PAT’S AMORE

Anchor to provide focus of NY1 a.m. revamp

LIVE FROM New York, it’s ... NY1.

Spectrum’s cable news channel is overhauling its morning show with a live broadcast centered around its venerable anchor, Pat Kiernan, the Daily News has learned.

Instead of the taped news loop that airs each hour with intermittent updates, the new three-hour morning show will feature Kiernan, 48, and a three anchor news team, including traffic reporter Jamie Stelter.

The refurbished program will run from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. every weekday and is slated to premiere on Oct. 23, according to a source who said that air date is not set in stone.

The refurbished show seeks to better compete with other morning shows like ABC’s “Good Morning America,” NBC’s “Today,” “CBS This Morning” and Channel 5’s “Good Day New York.”

It is also looking to slow the growth of the Fios 1 channel available to subscribers who have signed on with rival Verizon.

The show will feature a greater emphasis on conversations about the news between Kiernan and his on-air colleagues.

A central theme of the show, a source says, will be the news team made up of New Yorkers sharing the day’s biggest stories with an audience of New Yorkers.

NY1 and Kiernan are not abandoning the popular “In the Papers” segment, which features the anchor reading the morning’s top headlines from local newspapers like the Daily News, replete with Kiernan’s own brand of deadpan humor.

It is currently unclear how many times that segment will be featured during the live telecast.

Kiernan and company will broadcast the program from a brand new studio.

In addition to featuring a fresh news desk, a designated area for conversation between Kiernan and others will also be added to the setup.

NY1, which is part of the Spectrum cable company, will continue its strong emphasis on hyperlocal news and reporting within the neighborhoods of New York’s five boroughs.

The station changed corporate hands last year when telecommunications giant Charter Spectrum devoured Time Warner Cable as part of a $65 billion megamerger.

Since then, there has been a greater emphasis on ratings and profitability, insiders said.

The station was hit with a round of layoffs in March.

Kiernan celebrates his 20-year anniversary with NY1 later this month.

Venerable morning anchor Pat Kiernan (above and left), who celebrates his 20th anniversary at NY1 this month, will continue to hold down the morning fort at the hyperlocal cable news station. The retooled three-hour a.m. show, which is to debut next month, will feature gab sessions between Kiernan and three other anchors. The updated format will still include the popular “In the Papers” segment, in which Kiernan shares his favorite headlines from the Daily News and other city papers.