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.

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.

Sales Productivity Protects You From Hedge Fund Uncertainty

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

9 News Radio Writing Tips

Journalism schools teach newspaper writing techniques. Seemingly, a lot of radio news is written in that style.

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Michael Kay Defends Pat McAfee From Critics Saying He’s “Thin Skinned”

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SummitMedia Names Matt ‘Brodie’ Lesley Brand Manager Over Entire Knoxville Cluster

In Knoxville, he'll oversee programming for Classic Rock 93.1, 100.3 The Wolf, Star 102.1, and Hot 104.5.

SiriusXM WWE Radio Listenership Up 20% From Launch Of Re-Branded Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7

"Listening to WWE Radio has grown nearly 20% since its July launch and rebrand. While monthly active sports listeners increased 4% year over year across our connected car and streaming platforms."

Ernie Johnson Explains The Timing Of His Inside the NBA Retirement Announcement

"I actually kind of got tired of people asking me if I was going to keep doing the show."