Walter Kiernan

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Walter Kiernan was an American radio and print journalist and television game show host who appeared frequently on television during the early days of the medium. Kiernan wrote for "The Saturday Evening Post," had a WOR Radio in New York called "One Man's Opinion" and started "The Town Crier of West Haven" Connecticut in 1930. He was a Staff Correspondent for the Iternational News Service and wrote for them a syndiated column called "Manhattan Side Streets" which appeared in papers in Ohio, Pennsyulvania, Massachusetts, Indiana, Texas. He covered the arrival home to New York of Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan. He had a "Broadway" column in the Dallas Times Herald. On ABC Radio in 1948 he had a chat program called "That Reminds Me," with former New Jersey Governor Harold Hoffman and "Uncle Jim" Harkins. He had an ABC radio chat show in 1951 called "Family Circle." Among hi guests: Winston Churchill's actress daughter Sarah. In 1942 he co-authored with Damon Runyon "THE LIFE STORY OF CAPTAIN EDDIE RICKENBACKER." Kiernan hosted Kiernan's Corner in 1948, Sparring Partners in 1949, What's the Story from 1951 to 1953, Who Said That from 1951 to 1954, I've Got a Secret in 1952, and Who's the Boss in 1954. His appearances in television were infrequent after the mid-1950s, but Kiernan began co-hosting NBC Radio's news magazine Monitor. He served in this capacity from 1955 to 1960, when the program's format changed.