On April 1, 2007 he joined Miami-based local television station WPLG as hurricane specialist.
Since 1981, Putney has broadcast for WPLG, channel 10, an ABC network affiliated television station, located in Miami, Florida, as host of "This Week In South Florida with Michael Putney."
The Washington Post Company's ABC affiliate station in Miami, Florida, has call letters that were assigned to the station in honor of Philip Graham in 1970 — station WPLG uses his initials.
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While working for Post-Newsweek station WPLG-TV, Tello, with lawyer Talbot " Sandy D'Alemberte ( former American Bar President and Florida State University President ) was successful in the precedent setting movement to place cameras in the courtrooms in the State of Florida.
He was promoted to the position of Sports Director at WPLG in 2007, after his predecessor, former Miami Dolphin Jimmy Cefalo, had resigned from WPLG to manage a wine business.