Biography
Breakfast with the Beatles w/ Chris Carter is America’s longest running Beatles show and Southern California’s No. 1 rated Beatles show.
Breakfast with the Beatles and the music of the John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr have greeted Los Angelinos’ Sunday mornings for nearly 30 years!
The show is informative, biographical, and filled with Beatles (and solo Beatle) music that ranges from the ultra familiar to the ultra rare.
Host Chris Carter brings along vast knowledge, radio chops & deep love & appreciation for “The Fab Four.” Breakfast with the Beatles weekly playlists includes a consistent blend of: Hits, rarities, outtakes, theme sets, LP tracks, special premieres & of course, KLOS listener requests & live broadcasts. Mr. Carter also has the advance, inside track on all Beatle related news, new releases, and fab events.
Before hosting America’s longest running Beatles show, Chris was the original bass player and founder of L.A. based alternative rock band, “Dramarama” and was the writer /producer of the multi-award winning documentary film “Mayor of the Sunset Strip”.
In 2008 Carter brought Breakfast w/ the Beatles nationwide via Little Steven’s Underground Garage on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio.
In 2009 Songwriting Hall of Fame inductee, Jackie DeShannon became the official Breakfast w/ the Beatles “News Gal”.
Breakfast w/ the Beatles can be heard ON LINE every Sunday morning 9AM-12PM…right here at www.955klos.com
Why we let him host the show….Chris Carter’s Beatles Credentials
Chris has personally interviewed Beatles: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Pete Best. Appeared in Paul McCartney’s film & ABC Television special Back In The U.S. Received a Platinum Records Award from Capitol Records for work on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass in 2001. Produced and wrote George Harrison’s the All Things Must Pass Promotional Interview disc for Capitol Records. This was to be George Harrison’s last interview. Hosted, along with Pat O’Brien, Infinity’s Broadcasting’s World Premier of the Beatles re-issue of Let It Be…Naked, which aired on over 150 stations.
Introduced Ringo Starr on stage at the El Rey 2005 after Ringo exclusively announced the show “LIVE” on Breakfast With The Beatles. Chris has appeared on various television programs and news shows discussing the Beatles, including: ABC News, NBC News. CBS News, KCAL News, UPN News, Entertainment Tonight, VH1, BBC2, UK CH4 News. Received press for Breakfast With The Beatles in the following publications: Los Angeles Times, The Daily News, OC Register, and LA Weekly. New Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Playboy, Q, Beatlefan, MOJO, The UK SUN, Beatles Monthly to name a few. In July of 2004 Carter wrote a front page op-ed piece for Los Angeles Times called “Do Ya Want to Buy a Suitcase?”
In 2001, Carter hosted Capitol Records George Harrison’s Brainwashed listening party. The following year he started the Breakfast With The Beatles Film Series for the Los Angeles Red Cross. Chris originated this monthly film series for listeners at the legendary Hollywood Silent Movie Theater. As of Oct. 2005, the film series has donated over $150,000.00 various local disasters.
In 2003 Carter was the emcee at the City of Los Angeles` Official George Harrison Day at Griffith Park, which included appearances by the Harrison family and the Mayor of L.A. From 2001 to the present, Chris has all of the John Lennon & George Harrison gatherings at Capitol Records. All of which aired on local LA TV news channels. Infinity’s 1993 Beatles Special hosted by Rodney Bingenheimer & Chris Carter has been archived in the Los Angeles Museum of Television & Radio. Chris has appeared in the following internationally published books… Larry Kane’s – Lennon Reviled (2005) – Bruce Spizer’s – The Beatles – Apple Years (2004) Bruce Spizer’s – The Beatles – The Solo Apple Years (2005). The Fab Four FAQ.
August 1st 2008 was “Official Breakfast w/ the Beatles Day” in the city of Los Angeles.