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. <[email protected]> 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&fbclid=IwAR1mStOIHqVqKQcBCd5h8sdObC9B2lwImuRMCYwyAKvc8I9ZX9j7tR7ucLA > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4C86P-UggRMjqjxm%2BAXRqjAEeexunspqy7oa17qqMhM4A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4C86P-UggRMjqjxm%2BAXRqjAEeexunspqy7oa17qqMhM4A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJXXUT62rv84Zchit-zug9P9_p5OFUGmHP%3DcvdsaM-brA%40mail.gmail.com.
