 On October 20, 2015, "Talkers" magazine reported that Samuels would host a new weekly Sunday radio show on AM970 in New York City called "Effective Radio with Bill Samuels", which Pehme would co-host and produce.New York Nonprofit Media named Pehme to its 2017 class of 40 Under 40 Rising Stars of the New York nonprofit world for his work as Executive Director of EffectiveNY.Pehme is a former adjunct professor of mass communications, journalism, TV and film at St. John's University.