Southern Serenade:
New Classical Releases, Classical Re-issues & Recordings Simply New In Our Collections...

Host Jeff Skibbe (pictured at right as a Prussian soldier from the BBC-TV series Fall of Eagles) is general manager of 88.7KXMS. He has been in public radio management since 1980. He came to Missouri Southern in January 1990 from Wichita State University where he was director/general manager of public radio station KMUW. He also has worked at commercial and public radio stations in Indiana, New York, Illinois, Texas, and Florida since the mid-1970's. Jeff has taught radio-TV management and mass media research & statistics at Wichita State University, and history of American broadcasting, international broadcasting, and social issues & broadcasting at the University of Texas at El Paso. Jeff earned a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in European Studies at The University of Evansville (Indiana), as well as a second master's degree in Public Visual Communication at Southern Illinois University where he taught radio/TV production. Jeff also attended Harlaxton College (click here for videos) in Lincolnshire, England -- "Hill House" in the 1999 film The Haunting.

Above is a more recent photo of host Jeff Skibbe sharing family time with some of his favorite folks. Southern Serenade has brought the Four States new classical recordings since 1990. Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac and the Composers Datebook with John Zech (right) are daily companion features.