder Before Midnight / featuring Allen Harvey and later Art Hern as "Drana Badour the Swami" WBKB-TV (1950-1953)
Garfield Goose And Friends / featuring Frazier Thomas and puppeteer Roy Brown (1952-1976)
Lois And Looie / WENR-TV, featuring Lois Fisher (1950)
Treetop House / WGN-TV, featuring Anita Klever (196?-1970)
Ray Rayner And His Friends / WGN-TV, (photo courtesy of Skip Spurgeon) (1961-1981)
WBKB-TV CHICAGO / (1953-1962)
At The Movies / WBBM-TV, featuring Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert
Bozo's Circus / WGN-TV, featuring Bob Bell, Ned Locke, Ray Rayner & Roy Brown, Don Sandburg & Marshall Brodien (1961-1981)
Just Imagine / WTTW-TV, featuring Dr. Margaret Rohner Lindman
Kenny & Co. / ABC-TV, featuring Bob Kennedy & Jenny Crimm
Don McNeill's Breakfast Club
The Sports Writers On TV / SportsChanne,l featuring Ben Bentley, Bill Gleason, Rick Telander & Bill Jauss
Everything's Relative / featuring Jim Hutton (1965)
Petticoat Party / WBKB-TV, featuring Frazier Thomas, Barbara Sims & Jack Fulton (1951)
A to Z of Cookery / WGN-TV, featuring John Zenker and Alida Drake
Chatter's World / WBKB-TV, (1960)
Howard Miller Show / WBBM-TV
Junior Jamboree / WKBK-TV, featuring Burr Tillstrom & Fran Allison (1947-1948)
WMRO-AM 1280 / Aurora IL.
Happy Pappy / WENR-TV, featuring Ray Grant (1949)
SportsChannel / (1988-2000)
Soul Train / featuring Don Cornelius (1971-1993)
Mid-Day Matinee / WBKB-TV featuring Fran Allison
Chicago Bandstand / WNBQ-TV, featuring David Hull
Clock-A-Doodle Day / WBKB-TV, featuring Dale Young (19??-1962)
The Friendship Show / WBBM-TV featuring Lee Phillip
Ramonde Larue's Saturday Night Movie Palace / WLS-TV, featuring Dick Orkin as Ramonde Larue
Elmer The Elephant / WNBQ-TV, featuring John Conrad (1951-1954)
Hardrock, Coco And Joe (The Three Little Dwarfs) / WGN-TV, featured on Garfield Goose And Friends
King Calico and Friends / WENR-TV, featuring Johnny Coons & Doris Larson (1951-1952)
Screaming Yellow Theater / WFLD-TV, featuring Jerry G. Bishop as Svengoolie (1970-1973)
Bandstand Matinee / WGN-TV, featuring Wally Phillips
Kenny's Klub / WNBQ-TV, featuring Kenny Bowers
Popeye with Steve Hart / WSNS-TV
Uncle Egbert / WBKB-TV, with Wallaby Susanna & Little Hank (1950)
Pet Shop / WGN-TV, featuring George Menard, Gail Compton & Gay Compton (1951-1953)
U.S.S. Popeye / WBBM-T,V featuring John Coughlin as Bo'sun Bob
Clutch Cargo / WGN-TV, featured on Garfield Goose And Friends
The Tooth Fairy / WLS-AM, featuring Dick Orkin (1971-19??)
Wild Chicago / WTTW-TV, featuring Ben Hollis (1989-2003)
The Hank McCune Show / WBKB-TV, featuring Hank McCune
Animal Stories / WLS-AM, with Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards
The Three Stooges / WGN-TV, featuring Bob Bell as Andy Starr
Suzy Snowflake / WGN-TV, featured on Garfield Goose And Friends
Kiddie A-Go-Go / WBKB-TV, featuring Elaine Mulqueen (1965-1970)
Adventure Time (The Saturday Show) / WBKB-TV, featuring Chuck Bill
Chickenman / WCFL-AM, featuring Dick Orkin
The Adventures Of Paddy The Pelican / WENR-TV, (1950-1954)
Shock Theatre / WBKB-TV, featuring Terry Bennett as Marvin (1957-1959)
The Wally Phillips Show / WGN-TV, featuring Wally Phillips and Bob Bell
The Funny Company / WGN-TV, featured on Garfield Goose And Friends
Super Circus / WENR-TV, WBKB-TV, featuring Mary Hartline & Claude Kirchner (1948-1956)
Your Figure, Ladies / WGN-TV, fearuring Paul Fogarty with Marilyn Hampton (1950)
WNBQ-TV CHICAGO / (1948-1964)
WVON / 1450-AM (1963-1969)
Captain Hartz And His Pets / WENR-TV, featuring Ned Locke (1955)
WABT / 103.9FM, (The Wabbit) / Image courtesy of Shawn Thorpe
Down You Go / featuring Dr. Bergen Evans, Carmelita Pope, Toni Gilman, Robert Breen & Fran Coughlin (1951-1956)
Stop The Record / WGN-TV, (1950)
Passage To Adventure / WLS-TV, featuring Jim Stewart
Stop Or Go / WGN-TV featuring Ned Locke and Officer Baldy
WLUP / The Loop FM 98 / (1977-2018)
When Movies Were Movies / WGN-TV (1975-1985)
Time For Beanie / WBKB-TV, featuring Joan Alt and Puppeteer Helen Cirkle
Marlin Perkin's Zoo Parade / NBC-TV, featuring Marlin Perkins & Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo (1952-1957)
Kindergarten / WTTW-TV, featuring Frannie Jordan
WENR-TV CHICAGO / WLS (1948-1953)
Image Union / WTTW-TV (1978-1999)
The Play House / WBKB-TV, featuring Angel Casey (1953-1956)
National Barn Dance / WLS Radio (1924-1968)
The Toy That Grew Up / WTTW-TV, featuring Don Ferris (1962-1972)
Catalog Quiz / WGN-TV, featuring Eddie Hubbard
Breakfast House / WBBM-TV, featuring John Coughlin as Buffalo Nichols & Twistoffer
Journey To The Beginning Of Time / WGN-TV, featured on Garfield Goose And Friends
Romper Room / WGN-TV, (1963-1975)
Bob And Kay / WNBQ-TV. featuring Bob Murphy and Kay Westfall
The Oprah Winfrey Show / WLS-TV, featuring Oprah Winfrey (1986-2011)
The Richard Lewellen Show / WBKB-TV, featuring Richard Lewellen
Women's Magazine Of The Air / WGN-TV, Ruth Crowley and Rush Hughes (1949)
Cactus Jim / WNBQ-TV, featuring Clarence Hartzell (1949-1951)
The Ray Rayner Theater / WGN-TV, featuring Ray Rayner
Paddleboat / WGN-TV, featuring Ned Locke as Skipper Ned (1960-1961)
Ding Dong School / WBNQ-TV, featuring Frances Horwich as Miss Frances (1952-1956)
Quiz Kids / WBNQ-TV, featuring Joe Kelly as Quizmaster (1940-1953)
Princess Mary's Magic Castle / WBKB-TV, with Mary Hartline (1957-1958)
Dr. Fixum / WBKB-TV, featuring Art Youngquist & Ed Prentiss
Cartoon Town / featuring Bill Jackson
It's In The Name / WGN-TV, featuring Art Hellyer, Carmelita Pope & Dr. James Robinson (1958)
Welcome Travelers / WBBM-TV, featuring Tommy Bartlett, Radio (1947-1954) & TV (1952-1955)
Diver Dan / WGN-TV, featured on Ray Rayner And His Friends
The Magic Ranch / featuring Don Alan (1961-1962)
Little Show / WBBM-TV featuring Ray Rayner
Lunchtime Little Theatre / WGN-TV, featuring Ned Locke as Uncle Ned, Ted Ziegler as Uncle Bucky & Dardanelle Hadley as Dottie (1962-1967)
Quiet Riot / WGN-TV, featuring Buddy Black
Laugh Time / WBKB-TV, featuring Chubby Jackson (1957)
WJJD / 1160 AM, 104 FM (1924-1997)
Rayner Shine / WBBM-TV, featuring Ray Rayner
Frosty The Snowman / WGN_TV, featured on Garfield Goose And Friends
BJ And Dirty Dragon / WGN-TV, featuring Bill Jackson
P.J. And Patte / WBBM-TV, featuring P.J. Hoff and Patte Preble (1955)
Ark In The Park / WGN-TV, featured on Ray Rayner And His Friends
The Magic Door / WBBM-TV, featuring Chuck Gerber & Fran Moss (1962-1982)
Four To Go / WGN-TV featuring Ernie Simon
The Ray Rayner Show / WBBM-TV, featuring Ray Rayner (1953-1958)
Susan's Show / WBBM-TV, featuring Susan Heinkel & Jon Coughlin as Mr. Pegasus (1956-19??)
Record Party / WBBM-TV, featuring Ray Rayner and Mina Kolb
WRCX Radio 103.5 FM
Johnny Jupiter / WBKB-TV, (1953-1954)
Dick Tracy / WGN-TV featuring Ray Rayner as Sgt. Pettibone & Tracer the dog
Record Land Bandstand / WBKB-TV, featuring Ronny Born
Commander 5 / WNBQ-TV, featuring Bobby Gibbons as Spaceman Stubby (1958)
Happy Pirates / WBKB-TV, featuring Dick "Two Ton" Baker (1952-1956)
The Adventures Of Uncle Mistletoe / WENR-TV, featuring Johnny Coons as Uncle Mistletoe and Jennifer Holt as Aunt Judy (1948-1952)
The Jolly 7 Gang / WBKB-TV, featuring Joe Kelly as Joly Joe (1954)
Food For Thought / WBKB-TV, featuring June Merrill and Frank Westmore
The Storyteller / WTTW-TV, featuring Val Bettin
Garroway At Large / WNBQ-TC, featuring Dave Garroway (1949-1951)
The Other Guy / WGN-TV, featuring Bob Bell and Irv Hayden (1967)
Clown Alley / Here Comes Freckles / WBBM-TV, featuring Bill Jackson as Freckles The Clown (1965-1967)
The Jabblewocky Place / WBKB-TV, featuring Terry Bennett
Creative Cookery / WBKB-TV, featuring Francois Pope (1951-1963)
International Cafe / WGN-TV featuring Rudy Orisek (1960-1962)
Spin Time / WGN-TV, featuring Jack Hilton
Mr. Wizard / WNBQ-TV, featuring Don Herbert (1951-1955)
Rocket To Adventure / WGN-TV, featuring Ray Rayner (1965-1968)
Meadow Gold Ranch / WENR-TV CH. 7, (1951-1953) Chicago featuring Bob Atcher
Totem Club / WTTW-TV, featuring Joe Kelly
Chicago Cooks with Barbara Barkley / WGN-TV, featuring Barbara Barkley (1948-1951)
Gigglesnort Hotel / featuring Bill Jackson WLS-TV (1975-1978)
Noonbreak / featuring Lee Phillip / WBBM-TV, (1952-1986)
The Nancy Berg Show / The Land Of Ziggy Zoggo / WBKB-TV, featuring Nancy Berg (1963-1965)
Record Hop / WGN-TV, featuring Jim Lounsbury (1954-1963)
The Cinnamon Bear / WGN, Radio (1937) TV, (1951-1954)
The Blue Fairy / WGN-TV, featuring Bridid Bazlen
Breakfast Party / WGN-TV, featuring Ernie Simon, Jackie Van, Bill Snary, Robert Trendler & The Starnoters
Kup's Show / WBBM-TV, featuring Irv Kupcinet
Breezy, Don & Vera / WBKB-TV
The Phone Game / WGN-TV with Harold Isbell and Jane Quinn
Studs' Place / WENR-TV, featuring Studs Terkel, Win Stracke, Bill Broonzy, Larry Lane & Beverly Younger as Grace (not pictured)
Farmtown U.S.A. / WBBM-TV, featuring George Menard (1952-1955)
Popeye's Firehouse / WBBM-TV featuring Ray Rayner as Chief Abernathy & voices by John John Coughlin
Mornin' Miss Lee / Lee Phillips
Here's Geraldine / WBKB-TV, featuring Jim Stewart (1957-1965)
Kukla, Fran and Ollie / WNBQ-TV, featuring Burr Tillstrom & Fran Allison (1949-1957)
Hi Time / WBKB-TV, featuring Adrienne Falcon
Noontime Comics / WNBQ-TV, featuring Johnny Coons as Uncle Johnny (1953-1955)
TV Bowling Classic / WBBM-TV featuring Ray Rayner