American news anchor (born 1971)
Sukanya Krishnan
(
Tamil
:
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) is an American
news anchor
from
New York City
. She is best known for her work with
WPIX
from 2001 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2017.
Early life
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Born in
Madras
,
India
(now
Chennai
), Krishnan grew up on
Staten Island
and attended
New Dorp High School
. In 1993, she graduated from
Dickinson College
with a bachelor's degree in
Spanish
.
Career
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Krishnan's prior experience in the New York news market included a stint at
WCBS-TV
, from June 1997 to July 2001 as a general assignment reporter. In 1995, she was an anchor, reporter and producer of the 6 pm and 11 pm news broadcasts at
ABC
affiliate WUTR-TV in
Utica, New York
. She cut her teeth in broadcasting at Long Island's
WLIG-TV
in 1994. Prior to joining WCBS-TV, she was a morning/noon anchor and reporter for
WHP-TV
,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
's CBS affiliate. She covered various stories including
TWA Flight 800
, the "
Million Man March
" and the floods of 1996 which wreaked havoc on central Pennsylvania. While at WCBS-TV, Krishnan covered breaking news for CBS 2's 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts.
She joined
WPIX
on August 8, 2001, and left in late 2003 to become one of the four hosts of the syndicated TV show
Home Delivery
[1]
In March 2004, Krishnan played a reporter covering the mob on the "
Two Tonys
" episode of
HBO
's
The Sopranos
. Her community volunteering includes being a celebrity judge for the 2005
Iron Skillet Cookoff
. Krishnan returned to the WB11 Morning News (later CW11 Morning News, now PIX Morning News) anchor chair in 2005. On May 3, 2017, at the end of the PIX11 6-9 Morning News, she announced her final weeks as one of the station's co-anchors. Her last day on-air was Thursday, May 18, 2017.
On August 21, 2017, Krishnan joined Fox 5 NY
WNYW
as one of the new morning anchors of
Good Day Wake Up
from, 4:30am?7am, replacing Teresa Priolo and Antwan Lewis. Until 2019, she co-anchored the program with
Jennifer Lahmers
.
In 2020, Krishnan hosted the
TLC
show
Find Love Live
,
[2]
and in 2021, she became the host of
90 Day Fiance: Love Games,
a dating and relationships show on
Discovery+
streaming service.
[3]
Awards
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In 2006, Krishnan won her first
Emmy
for On-Camera Achievement (News Anchor/Host) from the New York Chapter of the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
(NATAS).
[4]
In addition to her Emmy Award, Krishnan also won the Project Impact (formerly Indian American Political Awareness Committee)'s "Creating A Voice" Award, and a Distinguished Broadcast Journalist commendation from the Office of the Comptroller of the City of New York, for her work covering the immediate aftermath of the
September 11 attacks
. In July 2006, she was honored at the
FeTNA
(Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America) annual convention held in New York City. In October 2007, Krishnan was named one of the 2007 Power Women by
New York Moves
Magazine, at an awards ceremony hosted by
Mira Sorvino
and MC'd by
Judy Gold
.
See also
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References
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External links
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- WPIX Official Bio
- "Good Morning, New York: Sukanya Krishnan ’93 takes Big Apple’s a.m. news by storm"
, Barbara Snyder Stambaugh,
Dickinson Magazine
, Volume 81, Number 1, Summer 2003
- About
Home Delivery
- South Asian Journalists Association profile
- Opportunity Knocks: "Sukanya Krishnan Lives Her Dream, While Helping Others Attain Theirs"
, by Elaine G. Flores,
ABCD Lady Online
, Sept. 2004.