Matt Dangelantonio
Matt Dangelantonio is the senior producer of AirTalk with Larry Mantle and FilmWeek. He started at LAist in 2014 (back when it was still KPCC) as an associate producer on "AirTalk."
Before coming to LAist, Matt was a producer, reporter, and host with Cox Media Group in Jacksonville, Florida, where he covered daily top stories, severe weather, and breaking news for News 104.5 WOKV-FM on radio and Action News Jax on television. He and his work have been featured on LAist, NPR, BBC, AP Radio News, Fox News Radio, the NFL Network on Sirius XM and HLN as well as local radio and TV affiliates across the country.
Matt graduated in 2011 from Syracuse University, where he studied broadcast and digital journalism and Spanish. It was there that he fell in love with radio — first as an on-air music DJ and eventually as VP of Programming at student-run WJPZ-FM 89.1, a.k.a. "Z89." He was also a part-time general assignment reporter for WSYR AM/FM radio, covering breaking news and local stories in the greater Syracuse area as well as providing analysis, studio hosting, and commentary during pre and postgame shows for Syracuse men’s basketball and football.
Matt grew up in New Hampshire and will always be a New England boy at heart, but he's grown to love his new home in Southern California. In his spare time, you might find him chasing down a good al pastor taco or the best locally-brewed suds, in the outfield bleachers at a baseball game, or exploring the West Coast and the world with his wife, son, and their two Shepherds — Hazel the German and Duncan the Australian.
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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass joins LAist’s radio show AirTalk each month. On Wednesday, she shared her thoughts on Kevin de León refusing to resign from the L.A. City Council, the city’s homelessness problem, and more. -
The path through the state and federal courts is far from clear.
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We have the full line-up: Gustavo Dudamel, Ricky Martin, Grace Jones, Sheryl Crow, Harry Potter, The Sound of Music, Star Wars and more.
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How L.A. landed a Super Bowl it was never supposed to have in 1993, and why this year's game sets the tone for future mega events.
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It might be the closest thing out there to actually playing in the game ... but should you spend your time and money?
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Sharpen up on facts you can drop to sound in the know, meet the Rams and find out what's at stake.
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To lose the first two games in Atlanta on walk-off hits — that’s a tough pill to swallow for any team.
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Indigenous land acknowledgment is not new — it has always been a part of Indigenous protocols — but the practice has become more visible in the U.S. in the last several years.
