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From Punk Rock Kid To Jazz Fan: Abe Beeson Celebrates 20 Years Hosting Evening Jazz

KNKX Public Radio | By Kirsten Kendrick,

Published August 30, 2018 at 5:00 AM PDT

Evening Jazz Host Abe Beeson with a studio session audience in Seattle.

KNKX music host Abe Beeson is celebrating his 20th anniversary of hosting Evening Jazz. He sat down with KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick to talk about his early days in radio and what he has planned to commemorate the milestone.

You can join Abe for his 20th anniversary show tonight at 8 p.m. on KNKX.

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Kirsten Kendrick

Kirsten Kendrick has been hosting Morning Edition on KNKX/KPLU since 2006. She has worked in news radio for more than 30 years. Kirsten is also a sports lover. She handles most sports coverage at the station, including helping produce a two-part series on the 50th anniversary of Title IX and the ongoing series "Going Deep."

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Ariel Van Cleave

Ariel first entered a public radio newsroom in 2004 while in school at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. It was love at first sight. After graduating from Bradley, she went on to earn a Master's degree in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. Ariel has lived in Indiana, Ohio and Alaska reporting on everything from salmon spawning to policy issues concerning education. She's been a host, a manager and now rides shotgun with Kirsten Kendrick as the Morning Edition producer at KNKX.

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