I began my radio career in North Platte, NE (KAHL) in July 1974. From there it was Burlington, CO (KNAB). Clinton, MO (KDKD), Omaha, NE (KFAB), Rochester in 1983-90, then Rapid City, SD (KKKMK & KKLS) for almost 9 years. In fall 1999, I came back and have been at KROC AM ever since! Thank you for listening! I graduated from Richfield High School ('71) and went to the University of Minnesota and Brown Institute in 1973. My wife Nancy and I have been married since 1979 and we have three great kids, Scott, Tim and Kaitlyn. Two awesome grandkids (Zoey and Jack) keep us hopping. I'm a huge Gopher fan and have been since I was old enough to know better in 1959. I love any pro team from Minnesota. I am the P.A. announcer for the Rochester Honkers, an occasional announcer for the local high schools, help out at Apollo Liquor, and do some "medical acting" at Mayo Clinic.
Rich Peterson
Sports Banquet Finalists Have Been Announced
The finalists for the Rochester Area Sports Banquet’s 2016 Sports Awards have been named and the winners will be announced at the 12th annual banquet to be held on Jan. 30th at Mayo Civic Auditorium.
Chad Greenway – Minnesota Viking All Pro Linebacker, will be the guest speaker at the banquet, which is hosted by the Rochester Amateur Sports Commission
Five finalists in each of six categories were
Wild Take Oilers 2-1 in Overtime
Edmonton, Alberta (Learfield) -- Minnesota captain Mikko Koivu scored a goal 3:11 into overtime to give the Wild a 2-1 win over the Oilers in Edmonton last night.
Charlie Coyle scored late in the first for Minnesota, which put the brakes on a three-game skid...
Gophers Headed to the Holiday Bowl
(Gophersports.com) -- The University of Minnesota has accepted an invitation to play Washington State in the 2016 National Funding Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27, in San Diego, Calif. The 6 p.m. CT game will be played at Qualcomm Stadium and will be broadcast on ESPN...
Timberwolves Edge Charlotte in Double OT 125-120
Charlotte, NC (Learfield) -- The Minnesota Timberwolves erased a 10-point deficit in the fourth period on the way to a marathon 125-120 win over Charlotte in double overtime Saturday.
Andrew Wiggins scored 29 points for the Wolves, with Karl-Anthony Towns chipping in 27 and 15 rebounds...
Gophers Sweep Hawaii, Advance to NCAA Regionals
(Gophersports.com) -- In front of a crowd of 5,442, the University of Minnesota volleyball team swept Hawaii on Saturday night, 25-17, 25-17, 25-19, to advance to the NCAA Regionals. The Gophers improve to 27-4 on the season, and remain undefeated at home...
Vikings Let Another One Get Away
(Learfield) -- The Detroit Lions did it again to the Minnesota Vikings. A pair of fourth quarter field goals from Lions kicker Matt Prater pushed Detroit to a Thanksgiving Day win over Minnesota 16-13.
Southeast Minnesota Well Represented in Football Finals
The Minnesota State High School Football semifinals wrapped up at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis over the weekend and it was a tremendous weekend for just about all section one teams!
Rochester Lourdes, Grand Meadow, Caledonia, Winona and Rushford-Peterson all made it to the Prep Bowl championship games next week...
Vikings’ Big Plays Shoot Down Cardinals 30-24
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Minnesota Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes returned a second quarter interception 100-yards for a touchdown and his teammate Cordarrelle Patterson returned the opening kickoff of the second half 104 yards for a touchdown to push the Vikings to a 30-24 win over Arizona on Sunday...
Gophers Dominate Seton Hall 90-57
Minneapolis, MN -- The Golden Gopher women's basketball team earned its most dominant victory of the season on Sunday, beating Seton Hall 90-57.
Minnesota moved to 4-0 to start the season. Gopher junior Carlie Wagner led the way with 20 points...
Could There Be Another Thompson Playing for the Gophers?
David Shama has an online sports report called “Sports Headliners”, where he writes about Minnesota sports teams. This week, he wrote a nice article about Darrell Thompson’s son Race.