Ira Joe Fisher
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Ira Joe Fisher (born in 1947 in Salamanca, New York) is currently the weather reporter for CBS's The Saturday Early Show, 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. He lives in Connecticut with wife Shelly and has four children Joshua, Shelby, Ashley and Dylan.
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[edit] Background
Fisher spent his entire childhood in Cattaraugus County, New York, a rural area well south of Buffalo. He was born in Salamanca, got his first job at WGGO in said city, and graduated high school from Little Valley Central School in 1965.
Fisher has been a college professor, author, columnist, poet, disc jockey, reporter, actor, and weatherman. Ira Joe has a master’s degree in fine arts from New England College. Fisher currently teaches at Pace University and at the University of Connecticut.
[edit] Television career
[edit] KHQ
He started 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.
[edit] WKRC
He worked at WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio between 1980 and 1983. He was a weather reporter and co-host of PM Magazine. He worked at WKRC radio as a commentator.
[edit] WABC/Live with Regis and Kathie Lee
Fisher was a weatherman and feature reporter at WABC in New York City, and "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" from 1983 to 1985.
[edit] WKRC
Fisher returned to WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1985 to 1989. He hosted The Ira Joe Fisher Show, which was a daily talk/variety show.
[edit] WNBC
Fisher was a weather and feature reporter on WNBC-TV in New York City between 1989 and 1995.
[edit] WCBS
Fisher worked at WCBS 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 Dana Tyler and Stephen Clark as part of the station's lead team.
Fisher was fired from 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. He is also teaching at Pace University.
[edit] Author
[edit] Poetry
Fisher is the author of two works of poetry: a chapbook titled Remembering Rew, and a full-length collection, Some Holy Weight in the Village Air (Athanata Arts 2006). He holds an MFA from New England College and teaches poetry at the University of Connecticut in Stamford and at Pace University.
