Larry Kane Biography

Larry Kane(born Lawrence Kanowitz) is an American Anchor/Author working with KYW Newsradio where he serves the station as a Contributor and as a consultant for NBC Sports Group. This includes NBC’s regional sports networks and the Golf Channel where he works on developing broadcaster’s careers and advising management.

He has been broadcasting news since he was 15 years old in the year 1957. After finishing his anchoring career ended, he hosted the Voice of Reason program on The Comcast Network through 2014.

Larry Kane Career

Kane works with KYW Newsradio where he serves the station as a Contributor and is also a consultant for NBC Sports Group. He began his career in broadcast journalism in Miami, Florida at age 16, first at WQAM and later at WAME and WFUN. While working at WAME, Kane became the first U.S. news correspondent to break the story of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.

In September 2018, Larry Kane, the dean of Philadelphia television news anchors, will celebrate 52 years in the business. He began broadcasting when he was 15 years old, in 1957. Kane anchored the Voice of Reason program on The Comcast Network until 2014 after his anchoring career ended.

He presently works as a special contributor for KYW Newsradio and as a consultant for NBC Sports Group, which includes NBC’s regional sports networks and the Golf Channel, where he develops broadcaster careers and advises management. Kane is now starring in Ron Howard’s film “Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years,” in which he plays a big part. He was invited as a special guest. 15 September 2016

Kane is likely best recognized for his insight into American politics and administration, having attended 23 political conventions since 1968 including the momentous 1968, 2008, and 2012 conventions. In 2000, he published his debut book, “Larry Kane’s Philadelphia” (Temple Press, Foreword by Dan Rather), which became a regional bestseller.

Kane penned “Ticket to Ride” in 2003 (Running Press, Penguin Paperback, Foreword by Dick Clark) and Lennon Revealed (Running Press), a New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller in 2005, as the only broadcast journalist to visit every stop on the Beatles’ 1964 and 1965 tours. His first novel, “Death By Deadline,” was recently published.

The Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement was given to the Emmy Award-winning newsman by the Mid-Atlantic Emmy organization in 2005. Kane is most remembered in the annals of broadcast history for the success of Action News at WPVI in Philadelphia, where he helped catapult the station to first place in the news ratings in one year, from 1970 to 1971, with some of the most innovative minds in broadcasting.

In the early 1970s, the Action Reporting format transformed current broadcasting by emphasizing local news and remarkable community involvement by stations across the country. His accomplishment landed him in New York, where he worked for ABC News and WABC TV. After 18 months, Kane is the only news anchor who has worked at all three Philadelphia-based television stations for a total of 39 years.

Middle East peace talks, the return of American hostages from Iran to Wiesbaden, West Germany, the devastating earthquake in Naples, Italy, the 1987 Superpower Summit between Reagan and Gorbachev, seven trips to the Middle East, and an in-depth interview with Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa in Poland were among his assignments. He and his colleagues at WCAU TV were awarded the prestigious Alfred I. du Pont Award in 1985.

For their coverage of the battle between the Philadelphia Police and the anarchist group MOVE, they received the DuPont-Columbia University Award. Kane broke the story of the ill-fated Bay of Pigs assault in Cuba as a teenage radio news director in 1961, following months of building ties with the Miami-based Cuban exile underground.

Kane has spoken with a who’s who of newsmakers, including every president since Lyndon B. Johnson to Barack Obama. In the years 1965 and 1966. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was interviewed by Kane on the radio for the first time. Kane is the campaign chairperson of the Delaware Valley Multiple Sclerosis Association, which is known for advocating for disabled people’s rights.

Larry Kane Age

Kane was born on October 21, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York. Larry celebrates his birthday on the 21st of October every year. He is 81 years old.

Larry Kane Height

Kane stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches.

Larry Kane Family

Kane was born in the borough of Brooklyn, in the state of New York. Years before his radio career, his parents changed his name. Kane’s father worked as an electrician. Mildred Kane, his mother, battled multiple sclerosis for 14 years before dying at the age of 40.

Larry Kane Wife

Kane is happily married to his wife Donna Louise Kane since 1961 and later divorced in 2016.  Donna is the president of Dynamic Images Inc., a multifaceted production company, and an officer of DJNY and its Unique Quest training product. The two have two children, a son who lives in Connecticut with his wife Kate, and a daughter Alexandra, who lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband, Doug. The couples have six grandchildren.

Larry Kane Net Worth

Kane has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being a journalist.

Larry Kane Salary

Kane earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.

Larry Kane KYW

Kane works at KYW where he works alongside other famous KYW anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;

1. Steve Tawa
2. Suzanne Monaghan
3. Jay Scott Smith
4. Jeff Asch
5. Paul Kurtz
6. Kristen Johanson
7. Kimberly Adams
8. Greg Orlandini
9. Denise Nakano
10. David Madden
11. Dave Uram
12. Brandon Brooks
13. Carol MacKenzie

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