WABE to launch City Lights Collective with hosts Kim Drobes and Jon Goode
NPR station WABE 90.1 has announced the upcoming launch of The City Lights Collective, a new weekday show focused on Atlanta’s arts and culture scene. The program will premiere on Monday, July 7 at 1 p.m. and will build on the legacy of City Lights with Lois Reitzes, who is retiring after her June 26 […] The post WABE to launch City Lights Collective with hosts Kim Drobes and Jon Goode appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
NPR station WABE 90.1 has announced the upcoming launch of The City Lights Collective, a new weekday show focused on Atlanta’s arts and culture scene.
The program will premiere on Monday, July 7 at 1 p.m. and will build on the legacy of City Lights with Lois Reitzes, who is retiring after her June 26 broadcast.
The City Lights Collective will highlight the people, performances, and ideas shaping Atlanta’s creative culture, according to a press release.
Designed in a magazine-style format—similar to NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered—the show will include interviews, local stories, field reports, and conversations led by a rotating group of contributors from across the city.
Kim Drobes, WABE’s current Managing Producer of City Lights, will serve as the show’s executive producer and co-host. She will be joined by Jon Goode, an Emmy-nominated writer, poet, and host of The Moth’s Atlanta events.
“Working with Lois has been a privilege and a joy,” Drobes said in a statement. “I’m honored to have the opportunity, with Jon Goode as a partner, to build on the foundation she’s created by collaborating with Atlanta’s diverse storytellers to amplify arts and culture in the capital of the South.“
The final episode of City Lights with Lois Reitzes will air live on Thursday, June 26 at 1 p.m. Staff and listeners will honor Reitzes’decades-long impact with a special celebration.
To learn more and follow updates, visit wabe.org/citylights.
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