1. Lars Kristopher Larson was born on March 6,1959 and is an American conservative talk radio show host based in Portland, Oregon.
16 Facts About Lars Larson
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Larson worked in television and radio news from the 1970s to 1990s and has hosted The Lars Larson Show from flagship station KXL in Portland since 1997.
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From 1977 to 1979, Larson attended the University of Oregon in Eugene, but quit "after just a year to work in radio and television".
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Lars Larson was later news director at KZEL in Eugene before moving to KJRB in Spokane, Washington in 1979 to be a reporter.
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In 1980, Larson moved to Portland, Oregon, and KXL for what would become the first of two positions.
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In 1985, Larson moved back to Portland, when he was hired by KPTV as a reporter for The 10 O'Clock News.
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The program lasted more than four years, but was canceled in fall 1996, after which Larson resumed anchor duties on KPTV's 10 O'Clock News.
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Lars Larson later began working at KOIN TV, hosting a morning program The Buzz until 2000.
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On January 31,2000, The Lars Larson Show began airing on nine radio stations via "The Radio Northwest Network".
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In 2002, Larson was listed in Talkers Magazine's Heavy Hundred for the first time.
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In July 2003, Larson began filling in for Talk Radio Network talk host Michael Savage.
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The Lars Larson Show officially debuted on Westwood One on September 1,2003, with 105 affiliates and grew to 175 affiliates.
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Lars Larson's father served in the United States Navy, and when he began a career in forestry, the Larson family lived in Montana, California, and Klamath Falls, Oregon, before settling in Tillamook, Oregon, when Lars was a teenager.
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Lars Larson graduated from Tillamook High School, where he had been on the speech and debate team.
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In December 2005, Larson declared on-air that he was protesting the renaming of the traditional Christmas tree placed in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square a "Holiday Tree" by placing his own Christmas Cross in the square.
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On March 18,2008, in the context of a discussion about Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama and US policy toward Israel, Larson called former president Jimmy Carter an anti-Semite on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight.