segment, hosted by longtime KUNV host Kim Linzy, for listeners to call and share their thoughts and memories.
“It will give listeners one last chance to hear his voice,” Ridley said. Well-wishers are encouraged to donate to the listener-supported station at .Īn hour of that pilot will air from 11 p.m.-noon Friday. The university has posted that information regarding Nasshan’s memorial services will be shared as it is available. It was a countdown show we were going to build around him, and we were looking at syndicating, long-term.” “It was the next iteration of John’s career. ”We did a test pilot of the show just this past Sunday,” KUNV General Manager Ashton Ridley said Thursday afternoon.
The 67-year-old Nasshan was about to launch a new show on KUNV 91.5-FM, “The Smooth Jazz Radio Top 20 Countdown.” The Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Famer died late Wednesday night of heart failure in Las Vegas. John Nasshan was not finished broadcasting, pounding the drums, or hitting the live-music scene. John Nasshan hosts the mid-morning edition of KUNV's Jazz Lounge.
