16 Facts About Pat Kiernan

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Patrick Kiernan was born on November 20,1968 and is a Canadian-American television host, appearing as the morning news anchor of NY1 since 1997.

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Pat Kiernan is 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.

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Pat Kiernan began his news career in 1988 at CKRA-FM in Edmonton while a business student at the University of Alberta.

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Pat Kiernan later made a transition from radio to television at Edmonton's CFRN News.

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Pat Kiernan moved to New York City three years later to work for Time Warner, where he soon became the morning anchor of NY1.

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Pat Kiernan is usually on air from 5 AM until 10 AM, weekdays.

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Pat Kiernan serves as a correspondent for Business News Network in Canada.

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In 2008, Kiernan created Pat's Papers, a website curation of his favorite stories from newspapers across the United States.

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In January 2011, Pat Kiernan joined TrivWorks as a "Special Host" available for select corporate team building events.

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Pat Kiernan joined Bloomberg TV Canada in 2015 as the host of the channel's Thursday night Bloomberg North program.

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Pat Kiernan has appeared in cameos as himself or as a reporter in such films as The Interpreter, Night at the Museum, True North, The Son of No One, Iron Man 3, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

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Pat Kiernan has been featured in publications including New York magazine, the New York Post, and The New Yorker.

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Pat Kiernan has 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.

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Pat Kiernan served as the off-screen "questioner" of the US version of Grand Slam, which premiered on GSN on August 4,2007.

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In May 2013 Pat Kiernan joined Crowd Rules as one of the two co-hosts on the small business competition series.

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Pat Kiernan was married to Dawn Lerohl on June 4,1994.