Career
Sheppard, a native of Narragansett, Rhode Island, is a graduate of Bishop Hendricken High School in Rhode Island and the Connecticut School of Broadcasting (Class of 1987). After his time at CSB, Sheppard worked at several radio stations including WXLO in Worcester, Massachusetts, and WKRI in Providence, Rhode Island. Sheppard, known as Pete "The Meat" Sheppard on the radio, began at WEEI as a part-time host in 1994.
He was granted his own show with Jon Wallach on the weekends in 1997.
From 1999-2010, he contributed to The Big Show, delivering sporting news updates and filling in when regular host the Big O was on vacation. Sheppard filled in for several weeks in March 2008 when Ordway took a leave of absence to deal with family health issues.
In addition to his Big Show duties, Sheppard was a co-host of The Real Postgame Show, a New England Patriots wrap-up show that follows each game on WEEI. The show features former NFL and Boston College players Fred Smerlas and Steve DeOssie and Mike Riley on the sports flash updates. The show competes directly with Gary Tanguay, Scott Zolak, and Andy Gresh on the post-game show on the broadcast rightsholder for the team, the New England Patriots Radio Network.
Sheppard has also appeared on Fox Sports New England which is now Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (Comcast Sports Net) several times, though not in recent years.
The “Boston Air Awards” have nominated Pete Sheppard three times for Best Sports Coverage. Pete was terminated from WEEI on January 19, 2010. Pete has recently resurfaced on the web radio feed at Patriots.com, hosting a show from 4-6 pm.
Pete has also recently resurfaced on the WEEI Sports Network.
He quit on air on April 13, 2013, citing differences with upper management. Pete was a Sports Talk Show Host at 1510 Department of Administration and Management National Broadcasting Company Sports Radio Boston.
He announced on September 6, 2013 that the following Monday he would start to do a weekday show from 11 am to 12:30 pm on WCAP in Lowell.
