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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

KIOS Blues in the Afternoon Links

ORGANIZATIONS:

OMAHA BLUES SOCIETY
WWW.OMAHABLUES.COM

BLUES FOUNDATION
WWW.BLUES.ORG

MEDIA:
LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE
WWW.LIVINGBLUES.COM

BLUES REVUE MAGAZINE
WWW.BLUESREVUE.COM

FESTIVALS:

WWW.BLUESFESTIVALGUIDE.COM

CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL
WWW.CHICAGOBLUESFESTIVAL.ORG

KING BISCUIT BLUES FESTIVAL
WWW.BLUESAND HERITAGE.COM

RECORD LABELS:

ALLIGATOR RECORDS
WWW.ALLIGATOR.COM

ARHOOLIE RECORDS
WWW.ARHOOLIE.COM

BLIND PIG RECORDS
WWW.BLINDPIGRECORDS.COM

DELMARK RECORDS
WWW.DELMARK.COM

ROUNDER RECORDS
WWW.ROUNDER.COM

TELARC RECORDS
WWW.TELARC.COM

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Mike's Top Ten Blues Recordings of 2007

Artist / CD Title / Record Label

1. Nappy Brown / Long Time Coming / Blind Pig Records

2. Koko Taylor / Old School / Alligator Records

3. John Hammond / Push Comes To Shove / Back Porch Records

4. Duke Robillard / World Full Of Blues / Stony Plain

5. Holmes Bros. / State Of Grace / Alligator Records

6. Rick Holmstrom / Late In The Night / M.C. Records

7. Lurrie Bell / Let's Talk About Love / Aria B.G. Records

8. Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters / Hope Radio / Stony Plain

9. Debbie Davies / Blues Blast / Telarc Records

10.Jimmy Burns / Live At B.L.U.E.S / Delmark Records

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