Lars Larson

Lars Larson (born Lars K. Larson March 6, 1959 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a conservative U.S. talk radio show host based in Oregon. Larson hosts a national talk radio show, which as of 2009 is syndicated by Compass Media Networks. His talk show's flagship station, 101.1 KXL-FM in Portland, Oregon has hosted the program since 1997. Larson began his broadcasting career at age 16, at KTIL in his hometown of Tillamook, Oregon. He attended the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, but later dropped out and never graduated, and was a radio news broadcaster on KATR, KUGN, and KBDF. He was later news director at KZEL before moving to KJRB in Spokane, Washington in 1979. In 1980 Larson moved to Portland, Oregon and KXL for what would become the...