Blanquita Walsh Cullum

Blanquita Walsh Cullum is chairman of the Talk Radio First Amendment Committee. She is former president of the National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts.

Every year since 1995, she has been named by TALKERS magazine, the trade publication for the industry, as one of the Top 100 broadcasters in talk radio. Her nationally syndicated program, Newsbeat, is heard coast-to-coast on the Radio America Network. She is the president and founder of the Young American Broadcasters Program.

Cullum, the first Hispanic woman and the first radio talk show host to serve on the BBG, is also a member of the National Moment of Remembrance Commission. Cullum frequently appears on national television.

She began her broadcasting career over 25 years ago in San Antonio, Texas. She also has worked for the Coors Corporation and the National Bureau of the Census.