Old Discs Yield New Appreciation For Niles' Radio Legacy

LEXINGTON, Ky. -  Ron Pen, the director of UK's John Jacob Niles Center for American Music recently turned over some old oversized discs to engineers at WUKY.  Turns out the records were of a Kentucky Nativity Play radio program written and produced by Niles in 1938.  Listen along as we resurrect some ghosts of Christmas past.

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John Jacob Niles, seated, leads his cast of characters during an early radio performance at the University of Kentucky.