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 retired WLW-AM afternoon host, who died in August, will be remembered with his comedy bits featuring his beloved characters, stories from coworkers and his songs by his musician friends. -
Tony Dokoupil starts his tenure as CBS Evening News anchor with a two week "Live from America" tour which includes a broadcast from Cincinnati. -
WLWT-TV repeats the Paul Dixon Show chicken wedding and retrospectives on Ruth Lyons, while WCET-TV replays a King Records documentary and the Groucho Marx show filmed at Playhouse in the Park. -
The daughter of Nick and Nina Clooney — and George Clooney's sister — died Friday at St. Elizabeth Healthcare after a long battle with cancer. -
World programming will move to new channels so that The Ohio Channel can air around-the-clock on "ThinkTV" Channel 16.4 and "ThinkTV" Channel 14.4. -
A new book includes more than 100 illustrations depicting everything from early roads and earthworks to lost neighborhoods, abandoned inclines and subway routes, plus "the inevitable chili map." -
Sinclair Inc., owners of WKRC-TV, had made the hostile takeover offer three weeks ago to acquire rival Cincinnati-based Scripps, including WCPO-TV. -
Cincinnati's arts and culture biweekly tabloid, founded in 1994, was purchased 11 weeks after CityBeat publisher Tony Frank joined Cincinnati Magazine. -
Cincinnati Public Radio's WGUC and WVXU — and four area public TV stations — will fill December airwaves with dozens of holiday specials you won't see or hear anywhere else. -
The Chicago native says he’s joining WFLD-TV (Fox 32) after leaving WCPO-TV.
