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Doctors clowns and cowboys andy vaqueros in midcentury TV era
In January marks the 64th anniversary of Dr Max on WMT TV Cedar Rapids, a weekday afterschool program that used local hosts to bridge cartoons and shows for audiences across Eastern Iowa and beyond. The piece notes how 1950s stations like KCRI KCRG WMT and KWWL built afternoon kid programming to fill airtime as networks supplied evening feeds, highlighting the Marshall Show hosted by Alexander Kotkis from 1954 to 1961 and his rodeo background before joining KCRG in 1953.
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Andy Vaqueros
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Dr. Max
Wmt-Tv
Cedar Rapids
KCRI
KCRG
WMT
KGAN
KWWL
Marshall
Alexander Kotkis
St. Louis
CBS
WMUTV
Mambo the Clown
Fred Petrick
Max Hahn
Broadcast Park
TV-2
Marshall J
Hahn
Mombo
Officer Friendly
the Humane Shelter
Gazette