Leo Laporte
Leo Gordon Laporte (born November 29, 1956) is the host of "The Tech Guy" weekly radio show and a host on TWiT.tv, an Internet podcast network focusing on technology. He is also a former TechTV technology host (1998–2008) and a technology author. Background. Leo Laporte is the son of geologist Leo F. Laporte. He studied Chinese history at Yale University before dropping out in his junior year to pursue a career in radio broadcasting, where his early on-air names were Dave Allen and Dan Hayes. He began his association with computers with his first home computer, an  Atari 400. Television and radio. Laporte has worked on technology-related broadcasting projects, including "Dvorak on Computers" in January 1991 (co-hosted with technology writer John C. Dvorak), and "Laporte on Computers" on KGO Radio and KSFO in San Francisco. In 1997, Laporte was awarded a Northern California Emmy for his role as Dev Null, a motion capture character on the MSNBC show "The Site". In 1998, Laporte created and co-hosted "The Screen Savers", and the original version of "Call for Help" on the cable and satellite network ZDTV (later "TechTV"). Laporte was the host of the daily television  show "The Lab with Leo Laporte", recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The program had formerly been known as "Call for Help" when it was recorded in the US and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The series aired on G4 Canada, on the HOW TO Channel in Australia, on several of Canada's Citytv affiliates, and on Google Video. On March 5, 2008, Laporte confirmed on "net@nite" that "The Lab with Leo Laporte" had been canceled by Rogers Communications. The HOW TO Channel did not air the remaining episodes after it was announced the show had been canceled. He hosts a weekend  technology-oriented talk radio program show titled "Leo Laporte: The Tech Guy". The show, started on KFI AM 640 (Los Angeles), is syndicated through Premiere Radio Networks. Laporte appears on Friday mornings on KFI with Bill Handel, and previously on such shows as "Showbiz Tonight", "Live with Kelly", and "World News Now". He holds an amateur radio license, W6TWT. Books. Laporte has written technology-oriented books including: He has published a yearly series of technology almanacs: Laporte announced in October 2006 that he would not renew his contract with Que Publishing, and had retired from publishing books. In 2008, Laporte  did a voice narration of Andrew Lang's fable "The True History of Little Golden-hood" from Audible (Amazon), a sponsor. Podcasting. Laporte owns and operates a podcast network, TWiT.tv with his wife Lisa Laporte. Before the expansion to new facilities in 2011, Laporte said TWiT earned million (equivalent to $ in ) annually on a production cost of (equivalent to $ in ). In a 2012 Reddit posting, he commented that revenue was approaching million (equivalent to $ in ). The TWiT studios are located in Petaluma, California, where Laporte lives.