Lino hosts “The Catholic Guy”, heard across North America on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Monday-Friday, 4-7pm EST. (Sirius 159; XM 117)
He also hosts the weekly show “Lino at Large”.
He has worked in television since 1998.
He was co-executive producer on “The Last Flagraiser” – a World War II documentary which aired nationally on CBS. It won the Emmy Award for Documentary, the Scripps-Howard National Journalism Award, the National Headliner Grand Award and the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award.
Lino produced “Champions of Faith” – a Major League Baseball film featuring Mike Piazza, David Eckstein, Jeff Suppan, Mike Sweeney, and more.
From 1998-2004, Lino was host and executive producer of “Generation Cross”. The show was broadcast across the United States and Canada. Lino won back-to-back Emmy awards for Program Host on “Generation Cross”.
He has worked as a features story reporter for WCCO-TV (the CBS owned and operated station in Minneapolis) as well as a weekly pop culture commentator for KMSP-TV (the FOX station in Minneapolis).
He currently hosts a weekly feature story for NET (New Evangelization Television), the country’s first daily Catholic news show. The segments are “Lino Rulli’s Catch of the Day”.
He has given talks locally, nationally, and internationally. He was one of the MC’s in front of 25,000 people for the Pope’s Youth Rally in Yonkers, New York.
Lino has a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in theology. He has lived in Italy, The Bahamas, Minnesota, and currently lives in New York City.
And he’s really bad at taking himself this seriously.
Lino’s Timeline:
October, 1971
Lino Rulli comes into the world, born to entertain. Unfortunately, he has yet to succeed in doing so.
Summer, 1987
Lino joins the circus. (You read that right. He rode an elephant in a traveling circus: Circus Flora.)
September, 1989
After awkward adolescence…only to be followed by awkward adulthood…Lino attends St. John’s University, in Collegeville, Minnesota.
May, 1993
Lino receives bachelor’s degree in communications. The university has since tightened its graduation policies.
May, 1995
Lino receives master’s degree in theology. The university had not tightened its graduation policies quickly enough.
August, 1995
Lino moves to Nassau, Bahamas and teaches at St. Augustine’s College. He is also head coach of the National Champion Boys Soccer team. Oddly enough, Lino has the athleticism of a dead cat…and his players would overcome many obstacles (including their coach) to achieve victory.
August, 1996
Lino moves to Rome, Italy; purchases several pounds of gold jewelry and shirts which only button halfway up the chest. To this day, the amount of gel in his hair shows hints of that glorious past.
May, 1998
After running out of money and creativity, Lino returns to Minnesota and creates a cable television program called “Generation Cross”. Originally titled “Lino’s Lame TV Show”, advertisers encourage a name change. Viewers, however, maintain it was aptly titled.
March, 2000
WCCO-TV (the CBS owned & operated station in Minneapolis, MN) hires Lino. CBS stock plummets.
October, 2000
Lino wins Emmy award for Program Host. Many television critics say hanging chads likely to blame.
October, 2001
Lino wins his second Emmy award for Program Host. Decides to no longer enter for Emmy awards. Paying off the judges had become too expensive.
March, 2002
A monthly magazine in Minnesota – named Minnesota Monthly, appropriately enough – puts Lino at the front of its “Most Eligible Singles” issue. (This needs no punchline; it’s just a sad day for Minnesota.)
May, 2004
“Generation Cross” goes off the air, and many tears are shed. They are all tears of joy.
October, 2004
“Lino at Large” radio: the show that launched a thousand “He’s got a face for radio” jokes.
February, 2005
Lino is co-executive producer on a World War II documentary aired on CBS stations across the country. The documentary wins many of the country’s top awards in journalism. Shockingly, CBS stock plummets even further. (Please see March, 2000 for the pre-cursor of that joke).
September, 2006
Lino begins hosting “The Catholic Guy” on Sirius Satellite Radio and moves to New York City. The city’s motto “I Love NY” will soon be replaced by “I Hate LR”
May, 2007
Lino produces a Major League Baseball documentary called “Champions of Faith”. After interviewing dozens of All Stars and future Hall of Famers, Lino gets hooked on steroids and human growth hormones and his nose continues to grow larger. *The success of Lino’s career now has an asterisk next to it.
April, 2008
Lino is one of the MC’s introducing music acts from Third Day to Kelly Clarkson in front of 25,000 people at a youth rally for Pope Benedict XVI. Never before had such a large group of people collectively not wanted to see Lino.
June, 2009
Lino becomes a reporter for “Currents”, the country’s first daily Catholic news show. His feature stories are called “Lino Rulli’s Catch of the Day”. Thankfully, unlike other “catches” Lino has had, these do not need a shot of penicillin.
