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 former WXIX-TV meteorologist and Fox 19 Now Xtra co-host will co-anchor Channel 9’s morning news with Kristen Skovira starting in October. -
Retired Cincinnati Bengals publicity director Jack Brennan reveals his passion for cross-dressing in his new book, out this week. -
Four-part series features Nick Clooney, Rob Braun, Rob Reider, and director-producer Dick Murgatroyd talking about Cincinnati's live variety shows in the 1960s and '70s. -
The 10-year veteran at Channel 12 remade the Local 12 news staff after losing anchors Rob Braun and Cammy Dierking and his veteran reporting staff. -
For most of three decades, Burbank entertained WLW-AM listeners with comedy sketches and parodies. -
WCPO-TV has hired the former Fox 19 morning news personality to anchor weekend morning newscasts. -
Cincinnati’s longest-tenured meteorologist retires Thursday, Aug. 28 after nearly five decades on WXIX-TV, WKRC-TV, and WLW-TV. -
The meteorologist broadcast for 12 hours straight on New Orleans TV as the killer storm headed toward the city — until his wife went into labor with their first child. -
The Cincinnati Reds will unveil and dedicate a bronze statue of retired broadcaster Marty Brennaman at 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 6, before the Reds-Mets game. -
Documentary premiering Saturday shows musicians' unglamorous life on the road.
