Josh was born and raised in the New Union community of Coffee County. He is a 2004 graduate of Coffee County Central High School, where he was a 3-year letterman for the Raider baseball team. Josh spent 15 years in the newspaper and radio industry before he and his wife Holly purchased Thunder Radio WMSR in September of 2019. He also served as an assistant baseball coach at Westwood Middle School (2005-2006), Coffee County High School (2007-2012 and 2017) and Grundy County High School (2014). You can often hear him on Thunder Radio’s daily The Morning Show from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and on other random programming, including sports broadcasts for Red Raider and Lady Raider athletics and Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show For WMSR. He is a diehard UT Vols fan and loves the Atlanta Braves. Josh and Holly purchased Bowman Broadcasting in January of 2025, officially forming Peterson Media Group and merging Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country Radio into one company.