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.

News/Talk Programmers Can’t Let Music Be Their Downfall

For years, program directors have allowed hosts and producers to pick out these transition pieces that define the station. It’s a terrible idea.

A Note to News/Talk Hosts: Stop Reading

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

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

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

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

Breaking

Netflix Reportedly Set To Cut 5% From Workforce

"Netflix had about 16,000 full-time employees at the end of last year. A cut of roughly 800 jobs would be the company’s largest since 2022."

Gregg Henson Absent From 1040 WHO After Controversial Cornell Rape Case Comments

Audio from Henson’s Friday program is no longer available on the station’s website or the iHeartRadio app.

FOX Nation Creates Entire Harry Houdini Series Using AI

"We’re proud to showcase a new form of historical storytelling that allows viewers to experience Houdini’s remarkable life in his own words, while remaining rooted in extensive research and historical accuracy.”

104.3 The Score’s Jarrett Payton Reflects On Passing Of Former NFL Head Coach Mike Ditka

"Any time that I needed him, he was always there."