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Article: The gospel according to Fred: a visit with Mr. Rogers. (Cover Story)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- April 13, 1994
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THERE'S ONE Protestant minister who consistently attracts a far larger television audience than either Robert Schuller or Pat Robertson. Each weekday, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood reaches about 8 million children between two and five. No wonder Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan calls Fred Rogers "the patron saint of children's television." On April 1, Rogers, an ordained Presbyterian clergyman, marked his 40th year in public television. On that date in 1954, he and Josie Carey, a secretary at Pittsburgh's fledgling WQED (the nation's first community-supported public television station), began work on The Children's Corner. Carey was the program's host, while 27-year-old ...