John Kiesewetter
TV/Media ReporterExpertise: Broadcasting, movies and media
Education: Ohio University
Favorite Tri-State Neighborhood: Fairfield, where I’m within walking distance to Jungle Jim's!
Highlights
- Covered broadcasting for 30 years for the Cincinnati Enquirer, and the last 8 years for Cincinnati Public Radio
- Traveled to Los Angeles to preview TV shows and visit studios three dozen times
- Author of Joe Nuxhall: The Old Lefthander & Me, about the former Reds broadcaster and pitcher
- Was the Enquirer's county government reporter, suburban news editor, and Tempo (lifestyle/entertainment) section editor before becoming TV columnist in 1985
Experience
TV/Media reporter John Kiesewetter joined Cincinnati Public Radio in 2015 after 40 years with the Cincinnati Enquirer as a reporter, suburban editor, regional editor, features editor and TV columnist. John is a past board member of the Television Critics Association. He lives in Fairfield with his wife, Sue, a freelance reporter for the Enquirer. John's first book, Joe Nuxhall: The Old Lefthander & Me, was published in fall 2021.
Education
The Middletown, Ohio, native interned four summers at the Middletown Journal while studying journalism at Ohio University, where he was editor of The Post, the independent weekday student newspaper, his senior year (1975).
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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Former Ohio State University male student athletes tell their story of sexual abuse by sports medicine Dr. Richard Strauss in Surviving Ohio State. -
Morning co-anchor Jayanth moving to Nashville with her family, while the weekday lifestyle show loses its 12:30 p.m. time slot after 18 months. -
Longtime DJs Dusty Rhodes, Jim LaBarbara, "Rockin' Ron" Schumacher, Chris O'Brien and Janeen Coyle to cut the ribbon on the radio station exhibit Saturday afternoon. -
George Clooney brings his Broadway show about newsman Edward R. Murrow, his father's hero, in a television first at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 7, on CNN. -
The WCPO-TV co-anchor is leaving Channel 9 after 10 years. -
WXIX-TV sports director Joe Dannneman and The Ohio Newsroom reporter Erin Gottsacker are the only two Cincinnati recipients of the prestigious award. -
After 20 years on Cincinnati TV and radio, Wagner has joined the staff of Dean Dorton Private Wealth. -
The 1970s art heist drama shot in downtown Cincinnati last fall is one of 22 films nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize presented to the best director. -
Anna DuVall says she starts in June at Fox 19. -
The beloved radio personality will be remembered with a fundraising tribute and concert at Mount St. Joseph University for UC's Gardner Neuroscience Institute.
