Born Laurence Allen “Larry” Elder, Elder is a well-known African-American attorney and radio and television host. From 1994 to 2008, had his own radio program called The Larry Elder Show, heard in LA, California on talk radio 790 KABC.

In the late 80s while he was practicing Law in Cleveland,Larry Elder started hosting a topic-oriented TV show on WVIZ, a partner of PBS by producer Dennis Goulden. He hosted the show for six years.

By early 90s, Elder’s show was renamed The Larry Elder Show and transferred to WOIO, a local Fox Network partner. He and Goulden received recognition when, in 1992, the Ohio Cable Television Association gave them the “Best Program Series Award” 1992. The show ended in 1994 when he relocated to Los Angeles.

From 2000 to 2001, he hosted Moral Court, a court series show, which was distributed by Warner Brothers Television.

In September of 2004, Larry Elder started doing a TV version of his old program The Larry Elder Show. However, it only lasted for a year. He was later profiled by 20/20 and 60 Minutes and temporarily replaced Geraldo Rivera, who was on holiday, on the CBS show Rivera Live. He also hosted National Desk, a PBS program, including the “Redefining Racism: Fresh Voices From Black America” segment. For that show, he earned an Emerald City Gold Award of Excellence as well as an AEGIS Award of Excellence. Another award he obtained was a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for Making Waves, his KCAL-TV News Special, in 2000.

Between 2002 and 2007, ABC Radio Networks and ABC News and Talk syndicated Larry Elder’s television show on a national scale.

In July of 2008, Fox News Channel aired Showdown with Larry Elder. By December that same year, Elder pronounced that his last day on KABC was on the 12th.

In addition to him being a TC personality, Larry Elder appeared in sitcoms like The Hughleys and Spin City, playing as himself.

Furthermore, he has an online and newspaper column carried by World Net Daily, Jewish World Review, The Atlasphere, Investor’s Business Daily, Townhall.com, and David Horowitz’s Front Page Magazine.