Larry Kane

Veteran Anchor, Author

Website : http://www.larrykane.com
Residence : Philadelphia, PA

Biographical information
Larry Kane is perhaps the most well known Jewish face in the tri state area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, not just because of his 38 years as a broadcaster, but mostly because of his level of community involvement. In fact, in 1969, Kane became the first Jewish anchorman in a major American TV market. He is actively involved in the Jewish Federation of Philadelphia, hosting numerous events, and even organizing the campaign kickoff with an exclusive interview via satellite with Shimon Peres from Israel. A member of the board of the Jewish Exponent newspaper and Inside magazine, he has spoken or worked on projects for Israel Bonds, Jewish National Fund, Hadassah, B'nai Brith, Brith Sholom and Women's American ORT. He has worked with the Anti Defamation League, United Synagogue Youth, and many area congregations in fund raising events.

Larry Kane is known as an electrifying speaker, with strong contacts in Washington and the Middle East. He has traveled to Israel and the Middle East 6 times in the last 8 years, notably in 1998 for a special broadcast commemorating the 50th anniversary of the state.

In 2000, the publication of his book Larry Kane's Philadelphia caused a bit of an uproar when he challenged Jewish broadcasters to commit to the community in a public way. In public, Kane said, "there is no reason for people with a Jewish heritage who are public people to hide or sublimate their backgrounds for fear of public backlash. They should be as committed to the Jewish community as people of other faiths are committed to theirs." Kane has finished a second book, Ticket to Ride (Running Press, Fall 2003, with CD) that chronicles his experiences as the only American journalist to travel with the Beatles during their 1964-65 tours of America. Dick Clark is writing the foreword.

Kane has covered virtually every national political convention since 1964 and every Presidential inauguration since 1973. He has interviewed every President from Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush and has covered the Middle East peace talks; the return of the American hostages to Wiesbaden, West Germany; and many other key events since the 1960's.

Prior to joining KYW-3 in 1993, Kane was the 6 and 11 p.m. co-anchor at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia since 1978. Before joining WCAU, Kane anchored the 11 p.m. newscast for WABC-TV in New York. Previously, he had been the anchor for Philadelphia's WPVI-TV for eight years, where he propelled the station to first place in the news ratings in a one year period from 1970 to 1971. The success of his Action News format changed the face of contemporary broadcasting in the early 1970's. Kane began his career in broadcast journalism in Miami, Florida, first at WQAM and later at WAME and WFUN. At WAME in Miami, Kane became the first U.S. news correspondent to break the story of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.

Discussion topics

• Ticket to Ride - Based on his forthcoming book, Larry Kane talks about his epic story of his travels with the Beatles in 1964 and 1965. Dick Clark is writing the forward to the book and Al Roker, Tony Barrow (Beatles Press Officer 1963-68), Joe Johnson (Beatles Brunch Radio Program), and Denny Somach (Beatles Historian) have written glowing blurbs.

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