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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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. -
According to the agriculture research group Farm Flavor, the cotton industry has lost more than $1 billion nationwide this year as exports have plummeted by nearly 90%. -
One of the oldest rivalries in football resumes Friday night in Tempe as Arizona State hosts Arizona in the annual Territorial Cup. They’ve met every year since 1946 and this will be their 99th meeting overall. -
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter.
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It wasn’t until the 18th century that Pompeii and the nearby city of Herculaneum were unearthed with ancient artifacts, including weapons, armor, statues and cooking pots frozen in time. -
Hundreds of small business owners and entrepreneurs gathered in Scottsdale last month to talk strategy at the Grow2025 Conference, presented by the public company Thryv, which specializes in helping the little guy. -
Every year, roughly 1 million Canadians flock to Arizona. Approximately 100,000 of them are here for the winter. And according to census figures, another 40,000 are expats who now live here full time. -
While the game’s biggest stars may be getting ready for the World Series, baseball’s rising stars are in metro Phoenix, up close and personal, at Arizona Fall League games.
