John Kiesewetter
John Kiesewetter joined the WVXU news team as a TV/Media blogger on July 1 2015, after nearly 30 years covering local and national broadcasting for The Cincinnati Enquirer. He’ll be posting news about Greater Cincinnati TV, radio and movies; updating your favorite former local TV/radio personalities or stars who grew up here; and breaking news about national TV, radio and media trends. You’ll also learn about Cincinnati’s rich broadcasting history.
The Middletown, Ohio, native joined The Enquirer for a 13-week summer internship after graduating from Ohio University in 1975, and parlayed it into a nearly 40-year career as a reporter (including covering the Beverly Hills fire aftermath), editor and TV columnist. “TVKiese”regularly traveled to Los Angeles and other cities to preview shows, interview stars and watch tapings of “ER,” “Seinfeld,” Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” and David Letterman’s “Late Show.” He’s also covered filming of George Clooney’s “The Ides of March,”CateBlanchett’s“Carol” and DonCheadle’s“Miles Ahead.”
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Cincinnati native Steve Williams, who got his start at WEBN-FM and WAIF-FM, has been named president and CEO of WBGO-FM, NPR's flagship jazz station. -
Pete Scalia has left his TV job, but he's not giving up. The 1991 Oak Hills High School alum, who started his broadcasting career in Cincinnati, left... -
You might have seen the Memphis Belle at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, but you'd never seen it like this. -
DJ Ron Britain, who had a 72% audience share for WSAI-AM in the early 1960s, made his name in Cincinnati radio. -
Two Greater Cincinnati public radio veterans – reporter Jay Hanselman and producer/announcer Lee Hay – will be leaving WVXU-FM at the end of October. -
After just 20 years in business, Cincinnati's Rookwood Pottery was "the greatest pottery in the world." And it "wasn't because we said so – the French... -
The exodus continues at WKRC-TV: Reporter Angela Ingram, a 14-year veteran, worked her final newscast Wednesday, three weeks after 10-year veteran... -
Netflix has released the first look at Hillbilly Elegy , the $45-million adaptation of J.D. Vance's best-selling memoir about growing up in Middletown,... -
Armed with five guns and 600 rounds of ammunition, Over-the-Rhine resident James Hoskins held nine WCPO-TV employees hostage inside the station at Fifth... -
The 40 th anniversary of WCPO-TV hostages held at gunpoint in the newsroom will be marked Thursday with a virtual discussion about "Journalists &...
