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Radio’s Most Innovative: Steven Price/Townsquare Media
Critics of radio broadcasting companies these past few years always seem to cite a lack of imagination and innovation, little risk taking, and a tendency to do things the way they’ve always been done....
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Radio’s Changing Partners(hips)
We are fortunate at Jacobs Media that we travel in a lot of different circles. We work with many great commercial radio companies that run the gamut between those that own hundreds of stations, as...
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Radio’s Nudity Problem
By now, you’ve heard the story that after 60 years of colorful pictorials, Playboy is throwing in the towel (sorry) on what was once their unique selling proposition – naked women. Hugh Hefner in a...
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The Au Contraire Philosophy of Radio Programming
There are lots of ways to achieve success. The tried and true path is to follow the trends, do your research, and play the hits. But then there’s the other path – rowing in the opposite direction of...
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The D Stands For Disruption
There’s strength in numbers. And to prove that point, a number of friends sent me articles about PepsiCo’s Brad Jakeman and his rant at ANA’s “Masters of Marketing” conference last month. It would...
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Best of JacoBLOG – Radio’s Most Innovative: Steven Price/Townsquare Media
Our “Radio’s Most Innovative” series continued to shine the light on swashbucklers, inventors, and crusaders from radio past and present. One of the best examples of current innovation is none other...
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What If A Radio Company Had Bought Pandora?
Last November, we ran a post about how the big automakers were moving at light speed to embrace disruptive concepts, from autonomous driving and shared mobility. And the trend continued at CES last...
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Everyone In Radio Ought To Be Carded
When you’re up against global media and technology companies – and make no mistake about it, because for radio, that’s the competition – you’d better make sure everyone’s on the same page. Amazingly,...
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Radio’s Most Innovative: Shazam For Radio
Many don’t remember that Shazam originallly started as an SMS service. A consumers could dial 2580 on their mobile phones, hold it up to a speaker and receive a text message showing the song title and...
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Radio Can’t Let FCC Radio Licenses Become Taxi Medallions
As you can imagine, I spend more than a little time in taxi cabs during the course of the year. Sometimes from the back seat of a cab, I’m on the phone or working email. But at other times, I’ll...
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