Fifty years ago, in June 1976, radio personality Mark Larson and wife arrived as newlyweds in San Diego from Rockford, Ill. Larson had been hired by legendary radio general manager Paul Palmer to work at KFMB 760-AM.
“We expected our stay in San Diego would last a couple of years before relocating to another market,” Larson told Times of San Diego. “I never imagined I would be celebrating this type of milestone anniversary.”
On June 12, Larson will officially earn San Diego’s longevity record for 50 years of continuous on-air radio and TV presence on the local airwaves…