Lynn Samuels
{{Infobox person
|name=Lynn Samuels
|birth_date={{birth date|1942|9|2}}
|birth_place= Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2011|12|24|1942|9|2}}
|death_place= Woodside, New York, U.S.
|occupation= American radio personality}}
Lynn Margaret Samuels (September 2, 1942 – December 24, 2011) was an American radio personality and blogger based in New York City. She was one of the first women to host a political radio show.{{Cite news |last=Vitello |first=Paul |date=2011-11-26 |title=Lynn Samuels, a Brash Radio Talker, Dies at 69 |page=B14 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/nyregion/lynn-samuels-radio-talk-show-host-dies-at-69.html}}
Career
She began her radio career at WBAI in 1979, where in addition to her on-air work, she was music director and an engineer and producer.[http://wbai.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11492&Itemid=42 WBAI website]. Walter Sabo, in a tribute on the Alex Bennett program (hosted by Richard Bey) 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,{{cite news |last=Hinckley |first=David |date=February 19, 1997 |title=The Lynn of Fire: WABC cans Samuels |work=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/lynn-fire-wabc-cans-samuels-article-1.766182 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111140256/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/lynn-fire-wabc-cans-samuels-article-1.766182 |archive-date=2012-01-11}} and 1997{{cite news |last=Hinckley |first=David |date=1997-11-14 |title=Rocky's Bad Back Brings Samuels Back |work=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/rocky-bad-back-brings-samuels-back-article-1.776172 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128184343/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/rocky-bad-back-brings-samuels-back-article-1.776172 |archive-date=2012-11-28}} until 2002,{{cite news |last=Sims |first=Wilhelmina |title=Buzz Flash Interviews Lynn Samuels |work=Buzzflash |url=http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/2002/08/20_Samuels.html |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021004235343/http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/2002/08/20_Samuels.html |archive-date=2002-10-04}} 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. In 2002, she joined WLIE{{cite news |last=Hinckley |first=David |date=2002-11-20 |title=WLIE Boosts Signal |work=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/wlie-boosts-signal-island-focus-article-1.506445 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524233059/https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/wlie-boosts-signal-island-focus-article-1.506445 |archive-date=2019-05-24}} for a brief time before being hired by Sirius in 2003.{{cite news |title=Sirius Left, Stream 145, Adds LIberal Voice Lynn Samuels to Lineup |work=SiriusXM Investor Relations |url=http://s2.q4cdn.com/835250846/files/doc_news/2003_programming/SIRI_News_2003_9_30_Programming_Announcements.pdf |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092654/http://s2.q4cdn.com/835250846/files/doc_news/2003_programming/SIRI_News_2003_9_30_Programming_Announcements.pdf |archive-date=2018-11-26}}
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 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, her show was moved to the weekend on Sirius XM Stars from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.{{cite news |date=2011-05-06 |title=Lynn Samuels Moves to Weekends |work=AllAccess |url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/91064/lynn-samuels-moves-to-weekends-on-sirius-xm |accessdate=2011-12-26}} She also made television appearances on FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, The Sally Jesse Raphael Show, Geraldo at Large and Politically Incorrect.
Personal
Death
At age sixty-nine, Samuels died from a heart attack, apparently in the morning hours of December 24, 2011, in her New York City apartment. Her body was found by police when coworkers became alarmed by her absence after corresponding with her via e-mail the night before.{{cite news|title=Radio's Lynn Samuels dies at 69|date=December 25, 2011|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/radio_lynn_samuels_dies_at_3IfblQ55n2UtWEjPd1eQWM|work=The New York Post|accessdate=2011-12-25}}{{cite news|title=Lynn Samuels, 1942–2011|date=December 25, 2011|url=http://www.therightperspective.org/2011/12/25/lynn-samuels-1942-2011|work=The Right Perspective|accessdate=2011-12-25}}{{cite news|first=David|last=Hinckley|title=Former WABC host Lynn Samuels dies Christmas Eve at 69|date=December 25, 2011|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/television/wabc-host-lynn-samuels-dies-christmas-eve-69-article-1.996718|work=New York Daily News|accessdate=2011-12-25}}[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/nyregion/lynn-samuels-radio-talk-show-host-dies-at-69.html New York Times, 27 December 2011]. She was survived by her sister Judy and two nephews. She is buried in Linden Hill Jewish Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y."Find-A-Grave under Lynn Margaret Samuels
References
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External links
- [http://lynnsamuels.com/ Official Site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160402151831/http://lynnsamuels.typepad.com/lynn_samuels/ Lynn Samuels' blog]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/nyregion/lynn-samuels-radio-talk-show-host-dies-at-69.html New York Times obit, December 27, 2011]
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Category:American talk radio hosts
Category:People from Woodside, Queens
Category:Place of birth missing
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