{"id":199580,"date":"2025-04-23T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T00:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/advertising\/steve-horstmeyer-delays-retirement-from-cincinnati-fox-station\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T00:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T00:01:24","slug":"steve-horstmeyer-delays-retirement-from-cincinnati-fox-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=199580","title":{"rendered":"Steve Horstmeyer Delays Retirement from Cincinnati Fox Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WXIX in Cincinnati has a bit of thing happening in its weather department.<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati media wrote <strong>John Kiesewetter<\/strong> said that the Fox affiliate has hired a new meteorologist, but still needs to figure out its staffing issue so a longtime favorite can finally retire.<\/p>\n<p>In January, <strong>Ashley Smith<\/strong>\u00a0left the station after seven years to become a public information officer at Hoxworth Blood Center and in February, <strong>Frank Marzullo<\/strong> resigned\u00a0left abruptly after 18 years to \u201cpursue other opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Fox affiliate just hired former WKRC meteorologist <strong>Brad Maushart<\/strong> as its weekday midday meteorologist. Maushart left local TV in 2023 to work for IBM\u2019s The Weather Company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a few years away from the daily buzz of live TV\u2026 Bad News Brad is BACK! I\u2019ve officially joined the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FOX19Cincinnati?__cft__[0]=AZVjAIMJ6XtdWDSwax9TYpyU9gUl-JUuRFjgXjKbxrEYM1biWs2RvAwDh_aWWEwENCl6jpcg58qrbxY1dwDZ2TyDuE6R9tgJLK8PqsC-6cdnur_qH5JcpLVnWmBBG2qsXVQbQGzORsATjtodGgpx-1ee6PzF8rg5_3H0Y5i9w8o9xQ&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" target=\"_blank\">FOX19<\/a>! I\u2019ll be on-air starting tomorrow, and you can catch me weekdays at 10am, 11am, noon (online\/Facebook\/YouTube), 3pm, and 4pm,\u201d Maushart wrote on social media. \u201cGreat to be home and I can\u2019t wait to serve you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Ethan Emery<\/strong>, who works part time at the station, has announced he will leave in May. Emery has a full-time job as a communications specialist for a local county.<\/p>\n<p>Which leaves chief meteorologist <strong>Steve Horstmeyer<\/strong>, who announced his retirement in November. Horstmeyer was looking to leave in February, but offered to stick around off-air until the station hired a new chief meteorologist. He\u2019s already pushed retirement back to May and now he\u2019s sticking around until August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to retire two years ago, but the station wanted me to stay, so I did\u201d \u2014 even after suffering a stroke while doing the 10 p.m. news four years ago, he said in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WXIX in Cincinnati has a bit of thing happening in its weather department. Cincinnati media wrote John Kiesewetter said that the Fox affiliate has hired a new meteorologist, but still needs to figure out its staffing issue so a longtime favorite can finally retire. 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