Ward Jacobson Leaving KFOR

Ward Jacobson's last day at Lincoln radio station KFOR (1240 AM) is June 7. The Stromsburg native is leaving the Capitol City to host the "Classical 24" series with Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media in St. Paul, Minn.

Jacobson has worked at KFOR since his days as a University of Nebraska-Lincoln student in 1984. He and co-host Cathy Blythe have worked together since 2001 and are the city's No. 1 morning show.

“I have mixed emotions about leaving,” Jacobson said in a press release from KFOR's parent company, Three Eagles Communications, Inc. “I’ve had the pleasure to work with a lot of great people over the years and my relationship with Cathy, Dale (Johnson) and Chuck (Stevens) on the morning show couldn’t be better,” Jacobson added.

News Director Dale Johnson will replace Jacobson and current news reporter Jeff Motz will join Blythe, Johnson and Stevens on the morning show as a news anchor.