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Night Lights Explores The Savory Collection

Tonight at 8:00 host David Brent Johnson will play selections from the recently issued Savory Collection, previously unreleased late 1930s and early '40s broadcasts from Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Count Basie and other jazz greats. The collection was created by engineer Bill Savory who recorded a tresure chest of live performances from the radio. 

Night Lights is a weekly jazz program covering the people and events in jazz history from 1945-1990. It originates from WFIU at Indiana University. Our live stream is at www.kios.org

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.