Galen Culver

Great State Reporter/Photographer

Galen Culver is a reporter/photographer for Oklahoma's News Channel 4 who produces "Is This a Great State or What?" He joined KFOR's team as a photojournalist.

Prior to joining NewsChannel 4, Galen worked as a reporter, photographer and weekend anchor in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

He broke into the television business a reporter and photographer in Missoula, Montana.

Galen earned his degree in Journalism and Communications from Washington State University.

Galen has received many photojournalism accolades including the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

His coverage of the first Gulf War won an Oklahoma Associated Press Award for Best General Reporting.

In July of 1991, Galen began a unique assignment to find and showcase amazing Oklahoma sights and stories.

Since that time the "Is This a Great State or What" segment has aired nearly every Monday, Wednesday and Friday on various News Channel 4 broadcasts.

Galen continues his search on the 5 p.m. newscast these days, producing, shooting, writing and editing feature stories from every corner of Oklahoma.

Galen is married to News Channel 4 anchor and producer, Tara Blume.

They and their Oklahoma-born daughters, Evelyn and Holly, live in Oklahoma City.

Recent Articles

  • Great State: 41 Years in 1st Grade

    Posted on: 11:59 am, May 16, 2013, by

    LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA — The testing season is over with. Long time 1st grade teacher Darlene Meskimen is using these last...
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  • Great State: Pie Junkie

    Posted on: 1:08 pm, May 14, 2013, by

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — Think of all the things that you can cook inside a pie crust. Darcy Schein and...
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  • Great State: Surrogate Mother’s Day

    Posted on: 4:55 pm, May 10, 2013, by , updated on: 02:28pm, May 10, 2013

    DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA — He’s just past a month old now. Little Gunner McCann Marlar was born April 4th. His extended...
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  • Great State: Professor of Gaming

    Posted on: 1:27 pm, May 9, 2013, by , updated on: 11:18am, May 10, 2013

    EDMOND, OKLAHOMA — Jeff Price may be the only college professor you’ll ever hear bragging about his wild childhood spending...
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  • Great State: Hail and History

    Posted on: 10:43 am, May 8, 2013, by

    SPENCER, OKLAHOMA — One family’s home and castle is one thing. Mary Hammon looks after the collected memories of a...
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  • The Oldest Tribal Museum in the U.S.

    Posted on: 10:54 am, May 6, 2013, by , updated on: 10:55am, May 6, 2013

    PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA — There are things Kathryn Red Corn can still remember and things she can still touch. They both...
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  • Pawnee Steam Power

    Posted on: 10:52 am, May 2, 2013, by

    PAWNEE, OKLAHOMA — The big flywheel measures 12 feet in diameter. It weighs close to 20,000 pounds. The old Corliss...
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  • ‘Rudderless’ in OKC

    Posted on: 10:52 am, April 30, 2013, by , updated on: 11:10am, April 30, 2013

    OKLAHOMA CITY – It might look like a regular business office but follow Jeff Robison and Casey Twenter around here...
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  • Great State: The First Weather Biennale

    Posted on: 10:24 am, April 25, 2013, by

    NORMAN, OKLAHOMA — For most of his life Alan Atkinson looked outside like the rest of us to see what...
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  • Barbershop Cops

    Posted on: 10:35 am, April 24, 2013, by

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — Historical credit for saving what’s known as the ‘barbershop’ sound goes to a man named O.C....
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  • Propagating the Survivor

    Posted on: 12:05 pm, April 22, 2013, by

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — April in the city and the green leaves of an American Elm are just now spreading...
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  • Great State: High School Horticulture

    Posted on: 10:38 am, April 19, 2013, by

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — A year ago April Debbie Piersing taught pre-kindergarten kids in the small town of Coyle, Oklahoma....
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