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Juke in the Back R&B Christmas Friday at 12:00 Noon

Kick back Christmas Day with us at noon and enjoy some vintage Rhythm & Blues Christmas tunes spun by host Matt The Cat on Juke in the Back's Rhythm & Blues Christmas.

It's the yuletide soul before rock n' roll from the late 1940s and 1950's. From all-time classics by Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters and The Orioles to some rarer Christmas platters from Amos Milburn, JB Summers and The Five Keys. Groove to the cool yule!

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.