Some Ohioans will be front and center for President Barack Obama's inauguration. Toledo autoworker Kenyetta Jones represents one of eight "citizen co-chairs" who've been selected to highlight Obama's first-term accomplishments. Jones also spoke at last year's Democratic National Convention. She'll ride on an inaugural parade float after Obama's swearing-in Monday. The Miami University Marching Band will be in the parade too. And the former band director at Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School near Cleveland wrote musical arrangements for the inauguration. Ryan Nowlin is an arranger in the U.S. Marine Band. He created the score that the band will play.
Mike Foley joined WCBE in February 2000, coming from WUFT in Gainesville, Florida. Foley has worked in various roles, from producing news and feature stories to engineering Live From Studio A sessions. A series of music features Foley started in 2018 called Music Journeys has grown into a podcast and radio show. He also assists in developing other programs in WCBE's Podcast Experience. Foley hosts The Morning Mix, a weekday music show featuring emerging and established musicians, our Columbus-area and Ohio-based talent, and additional artists that inspire him.