Tom Larson is a retired Boston sportscaster and television host.
Larson came to Boston in after stops in Fulton, Missouri, Bloomington, Illinois, Peoria, Illinois, and Lansing, Michigan. From 1969-1985, Larson worked at WSBK-TV, where he served as a sports anchor, the studio host for Boston Bruins games, postgame host (in 1975 and 1976, and again from 1978 until 1981) for Boston Red Sox games, and the host of The Tom Larson Show, and the station's public affairs director. In 1986, Larson joined the New England Sports Network where he worked as a studio host for Bruins games (1986-1995) and Boston Red Sox games (1995), wrote/produced/and reported for Front Row (1995-2002), and was a play-by-play announcer for college football (1996-2002).
From 1981 to 1988, Tom was also the sports director at WHDH radio, doing sports reports during Jess Cain's morning show.
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