Minor updates Aug 12, 2023 Ken Wagner entertained Minnesota children from 1960 to 1973 on KMSP, channel 9. When the show began, Wagner was known as Captain Ken, a character he originally created for WOC-TV in Davenport, Iowa. In later years, the Captain retired and was known to viewers as Grandpa Ken. A talented artist, […]
Here’s a brief article from the Dakota Count Tribune, featuring Ken Wagner, best known at the time as Captain Ken on Channel 9. He later became Grandpa Ken. My thanks to Jack Kennelly for sharing this.
Every so often I bump into a bit of Twin Cities television history that tells us a little bit about our favorite TV hosts. This article comes from BoxOffice magazine dated February 6, 1961. It describes promotion of a movie called Wizard of Baghdad on the local kids shows. The movie was promoted by Casey […]