Jazz From Studio One: October

KIOS | By Mike Jacobs

Published October 4, 2014 at 8:49 PM CDT

Hosted by advanced radio broadcasting students at the OPS Career Center, the
program focuses on a theme each week and presents jazz recordings from the
vast library of KIOS FM.

OCTOBER SCHEDULE

OCTOBER 2: 2014 DOWNBEAT CRITICS AWARDS

                        An hour of jazz from some of the winners of the 2014 Downbeat
                        Critics Awards. Music from Eric Alexander, Tierney Sutton and
                        Gregory Porter will be heard.

OCTOBER 16: JAZZ PIANISTS FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY

                        Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson and Jessica Williams are part
                        of an hour of piano jazz from the great players in jazz history as well
                        as some of today's leading players.

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Mike Jacobs

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.

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