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: The Dickinsons in 2013

    Posted on: 5:56 pm, March 8, 2013, by , updated on: 07:55pm, March 7, 2013

    MOORE, OKLAHOMA — There really isn’t any line drawn between old Dickinson and new, not any more. After all it’s...
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  • Great State: The Dickinsons in 2009

    Posted on: 5:55 pm, March 8, 2013, by , updated on: 07:58pm, March 7, 2013

    We shot a Mother’s Day story on the two new additions to the Dickinson family in May of 2009.
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  • Great State: The Best, Quickest Cup

    Posted on: 5:29 pm, March 7, 2013, by

    SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA — It’s funny how many problems you can solve over a cup of coffee, the fresh ground kind,...
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  • Great State: Spare Parts Frankenstein

    Posted on: 12:41 pm, March 5, 2013, by

    ELMORE CITY, OKLAHOMA — You could put his tools in the hands of some other mechanic but they might never...
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  • Great State: Running from Point A to Point A

    Posted on: 3:15 pm, March 1, 2013, by

    ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA — As a kid Allison Smalley used to run around on the rocks above Turner Falls and beg...
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  • Great State: Momentum Kelp Art

    Posted on: 10:51 am, March 1, 2013, by

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — You don’t have to hold your breath inside this art installation but you might feel like...
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  • Great State: Music Olympics

    Posted on: 10:52 am, February 25, 2013, by

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — Cody Byrum to practice 3 hours per day but he’s a senior at Putnam City North...
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  • Great State: Forum Energy Technologies

    Posted on: 11:02 am, February 22, 2013, by

    ELMORE CITY, OKLAHOMA — If you’re looking for evidence of a booming energy sector in Oklahoma this is the place....
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  • Great State: Soundscapes

    Posted on: 1:19 pm, February 20, 2013, by

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — You can hear a normal museum docent approaching now. ‘Get down from there!’ ‘Don’t touch that!’...
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  • Great State: Alabaster Master

    Posted on: 10:44 am, February 19, 2013, by

    EDMOND, OKLAHOMA — She obtained her first piece of Oklahoma Alabaster as an art student at UCO. “My professor bought...
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  • Great State: 73 Years in Love

    Posted on: 10:51 am, February 14, 2013, by , updated on: 11:40am, February 14, 2013

    OKLAHOMA COUNTY – Winter in life, Spring in love. “Just 73 years with the same girl,” gushes Bernard Drumright embracing...
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  • Great State: Orphaned Home

    Posted on: 10:49 am, February 12, 2013, by

    CARMEN, OKLAHOMA — Looking backward down a road that begins before Oklahoma statehood, stands a building just north of Carmen....
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