Steve and Johnnie

Steve King, Johnnie Putman

dmarzullo@wgnradio.com

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Booking Overview

Steve King and Johnnie Putman feature a light, Midwestern-leaning mix of personalities—from agriculture and music to food/road-test style content—often built around topical guests. For PR pros, it’s a good fit when you can connect a guest’s expertise or brand to mainstream, regional lifestyle interests rather than strictly business/tech reporting.

Metrics

Episodes: 97

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 11.9k subscribers

Instagram: 17.0k followers

Contact Information

dmarzullo@wgnradio.com

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Host

Steve King - Appears as a host on “Steve and Johnnie,” a show on 720 WGN Radio in Chicago. Co-hosts with Johnnie Putman.

Johnnie Putman - Appears as a host on “Steve and Johnnie,” a show on 720 WGN Radio in Chicago. Co-hosts with Steve King.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Media figures and subject-matter voices in agriculture; founders/experts tied to recipes or food brands; established local-to-regional musicians/duos; guests with a mainstream, lifestyle hook for Midwest audiences.
Required Achievements:  
Hosted/featured roles in agriculture media, Brand recognition via a food/recipe platform, Public-facing music releases as part of a duo

Recent Guest Discussions

Max Armstrong - Lighter-side Agriculture-related Weather Phenomena In The Midwest; Agriculture Media Perspective.

Sandi MarLisa - Music Duo “jack & Gin” And Their New Project/offerings (details Truncated In Provided Text).

Eli Ingram - Music Duo “jack & Gin” And Their New Project/offerings (details Truncated In Provided Text).

Todd Wilbur - Hack That Dish; Reverse-engineering Restaurant Favorites And Sharing “secrets” Behind Recipes.

Ron Brown - Joined For A Round Robin On “steve And Johnnie: Recipes, Road Tests & Rock N Roll.”

Recent Topics

Agriculture, Music, Food, Hospitality, Weather

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Steve and Johnnie
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Adding corn sweat to your lexicon, card grading with musicians, and a Bill Anderson milestone

June 29, 2026

Max Armstrong of the ‘U.S. Farm Report‘ and ‘This Week in Agribusiness,’ join Steve and Johnnie for the lighter side of agriculture related weather phenomena in the Midwest. Bill Anderson and his thought on his 65th anniversary, the longest tenured, of being a member of the ‘Grand Ole Opry.’ Aaron Beardon, the owner of ‘Instant Replay […]

Live, From Florida, it’s Saturday Night!

June 21, 2026

Johnnie Putman and Steve King come to you from the studios of WKGC-FM at the Charles Hilton Center for Advanced Technology and Hospitality Management at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Florida. Our hosts are joined by Eli Ingram & Sandi MarLisa, the musical duo of ‘Jack & Gin,’ to talk about their new […]

Steve and Johnnie: Recipes, Road Tests & Rock ’n’ Roll

June 14, 2026

On this episode of the Steve & Johnnie Show, the hosts kicked off the evening with a lively Round Robin discussion featuring Bob Fukuda, Ron Brown The show then welcomed Todd Wilbur, founder of Top-Secret Recipes, who shared insights into his popular “Hack That Dish” concept, discussing how he reverse-engineers restaurant favorites and the secrets behind […]

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