Stephen K. Peeples Email & Phone Number

Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California

Santa Clarita journalist and writer-producer Stephen K. Peeples is a media veteran whose reporting, writing, editing, and production skills and experience extend from print to records, and from radio and TV to the web (Cash Box Magazine, Capitol Records, Elektra/Asylum Records, Westwood One Radio Network, Rhino Entertainment, Warner Music Group, SCV Signal, SCVTV/SCVNews). *He is a Grammy-nominated record producer, award-winning radio producer/writer, award-winning website editor, WAVE-nominated TV producer-host, and entertainment journalist in Southern California’s Santa Clarita Valley, half an hour from media centers in Hollywood, Burbank, Beverly Hills, West Los Angeles, and Santa Monica. *He founded Stephen K. Peeples Productions on Jan. 1, 1976, and the enterprise has been a constant throughout his 45+-year career in media. As of summer 2024, he was developing book projects and mining his archives for posts on his website (https://stephenkpeeples.com) and YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/skpscv).

Santa Clarita, California, United States

Edited and wrote content for one of the top news websites in the Santa Clarita Valley, SCVNews.com, a division of nonprofit media group SCVTV. Also contributed articles and photos to the SCV Historical Society's website.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Projects included editorial direction and text contributions to Henry Diltz's "Unpainted Faces" (for Morrison Hotel Gallery Publishing, 2011) and RCS social media direction. Project manager/content producer/editorial director/SEO for the updated Rare Cool Stuff website, launched in fall 2014. Built on a customized WordPress platform by DDx Media of Valencia, Calif. (Tatiana Mulry and Anya Garrett). Visit http://www.rarecoolstuff.com.

Santa Clarita, California

Wrote a weekly short feature called the "SCV Entertainment Beat" and later "SCV Rock Beat" spotlighting local Santa Clarita Valley entertainment and delivered it on-air during the Thursday edition of SCVTV's nightly NewsBreak program. A text version of the report was also posted on SCVTV's SCVNews website at http://www.scvnews.com.

Scvtv Media Center, Newhall, Calif.

Co-produced, booked, wrote and hosted SCVTV's WAVE-nominated "House Blend" TV series. Featured live performances by and interviews with mostly Santa Clarita Valley-based musical artists. SCVTV Studio Director Megan Mann-Perez was "House Blend" director and co-producer. The half-hour program premiered in September 2010 and aired twice weekly on SCVTV (Time Warner Cable Channel 20 in the SCV, and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 in Los Angeles and Orange counties), and streamed live everywhere via the Web at https://www.scvtv.com. Check out all 69 original shows and 12 all-music best-ofs -- on-demand anytime at https://stephenkpeeples.com/house-blend/.

Canyon Country, Calif.

Wrote and voiced news and special features for the Santa Clarita Valley's only radio station, AM 1220 KHTS, and its market-leading, national award-winning website. Also wrote and optimized content for the KHTS website. Visit http://www.hometownstation.com.

24000 Creekside Road, Valencia, Calif. 91355

Managed/edited all Signal.com website content, ensuring AP Style consistency and reader engagement. Monitored analytics and wrote content targeting topics that generated high page views. Initiated and managed social media accounts, organically building Twitter from zero to 1,500-plus followers and Facebook from zero to 4,600 likes in just over a year. Established YouTube channel. At various times, also served as Interim Opinion Editor and Interim Copy Desk Editor (AP style). Managed and trained team of interns for both the Newsroom and the Web. In May 2011, a month after firing the third publisher I'd worked for, owners of the struggling paper downsized, and eliminated more positions including my Online Editor post. Search 'Stephen K. Peeples' in the Signal site's front page search field and choose from hundreds of news stories and features.

Burbank, Calif.

Wrote and managed the content of WMG's Ear1.com website, which then aggregated content from all the group's labels' sites. Also wrote contest and marketing creative editorial and the biweekly Ear1 e-newsletter.

West Los Angeles, Calif.

Co-directed PR department, including staff of several publicists and assistants. Developed, executed and oversaw multimedia PR campaigns for the company, artists and releases. Assigned and served as editorial director of all department collateral. Initiated use of email in lieu of snail mail for press releases and images. Managed development and launch of first Rhino website in 1995, and was first online content manager/editor. Worked with clients and PR spokespeople ranging from Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and Cowboy Sweetheart Patsy Montana to Allen Ginsberg and Richie Havens to Arthur Lee of Love and Ray Manzarek of The Doors to Sam Phillips (Sun boxed set) to MGM star Esther Williams and singer Kay Starr to the King of Rock 'n' Soul Solomon Burke to Otis Redding's widow Zelma to Booker T. Jones to Lou Adler (Monterey box project) to Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean, The Ventures, The Chantays, Dick Dale, surf champs Corky Carroll and Mike Doyle, drummer Hal Blaine, producer Nik Venet (Bobby Darin, The Beach Boys) to Maurice Jarre ("Dr. Zhivago") to E Streeter Max Weinberg to Mike Douglas to The Monkees...off the top of my head.

Hollywood, Calif.

Based at the Capitol Records Tower on Vine Street in Hollywood, wrote and/or edited all press releases, artist bios, newsletters and other printed collateral for the Press & Artist Relations and Marketing departments. Spent most of my spare time in the studios and mastering rooms and dubbing rooms on the Second Floor.

Social Sciences

Asian history, sociology, ecology.

History, Social Sciences

U.S. history, psychology, sociology.