LYNDA BAQUERO
REPORTER, NEWS 4 NEW YORK
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Lynda Baquero |
Lynda Baquero is an Emmy award-winning correspondent who has been with the NBC family in a variety of high profile positions since 1995. Since then, she has been busy filing reports both as a news anchor and as a travelling correspondent. Her coverage has centered on such news items as; women in combat in Fort Bragg, North Carolina; the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and Atlanta; Puerto Rico’s economy, tourism and later hurricane; and the visit of Pope John Paul II to the Holy Land. In 1998, Lynda was the recipient of the Emmy Award for Religious Programming for her reporting on the Pope's visit to Cuba. And, in 2006, she received her second Emmy award for Best Evening Newscast with Chuck Scarborough. A graduate of New York University, Lynda holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism. She is a native New Yorker and fluent in both Spanish and French. Lynda and her husband reside in Manhattan with their daughters.
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD
CO-HOST, FOURTH HOUR OF TODAY, NBC
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Kathie Lee Gifford |
Kathie Lee Gifford has enjoyed a diverse and successful four-decade career as a television host, actress, singer, playwright, songwriter and author. Though best known for her 15 years co-hosting Regis and Kathie Lee, Kathie has enjoyed wide media acclaim as co-host of the fourth hour of NBC’s Today alongside Hoda Kotb. In 2010, she was awarded a Daytime Emmy for her contribution to the show. No stranger to the stage, Kathie made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Putting it Together in 2000, then originated the role of Marta Dunhill in Rupert Holmes’ Thumbs and played Miss Hannigan in a record-breaking run of Annie at Madison Square Garden. In October of this year, her musical Saving Aimee will open at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, WA.
