Linda Yohn, January 23, 2020

Interviewer

Matt Jones, Eastern Michigan University

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Description

Linda Yohn is said to have done more for jazz in Southeast Michigan than any other single person in her 30 years with WEMU. Six-time winner of the jazz programmer of the year award, frequent panelist at national conventions, and universally recognized for her commitment to all things jazz here and everywhere else. Yohn was given Emeritus status by Eastern Michigan University when she retired in 2017.

Interview Date

1-23-2020

Keywords

Linda Yohn, WEMU-FM, Eastern Michigan Radio, NPR, National Public Radio, jazz, jazz studies, jazz history, radio broadcasting, student intern, blues, Montreux Detroit International Jazz Festival, Frog Island Jazz Festival, Ypsilanti

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Permission to quote from this oral history should be requested from the University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).

Copyright

Copyright to the audio resource and its transcript is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any other format without written permission of the copyright owner, Eastern Michigan University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).

Recommended Citation

Jones, Matt, "Linda Yohn, January 23, 2020" (2020). Oral Histories. 64.
https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/64

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