Peel published his first known pieces of journalism while at KMEN, in the station's weekly bulletin, the Kmentertainer. During 1966 it developed from a newsletter into a full-size newspaper, and Peel became its editor for a short time at the end of 1966 and start of 1967. His first article for the paper was in March 1966, and included a short impressionistic account of a holiday in Liverpool. He later contributed profiles of artists he liked, including Donovan, and Jeff Beck and Keith Relf of the Yardbirds, as well as a column on the "British Scene", with news items which may have been adapted from reports in the UK pop press. His pieces were often whimsically humorous but increasingly reflected the influence of what would later be called "flower power" - particularly an article on The Mis