Ariele Jones
Assistant Program Director / HostAriele Jones was WGLT's assistant program director and host of Morning Edition, Highway 309, and Center Stage. She left the station in fall 2024.
Ariele started out hosting jazz and blues programs on WGLT when she was a student at Illinois State University.
She later hosted Morning Edition; Center Stage, a show focusing on the music of Broadway and Hollywood; Highway 309; and All Things Considered.
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Highway 309 LIVE presented by CEFCU returns March 20 with a Women's History Month celebration at the Normal Theater. Here's a Spotify playlist, curated by Highway 309's Ariele Jones, to get you ready for the event. -
Leap Days happen only once every four years, and you deserve a flashback to the LAST leap day. -
Happy Valentine's Day from Highway 309! Here's playlist full of serenades for that one special person ... so specific, their name is the title! -
To help you make the most of the snowy season, here's a new Spotify playlist curated by host Ariele Jones. It's a playlist for embracing those snowy days on Highway 309. -
This updated 2023 playlist was curated by WGLT's Ariele Jones. It features holiday music from Guster, Phoebe Bridgers, Fleet Foxes, Spoon, The Lumineers, HAIM, Tori Kelly and many more. -
For those of you who plan to spend a lot of time in the kitchen on Thanksgiving, the Highway 309 team has you covered. -
This is what it sounds like to take a ride on Highway 309 during Halloween. It's creepy, haunting, and filled with spooky vibes. Curated by Highway 309 host Ariele Jones. -
To help you get ready for the next Highway 309 LIVE show, here's a Spotify playlist featuring many of the songs played during Delta Frank's last show in 2016 plus some other great blues jams. -
As we come to terms with the summer ending, here's a new Highway 309 Spotify playlist filled with songs of acceptance ... and songs that will make sure summer never really ends. -
In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop on Aug. 11, Highway 309's latest Spotify playlist features music from several genres that have been sampled in hip-hop.
