South Beach Sessions - Jim Rome
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What insights does Jim Rome share about his career?
Kings Network. Welcome to South Beach Sessions. I'm excited about this one because this isn't in South Beach. This is on this man's turf. This man has run LA, a conqueror, for a long time and I admire him for a number of reasons and I'm moved that he would make the time in this setting for a couple of reasons. One, he braved two hours worth of traffic at the end of a bad and difficult work week, but more importantly, I've never seen you do much of this. I read the research notes and I'm like, Jim Rome has been in front of me for 30 years and nobody knows shit about the actual real Jim Rome. Like they know the radio character, which is probably your real character turned up a few notches, but I'm not sure anyone knows you. So thank you because, you know, I like to interview and I'm imagining that, you know, I'm a pretty good interviewer. So you're allowing yourself to be seen.
Yeah, no, I appreciate this. I think you're right. Now, I'm not an L.A. guy technically. I'm an L.A. native, grew up in Los Angeles, got the big break in San Diego, and then came back to L.A. I've lived in Orange County for about 25 years now, so that's why I had to brave the element. But you know what? For this opportunity, for this place, happy to do it. Happy for the invite, and I appreciate you, dude. Appreciate you.
Thank you. Why is it that people might be able to argue they don't really know you after listening to you for four hours a day every day for 30 years?
i i think that they do know me listen here's the thing i i think that there was this misnomer that on the way up well first of all if we backtrack i've done this a very long time so on the way up there was this notion of man that's a bad guy that's a bad guy he's that he's this he's the other and i can remember when i first got into it and keep in mind this was way back before there was the internet there was social media And my family and friends would see this and they would see people either really love me or really want to fight me and they would say great offense. I'm like, hey, listen, this is what we signed up for. This is the way this is going to go. This is a show. This is the way I really am for better or for worse. However, I understand that I need to give them a show. It's got to be authentic.
It's got to be real. I'm not talking out my ass. But I'll tell you what I don't do. I don't come home and talk smack to my wife. I'm not on 24 and 7. I understand the job. So do they really know me? I think if you listen to me every single day in the car for 30 years and radio is such a one-on-one medium, of course they think they know me. But do you really, really know me? Do you really, really know what's going on in here? What makes me tick? Probably not.
Why do listeners feel they don't truly know Jim Rome?
I'd like to find out a little bit about that because to pioneer for as long as you have, and I associate you with all of California and associate discovering you with, oh, I haven't heard anything like this before. And then what I grew to admire. Do people really understand how hard as a solo voice it is to develop an audience? And I don't mean an audience. Yes, you can gather a crowd. I mean an audience that would ride with him anywhere because they connect in this space, which is different than all the other spaces.
Yeah, no, I think you understand that. What you do, and I admire that a lot, what you do is different than what I do. I've always been, like I'm the last of the Mohicans in the sense that I'm still a single voice. I'm still a single host-driven program, and not because I have some kind of ego or because I need, hey, believe me, I would love to get away from me. I kind of get sick of me. I would love to get away from me, but this is kind of the way I've always done it. Now, that doesn't mean it's the way I'm always going to do it, but this is the way I came up. To your point about the audience, Like your show, for instance, you have an ensemble. You have lots of people around you. My ensemble is actually the audience.
I have this culture and I have this ride and die audience with me. Not everybody loves me, but they listen. But I'm telling you, one of the most gratifying things of all is Dude, I've got guys that have been with me 30 years. I mean, 30 years. I can document this. When I first started in local radio in San Diego, they started to call and they're still calling.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Jim Rome share about his career?
0:04–2:59
2
Why do listeners feel they don't truly know Jim Rome?
2:59–5:42
3
How has Jim Rome maintained his loyal audience?
5:42–8:24
4
What drives Jim Rome's relentless work ethic?
8:24–11:06
5
How did Jim Rome navigate early challenges in his career?
11:06–13:51
6
What personal sacrifices has Jim Rome made for his career?
13:51–16:53
7
How does Jim Rome view competition and personal growth?
16:53–18:59
8
What lessons has Jim Rome learned from his father?
18:59–1:09:17
Speakers
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