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SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — Seventy years ago, young KELOLAND viewers first cast their gaze upon the man who possessed the wisdom of Solomon and the strength of Atlas.
It was March 7th, 1955, when the very first Captain 11 show aired on KELOLAND TV. The program ran until 1996, making it the longest-running children’s show in the world.
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We here at KELOLAND Media Group celebrated the Captain’s milestone anniversary Friday. It included a proclamation from the mayor, who was also a longtime viewer of the Captain.
“Captain 11 began on March 7, 1955,” Mayor Paul TenHaken said.
A salute to Captain 11 from the mayor of Sioux Falls.
“Do hearby proclaim today, March 7th, 2025 as Captain 11 Day in our great city of Sioux Falls,” TenHaken said.
Mayor Paul TenHaken was a part of the Captain’s crew as a boy growing up in Worthington, MN.
“I think I was on the show one time and it was a huge deal when we were on the show,” TenHaken said.
Generations of kids saw Captain 11 as their hero and role model.
“It was a simpler time. When I think about Captain 11 it was like before we had all the chaos of what kids go through now,” TenHaken.
The Captain also traveled the outer galaxies beyond our TV studio.
“He was in every parade, every town’s centennial: there was Captain 11. New store openings: there was Captain 11. He was everywhere in our area,” KELOLAND Media Group Director of Marketing & Creative Services Paul Farmer said.
KELOLAND Media Group employees paid tribute to the Captain by wearing his yellow crew member t-shirts. But the celebrating doesn’t end after today.
“This is a year-long celebration as we celebrate the legacy of Captain 11. So all through 2025, we’re going to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Captain 11 in different ways,” Farmer said.
After all, one day is far too brief a period to honor the 70 year legacy of the man who was given the power to control time.
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We will be airing a marathon of Captain 11 shows on KELOXTRA this Sunday March 9th from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and then back again from 7-10 p.m.
If you’ve picked up the KELOLAND+ app for Roku, FireTV, and Apple TV, be sure to watch this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central Time. Plus, there are three full episodes that you can watch on demand right now. Just page down in the app to the Captain 11 section.
A special Inside KELOLAND features the history of the Captain 11 Show. It airs on KELOLAND TV Saturday at 9 a.m. and again Sunday at 10:30 p.m.
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