Peter Dunn Biography

Peter Dunn an American media executive working as the president of CBS’s group of 27 owned-and-operated television stations and the stations’ digital platforms. He got named to the position in November 2009. Dunn also served as President and General Manager of CBS’ Philadelphia stations KYW and WPSG.

He started serving as the center of media talks after being placed along with another colleague called David Friend on leave for allegedly creating a hostile work environment, used racist and sexist language within the media company. CBS said the pair were suspended ‘pending the results of a third-party investigation into issues that include those raised in a recent Los Angeles Times report.’Read on to know more about Peter Dunn CBS Age, Bio, Wiki, Wife, Height, Net Worth, Salary, Leave, Fired, Racism Allegations and so much more…

Peter Dunn Age

Dunn was born in 1959, in the United States.

Peter Dunn CBS President

Dunn was named president of CBS Television Stations in 2009. His love of local news and tireless devotion to community events, such as the Tunnel to Towers run that raised more than $2 million for those injured on Sept. 11, 2001, and the children who lost parents that day, has rubbed off at the local level. Joel Goldberg, CBS’s senior VP of station operations, credited Dunn with giving stations across the group a shared look and feel, which he said has been “a huge step” in unifying the stations.

Dunn got his start in upstate New York, as the national sales manager at WUTV Buffalo. After stints at WABC New York and WNBC New York, and an executive VP of sales position at NBC’s owned stations, he jumped to CBS in 2002, to the delight of his mother, taking on the general manager position at KYW-WPSG Philadelphia. He became the CBS group’s president of sales, then was named general manager of WCBS New York in 2005. Dunn has retained his GM job at WCBS since being named head of the group.

Peter Dunn Net Worth

Peter has an estimated net worth ranging between $3 to $10 million

Peter Dunn Height and Weight

Peter stands tall at a height of 5 feet 10 inches and has an average body weight

Peter Dunn Family

Peter father John, worked as an engineer for WCBS New York and the network, working out of the same broadcast building on West 57th Street in Manhattan where the younger Dunn is now based.

His father’s love for CBS struck Dunn at a young age. “Any time you’d come into our house, no matter when, CBS would be on,” he said, noting that he’d typically find his dad tinkering behind the TV in an effort to get the best possible picture. “He just loved CBS.”

His father though died at age 48 when Dunn was a freshman in high school, but John Dunn’s memory lives on. He carries his father’s CBS ID card from the mid-’60s. He remembers how his father’s sister, his Aunt Anna, was exceedingly proud of her nephew’s career strides, even if she didn’t fully grasp what he did.

He had mentioned that he sold TV time, and that was shortened to Peter selling TVs. “Whenever someone needed a new TV, she’d say, ‘My nephew gets good deals,’ ” Dunn said with a laugh.

He remembrs accompanying his father to the CBS Broadcast Center, where what was the set of children’s series Captain Kangaroo is now where WCBS delivers its news. As a child, he remembers getting lost in the basement and ending up at the front desk, where a receptionist would call his father to retrieve him.

Peter Dunn Wife

Dunn is a married man to his Becky Gaffney Campbell, the sister of Kara Ross. He previusly was married and divorced back in 2017.

Peter Dunn Leave and Racist Allegations

CBS announced on Monday 25th, Jan that it had suspended two senior executives after they allegedly created a hostile work environment, used racist and sexist language within the media company. Peter Dunn, the 61-year-old president of CBS Television, and David Friend, senior vice president, news, were both ‘placed on administrative leave’, the network said.

CBS said the pair were suspended ‘pending the results of a third-party investigation into issues that include those raised in a recent Los Angeles Times report.’