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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The Golden Globe winner will film 'Alarum' for a week in Uptown Oxford, including a special effects fireball scene.
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The movie about Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's 1972 presidential campaign was shot here two years ago.
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The Reds spring opener will be telecast by Bally Sports Ohio, broadcast on WSAI-AM and streamed on Fox Sports 1360. Bally Sports will do five Reds games, while WLW-AM or WSAI-AM will broadcast and stream 27 games.
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Cincinnati’s best TV sports videographer is leaving television after 21 years at WLWT-TV and WCPO-TV to join the Louisville Metro Police Department’s communication team.
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Louisville native Bob Edwards launched NPR's Morning Edition in 1979, and talked baseball with Red Barber on "Fridays with Red" for 12 years.
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The former WEBN-FM morning show personality did his Loon In the Afternoon show from his suburban Cincinnati home for Sirius XM’s Outlaw Country channel.
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Jeff Ruby, Joe Deters, Simon Leis, Dave Lapham, Tracy Jones, Doug Flynn, Bill Cunningham and Bob Kevoian from the Bob & Tom Show to roast the Hall of Fame announcer, who retired in 2019.
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Mount Washington food truck operators and caterers Kristen Bailey and Anton Gaffney tell their success story to PBS series about entrepreneurs.
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After five years at WLWT-TV, McGee will anchor weekends and do investigative reporting at WPXI-TV.
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Barry Levinson directed Alto Knights, previously known as The Wise Guys, in Cincinnati a year ago.