Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[Kevin M.]

Fritz “retired” a couple years ago. The only local news veterans remaining
agreed to take massive pay cuts. Colleen is still at KNBC, ersatz NBC 4.
Moyer is longtime gone. Even Harold Greene is gone. Chuck “Eye on LA” Henry
is still there… working for scale, which is more than he deserves.

On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 1:43 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> We were a KNXT family got a long time, but eventually moved over the KNBC
> for the duration. (My mother -loved- Snyder.)
>
> The things that struck me for the longest time was that anchors and
> reporters tended to stay in Los Angeles, but moved from station to station
> (with some exceptions: Colleen Williams was still plugging away at KNBC the
> last time I was there [I think Paul Moyer was, too] and the talentless and
> humorless Fred Roggin and Fritz Coleman must have had blackmail material on
> someone, given their baffling ability to keep their seats).
>
> --Dave Sikula
>
> On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 11:10:54 AM UTC-8 PGage wrote:
>
>> I forgot about Elvira on KHJ, we watched that too (I older than you, and
>> watching for more prurient interests no doubt). I know Dunphy moved around
>> too, but for me he is always associated with KNXT (“from the mountains to
>> the sea…” did he say that at KABC too?)
>>
>> My go to local newscasters were Tom Brokaw and Jess Marlow, and then of
>> course Tom Snyder.
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

We were a KNXT family got a long time, but eventually moved over the KNBC 
for the duration. (My mother -loved- Snyder.)

The things that struck me for the longest time was that anchors and 
reporters tended to stay in Los Angeles, but moved from station to station 
(with some exceptions: Colleen Williams was still plugging away at KNBC the 
last time I was there [I think Paul Moyer was, too] and the talentless and 
humorless Fred Roggin and Fritz Coleman must have had blackmail material on 
someone, given their baffling ability to keep their seats).

--Dave Sikula

On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 11:10:54 AM UTC-8 PGage wrote: 

> I forgot about Elvira on KHJ, we watched that too (I older than you, and 
> watching for more prurient interests no doubt). I know Dunphy moved around 
> too, but for me he is always associated with KNXT (“from the mountains to 
> the sea…” did he say that at KABC too?)
>
> My go to local newscasters were Tom Brokaw and Jess Marlow, and then of 
> course Tom Snyder.
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[PGage]

That makes sense, I read somewhere that someone associated with the show
had a relative who worked at KNXT News.

But I know that from Day 1, when my family saw Ted Baxter we felt like we
were watching Putnam.

On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 12:01 PM  wrote:

> From what I remember reading back in the day, the MTM writers said Baxter
> was based on both Putnam and Dunphy.
>
> On Feb 26, 2022, at 2:43 PM, Mark Jeffries  wrote:
>
> 
>
> Of course Jerry Dunphy said it on KABC--and I thought *he* was the model
> for Ted Baxter.
>
> Mark Jeffries
> spotligh...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 1:10 PM PGage  wrote:
>
>> I forgot about Elvira on KHJ, we watched that too (I older than you, and
>> watching for more prurient interests no doubt). I know Dunphy moved around
>> too, but for me he is always associated with KNXT (“from the mountains to
>> the sea…” did he say that at KABC too?)
>>
>> My go to local newscasters were Tom Brokaw and Jess Marlow, and then of
>> course Tom Snyder.
>>
>> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 8:13 AM Kevin M.  wrote:
>>
>>> My childhood memories of the local station were mostly cartoon related.
>>> KTLA had the worst of the cartoons (looking at you, Popeye) as well as Tom
>>> Hatten hosting the Family Film Festival, which were the films that either
>>> didn’t have copyright because they were poorly dubbed international films,
>>> i. e. Pippi Longstocking or old and unrestored so copyright had expired,
>>> which meant they were free to air. They also had Knight Rider in daytime
>>> syndication. KCOP and KTTV had either a Cartoon Carnival or Cartoon Circus,
>>> which fluctuated between the Warner cartoons or the Tom & Jerry (and
>>> friends). But it was during my childhood that first run syndicated cartoons
>>> thrived, which included Transformers and GI Joe. KTTV had Robotech, which
>>> was to me a game changer. KTLA burned off Three Stooges. KHJ had Elvira,
>>> Mistress of the Dark.
>>>
>>> When we watched the news, it was usually KABC with Jerry Dunphy and Dr
>>> George. I know I watched the Challenger explode on KTLA because I was in
>>> Catholic school in West Covina at the time, and for some reason they could
>>> only pick up channel 5 at school. The article referenced the Rose Parade,
>>> which was only worth watching with Bob and Stephanie doing commentary.
>>>
>>> Honorable mention to KCET for everything from Huell Howser to Monty
>>> Python to Square One (and Mathnet) to Simon & Garfunkel’s Concert in
>>> Central Park to This Old House to the Frugal Gourmet. Because man cannot
>>> live by cartoons alone.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 7:09 AM PGage  wrote:
>>>
 So, this sent me to Wikipedia, which was oddly non specific about the
 stations Putnam worked at. They do say that he anchored the news for all 4
 LA independent stations (KTLA, KHJ, KTTV and KCOP), but they don’t give the
 years for each station. They do say that he was replaced by Hal Fishman in
 1975, without giving the station, but that has to be KTLA, which comes
 close to my memory.

 For my sister and I, as kids, KHJ was for the Million Dollar movie (I
 remember seeing “The Blob” for the first time, and also “Goldfinger”). KTTV
 and KCOP were for cartoons and kid shows (I think Wonderama and Jerry
 Mahoney were on KTTV), and also re-runs (Star Trek I think was on KTTV when
 I was rushing home to watch it in syndication in the 70s). Also I think
 Vince and the Dodgers were on KTTV when I was a kid, and Lakers in KHJ.


 On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 1:41 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
 tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll
> happily admit I'm wrong.
>
> L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably
> had the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired
> Carson's Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame homes. KHJ
> took occasional risks (I remember one week they devoted to 50s 
> programming,
> complete with commercials, playing it straight-faced), and had the Million
> Dollar Movie and Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and monster movies on the
> weekend. KCOP was hopeless, with seemingly no budgets for anything and the
> worst house-made local commercials. KTLA was somewhere in the middle, with
> reruns, a good film library (mainly Goldwyn and what movies Paramount
> hadn't sold to Universal), Tom Hatten, and great news broadcast (I thought
> Hal Fishman and Stan Chambers were immortal), all subject to the whims of
> Gene Autry.
>
> (*Watching "Whew!" on Buzzr last week, they're finally up to the
> "celebrity" episodes and Carol Wayne was one of the guests. I was kind of
> surprised to see she really was that dim.)
>
> --Dave Sikula
>
> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:59:40 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:
>
>> The article skips from 1964 to 

Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[twolper]

>From what I remember reading back in the day, the MTM writers said Baxter was 
>based on both Putnam and Dunphy.

> On Feb 26, 2022, at 2:43 PM, Mark Jeffries  wrote:
> 
> 
> Of course Jerry Dunphy said it on KABC--and I thought *he* was the model for 
> Ted Baxter.
> 
> Mark Jeffries
> spotligh...@gmail.com
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 1:10 PM PGage  wrote:
>> I forgot about Elvira on KHJ, we watched that too (I older than you, and 
>> watching for more prurient interests no doubt). I know Dunphy moved around 
>> too, but for me he is always associated with KNXT (“from the mountains to 
>> the sea…” did he say that at KABC too?)
>> 
>> My go to local newscasters were Tom Brokaw and Jess Marlow, and then of 
>> course Tom Snyder.
>> 
>>> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 8:13 AM Kevin M.  wrote:
>>> My childhood memories of the local station were mostly cartoon related. 
>>> KTLA had the worst of the cartoons (looking at you, Popeye) as well as Tom 
>>> Hatten hosting the Family Film Festival, which were the films that either 
>>> didn’t have copyright because they were poorly dubbed international films, 
>>> i. e. Pippi Longstocking or old and unrestored so copyright had expired, 
>>> which meant they were free to air. They also had Knight Rider in daytime 
>>> syndication. KCOP and KTTV had either a Cartoon Carnival or Cartoon Circus, 
>>> which fluctuated between the Warner cartoons or the Tom & Jerry (and 
>>> friends). But it was during my childhood that first run syndicated cartoons 
>>> thrived, which included Transformers and GI Joe. KTTV had Robotech, which 
>>> was to me a game changer. KTLA burned off Three Stooges. KHJ had Elvira, 
>>> Mistress of the Dark.
>>> 
>>> When we watched the news, it was usually KABC with Jerry Dunphy and Dr 
>>> George. I know I watched the Challenger explode on KTLA because I was in 
>>> Catholic school in West Covina at the time, and for some reason they could 
>>> only pick up channel 5 at school. The article referenced the Rose Parade, 
>>> which was only worth watching with Bob and Stephanie doing commentary. 
>>> 
>>> Honorable mention to KCET for everything from Huell Howser to Monty Python 
>>> to Square One (and Mathnet) to Simon & Garfunkel’s Concert in Central Park 
>>> to This Old House to the Frugal Gourmet. Because man cannot live by 
>>> cartoons alone. 
>>> 
 On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 7:09 AM PGage  wrote:
>>> 
 So, this sent me to Wikipedia, which was oddly non specific about the 
 stations Putnam worked at. They do say that he anchored the news for all 4 
 LA independent stations (KTLA, KHJ, KTTV and KCOP), but they don’t give 
 the years for each station. They do say that he was replaced by Hal 
 Fishman in 1975, without giving the station, but that has to be KTLA, 
 which comes close to my memory.
 
 For my sister and I, as kids, KHJ was for the Million Dollar movie (I 
 remember seeing “The Blob” for the first time, and also “Goldfinger”). 
 KTTV and KCOP were for cartoons and kid shows (I think Wonderama and Jerry 
 Mahoney were on KTTV), and also re-runs (Star Trek I think was on KTTV 
 when I was rushing home to watch it in syndication in the 70s). Also I 
 think Vince and the Dodgers were on KTTV when I was a kid, and Lakers in 
 KHJ.
 
 
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 1:41 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV 
>  wrote:
> I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll happily 
> admit I'm wrong.
> 
> L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably had 
> the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired Carson's 
> Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame homes. KHJ took 
> occasional risks (I remember one week they devoted to 50s programming, 
> complete with commercials, playing it straight-faced), and had the 
> Million Dollar Movie and Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and monster 
> movies on the weekend. KCOP was hopeless, with seemingly no budgets for 
> anything and the worst house-made local commercials. KTLA was somewhere 
> in the middle, with reruns, a good film library (mainly Goldwyn and what 
> movies Paramount hadn't sold to Universal), Tom Hatten, and great news 
> broadcast (I thought Hal Fishman and Stan Chambers were immortal), all 
> subject to the whims of Gene Autry.
> 
> (*Watching "Whew!" on Buzzr last week, they're finally up to the 
> "celebrity" episodes and Carol Wayne was one of the guests. I was kind of 
> surprised to see she really was that dim.)
> 
> --Dave Sikula
> 
>> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:59:40 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:
>> The article skips from 1964 to 1979, which is most of the interval of my 
>> experience with KTLA (I left LA in 1987, and my memory begins around 
>> 1967). For me they were the home of Dick Enberg and the Angels, and old 
>> movies to watch 

Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[Mark Jeffries]

Of course Jerry Dunphy said it on KABC--and I thought *he* was the model
for Ted Baxter.

Mark Jeffries
spotligh...@gmail.com


On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 1:10 PM PGage  wrote:

> I forgot about Elvira on KHJ, we watched that too (I older than you, and
> watching for more prurient interests no doubt). I know Dunphy moved around
> too, but for me he is always associated with KNXT (“from the mountains to
> the sea…” did he say that at KABC too?)
>
> My go to local newscasters were Tom Brokaw and Jess Marlow, and then of
> course Tom Snyder.
>
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 8:13 AM Kevin M.  wrote:
>
>> My childhood memories of the local station were mostly cartoon related.
>> KTLA had the worst of the cartoons (looking at you, Popeye) as well as Tom
>> Hatten hosting the Family Film Festival, which were the films that either
>> didn’t have copyright because they were poorly dubbed international films,
>> i. e. Pippi Longstocking or old and unrestored so copyright had expired,
>> which meant they were free to air. They also had Knight Rider in daytime
>> syndication. KCOP and KTTV had either a Cartoon Carnival or Cartoon Circus,
>> which fluctuated between the Warner cartoons or the Tom & Jerry (and
>> friends). But it was during my childhood that first run syndicated cartoons
>> thrived, which included Transformers and GI Joe. KTTV had Robotech, which
>> was to me a game changer. KTLA burned off Three Stooges. KHJ had Elvira,
>> Mistress of the Dark.
>>
>> When we watched the news, it was usually KABC with Jerry Dunphy and Dr
>> George. I know I watched the Challenger explode on KTLA because I was in
>> Catholic school in West Covina at the time, and for some reason they could
>> only pick up channel 5 at school. The article referenced the Rose Parade,
>> which was only worth watching with Bob and Stephanie doing commentary.
>>
>> Honorable mention to KCET for everything from Huell Howser to Monty
>> Python to Square One (and Mathnet) to Simon & Garfunkel’s Concert in
>> Central Park to This Old House to the Frugal Gourmet. Because man cannot
>> live by cartoons alone.
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 7:09 AM PGage  wrote:
>>
>>> So, this sent me to Wikipedia, which was oddly non specific about the
>>> stations Putnam worked at. They do say that he anchored the news for all 4
>>> LA independent stations (KTLA, KHJ, KTTV and KCOP), but they don’t give the
>>> years for each station. They do say that he was replaced by Hal Fishman in
>>> 1975, without giving the station, but that has to be KTLA, which comes
>>> close to my memory.
>>>
>>> For my sister and I, as kids, KHJ was for the Million Dollar movie (I
>>> remember seeing “The Blob” for the first time, and also “Goldfinger”). KTTV
>>> and KCOP were for cartoons and kid shows (I think Wonderama and Jerry
>>> Mahoney were on KTTV), and also re-runs (Star Trek I think was on KTTV when
>>> I was rushing home to watch it in syndication in the 70s). Also I think
>>> Vince and the Dodgers were on KTTV when I was a kid, and Lakers in KHJ.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 1:41 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
>>> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>
 I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll
 happily admit I'm wrong.

 L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably
 had the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired
 Carson's Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame homes. KHJ
 took occasional risks (I remember one week they devoted to 50s programming,
 complete with commercials, playing it straight-faced), and had the Million
 Dollar Movie and Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and monster movies on the
 weekend. KCOP was hopeless, with seemingly no budgets for anything and the
 worst house-made local commercials. KTLA was somewhere in the middle, with
 reruns, a good film library (mainly Goldwyn and what movies Paramount
 hadn't sold to Universal), Tom Hatten, and great news broadcast (I thought
 Hal Fishman and Stan Chambers were immortal), all subject to the whims of
 Gene Autry.

 (*Watching "Whew!" on Buzzr last week, they're finally up to the
 "celebrity" episodes and Carol Wayne was one of the guests. I was kind of
 surprised to see she really was that dim.)

 --Dave Sikula

 On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:59:40 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:

> The article skips from 1964 to 1979, which is most of the interval of
> my experience with KTLA (I left LA in 1987, and my memory begins around
> 1967). For me they were the home of Dick Enberg and the Angels, and old
> movies to watch occasionally when the three prime time networks failed.
>
> But I can’t believe any history of KTLA, no matter how cursory, can
> skip over George Putnam (Ted Baxter).  I know he worked at most of the LA
> independent stations, but for most of my childhood he was Channel 5. We
> watched a lot of 

Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[PGage]

I forgot about Elvira on KHJ, we watched that too (I older than you, and
watching for more prurient interests no doubt). I know Dunphy moved around
too, but for me he is always associated with KNXT (“from the mountains to
the sea…” did he say that at KABC too?)

My go to local newscasters were Tom Brokaw and Jess Marlow, and then of
course Tom Snyder.

On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 8:13 AM Kevin M.  wrote:

> My childhood memories of the local station were mostly cartoon related.
> KTLA had the worst of the cartoons (looking at you, Popeye) as well as Tom
> Hatten hosting the Family Film Festival, which were the films that either
> didn’t have copyright because they were poorly dubbed international films,
> i. e. Pippi Longstocking or old and unrestored so copyright had expired,
> which meant they were free to air. They also had Knight Rider in daytime
> syndication. KCOP and KTTV had either a Cartoon Carnival or Cartoon Circus,
> which fluctuated between the Warner cartoons or the Tom & Jerry (and
> friends). But it was during my childhood that first run syndicated cartoons
> thrived, which included Transformers and GI Joe. KTTV had Robotech, which
> was to me a game changer. KTLA burned off Three Stooges. KHJ had Elvira,
> Mistress of the Dark.
>
> When we watched the news, it was usually KABC with Jerry Dunphy and Dr
> George. I know I watched the Challenger explode on KTLA because I was in
> Catholic school in West Covina at the time, and for some reason they could
> only pick up channel 5 at school. The article referenced the Rose Parade,
> which was only worth watching with Bob and Stephanie doing commentary.
>
> Honorable mention to KCET for everything from Huell Howser to Monty Python
> to Square One (and Mathnet) to Simon & Garfunkel’s Concert in Central Park
> to This Old House to the Frugal Gourmet. Because man cannot live by
> cartoons alone.
>
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 7:09 AM PGage  wrote:
>
>> So, this sent me to Wikipedia, which was oddly non specific about the
>> stations Putnam worked at. They do say that he anchored the news for all 4
>> LA independent stations (KTLA, KHJ, KTTV and KCOP), but they don’t give the
>> years for each station. They do say that he was replaced by Hal Fishman in
>> 1975, without giving the station, but that has to be KTLA, which comes
>> close to my memory.
>>
>> For my sister and I, as kids, KHJ was for the Million Dollar movie (I
>> remember seeing “The Blob” for the first time, and also “Goldfinger”). KTTV
>> and KCOP were for cartoons and kid shows (I think Wonderama and Jerry
>> Mahoney were on KTTV), and also re-runs (Star Trek I think was on KTTV when
>> I was rushing home to watch it in syndication in the 70s). Also I think
>> Vince and the Dodgers were on KTTV when I was a kid, and Lakers in KHJ.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 1:41 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
>> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll happily
>>> admit I'm wrong.
>>>
>>> L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably had
>>> the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired Carson's
>>> Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame homes. KHJ took
>>> occasional risks (I remember one week they devoted to 50s programming,
>>> complete with commercials, playing it straight-faced), and had the Million
>>> Dollar Movie and Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and monster movies on the
>>> weekend. KCOP was hopeless, with seemingly no budgets for anything and the
>>> worst house-made local commercials. KTLA was somewhere in the middle, with
>>> reruns, a good film library (mainly Goldwyn and what movies Paramount
>>> hadn't sold to Universal), Tom Hatten, and great news broadcast (I thought
>>> Hal Fishman and Stan Chambers were immortal), all subject to the whims of
>>> Gene Autry.
>>>
>>> (*Watching "Whew!" on Buzzr last week, they're finally up to the
>>> "celebrity" episodes and Carol Wayne was one of the guests. I was kind of
>>> surprised to see she really was that dim.)
>>>
>>> --Dave Sikula
>>>
>>> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:59:40 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:
>>>
 The article skips from 1964 to 1979, which is most of the interval of
 my experience with KTLA (I left LA in 1987, and my memory begins around
 1967). For me they were the home of Dick Enberg and the Angels, and old
 movies to watch occasionally when the three prime time networks failed.

 But I can’t believe any history of KTLA, no matter how cursory, can
 skip over George Putnam (Ted Baxter).  I know he worked at most of the LA
 independent stations, but for most of my childhood he was Channel 5. We
 watched a lot of local news in my house, and LA had some pretty high
 profile anchors in those days. We would never watch Putnam for news, but my
 mother liked to hate-watch (she never knew that phrase but would have loved
 it) him for 5-10 minutes a couples of days a week, 

Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[Kevin M.]

My childhood memories of the local station were mostly cartoon related.
KTLA had the worst of the cartoons (looking at you, Popeye) as well as Tom
Hatten hosting the Family Film Festival, which were the films that either
didn’t have copyright because they were poorly dubbed international films,
i. e. Pippi Longstocking or old and unrestored so copyright had expired,
which meant they were free to air. They also had Knight Rider in daytime
syndication. KCOP and KTTV had either a Cartoon Carnival or Cartoon Circus,
which fluctuated between the Warner cartoons or the Tom & Jerry (and
friends). But it was during my childhood that first run syndicated cartoons
thrived, which included Transformers and GI Joe. KTTV had Robotech, which
was to me a game changer. KTLA burned off Three Stooges. KHJ had Elvira,
Mistress of the Dark.

When we watched the news, it was usually KABC with Jerry Dunphy and Dr
George. I know I watched the Challenger explode on KTLA because I was in
Catholic school in West Covina at the time, and for some reason they could
only pick up channel 5 at school. The article referenced the Rose Parade,
which was only worth watching with Bob and Stephanie doing commentary.

Honorable mention to KCET for everything from Huell Howser to Monty Python
to Square One (and Mathnet) to Simon & Garfunkel’s Concert in Central Park
to This Old House to the Frugal Gourmet. Because man cannot live by
cartoons alone.

On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 7:09 AM PGage  wrote:

> So, this sent me to Wikipedia, which was oddly non specific about the
> stations Putnam worked at. They do say that he anchored the news for all 4
> LA independent stations (KTLA, KHJ, KTTV and KCOP), but they don’t give the
> years for each station. They do say that he was replaced by Hal Fishman in
> 1975, without giving the station, but that has to be KTLA, which comes
> close to my memory.
>
> For my sister and I, as kids, KHJ was for the Million Dollar movie (I
> remember seeing “The Blob” for the first time, and also “Goldfinger”). KTTV
> and KCOP were for cartoons and kid shows (I think Wonderama and Jerry
> Mahoney were on KTTV), and also re-runs (Star Trek I think was on KTTV when
> I was rushing home to watch it in syndication in the 70s). Also I think
> Vince and the Dodgers were on KTTV when I was a kid, and Lakers in KHJ.
>
>
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 1:41 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll happily
>> admit I'm wrong.
>>
>> L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably had
>> the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired Carson's
>> Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame homes. KHJ took
>> occasional risks (I remember one week they devoted to 50s programming,
>> complete with commercials, playing it straight-faced), and had the Million
>> Dollar Movie and Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and monster movies on the
>> weekend. KCOP was hopeless, with seemingly no budgets for anything and the
>> worst house-made local commercials. KTLA was somewhere in the middle, with
>> reruns, a good film library (mainly Goldwyn and what movies Paramount
>> hadn't sold to Universal), Tom Hatten, and great news broadcast (I thought
>> Hal Fishman and Stan Chambers were immortal), all subject to the whims of
>> Gene Autry.
>>
>> (*Watching "Whew!" on Buzzr last week, they're finally up to the
>> "celebrity" episodes and Carol Wayne was one of the guests. I was kind of
>> surprised to see she really was that dim.)
>>
>> --Dave Sikula
>>
>> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:59:40 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:
>>
>>> The article skips from 1964 to 1979, which is most of the interval of my
>>> experience with KTLA (I left LA in 1987, and my memory begins around 1967).
>>> For me they were the home of Dick Enberg and the Angels, and old movies to
>>> watch occasionally when the three prime time networks failed.
>>>
>>> But I can’t believe any history of KTLA, no matter how cursory, can skip
>>> over George Putnam (Ted Baxter).  I know he worked at most of the LA
>>> independent stations, but for most of my childhood he was Channel 5. We
>>> watched a lot of local news in my house, and LA had some pretty high
>>> profile anchors in those days. We would never watch Putnam for news, but my
>>> mother liked to hate-watch (she never knew that phrase but would have loved
>>> it) him for 5-10 minutes a couples of days a week, and we always thought he
>>> was a joke.
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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[PGage]

So, this sent me to Wikipedia, which was oddly non specific about the
stations Putnam worked at. They do say that he anchored the news for all 4
LA independent stations (KTLA, KHJ, KTTV and KCOP), but they don’t give the
years for each station. They do say that he was replaced by Hal Fishman in
1975, without giving the station, but that has to be KTLA, which comes
close to my memory.

For my sister and I, as kids, KHJ was for the Million Dollar movie (I
remember seeing “The Blob” for the first time, and also “Goldfinger”). KTTV
and KCOP were for cartoons and kid shows (I think Wonderama and Jerry
Mahoney were on KTTV), and also re-runs (Star Trek I think was on KTTV when
I was rushing home to watch it in syndication in the 70s). Also I think
Vince and the Dodgers were on KTTV when I was a kid, and Lakers in KHJ.


On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 at 1:41 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll happily
> admit I'm wrong.
>
> L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably had
> the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired Carson's
> Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame homes. KHJ took
> occasional risks (I remember one week they devoted to 50s programming,
> complete with commercials, playing it straight-faced), and had the Million
> Dollar Movie and Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and monster movies on the
> weekend. KCOP was hopeless, with seemingly no budgets for anything and the
> worst house-made local commercials. KTLA was somewhere in the middle, with
> reruns, a good film library (mainly Goldwyn and what movies Paramount
> hadn't sold to Universal), Tom Hatten, and great news broadcast (I thought
> Hal Fishman and Stan Chambers were immortal), all subject to the whims of
> Gene Autry.
>
> (*Watching "Whew!" on Buzzr last week, they're finally up to the
> "celebrity" episodes and Carol Wayne was one of the guests. I was kind of
> surprised to see she really was that dim.)
>
> --Dave Sikula
>
> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:59:40 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:
>
>> The article skips from 1964 to 1979, which is most of the interval of my
>> experience with KTLA (I left LA in 1987, and my memory begins around 1967).
>> For me they were the home of Dick Enberg and the Angels, and old movies to
>> watch occasionally when the three prime time networks failed.
>>
>> But I can’t believe any history of KTLA, no matter how cursory, can skip
>> over George Putnam (Ted Baxter).  I know he worked at most of the LA
>> independent stations, but for most of my childhood he was Channel 5. We
>> watched a lot of local news in my house, and LA had some pretty high
>> profile anchors in those days. We would never watch Putnam for news, but my
>> mother liked to hate-watch (she never knew that phrase but would have loved
>> it) him for 5-10 minutes a couples of days a week, and we always thought he
>> was a joke.
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

I remember Putnam at KTTV and KCOP, but not at KTLA, though I'll happily 
admit I'm wrong.

L.A.'s independent stations were a mixed bag, at best. KTTV probably had 
the best film library, but also had Ben Hunter (he who inspired Carson's 
Tea-Time Movie*) constantly selling you-finish A-frame homes. KHJ took 
occasional risks (I remember one week they devoted to 50s programming, 
complete with commercials, playing it straight-faced), and had the Million 
Dollar Movie and Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and monster movies on the 
weekend. KCOP was hopeless, with seemingly no budgets for anything and the 
worst house-made local commercials. KTLA was somewhere in the middle, with 
reruns, a good film library (mainly Goldwyn and what movies Paramount 
hadn't sold to Universal), Tom Hatten, and great news broadcast (I thought 
Hal Fishman and Stan Chambers were immortal), all subject to the whims of 
Gene Autry.

(*Watching "Whew!" on Buzzr last week, they're finally up to the 
"celebrity" episodes and Carol Wayne was one of the guests. I was kind of 
surprised to see she really was that dim.)

--Dave Sikula

On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 5:59:40 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote:

> The article skips from 1964 to 1979, which is most of the interval of my 
> experience with KTLA (I left LA in 1987, and my memory begins around 1967). 
> For me they were the home of Dick Enberg and the Angels, and old movies to 
> watch occasionally when the three prime time networks failed.
>
> But I can’t believe any history of KTLA, no matter how cursory, can skip 
> over George Putnam (Ted Baxter).  I know he worked at most of the LA 
> independent stations, but for most of my childhood he was Channel 5. We 
> watched a lot of local news in my house, and LA had some pretty high 
> profile anchors in those days. We would never watch Putnam for news, but my 
> mother liked to hate-watch (she never knew that phrase but would have loved 
> it) him for 5-10 minutes a couples of days a week, and we always thought he 
> was a joke.
>

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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[PGage]

The article skips from 1964 to 1979, which is most of the interval of my
experience with KTLA (I left LA in 1987, and my memory begins around 1967).
For me they were the home of Dick Enberg and the Angels, and old movies to
watch occasionally when the three prime time networks failed.

But I can’t believe any history of KTLA, no matter how cursory, can skip
over George Putnam (Ted Baxter).  I know he worked at most of the LA
independent stations, but for most of my childhood he was Channel 5. We
watched a lot of local news in my house, and LA had some pretty high
profile anchors in those days. We would never watch Putnam for news, but my
mother liked to hate-watch (she never knew that phrase but would have loved
it) him for 5-10 minutes a couples of days a week, and we always thought he
was a joke.

On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 at 4:58 PM Kevin M.  wrote:

> The pioneering Los Angeles local TV station is featured in this article in
> the LA Dog Trainer. It is by no means comprehensive, but there is a history
> to channel 5, both good and bad, which is with documenting. I worked on the
> lot a couple times (for tapings of “Challenge of the Child Geniuses” and
> excruciating tapings of “MADtv”). Aside from the front facade of the main
> building, there is little to no sense of the history of the facility, but
> that’s true of most studios.
>
>
> https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-02-18/ktla-los-angeles-channel-five-75-anniversary?_amp=true=IwAR1mStOIHqVqKQcBCd5h8sdObC9B2lwImuRMCYwyAKvc8I9ZX9j7tR7ucLA
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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[Jim Ellwanger]

One of the photo captions refers to the "KTLA Channel 5 transmission tower." 
Although that tower had an actual function decades ago, as one of two 
transmitting towers for radio station KFWB (which today has its transmitters in 
an area northeast of downtown L.A.), it's now just signage.


> On Feb 25, 2022, at 4:58 PM, Kevin M.  wrote:
> 
> The pioneering Los Angeles local TV station is featured in this article in 
> the LA Dog Trainer. It is by no means comprehensive, but there is a history 
> to channel 5, both good and bad, which is with documenting. I worked on the 
> lot a couple times (for tapings of “Challenge of the Child Geniuses” and 
> excruciating tapings of “MADtv”). Aside from the front facade of the main 
> building, there is little to no sense of the history of the facility, but 
> that’s true of most studios. 
> 
> https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-02-18/ktla-los-angeles-channel-five-75-anniversary?_amp=true=IwAR1mStOIHqVqKQcBCd5h8sdObC9B2lwImuRMCYwyAKvc8I9ZX9j7tR7ucLA
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[TV orNotTV] KTLA was there!

[Kevin M.]

The pioneering Los Angeles local TV station is featured in this article in
the LA Dog Trainer. It is by no means comprehensive, but there is a history
to channel 5, both good and bad, which is with documenting. I worked on the
lot a couple times (for tapings of “Challenge of the Child Geniuses” and
excruciating tapings of “MADtv”). Aside from the front facade of the main
building, there is little to no sense of the history of the facility, but
that’s true of most studios.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-02-18/ktla-los-angeles-channel-five-75-anniversary?_amp=true=IwAR1mStOIHqVqKQcBCd5h8sdObC9B2lwImuRMCYwyAKvc8I9ZX9j7tR7ucLA

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[TV orNotTV] KTLA and Netflix were on lockdown

[Kevin M.]

Man with gun on Sunset Bronson studio lot.

https://ktla.com/2019/02/14/ktla-netflix-on-lockdown-after-report-of-person-with-deadly-weapon-on-hollywood-studio-lot/

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[TV orNotTV] KTLA anchorman found dead

[Kevin M.]

Way too young. Found in a hotel room. Possible overdose. He has a child.

The LA broadcasters I follow on social media are just shattered by this
one. Seemingly nobody saw this coming, or at least they aren’t publicly
admitting to it.

I’m waiting for KFI to post the podcast of tonight’s Tim Conway Jr radio
show which will feature an on-air wake of sorts.

https://ktla.com/2018/12/27/chris-burrous-beloved-ktla-anchor-dead-at-43/amp/
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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA to carry Scully's last two series of year

['Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV]

I don't know if this will be visible to any of you, but I was what might be 
called the representative of all Dodger fans on SportsCenter on Sunday: 
https://www.facebook.com/dave.sikula/videos/10154555430598879/

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 6:06:39 PM UTC-7, stannc wrote:
>
> MLB showed some common sense and opened access to all the video feeds of 
> every game this past weekend. 
>
> -Stan
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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA to carry Scully's last two series of year

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MLB showed some common sense and opened access to all the video feeds of every 
game this past weekend. 

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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA to carry Scully's last two series of year

[PGage]

As expected, the season ending Giants-Dodgers series this weekend at AT
was fabulous. The fans gave the long time voice of our hated rivals a
standing ovation before the game, holding up thank-you signs at him. The
Giants let him do one whole inning on their local cablecast, and did a Cubs
style sing along of Take Me Out To The Ballgame in his honor. (And of
course, the Giants swept the Dodgers, earning the second Wildcard position,
and kept alive our dream of a 4th straight even-year World Series
championship).

I forgot what it was like to hear Vin do an inning of a game; I remembered
of course that he worked along, but forgot the virtuosity of his ability to
tell a rich and complex story, in a leisurely and folks manner, all the
while punctuating it with the call of the game. Such a pleasure.

I regard my opportunity to grow up listening to the two best sports
announcers in the history of the game (Vin and Lakers play by play man
Chick Hearn) to have been a real blessing (not to mention Dick Enberg, who
did Angels and Rams games).

Here is a LAT story that describes Vin's last game well:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-scully-dodgers-plaschke-20161002-snap-story.html



http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-scully-dodgers-plaschke-20161002-snap-story.html


On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:22 AM, PGage  wrote:

> Luckily for us in NorCal, Vinnie's last games will be in San Francisco.
> Our announcers have been telling Scully stories all year (and right now a
> lot, as the Giants are breaking our hearts in Los Angeles now). I'm sure
> they will be doing some special things for his last game (Scully grew up a
> Giants fan).
>
> Like every other boy that grew up in LA, Vinnie's voice soothed me to
> sleep almost every summer night. Even though I grew up hating the Dodgers,
> I loved him, and how gracious, rational, closely observed and articulate he
> was.
>
> But, I can't believe they have not figured it how to get that Dodger
> channel thing worked out yet. And while this is a nice thing to do for the
> fans in LA, the stated reason that it will convince locals to demand
> SportsNet seems ridiculous; Scully's last years would have been the best
> possible inducement for anyone who has not already been pressuring for it;
> his retirement is more a reason to forget about it.
>
>
> On Wednesday, 21 September 2016, Bob Jersey 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Moi, September 6th:
>>>
>>>
>>> (I tried to post these a few days ago, until off-and-on telco issues and
>>> a malware infection of our computer shut me down.)
>>>
>>> Simulcast with Sportsnet LA. Vin Scully Night ceremonies, during the
>>> first series vs. the Rockies, are included. Whatever talks existed between
>>> Charter and other carriers appear to be on hold till winter.
>>>
>>> LA Times
>>> 
>>> (link)
>>>
>>> Before these, tonight (21), ESPN will simulcast Scully's fourth inning
>> vs. the Padres from SNLA, with additional tributes throughout the game.
>>
>> EMZ
>> 
>> (link)
>>
>> B
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Re: [TV orNotTV] KTLA to carry Scully's last two series of year

[PGage]

Luckily for us in NorCal, Vinnie's last games will be in San Francisco. Our
announcers have been telling Scully stories all year (and right now a lot,
as the Giants are breaking our hearts in Los Angeles now). I'm sure they
will be doing some special things for his last game (Scully grew up a
Giants fan).

Like every other boy that grew up in LA, Vinnie's voice soothed me to sleep
almost every summer night. Even though I grew up hating the Dodgers, I
loved him, and how gracious, rational, closely observed and articulate he
was.

But, I can't believe they have not figured it how to get that Dodger
channel thing worked out yet. And while this is a nice thing to do for the
fans in LA, the stated reason that it will convince locals to demand
SportsNet seems ridiculous; Scully's last years would have been the best
possible inducement for anyone who has not already been pressuring for it;
his retirement is more a reason to forget about it.

On Wednesday, 21 September 2016, Bob Jersey  wrote:

>
> Moi, September 6th:
>>
>>
>> (I tried to post these a few days ago, until off-and-on telco issues and
>> a malware infection of our computer shut me down.)
>>
>> Simulcast with Sportsnet LA. Vin Scully Night ceremonies, during the
>> first series vs. the Rockies, are included. Whatever talks existed between
>> Charter and other carriers appear to be on hold till winter.
>>
>> LA Times
>> 
>> (link)
>>
>> Before these, tonight (21), ESPN will simulcast Scully's fourth inning
> vs. the Padres from SNLA, with additional tributes throughout the game.
>
> EMZ
> 
> (link)
>
> B
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[TV orNotTV] KTLA to carry Scully's last two series of year

[Bob Jersey]

(I tried to post these a few days ago, until off-and-on telco issues and a 
malware infection of our computer shut me down.)

Simulcast with Sportsnet LA. Vin Scully Night ceremonies, during the first 
series vs. the Rockies, are included. Whatever talks existed between 
Charter and other carriers appear to be on hold till winter.

LA Times 

 
(link)

B

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[TV orNotTV] KTLA signal goes bye-bye on Friday

[Kevin M.]

http://www.cbs8.com/global/story.asp?s=10492555

The above long-winded (and I am one to judge) article about the coming
digital changeover concluded with a quick mention of KTLA's analog
signal going dark on Friday. KTLA was, if memory serves, the first
west coast television station. I know it used to have a much wider
range, ultimately forced to scale way back as other western markets
emerged.

It is strange to think of airwaves in some sort of historic or
nostalgic sense, but the digital switch really does mark the end of an
era. For more than 60 years, KTLA has always transmitted as channel 5,
but on Friday KTLA will only virtually transmit as channel 5. And with
all of my practical criticisms about the handling (or mishandling) of
analog to digital, what really strikes me is this: We are, once again,
neglecting our history. And neglecting history is never a good thing.

Whichever telecom bought the frequency (I assume ATT), I am sure they
will profit from the end of analog as a free and public form of
communication, and I am all for the free market. Except the market
didn't dictate the change in transmission; the government mandated it.
And a government mandate is seldom a good thing.

So, to KTLA channel 5, thanks for the memories. Mudslides by the
shore. Judge Pirro on 'til four. You might have had a headache, but
you never were a bore. So thank you so much.
-- 
Kevin M. (who does what he can, not what he should)

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