Birthdate:
June 15

Birthplace:
Sacramento, Calif.

Time in Alaska: 
Since January 20, 1973

Spouse: 
Renee

Kids: 
Jennifer, Sarah, Summer and Benjamin

Biggest gripe:
Bad service, bad management, self-absorbed people, people who chew loudly. And miscellaneous fools. 

Nicknames:
PVN, Chuckles or The Big Guy

Favorite movies:
"Harold and Maude," "The Godfather 2," "Apocalypse Now," "It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," How the West Was Won," and just about anything by Hitchcock, Capra, Ford or Kubrick

Favorite movie line:
“We think too much and feel too little,” (The Great Dictator)

If I wasn't a DJ:
Photographer, filmmaker or pilot

Favorite country song:
"Gone Country," Alan Jackson; "No One Else on Earth," Wynonna; and anything by Lyle Lovett or Delbert McClinton

Key to happiness:
Cherish your kids and grandkids, don’t take yourself too seriously and laugh at your farts. It helps to have buttloads of cash, too.

Best vacation spot:
Kauai, Mexico and my mother-in-law's house in Northern Idaho

Hobbies:
Radio (especially AM radio), music, computers, photography, flying, boating, scuba diving and popular culture. And lots of food ...

Pets:
A sleddog named Homer and a cat who doesn't like me named Odie

Something no one knows:
I don't get starstruck but I once met BJ Thomas and was speechless because I was in awe of his singing

More Info:

Pete, the Cruiser and Kathryn
Monday-Friday
6-10 a.m.

Phone: (907) 457-1025
Toll-Free: (800) 457-1025