Greg Petersen
Director of Broadcasting/Station ManagerGreg Petersen was the director of broadcasting for WPSU/Penn State Public Media. He is still a host of the WPSU Jazz program and occassionally fills in as on-air host during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He is also now a member of WPSU's Board of Representatives. He worked in various positions at WPSU for more than 25 years.
Before WPSU, Greg worked at KRWG-TV/FM in Las Cruces, New Mexico and at KNME-TV/Albuquerque. He graduated in 1977 from New Mexico State University with a degree in journalism and mass communications. He also worked at KASK-FM/Las Cruces and was a photography stringer for the Associated Press in New Mexico.
His television work has been nominated for several Emmy awards and created WPSU-TV's "Our Town" series which began in 1996.
He has served on numerous national boards and committees in public broadcasting.
Greg is a native of Chicago and a life-long Cubs fan.
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An archive recording of the WPSU Jazz show as broadcast on Friday, July 4, 2025, hosted by Greg Petersen. -
An encore presentation of a live concert from our Jazz @ the Palmer series, as broadcast on June 27, 2025 and recorded at the Palmer Museum of Art in August of 2014. -
An archive of the WPSU Jazz Show featuring the Rich Hirsch Quartet recorded live at the new Palmer Museum of Art in September 2024, as part of the Jazz@ThePalmer series. -
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