Lynn Margaret Samuels (September 2, 1942 – December 24, 2011) was an iconic Leftist American
Radio Personality and Blogger, based in
New York City
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. She was one of the first women to host a political radio show.
Career
She began her radio career at
WBAI
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in 1979, where in addition to her on-air work, she was music director and an engineer and producer. Walter Sabo, in a tribute on the
Alex Bennett program (hosted by
Richard Bey
Richard Wayne Bey (born July 22, 1951) is an American talk show host. He was popular in the 1990s as host of '' The Richard Bey Show'', a daytime talk show containing ordinary people's personal stories incorporated into entertaining competitive g ...
) on December 27, 2011, stated that Lynn first worked for
WOR on Saturdays from 4–6 p.m. "for quite some time".
Samuels was heard on
WABC from 1987 until 1992, 1993 until 1997, and 1997 until 2002, including two breaks in which she was fired and then rehired. Her third and final dismissal in 2002 was allegedly due to budget cuts.
Samuels was also a call-screener for
Matt Drudge
Matthew Nathan Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is an American journalist and the creator/editor of the Drudge Report, an American news aggregator. Drudge is also an author and a former radio and television show host.
Early life and education
Drud ...
. In 2002, she joined
WLIE for a brief time before being hired by Sirius in 2003.
From 2003 to 2011, Samuels hosted ''The Lynn Samuels Show'' initially from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Later her time slot was moved to 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET on the
Sirius Satellite Radio
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Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially lau ...
channel
SIRIUS Left. Her show was also reduced from three hours to two. Early in 2011, after SIRIUS Left was folded into
Sirius XM Left
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America Left (2004–2005)
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, her show was moved to the weekend on
Sirius XM Stars from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. She also made television appearances on
FOX News
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,
CNN
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,
MSNBC
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, ''
The Sally Jesse Raphael Show'', ''
Geraldo at Large
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History
Debuting in national syndication on October 31, 2 ...
'' and ''
Politically Incorrect
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''.
Personal
She attended
Bard College
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Founded in 1860, ...
.
Death
Lynn Samuels, aged 69, died from a heart attack, apparently in the morning hours of December 24, 2011, in her
New York, New York apartment. Her body was found by police, after her coworkers became alarmed by her absence, after corresponding with her via e-mail the night before. She is survived by her sister Judy and two nephews. She is buried in Linden Hill Jewish Cemetery in
Ridgewood, Queens
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, NY Fellow Sirius XM radio host
Alex Bennett told the story on his podcast that he did a memorial show for Lynn.
["July 6, 2021 edition of Alex Bennett's Ramble (podcast) on GABNet]
References
External links
Lynn Samuels' website
1942 births
2011 deaths
American bloggers
American talk radio hosts
People from Woodside, Queens
Place of birth missing
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