Larry Mantle (born January 12, 1959) is a radio interview call-in show host in Southern California. He has been the host of ''AirTalk with Larry Mantle'' on NPR-member station KPCC, 89.3 FM, since April 1, 1985. ''AirTalk'' is the longest-running daily talk show in Southern California. ''AirTalk'' has served as KPCC's flagship program for most of its tenure, and Mantle has received many awards for his journalism, including the Society of Professional Journalists Radio Journalist of the Year award and the Associated Press' prestigious Mark Twain award. Fridays at 11:00 a.m., Mantle hosts the movie review and interview program ''FilmWeek on AirTalk''. He was also the program director of KPCC in the 1990s, before it came under the umbrella of

American Public Media American Public Media (APM) is an American company that produces and distributes public radio programs in the United States, the second largest company of its type after NPR. Its non-profit parent, American Public Media Group, also owns and oper ...

. Mantle was one of the champions of the KPCC-APM merger that created Southern California Public Radio.Larry Mantle – KPCC's Larry Mantle Puts Job on the Line for Station Changes – Los Angeles Times
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Personal

Mantle grew up in Inglewood and Hollywood, California, and is a graduate of

Hollywood High School Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Histo ...

. He has a B.A. in psychology from

Vanguard University Vanguard University of Southern California is a private Christian university in Costa Mesa, California. It was the first four-year college in Orange County. The university offers over 39 undergraduate degrees and emphases in 15 different departme ...

in Costa Mesa, California. Mantle is married to Speech-Language Pathologist Kristen Mantle (''née'' Hernandez). They have a teenage son, Desmond. Mantle is also a Christian.

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Scpr.orgLarry Mantle at Scpr.org
American public radio personalities Journalists from California Radio personalities from Los Angeles 1959 births Living people People from Hollywood, Los Angeles 20th-century American journalists American male journalists {{US-radio-bio-stub