ZOOM is a half-hour
educational televisionprogram, created almost entirely by
children, which aired on
PBS originally from January 9, 1972 to March 24, 1978. It was produced by
WGBH-TV in
Boston.
ZOOM encouraged
children to "turn off the TV and do it!" On the show, a cast of (usually) seven kids (known as ZOOMers) present or perform various activities such as games, plays, poems, recipes, jokes, songs, movies, science experiments, and informal chats on such subjects such as hospitals, prejudice, etc., all suggested by viewer contributions. These activities were introduced by such titles as ZOOMovie, ZOOM Play of the Week, ZOOMrap (later ZOOMchat), ZOOMgame, ZOOMdo, ZOOMgoody, ZOOMphenomenon, etc.