Nov 18, 2018 | Politics, Radio Business, Television
A friend called me Thursday morning and told me to turn on the Charlie Brennan Show on KMOX, a station I haven’t listened to since parting ways with it almost a decade ago. But my friend told me the guest was a broadcaster who I respect enormously, Bob Costas,...
Sep 19, 2018 | Music, Radio Business
Paul McCartney’s “Egypt Station” is the #1 album in the US — without any substantial radio airplay. How? As Fred Jacobs explains, the album came with a brilliant content marketing...
Aug 24, 2018 | Music, Radio Business
I’ve been involved in many great radio promotions over the years. One of the best was The Ticket Upgrade. In the early 1980s, when I was the morning man at WHCN/Hartford, we had a deal with promoters Jim Koplik and Shelly Finkel for the concerts they brought to...
Jul 19, 2018 | Picture of the Day, Radio Business
Thirty years ago, when I did mornings at WCXR/Washington, my contract was up for renewal. The ratings were really good, and I was feeling cocky, so among my demands was that whenever I had to attend a meeting with the PD or GM, we all had to stand up. They thought I...
Jul 12, 2018 | Radio Business
If you’re a regular reader of this site, you know we’re a little tennis-crazy in my house. My wife and I used to play several times a week, and our daughter played on the varsity team in high school. We’ve all put our rackets away over the last few...
Jul 3, 2018 | Radio Business
The National Radio Hall Of Fame announced its 2018 inductees last week. The list of ten men and women includes nine radio hosts. The tenth inductee is the first-ever non-broadcaster, Fred Jacobs. Fred was Program Director of WRIF/Detroit in the early 1980s before...
