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Kiernan at the World Trade Center site, 2006 |
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| Born | November 20, 1968 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Patrick ("Pat") Kiernan (born November 20, 1968) is a New York City news anchor, appearing as the morning anchor of NY1 since 1997. Kiernan has become widely known in New York City for his "In the Papers" feature, in which he summarizes the colorful content in New York City's daily newspapers, replete with his deadpan humor. Kiernan is usually on air between 5 AM until 10 AM, weekdays, sometimes being replaced by Kristen Shaughnessy.
Kiernan began his news career at CKRA-FM in Edmonton while a business student at the University of Alberta. In 1996 Kiernan moved to New York City where he has enjoyed success not only in the news industry, but also in films- he recently made cameos as himself in The Interpreter (2005) and in Night at the Museum (2006). Kiernan has been featured in publications including New York ("Morning Star", February 5, 2001) and the New York Post ("Dream Job: Pat Kiernan", October 3, 2005). In addition to his morning anchor position, Kiernan also serves as a correspondent for Business News Network in Canada and appears weekly on live Swedish program Söndagsparty With Filip & Fredrik which broadcasts live from New York. He was on air on the Morning of the September 11th attacks, and remained on air for the morning and parts of the afternoon, managing to have a phone conversation with fellow NY1 anchor/reporter Kristen Shaughnessy, who was in the vicinity of the World Trade Center.
Pat has also hosted several game shows, all produced by Michael Davies: Studio 7, which aired on The WB Television Network in the summer of 2004; two seasons of The World Series of Pop Culture, which began airing on VH1 July 10, 2006, and July 9, 2007 respectively. Pat is also the off-screen "questioner" of the US version of Grand Slam, which premiered on GSN on August 4, 2007.