Lawrence David Mendte was born on January 16,1957 and is the host of Mendte in the Morning on WOR radio in New York City, after spending a year at the station as new director and anchor.
60 Facts About Larry Mendte
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Larry Mendte is a longtime American TV news anchor, commentator and host.
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Previously, Mendte hosted The Larry Mendte Show on WABC in New York.
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Larry Mendte was heard on the Len Berman and Michael Riedel In-the-Morning Show.
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Until a few years ago, Larry Mendte wrote and delivered nightly commentaries at WPIX in New York City that were aired at TV stations across the country.
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Larry Mendte continued writing and delivering the commentaries on Another Thing with Larry Mendte, which airs in the New York and Philadelphia TV markets.
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Larry Mendte was the first male host of the American syndicated television show Access Hollywood.
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Larry Mendte graduated from Monsignor Bonner High School in nearby Drexel Hill.
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In 2003, Larry Mendte was inducted into the high school's Hall of Fame.
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Larry Mendte anchored the news and was an investigative reporter at WBBM in Chicago from 1991 to 1995.
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Larry Mendte won a record 27 Emmy Awards in Chicago and was twice named Best reporter by the Illinois Associated Press.
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Larry Mendte anchored the news at WCMH in Columbus, Ohio, WLYH in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, WTAJ in Altoona and KIEM in Eureka, California.
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Larry Mendte was a weather personality at San Diego's KFMB and performed stand-up comedy in Southern California comedy clubs.
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Larry Mendte was the first male host of Access Hollywood when the show debuted in 1996.
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Larry Mendte co-hosted Monday through Friday with Giselle Fernandez and co-hosted the weekend edition with future weekday host Nancy O'Dell.
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Larry Mendte created and hosted the Sunday morning news talk program Live at Issue.
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Larry Mendte joined KYW in 2003 after being wooed from WCAU.
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Larry Mendte helped reformat the newscast and introduced the "walking anchor" to KYW that he was famous for at WCAU.
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Larry Mendte then anchored solo for a short time before being teamed with Susan Barnett, but Larry Mendte was fired in June 2008 after an investigation revealed he accessed Lane's email accounts.
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In February 2010 Larry Mendte returned to television with a nightly commentary on current events, originating from Tribune Broadcasting's WPIX in New York.
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In October 2012, Larry Mendte co-anchored with Kaity Tong the day that Hurricane Sandy pounded the New York City area.
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Larry Mendte was a contributor to the online version of Philadelphia Magazinefrom 2010 to 2015.
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Larry Mendte occasionally writes for the print version of the magazine including a feature article on his life after he was let go by KYW.
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Larry Mendte wrote over 200 articles for the site in five years.
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Larry Mendte made his return to the Philadelphia air waves on May 7,2012, with the debut of WWIQ.
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Larry Mendte provided commentary on news events in a format that is a mixture of talk and news.
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Larry Mendte started solo hosting a talk show from 8:30 until 9 in July 2012.
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On December 31,2012, Larry Mendte was fired, claiming his tenure there was 'a big experiment'.
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The dismissal of Larry Mendte only fueled speculation that the radio station was up for sale.
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In late June 2014, Larry Mendte was hired by KJWP, a station moved from Wyoming under an FCC loophole, which carries MeTV and is licensed to Wilmington, Delaware, with a commitment to serve the state of Delaware.
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Larry Mendte served as the station's public affairs director and hosted two programs for the station.
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Larry Mendte served as the public affairs director for WJLP, WDPN-TV's sister station in the New York market licensed to Middletown Township, New Jersey.
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In 2016, Larry Mendte won three more Emmy Awards, this time for WJLP in the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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Larry Mendte has filled in for Ronn Owens on KGO-AM radio in San Francisco.
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Mendte returned to WABC in October 2016 to host The Larry Mendte Show on Saturday nights from 11 pm to 2 am.
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On election night 2016, Larry Mendte co-hosted the station's coverage with Rita Cosby.
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In June 2015, Larry Mendte was hired by iHeartMedia in Delaware, as the morning talk show anchor for WILM-AM in Wilmington, Delaware and WDOV-AM in Dover, Delaware.
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The Larry Mendte Show was heard from 5:30 to 9 am in both markets.
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Larry Mendte received acclaim for a series of reports he did on the eternal flame, a tribute to American veterans, in Philadelphia's historic Washington Square.
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Larry Mendte highlighted the flame's failing infrastructure, forcing the city to take action to repair the natural gas line which provided the flame's fuel and relight it.
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Larry Mendte's efforts were read into the Congressional record by US Senator Rick Santorum.
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Larry Mendte received a national Edward R Murrow Award in 2008 for a report he wrote and produced about a soldier from Delaware, Stephen McGowan, who died in Iraq.
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Larry Mendte wrote, narrated and directed "Alex Scott: A Stand for Hope" in 2006.
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The documentary won several film festivals, including the West Chester Film Festival, where Larry Mendte was named Pennsylvania Filmmaker of the year in 2006.
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Larry Mendte won the national Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists in Washington DC for the documentary.
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In 2006, Larry Mendte was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame.
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Larry Mendte has over 80 Regional Emmy Awards from the New York, San Diego, Chicago and Philadelphia markets, and holds the record in several categories in Philadelphia and Chicago.
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In 2007, Larry Mendte was named as one of the 75 Greatest Living Philadelphians by the Philadelphia Daily News in honor of the Philadelphia Eagles 75th anniversary.
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Larry Mendte is a member of the Halls of Fame of Saint Philomena, his elementary school in Lansdowne, PA; Monsignor Bonner, his high school; and West Chester University, his college.
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Larry Mendte was inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers' Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Larry Mendte is a member of the Philadelphia Irish Americans Hall of Fame,.
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Larry Mendte read a statement and acknowledged having had an "improper relationship" with Lane.
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Larry Mendte said that he ended the relationship and it "quickly turned into a personal feud" and that a vengeful Lane was attempting to get him fired.
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On November 24,2008, Larry Mendte received a sentence of 3 years probation, including 6 months home confinement and 150 hours of community service.
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Larry Mendte continued to fight the felony conviction on several grounds.
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The appeal was turned down by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit citing that Larry Mendte pleaded guilty and gave up his rights to appeal.
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Larry Mendte came to Philadelphia in 1997 as an anchor for KYW, then anchored CBS News Saturday Morning for a year and a half.
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Larry Mendte appeared in three movies in cameo roles: Primary Colors, Shadow of Doubt, and Snipes, the latter of which starred Zoe Saldana.
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Later that year Larry Mendte wrote and directed Alex Scott: A Stand for Hope, a short documentary about Alex Scott, founder of Alex's Lemonade Stand.
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Larry Mendte was named best Pennsylvania Filmmaker for 2006 at the West Chester Film Festival.