Sukanya Krishnan () is an American

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from

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. She is best known for her work with

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from 2001 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2017.

Early life

Born in

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(now

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), Krishnan grew up on

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and attended

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. In 1993, she graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in

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Career

Krishnan's prior experience in the New York news market included a stint at

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, 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

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affiliate WUTR-TV in

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. She cut her teeth in broadcasting at Long Island's

WLIG-TV WLNY-TV (channel 55), branded on-air as New York 55, is an independent television station licensed to Riverhead, New York, United States, serving the New York City television market. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS ...

in 1994. Prior to joining WCBS-TV, she was a morning/noon anchor and reporter for

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's CBS affiliate. She covered various stories including

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, the "

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" 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

on August 8, 2001, and left in late 2003 to become one of the four hosts of the syndicated TV show ''

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'' In March 2004, Krishnan played a reporter covering the mob on the " Two Tonys" episode of

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's ''

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''. Her community volunteering includes being a celebrity judge for the 200
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

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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

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show ''Find Love Live'', and in 2021, she became the host of ''90 Day Fiancé: Love Games,'' a dating and relationships show on

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streaming service.

Awards

In 2006, Krishnan won her first

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for On-Camera Achievement (News Anchor/Host) from the New York Chapter of the

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(NATAS). 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

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. 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

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and MC'd by

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References

External links

Official Website

WPIX Official Bio

Barbara Snyder Stambaugh, ''Dickinson Magazine'', Volume 81, Number 1, Summer 2003
About ''Home Delivery''

Opportunity Knocks: "Sukanya Krishnan Lives Her Dream, While Helping Others Attain Theirs"
by Elaine G. Flores, ''ABCD Lady Online'', Sept. 2004. {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnan, Sukanya 1971 births American Hindus American television journalists American writers of Indian descent Living people People from Chennai Indian emigrants to the United States Mass media people from Staten Island Dickinson College alumni Television anchors from New York City New York (state) television reporters American women television journalists New Dorp High School alumni 21st-century American women American people of Indian Tamil descent

Early life

Career

Awards

See also

References

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