Mike Jacobs has hosted Blues in the Afternoon on KIOS-FM since its inception on October 4, 1994. Since that time, he has produced more than 500 shows and featured more than 8,000 songs.
The theme music at the beginning of the program, "Juke" by Little Walter, has become a familiar introduction to the weekly show.
Mike Jacobs became interested in Blues when he was a student at Technical High School, which is where the KIOS studios are now located.
His interest in the music of Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones led him to the Blues artists who inspired them and a deeper appreciation and understanding of the genre.
He honed his broadcasting skills as a student of the broadcasting program at Tech and was a member of its last graduating class(1984). Jacobs went on to study broacasting at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he produced a Friday afternoon Blues program at the student run-station KBLZ. In addition to working at KIOS-FM, Jacobs has also worked at several Omaha area commercial radio stations as on-air talent.
Jacobs says his favorite Blues song is Robert Johnson's Hell Hound on My Tail.
Blues in the Afternoon with host Mike Jacobs, Monday afternoons at 2pm on KIOS
KIOS BLUES CHART APRIL 2008
ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL
1. MARCIA BALL / PEACE, LOVE & BBQ / ALLIGATOR RECORDS
2. MICHAEL BURKS / IRON MAN / ALLIGATOR RECORDS 3. MIKE MORGAN & THE CRAWL / STRONGER EVERY DAY / SEVERN 4. SEAN COSTELLO / WE CAN GET TOGETHER / DELTA GROOVE 5. TAB BENOIT / NIGHT TRAIN TO NASHVILLE / TELARC 6. ERIC BIBB / GET ON BOARD / TELARC 7. BLUES ANATOMY WITH JEF LEE JOHNSON / REDISCOVERING LONNIE JOHNSON / RANGE 8. EDDY "THE CHIEF" CLEARWATER / WEST SIDE STRUT / ALLIGATOR RECORDS 9. EDEN BRENT / MISSISSIPPI NUMBER ONE / YELLOW DOG RECORDS 10. TOM PRINCIPATO / RAISE THE ROOF ! / POWERHOUSE RECORDS 11. LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES REVUE / COMMAND PERFORMANCE / DELTA GROOVE 12. SMOKIN' JOE KUBECK / BLOOD BROTHERS / ALLIGATOR RECORDS 13. OTIS TAYLOR / RECAPTURING THE BANJO / TELARC 14. MORELAND & ARBUCKLE / 1861 / NORTHERN BLUES MUSIC 15. EMANUEL YOUNG with HOWARD GLAZER / LIVE IN DETROIT / RANDOM CHANCE 16. BOB BROZMAN / POST INDUSTRIAL BLUES / RUF RECORDS 17. MARKUS JAMES / SNAKESKIN VIOLIN / FIRENZE RECORDS 18. ALBERT CASTIGLIA / THESE ARE THE DAYS / BLUES LEAF 19. SAMUEL JAMES / SONGS FAMED FOR SORROW & JOY / NORTHERN BLUES 20. TOMCAT COURTNEY / DOWNSVILLE BLUES / BLUE WITCH RECORDS 21. BOBBY BRYAN / STRANGER BLUES / SELF RELEASE 22. STEVE GUYGER / RADIO BLUES / SEVERN 23. MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER / RIGHT HAND MAN VOL 1 / SELF RELEASE 24. ERIC SARDINAS AND BIG MOTOR / FAVORED NATIONS RECORDS 25. MICHAEL PACKER BLUES BAND / LIVE AT LUCILLE'S / IRIS MUSIC GROUP
THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR INCLUSION IN THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR MAY 1, 2008