Ding Dong School
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Ding Dong School, billed as "the Nursery school of the air", is a half-hour children's TV show which began on WNBQ-TV (now WMAQ-TV
) in Chicago, Illinois a few months before its four-year run on NBC
(albeit still produced in the WNBQ studios).
Similar to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
, the show was hosted live by Frances Horwich (aka "Miss Frances"), and at one point was the most popular TV series aimed at preschoolers.
The show was revived in 1959 as a syndicated program, now videotaped and distributed by National Telefilm Associates
. This iteration ran until 1965.
Five NBC kinescoped episodes from 1954-1955 are housed at the Library of Congress in the J. Fred and Leslie W. MacDonald Collection.
WMAQ-TV
WMAQ-TV, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago, Illinois. WMAQ-TV's main studios and offices are located within the NBC Tower in the Streeterville neighborhood, with an auxiliary street-level studio on the Magnificent Mile at 401...
) in Chicago, Illinois a few months before its four-year run on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
(albeit still produced in the WNBQ studios).
Similar to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, also known as Mister Rogers, is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages, 2-5, but has been stated by Public Broadcasting Service as "appropriate for all ages"...
, the show was hosted live by Frances Horwich (aka "Miss Frances"), and at one point was the most popular TV series aimed at preschoolers.
The show was revived in 1959 as a syndicated program, now videotaped and distributed by National Telefilm Associates
National Telefilm Associates
National Telefilm Associates was an independent distribution company that handled reissues of American film libraries, including much of Paramount Pictures' animated and short-subjects library.-History:...
. This iteration ran until 1965.
Five NBC kinescoped episodes from 1954-1955 are housed at the Library of Congress in the J. Fred and Leslie W. MacDonald Collection.