John DePetro, AKA "The Independent Man", is the host of a call-in radio talk show heard weekdays from 9 AM to noon on Boston's Talk Station, WRKO (680 on the AM dial). Topics feature the most interesting or controversial news of the day.
Most people who listen to The John DePetro Show list the program as their number one source of news. All opinions and perspectives are welcome. The show is is fast paced, lively, and never dull.
For the last six
years John DePetro, the Independent Man, has been a top
rated Talk Show Host.
John is known for investigating corruption and scandals in
Rhode Island and he consistently breaks news involving high
ranking public officials and headline newsmakers. The John
DePetro Radio Show is also known for its funny, edgy, over-the-top
humor, coverage of local and national news stories, extensive
and probing interviews and no subject or person is off limits.
His callers tell John that they "love his show because
it’s informative and funny."
John DePetro has been a guest on the syndicated "Imus
in the Morning Program" and "Sean Hannity Show."
He’s appeared on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and ABC News and
has been featured numerous times on the local affiliates of
ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX. John has been quoted in The New York
Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The New Yorker.
His work was covered extensively and written about in the
book The Prince of Providence a New York Times best seller.
In 2004 he was named by Talker’s Magazine as one of the
Heavy Hundred, a list of the 100 Most Important Radio Talk
Show Hosts in America. The criteria for making the list include
ratings, uniqueness, potential, social impact, service, industry
recognition, recognition by other media, effort and talent.
John, the youngest of seven children, grew up in the Edgewood
section of Cranston, Rhode Island. He developed an interest
in radio at a young age and in fifth grade John interviewed
the famous radio personality Salty Brine live on-the-air for
a school project. A graduate of Bishop Hendricken High School
and Rhode Island College John began working in radio while
still in high school answering the request line at WBRU, the
radio station at Brown University. While in college John worked
at WJMF, WDOM, KABC and KROQ in Los Angeles, and was the Program
Director and General Manager at WXIN. From 1990 to 1998 John
lived in New York City and worked for WABC Radio. John is
married with three children ages 6, 4 and 15 months.
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