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NEXT MARCH MARKS 60 YEARS SINCE
22NEWS WENT ON THE AIR. WWLP
FOUNDERS BILL PUTNAM AND KITTY
BROMAN-PUTNAM RECENTLY VISITED
OUR STUDIOS HERE IN CHICOPEE.
WIDE RANGING INTERVIEW
CONCERNING EVERYTHING FROM THE
BOOK THEY COLLABORATED ON, TO
THE EMOTIONS OF SEEING PEOPLE
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IN MORE THAN A
QUARTER CENTURY .
EDITED BEFORE. I'VE BEEN LEFT
ON MANY A CUTTING ROOM FLOOR."
WWLP FOUNDER BILL PUTNAM, IN HIS
LATE EIGHTIES AND STILL SPEAKING
HIS MIND, AS HE ALWAYS DID YEARS
AGO WHEN HE OFFERED HIS THOUGHTS
IN HIS EDITORIALS... HIS
"SPECIAL REPORTS." KITTY SAID
TO EDIT BILL.
PRESENT THINGS IN THAT MANNER.
AND WE DID. SHE DID THE SOFT
STUFF. THE NICE STUFF. I WAS THE
HEAVY. I'M STILL A BIT OF A
"I'M STILL TRYING TO KEEP HIM
OUT OF TROUBLE. I NEVER COULD
DO IT.
"HOW'S THAT WORKING FOR YOU?"
NO BETTER THAN IT USED TO.
OCCASIONALLY, I'D GO DOWN AND
TAKE AN EDITORIAL OFF WHILE HE
AND TELL ME: 'TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS.' 'YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RUN
COME BACK AND ASK 'HOW DID IT
GO?' 'IT DIDN'T RUN.' OHHH. THEN
'YOU CAN ARGUE WITH ME, BUT
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THAT
BACK ON. BUT WE HAD A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP, IN THAT I'M MORE
CONSERVATIVE, AND HE LIKES A
FIGHT. SO WE BALANCE ONE ANOTHER
OUT IN THAT RESPECT."
STOPPED DOING EDITORIALS,
IN THIS TOWN! MO JONES WENT AND
DIED! BEFORE POLICE WERE ABLE TO
FIND OUT WHO TRASHED HIS CAR!"
"NOBODY HAS FOUND THAT OUT. IT'S
STILL A MYSTERY! YET WE'VE BEEN
GONE FOR 25 YEARS, AND THAT
MYSTERY HASN'T BEEN SOLVED."
" WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO
WALK THROUGH THE DOORS OF THIS
CREATED?"
"WELL, THE BUILDING IS JUST A
BUILDING. BUT SEEING THE
PEOPLE, I FELT ALMOST TEARY. ALL
THE OLD FOLKS THAT I KNEW FOR SO
LONG, WORKED WITH FOR SO LONG...
IS, TODAY, WHEN WE TUNE IN,
HEARING AL LEHMANN'S VOICE,
STILL THE VOICE OF OUR STATION.
VERY REASSURING.
BILL AND KITTY HAVE COLLABORATED
ON A BOOK. THE BOOK CHRONICLES
THE CHALLENGES OF TRYING TO
MANY OF THE TELEVISIONS DIDN'T
RECEIVE CHANNELS HIGHER THAN
CHANNEL 12. SOMETHING BILL
PUTNAM MADE WASHINGTON RECOGNIZE
AND ADDRESS.
BE BURIED IN A CORNER OF THE
STUDIO. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS
CORNERS.'
KITTY TOMORROW ON MASS APPEAL,
INFOCUS. THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR
30-PLUS YEARS IN THE BUSINESS,
AND WHAT LED TO THEIR DECISION