Andy Jacobs
{{Short description|British sports radio personality}}
{{Other uses|Andrew Jacobs (disambiguation)}}
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Andrew Ian Jacobs (born 26 November 1952) is a British sports radio personality who presents the Hawksbee and Jacobs show alongside Paul Hawksbee on Talksport in the UK, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays live from 13:00-16:00. He also writes and presents 'The Birthday Spread' feature on Thursdays at 15:30.
They have been presenters on talkSPORT since the station's inception in 2000; having worked for the station when it was known as Talk Radio in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www2.talksport.net/shows/presenter.asp?presenterId=99992 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030074501/http://www2.talksport.net/shows/presenter.asp?presenterId=99992 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-30 |title=ABOUT Chris Moyles & Andy Jacobs |publisher=talkSPORT }}
Jacobs was the founding editor of FHM magazine, and the head of development at Avalon Television, producing series Fantasy Football League for BBC2, and Fantasy World Cup for ITV.{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/nov/28/independentproductioncompanies.broadcasting | title = TWI signs up Fantasy Football producer Jacobs | author = Jason Deans | date = 28 November 2000 | location=London | work=The Guardian}}
Personal life
Jacobs is a fan of Chelsea FC. The singer, entertainer and broadcaster Sam Costa was his great-uncle.{{cite web |title=Andy interviewed Michael Jordan - but forgot to turn on recorder |url=https://www.jewishtelegraph.com/prof_223.html |website=Jewish Telegraph |accessdate=25 July 2019}}
References
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External links
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{{TalkSport}}
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Category:British radio presenters
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