Sept. 25, 2018

Fred Jacobs: 35 Years of Jacobs Media

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Fred Jacobs was a guest on Episode 53 in a preview to the Broadcasters Meet Podcasters sessions at Podcast Movement in 2017. I have always wanted to do an episode where we looked back at the evolution of his company and a tweet on the 35th anniversary of the company's creation reminded me that it's a good time to have that chat. We cover the creation of classic rock, his transition from the WRIF in Detroit to Jacobs Media, and his relationship to Buffalo where had a great success, a small failure, and a life long September 11th memory.

We also talked a bunch about the discipline in writing a daily blog, the age of acceleration, the importance of non-radio conferences like the CES and Podcast Movement and the importance of networking, meeting people and attending cocktail parties.

Resources:

Subscribe the the Jacobs Media Blog - you won't regret it.

The CES Webinar which was highly talked about at The Conclave

Fred mentioned the name of Kashmir Birk whom he sat with on a panel, you can connect with his LinkedIn page here.

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