Alex Pierson (born October 17, 1971 in

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) is a Canadian broadcaster.

Biography

She began working in television in 1995 at

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, and later became an employee of

CKAL-TV CKAL-DT (channel 5) is a television station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part of the Citytv network. It is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media alongside Omni Television station CJCO-DT (channel 38). Both stations share studios at 7 Aven ...

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. A few years later she returned and began working at

CKVR-TV CKVR-DT (channel 3) is a television station in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the CTV 2 system. It is owned and operated by Bell Media alongside Toronto-based CTV outlet CFTO-DT, channel 9 (although the two stations ...

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, followed by her joining

CITY-TV CITY-DT (channel 57) 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 alongside Omni Television outlets CFMT-DT (chan ...

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

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, 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 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. In 2011, the Sun News Network announced Pierson would be co-host of ''The Roundtable'', the network's morning show, along with Pat Bolland and

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. 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 currently works as a radio personality on Global News Radio 640 Toronto as host of her own evening

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

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& Global News Radio 900 CHML in

References

External links

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