Ever-green 'Good Day New York' host Greg Kelly lives for Saint Patrick's Day

Kelly said the night last year when his father was announced as the 2010 parade grand marshal was one he will never forget.

“It was really great. What a night,” he recalls.

The commissioner, who brought along Jennifer Lopez and her husband Mark Anthony to the party at the Irish Consulate in Manhattan, spoke about the struggles and triumphs of Irish emigrants just like those his grandparents had to endure.

"We too have in inextinguishable love for the home of our ancestors," said Ray Kelly during his acceptance speech.

A day in the life of Greg Kelly goes something like this -- alarm rings at 4 a.m. He gets up and makes it into the Fox studios on 3rd Avenue and 67th Street a little before 5 a.m.

While Fox reporters Heather Nauert and Reid Lamberty tackle the 5-7 a.m. segment, Kelly prepares to go live (at 7 a.m.) by running through the list of guests he is scheduled to interview in the few hours that follow with his co-host Rosanna Scotto.

He also makes time to share a few punchy jokes with weatherman Mike Woods.  For the next three hours, Kelly reports and discusses current news topics affecting New Yorkers, and on a lighter note has some fun with people in the entertainment business.

When the clock strikes 10 a.m, Kelly’s work on air is complete. He then prepares for mid-morning meetings to go over upcoming shows.
Although he may have some downtime during the afternoon before he goes out into the city for his night segment – “After Hours” - Kelly is never really off duty.

“Because of phones and Blackberries now I’m always working,” he said. “This job is probably the most intense in terms of time. You know in some jobs you have a lull?  Well, you don’t with this and I like it that way,” said Kelly, alluding to the fact that he is a bit of a workaholic.

Kelly, who is being honored as one of IrishCentral.com and Irish Voice's Irish American Media Top 30, a key listing of Irish Americans in the U.S. media industry, went to Fordham University in New York and graduated with a BA in political science.

In between his studies, Kelly worked as an on-air reporter at WFUV.“I really enjoyed WFUV’s Irish programs. I was a regular listener,” he said.

Kelly joined the Fox News Channel in 2002 and served as the White House correspondent from 2005-2007. In spring 2007 he became co-anchor of Fox and Friends before joining the weekday morning news and feature show, Good Day New York on Fox 5 in July 2008.

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