- Lynda Lopez
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name = Lynda Lopez
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birth_date = birth date and age|1973|6|14
birth_place =The Bronx ,New York City ,New York ,United States
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occupation =Journalist
alias = Ly-Lo
gender =Female
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family = Yes
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ethnic =Puerto Rican American
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credits = WPIX (2000 - 2002)
WCBS (2003 - 2006)
WWOR (2006 - 2007; 2007 - present)
WNYW (2007)Lynda López (born on
June 14 ,1973 ) is anEmmy Award -winning Americanjournalist . She is the youngest sister of actress and singerJennifer Lopez .Early years
Lopez was born and raised in the
South Bronx ,New York City to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodríguez, a kindergarten teacher, and David Lopez, a computer specialist. She has two siblings, Jennifer and Leslie. She received her primary and secondary education while growing up in theBronx . After graduating from Preston High School in 1991, Lopez enrolled at the C.W. Post Campus ofLong Island University , where she majored in Broadcasting and Communications.Radio broadcasting career
Lopez started her
radio broadcasting career atWBAB andWLIR onLong Island . She later went to work for WXXP Party 105, also on Long Island, as both Assistant Program Director and Music Director. She also worked as DJ forWKTU in the 10PM-2AM timeslot. After working for five years in the radio, she landed a position as entertainment correspondent forWPIX 's morning show.Television career
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, she worked as a
VH1 VJ for a short time with Kane andRebecca Rankin . In 2000, she hosted a special in which she interviewed her sister, Jennifer. The two of them discussed their childhood as well as "J-Lo"'s rising music career. Some of J-Lo's music videos were played and her then-newest video, "Feelin' So Good," made its VH1 premiere during this special. During this time Lopez was also the morning news entertainment reporter for the WB11 in New York City, WPIX.In 2002, she became the host of
Style Network 's "GLOW", a cable TV show dealing with women's beauty issues. That same year, Lynda was also reporting the latestentertainment news and stories onWNBC-TV , cable entertainment TV program "E! News Live ", and Spanish-languageWNJU , both also in New York City.In 2003, Lopez became a DJ for
WNEW-FM , with her boyfriend at the time,Chris Booker , a New Yorkdisc jockey and correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight ". In October 2003, she joinedWCBS-TV as a part-time correspondent, after her show was dropped atWNEW-FM . In August 2004, Lopez was named anchor of WCBS' weekend morning show, making this her first news-anchor job. Lopez had not been seen on-air since early April 2006, and subsequently she left the employ of WCBS-TV officially in June 2006.Co-anchor
On
July 29 ,2006 , Lopez debuted as the weekend co-anchor (withMike Gilliam ) on theNews Corp -ownedWWOR-TV 's "My 9 Weekend News at 10". They replaced the team of Cathleen Trigg andRolland Smith , whose last day on air wasJuly 23 ,2006 .On
March 27 ,2007 , Lopez began her run as the newsreader onWNYW-TV 's "Good Day New York " and anchor of "Fox 5 Live " at 11am.Reid Lamberty joined her as co-anchor for the 5am hour and 11am hour on FOX 5. [ [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/08/08/2007-08-08_ch_5_putting_lamberty_into_am_slot.html "Ch. 5 putting Lamberty into a.m. slot"] "New York Daily News". 2007-08-08.]Lopez was replaced from
WNYW-TV 's "Good Day New York " by former "CNN Headline News " anchorChristina Park . [ [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/03/30/2007-03-30_tv_watchdog_is_barking_up_the_wrong_tree.html "Tube Talk: TV watchdog is barking up the wrong tree".] "New York Daily News". 2007-03-30.] in the fall of 2007 and put back into her previous role of weekend anchor at MY9WWOR .Recognitions
In 1993, Lopez was named in the "Who's Who Among American
Hispanic s." Lynda won the 2001Emmy Award for "Outstanding Morning News Program."Personal life
Lopez has dated radio/
television personality Chris Booker . They met in early 2002 atWNEW-FM inNew York , where they worked as co-hosts for the morning show. In early 2005 the couple separated. On August 28, 2008, Lopez and her boyfriend Adam Goldfried had a daughter whom they named Lucie Wren Lopez Goldfried [ [http://www.celebritybabyscoop.com/?p=7817 "Lynda Lopez Expecting Baby #1"] . "Celebrity Baby Baby Scoop". 2008-05-16.] [ [http://www.usmagazine.com/news/jennifer-lopez-sister-has-baby-girl] ]References
ee also
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List of famous Puerto Ricans External links
*imdb name|0530223
* [http://www.stylenetwork.com/Shows/Glow/Bio/ Style Network's "Glow": Bio page for Lynda Lopez]
* [http://webcenters.compuserve.com/compuserve/celebrity/gallery.jsp?floc=g_l_lopez&gname=l_lopez Netscape Celebrity: Lynda Lopez] (photo gallery)
* [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/08/08/2007-08-08_ch_5_putting_lamberty_into_am_slot.html "Ch.5 putting Laberty into a.m. slot"] , "New York Daily News", 2007-08-08.
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