The Children's Hour

Series produced by The Children's Hour Inc.

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The Children’s Hour is public radio's premier all-ages weekly radio show created for and with kids. Diverse themes are explored using interviews, storytelling, poetry, music, and discussion with kids on our talented Kids Crew. Always professionally produced - learn something new with us while fostering the next generation of public radio listeners.

“The Children’s Hour” has been a popular Saturday morning staple of the KUNM, 89.9 FM lineup for decades. The show provides a free, easily accessible weekly educational service for listeners of all ages, while offering fun, exciting, and useful production opportunities for children involved in making the show happen.

Each episode seeks to entertain while recognizing that almost no topic is too “sophisticated” for children, and that through exposure to science, technology, community service, civic engagement and cultural collaboration, we can successfully address both educational gaps and trends toward low public participation by young people. We feature young performers and thinkers, as well as adult expert guests in all fields, and weave the show themes together with great music.


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198 Pieces

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The Kids Crew on The Children's Hour are joined by two time Grammy nominees, Alphabet Rockers for a lively discussion about the power of music to c...

Bought by KCHU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
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We collectively cook together with Kids Cook, learning kitchen skills like cutting, measuring, and of course tasting along the way

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
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This time on The Children's Hour, we explore wolves. We learn about their role as an apex predator, and how conservation efforts are saving them fr...

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
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On this episode of The Children's Hour, we explore the oldest wind instruments in the world: whistles and flutes through stories, poetry and music,...

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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We learn how poetry can heal with our friends at Well Beings Studio, who create art with kids and families going through medical trauma like cancer...

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Learn all about lemurs with Faye Goodwin from the Duke Lemur Center. Mixed with great music!

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
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We're joined by by the Lady Gaga of children's music, Twinkle for a Twinkle Time Children's Hour.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WUTC, KRSC and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
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We enjoy a mini concert with Laurie Berkner, find out about albatrosses, and a newly discovered species of dinosaur.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
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The Kids Crew learn about GoGo and Hip Hop musical genres with Uncle Devin Walker from WeeNation Radio, who also guest deejays our show. This is a ...

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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This week on The Children's Hour, we re-visit a show we recorded in April 2020 with one of the funniest storytellers of our time, Grammy winning si...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WUTC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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The Kids Crew talk with an exoplanetologist and find out if there's life on other planets, and how we can join the hunt to find new ones. Mixed wit...

Bought by KECG, KCHU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 13
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This week on The Children’s Hour we chat with Julie from Ants on a Log, a band that performs music for children and other childlike people that adv...

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Celebrate Father's Day with The Children's Hour in a musical special full of excellent Dad-loving songs, poetry, and history. Plus learn about June...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Summertime is the perfect time to get outdoors and have an adventure with kids. The Kids Crew talk with adventure guide author Christina M. Selby a...

Bought by WVTF, RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn about two of the most endangered big wild cats: tigers and snow leopards through conversations with a car...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KDLG, KSTK and more


  • Added: May 30, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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This time on The Children's Hour, we go far out into space with Dr. Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist whose current focus is on the timeline...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK, KRSC and more


  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Passed down through generations, folktales are meant to teach children lessons. Hear many stories, including a presentation of the classic tale of ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMXT, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KSTK and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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This time on The Children's Hour, we explore imagination, boredom, and the benefits of both with special guests, Kids Imagine Nation.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRSC, KSTK, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 09, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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We're honoring our moms in a musical celebration of mothers and motherhood, with cameo shout-outs from celebrated Kindie musicians from around the ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK and more


  • Added: May 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Celebrate our planet Earth with The Children's Hour, and our special guests, renown climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann, author Megan Herbert, and k...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WVTF, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9