Larry MacMillan

Larry started his announcing career at age 19 while in the U.S.A.F at MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL. As most young people in radio he ran the board for other established announcers while they took the weekend off or the holidays and it was usually a night time shift.

His first gig was part time at WTAN AM in Clearwater Florida. This opportunity came after he was introduced to Dennison Parker who then owned WTAN through a gentleman who came to visit the radar squadron at MacDill AFB and asked Larry to speak to a group of people who he was recruiting to join the Ground Observer Corp. Twelve people signed up after the meeting and as a thank you the gentleman asked what Larry would most like to do after his stint in service.

Having grown up in the Washington D.C. area he was exposed to the likes of Arthur Godfrey on WTOP and was a neighbor of Jim Gibbons who had a radio show on WMAL and ended his career as play by play announcer for the Washington Redskins. These were Larry’s idols in growing up and were more or less his inspiration for getting into the radio business. After three months of training on the board they let Larry loose on the air and it has been an on and off career since 1957.

The radio exposure led to an opportunity to do public address work at the Lions Club Speedway in Largo for Micro Midgets. This led to a 45 year career of Speedway announcing at 11 different speedways in Florida including Daytona International Speedway.

1957 through 2003 • Radio Announcing

• WTAN AM Clearwater, Florida
• WLCY AM St. Petersburg
• WKWF AM – Key West Part Time While Stationed at Boca Chico 1964 & 1965
• WTAN AM – Full Time Sales and Air Shift
• WILZ AM St. Petersburg Beach – 1966 – 1969 - Program Director for 2 years
• WDAE AM Tampa, Midday 1970-1972
• WTAN AM Clearwater Part Time recorded air shift and High School Play by Play while in the Real Estate Business
• Moved to Citrus County in 1987 joined WXOF FM “The Country Fox 96.3) in 1997 through the present “Larry Mac In the Morning” 6-10 AM.

Speedway Announcing:

• Lions Club Speedway – Largo, Fl. 1957 & 1958
• Sunshine Speedway – St. Pete, Fl. 1960 on & off til 1969 then full time – 1987
• Desoto Speedway – Bradenton, Fl. – 1979-198
• Citrus County Speedway – Inverness, Fl. 1987 to present.
• New Smyrna Speedway – Samsula, Fl. – World Series of Asphalt Racing 4 years
• Daytona International Speedway – 1981 Firecracker 400 and Paul Revere IMCA Night Race
• Golden Gate Speedway – Guest Announcer for Governors Cup
• East Bay Raceway – Fill in for regular Announcer
• Tampa Fairgrounds – Phillips Field – Sprint and Motorcycle racing
• Columbia Motor Sports Park – Lake City – Florida Pro Series Announcer 1999
• Volusia Speedway – Barberville, Fl. – Speedweeks