Ariele Jones
Assistant Program Director / HostContact Ariele at anjone10@ilstu.edu
Ariele started out hosting jazz and blues programs on WGLT when she was a student at Illinois State University.
She is currently the host of Morning Edition; Center Stage, a show focusing on the music of Broadway and Hollywood; and Highway 309.
She became a full-time employee at WGLT and WCBU in 2020.
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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.
