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Blues in the Afternoon Presents Best of 1998 New Years Day

Mike Jacobs spins some of the notable recordings from 1998 New Years Day on Blues in the Afternoon at 1:00PM.

Blues, R&B and soul from 20 years ago will be heard in this two-hour time capsule that includes music from Shemekia Copeland, Otis Rush, Johnny Adams and Magic Slim & The Teardrops to name a few.

Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.