Larry's first connection to KVMR began about a dozen years ago when he was living in Morgan Hill. Driving home from Reno along I-80 one Saturday morning, he surfed across Brian Terhorst doing Harmony Ridge on KVMR. This serendipitous and fortunate moment began a joyful relationship. Hooked, he set button number five to 89.5 FM, and listened as often as possible.

By the time he seized an early retirement opportunity and moved to Colfax, he was a seasoned KVMR listener, and soon a volunteer. An opportunity to get even more involved presented itself as he planned a 2000-mile walk across mid-America. Good friends Danny and Julie Chauvin asked if he would phone in to their Street Legal show during the walk. "Me? Why would I want to be on the radio?" But he did. From March to June of 2000, every two weeks for four months, he phoned Danny and Julie and told walking stories on the air. Larry recalls the first phone call in particular, when Danny told the listening audience, "Our friend Walkin' Larry just phoned in from somewhere out in left field." He has been known as Walkin' Larry around KVMR ever since.

Larry completed the KVMR broadcaster training course in 2001 and has been a regular on-air presence since then. He thanks Danny and Julie and John Rumsey for his training. During 2002, he backpacked the 2650-mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada, phoning in to Street Legal every two weeks for five months.

Larry believes KVMR is a miracle. "It is amazing how volunteers can not only keep the station going, but also create a 24/7 amazing variety of great radio."

Larry loves radio because it is all about connecting with individual listeners, and engaging them in a way impossible on any other media. He loves his Saturday morning shift, the first show he heard on KVMR over a decade ago, and the humbling and challenging chance to continue Brian Terhorst's legacy. Listeners can ease into Saturday mornings with an eclectic mix of Larry's favorites, new and old, including singer-songwriter, acoustic folk, bluegrass, country, blues, Americana, Celtic, standards, stories, cowboy poetry, and an occasional conversation with people about their own passions.

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