Lynda Lopez

Journalist

Birthday June 15, 1971

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace New York City, U.S.

Age 52 years old

Nationality United States

#4425 Most Popular

1971

Lynda Lopez (born June 14, 1971) is an American journalist and author based in New York City.

1989

After graduating from Preston High School in 1989, she enrolled at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, where she majored in broadcasting and communications.

Lopez started her radio broadcasting career at WBAB and WLIR on Long Island.

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

She then worked as a DJ for WKTU in the 10PM-2AM timeslot.

After working for five years in radio, she landed a position as entertainment correspondent for WPIX's morning show.

1990

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, she worked as a VH1 VJ for a short time with Kane and Rebecca Rankin.

1993

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

2000

In 2000, she hosted a special in which she interviewed her sister, Jennifer.

The two discussed their childhood as well as Jennifer's rising music career.

Some of J-Lo's music videos were played and her then-newest video for "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.

2001

She is also a co-founder of Nuyorican Productions, an American production company founded in 2001 with Benny Medina which became active in 2006 with the release of South Beach. Lopez has anchored numerous media platforms.

She won the 2001 Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning News Program.

Lopez was in a relationship with radio/television personality Chris Booker.

2002

In 2002, she became the host of Style Network'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 entertainment news and stories on WNBC-TV, cable entertainment TV program E! News Live, and Spanish-language WNJU.

They met in early 2002 at WNEW-FM in New York City, where they worked as co-hosts for the morning show.

2003

In 2003, Lopez became a DJ for WNEW-FM, with her boyfriend at the time, Chris Booker, a New York disc jockey and correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.

In October 2003, she joined WCBS-TV as a part-time correspondent, after their show was canceled at WNEW-FM.

2004

In August 2004, Lopez was named anchor of WCBS' weekend morning show, making this her first news-anchor job.

2005

The couple separated in early 2005.

2006

For unknown reasons, she had not been presented on-air television since early April 2006, and she officially left the employ of WCBS-TV in June 2006.

On July 29, 2006, Lopez 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, who departed the station, and Rolland Smith, who retired.

2007

Lopez moved to WNYW-TV's Good Day New York in 2007 and anchored 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 WNYW-TV's Good Day New York by former CNN Headline News anchor Christina Park, and after returning to WWOR and her previous role she left television news altogether after the station ended weekend newscasts.

2008

In 2008, Lopez had a daughter with her boyfriend Adam Goldfried.

She and Goldfied subsequently separated.

2013

Lopez was employed by WCBS Radio in Manhattan as a news anchor until August 2013, when she left to work for her sister Jennifer Lopez in Los Angeles.

2014

She returned to the station a year later, in the summer of 2014.

In February 2023, Lopez joined all-news WINS-AM/FM in New York City as midday news anchor.

2020

In 2020, Lopez authored the book AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, published by St. Martin's Press.

Lopez was born in the South Bronx and raised in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx borough within New York City, to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodríguez, a kindergarten teacher, and David López, a computer specialist.

She has two older sisters: Leslie Ann, a teacher, and Jennifer, a singer and actress.

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