Phil Latzman
Host - Morning | [email protected]Phil Latzman is an award-winning digital journalist and broadcast professional with over 25 years of experience covering news and sports on a multitude of platforms.
Latzman moved to Arizona in 2015 to be a part of what, he feels, is the best public media operation in the country at KJZZ. Before that. he was a reporter and columnist for the Tribune Company's South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
For a decade, Latzman served as morning news anchor and reporter for Florida's largest NPR station, WLRN. While there, he was part of WLRN's groundbreaking collaboration with the Miami Herald and was host and creator of the station’s weekly public affairs program, The Florida Roundup.
Latzman has interviewed some of the world's most interesting people from political circles to the entertainment world, while hosting a variety of talk shows, ranging from hard news to sports. His work has been honored numerous times by the Florida Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists for newscasts and for feature reporting on such topics as elections, Cuba and sports. Latzman also served as a Florida network correspondent covering everything from hurricanes to politics for NPR and other national media outlets.
Prior to coming to WLRN, Latzman was sports director for WIOD and WINZ, where he hosted a nightly sports-talk show and anchored coverage of Miami Dolphins, Miami Hurricanes and Miami Heat broadcasts. His was the first voice heard on WQAM when it became South Florida’s first all-sports radio station in 1992.
Latzman is a New York native who spent his formative years in broadcasting at WABC Radio, where he produced, edited and screened various talk shows in addition to New York Yankees baseball broadcasts.
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Phoenix finished No. 7 in the Western Conference and will host the Portland Trail Blazers Tuesday night in a game that will determine who will play the Spurs in the first round. -
A Scottsdale restaurant is showcasing a new memorabilia exhibit featuring some of the state’s most treasured baseball artifacts. -
Margherita Bertola Fray grew up in Turin, Italy, and later witnessed the rise of Benito Mussolini. -
If you haven’t noticed already, you will soon, as the Valley fills with baseball fans from around the country to soak up some sun while getting an up-close view of their favorite teams and players. The Phoenix area is now the spring home to half of all major league teams while generating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue for the region. -
In Gov. Katie Hobbs’ proposed budget, she’s calling for the taxable rate on sports betting to be raised to 45% in order to add another $150 million to the state -
Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. -
In a speech on the Senate floor, Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly called for the resignations of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller. -
Arizona Congresswoman Yassmin Ansari introduced bipartisan resolution in the House on Tuesday against the Iranian government’s brutality. It also calls for the immediate restoration of internet service in the country. -
The College Football Playoff continues Thursday in Glendale, where Mississippi and Miami meet in the VRBO Fiesta Bowl for the right to play for a national title next week. -
In a social media post, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly called the move “outrageous” and “un-American” and criticized President Donald Trump’s lack of military service.
