The Children's Hour Inc.

GroupAccount image
The Children's Hour is a weekly radio show created for and with kids available in 54m and 58m episodes. We offer the same content through two different PRX delivery methods, the automated PRX delivery service, and the downloadable exchange. 

The Children's Hour is a weekly, educational and entertaining public radio program for kids and families. Using excellent music, expert guests, talented kids and a format that is a proven success in growing and keeping listeners of all ages engaged.

The Children's Hour includes kids in all aspects of the production. We're dedicated to filling educational gaps, by focusing on civics, STEM, culture, and performance, using interviews with scientists, experts in all fields, civil servants, cultural educators, performers and others, and weaving shows together with a wide variety of musical genres.

Kids on our crew and in our community contribute content, design programming, and cohost our shows.

We are happy to make station tags. Just reach out to us at info@childrenshour.org

Learn more about us, get photos from our shows, links on our themes, and more at ChildrensHour.org 

Series

Series image
6 Pieces

The Children's Hour Inc has produced a curricular podcast series to teach the unique history of the high desert Southwestern United States for kids and adults.

Series image
199 Pieces

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.

Series image
187 Pieces

The Children’s Hour is an hour long weekly radio show created for and with kids, available 54 and 58 minutes. A wide diversity of themes are explored using interviews, storytelling, poetry, music, and discussion with our Kids Crew. Learn something new with us. Content from this series will deliver automatically to station automation systems. Please reach out to katie@childrenshour.org for more information.


Pieces

Caption: Mexican Grey Wolf, Credit: USFWS
The kids learn about re-wilding wolves in North America from a documentary filmmaker, a biologist leading wolf recovery, and a zookeeper who breeds...

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WXPR, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Courtesy of Laurie Berkner, Credit: Michelle Esch
We enjoy a mini concert with Laurie Berkner, find out about albatrosses, and a newly discovered species of dinosaur.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KRSC, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Piece image
We learn about mushrooms and fungi with mycology educator Peter McCoy.

Bought by WCNY, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: May 11, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
Piece image
Celebrate Mother's Day with The Children's Hour through personal messages from our kids crew and listeners, woven together with excellent music, po...

Bought by KUHF, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, KRSC, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: May 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Piece image
The Kids Crew & Katie are treated to a mini concert with Bill Harley, a 2 time Grammy winning storyteller and performer.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Piece image
The Kids Crew talk with two-time Grammy winning virtuoso, Rahim AlHaj about his life as a refugee, plus he performs for us

Bought by KCHU, KICI Iowa City, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WMPG and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Piece image
Kids are the scientists studying porcupines in the Southwest United States, as part of a citizen science project. Learn about citizen science oppor...

Bought by WCNY, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
Piece image
The Kids Crew learn about about how water treatment works, from the water source to returning waste water back to nature.

Bought by KCHU, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 14
Piece image
Kids take on Covid-19 through sharing their own feelings and thoughts, interviews, and music

Bought by WCNY, KQRU FM LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLRH, KTNA and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Julia Megofna performing on The Children's Hour, Credit: Andrew Stone
Kids teach us how to solve Rubik's Cubes in under 30 seconds, and we hear from talented young performers

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, KMXT, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11