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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Owners of the Christian station are relinquishing FCC license for 1560 AM, which had broadcast from Fairfield for 60 years.
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Cincinnati native Julie Schwartz talks about becoming the first woman rabbi to serve on active duty as a chaplain in the United States military in PBS’ After Action series.
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WDBZ-AM’s longtime talk host surprised to be considered since he has spent most of his career “working at low-power AM stations.”
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The departure of Channel 9’s 11 p.m. anchor team fulfills WCPO-TV’s goal of eliminating two news anchors in a newsroom restructuring.
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Comcast-owned cable system serving Lawrenceburg and Southeast Indiana drops the Reds TV provider Wednesday when its agreement expired with Diamond Sports Group.
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After Channel 9’s weekend morning anchor departs, two more anchors will leave under a newsroom restructuring announced earlier this month.
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The new solutions journalism community affairs project at WCET-TV and WPTD-TV examines the housing crisis in Cincinnati and Dayton.
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If upheld in court, TV reporters and anchors no longer would have to wait up to a year to work for another station in town.
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Cincinnati's independent web radio station pays homage to the rich histories of WOXY-FM and WNKU-FM with a week-long countdown of rock hits May 20-27.
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After a 15-year absence, P&G Studios will produce "The Gates," a 2025 daytime drama about a wealthy Black family developed through a CBS partnership with the NAACP.