A Puppeteer and Minister
Fred Rogers became a puppeteer and ordained minister, but his eyes were on TV. Rogers’ first gig in television came in 1953 when he worked in programming for WQED in Pittsburgh, a newly launched community TV station that was actually the first of its kind in the country.
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The next year, he was already co-producing a new program called ‘The Children’s Corner.’ This allowed Rogers, who loved puppetry as a child, to introduce some of his favorite puppets to his young audience. Once Rogers earned his divinity degree in 1962, the Presbyterian Church asked him to serve children and families through the medium of television.