Episode 259: Thanks for Tuning In
AZ: The History of Arizona podcast

Episode 259: Thanks for Tuning In

B2Upper-intermediateJune 2, 202636 min

After more than two decades of radio, television took off in Phoenix in 1949. And just five years later, an Arizona TV icon would first walk in front of the camera, kicking off a 35-year career of making children laugh.

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And sometimes in those early morning channel surfing sessions,

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[♪ upbeat music playing, And sometimes in those early morning channel surfing sessions, I would run across reruns of Bozo the Clown from the station WGN in Chicago.

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I was never a great fan of Bozo and wouldn't watch more than a few minutes at a time. But I was a little curious about what was this show with its live audience of children

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and why the heck was I getting programming from Chicago? As I grew up, I learned the answers to these questions how they related to how television stations and programming worked in the days long predating cable. But what I didn't realize until in an embarrassing late age was that for more than three decades

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