Peter Thiele

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Peter Thiele is a weekly news/talk radio columnist for Barrett Media, and an experienced news/talk radio programmer. He currently serves as News/Talk Format Captain for Zimmer Communications. Prior to joining Zimmer, Peter held programming positions in New York City, San Francisco, Des Moines, Little Rock, Greenville, Hunstville, and Joplin. Peter has also worked as a host, account executive and producer in Minneapolis, and San Antonio. He can be found on Twitter at @PeterThiele.

A Note to News/Talk Hosts: Stop Reading

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The last time you had coffee with a friend, did you read to them? No. You had a conversation. 

Fox News Shouldn’t Be the Standard For News/Talk Radio

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Fox News has about 1% of the U.S. population watching...If you can live on 1% of your community listening to your station, keep it up.

The 2024 Campaign Season News/Talk Playbook

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This is your show. Don’t get caught up in the campaign before your audience is actually really interested.

6 Tips For Dealing With Publicists

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I’ll give you my rules for the people slinging guest pitches.

Sales Productivity Protects You From Hedge Fund Uncertainty

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"The good news is that most radio station clusters are still very profitable. The bad news, the debt makes many clusters unprofitable."
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