Lynda Lopez (born June 14, 1971) is an American

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and author based in

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. She is also a co-founder of

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, an American production company founded in 2001 with Benny Medina which became active in 2006 with the release of ''

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.'' Lopez has anchored numerous media platforms. In 2020, Lopez authored the book '' AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez'', published by

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Early years

Lopez was born in the

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and raised in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the

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within

, to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodríguez, a kindergarten teacher, and David López, a computer specialist. She has two older sisters, American pop star and movie actress

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and Leslie Ann. Lopez received her primary and secondary education while growing up in the

. After graduating from Preston High School in 1989, she enrolled at the C.W. Post Campus of

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, where she majored in

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and

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Career

Radio broadcasting

Lopez started her

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broadcasting career at

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and

WLIR WLIR was a radio station that played a new music/modern rock format on the frequencies 92.7 FM, 98.5 FM, and 107.1 FM from the 1980s into the 2000s. Bob Wilson, longtime WLIR employee and historian, created the website WDARE (Dare FM), which m ...

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. She later went to work for WXXP-FM, also on Long Island, as both Assistant Program Director and Music Director. She later worked as a DJ for

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in the 10PM-2AM timeslot. After working for five years in radio, she landed a position as entertainment correspondent for

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's morning show. Lopez was employed by WCBS Radio in

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until August 2013 as a news anchor. She left to work for her sister Jennifer Lopez in Los Angeles. After this one-year hiatus, Lopez returned to the station in the summer of 2014.

Television

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, she worked as a VH1 VJ for a short time with Kane and Rebecca Rankin. In 2000, she hosted a special in which she interviewed her sister, Jennifer, in which the two 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

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's ''GLOW'', a cable TV show dealing with women's beauty issues, while working as an entertainment reporter at the same time. Lopez reported the latest

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news and stories on

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, cable entertainment TV program ''

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'', and Spanish-language

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. In 2003, Lopez became a DJ for

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, with her boyfriend at the time,

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, a New York

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and correspondent for ''

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''. In October 2003, she joined

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as a part-time correspondent, after their show was canceled at

. In August 2004, Lopez was named anchor of WCBS' weekend morning show, making this her first news-anchor job. For unknown reasons, she had not been presented on-air television 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 (with Mike Gilliam) on the

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-owned

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's '' My 9 Weekend News at 10''. They replaced the team of Cathleen Trigg, who departed the station, and

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, who retired. Lopez moved to

WNYW-TV WNYW (channel 5) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the Fox network. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside Secaucus, New Jersey–licensed MyNetworkTV flagship W ...

's ''

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'' in 2007 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. Lopez was replaced from

's ''

'' by former ''

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'' anchor

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, and after returning to WWOR and her previous role she left television news altogether after the station ended weekend newscasts.

Awards and recognition

In 1993, Lopez was named in the "Who's Who Among American

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." She won the 2001

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for "Outstanding Morning News Program."

Personal life

Lopez has dated

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. They met in early 2002 at

, where they worked as co-hosts for the morning show. In early 2005 the couple separated. On August 28, 2008, Lopez and her then-boyfriend Adam Goldfried had a daughter named Lucie Wren Lopez-Goldfried."Lynda Lopez Expecting Baby #1"
''Celebrity Baby Baby Scoop''. 2008-05-16.

References

External links

*
Style Network's ''Glow'': Bio page for Lynda LopezNetscape Celebrity: Lynda Lopez
(photo gallery)

''New York Daily News'', 2007-08-08.
Jennifer Lopez' sister has baby girl
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