RadioDailyNews.com, “The Daily Voice and Journal of Broadcasting”, has named Steve Jobs as the recipient of the “Radio Person of the Year” award. The recognition is awarded annually to leading individuals in the radio industry who have not only shown remarkable leadership skills in 2005, but who will have a profound, positive effect on the radio industry in 2006.
Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple, whose products and technologies include the iPod family and iTunes.
The certificate of recognition that is being presented to Steve Jobs reads, in part; “Because he is uniquely creative and innovative, he has left distinguished and notable footprints in the radio industry sands, and has demonstrated remarkable leadership skills in 2005. He has the abilities, by the means of his personality, influence and position, to have a profound effect on the radio industry in 2006.”
Larry Shannon, publisher of RadioDailyNews.com said in a statement, “RDN solicited feedback from its Web site’s visitors and subscribers, and determined from a variety of sources that Steve Jobs, the iPod and Apple’s many media products made significant impacts on the broadcasting industry in 2005 and during the past few years. We anticipate that his influence on the broadcasting industry will continue throughout the coming year.”
It was the CEO of Emmis Communications, Jeffrey Smulyan, who began 2005 by saying, “Despite the buzz surrounding satellite radio, I believe iPods are a bigger threat, because you have a larger number of people with an alternative source of music …”
Shannon said, “The iPod has surely been a competitor for radio, but it also has provided radio stations, talent and programmers with a unique and valuable distribution channel — the Podcast, a common addition to radio station Web sites all over the world.”
Steve Jobs has been a champion innovator and producer of technological products for three decades. His Apple II and Macintosh computers, the iPod, iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano are milestones along the technological and entertainment highways. The introduction of the iPod changed the way that people listen to music and other audio and video programming. iPod spawned “Podcasts” and, almost overnight, a new distribution channel for radio programming was born with the introduction of replays of sports, news, information and entertainment programming content. It continues to grow immeasurably, with more innovations expected to be introduced by Steve Jobs and Apple in 2006.
The “Radio Person of the Year” award from RadioDailyNews.com is not just a recognition, it is a challenge to Steve Jobs and his associates who designed and continue to modify and improve the iPod in 2006. Indeed, it is a challenge to all involved in the broadcasting and entertainment programming industries, in particular AM, FM, HD Radio and satellite radio owners, managers, programmers and talent, to challenge themselves to deliver to the listener and viewer the best entertainment, information and news programming that creative minds can conceive.
In addition to a certificate of recognition, Steve Jobs will be awarded a Sirius Sportster Replay radio receiver, complete with home and auto kits, and a boombox for portable play, as well as a complimentary 6 months subscription to Sirius Radio programming, compliments of Sirius Radio, with a retail value of approximately $500.00.
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And here I thought the “radio person of the year” was required to wear loud, plaid tweed jackets with matching striped pants!
and the ironic part – iPods don’t play radio. ( w/o 3rd party perfs )
Congradulations Steve! You deserve every part of that award and others that should be named for you but might not! (because people are blind). Seriously, keep up the good, and don’t spend that whole certificate in one shop
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SJ got the “radio person of the year” award even though he told Sirrus to get lost??? Or was that why he got the award???
Adam Curry can’t be happy about this!
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Oh are Dave Winer and Adam Curry going to be livid about this, especially Curry, the self-proclaimed PodFather.
It was the CEO of Emmis Communications, Jeffrey Smulyan, who began 2005 by saying, “Despite the buzz surrounding satellite radio, I believe iPods are a bigger threat, because you have a larger number of people with an alternative source of music …”
Sure it is, because now anyone can be a program manager and generate his own podcasts, for the whole world to listen to.
No FCC license required.
Of course, there’s always the question: “But any one in the world think it’s worth listening to?”
But I also find Howard Stern tedious & boring
I forgot to mention that the radio industry owes Apple a lot for the iPod influence in the new radio fad, “Jack” programming.
Jack programming is like the shuffle function of iTunes/iPod – you don’t know what radnom song will be played next. There will be no consideration for temp, loudness, style, era, etc.
Oh, yeah. Jack programming is also done by a computer. No human DJ.
I was just about to say isn’t it Adam Curry that invented pod-casting, hopefully Steve will be honorable and reject such an award as he didn’t invent pod-casting, iTunes just brought it to the world (which is also important) but for sake of being humble give the award to the whole iTunes staff or something if you not going to give it to Adam Curry
I don’t get it? He has taken radio off the air and put it on the iPod. Why listen to Radio adds when you can get it off the net for free.
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Oh, the irony!
I don’t have a radio in my house! I bought a new car six weeks ago that has an iPod connector to the stereo (Scion xA) and as a result I haven’t bothered to program any of the radio stations.
I just got Sirius solely for Stern. But I still listen to the iPod for everything else. Terrestrial radio is dead.
This is all according to plan for Local Leader Steve J.
The inculcation of the masses is well ahead of schedule, as is the switch to Intel chips. Relnack Central has authorized further recognition to begin soon after the first of your “year” 2006.
Prepare for the obliteration of the Microsoft monolith and all who genuflect at its altar.
Make your time.
That’s it then. It’s formal. Bill ShutGates knows he’s beat…