Brett Larson
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Brett Larson is an Emmy Award winning reporter. His career has covered all aspects of broadcast: radio, television and internet. He used to be anchoring radio news at, 1010 WINS (AM) in New York, and can be heard on the Fox News Radio Network across the United States. He can currently be heard anchoring the midday from 10 AM - 3 PM on FM News 101.9.

Larson also heads, "Brett Larson Media" which produces and presents technology related programs that air on several television stations and internet sites.

Tech TV

From 2001-2003 he worked for TechTVhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDCznJd15kM, a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco, California. The show featured news and programs about computers, technology, and the Internet. Larson mostly appeared on, "Call For Help" doing the show's "Mac Tip of the Day". In 2004, TechTV merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming.

CBS and Fox

In 2003 he moved to New York to become the technology and science correspondent with WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....

. While there, he appeared regularly on, CBS 2 News This Morning, The CBS Evening News and The Early Show.

From 2007 to 2009, Larson was with WNYW-TV, FOX 5 in New York City. His on-air assignments covered a wide range of subjectshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXRsv7AbiWU but he specialized in environmental and technology reports. It was here that he created the interactive web show, Good Day Live Online which followed Fox 5's, Good Day New York every weekday.

High Tech Toys for the Holidays

In 2004, Larson took over the hosting duties for, High Tech Toys for the Holidays, a nationally syndicated program that annually showcases the very latest tech gadgets in time for the holiday shopping season. The show continues to gain audience and currently ranks first or second place for its time slot in almost every market nationwide.

Other Broadcast



Radio

Larson's radio career started at a small radio while he was attending San Francisco City College. He then moved on to stations in Reno (Magic 95.5), San Francisco (K-BIG 98.1, K101 and KFRC 99.7) and, San Jose (KBAY 94.5).

Currently, he can be heard anchoring the news at, 1010 WINS-AM in New York and on the Fox News Radio Networks nationwide.

Internet

  • He hosts the internet program,KillerApp's, which can be seen at KillerApps.tv and on DirecTV.


  • In 2005, Larson briefly hosted, about.com's Gadget blog.

Print

Larson worked as an assistant editor for "Macworld" magazine from 1999-2001. Along with writing a weekly column, he also made appearances on TechTV on behalf of the magazine. In 2001 he left the publication to become the, "Mac and Apple" authority at TechTV.

Personal

  • Larson has also performed stand-up comedy at Carolines on Broadway in New York City.
  • He made a special appearance as a maitre d' on ABC's All My Children
  • Larson received his Emmy Award for his CBS story on the 50th anniversary of color television.

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