"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."
“What is the connection? What is something that is going to endear you to the listener that is going to make them consciously think, I have to listen to 'Jesse & Anna' again tomorrow to see what happened?”
“I have the utmost respect for my listeners. I started when I was in my mid-twenties at XTU. They raised me. I moved away from home. I would talk about things on the air."
I was recommended by their engineer, who heard me on a station in Cookeville (TN) where I was voice-tracking Classic Rock nights. We got on the phone and talked for maybe 15 minutes.”
"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."
"I, somehow, have been able to survive and adapt. My career is full of different chapters. Every one of those chapters, I never really knew if I’d make it out of it."