 Prior to joining Shadow Traffic in 1982, he served as the morning host on WADB in Point Pleasant, New Jersey (1976–78).Later he went on to program WBRW in Somerville, New Jersey, and WERA in Plainfield, New Jersey (as Peter Jaye) with announcer stints at beautiful music WPAT-FM, WNSR New York and WFAS AM/FM White Plains.Pete spent 12 years at WEVD New York as a pop standards DJ on the "Saturday Morning 1050 Club" and later became "The Pragmatic Talk Host" when the station dropped standards for talk.