Larry Price (Hawaii Radio Personality)
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Larry Price is an athlete, media personality, journalist and former
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in
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, United States. A resident of
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, he is currently an author, political news columnist for ''
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'' and radio co-host of the locally popular '' Perry & Price'' on KSSK-FM alongside Michael W. Perry. He also writes and produces television documentaries. Price was formerly an investigative reporter for Honolulu ABC network affiliate KITV. In celebration of its centennial, the City and County of Honolulu named Price to its official list of Top 100 Citizens.


Education

Price attended President Theodore Roosevelt High School in Honolulu. Price holds several college degrees: a
Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...
degree in 1967 and
Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...
in 1971 from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He also holds a 1985
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from the
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and completed post-doctoral work at
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from 1997 to 2003. He continues to teach as MBA professor at Chaminade University of Honolulu.


Athletics

Price attended Roosevelt High School and then participated as a student-athlete briefly on the University of Hawaii at Manoa track team. After serving in the U.S. Army, Price was a student-athlete who won four letters with the Hawaii Warriors football team. Price was elected captain three times, in 1962, 1963, and 1964. He played in three Hula Bowl games for the Hawaii All-Stars in 1957 and 1959 and as a College All-Star in 1965. In 1966 NFL preseason, Price had a free agent rookie tryout with the
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. Price was the University of Hawaii at Manoa's first
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head coach; he was also the first head coach of an NCAA Division I FBS college football program of Polynesian descent. He currently serves as Chairman of the State of Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame Cybermuseum and President of The OIA Foundation.


Head coaching record


Radio personality

Before working at KSSK, Price worked for the administration of Hawaii Governor George Ariyoshi and served as the University of Hawaii Director of the Small Business Management Program. Congressman Cecil Heftel needed a new vice president of public relations and publicity for his radio station and hired Price for the position in 1977. In August 1983, Price was paired with afternoon radio deejay Michael W. Perry to host the station's morning drive program. A top-rated program in the state, the two continue to host the same program today despite various station ownership changes. Perry and Price host a popular live radio variety show each Saturday in front of a ballroom audience. Over twenty years, it had been broadcast from Champeaux's at the Ilikai Hotel, the Hanohano Room of the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, John Dominis Restaurant in
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, and after 6 years at Jimmy Buffett's at the Beachcomber, the show had its final broadcast from the KSSK studios at The Dole Cannery. The show's popularity has garnered frequent appearances by celebrities that include
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and many more. In May 2016 at the age of 81, Price ended his 33-year run as a co-host of the Perry and Price show. Price simultaneously announced he would begin a new sports show with Rick Hamada on '' KIKI: FOX Sports 990 Hawai'i'', airing Saturdays at 11 a.m.


References

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