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For pre-teens watching TV in the early 1970s, the opening to Zoom was captivating with seven, charismatic, barefoot kids in rugby shirts running, jumping, dancing and singing on a bare stage. They ...

"Was this the children’s revolution, and was it being televised?" writes Ethan Gilsdorf. (Courtesy WGBH) Half a century later, I can still sing the address: "Write Zoom. Z, double-O, M. Box 3-5-0.

Robert Jordan, AKA Santa Bob, sits by a computer in a Santa office at his home where Zoom calls with children in Framingham, MA on Nov. 12, 2020.Boston Globe via Getty Images Santa Claus is coming to ...

WGBH-TV has decided to pull the plug on its long-running children's television show Zoom. The once-pioneering interactive series made by, for and about children is ending production with its 2005 ...