Bill Hemmer
| Bill Hemmer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William George Hemmer 14 November 1964 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Miami University |
| Occupation | Journalist/Television news anchor |
| Employer | Fox Entertainment Group |
Bill Hemmer is an American journalist for the Fox News Channel, based in New York City. He is a co-anchor of America's Newsroom from 9am to 11am ET. Previously, he reported and anchored at CNN between 1995 and 2005.
Hemmer was born William George Hemmer in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1964. He is the son of William R. Hemmer, a retired executive salesman for Serta Mattresses, and Georganne M. Knittle, a former high school teacher. He is the middle child and second son of the Hemmers' five children.
Hemmer attended Our Lady of Victory (Cincinnati) Catholic parochial school before graduating from Elder High School in Cincinnati.
During his senior year at Elder, Hemmer and a friend started a radio program, playing fifteen minutes of music before classes began. He credits his time as the high school disc jockey for beginning his passion for broadcasting.
Hemmer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism from Miami University, located in Oxford, Ohio. While at Miami University, he joined Delta Tau Delta fraternity and studied in Europe at the Miami University Dolibois European Center, which was then located in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
While in college, Hemmer interned as a radio disc jockey for Mama Jazz at WMUB-FM and later at the iconic WOXY-FM, which is considered to be America's first alternative music station, before taking an internship at Cincinnati's NBC affiliate.
He started in sports production at WLWT-TV in the mid-1980s where he realized his passion for live television. During his senior year at Miami University, Hemmer was offered a position at WLWT-TV as a sports producer. Soon after, he went to the CBS affiliate WCPO-TV as the weekend sports anchor.
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