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Toast of the Nation to air New Year's Eve on KIOS

An NPR tradition every New Year's Eve since 1979, Toast of the Nation is perfect for the occasion. It's jazz you can party to, all night from coast to coast,with countdowns to midnight in all four continental time zones. Spirited, improvised, grooving and swinging, each segment is a stop in a sequence of celebrations and contributing something new to the musical feast. Toast of the Nation is co-produced by WBGO FM in Newark, New Jersey and NPR Music.

KIOS will carry Toast of the Nation starting on Tuesday, December 31st at 8:00pm. The program will continue over Omaha Public Radio until 4:00a, January 1st, 2014..

The line-up for Toast of the Nation 2013-14:
8:00PM: Donald Harrison Quintet live in Boston.
9:00PM: Cecile McLorin Salvant w/ Aaron Diehl Trio in Washington D.C.
10:00PM: Wynton Marsalis Septet live in New York.
11:15PM: Paquito D'Rivera in Chicago.
12:15AM: Convergence with Larry Goldings in Denver.
1:15AM: Bobby McFerrin from the 2013 Monterey Jazz Festival.
2:15AM: Donald Harrison Quintet re-air.
3:15AM: Cecile McLorin Salvant and Aaron Diehl Trio re-air

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.