PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — After 69 years on the airwaves — both on TV and radio, including 23 years at KYW Newsradio — legendary broadcaster Larry Kane is officially hanging up the microphone.
Throughout his tenure, he has hosted many mayoral debates, covered 23 national political conventions, and interviewed historic figures like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. He also met two popes, eight presidents and all four Beatles.
Kane began his broadcasting career in Miami radio in 1957, at the age of 15. By 27, he was a well-known face in Philadelphia, becoming the youngest major-market television news anchor in America, broadcasting from 6ABC Action News…