Peter B. Collins

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Template:Other persons Template:BLP sources Peter B. Collins (born Template:Circa)[1] is an American talk radio host, voiceover talent, entrepreneur, and media consultant based near San Francisco, California. He moved there in 1976 after growing up in the Midwest and starting on a radio talk show in Chicago.

He has been a talk show for several radio stations, and unusual for being a liberal in a genre dominated by conservatives. He also hosted a program on food and wine. From 2005 to 2009, he hosted The Peter B. Collins Show, a syndicated, progressive, radio talk show based at KRXA in Monterey, California. He now produces his show on the internet, via listener-supported podcasts. Occasionally, Collins substitute hosts on KGO-AM in San Francisco.

Early life and education

Collins grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he attended public schools. He went to college at Northwestern University in Chicago, where he became interested in radio broadcasting.

Career

Collins got his start with a nightly talk show at ABC-owned WLS-FM in Chicago. This was during the era of the Watergate scandal, and Collins was discussing it at the age of 19.[2]

In 1976, he moved to co-owned KGO in San Francisco, California. KCBS-FM hired him a few years later to host their morning show. He remained there even after KCBS flipped to an album-oriented rock format as KRQR in 1982.

In 1989, Collins returned to talk radio with an afternoon program on KNBR. He also co-hosted a daily one-hour food and wine show on KNBR, featuring many acclaimed winemakers and chefs.[citation needed]

When rival station KSFO adopted a talk format in 1993, it hired Collins for the "afternoon drive" time slot. Their billboard campaign endorsed his show as "a little to the left," playing on his politics and the station's dial position (560 AM). ABC Radio, Disney, also owner of KGO, purchased KSFO in 1994. It converted the station to the first all-conservative talk format and dropped Collins' show.[2]

Since leaving KSFO, Collins has produced other radio shows, such as Childhood Matters on KISQ. He also began working as a political media consultant.[2]

Collins has performed as a voice-over artist for hundreds of radio and TV commercials, as well as station promos for television and radio, non-broadcast sales and training programs, CD-ROMs and voice mail systems. He is the host of Behind the Wheel, a new-car review show that airs on radio stations and on the Internet.[citation needed]

In May 2003, Collins returned to talk radio as host of All-American Talk Radio, which was heard on I.E. America Radio Network and SIRIUS Left, as well as via webcast. Subscribers paid to hear it through SIRIUS. Unlike some conservative talk show hosts, Collins did not screen callers to ensure that people of other opinions were excluded. He attracted callers from a range of political backgrounds.[2]

In 2005 Collins and other investors purchased KRXA, based in Monterey, California. He started to broadcast the Peter B. Collins Show that year. Also progressive, it ended on March 20, 2009. Collins described it as a liberal talk show "infused with dangerous San Francisco values like compassion, justice, and a living wage".[3]

He now produces his show on the internet, via listener-supported podcasts. Occasionally, Collins serves as a substitute host on KGO-AM in San Francisco. He frequently teams with Sibel Edmonds to do interviews for her Boiling Frogs Post. In addition, he regularly contributes essays and produces podcasts for the WhoWhatWhy investigative media website.[4]

Other activities

Since 1986, Collins has served as board president of the Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit based at San Quentin Prison. It provides legal and investigative assistance to inmates in California who claim to have been wrongfully convicted and seek reviews of their cases.

Collins is an officer of the San Francisco Local of the American Federation of TV and Radio Artists (AFTRA). He also serves on AFTRA's national board.

References

  1. ↑ Hecht, Peter (April 6, 2009). "Garamendi hires liberal radio host as 'messaging' consultant". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved October 17, 2011.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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  3. ↑ "Archive: Peter B. Collins Show Archived 2008-05-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Peter B., Collins. "Who.What.Why Peter B. Collins". Who.What.Why. Russ Baker. Retrieved 20 April 2020.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").

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