JOHN WESLEY JACOBS, JR.
John Wesley Jacobs Jr. was born in Gainesville, Ga., November 28, 1922. He was the son of John W. Jacobs Sr. and Villa Rhodes Jacobs and stepmother Lillian Moore Jacobs.
He was a graduate of Gainesville High School, Riverside Military Academy, and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He served in World War II as an artillery forward observer with the 30th Infantry Division in campaigns from France to the Elbe River in Germany, 50 miles from Berlin where Americans met the Russians. He was awarded two Silver Star medals during the Battle of the Bulge between December of 1944 and March of 1945.
With a drive for the future, John returned to Georgia after the war and founded radio station WDUN (AM and FM) in 1949 with a group of friends who were World War II veterans and who became stockholders. Over a period of time, he purchased all outstanding stock and changed the name to Jacobs Media Corporation. In 1966 he started Gainesville Cablevision. The franchise was sold in 1984 and is now owned by Charter Communications. WDUN-FM was expanded to cover the Atlanta market, and later sold to a company who operates the station on the 106.7 frequency. He expanded his company by purchasing in 1984 WGGA, which was WDUN's first competitor in 1949. With his son Jay, the company started Majic 102.9 FM and later added an online newspaper AccessNorthGa.com. Today Jacobs Media owns three radio stations (WDUN
