| Lynn Cullen
has been a fixture on Pittsburgh television and radio since 1981.
She currently hosts a daily talk radio show on WPTT 1360-AM from noon
to three. Lynn verbally holds forth in the mornings in a more visible
capacity as host of “Cullen on Cable” which airs at noon and again
at 6 pm on PCNC-TV. Her reporting for WTAE-TV from 1981 to 1992 garnered
her numerous awards, including a 1991 Emmy award, four Golden Quills
for Journalistic Excellence from the Pittsburgh Press Club, and three
Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcaster Awards for feature reporting.
Lynn also received the Printer’s Devil Award from Women in Communications
for her “ability to see humor in the world and to puncture the pompous
among us.” In addition, the YWCA honored her for her “rigorous work
against racism and bigotry.”
Lynn hosted a radio talk show on WTAE Radio from 1987 to 1997 and
was twice named “Best Talk Show Host in Pittsburgh” by the readers
of both Pittsburgh Magazine and In Pittsburgh Newsweekly. Recently,
Vectors Pittsburgh honored her as the “1997 Person of the Year in
Communications”, and the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition similarly honored
her as its “Person of the Year in 1997.”
Lynn has also authored a chapter in a college journalism textbook
on live television news reporting and provides op-ed pieces for local
print media.
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