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{{short description|American broadcaster, poet, and educator|bot=PearBOT 5}}
'''Ira Joe Fisher''' (born in ]) is currently the weather reporter for ]'s ], a position he has held since 1999. Fisher is known for his ability to write backwards on "plexiglass 2000" weather presentations. Fisher frequently entertains crowds on the plaza outside the CBS studios. Known for being giant.
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'''Ira Joe Fisher''' (born October 31, 1947, ]) is an American broadcaster, ], and ].<ref name="nyt">{{citation|title=What's Behind the Forecast? Pure Poetry|journal=]|first=E. Kyle|last=Minor|date=July 12, 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/12/nyregion/what-s-behind-the-forecast-pure-poetry.html}}.</ref> From 1999 to 2006, he was the weather reporter for ]'s ].<ref name="cbs"/> He is known for his ability to write backwards on ] during his weather presentations.<ref name="cbs">, retrieved 2011-01-10.</ref><ref name="cincy">{{citation|first=Mary|last=McCarty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vx8DAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22ira+joe+fisher%22&pg=PA68|title=Ira Joe Is Home for Christmas|journal=]|date=December 1985|pages=68–75}}.</ref><ref name="ctv">{{citation|title=Cincinnati Television|first=Jim|last=Friedman|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7385-5169-2|pages=29, 44, 52, 58, 87, 127}}.</ref>


==Background== ==Background==
Fisher spent his childhood in ], a rural area in Western New York, south of Buffalo. He was born in Salamanca,<ref name="cbs"/> got his first job at ] there, and graduated from ] in 1965. He attended college at the ] but left before graduating for a four-year stint in the Air Force.<ref name="cincy"/> He was stationed in ] and attended ], majoring in ] and ]; he later worked for the Air Force as a Russian translator.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="cincy"/><ref name="rp92">{{citation|title=Ira Joe Fisher displays his passion for Robert Frost's poetry and life|journal=]|date=April 9, 1992|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8GpEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=arIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1187,2356602}}.</ref> He has a ] from ].<ref name="cbs"/>
Fisher has been a college professor, author, columnist, disc jockey, reporter, founder of weight watchers, actor, and weatherman. Ira Joe has a master’s degree in fine arts from ]. Fisher currently teaches at ].


Fisher has been a college professor,<ref name="cbs"/> author, columnist,<ref name="cbs"/> poet,<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="cbs"/><ref name="tu06"/> disc jockey,<ref name="fantastick"/> reporter, actor,<ref name="cbs"/><ref name="fantastick"/> and weatherman.<ref name="cbs"/> He played himself in the 1985 TV movie ''California Girls'', and starting in 1995, he played the role of Hucklebee in approximately 500 performances of the long-running off-Broadway musical ].<ref name="fantastick">{{citation|title=Ira Joe Fisher's 'Fantastick' Week|journal=]|first=Gerri|last=Lewis|date=March 30, 1995|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SH5EAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bbIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1948,3083361}}.</ref><ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0279542}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|title='Fantasticks' Will Trip The Lights No More|journal=]|date=January 14, 2002|first=James|last=Barron|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A15F93F5C0C778DDDA80894DA404482}}.</ref> He is the author of three works of poetry: a chapbook titled ''Remembering Rew'',<ref name="cbs"/> and two full-length collections, ''Some Holy Weight in the Village Air''<ref name="tu06">{{citation|url=http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Poetry-in-the-forecast-for-Ira-Joe-Fisher-232889.php|title=Poetry in the forecast for Ira Joe Fisher|journal=]|date=September 28, 2006 |last1=Ct) |first1=News-Times }}.</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030005939/http://athanata.com/books.html |date=2010-10-30 }}, 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-9727993-2-4}}; reprinted by {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727135137/http://www.nyqbooks.org/author/irajoefisher |date=2011-07-27 }}, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-935520-03-0}}.</ref> and ''Songs from an Earlier Century''.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727135137/http://www.nyqbooks.org/author/irajoefisher |date=2011-07-27 }}, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-935520-02-3}}.</ref> He has extensively studied the life and works of ],<ref name="rp92"/> and has taught poetry at the ],<ref name="cbs"/> New England College,<ref name="cbs"/> ],<ref name="tu06"/> and ].<ref>{{citation|title=CBS Weather Man joins the Mercy College Faculty|journal=The Impact News|url=http://www.theimpactnews.com/news/2010/05/04/News/Cbs-Weather.Man.Joins.The.Mercy.College.Faculty-3919541.shtml|date=May 4, 2010|first=Shedeiky|last=Hamilton}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
⚫ ==Television career==
===KHQ===


Fisher lives in Connecticut with his wife Shelly. They have four children: Joshua, Shelby, Ashley, and Dylan.<ref name="cincy"/><ref name="rp92"/>
He started his television career at ] in ] in 1970 as a reporter and host of "The Noon Show". He worked there for 10 years, until 1980.


⚫ ==Television career==
===WKRC===
He worked at ] in ] between 1980 and 1983. He was a weather reporter and co-host of "P.M. Magazine." He worked at WKRC radio as a commentator. Fisher began his television career at ] in ] in 1970 as a reporter and host of "The Noon Show". He worked there for 10 years, until 1980. While at KHQ he also had evening weather duties. He worked at ] in ] between 1980 and 1983. While there, he was a weather reporter and co-host of ]. He also worked at WKRC radio as a commentator. From 1983 to 1985, Fisher served as a weatherman and feature reporter at ] in ]; during this time, he also worked on '']''.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="cbs"/>

===WABC/Live with Regis and Kathy Lee===
Fisher was a weatherman and feature reporter at ] in ], and "Live with Regis and Kathy Lee" from 1983 to 1985.

===WKRC===
Fisher returned to ] in ] from 1985 to 1989. He hosted "The Ira Joe Fisher Show," which was a daily talk/variety show.

===WNBC===
Fisher was a weather and feature reporter on ] in ] between 1989 and 1995.

===WCBS===
Fisher worked at ] between 1995 and 2003. He has held every weekday weather anchor position at WCBS: from 5-7am, noon, 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, and 11pm. He has worked with ] and ] as part of the station's lead team.

Fisher was fired from WCBS in 2003 when ] took over WCBS's struggling news operation. At the time of his firing, he was working mornings at WCBS and the Saturday Early Show. Since then, he does the Saturday Early Show and voiceover for the CBS Morning News and the Early Show on CBS, and has recently began teaching at ].


Fisher returned to ] from 1985 to 1989, where he hosted ''The Ira Joe Fisher Show'', a daily talk/variety show; he won two regional ]s for his writing at WKRC.<ref name="cbs"/><ref name="rp92"/> From 1989 to 1995, he served as a weather and feature reporter on ] in ].<ref name="cbs"/> In 1995, he moved to ] where he remained until 2003.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="cbs"/><ref>{{citation|title=Ira Joe a WCBS forecast-away|journal=]|date=August 12, 2002}}.</ref> At different times during his tenure there, he served as the weather anchor for every one of the station's newscasts.<ref name="cbs"/>


Fisher left WCBS in 2003. After that, he appeared on the ''] Saturday Early Show'' and as a voiceover artist for the ''CBS Morning News'' and ''The Early Show'' until 2007.


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American broadcaster, poet, and educator
Ira Joe Fisher
BornIra Joe Fisher
(1947-10-31) October 31, 1947 (age 77)
Salamanca, New York, USA
EducationNew England College
Occupation(s)Broadcast journalism, teaching
Notable creditThe Saturday Early Show
SpouseShelly Fisher
Children4

Ira Joe Fisher (born October 31, 1947, Salamanca, New York) is an American broadcaster, poet, and educator. From 1999 to 2006, he was the weather reporter for CBS's The Saturday Early Show. He is known for his ability to write backwards on Plexiglas during his weather presentations.

Background

Fisher spent his childhood in Cattaraugus County, New York, a rural area in Western New York, south of Buffalo. He was born in Salamanca, got his first job at WGGO there, and graduated from Little Valley Central High School in 1965. He attended college at the State University of New York at Fredonia but left before graduating for a four-year stint in the Air Force. He was stationed in Syracuse, New York and attended Syracuse University, majoring in drama and Russian; he later worked for the Air Force as a Russian translator. He has a Master of Fine Arts from New England College.

Fisher has been a college professor, author, columnist, poet, disc jockey, reporter, actor, and weatherman. He played himself in the 1985 TV movie California Girls, and starting in 1995, he played the role of Hucklebee in approximately 500 performances of the long-running off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. He is the author of three works of poetry: a chapbook titled Remembering Rew, and two full-length collections, Some Holy Weight in the Village Air and Songs from an Earlier Century. He has extensively studied the life and works of Robert Frost, and has taught poetry at the University of Connecticut, New England College, Pace University, and Mercy College.

Fisher lives in Connecticut with his wife Shelly. They have four children: Joshua, Shelby, Ashley, and Dylan.

Television career

Fisher began his television career at KHQ-TV in Spokane, Washington in 1970 as a reporter and host of "The Noon Show". He worked there for 10 years, until 1980. While at KHQ he also had evening weather duties. He worked at WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio between 1980 and 1983. While there, he was a weather reporter and co-host of PM Magazine. He also worked at WKRC radio as a commentator. From 1983 to 1985, Fisher served as a weatherman and feature reporter at WABC in New York City; during this time, he also worked on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.

Fisher returned to WKRC-TV from 1985 to 1989, where he hosted The Ira Joe Fisher Show, a daily talk/variety show; he won two regional Emmy Awards for his writing at WKRC. From 1989 to 1995, he served as a weather and feature reporter on WNBC-TV in New York City. In 1995, he moved to WCBS where he remained until 2003. At different times during his tenure there, he served as the weather anchor for every one of the station's newscasts.

Fisher left WCBS in 2003. After that, he appeared on the CBS News Saturday Early Show and as a voiceover artist for the CBS Morning News and The Early Show until 2007.

References

  1. ^ Minor, E. Kyle (July 12, 1998), "What's Behind the Forecast? Pure Poetry", New York Times.
  2. ^ Biography at cbsnews.com, retrieved 2011-01-10.
  3. ^ McCarty, Mary (December 1985), "Ira Joe Is Home for Christmas", Cincinnati Magazine: 68–75.
  4. Friedman, Jim (2007), Cincinnati Television, Arcadia Publishing, pp. 29, 44, 52, 58, 87, 127, ISBN 978-0-7385-5169-2.
  5. ^ "Ira Joe Fisher displays his passion for Robert Frost's poetry and life", The Ridgefield Press, April 9, 1992.
  6. ^ Ct), News-Times (September 28, 2006), "Poetry in the forecast for Ira Joe Fisher", Times Union.
  7. ^ Lewis, Gerri (March 30, 1995), "Ira Joe Fisher's 'Fantastick' Week", The Ridgefield Press.
  8. Ira Joe Fisher at IMDb.
  9. Barron, James (January 14, 2002), "'Fantasticks' Will Trip The Lights No More", New York Times.
  10. Athanata Arts Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, 2006, ISBN 978-0-9727993-2-4; reprinted by NYQ Books Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, 2009, ISBN 978-1-935520-03-0.
  11. NYQ Books Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, 2009, ISBN 978-1-935520-02-3.
  12. Hamilton, Shedeiky (May 4, 2010), "CBS Weather Man joins the Mercy College Faculty", The Impact News.
  13. "Ira Joe a WCBS forecast-away", New York Post, August 12, 2002.
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