Wow. I can’t believe that old guy was still around.
RIP George 94 was a good run.
So long Mr. Putnam.
He was one high point of my time in Los Angeles.
I always loved his follow-up to callers foolish enough to express
support/love for illegal immigrants:
“Sir/Madam, your address please. So I can send all the illegals to
live with you!”
The great George Putnam — sad news.
Say Hi to the Gipper for us, George,
In the 1970's, he broadcast a talk show over KIEV, at 870 kilocycles on the AM band, which now calls itself KRLA. One could see him broadcasting live through a window into his studio, located in a shopping mall beneath the ARCO Towers in downtown Los Angeles. His show began with Harry Nilsson singing "Everybody's Talkin'", and then George would break in, saying,
Yes, everybody's talking at you, now it's your turn to talk back. You at home, and you here at our studios in the ARCO Plaza, it's your turn to talk back. We're going to bring you the news, bring you newsmakers and celebrities, but most of all, we want to talk with you.
I remember him growing up in socal. He was a great one...
From the TV days - Here’s to a better, stronger America; see you at ten, see you then
During the Clinton years, I was a regular caller, including limericks. George had me in studio with him three times.
For many years, he joined an equestrian team to ride in the Rose Parade. I don’t believe, however, that he was ever named grand marshal. Politics?
More than any other broadcaster in the nation, he sounded the clarion call about illegal immigration for decades. He interviewed all the presidents of his broadcast lifetime until.................Bill Clinton.
Paul Harvey is still going strong.
Wow, I grew up in Los Angeles. My rock ribbed conservative parents and grand parents loved George. I remember he rode a horse each year in the Rose Parade. Course during the 60’s I went off into left wing la la land. But came back. He was truly a pioneer both on TV news and talk radio. RIP George Putnam!
George Putnam even interviewed George Washington Carver it was one of his first interviews.
He tried to warn America about this violent invasion of our country 30 plus years ago.
He warned everyone what was coming, and told us it was being perpetrated by our own government.
One of the best on radio, ever.
Made people like Limbaugh and Hannity appear as though they were broadcasting from the White House basement.
I listened to George Putnam on KIEV-AM during my five years in LA. I loved the folksy way he’d do those CMs for that crazy frozen dog food.
I have an old newsreel somehere in which Mr. Putnam describes the action as a small town in Wisconsin “going Communist” for a day as an object lesson to America. “There goes the Chief of Police!”
Farewell to a great voice and a broadcasting leegnd.
God bless.
Sad. He was one of the good guys. I used to listen to him on the radio before I moved to Texas and remember him on the news when I was young.
R.I.P., Mr. Putnam.