"Pat" Kearney (1955–2014) was an American reporter, broadcaster, coach, author and historian, noted for his newscasting, sportscasting and books about his hometown of Butte, Montana.
[1] Kearney attended Montana State University in Bozeman, earning his degree in Film and Television in 1978.
After leaving KXLF in 1988, he became an advertising sales executive for Butte's cable TV companies (the last being Charter Communications) from 1993 until his death.
[1][2][3] Kearney's departure from KXLF came on December 7, 1988, when he refused to accept a demotion to sports director, and filed a lawsuit against them for wrongful termination in violation of their written personnel policy.
[6] In addition to founding the Butte Sports Hall of Fame, he established the annual Blarney Stone Run (since renamed in his honor) in 1983,[6] served as co-chairman of Evel Knievel Week and the high school Class C All-Star football game, chairman and founder of the Butte Sports Foundation, co-founder and first-year chairman of the Winternational Sports Festival and manager of the Neversweat & Washoe tourist train in 1989.