Art Mehring has been involved in traffic reporting since he was a small child growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father, Lieutenant Art Mehring of the Cincinnati Police Department pioneered traffic reporting back in the mid-1950′s becoming the first uniformed police officer in the nation to broadcast helicopter traffic reports on the radio. He also had a children’s safety game show program that taught kids about traffic. He tried out every question on Art-II.
Art’s radio “wonder bread” years were spent with the American Forces Radio & Television Service” where he served from the North Pole to Berlin to Las Vegas. After military service he worked in news and sports for nearly 15 years in Dallas, Memphis, Chicago, Washington, DC and Atlanta.
Art’s hobbies include scuba diving and he is a certified barbecue judge.
