WABE to launch City Lights Collective with hosts Kim Drobes and Jon Goode

Kim Drobes and Jon Goode Courtesy WABE NPR station WABE has revealed the upcoming launch of The City Lights Collective a new weekday show focused on Atlanta s arts and tradition scene The effort will premiere on Monday July at p m and will build on the legacy of City Lights with Lois Reitzes who is retiring after her June broadcast The City Lights Collective will highlight the people performances and ideas shaping Atlanta s creative civilization 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 bliss Drobes revealed in a comment 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 tradition in the capital of the South The final episode of City Lights with Lois Reitzes will air live on Thursday June at 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 The post WABE to launch City Lights Collective with hosts Kim Drobes and Jon Goode appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta