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Boomtown (1956 TV series)
Television series based in Boston, Massachusetts
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| Starring | Rex Trailer |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production location | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Network | WBZ-TV |
| Release | 1956 (1956) – 1974 (1974) |
Boomtown was a children's show on WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts that ran Saturday and Sunday mornings from 1956 through 1974, and was hosted by singing cowboy Rex Trailer.
Trailer was hosting a children's series in Philadelphia for Westinghouse; when the series lapsed in 1956, Trailer was given a choice of two other Westinghouse stations: Cleveland or Boston. He chose Boston and signed a short-term contract to finish out his Westinghouse commitment, but the show ended up running for almost two decades.
WBZ launched Boomtown (as Rex Trailer's Boomtown) on April 28, 1956, as a two-and-a-quarter-h