Feb 9th, 2009 · Before Don Imus, and before Howard Stern, there was Petey Greene. Greene was a legendary shock jock and TV talk show host, but to black residents of Washington, D.C., he was much more; Petey Greene was the voice of the African American community. Joining Tony Cox is Dewey Hughes, Greene's long time friend and manager.
Jul 13th, 2007 · The film Talk to Me is based on the life of Washington, D.C., radio announcer Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. The smart-talking ex-convict, now regarded as one of the first shock jocks, was also a social activist and commentator.
Jul 12th, 2007 · Kasi Lemmons' film Talk to Me, which opens this weekend, centers on the radio DJ, television personality and activist Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. (played by Don Cheadle). Greene was a driving force in the black community of Washington D.C.; we talk with Lemmons and with Dewey Hughes, who first hired Greene at the D.C. radio station WOL-AM.