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- ↑ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. p. 420. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- ↑ Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present (Seventh Edition), Ballantine Books, 1999, page 861
- ↑ TV Railroad Series Starts Tomorrow, The Buffalo Evening News, October 29, 1949, page 12
- ↑ 'Hopalong Cassidy' to return On KSD-Tv at 2:45 P.M. (TV highlights) St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 4, 1949, page 71
- ↑ Chicago Cardinals vs. Bears Games on KSD-TV Today (TV highlights), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 11, 1949, page 71