Jewly Hight
Nashville Public Radio announces Jewly Hight as Music Director for Triple A/Alternative WNXP (91.ONE) and Marquis Munson as Production Coordinator. Hight and Munson complete the listener-supported station’s weekday on-air staff as well. The hybrid format station is set to launch later this fall.
“Jewly’s work and her passion for Nashville exemplify WNXP’s mission of bringing context to the music and connecting with the community,” PD Jason Moon Wilkins said. “And Marquis may be the most open-minded music fan I’ve ever met and WNXP listeners will love his welcoming on-air style.”
Hight arrived in Nashville in 2003 and became a music journalist for the Nashville Scene, then a radio reporter at 90.3 FM, WPLN News, a sister station of WNXP. She rose to be a key contributor for the NPR Arts Desk and NPR Music and regularly files feature stories on Nashville music for Morning Edition and All Things Considered and critical essays online. She has also contributed to the New York Times, Vulture/New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times and The Guardian.
Marquis Munson
“I never tire of exploring Nashville’s musical landscape in search of distinctive voices and visions, and I’m so ready to do that with the WNXP team,” Hight said.
Munson is a radio producer and journalist who most recently served as morning show producer and on-air contributor at ESPN 102.5 The Game in Nashville. Munson served as PD of Tide 100.9 WTID and hosted a hip-hop show on sister R&B station WTUG.
“When I first moved to Nashville, I automatically assumed everyone just listened to country music, and it is a huge part of this city,” Munson said. “But one thing I look forward to, and another reason this position intrigued me, was the opportunity to explore other genres plus give these artists a platform to share their music and really show the world why they call this Music City.”
