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UNO Great Plains Jazz Festival Highlights To Air Thursday Night on KIOS

Once again KIOS FM will air a one-hour highlights program of performances from the 2015 UNO Great Plains Jazz Festival. The show will feature area high school jazz ensembles performing a wide array of material.

This year we have performances from nine high school bands who showcased their talent on stage at the Strauss Performing Arts Center on the Campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha in February.

Ensembles from Elkhorn, Omaha Burke, Plattsmouth, Millard North, Gretna, Bellevue West, Omaha Central, Omaha South and Council Bluffs Lewis Central are part of a great hour of jazz. Join us!

The UNO Great Plains Jazz Festival Highlights program airs Thursday April 30 at 8:00PM on KIOS-FM.

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.