Lynda Lopez
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Lynda López a.k.a. "Ly Lo" (born 1973 in the Bronx, New York) is an American news anchor. Lopez is the youngest sister of singer Jennifer Lopez. Currently, Lopez is the newsreader of WNYW-TV's Good Day New York and the host of the GLOW TV show.
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[edit] Career/Personal Life
Lynda's parents moved from Puerto Rico to the Bronx section of New York City, looking for a better way of life. They had three daughters, Leslie, Jennifer (also known by her nickname of "J-Lo"), and Lynda, who was the youngest. As a child, Lynda was shy and a loner. She enjoyed school and was nicknamed "Brainiac" by her schoolmates because of her intellectual qualities. She didn't share Jennifer's desire for the spotlight while growing up.
After graduating from Preston High School in 1991, Lynda enrolled at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, where she majored in Broadcasting and Communications. Lynda started her radio broadcasting career at WBAB and WLIR on Long 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 for WKTU in the 10PM-2AM timeslot. After working for five years in the radio, she landed a position as entertainment correspondent for WPIX's morning show.
In 1993, Lynda was named in the "Who's Who Among American Hispanics." Lynda won the 2001 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Morning News Program."
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. 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 Lynda 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 latest entertainment news and stories on WNBC-TV, cable entertainment TV program E! News Live, and Spanish-language WNJU, both also in New York City.
In 2003, Lynda became a DJ for WNEW-FM, with her boyfriend at the time, Chris Booker, a New York disk jockey and correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. In October 2003, she joined WCBS-TV as a part-time correspondent, after her show was dropped at WNEW-FM. In August 2004, Lynda 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.
On July 29, 2006, Lynda debuted as the weekend co-anchor (with Mike Gilliam) on the News Corp-owned WWOR-TV's My 9 Weekend News at 10. They replaced the team of Cathleen Trigg and Rolland Smith, whose last day on air was July 23, 2006. In March 2007, Lopez replaced Lucy Noland as the newsreader on WNYW-TV's Good Day New York.
[edit] Trivia
- She is known to attend every premiere for her sister's movies and is regularly pictured as a guest, sometimes wearing the J.Lo brand clothing.
- Although she tries her best to keep her career separate from that of her arguably more famous sister, she got a scoop by interviewing Jennifer in 2000. The interview delved into fairly personal issues, causing Jennifer to exclaim "Here I am talking about boys with my baby sister on national television!"
