So this is one that hits a little closer to home and as with all the things that I write about I need to be honest about the situation in order to get the point across. Urban Network was my training ground to learn how to do a magazine. There was a lot of infighting amongst the management for power and I tried to steer clear of it because I always hated on-the-job politics.
I will write more about this in my 25th-anniversary issue in June but basically it was a place that was quite peaceful until two men, one of them from Texas started hanging around the office. One of them was from radio and the industry was done with him he was a PD in the 60s and 70s and he was trying to reinvent himself. Kevin Ross and Gary Jackson at industry conferenceGary Jackson, Kai Chase and Charlie Wilson at industry eventDaryl J.
Gary Jackson, Kevin Ross and Ken James at industry conference
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R.I.P. Gary??
Having the honor of talking to (Doc) Jerry and Gary and Doug Banks over the years allowed me to become get to know two of the best things about radio…. interactions between people who loved the industry. RIP G! One love brother!
Having the honor of talking to (Doc) Jerry and Gary and Doug Banks over the years allowed me to become get to know two of the best things about radio…. interactions between people who loved the industry. RIP G! One love brother!
Thank you for this appreciation of Gary. I met him in 1976 when he was managing (and living with) a prog rock band in the South Bay. I ended up moving in with them all and Gary was the very best (no offense to the other guys) – generous, smart, and a gentleman – a father figure perhaps – to this teenage girl who needed a place to live and finish high school and who didn’t have a father or father figure. A forever friend. Grateful always to him. I am glad I saw him last December to thank him for all he did. Cherish each other people.