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Larry Schwarz

Summary:

Larry Schwarz is an energetic, dedicated, and extremely organized tour director. He has expertise in the following areas:

  • Certified by the International Tour Management Institute in San Francisco
  • Worked 14 years as a local/national radio & TV producer in five major cities
  • Worked five years as a server at three busy restaurants
  • TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate
  • Licensed guide for New York City and Washington, D.C.
  • Superior map reading skills and sense of direction
  • Traveled independently through 50 states and 89 countries
  • Volunteer for Books for Afghanistan
  • Can solve the standard Rubik's Cube in less than two minutes
  • Basic knowledge of Spanish, Arabic, and Hungarian
  • Excellent computer skills

2004 - Present

Tour Director - Independent Contractor

  • Specializing in New York City, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Niagara Falls

2004

The Big Talker - 1210 AM WPHT, Philadelphia, PA

2003

Honduras This Week - Tegucigalpa, Honduras

  • Wrote 10 articles as a volunteer writer for the nation’s only English-language newspaper

  • Traveled through all 7 Central American countries

2002

World Tour: Europe, North Africa & The Middle East

  • Visited forty-seven countries, Handled thirty-one currencies, and came into contact with twenty-eight languages

  • Maintained a comprehensive online travelogue throughout the entire journey

2000-2001

TechTV, San Francisco, CA (now known as G4 based in Los Angeles)

  • Booking Manager for Tech Live, a daily technology news program

2000-2001

KGO-AM 810 (ABC Radio), San Francisco, CA

1999-2000

NEWS-TALK 96.5-FM WWDB (now on 860-AM), Philadelphia, PA

1998-1999

NEWS-TALK 1050-AM WEVD (now known as WEPN), New York, NY

1996-1998

PARAMOUNT DOMESTIC TELEVISION (now CBS Paramount), New York, NY

  • Heavily involved with every aspect of the production of a daytime television talk show

  • Was the associate producer of 3 of the top 10 episodes during Montel's 1996-97 season (approximately 200 episodes aired that season)

1994-1996

CBS RADIO NETWORK (Westwood One), New York, NY

  • Associate Producer of The Gil Gross Show, a nationwide radio talk show heard on 160 affiliates

  • Selected show ideas and conducted necessary research

  • Booked hundreds of guests on every topic imaginable

  • Screened listener phone calls and served as the board operator as needed

1994

WOR RADIO NETWORK, New York, NY

1993-1994

WRKO AM 680, Boston, MA

  • Brought the show from 12th place to 2nd place in 3 months

1992-1993

KFWB NEWS 980, Los Angeles, CA

  • Production Assistant at Los Angeles' #1 all news radio station

1990-1992

KFI AM 640, Los Angeles, CA

  • Assisted Rush Limbaugh with his show during a visit to Los Angeles