George Putnam (newsman)

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George Putnam in Perversion for Profit (1965)

George Putnam (born July 14, 1914 in Breckenridge, Minnesota) is an American television news reporter and talk show host. Putnam received a LL.D. from Bates College in 1985.

Putnam's radio career began on his 20th birthday in 1934 at WDGY in Minneapolis. His voice can be heard on the well-known "One Day In Radio," when station WJSV in Washington, DC archived its entire broadcast day on September 21, 1939. Putnam's greatest work was achieved in the Los Angeles, California area, where he has been working since 1951. By the 1960s, he had switched to television and hosted the highest rated newscast in the Los Angeles area.

In 1965 he narrated a film entitled Perversion for Profit, in which he warned viewers about magazines containing nudity and homosexual material, referring to homosexuals as perverts and misfits.

For his contribution to the television industry, George Putnam has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6372 Hollywood Blvd.

Putnam currently hosts Talk Back, a conservative talk show. It is flagshipped at KCAA 1050 in San Bernardino, California and distributed nationwide on the Cable Radio Network, on CRN1, from 3-5 PM ET. He is believed to be the oldest nationally syndicated radio host in America -- in fact, he is one of the very few remaining active radio people (Paul Harvey and Zacherley being among the others) who is older than the medium itself.

Putnam also publishes a weekly column, "One Reporter's Opinion," on the Web site NewsMax.com; his most recent focus has been on the issue of illegal immigration from Mexico.