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Brian Kilmeade (left) and Steve Doocy At Barnes and Noble in Westbury, NY
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Born |
New York City, New York, USA |
May 7, 1964
Education | C.W. Post (B.A.) Minor Political Science |
Occupation | Co-host of Fox & Friends (Fox News Channel) and Host of Kilmeade and Friends (Fox News Radio) |
Website | http://www.briankilmeade.com |
Brian Kilmeade (born May 7, 1964) is a Fox News Channel television personality. Weekdays, he co-hosts Fox's morning show, Fox & Friends, along with Steve Doocy and Ainsley Earhardt. He has written several fiction and nonfiction books, and hosts the Fox News Radio program Kilmeade and Friends.
Kilmeade was born in New York City, New York. He is of Irish and Italian descent. After graduating from Massapequa High School in 1982, Kilmeade attended C.W. Post (Brookville, New York), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (1986). He began his career as a correspondent on Channel One News, a daily national high school television news program. He later served as an anchor and host for KHSC-TV in Ontario, California. He co-hosted The Jim Brown Show on XTRA-AM (KLSD-XTRA 1360 Fox Sports San Diego), an all-sports radio network. In 1993, Kilmeade joined Brown as part of the announcing team for the inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC 1) event, conducting postfight interviews. He moved into the play-by-play role for UFC 2 and UFC 3 in 1994.
Kilmeade was a freelance sports anchor for WVIT (NBC) in Hartford, beginning in 1997. He was a sideline reporter for the MSG Network, where he covered the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, a major league soccer team based in Giants Stadium.