Years active 1996-present | Name Joshua Jones | |
Employer Metro Broadcasters, Inc. | ||
Joshua Jones is a media executive in the Dallas/Ft. Worth market. He oversees two radio stations for Metro Broadcasters, Inc. Additionally, he owns and half of (and operates) a record-label with (promotional) partner Shiner Bock. Jones is also a sought-after consultant for both businesses trying to use music to brand themselves and for artists trying to introduce their music to larger audiences.
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Early life and education
Jones earned a bachelor's degree from Hardin–Simmons University in 1996. He earned a master's in media studies from the University of North Texas in 2009.
Career
Jones is often credited as a pioneer in the Texas/Americana music scene. One of the stations he oversees, KHYI, became (on January 1, 1997) the first 24-hour commercial Americana radio station in the United States. In an effort to lure male listeners back to country radio KHYI began shunning the “…flat-belly, pretty boy, disco country music” that targeted a female demographic and dominated country radio at the time (USA Today, January, 1997.)
He is featured in the documentary The Range, a film by Dean Augustin.