Barbara Plummer, host of WEWS morning show, enthralled youngsters in 1960s with Magic Mirror, Do Bee, Don’t Bee and other memorable segments.

SHREVEPORT, La. — Long before Miss Rachel, Barney, or even Sesame Street, KTBS brought the magic of children’s programming to local viewers with a show called Romper Room. Airing in the late 1950s and ...

There was Miss Lois on the floor, having just performed a Sleeping Beauty-like faint during Tell a Story Time on "Romper Room." Innocent enough. But her skirt hiked up in the fall, exposing a patch of ...