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 trustees. 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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Few issues in contemporary democracy are so important as the future of public education. Democracy, our founding fathers believed, can thrive only if the…
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WPSU’s Greg Petersen interviewers Pennsylvania State Senator and Majority Leader Jake Corman (R-Centre County) who talks about the prospects for an…
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WPSU is currently experiencing technical difficulties with our Kane (90.1) transmitter. That, in turn, affects the signals in Bradford (100.9) DuBois…
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In August, Terrell Jones, Penn State’s Vice Provost for Educational Equity and a well-known expert on diversity issues, passed away after a bout with…
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Walter Terrell Jones (know as just "Terrell" to everyone) was the vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State and was instrumental in diversity…
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Political satirist Mark Russell will be performing at the State Theater on Sunday, July 27. WPSU's Greg Petersen talks with Russell about his career and…