Bill Rinehart
Reporter/HostExpertise: On-air host for All Things Considered, reporting
Education: Hastings College
Contact: brinehart@wvxu.org
Favorite Tri-State Neighborhood: Too many to list
Highlights
- Started in radio in 1989 as a disc jockey then jumped to radio news in 1995
- Worked in small, medium, and big cities
- Known for his dramatic pause during traffic reports
- Reports WVXU's popular OKI Wanna Know series
Experience
Bill Rinehart started his radio career as a disc jockey in 1990. In 1994, he made the jump into journalism and has been reporting and delivering news on the radio in markets including Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska; Sioux City, Iowa; Dayton, Ohio; and most recently as senior correspondent and anchor for Cincinnati's WLW-AM.
In these roles, he has found himself chasing tornadoes, covering marathon government meetings, touring post-Katrina New Orleans, and staring at his phone waiting for people to return his calls. He is an advocate for the Oxford comma, and believes that more often than not the "why" question is the most important of the four Ws and H.
Education
Bill graduated with a bachelor's degree in English. He toyed with declaring a philosophy minor, but considered it until it was too late.
About WVXU
The central pillar of Cincinnati Public Radio’s local network — accounting for the lion’s share of its 211,000 listeners each week — 91.7 WVXU is among the most reliable media institutions in the Tri-State region. Our mission is to always be a trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.
Why trust us
Our team of reporters and editors have decades of experience writing and reporting the news. Our first responsibility is to our listeners and readers. There is no connection between our funding and editorial decisions. When we do cover a funding partner, a disclosure will be mentioned on-air and online. We take pride in our work, editing and fact-checking every story. If an article warrants a correction, we will immediately correct it and explain the correction for complete transparency.
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OKI Wanna Know is your chance to get an answer to one of the great — or not-so-great — mysteries of life in the Tri-State. This edition deals with crows. -
Blink has grown from 22 projection mapping displays, 35 light-based installations, and murals from 8 artists in the first year, to more than 80 in 2024. -
The regional council of governments' plan includes more than 250 projects for cars, freight traffic, bikes, public transit and even autonomous vehicles. -
Covington is developing 23 acres of vacant lot that was once home to an IRS processing facility. -
A listener wants to know what tops off one of Cincinnati's first high rise buildings. -
Body cam and security video shows what happened inside a Kroger store on Springdale Road May 29. -
ODOT and KYTC project managers say the approaches to the bridges over the Ohio River should have a smaller impact on the neighborhoods they're in. -
Food vendors and beer stalls will set up along 5th Street between Main Street and Sentinel for the free annual event. -
Falling sandstone blocks on the Cincinnati side prompted the closure of the pedestrian bridge on Sunday. -
AAA's annual Memorial Day weekend travel predictions indicate a lot of people will be hitting the roads this weekend and all summer long.
