Rhode Island talk with sharp local urgency.
The John DePetro Show works like a civic pressure valve for Rhode Island. It moves from local crime and court cases to schools, mail ballots, state politics, legal advice, and neighborhood sponsors with a direct, often aggrieved urgency.
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The John DePetro Show is Rhode Island talk radio shaped by urgency, suspicion, and local memory. It is direct. Recent episodes revolve around an Oakland Beach attack, crime in Rhode Island, school violence, legal advice, Republican state politics, mail ballot concerns, road projects, and the gap between official explanations and what residents are seeing. The show does not treat local stories as small stories. A single court appearance can become a broader argument about public safety. A school incident can become a test of political courage. A campaign conversation can turn into a complaint about roads, turnout, and whether Rhode Island Republicans know how to build momentum. The format is loose but purposeful. Sponsor reads for places like the Coesit Inn, J. Perry Paving, Maren and Murphy, the Lodge Pub and Eatery, Capital Fence, and It's My Health are woven into the same practical local cadence as the commentary. Interviews tend to be guided by strong setups rather than neutral prompts. Attorney Stephanie Murphy appears as a legal expert. Aaron Goukian is heard as a Republican running for governor. Justin Katz is introduced as managing editor of anchorizing.com. The show gives guests room, but it keeps pulling them back to consequences: who was harmed, who is responsible, what leaders missed, and what ordinary people are supposed to make of it. Its style is conversational, repetitive by design, and frequently blunt. There is little distance between the news item and the host's reaction to it. That immediacy is the point. The show is best for listeners who want Rhode Island politics, courts, crime, public services, and local grievance handled with heat instead of institutional calm. It can be heavy. It can also feel like a familiar local counter where the same names, roads, restaurants, legal offices, and political arguments keep coming back. The taxonomy may suggest sports, but the listening experience is civic, political, and intensely Rhode Island.
Made for: For listeners who follow Rhode Island politics, public safety, courts, schools, and local media arguments closely. It suits people who prefer direct talk, named local examples, and strong reactions over polished national analysis.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart through its dense Rhode Island specificity: local sponsors, local roads, local court cases, local campaigns, and local grievances all occupy the same daily conversation. It feels less like a packaged news product than a live argument about civic competence.
Radio host John DePetro. Www.depetro.com heard weekdays from 11:am-2:pm on 99.9 FM and 1380 AM. listen at www.depetro.com. https://www.facebook.com/JohnDePetroshow
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
John DePetro brings Rhode Island politics into sharp focus through firm opinions, local specificity, and pointed conversations with informed guests.
John DePetro turns Rhode Island politics into direct, opinionated radio, moving between state elections, public schools, crime, infrastructure, and the conduct of local officials.
Rhode Island mail ballots get a talk-radio cross-examination, and you get John DePetro's questions.
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