WABE to Launch The City Lights Collective with Hosts Kim Drobes and Jon Goode 

New daily arts and culture show debuts July 7, expanding Atlanta-focused storytelling with a fresh format and more local voices 

ATLANTA – WABE 90.1, Atlanta’s NPR station, is excited to announce the upcoming launch of The City Lights Collective, a new weekday show focused on Atlanta’s vibrant arts and culture scene. The program will premiere on Monday, July 7 at 1 p.m. ET and will build on the legacy of City Lights with Lois Reitzes, which concludes on June 26. 

The City Lights Collective will highlight the people, performances, and ideas shaping Atlanta’s creative culture. Designed in a magazine-style format—similar to NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered—the show will include interviews, local stories, field reports, and conversations led by a rotating group of contributors from across the city. 

Kim Drobes, WABE’s current Managing Producer of City Lights, will serve as the show’s Executive Producer and Co-Host. She will be joined by Jon Goode, an Emmy-nominated writer, poet, and host of The Moth’s Atlanta events, who brings a bold and engaging voice to the new show. 

“Working with Lois has been a privilege and a joy,” said Drobes. “I’m honored to have the opportunity, with Jon Goode as a partner, to build on the foundation she’s created by collaborating with Atlanta’s diverse storytellers to amplify arts and culture in the capital of the South.“ 

The final episode of City Lights with Lois Reitzes will air live on Thursday, June 26 at 1 p.m. Staff and listeners will honor Lois’s decades-long impact with a special celebration. 

“The City Lights Collective continues the passionate local arts and culture coverage that Lois Reitzes championed at WABE for more than 45 years. This evolution of the show will allow us to amplify even more of the artists and performers that make Atlanta such a diverse and expressive city,” said Douglas Bell, Vice President of Radio & Operations at WABE. 

To learn more and follow updates, visit wabe.org/citylights. 

About WABE 

WABE is Atlanta’s original, independent, non-profit source for news and local stories and the only NPR and PBS affiliate in Atlanta. Our station delivers fact-based journalism and inclusive, engaging content that inform and connect the diverse people of our city and region. In addition to broadcast, WABE’s programming is available at WABE.org and on digital platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.