Larry O'Connor (radio host)

Larry O'Connor

Larry O'Connor between radio segments at the Republican National Convention, Tampa FL, August 2012.
Born (1967-06-23) June 23, 1967
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Residence Whittier, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Editor, Columnist, Radio Host

Larry O'Connor (born 23 June 1967, Detroit, Mich., United States) is an American talk radio host, editor of the news/commentary website Breitbart.com, and frequent television guest on Fox News Channel's early morning show Fox and Friends[1] as well as FNC's Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.[2]

Early life

Born in Detroit, Mich., O'Connor grew up in the suburban township of Plymouth located between Detroit and Ann Arbor. In 1980 he moved to Newport Beach, Cal., and attended Corona del Mar High School along with actors Reg Rogers and Kellie Rutherford, Rock star and TV personality Mark McGrath, and film director/producer McG.[3]

Career

Theatre

From 1986 to 1999, O'Connor worked for The Shubert Organization.[4] During his tenure as general manager of the Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles (1991–99), O'Connor oversaw the renovation of the 2,100-seat theatre specifically to accommodate the American premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's SUNSET BLVD. starring Glenn Close.[5] He helped create the Ovation Awards, the competitive theatre awards in Los Angeles modeled after Broadway's Tony Awards. He served as executive producer of the awards show in 1994 and 1995, and he served as president of the governing body for the awards, Theatre LA, the league of Los Angeles Theatres.[6]

After leaving Shubert in 1999, O'Connor served as general manager/producer for several major productions including Sweeney Todd, starring Kelsey Grammar; A Knight Out, starring Sir Ian McKellen; and 10 Commandments the Musical, Starring Val Kilmer and then-unknown Adam Lambert.[7]

Writing

In January 2009 O'Connor began writing for Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood site under the pseudonym Stage Right.[8] O'Connor focused on the theatre industry and wrote from the perspective of a conservative in the closet surrounded by political liberals on Broadway. He wrote many posts about the NEA Conference call scandal. His byline frequently appeared at Big Journalism, Breitbart's site focusing on critical assessments of the main stream media. He spearheaded the defense of James O'Keefe[9] during his arrest at Mary Landrieu's office in New Orleans, and he exposed major falsehoods in an article written by Max Blumenthal about O'Keefe that resulted in Salon.com issuing retractions.[10][11]

In June 2011 O'Connor was promoted to the editor-in-chief[12] of another Andrew Breitbart brain-child, Breitbart.TV, a political video website catering to the right-of-center internet audience. Since his installment at Breitbart.tv, the site broke several videos, including the video that eventually led to Rep. Bob Ethridge's ouster from Congress.[13] and the viral "Resist We Much" Al Sharpton video[14]

Radio

While O'Connor started his radio career on Internet radio in January 2010 on Blog Talk Radio.[15] The show consisted of O'Connor's monologues on current events in news, politics, and the entertainment industry; interviews with newsmakers and journalists; calls from listeners; and interaction with the live chat room. Guests on the nightly show, as well as special live remote shows have included Gov. Mitt Romney,[16] Newt Gingrich,[17] Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Richard Dreyfuss, Greg Gutfeld, Fred Thompson, Ed Morrissey, Adam Baldwin,[18] and Michelle Malkin. In 2011 the show added webcams and a Ustream[19] feed to the nightly show and late in that year the show's name was changed to "The Larry O'Connor Show."

Also in 2011, O'Connor began filling in for many terrestrial radio shows and stations including nationally syndicated shows like The Dennis Miller Show,[20] The Hugh Hewitt Show[21] and The Rusty Humphries Show. As well as local shows on major market stations like WOR[22] and WABC[23] in New York, WMAL[24] in Washington DC, WLS[25] in Chicago, WPHT[26] in Philadelphia and WIBC[27] in Indianapolis.

In November 2012 O'Connor was hired as a permanent co-host of WMAL's "Mornings on the Mall" alongside Brian Wilson.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "Larry O'Connor Talks Jobs Bill and Libya". World News, Inc. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Larry O’Connor’s Redeye Debut". Fox News Channel. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Representative Thad McCotter Interview". Blog Talk Radio. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Vincent, Roger (16 March 2004). "CAA Moving to Complex Being Built on ABC Site". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Miller, Daryl. "What Lloyd Webber Wants...". Los Angeles News. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Shirley, Don. "Honoring Theater for Fun and Profit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (30 September 2004). "He Sings, He Dances, He Parts the Red Sea". New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  8. ↑ O'Connor, Larry. "I Am Stage Right". Breitbart News. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  9. ↑ O'Connor, Larry. "James O’Keefe vs. Max Blumenthal: How the Left Distorts, Invents and Lies". American Renaissance. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  10. ↑ Retracto, Alpaca. "Correction Request: Max Blumenthal, Salon.com". Breitbart News. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Salon.com Corrections". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "GOP Rally Draws Crowd". Redlands Daily Facts. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  13. ↑ Montopoli, Brian (14 June 2010). "Bob Etheridge Altercation With "Student" Caught on Tape, Goes Viral". CBS News. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  14. ↑ O'Connor, Larry. "Its Official Sharpton Lands Prime Time Show". Breitbart News. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "The Larry O'Connor Show". WOR News 710. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  16. ↑ Gavin, Patrick. "Romney rips media and 'left-wing conspiracy'". Politico. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "Who knows what happens on today's crazy Monday show.". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  18. ↑ "Guests Adam Baldwin and Andrew Breitbart: It's going to be a great show LIVE from WOR.". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  19. ↑ "UStream Celebrates New Live Broadcast". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  20. ↑ "Dennis Miller: Guest Host Larry-O!". Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  21. ↑ "Aurora Tragedy Sparks and Challenges Talk Radio". TALKERS magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  22. ↑ "WOR: The Larry O'Connor Show". WOR. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  23. ↑ "Larry O'Connor Fills in for Jason Mattera on WABC". WABC. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  24. ↑ "WMAL's Special Coverage of Governor Romney's VP Announcement". WMAL. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  25. ↑ "WLS: Larry O'Connor". WLS. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  26. ↑ "Larry O'Connor Fills in on WPHT Philly". WPHT. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  27. ↑ "Larry O'Connor Guest Hosts on WIBC". WIBC. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  28. ↑ Matthews, John. "Larry O'Connor Is WMAL's New 'Mornings on the Mall' Co-Host". Retrieved 22 November 2012.

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