Jon Gay: JAG in Detroit

Jon Gay has a radio story that is probably not unlike yours if
you have worked on the programming side of radio. It involves a
little bit of the WKRP theme song, "Town to Town. Up and Down the
dial...". Jon's radio career started with an internship at Kiss
108 in his hometown Boston. His stint at Syracuse University got
him even closer to his dream on being a top radio personality.
His tenure in Vermont, Detroit, and New Orleans all ended with
radio cutbacks - which later became known as "restructuring and
what is now affectionately known today as "dislocation".


In this episode, we talked about those struggles and how Jon
rebounded by starting Jag In Detroit Podcasting which creates
branded podcasts for companies. Admittedly, we spent a fair
amount of time on Vermont radio because I am very familiar with
that radio market and travel through the area often. (I first
heard Jon on WXXX (95 Triple X) all those years ago.


I promised you a few links in the show notes including:


Jon's attempt at a phone detox while on a cruise.


Jon's powerful social media piece he circulates annually about
losing his best friend Bill Leaf to a drunk driver.


There's more about this episode on our show page!


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