Fred Jacobs: Bad Career Advice Boomer Broadcasters Give Young Radio Wannabes

That, And Leisure Suits Were A Good Look

In his latest blog post, JACOBS MEDIA Pres. FRED JACOBS writes, "At the end of OCTOBER, I'll be spending a day mentoring a fledgling radio wannabe. His name is NICK TEHRANI, and he and I have been connected through DAN VALLIE's NATIONAL RADIO TALENT SYSTEMS and the BENZTOWN Mentorship program."

JACOBS notes, "that led me to think about radio generation's gap today – the gulf between us crusty old radio veterans and those remarkable teens and twentysomethings pursuing a career in broadcast radio. When I jumped into the fray, it was the 1970s, and radio provided an upwardly mobile career path. You could make a lot of money in radio as a salesperson at a very young age. Many of the industry's biggest and best stations were being programmed by people under the age of 30. Consolidation didn't exist, so there were exponentially more companies, and as a result, more opportunities in markets of all sizes."

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