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199:. Horwich was an experienced nursery school teacher, but her only experience in television had been when participating in televised panel and discussion programs. Since there would be no class of children in the television studio, the person hosting the show would be alone on the set and on camera. The thought of this was somewhat frightening to Horwich, but she auditioned and won the job. She was willing to give the program a try. The program was named by producer Reinald Werrenrath's three-year-old son, Peter. When he was told that a ringing school bell would begin each program, he began calling it 1231: 1198: 1165: 1087: 1058: 1029: 975: 945: 885: 852: 747: 641: 598: 551: 503: 31: 183:. The program director told Waller there were more than 235,000 preschool children in the Chicago area, then he asked her what she planned to do about it. A team was formed to explore the possibilities of educational television programming to serve this young market. It was decided to produce a nursery school program in which a teacher on television would instruct students watching at home. The team also designed the show to be viewed from the standpoint of a small child. Camera shots would be taken from this vantage point and any 266:'s morning television program in the ratings. Horwich owned the rights to the program and also received certain rights through her contract with NBC. The program attracted many sponsors and Horwich had the right of refusal of them. She refused sponsors whose products had any connection with violence and insisted advertised products had to be items used by children. Other requests came from companies hoping to produce 212:
would bring an end to television broadcasting and revive radio programs. Since those in charge believed the program was a mistake, it was decided to air it only once. The show was scheduled to be aired in the morning of October 2, 1952 and the station deliberately issued no publicity releases regarding it.
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Since the executives at WNBQ held that the program had no future, no one was prepared for the 150 telephone calls in support of the show which were received immediately after it aired. These calls were followed by a large amount of positive viewer mail. The amount of positive viewer response was such
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from 30 minutes to a one-hour daily program. as she felt young children should not watch television for more than a half-hour at a time. NBC also wanted to move the program from mornings to either late morning or early afternoon; this request was also refused by Horwich. Horwich was asked to accept
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or drawing. Lessons on things like safety when crossing streets were also presented. Many children drew pictures and sent them to Miss Frances; these drawings were displayed and discussed. Before the end of each program, Horwich would ask the children at home to bring mother to the television set.
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Many local NBC executives who were watching the show's development and its rehearsals, were very skeptical about its chances for television survival. The station's general manager viewed the program as either the worst or best television program he had ever seen; another executive thought the show
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song. She then looked directly into the camera and asked, "How are you this morning?" Just as she would in a classroom, Horwich paused a while to allow her class to answer the question. The entire program was conducted as if there was a live class of children on the television set. Activities
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The program was presented from a child's point of view. A 1953 magazine article reported, "Low-angled cameras see everything at Lilliputian eye-level, stories and activities are paced at the slow rate just right for small ears and hands." Each program began with Miss Frances ringing a hand-held
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After the format of the program was determined, the next step was to find the right person to host the show. A list of educators who were possible candidates was compiled, and those on the list were invited to audition for the program. One of the educators on the list was
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licensed merchandise such as coloring books and crayons. Horwich insisted licensed items would not be expensive and would be educational. There were 25 books written by Horwich, 11
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for 1952. The show was popular enough locally that it became a weekday network program in early 1953. Within two months of joining the network,
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television. After six weeks on the air locally, the program was picked up by the NBC television network. At the height of its popularity,
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would be canceled. When the program was canceled, Horwich resigned from her network position, but NBC refused to accept her resignation.
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In 1954, Horwich became Head of Children's Programming for the NBC television network. She moved to New York in early 1955 and
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After being canceled by NBC, the program remained off the air until Horwich returned to Chicago and signed an agreement with
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She would then recap what lessons and activities were covered that day and what supplies were needed for future programs.
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Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom, or, How Television Became My Baby's Best Friend
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that the executives reversed their decision and quickly made room in their weekday morning schedule for
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the program through a California company beginning in 1959. The program was syndicated until 1965.
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Horwich as Miss Frances, began each show by ringing a hand-held school bell and singing the
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It is said the person who delivered the ultimatum was Robert W. Sarnoff, the son of
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to air the show locally beginning in 1958. Because Horwich owned the rights to
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commercials from a sponsor who made BB guns. When she refused, she was told
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was then broadcast from there. She remained in this position until 1956 when
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Despite the fact that it had aired for a short time, the program won a
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used would need to be items easily recognized by young children.
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was organized so Horwich and parents could share their views.
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Ohles, Frederik; Ohles, Shirley M.; Ramsay, John G. (1997).
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records and 30 companies selling licensed items by 1956. A
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The idea for the program came from a conversation between
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Frances Horwich
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WMAQ-TV
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Romper Room
Sesame Street
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Frances Horwich
WNBQ
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Judith Waller
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Roosevelt College
finger painting
pipe cleaners
modeling clay
George Foster Peabody Award
Arthur Godfrey
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