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NPR's Toast of the Nation New Years Eve at 8:00PM

A New Years Eve NPR tradition since the 1970's, Toast of the Nation rings in 2018 with festive jazz you can party to with live performances from venues coast to coast. The fun begins Sunday night at 8:00. The show is hosted by Christian McBride. The lineup is below.

8:00: Best of NPR 's Jazz Tiny Desk Concerts

9:00: John Scofield's Uber Jam Band at Berklee, 2012 Encore

10:00:Dayme Arocena at The 2017 San Jose Jazz Summer Fest

11:00:Terence Blanchard at The 2017 Tri City Jazz Festival in Cleveland

12:00:The Herlin Riley Quintet from Jazz At Lincoln Center 2017

1:00:2017 Blue Note Toast of the Nation Encores

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.