The special was produced in June 1968 at public television station WITF-TV in Hershey, Pennsylvania for National Educational Television (now PBS).
WITF-TV, a television station (channel 36 digital) licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
In 2007, it moved to a purpose-built facility in Swatara Township.
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WITF-TV maintains studio facilities located at the WITF Public Media Center in Swatara Township (though with a Harrisburg address), and its transmitter (which is shared with CBS affiliate WHP-TV, channel 21) is located in Susquehanna Township.
Following his departure from comics, Burkett relocated to Pennsylvania and became a radio broadcaster for WITF-FM in Harrisburg.
The series was created in the Fall of 1981, by Stewart Cheifet (later co-host), then the station manager of the College of San Mateo's KCSM-TV (which co-produced the show with Harrisburg, PA's WITF-TV), initially broadcast as a local weekly series.
WITF-FM, a radio station (89.5 FM) licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States