No shock given our recent memos and blogs, but several stations took the Jack plunge today – from Detroit (Doug), to perhaps TWO stations in St. Louis, Des Moines (The Bus), and even Albany. For stations that are being “attacked” by these new players, it’s the time to reassess variety, audience loyalty, and personality interaction with listeners. Having a great email database, meaningful personalities, and ways to make your station more interesting are all part of the recipe moving forward. Our business gets more interesting by the day.
President & Founder at Jacobs Media
Fred Jacobs founded Jacobs Media in 1983, and quickly became known for the creation of the Classic Rock radio format.
Jacobs Media has consistently walked the walk in the digital space, providing insights and guidance through its well-read national Techsurveys.
In 2008, jacapps was launched - a mobile apps company that has designed and built more than 1,300 apps for both the Apple and Android platforms. In 2013, the DASH Conference was created - a mashup of radio and automotive, designed to foster better understanding of the "connected car" and its impact.
Along with providing the creative and intellectual direction for the company, Fred consults many of Jacobs Media's commercial and public radio clients, in addition to media brands looking to thrive in the rapidly changing tech environment.
Fred was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2018.
Jacobs Media has consistently walked the walk in the digital space, providing insights and guidance through its well-read national Techsurveys.
In 2008, jacapps was launched - a mobile apps company that has designed and built more than 1,300 apps for both the Apple and Android platforms. In 2013, the DASH Conference was created - a mashup of radio and automotive, designed to foster better understanding of the "connected car" and its impact.
Along with providing the creative and intellectual direction for the company, Fred consults many of Jacobs Media's commercial and public radio clients, in addition to media brands looking to thrive in the rapidly changing tech environment.
Fred was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2018.
Latest posts by Fred Jacobs (see all)
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If it’s the same Albany station that you’re referring to, that one looks like an April Fools stunt. But some brilliant writing (at least to those in the biz who know the deal behind Jack)… More from All Access:
NORTHSHIRE COMMUNICATIONS Alternative WEQX/ALBANY, NY is now “THE ALL NEW WEQX, WE KNOW DICK.”
WEQX PD WILLOBEE told ALL ACCESS, “We ran out names, so we came up with DICK. We’re playing the GORILLAZ into MICHAEL JACKSON, MC HAPPY into THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, and MOBY into DONNA SUMMER. We’re still playing all our currents.”
WILLOBEE then continued to spew station liners now heard on the station: “Do you know JACK? Well we know DICK.” “You thought you knew everything about music, we know DICK.” “It’s like we took your record collection and put in our blender.” “You got Classic Rock, you got Top 40, you got Country, we got DICK.”
At midnight, WEQX will tell listeners they’ve been punked.