NYC Radio: Pat Kiernan Talks New WABC Show

Pat Kiernan (Daily News photo)

When WABC 770 AM started talking with Pat Kiernan about an afternoon radio show, what he didn't want was a truncated reprise of his popular morning news show on NY1, according to the NYDaily News.

"I wanted to do something that's news-driven rather than straight news," he says. "What appeals to me about radio is that it's more free-flowing. I wanted the flexibility."

WABC agreed, and starting Monday, 5-6 p.m. weekdays, Kiernan will become part of WABC's push to brand itself as "live and local" radio.

Kiernan says the show, which was only finalized "a couple of weeks ago," is still coming together. In general,  he says, it will be a combination of popular culture, information, "news you can use" and things that are just entertaining.

"What a lot of people know best from my show on NY1 is 'what's in the papers'," he says. "That's the segment where the most personality can shine through. If you like that segment, you will like the radio show."

The show will cover the big news of the day, he says, but "it will not be the top-10 news stories. I already have a show which does that quite successfully — and New Yorkers also have two radio stations for that, WCBS-AM and WINS. We will leave the 'news wheel' to them."

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