R.I.P.: PA Radio Host Lynn Hinds Was 79

Lynn Hinds

Former Pittsburgh radio host Lynn B. Hinds passed away Saturday at his home in Fredericksburg, VA.

He was 79.

Hinds was born December 22, 1934 in Akron, Ohio.  He was a 1953 graduate of Springfield Senior High School.  He received his bachelor’s degree in Speech and English from University of Akron in 1958 and Master of Divinity from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary 1960. He also received a M.A. in speech from Temple University  in 1960 and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, 1976.

Hinds served on the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Duquesne University, Penn State University, West Virginia University and retired as Professor Emeritus from Drury University in Springfield, MO.

Hinds did on-air radio talk programs for KQV and WTAE. He hosted AM Pittsburgh from 1972 until 1983. He worked as a broadcast journalist for WTAE’s Action News. He wrote, produced and hosted The Pennsylvania Game, a quiz program broadcast on the Pennsylvania Public Television Network that won an award for excellence from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters.