Larry Mantle is an American radio talk show host and journalist on the Southern California NPR station, LAist.
14 Facts About Larry Mantle
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Mantle hosts AirTalk with Larry Mantle, which is the longest running daily talk show currently on Los Angeles radio.
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Larry Mantle has interviewed presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Jimmy Carter, along with governors, senators, cabinet members, and other high-ranking public officials.
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Larry Mantle is a fourth-generation Angeleno, who grew up in Baldwin Hills, Inglewood, and Hollywood.
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Larry Mantle was born to teenage parents John Larry Mantle and Carole Hubka.
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Larry Mantle studied briefly at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, before concluding the ministry was not a good fit.
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Larry Mantle knew that KPCC produced a daily one-hour local news program and used community volunteers and Pasadena City College students to supplement a small professional staff.
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Larry Mantle started volunteering at KPCC and was anchoring newscasts and providing play-by-play of college and high sports carried by the station.
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Later, Larry Mantle became the first local Morning Edition host for KPCC.
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Two years later, Larry Mantle launched AirTalk with the intention of combining listener calls from an analytical and news savvy audience with local experts and newsmakers.
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Larry Mantle is married to speech-language pathologist Kristen Larry Mantle.
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Larry Mantle is a devoted fan of the Los Angeles sports teams, most prominently the Dodgers, Lakers, and Rams.
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Larry Mantle has received recognition from the Los Angeles Press Club.
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Larry Mantle is on the board of directors for the 8 Ball Emergency Fund for Journalists.