The Kimmer gets a podcast gig
Kim Peterson at a war rally in 2003 at Centennial Olympic Park. PHOTO CREDIT: Charlotte Teagle/AJC
Kim “The Kimmer” Peterson has not uttered his signature phrase “Semper Fi” in more than three years despite the fact his fans have been clamoring for him to come back.
Good news: the former WGST-AM afternoon host is finally back – sort of. Josh Price at the Conservative Beacon Web site has convinced the Kimmer to do a 30-minute weekly podcast on his Web site for a test ten-week run. And the Kimmer got one of his old advertising sponsors Solomon Brothers Fine Jewelry to sponsor it.
The Kimmer has been offered a couple of jobs here in Atlanta but from a financial standpoint, he didn’t think they were worth it. He’s doing this for fun, he said.
“I do miss working,” he said. “But it’s kind of hard to complain about doing nothing, too.”
Over the past three years, the Kimmer has missed the chance to talk about Obama, the health-care bill and the economic downturn which has caused his Florida condo to lose half its value since he purchased it. He’s also trying to sell his place in Massachusetts and would consider selling the Chopper as well if he got the right price. He said he’s not in bad financial shape, he’d just like to sell at least one of his properties so he can move to Arizona.
He said he’s always been a news junkie and should be up to speed when he starts the podcast April 7 at www.theconservativebeacon.net. If you want to ask the Kimmer a question, email Price at jprice@theconservativebeacon.net.
His former sidekick Wayne “No Offense” Kitchens, he said, is no longer in radio but back at Delta as a mechanic.
The Kimmer was the biggest local host at WGST until late 2006, when the station dumped him. He left Atlanta soon after. Now WGST has no local talk-show hosts at all on weekdays.
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Randall "Huricane" Bloomquist - local panhandler
March 29th, 2010
12:52 pm
whoa… look out only the KIMMER!
we miss ya cant wait to hear the new show.
tim
March 29th, 2010
12:57 pm
I cannot wait.He had some of the best radio bits.
Darthbeatle
March 29th, 2010
1:00 pm
It’s interesting to note that some of the most entertaining talent came from WGST (the list includes Boortz, Hannity, Tom Hughes, the Kimmer, and Pete Davis, to name a few). Obviously Boortz and Hannity have gone on to “greener” pastures but it would be great to get the other guys back on the radio waves. Hopefully the Kimmer podcasts are the start of a revival.
deck trickle
March 29th, 2010
1:06 pm
who?
Steve
March 29th, 2010
1:11 pm
The link to conserative beacon doesn’t work. Does anyone know the real url?
Rodney Ho
March 29th, 2010
1:14 pm
Oops. It’s http://www.theconservativebeacon.net. Forgot the “the.”
Vietvet65
March 29th, 2010
1:15 pm
This is great !!Best news I’ve heard in a long time……THE KIMMER is back.
Brent
March 29th, 2010
1:19 pm
It’s oooonly the Kimmer! Afternoons haven’t been the same and my radio hasn’t been on 640 since the day they dumped the Kimmer and Tom Hughes. It is amazing how Clear Channel stays in business with the morons they have
Ex-WKLS
March 29th, 2010
1:19 pm
A 30-minute weekly podcast on an virtually unknown website. Yep… that’s just about right. Capitalism is all about supply and demand, right? So I’m sure “The Kimmer” will agree: the supply is there…
There’s just no demand.
JK
March 29th, 2010
1:22 pm
You’re a Great AMERICAN! Semper Fi
Brent
March 29th, 2010
1:23 pm
@Ex-WKLS
Sorry pal, you need to read the article again
No fan at all
March 29th, 2010
1:24 pm
Are you kidding me?? WELCOME back Kimmer! Have been waiting for your return to the airwaves. We missed you!
You're Killin' Me
March 29th, 2010
1:25 pm
Hurp ho! – Kimmer’s back!
T-Bone
March 29th, 2010
1:25 pm
Is Pete Davis coming back???
Tyler Durden
March 29th, 2010
1:25 pm
Wow! A self-righteous rightwing blowhard preaching to the uninformed masses ad nauseum…
Yep, nothing out there filling this market need at the moment… nothing at all.
Jim
March 29th, 2010
1:27 pm
herp!
T-Bone
March 29th, 2010
1:28 pm
Tyler there’s this thing called a dial….
JG
March 29th, 2010
1:29 pm
REEEP ROARP RAAAP HUH!
Hey little thing let me light you… cause.. if I a… so … to hand..
DAMMIT!
Jim
March 29th, 2010
1:30 pm
yes, there’s always Air America..oh, wait…sorry.
Anyway, I can just hear “Round The Bend” in my head right now.
How2fish
March 29th, 2010
1:32 pm
” I don’t even know what that means” it would be great for him to do another radio show buts sounds like this is a temp gig ..but hell we will take it ! Welcome back Kimmer we have missed you!
mrs.w
March 29th, 2010
1:34 pm
Tyler Durden-THE ONLY VOICE OF SANITY HERE…sick&tired of the jesus freaks…
How2fish
March 29th, 2010
1:36 pm
Tyler Durden don’t get your panties in a wad Nancy..we won’t MAKE you listen..just MAKE you buy health insurance..oh wait that’s not us! Your problem is that since we don’t agree we you we are uninformed..what a pantload of B.S…oh and by the way we are informed we’ll stay informed and we won’t sit in the corner and shut up…
KimmerFanInExile
March 29th, 2010
1:37 pm
Tyler reflects the passions shared by his Liberal cohorts – a pants-shaking FEAR of conservative radio. Y’see, Tyler, if you weren’t AFRAID of talk radio you would ignore it and it would go away, much like ‘progressive” radio did when we ignored it. But since you know your standpoints are based purely on emotion and have no logic or facts to back them up, you react to these fearful things with emotional outbursts and (ahem) sarcasm that lacks humor.
Y’see, Tyler, the thing about the Kimmer, and what most people miss about local Atlanta talk radio, was that he was FUNNY… but as he would say to you in light of your pathetic attempt at humor… “please, please, please… comedy is for professionals. PLEASE do not try this at home.”
brett shepherd
March 29th, 2010
1:37 pm
DAMN THE KIMMER…BRING BACK PHIL HENDRIE.
brett shepherd
March 29th, 2010
1:38 pm
DAMN THE KIMMER…BRING BACK PHIL HENDRIE. OH AND CHRIS CROCK(SP) AS WELL…
Brent
March 29th, 2010
1:38 pm
Tyler and mrs w are the same person, He’s a cross blogger
You're Killin' Me
March 29th, 2010
1:38 pm
Isn’t it ironic that we have a choice of which radio station to listen to (important, but minor in the big scheme of things) but we won’t have a choice in how our money is spent for government supplied healthcare.
Joseph
March 29th, 2010
1:39 pm
Great to know the Kimmer wil lbe back on the airwaves once more!
itpdude
March 29th, 2010
1:45 pm
Whether it is 5 pm or not, I want to hear him “hurping” to that Credence song. Man, that was great radio. . . . if I got to catch it, I’d be hurping with him the whole way.
There is very little local radio anymore. Kimmer was a real treat with Snake (Snake’s commentary on sports was wickedly funny) and the Newsmaker line, flush the lines (when it was good), etc, etc, etc. I’ll be tuning in. Kimmer was the best thing about Atlanta radio.
war eagle
March 29th, 2010
1:46 pm
It’s great to have the Kimmer back. Maybe now the liberal spend it alls will finally get it through their thick head-JIMMY CARTER Tactics failed before he was president, during his presidency and now after his presidency. What do you call someone who tries the same thing hoping for different results? OBAMA and the Democrats! With Liberty and Tax cuts for ALL!
T-Bone
March 29th, 2010
1:49 pm
What’s wrong with Jesus??
Jack Coffee
March 29th, 2010
1:51 pm
We already know what this old white man will talk about. Whatever Industry tells him….Did you know that the republicans do not have ONE member of congress who is a person of color….dating back to 2003….That is hundreds of positions…
The guy got kicked off the radio for a reason….People have a hard time listening to him with the sheets on…
kuf
March 29th, 2010
1:53 pm
darthbeatle – don’t forget the great freddie mirtz
Al
March 29th, 2010
1:54 pm
Just what we need, another faux conservative hack.
bob
March 29th, 2010
1:54 pm
hey jack – all repubs have a color
cbgb
March 29th, 2010
1:57 pm
Great news! We totally need the Kim Man back. Hopefully one of our local stations will wake up. Wayne at Delta? Interesting.
volgirl
March 29th, 2010
2:05 pm
Oh, I’m STOKED!! I have missed him!!
James Thomas
March 29th, 2010
2:06 pm
OH, Thank God he is coming back. Please bring back the celebrity impersinator. That stuff is great.
You're Killin' Me
March 29th, 2010
2:08 pm
I have a color, too. Color me ecstatic!
T-Bone
March 29th, 2010
2:10 pm
Now really if you bed wetting, scab picking, baby raping liberals can’t be the least bit happy when you see some good news you will just have to go in while the rest of us play. What is wrong with you?
GTFan
March 29th, 2010
2:12 pm
I love the Kimmer!!
Tony
March 29th, 2010
2:15 pm
I listen to his “newsmaker lines” on my iphone …makes my flights seem shorter
Tommy Maddox
March 29th, 2010
2:19 pm
Time for some KOWABUNGA!!
Sandra Rose
March 29th, 2010
2:20 pm
I LOVE the Kimmer! I was wondering what happened to him. I used to call into both Kimmer’s and Hannity’s shows when they were on WGST in the 90s. Those were the good ol’ days! =)
MrT
March 29th, 2010
2:22 pm
Hay, Jack Coffee, turn in your race card. It’s been revoked.
And here’s a tip for you – if you want to see more Republican “persons of color” as you say, in Congress, why don’t you get them to run a campaign and win it – that should do it!
Good luck finding republican “persons of color” as most seem to be Democrat.
Semper Fi, Kimmer!
Marie
March 29th, 2010
2:22 pm
I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!! I LOVE THE KIMMER!!!!!!
Sandra Rose
March 29th, 2010
2:24 pm
I miss Fresh from the hood! I hope Kimmer brings him back too. =)
Russ
March 29th, 2010
2:26 pm
Nobody EVER got canned because they were too popular, their numbers were too good, or they made too much money for the station. Talent, Shmalent. Atlanta is a very strange radio town.
Atlanta32
March 29th, 2010
2:32 pm
Well, I guess he was better than Chris Kroc. That guy was awful…doing an Atlanta radio show and mispronouncing Maynard Jackson’s name. He’d say, “Main-yard Jackson.” HA!
KimmerFan
March 29th, 2010
2:32 pm
Atlanta radio suffered a huge loss when the Kimmer left. He was better than anyone else on the radio other than Rush. WSB should have snapped him up like they did other WGST stars like Clark Howard and Boortz. Kimmer was infinitely more entertaining than Hannity or even Boortz.
Terri
March 29th, 2010
2:33 pm
I still wear my Kimmer Babe Shirt. Excellent news!!!
OedipusTax
March 29th, 2010
2:35 pm
mrs. w, the saddest thing about your comment is that Jesus still loves you, in spite of yourself. And we Christians love you, too. So, hate us, if it floats your boat. Since you reap what you sow, that hate will only hurt you. May God have mercy on your soul.
Jim
March 29th, 2010
2:37 pm
The Kimmer was on WSB as a news reader before WGST / The NewsMonster. Of course back then he wasn’t known as “The Kimmer”, just Kim Peterson, newsman. When WSB let him go, GST picked him up as a talk show host, and soon thereafter “The Kimmer” was born.
pink731pink
March 29th, 2010
2:40 pm
OMG-my HERO is back!!!!!!
Brent
March 29th, 2010
2:55 pm
The “Newsmaker line” was Jim Gossett. I believe he quit the show after the station fired his girlfriend. It would be great if he and Kimmer hooked up again.
white radio listener
March 29th, 2010
2:59 pm
BRING BACK THE NEWS MAKER LINE!
“Kimmer… Hey! It’s the president”
bobcatlga
March 29th, 2010
3:09 pm
I still do the ‘hello, who is this’ to my kids when they call. They don’t know what the heck I’m talking about. Glad i get to hear the Kimmer again. Semper Fi from a former Marine!!
Splavistic
March 29th, 2010
3:11 pm
Man, I thought he was up in Michigan hangin’ with the Hutaree.
bobcatlga
March 29th, 2010
3:12 pm
Hey Jack Coffee,
Why don’t you let a few whites or at least conservative blacks into the Congressional Black Caucus first? You lefties are all about diversity, show us all how truly diverse you want to be.
Huckleberry
March 29th, 2010
3:13 pm
Best news I have heard all year! I used to not like Kimmer and his bunch, but they wore me down and won me over big time.
bobcatlga
March 29th, 2010
3:17 pm
Hey Jack Coffee,
Just a thought. Aren’t you sort of dealing in ‘hate speech’ with your sheet comment. By the way, your ex-KKK member Byrd in the senate says hello.
jake
March 29th, 2010
3:21 pm
The kimmer was always funny and entertaining, glad to no he’s comming back. I gotta go your killing me!
will be done
March 29th, 2010
3:24 pm
The Kimmer always made the long commute home enjoyable…or at least more barable. The closet I have found to a show like his is on 1160AM from 3 – 7:00 called The ManCow Show.
Leslie Dove
March 29th, 2010
3:30 pm
First – “Shut up Wayne”
Second – I hope the Kimmer will let me on his new show.
Go Braves, Chop Chop
With Love, Leslie
neanderthal
March 29th, 2010
3:42 pm
if mrs w ever got bad patholgy report, she would become a big Jesus freak.
Snake Davis
March 29th, 2010
3:45 pm
Holy Crap! It’s Sports!
big fan
March 29th, 2010
3:46 pm
Kimmer rules & rocks!!!!
neanderthal
March 29th, 2010
3:47 pm
hey Jack Coffee run for office, you sound like a freaking genius.
Marion
March 29th, 2010
3:55 pm
The afternoon drive home has not been the same since “Kimmer” left Atlanta. We miss you big guy.
Monroe Burbank
March 29th, 2010
4:09 pm
Ignorant conservatives in a red state like Georgia can never have too many people telling them what to think. This isn’t the way to get your information, people.
You're Killin' Me
March 29th, 2010
4:20 pm
OK, Monroe, say it with me now – it’s ENTERTAINMENT, not information.
itpdude
March 29th, 2010
4:22 pm
I’ve got a bit of a liberal bent, and I found Kimmer’s views on US foreign policy atrocious, BUT I have a sense of humor. Kimmer WAS hilarious! He did politics on his show but he made fun of politics far more than telling people what to think or preaching at people. Oh, the times he would get angry and start yelling or the times they’d play Wagner with Kimmer making machine gun noises and yelling how he was gonna kill the “commie-pukes” was funny. The newsmaker line was inspired. Snake Davis’ Holy Crap it’s Sports should have launched a national career for Snake.
Kimmer was hardly a Rush or Boortz. He was Gonzo Radio and when he did drive-time, I often said Kimmer prevented road-rage.
itpdude
March 29th, 2010
4:24 pm
Exactly “You’re”: Kimmer was ENTERTAINMENT!!!
To say conservatives got their info from Kimmer is like saying liberals get their info from Colbert. It’s freakin’ COMEDY, guy.
Dre
March 29th, 2010
4:34 pm
Russ at 2:26 got it right. Conservative or liberal, it’s hard to believe people actually thought this guy was entertaining…unreal. It’s akin to saying comedian (and I use that term VERY loosely) Ron White is entertaining. Jeez people! Get out a little.
Rodney Ho's Bad Link
March 29th, 2010
4:41 pm
It figures that an Obama-loving, socialist like Ho would give us the wrong link. Can’t wait for the Kimmer’s podcast. His brand of conservatism is unique, we need more like him on the air to get us out of this mess that Obama/Pelosi and their Marxist friends got us into. Double-digit unemployment, two wars, bank failures, bail-outs, health care “reform” it’s all Obama’s fault and only the Kimmer can give us the real truth, not the what the liberal-based media tells us to believe. Sempr Fi Kimmer!
Susan
March 29th, 2010
5:27 pm
I really liked those celebrity impersonations he used to have on the show. They were just funny!
Adam's Apple
March 29th, 2010
6:04 pm
Peterson sweaty, nasty, mean spirited and that’s just off the air.
A guy who could never have a real relationship with a woman (ummm!!).
What a loser. Please disappear for all times “Mr. Kimmer.”
How about his lapdog- – “Wayne.” A great talent.
How do we get creeps like this on the air?
Evander Ho Chasing Holyfield
March 29th, 2010
6:42 pm
Funny isn’t it…”the Rimmer” was an alcoholic who beat his “fantasy goddess” and got thrown out of their house off Piedmont Road. He was cited for beating some other dude on Peachtree St. Yet our “law and order”, “conservative” RINO’s on this website sing his praises. Hmmm – What is it boys? Are you all secretly gay for a big, tough Marine typist from the Vietnam era?
Evander Ho Chasing Holyfield
March 29th, 2010
6:45 pm
Then there was GI Jerk’s call for our troops to be put in harms way…and for what? A war in Iraq that had NOTHING to do with 9/11. The pic above was taken at his “Give War A Chance” rally. How did that work out for America Rimmer? 4000+ dead Americans and a trillion dollars later…
RGB
March 29th, 2010
7:25 pm
“Evander” sounds like an expert on all things gay.
25 million Iraqis were given freedom by our military. Too bad you feel compelled to spit on the sacrifice of 4,000 war dead and the service of many others.
I don’t. I honor them and thank them.
Corey
March 29th, 2010
7:27 pm
Welcome back Kimmer! Hurp Ho! Oooohrah! Bring back the gang – Snake Davis, Wayne No Offense, Leslie Dove, The Newsmaker line .. PLEASE! Radon in Atlanta SUCKS without you!!!
Corey
March 29th, 2010
7:28 pm
Damn – measure twice, cut once. That should read RADIO in Atlanta sucks without you!
Evander Ho Chasing Holyfield
March 29th, 2010
8:01 pm
To RGB: “Given Freedom”? Given freedom to become Iran’s western province? Too bad you don’t have the intelligence to understand that any war that is not declared by Congress is illegal. You have heard of that pesky document, the US Constitution I take it?
You phony neo conservatives make me wanna hurl.
Run along now RGB-I think Hannity is about to come on and I know how you like to “fantasize” about him. Don’t forget your Kleenex and lotion…
Return of The Kimmer « East Metro Atlanta Libertarian Party
March 30th, 2010
12:25 am
[...] Former Atlanta radio talk show host Kim "THE KIMMER" Peterson will be doing a weekly podcast to be posted on The Conservative Beacon. Additional details here. [...]
Chris
March 30th, 2010
7:35 am
AJC.com trollers making a simple article about an entertainment personality into a black v white and democrat v republican war. Never could have seen that coming.
Kimmer was a riot. I’ll be signing up.
JVermilya
March 30th, 2010
7:56 am
Kimmer on the air in any capacity, I am in. I still listen to his best of CD’s on my radio. Wish you well always Kimmer!!!
Greg
March 30th, 2010
1:05 pm
Poor, pitiful people. He’s doing a podcast, for God’s sake. This is not exactly vindication of his talent or his political views.
No one wants to hire him, because he doesn’t get the ratings. He knows it… radio programming directors know it… the only people who don’t seem to get that are his “blind sheep” fans.
This is comical. It’s been fun to see how far he has fallen.
Kim Zolciak's beer belly
March 30th, 2010
2:29 pm
all you sissy liberals take your cute little comments somewhere else.
Kimmer rules
Bill
March 30th, 2010
9:06 pm
Sooooo….
Evander Ho Chasing Holyfield hates Kim Peterson and other “right-wing radio” here in Atlanta. But he probably LOVES Steve Harvey and Al Sharpton radio shows, which aren’t MEAN or DIVISIVE at all!!! (Sarcasm)
Go back to Bankhead Highway, idiot!
Really Greg
March 31st, 2010
3:30 am
So how does this involve the Regular Guys?
Really Greg
March 31st, 2010
3:31 am
The “Poor, pitiful people” Greg, 4 entries above, is merely a charlatan.
Kim Zolciak's boob job looks horrible!
March 31st, 2010
8:22 am
Notice how Rodney placed the caption “Kim Peterson at a war rally” under his photo…. can you make your true feelings any more obvious sissy boy? Go chase Nene Leaks down at the local Dollar General or something.
Chief Moose
March 31st, 2010
12:34 pm
Sheeeeee main i be flappinappy da kimma beef comin back.
Rex
March 31st, 2010
5:40 pm
hell yes ! Kimmer is back…it is truly a great day !
Hope it turns out to be a permanent gig
Kimmer is the BEST Atlanta radio has ever had to offer
Stone Mountain Man
April 1st, 2010
7:50 am
I almost never agreed with you, but truly enjoyed hearing your views. I have missed you on the air. Someone needs to get you back for all of us. You made local things important.
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May 17th, 2010
3:07 pm
Hey Tyler T….uh, I mean Durden!