Madonna and the Dave Clark Five are among the 2008 inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Do you think perhaps the concept is getting somewhat watered down? In another year or so, I may finally get over the fact they’re located in Cleveland and not here in the real rock capital, Detroit. […]
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Our founder, Fred Jacobs, discusses the issues facing broadcasters today.
Zep: Opportunity Lost Or Found?
This past week provided us with another "radio petri dish" in the form of the Led Zeppelin reunion show at the O2 arena in London. Agree or disagree, but I would submit this was the biggest event in Rock n’ Roll in at least the last two decades. So how did Rock/Classic Rock radio deal […]
Read MoreToys For Tots
Talk to the parents of young kids, and they’ll tell you that one of the biggest challenges of this season’s holiday shopping trips isn’t crowded malls or finding the best deals. It’s locating safe toys for their children. So you can imagine what the Toys For Tots folks are going through. Because of all the […]
Read MoreStar Power
This week’s announcement that Bubba the Love Sponge is returning to commercial radio (on WHPT/Tampa and WFYV/Jacksonville) will elicit the usual response – from happiness to shock to dismay. After all, Bubba’s "shock jock" persona always generated lots of talk and buzz. It’s noteworthy that at the end of 2007, Bubba and Don Imus have […]
Read MoreWe Cut Off Our Noses
Leave it to Warner Music CEO, Edgar Bronfman, to ruefully look back at the past several years and realize how shortsighted the record industry has been. Lauding Apple – especially the iTunes and iPhone innovations, Bronfman explained to the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress Conference in his keynote: "We used to fool ourselves. We used to […]
Read MoreSonic Youth
Leave it to Little Steven to take a major step designed to engage young people to appreciate Rock and its rich history and heritage. While it’s great that video games like Guitar Hero glorify the music, or that TV programs like CSI and half the commercials we see use Rock music as their soundtracks, our […]
Read MoreLearning New Tricks
Newsweek.com has announced it will launch a weekly web TV show about politics, produced by the former producer of MSNBC’s Hardball, Tammy Haddad. As Newsweek struggles with its ad page revenue (down nearly 9% through the first three quarters of ’07), they are turning more and more resources to the digital space. After all, they […]
Read MoreGet The Led Out
Another day, and another "big" satellite radio announcement. This time, it’s XM Led, a channel devoted to Zeppelin that will be on the air through the beginning of May. The press release sounds tasty, as the channel will contain many cool Led Zeppelin features. So why does broadcast radio simply stand by and allow satellite […]
Read MoreClassic Rock & The NFL
Buffalo’s John Hager talks about how Led Zeppelin was essentially the "bumper music" for Monday night’s great NFL game between the undefeated Patriots and the upstart Ravens. It’s a testament to the timeliness of the upcoming Zep show and the power of Classic Rock. And if that wasn’t enough, the NFL announced that Tom Petty […]
Read MoreHe’ll Be Missed
Bill Jacobs shares his thoughts on the passing of one of radio’s "good guys," Jim Steel: That’s something you hear about most people when they pass away, but it’s 100% true when you’re talking about a guy like Jim Steel (real name: Jim Lyle). The word came down yesterday that, following a tough five-year battle […]
Read MoreIt’s the Web, Stupid
What’s the secret to Wal-Mart’s success? Low prices, many locations, those friendly greeters? More and more, Wal-Mart is benefiting from a website that draws amazing traffic – and revenue. The company estimates there will be 800 million visits before the year is out, as customers use the site to do product research, check out sales […]
Read MoreGreen Truck – Red Truck
Jacobs Media’s Tim Davis considers whether it’s the medium or the message – or both: No matter where you land regarding the ongoing Writer’s strike, one thing that most agree with is that it has raised awareness of what’s at stake in terms of content development in the digital future. The essence of this strike […]
Read MoreDear I-Man
An open letter to Don Imus, from Jacobs Media’s Dave Beasing: Dear Mr. Imus, Welcome back to radio! For your listeners, mornings just haven’t been the same. Comedy isn’t easy, nor was the way your career at WFAN ended. It’s difficult to consistently be funny without offending someone, and you didn’t deserve to be depicted […]
Read MoreRock On
The video game buzz continues to intensify with the release of Guitar Hero III, and the great news if you’re in Rock Radio is that it’s all about you. After all the "Rock Is Dead" articles you’ve had to explain away to your sales people and your jocks, the gaming industry continues to glorify the […]
Read MoreTectonic Shifts
The next time your CEO asks you why you’re spending money on streaming, text messaging applications, building that social networking component, creating a blog, and designing that new music discovery section on your website, remind him/her of this fact: The exodus of ad spending from traditional media to the Internet is accelerating. And to that […]
Read MoreAre Network Execs Celebrating?
With thoughts on the Writer’s strike, we’ve got a guest post from Dave "Hollywood" Beasing: We don’t see the balance sheets at TV networks, but an LA Times headline from Day 1 of the Writers Guild strike was still a bit surprising: "Networks Look For Possible Upsides" Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly was even quoted […]
Read MoreThe Content Mountain
In yesterday’s blog, we talked about how the Eagles have circumvented Rock radio, record labels, and traditional avenues that used to be mandatory for music discovery, exposure, and sales. Today, I want to show you an exciting new website that NPR recently launched – https://www.npr.org/nprmusic/ It’s a cooperative venture between NPR, and some key Public […]
Read MorePeaceful Profitable Feeling
The new Eagles album, Long Road Out Of Eden, vaults to the top of the album sales charts, trouncing Britney Spears’ new release. All told, the Eagles’ new effort sold 711,000 copies, outdoing Britney by more than 400,000. This event absolutely shatters more of the recording industry’s conventional wisdom. First, there’s no record label to […]
Read MoreScion Smarts
Kudos to Mark Hamilton and Entercom’s KNRK for putting together a great promotion with Snow Patrol and Toyota’s Scion. Covered in Brandweek, the partnership is a textbook effort that links a cool band, a cool car, and a cool station. It’s also great use of consumer-generated talent, in this case, a listener designing artwork for […]
Read MoreIf You Build It
Perhaps 2007 will be the year that will be remembered in radio history as the time when most radio broadcasters began to start thinking digitally. Just about everyone you talk to is rethinking their Internet architecture, their content, and their revenue-producing strategies. But as Internet guru Zephyr Teachout reminded us at the last L.A. Summit […]
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