Larry King

== Awards and nominations ==
[[File:Larry King at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|right|King at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2011]]
King received many broadcasting awards. He won the [[Peabody Award]] for Excellence in broadcasting for both his radio (1982)<ref name="Miller"/><ref name=p82>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-larry-king-show|date=1982|title=The Peabody Awards - The Larry King Show |website=www.peabodyawards.com|access-date=November 11, 2014|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105239/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-larry-king-show|url-status=live}}</ref> and television (1992)<ref name=p82/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/larry-king-live-election-coverage-1992|title=Larry King Live Election Coverage 1992|website=www.peabodyawards.com|access-date=November 11, 2014|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105327/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/larry-king-live-election-coverage-1992|url-status=live}}</ref> shows. He also won ten [[CableACE Award]]s for Best Interviewer and for Best Talk Show Series.<ref name="Miller"/>

In 1989, King was inducted into the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiohalloffame.com/larry-king |website=[[Radio Hall Of Fame]] |title=Larry King |access-date=January 24, 2021}}</ref> and in 1996 to the Broadcasters' Hall of Fame.<ref name="BHoF"/> In 2002, the industry publication ''[[Talkers Magazine]]'' named King both the fourth-greatest radio talk show host of all time and the top television talk show host of all time.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.talkers.com/greatest/|title=The 25 Greatest Radio and Television Talk Show Hosts of All Time|journal=[[Talkers Magazine]]|date=September 2002|access-date=February 15, 2008|archive-date=October 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016215652/http://talkers.com/greatest/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1994, King received the Scopus Award from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|American Friends of Hebrew University]].<ref name=JVL/><ref name="latimeskingcrownedwithscopus">{{cite news|last1=Byrne|first1=Bridget|title=King Crowned With Scopus Award|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-31/news/vw-17440_1_larry-king|access-date=August 29, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 31, 1994|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105253/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-31-vw-17440-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1996, he received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] presented by Awards Council member [[Art Buchwald]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|access-date=December 8, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On May 8, 1997, Larry King was given a [[Hollywood Walk of Fame|Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6616 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, CA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://walkoffame.com/larry-king/ |access-date=August 21, 2023 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame|date=October 25, 2019 }}</ref>

He was given the [[Golden Mike Award]] for Lifetime Achievement in January 2008, by the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California.<ref name="Miller"/>

King was an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Beverly Hills.<ref name="Eric">{{cite web|author=Eric|date=April 2020|title=Larry King {{ndash}} Net Worth, Career, Awards and Nominations, Charitable Work And Personal Life|url=https://gazetteday.com/2020/05/larry-king-net-worth/|work=[[Gazette]]}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the President's Award honoring his impact on media from the [[Los Angeles Press Club]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Larry King - "Why, Who, What" |url=https://lapressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2006-LARRY-KING.pdf |website=www.lapressclub.org |publisher=[[Los Angeles Press Club]] |date=2006 |access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref>

King was the first recipient of the Arizona State University [[Hugh Downs]] Award for Communication Excellence,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988441,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306185629/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988441,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2008|title=Hugh Downs honors Larry King with award for communication excellence|date=April 3, 2007|access-date= February 15, 2008| magazine =[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> presented April 11, 2007, via satellite by Downs himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asu.edu/clas/communication/about/hughdowns |title=Hugh Downs |publisher=Arizona State University: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903210418/http://asu.edu/clas/communication/about/hughdowns/ |archive-date=September 3, 2006 }}</ref>

King was awarded an honorary degree of [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] by [[Bradley University]]; for which he said "is really a hoot". King received numerous honorary degrees from [[George Washington University]], the [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons|Columbia School of Medicine]], [[Brooklyn College]], the [[New England Institute of Technology]], and the [[Pratt Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Larry King gives commencement keynote|url=http://lydia.bradley.edu/spotlight/09/larryking/|website=lydia.bradley.edu|publisher=Bradley University|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215143814/http://lydia.bradley.edu/spotlight/09/larryking/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Larry King|url=https://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/king.larry.html|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=CNN}}</ref>
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