Alex Pierson (born October 17, 1971 in

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) is a Canadian broadcaster.

Biography

She began working in television in 1995 at

CHCH-TV CHCH-DT (channel 11) is an independent television station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Channel Zero (company), Channel Zero, the station maintains studios on Innovation Drive in the west end of Hamilton; prior to 2021, it was located ...

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, and later became an employee of CKAL-TV in

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. A few years later she returned and began working at CKVR-TV in

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, followed by her joining

CITY-TV CITY-DT (channel 57), branded as Citytv Toronto or simply Citytv, is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Citytv network. It is owned and operated by network parent Rogers Sports & Media alo ...

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. For a few years she was the co-anchor of Toronto's 11 p.m. ''

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'' with Mark Dailey, as well as a reporter for ''CityNews at Six'' and cp24. She left Citytv in September 2006. After a hiatus from television news, she returned and joined

CIII-TV CIII-DT (channel 41) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, CIII-DT maintains studios at 81 Barber Green ...

as a reporter. After 4 years reporting on courts and crime and anchoring the weekend news, Pierson left to take an anchor position with

Sun News Network Sun News Network (commonly shortened to Sun News) was a Canadian English language Category C news channel owned by Québecor Média through a partnership between two of its subsidiaries, TVA Group (which maintained 51% majority ownership of th ...

. In 2011, the

announced Pierson would be co-host of ''The Roundtable'', the network's morning show, along with Pat Bolland and Andrea Slobodian. and subsequently hosted ''AM Agenda'' and was host of ''Straight Talk'' until Sun News Network closed in early 2015.http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/shows/am-agenda.html AM Agenda on Sun News Network. Pierson works as a radio personality on 640 Toronto. She hosted an evening

talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. They may feature monologues, dialogues between the hosts, Interview (jo ...

show, ''ON Point with Alex Pierson'' which was also syndicated for broadcast on Global News Radio 980 CFPL in

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and Global News Radio 900 CHML in

. In 2024, she moved to afternoons.

References

External links

GlobalNews bio pageON Point with Alex Pierson (Blog & Podcast page)
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