Leonard Lopate
Leonard Lopate (born September 23, 1940) is an American radio personality. He is the host of the radio talk show Leonard Lopate at Large, broadcast on WBAI, and the former host of the public radio talk show The Leonard Lopate Show, broadcast on WNYC.[2] He first broadcast on WKCR, the college radio station of Columbia University, and then later on WBAI, before moving to WNYC.
Personal life[edit]
Lopate's younger brother is the writer Phillip Lopate.[16]
His mother, Frances Lopate, was an actor. She was famous for an Alka Seltzer commercial, along with her other work. Phillip Lopate wrote the book, A Mother's Tale about her. Leonard discussed his mother with Phillip on his show On February 22, 2017. [1][17]
Mr. Lopate is single after divorcing artist Melanie Baker. A previous marriage ended in divorce.[18][19]