What do you like most about watching the Big Game this coming weekend?
The actual game.
( 38% )
The commercials.
( 26% )
The half-time show.
( 8% )
The party!
( 29% )
 
 
 
 
 
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Lawrence Tanter





Hometown:  Chicago, Illinois

Radio Stations You’ve Worked At:  KJLH, KUTE, KACE, KLIT, Jazz FM and KJAZ

When you’re not working, what hobbies do you have?  Gardening and reading.

Favorite Movie:  The Godfather (all 3)...Anything with Humphrey Bogart.

Best concert(s) you’ve ever been to:  Miles Davis & Weather Report - 1981 Avery Fisher Hall in New York City

Favorite Vacation Destination:  Big Sur, Ca.

What is your greatest sense of accomplishment?  Being employed in the Los Angeles Radio Market for 4 decades.  Being the Public Address Announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers for 27 years.

Best place to eat in Los Angeles:  Harold & Belle's - Gladstone's

Favorite Food/Beverage:  Blackened Salmon / Iced Tea

Favorite TV Show:  The Wire on HBO

Favorite Artists:  Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Ray Charles, Joe Sample, The Dells

If I wasn’t working in radio, I would be:  A Botanist

What would you like to be when you grow-up?  Healthy (Physically - Mentally - Spiritually)

Favorite thing about LA:  Diversity of the inhabitants.  The Ocean.

Best part of working at The WAVE:  Interfacing with so many interesting people.

What book would you recommend for someone to read:  "Kind of Blue" by Ashley Kahn

One place I always take out of town visitors in LA:  The Smooth Jazz Sunday Brunch

Something personal you’d like to share:  Enjoy the Journey...it's short and tenuous!