Pete Belcastro is a longtime American television and radio personality who has worked as a sports commentator, news anchor and reporter and is running for political office. He is the former director at Rogue Valley Community Television and was football and basketball commentator for the Southern Oregon University on local radio. He resides in Ashland, Oregon.
Belcastro spent time as a commentator, news anchor and reporter at KTVL Channel 10, a CBS television affiliate in Medford, Oregon before accepting a position as director of Rogue Valley Community Television, a Public-access television station based at Southern Oregon University in Ashland in 1989. While holding that position, he served as the play-by-play voice of the Southern Oregon University Raiders football, women's basketball and men's basketball teams for KTMT.
In 2004, he was the recipient of Ashland's James M. Ragland Memorial "Volunteer Spirit" Community Service Award, given to one citizen each year for making significant contributions to the community.
On August 9, 2007, Belcastro resigned as director at RVTV when his contract was not renewed. He works at Lithia Realty in Ashland.
Belcastro announced that he would be running for the Oregon State Representative seat in House District 5 as a member of the Independent Party. The seat is held by Democratic incumbent Peter Buckley of Ashland.