Kim Peterson (known as "The Kimmer") is a US television and radio journalist. From 1992 through 2006, he hosted a radio talk show on WGST-AM in Atlanta, GA. A United States Marine, he served in the Vietnam War. Before becoming a radio host, Peterson was a television anchor in Chicago and New Orleans.Peterson was on rival news-talk station WSB before he came to WGST. After his firing from WSB Peterson would refer to his former employer as WSOB and WBS (and sometimes We Suck and Blither).
Peterson is a donor for the Marine's Toys for Tots Christmas drive, and from 1997–2005, he produced a comedy bits CD, donating all the proceeds to the drive. In addition, he hosted an annual charity golf tournament. Peterson is an avid motorcycle enthusiast.
From December 2005 to May 5, 2006, WGST began firing Peterson's support team. Jim Gossett, a celebrity impersonator who did the voices of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Johnny Carson among others, quit in December 2005. Two months later, WGST-AM's Sports Director Pete Davis was fired for reasons not disclosed by WGST-AM. The last firing was on May 5, when Peterson's producer, Wayne Kitchens, was terminated. Kitchens told an online media outlet (Buzz) that management was upset when he didn’t bleep out an anti-Muslim statement Peterson said on the air the week prior to his firing. Kitchens has speculated that the firings were an attempt to force Peterson to quit.
Peterson's final broadcast for WGST was on November 20, 2006, the station announcing the next day that he was no longer on the air.
Read more about Kim Peterson: The Kimmer Show
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“Children should know there are limits to family finances or they will confuse “we can’t afford that” with “they don’t want me to have it.” The first statement is a realistic and objective assessment of a situation, while the other carries an emotional message.”
—Jean Ross Peterson (20th century)