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60-477: The Larry King Show was an American overnight radio talk show hosted by Larry King . It was broadcast nationally over the Mutual Broadcasting System from January 1978 to May 1994. A typical program consisted of King interviewing a guest, then taking phone calls from listeners for the guest, and then taking phone calls on any topic. In 1982, the show won a Peabody Award . In January 1978,

120-498: A directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is off Carter Drive in the El Sereno district of Los Angeles. On September 22, 1952, the station signed on with the call sign KPOL . It ran 5,000 watts and was originally a daytimer , required to be off the air at sunset. It was owned by Coast Radio Broadcasting Corporation. In 1958, it added an FM station at 93.9 MHz, KPOL-FM (now KLLI ). Then in 1965, it put

180-488: A "host" discussing products like omega-3 fatty acid dietary supplement OmegaXL with guests, in an interview style reminiscent of his past television programs. ProPublica reported that in 2019 King had been manipulated into starring in a fake interview with a Russian journalist containing disinformation about Chinese dissident Guo Wengui , which was subsequently spread by Chinese government associated social media accounts. Following his 1987 heart attack, King founded

240-456: A 1990 interview. Interviewee Rod McKuen offered to send a copy of his latest album to any listener who proved they bought the book by sending him the inside cover flap; he ended up receiving 289,000 flaps. When Ted Turner appeared as a guest on the show, he invited King to join CNN as host of a television show that would eventually become Larry King Live . During the 1980s, The Larry King Show

300-550: A country format. As of 2006, the KZLA calls are assigned to a Rhythmic Oldies station serving Fresno, California . In 1984, the station was sold to Spanish Broadcasting System for $ 5 million. In December 1984, the station's call sign was changed to KSKQ , and it adopted a Spanish language format as "La Super KQ". ( KSKQ is now a non-commercial educational station in Ashland, Oregon .) On August 4, 1992, its call sign

360-535: A fee to RT America by New York-based Ora TV. "It's a deal made between the companies ... They just license our shows. If they took something out, I would never do it. It would be bad if they tried to edit out things. I wouldn't put up with it." King remained active as a writer and television personality thereafter. King guest starred in episodes of Arthur , 30 Rock and Gravity Falls , had cameos in Ghostbusters and Bee Movie , and voiced Doris

420-460: A format identical to King's program. In 1993, in accordance with King's desire to reduce his workload, Mutual moved The Larry King Show to a shorter afternoon time slot; King's original late evening time slot was taken over by Bohannon. Most radio stations with a talk show format at that time had an established policy of broadcasting local programming in the late afternoons (3 to 6 p.m. Eastern Time) that Mutual now broadcast King's program. As

480-412: A guest for the first hour, with callers asking questions that continued the interview for another 2 hours. When he interviewed authors, King said that he would not read their books in advance, so that he would not know more about the book than his audience. King said "The less I know, the better I feel about a person or book." King recalled that due to the number of calls coming in during the early days of

540-648: A late-night radio host and sports commentator following his arrest for grand larceny by a former business partner, Louis Wolfson . Other staff covered the Dolphins ' games into their 24–3 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI . King also lost his weekly column at the Miami Beach Sun newspaper. The charges were later dropped. King was later rehired by WIOD. For several years during

600-461: A multi-year deal with Hulu to exclusively carry King's new talk-oriented web series, Larry King Now , beginning July 17. On October 23, 2012, King hosted the third-party presidential debate on Ora TV, featuring Jill Stein , Rocky Anderson , Virgil Goode , and Gary Johnson . In May 2013, the Russian government-owned RT America network announced that they struck a deal with Ora TV to host

660-521: A nationally syndicated 24/7 sports network. On December 19, 1997, its call sign was changed to KCTD . One on One Sports also bought AM stations in the New York City and Chicago areas, so it would have its programming available in the largest, second largest and third largest radio markets . On March 28, 2000, the call sign was changed to KMPC . In 2000, One-on-One Sports was acquired by Paul Allen 's Vulcan Ventures , and ownership of KMPC

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720-476: A result, many of King's overnight affiliates declined to carry the daytime show and it was unable to generate the same audience size. After sixteen years on Mutual, King decided to resign from the program, with his final broadcast heard on May 27, 1994. Mutual gave King's afternoon program to David Brenner which Brenner hosted until 1996. Mutual affiliates were given the option of carrying the audio of King's new CNN evening television program. Westwood One , owner of

780-626: A section of the borough alternatively characterized as part of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn , Brownsville or Ocean Hill . King attended Lafayette High School , a public high school in Brooklyn. When King was nine years old, his father died of a heart attack. This resulted in King, his mother, and brother going on government welfare . King was greatly affected by his father's death, and subsequently lost interest in his schoolwork. Throughout King's adolescence, his family lived at 2136 83rd Street in

840-417: A short interview with King. The interview had been edited without King's permission to make it appear that Holzapfel had appeared on Larry King Now . A default judgment was entered in King's favor, and he was awarded fees and $ 250,000 in damages. King was married eight times to seven women. King married high school sweetheart Freda Miller in 1952, at the age of 19. That union ended the following year at

900-459: A small station, WAHR (now WMBM ), in Miami Beach , hired him to clean up and perform miscellaneous tasks. When one of the station's announcers abruptly quit, King was put on the air. His first broadcast was on May 1, 1957, working as the disc jockey from 9 a.m. to noon. He also did two afternoon newscasts and a sportscast. He was paid $ 50 a week. He acquired the name Larry King when

960-415: A story about when he and his friends faked the death of a schoolmate. In another, King told of his misadventures trying to sell a baby walker . King put future Hall-of-Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax into his popular Carvel ice cream story. This was later proven to be untrue (although King and Koufax grew up in the same Brooklyn neighborhood, Koufax stated that he didn't meet King until the late 1970s), as

1020-525: A storyline involving professional wrestlers The Miz and Kofi Kingston . King became a very active user on the social-networking site Twitter, where he posted thoughts and commented on a wide variety of subjects. King stated, "I love tweeting, I think it's a different world we've entered. When people were calling in, they were calling into the show and now on Twitter, I'm giving out thoughts, opinions. The whole concept has changed." After 2011, he also made various television infomercials , often appearing as

1080-485: A television station on the air, Channel 22 KPOL-TV (now KWHY-TV ). KPOL 1540 went on the air 10 minutes after receiving Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval. The following year, its power was increased to 10,000 watts. Full time operations were added in 1958, with a power of 10,000 watts at night using a directional antenna array . Daytime power was increased to 50,000 watts in 1961. In its early years, KPOL aired several polka music programs. That gave

1140-666: A thank you to his audience for watching and supporting him over the years. The concluding words of Larry King on the show were, "I... I, I don't know what to say except to you, my audience, thank you. And instead of goodbye, how about so long." On February 17, 2012, CNN announced that he would no longer host specials. In March 2012, King co-founded Ora TV , a production company, with his wife Shawn Southwick-King and Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim . On January 16, 2013, Ora TV celebrated their 100th episode of Larry King Now . In September 2017, King's agent stated that King "looks forward to working for another 60 years." Ora TV signed

1200-685: A weekly political talk show, on the same three channels from 2013 to 2020. King also appeared in television series and films, usually playing himself. He remained active until his death in 2021. On January 2, 2021, King was hospitalized with COVID-19 at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles . King recovered from the virus, but died on January 23 from sepsis at the age of 87. King was born in Brooklyn , New York City, on November 19, 1933. His parents were Orthodox Jews who immigrated to

1260-657: Is now Belarus in the 1920s. He studied at Lafayette High School , a public high school in Brooklyn. He was a WMBM radio interviewer in the Miami area in the 1950s and 1960s and beginning in 1978, gained national prominence as host of The Larry King Show , an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard over the Mutual Broadcasting System . From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN . King hosted Larry King Now from 2012 to 2020, which aired on Hulu , Ora TV , and RT America . He hosted Politicking with Larry King ,

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1320-481: The Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn. After graduating from high school, King worked to help support his mother. From an early age, he desired to work in radio broadcasting. A CBS production supervisor, James F. Sirmons , suggested he go to Florida, which was a growing media market with openings for inexperienced broadcasters. King went to Miami . After initial setbacks, he gained his first job in radio at

1380-660: The CNN interview program Larry King Live ; he continued to broadcast his Mutual radio show later in the evening. During the 1980s, C-SPAN would annually videotape, and then repeatedly show an entire broadcast of King's Mutual radio program on cable TV. Some years, C-SPAN would simulcast the Mutual radio broadcast, so that TV viewers could watch the show live (as radio listeners normally heard it). King said that his two most difficult interviews were actors Demond Wilson and Robert Mitchum . Wilson apparently did not want to be there, and Mitchum gave one word answers, said King in

1440-510: The Larry King Now show on its network. King said in an advertisement on RT America: "I would rather ask questions to people in positions of power, instead of speaking on their behalf." The show continued to be available on Hulu.com and Ora.tv. When criticized for doing business with a Russian-owned TV network in 2014, King responded, "I don't work for RT", commenting that his podcasts, Larry King Now and Politicking , are licensed for

1500-757: The University of Notre Dame 's football games from Westwood One . The station also stopped covering NASCAR races after having done so for several years. The station's regular talk-show hosts included Tony Bruno , who began his morning show in April 2005 following the departure of Roger Lodge; Dave Smith, Fred Roggin , and former USC football player Petros Papadakis . Former Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Ross Porter filled in for Roggin in May 2005. Roger Nadel, former GM of all-news KFWB in Los Angeles,

1560-446: The 1970s, he hosted a sports talk-show called Sports-a-la-King , featuring guests and callers. On January 30, 1978, King began hosting a nightly coast-to-coast radio program on the Mutual Broadcasting System , inheriting the talk show slot that had begun with Herb Jepko in late 1975, then followed by "Long John" Nebel in 1977. King's Mutual show rapidly developed a devoted audience, called "King-aholics". The Larry King Show

1620-616: The Larry King Cardiac Foundation, a non-profit organization which paid for life-saving cardiac procedures for people who otherwise would not be able to afford them. On August 30, 2010, King served as the host of Chabad 's 30th annual "To Life" telethon, in Los Angeles. He donated to the Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden , where his name is on the monument. King resided in Beverly Hills, California . A lifelong Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers fan, he

1680-616: The Mutual Broadcasting System from 1985 to 1999, continued to air a radio simulcast of King's CNN show until December 31, 2009. Bohannon continued to host the late night slot until shortly before his death in November, 2022. George Washington University , in Washington D.C. , holds the archives of this show. Larry King Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger ; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021)

1740-768: The Ugly Stepsister in Shrek 2 and its sequels. He also played himself in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story and appeared as himself in an episode of Law and Order: Trial by Jury . King hosted the educational television series In View with Larry King from 2013 to 2015, which was carried on cable television networks including Fox Business Network and Discovery and produced by The Profiles Series production company. King and his wife Shawn appeared on WWE Raw in October 2012, participating in

1800-630: The United States from Soviet Belarus in the 1920s. He was one of two sons of Jennie (née Gitlitz), a garment worker who was born in Minsk in the Russian Empire in present-day Belarus , and Aaron Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense-plant worker who was born in Pinsk (also in modern-day Belarus). During his early childhood, the family lived at 208 Howard Avenue, a rowhouse in

1860-528: The assistance of comedian Jackie Gleason , whose national television variety show was being taped in Miami Beach, beginning in 1964. "That show really took off because Gleason came to Miami," King said in a 1996 interview he gave when inducted into the Broadcasters' Hall of Fame. "He did that show and stayed all night with me. We stayed till five in the morning. He didn't like the set, so we broke into

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1920-498: The audience by telling amusing stories from his youth or early broadcasting career. Wishing to reduce his workload, King began hosting a shorter, daytime version of the show in 1993. Jim Bohannon , King's primary fill-in host, took over the late night time slot. After 16 years on Mutual, King decided to retire from the program. The final broadcast of The Larry King Show was heard on May 27, 1994; Mutual gave King's afternoon slot to David Brenner and Mutual's affiliates were given

1980-456: The behest of their parents, who reportedly had the marriage annulled . King was married to Annette Kaye, who gave birth to his son, Larry Jr., in November 1961. King did not meet Larry Jr. until the latter was in his 30s. KMPC KMPC broadcasts at 50,000 watts by day, the highest power permitted for commercial AM stations. At night, to reduce interference to other stations on AM 1540 , KMPC drops its power to 37,000 watts. It uses

2040-524: The general manager declared that Zeiger was too difficult to remember, saying it was "too German, too Jewish and not showbusiness enough". Minutes before airtime, Larry chose the surname "King", which was inspired from a Miami Herald advertisement he saw for King's Wholesale Liquor. Within two years, he legally changed his name to Larry King. King began to conduct interviews on a mid-morning show for WIOD from Pumpernik's Restaurant in Miami Beach. He would interview whoever walked in. His first interview

2100-561: The general manager's office and changed the set. Gleason changed the set, he changed the lighting, and he became like a mentor of mine." During this period, WIOD gave King further exposure as a color commentator for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League , during their 1970 season and most of their 1971 season. On December 20, 1971, he was dismissed by both WIOD and television station WTVJ as

2160-844: The guest interview on tape delay. Thus listeners from across the country could call into Open Phone America . As the show became successful, King was able to favor stations which carried his whole show live, as when he switched his Los Angeles carrier to KMPC from the more powerful KFI . Callers to the show would be told (on air) to call the number and "Let the connection ring. We'll answer when it's your turn." Some of King's regular callers used pseudonyms, or nicknames given by King such as "The Numbers Guy", "The (Syracuse) Chair", "The Portland Laugher", "the Whittier Whistler", "The Scandal Scooper", and "The Miami Derelict". King would occasionally entertain his audience by telling amusing anecdotes from his youth and early career in radio, such as

2220-498: The late 1970s, the station switched to a soft adult contemporary format. In August 1978, it began carrying the syndicated Larry King Show overnight. In 1979, the station's call sign was changed to KZLA while airing a more upbeat adult contemporary format, simulcast with 93.9 KZLA-FM. But with several other AC stations in Los Angeles, KZLA-AM-FM had trouble achieving significant ratings. In 1980, with no country music station on FM in Los Angeles, KZLA-AM-FM flipped to

2280-579: The leading figures of his time. According to CNN, King conducted more than 30,000 interviews in his career. An avid sports fan, King wrote a regular column for The Sporting News during the 1980s. King also wrote a regular column in USA Today for almost 20 years, from shortly after that first national newspaper's debut in Baltimore–Washington in 1982 until September 2001. The column consisted of short "plugs, superlatives and dropped names" but

2340-495: The many Westwood One games KMPC carried include NCAA basketball, PGA Tour golf tournament updates (mostly those covered by CBS Sports television), the Masters Tournament and NFL football (including Monday Night Football on occasion). In 2006, KMPC lost the broadcast rights to University of Southern California Trojans basketball and football to rival 710 KSPN . KMPC acquired the local broadcast rights of

2400-675: The option of carrying the audio of King's new CNN evening television program. After Westwood One dissolved Mutual in 1999, the radio simulcast of the CNN show continued until December 31, 2009. Larry King Live began on CNN in June 1985. King hosted a broad range of guests, from figures such as UFO conspiracy theorists and alleged psychics , to prominent politicians and entertainment industry figures, often giving their first or only interview on breaking news stories on his show. After broadcasting his CNN show from 9 to 10 p.m., King then traveled to

2460-490: The planet Fringus", "a Brooklyn-accented intergalactic Donald Duck" "who supposedly existed [31 days] in the future, giving highlights of the coming [month] on Earth". Gork was voiced by King's long-time friend Herb Cohen . During the early years of the program, King would occasionally play music featuring the "Mutual Symphony Orchestra". Since 1981, King's primary guest host had been Jim Bohannon , who began hosting his own Saturday evening call-in show on Mutual in 1984, with

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2520-457: The procedure. In the early 1980s, King took human growth hormone daily. After describing himself as a Jewish agnostic in 2005, he stated that he was fully atheist in 2015. In 2017, he told The Jerusalem Post , "I love being Jewish, am proud of my Jewishness, and I love Israel ". In 2019, King sued Nate Holzapfel , a Shark Tank contestant and entrepreneur, alleging that he had misrepresented himself and his reasons for filming

2580-489: The show "there was more than one occasion when [area code] 703 blew". King said that he originally wanted a toll-free telephone number for call-in, but came to believe that he got a better quality of calls when the callers had to pay for them. The show was very successful, beginning with 28 affiliates in 1978, growing to more than 200 by 1980; when King retired from the program in 1994, it was being carried by over 500 stations. In 1985, King began appearing on television as host of

2640-576: The show. On June 29, 2010, King announced that after 25 years, he would be stepping down as the show's host. However, he stated that he would remain with CNN to host occasional specials. The announcement came in the wake of speculation that CNN had approached Piers Morgan , the British television personality and journalist, as King's primetime replacement, which was confirmed that September. The final edition of Larry King Live aired on December 16, 2010. The show concluded with his last thoughts and

2700-456: The station its call letters. Tom Kennedy , later a popular TV game show host, was a polka DJ on the station during this era. In 1959, KPOL advertised on a billboard at Los Angeles's Wrigley Field , which can be seen in the television series Home Run Derby . In 1966, KPOL-AM-FM were sold to Capital Cities Broadcasting for $ 7.8 million. For many years, KPOL aired an easy listening / beautiful music format on both AM and FM. In

2760-782: The studios of the Mutual Broadcasting System to do his radio show, when both shows still aired. Two of his best-remembered interviews involved political figures. In 1992, billionaire Ross Perot announced his presidential bid on the show. In 1993, a debate between Al Gore and Perot became CNN's most-watched segment until 2015. Unlike many interviewers, King had a direct, non-confrontational approach. His reputation for asking easy, open-ended questions made him attractive to important figures who wanted to state their position while avoiding being challenged on contentious topics. King said that when interviewing authors, he did not read their books in advance, so that he would not know more than his audience. Throughout his career, King interviewed many of

2820-582: The virtually unknown Larry King went from hosting a local radio talk show on station WIOD in Miami , Florida, to a national show, inheriting the nightly nationwide talk show slot on the Mutual Broadcasting System , that had previously been hosted by "Long John" Nebel and Candy Jones on the network and had been pioneered by Herb Jepko in 1975. The main reason King got the Mutual job is that he had once been an announcer at WGMA in Hollywood, Florida, which

2880-507: The western time zones carried the Open Phone America portion of the show live, followed by the guest interview on tape delay. Some of King's regular callers used pseudonyms or were given nicknames by King, such as "The Numbers Guy", "The Chair", "The Portland Laugher", "The Miami Derelict", and "The Scandal Scooper". At the beginning, the show had 28 affiliates, but eventually rose to over 500. King occasionally entertained

2940-467: Was General Manager. In June 2006, former afternoon host and KNBC-TV sports director Fred Roggin left KMPC, resulting in a shift in the station's daily programming lineup and the addition of a new program, the Atlanta -based 2 Live Stews . On September 5, 2006, it was announced that Sporting News Radio would be sold to American City Business Journals for an undisclosed price. In October 2006,

3000-482: Was an American author, radio host and TV host. His awards and nominations include two Peabodys , an Emmy , and 10 Cable ACE Awards . King was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmys. During his career, King conducted over 50,000 interviews on radio and TV. King was born and raised in New York City to Jewish parents who immigrated to the United States from what

3060-478: Was another popular story where King, as a young disc jockey, left the radio station while on the air to romance a lady across town. Regarding the spurious stories, King later stated "I should never have done that. I used to do it just to improve my own ego." In his 2009 autobiography, King repeated the Carvel story but replaced Koufax with "Howie Weiss". The show also occasionally featured a "fictional alien, Gork of

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3120-507: Was broadcast live Monday through Friday from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time. King would interview a guest for the first hour, with callers asking questions that continued the interview for the next two hours. At 3 a.m., the Open Phone America segment began, where he allowed callers to discuss any topic they pleased with him, until the end of the program when he expressed his own political opinions. Many stations in

3180-485: Was changed to KXED , and it aired a Mexican pop/contemporary format branded "La Grande" or The Big One. On March 29, 1996, the station's call sign was changed to KXMG . In late 1996, its format was changed from Regional Mexican to Spanish oldies . In 1997, One on One Sports Inc. of Northbrook , Illinois , purchased the station and changed its format to sports , as an owned-and-operated network affiliate of One-on-One Sports , later known as Sporting News Radio,

3240-538: Was dropped when the newspaper redesigned its "Life" section. The column was resurrected in blog form in November 2008 and on Twitter in April 2009. During his career, King conducted more than 60,000 interviews. CNN's Larry King Live became "the longest-running television show hosted by the same person, on the same network and in the same time slot", and was recognized for it by the Guinness Book of World Records . He retired in 2010 after taping 6,000 episodes of

3300-480: Was frequently seen behind home plate at the team's games. He was part of an investment group that attempted to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to Buffalo, New York , in 1990. He lost $ 2.8 million to Bernie Madoff . In 2009, 2011, and several times in 2015, King said that he would like to be cryonically suspended . He discussed the issue with his family two years before his death, and "after much consideration," he decided that he did not want to undergo

3360-447: Was initially carried by 28 stations and rapidly developed a large and devoted audience who became known as "King-aholics". The show was initially "offered on a barter basis so stations could trade advertising time for the opportunity to carry the show", providing stations with a low cost overnight program. Mutual broadcast The Larry King Show live Monday through Friday from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time. King would interview

3420-496: Was the most-listened-to talk radio program in America until it was supplanted by The Rush Limbaugh Show in 1991. At 3 a.m., during the segment known as Open Phone America , King would allow callers to discuss any topic of their choice, until the end of the program, when he expressed his own political opinions. Most stations in the western time zones would carry Open Phone America live beginning at 12:05 a.m., followed by

3480-476: Was then owned by C. Edward Little. Little went on to become president of Mutual and he hired King as Nebel's replacement. King's debut program on Mutual was broadcast from Miami, on January 30, 1978, where his first guest was Don Shula , head coach of the Miami Dolphins . After nine weeks, production of the show moved to Mutual's main studios in Crystal City, Virginia , near Washington, D.C. The program

3540-575: Was transferred to Paul Allen's Rose City Radio Corporation . The KMPC call letters had long been used in Los Angeles on AM 710 (now KSPN ). On February 10, 2003, the station began to be branded "1540 The Ticket", concurrent with the launch of a new local morning show, hosted by Roger Lodge . The station covered Southern California sports teams, including the San Diego Chargers . It also aired select Westwood One sports programming not carried by CBS Radio 's KFWB and KLSX . Among

3600-476: Was with a waiter at the restaurant. Two days later, singer Bobby Darin , in Miami for a concert that evening, walked into Pumpernik's having heard King's radio show; Darin became King's first celebrity interview guest. King's Miami radio show brought him local attention. A few years later, in May 1960, he hosted Miami Undercover , airing Sunday nights at 11:30 p.m. on Miami television station WPST-TV . King credited his success on local television to

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