Although John completed two years of graduate school in Communications, he did not earn his masters degree because he was offered a full-time job at WTVK-TV in Knoxville. The experience was eye-opening and hooked John on television journalism.
In June of 1983, John was hired by LOCAL 12 as Northern Kentucky Bureau Reporter. Since then, John has been heavily involved in community activities. He has served on several boards and volunteers his time to many organizations to emcee programs, and to speak to students.
John says he’s an amateur photographer and a true “car fanatic,” but his real focus are his two children Lindsay and Brandon, and his wife Donna.
Liz Bonis
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Liz Bonis is a registered dietitian, a certified personal trainer, and a diabetes educator with a Master of Science Degree in Public Communication & Radio-Television News. Liz received a Bachelor's Degree from the College of Applied Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and her Masters Degree from the Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University. She first began working with LOCAL 12 in January 2002. Liz has been a health & medical reporter for nearly 10 years in both radio and television. She is the former host of the Mix 94.1 "Liz & Carson" morning show in Cincinnati, and the syndicated weekend health and fitness radio show on 55WKRC --"Lighten Up with Liz." Liz publishes a monthly health and wellness newsletter, has a personal fitness video called "The Lazy Way to Lighten Up (for women)", and writes weekly on-health articles at Lightenupwithliz.com. She currently hosts seminars nationwide on fighting fat, getting fit, stress management, diabetes breakthroughs, weight loss, women's health and nutrition. Liz is active in Cincinnati with the American Heart Association, the Greater Cincinnati YMCA, the Northern Kentucky Chapter of the American Dietetic Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the American Cancer Society and Crossroads Community Church in Oakley.
John Gumm
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Meteorologist John Gumm returned to his hometown of Cincinnati in 2005 as the latest meteorologist to shine from the Precision Doppler 12 Weather Center.
While in sixth grade at Brantner Elementary School in Mt. Carmel, John was given an assignment in class to write about his greatest dream in life. John wrote he wanted to become a meteorologist and some day help to save millions of people from a horrible hurricane. Little did he know, many years later that dream would become a reality. In August of 2005, John was on television for twelve hours straight in New Orleans warning viewers about Hurricane Katrina before evacuating his wife and his newborn son to safety. Since then, he’s received numerous letters and emails of appreciation from people whom he helped convince to leave the city.
John is a graduate of Glen Este High School. He went on to study the weather at Valparaiso University in Indiana where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology and helped to create one of the largest storm chasing groups in the country. He is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM), an accreditation awarded by the American Meteorological Society. The CBM supersedes the AMS Seal of Approval, and requires successful completion of a very comprehensive examination on theoretical meteorology, operational meteorology, forecasting, and general science.
Prior to working at Local 12, John worked at WHBF-TV in Rock Island, IL, WCTI-TV in New Bern, NC and WWL-TV in New Orleans, LA where he won numerous awards for his work, including an Associated Press award for “Best Weathercast” in Louisiana.
When he’s not forecasting the weather, John enjoys bicycling, hiking, swimming, tinkering with electronics and computers, following the Reds and Bengals and speaking to area school children about weather. Feel free to contact him at jgumm@wkrc.com.
