Ira Joe Fisher

Ira Joe Fisher (born October 31, 1947, Salamanca, New York) is an American retired broadcaster, poet, and educator. From 1999 to 2006, he was the weather reporter for CBS's The Saturday Early Show.

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, He has a Master of Fine Arts from New England College. He is the author of three works of poetry: a chapbook titled Remembering Rew, and Songs from an Earlier Century. He has extensively studied the life and works of Robert Frost,

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