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10 Questions with ... Jim Kennedy
March 14, 2006
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NAME:Jim KennedyTITLE:Cumulus Format Director Urban AC/OldiesSTATIONS:Too many to list (32)MARKET:ManyCOMPANY:Cumulus MediaBORN:August 8 - Indiana, PARAISED:Indiana, PA
1) What was your first job in radio?
Armed Forces Radio Thailand Early influences? KDKA, CKLW, WLS, WKYC
2) What led you to a career in radio? It was either that or hard time? Was there a defining moment, which made you realize "this is it"?
When the judge told me to choose.
3) If you were just starting out in radio, knowing now, what you didn't then, would you still do it?
Yes
4) What was the first record/cd you purchased?
"It Was I" by Skip & Flip
5) If you are wearing more hats this year than last, what area is suffering and how are you handling that?
Individual station attention - I have to prioritize
6) What can we be doing with our station web sites to better our stations as a whole?
Realizing that the web site should have its own identity and positioning statement. Understand why people go to the site. Usually it isn' t to see what the jocks look like.
7) How is the relationship between programmer and record label changing? For better or worse?
The role of the indie has greatly changed the relationship. But overall it is about the same because the station and the label still have two very different agendas concerning adding music.
8) What do you view as the most important issue facing radio today?
Whether companies will be able to continue to grow or if new regulations will halt that.
9) What do you like best about your job?
I am able to concentrate strictly on programming. I work on my own. My boss is not a micro manager
10) What Do I Like Least?
Travel
Bonus Questions
Who is your favorite air personality not on your staff?
Randy & Spiff - Cool 105.7 - Atlanta . Trapper Jack - WDOK - Cleveland
What is your favorite radio station outside of the market and why?
KDMT - Denver - they play music for us old hippies.
Besides your own, what is your favorite radio format?
Classic rock
Name the artist/act (living or dead) you'd love to meet and why.
Paul McCartney - It's the whole Beatles thing
What's the best concert you've ever attended and why?
The Eagles - the music. What else?
What is the one truth that has held constant throughout your career?
Work hard and trust the rest to God.
Describe the best promotion you've ever been part of.
The annual Flashback Festivals and the Dreamhouse Giveaways (a free house) at KISS 104.7 (WALR-FM Atlanta) are the best ever!
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