Background
Jackson, Jason was born on May 12, 1972 in Delaware, Ohio, United States.
Jackson, Jason was born on May 12, 1972 in Delaware, Ohio, United States.
Bachelor in Communications, Bowling Green State University, 1994.
He worked for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network from 1995 until 2002, best known as the host of National Basketball Association 2Night. Jackson was fired from Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in May 2002 for violating company policy. After his firing, Jackson admitted that he had made "comments that had sexual overtones on occasion in select company," but denied that he had sexually harassed colleagues.
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network did not disclose the reason for Jackson"s firing.
In 2003, he hosted his own sports talk radio show in Hartford, Connecticut, called The Jax Show, and in September 2007, he returned to hosting The Jax Show weekday afternoons on WQAM in Miami. He currently works as a broadcaster for the Miami Heat.
From January through October 2012, The Jax Show reappeared in the afternoons from 1-3 Prime Minister on the Miami Heat"s flagship station WAXY. Kelly Dwyer of SI.com wrote in his 2006 "National Basketball Association Announcers Report Card" that Jason Jackson might be the best side-line reporter in the business. He graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1994, where he had served as a resident advisor at Bromfield Hall and as President of the Undergraduate Student Government.