Petulla started his career in media as a disc jockey at WOYL in Oil City, Pennsylvania while still in high school.

After graduating from Oil City High School, Petulla moved to Cleveland, Ohio for a disc jockey job at Y103 FM.

Two years later, the station’s general manager moved to the Bay Area and took Petulla with him to be his drive time DJ at KFOX radio in San Jose, California.

Soon, Petulla was teaching a course for CSB on radio broadcasting and eventually became General Manager of their San Jose branch.

[7] In 2006, Petulla and Brian Kraft worked on the independent film The Brandon Corey Story in which he played the lead role and served as producer.