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Despite having radio shows on
different stations, father and son
Monte and Larry Korn prove
they're still a team
Lob McKeow
I
apa didn't turn over a
family "calling" to attorney Larry
Korn . . . or so it seems. Instead, it was
Larry, 37, host of WXYZ (now WXYT)
Radio's Ask The Lawyer talk-show
since 1979, who set the stage for his
father's commercial broadcast career.
"It was simple," Larry recalls,
"they asked me to recommend a finan-
cial expert with broadcast potential. I
thought about it, and no one else I
knew came close. Dad was a natural."
Yet, like many a show business "over-
night success," long before Monte and
his wife, Eleanor, had seven children
and before Monte had built law, real
estate and investment counseling
practices, he was in uniform, hosting
the popular U.S. Marine Corps radio
program, Voice of the Veteran. For
Monte, a microphone was almost as
familiar as his telephone. So it's not
surprising that some 40 years later,
marketing moxie, ambition and — at
their best — a sense of mission, have
propelled this father and his eldest son
into roles as popular — and competing
— talk show hosts.
If anyone doubted the public's
hunger for free professional counsel on
money matters, the answer became
clear when WXYT dropped Monte's
money show "without much notice" in
May 1985. Monte simply moved his
program to WEXL radio, Royal Oak,
where it has flourished and expanded
Talk show hosts Larry and Monte Korn.
FAMILY
TIES
NAOMI SIEGEL
Special to The Jewish News
into new markets. Now that
Moneytime, produced by Lissa Hur-
witz, of Hurwitz Enterprises, reaches
seven markets, Monte answers calls
from Palm Beach, Denver, Colorado
Springs, Phoenix and Jacksonville,
Fla., as well as eastern Michigan.
Theirs is an atypical competition.
Does Larry's caller also need invest-
ment advice? Larry tells him how to
reach Monte — on the other station.
Monte does the same.
While some critics call their refer-
ences to family and Monte's penchant
for reading sentimental poetry
"schmaltzy," arm-chair pychologists
note that these are effective ways in
which Larry and Monte establish their
warmth, shared values and trustwor-
thiness to their "middle America"
audience.
Who calls? A paperboy with $100
to invest in postage stamps. Heirs.
Widows. Tenants, Landlords. Many
call for second opinions, after their
own problem-solving efforts have
failed. Busy with weekend activities,
some call in on car phones, others on
"roam" phones. Few callers are busier
than the Korns.
Yet, their weekly schedules may
be even busier in 1987. In addition to
their talk shows and private practices,
public speaking and seminars, Monte
and Larry may become TV co-hosts,
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