The Most News, Traffic and Weather 24/7Mobile AppTraffic AlertsFacebookTwitterAudingoConnect with KXL
FM News 101 KXL
THE LARS LARSON SHOW
MON-FRI 12-4P
Lars Larson
TALK JOURNALIST
FacebookTwitterEmail
THE LARS LARSON SHOW                         Honestly Provocative.

Lars LarsonLars got his start in radio at age 16 spinning records (remember 45s?) and reading news, sports and weather (twice an hour) on KTIL (The Mighty 1590) from a little cinderblock building on the edge of a cow pasture in Tillamook, Oregon (75 miles West of Portland, Oregon).

 

36 years later, he’s only moved 75 miles east to Portland and light years to “the Right”. Emmy and Peabody award winner Lars Larson brings nearly four decades of experience as a radio and television journalist to the microphone for six hours of the best talk radio in America. Six hours of daily prep keep The Lars Larson Show on top of the news and top-of-mind for listeners across the country.

 

Along the way, Lars has worked for more than a dozen radio stations and five television stations. Today, Lars holds down the fort from 12pm – 4pm on Radio Northwest flagship FM NEWS 101 KXL. His local talk show airs on seventeen stations in the Pacific Northwest (and earns him the biggest local talk radio audience in the region).

 

Sign up for the Northwest Report from Lars and AudingoRead More...

 

Lars Larson Streaming Video

HEARD ON LARS LARSON

Portland's War On The Car Continues...


The folks at Portland’s excellent cascade policy institute deserve the credit for pointing this out…but the Sellwood bridge replacement plan is crazy.  

The cost of replacing the bridge has increased dramatically even before construction of the new bridge has begun. The new bridge, cascade points out, is twice the width of the current bridge but the tens of thousands of cars that use it every day…get no more room.  

Instead, taxpayers are going to be forced to fund a 300 million dollar bridge that provides two huge sidewalks for bikes and pedestrians, and gives nothing more to cars.  

This is more of Portland’s war on the car, a fight that’s waged nearly every day.  

Inadequate freeways force cars onto surface streets, and when that becomes dangerous for residents the city’s answer is to reduce the size of the neighborhood street. 

The Rose city is choking off the arteries that move goods, services and workers around the region and then people wonder why jobs are scarce and paychecks are thin.  

Go figure. 

Sam Adams: Portland's Toxic Avenger


Portland’s garbage situation is revolting but I keep wondering when the garbage revolt begins?  You know the story.  

Mayor Sam Adams wants to be a recycling hero but even though the city’s residents already recycle better than just about any other city in the country, that’s not enough. So a couple of years ago, he decided that if you live in Portland you’ll get half as much garbage service, pickup every two weeks, for the same price people paid for weekly service.  

Then your recycling yard debris and chicken bones will get picked up every week. This failed to take into account diapers, for adults or infants, rotting food and all the other stinky stuff that goes into the can.  

A few people objected at the time, but government relates differently to citizens these days. They hold lots of public hearings take note of your objections and then do what they planned to do anyway.  

This weekend, temperatures peaked over a hundred degrees and I’m wondering how many people have a garage or backyard that now smells like Tijuana. Will liberty loving Portlanders challenge this stinking recycle plan…or just go quietly accept the dictates of their masters?

Readings From The Scripture of Government


In the beginning Govt created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the economy was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the ATMs, and the Spirit of Govt was hovering over the land.


3 And Govt said, “Let there be spending,” and there was spending. 4 Govt saw that the spending was good, and that it separated the light from the darkness. 5 Govt called the spending Investments, and this he did in the first day.


6 Then Govt said, “Let there be roads and bridges across the waters, and let dams divide the waters from the waters.” 7 Thus Govt made the infrastructure and the patronage jobs for eternity under the firmament from the Potomac which was above the firmament; and it was so. 8 And Govt called the firmament Washington. This Govt did on the second day.


9 Then Govt said, “Let the regulations and the guidlines under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the Bureaus appear”; and it was so. 10 And Govt called the Bureaus demigovts, and the gathering together of them He called AFSCME. And Govt saw that it was good.

Chicken Sandwiches and Obama: Who The Gays Really Should Target.


The More I hear about Chick Fil A, the angrier I get.  

First of all, there are none within a hundred miles and I’d like to get one of their delicious chicken sandwiches.  

Meantime, Portland, keeping it weird, has Homosexual Hamburger Mary’s getting into the fight with a hate free chicken sandwich. Where’s the hate boys? Dan Cathy of Chick Fil A, for the record, didn't say he opposed Gay Marriage. He said he supported the biblical version of marriage. That’s a good and positive statement. 

But while some gays are taking this in stride as the personal statement of a man’s personal beliefs, the victimhood seeking part of the gay community sees it as an insult.  And they’re determined to punish this man and his company for voicing his opinion and believing in the bible. That’s un-American and those homosexuals who take this position should be ashamed of themselves.  

President Obama meantime, lauded as the first gay president, is actually the coward the gays should be bashing. He’s a switch hitter. First he’s opposed to gay marriage cause that makes black voters happy. Then he decides he needs his gay friends so he says he’s personally in favor of same sex marriage, which is a contradiction in terms to begin with.  

But he also says he’s not going to do a damn thing about homosexual marriage AS PRESIDENT. Hey Barry, if you straddle the fence any more, you’re going to end up with a fence post where it don’t belong.

Friendly Duel With A Dem in Deschutes!


I always invite candidates for political office onto the show, and I always like to get both sides of the story. I usually have no problem getting the conservative candidates, but the democrats don't want to touch me with a 10-foot pole. 

To
day, at the Deschutes County Fair, I managed to talk Alan Unger, who is running for re-election as Deschutes County City Comissioner, into jumping into the conversation. I always enjoy a good talk with a lib!

Gary Harrington Does The Rain Dance...


Last week, we brought you the story of Gary Harrington, the Southern Oregon man who is going to be thrown in jail for "stealing" the government's rain water. It's become a national story, picked up by the likes of Fox News, and CNSNews. 

Gary is set to be jailed for 30 days on August 8th. Gary is fighting for his freedom until the very end. A resolution has yet to be reached, but Gary says if he has to, he's prepared to go to jail.

Gary joined us today, along with his legal council, to update us on his case.

More stories First|Previous|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|Next
Tony Kastelnik, Producer
Tony King
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Tony on Twitter
Brandon Christensen, Assistant Producer
Brandon Christensen
ASSISTANT PRODUCER
Brandon on Facebook Brandon on Twitter
PODCASTS
Lars Larson 05/24/13 HR 3

Listen
Subscribe
Lars Larson 05/24/13 HR 2

Listen
Subscribe
Lars Larson 05/24/13 HR 1

Listen
Subscribe
...Archives
CONNECT WITH LARS
ROSE CITY RAP
Rose City Rap 6/14/12
Listen
Subscribe
Rose City Rrap 6/11/12
Listen
Subscribe
Rose City Rap 6/8/12
Listen
Subscribe
...Archives
LUNCH WITH LARS
Fill out the form below to be entered to win Lunch With Lars, courtesy of Shari's Restaurant.

Shari's Restaurant
First Name
Last Name
Phone Number
Email Address
Why should you win a Lunch with Lars courtesy of Shari's Restaurant?
Security image

Enter security image letters :
other:

Keep Portland Normal

Lars' Make Portland Normal bumper sticker can be picked up at Hillsboro Insurance, any George Morlan Plumbing Portland area or Salem locations, or Broadway Cigars locations.

Hillsboro Insurance