Afterglow
Series produced by WFIU

Afterglow is a weekly, one-hour program of vocal jazz and popular song from the Great American Songbook, hosted by Mark Chilla.
Ella, Frank, Billie, Duke -- WFIU's Afterglow has them all. Afterglow highlights the best of vocal jazz and popular song from the 1930s to today. Each episode explores a new topic about the greatest jazz singers. Whether it's the unlikely friendship between Frank Sinatra and songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen, the times trumpeter Clifford Brown worked with vocalists, or songs all about love, Afterglow tells the stories of the Great American Songbook. Afterglow first aired on WFIU sometime in the late 1970s, hosted by a man named Dick Bishop, who gave the show its elegance, passion, laid-back expertise, congenial charm, and that "martini-moon" quality. After Bishop's retirement in 2005, the show was hosted by David Brent Johnson. In February 2015, Mark Chilla took the helm, continuing to... Show full description
Additional Files
- Mark Chila, host (Mark_Chilla_in_studio_credit_Adam_Schwartz-2.jpg)
- Mark Chila 2, host (Mark_Chilla_in_studio__photo_credit_Adam_Schwartz.jpg)
- Afterglow logo (AfterGlow_logo.jpg)
- Afterglow Generic Promo 1 (AfterglowGenericPromo1-untagged.mp2)
- Afterglow Generic Promo 2 (AfterglowGenericPromo2-untagged.mp2)
53 Pieces
- Added: Nov 27, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Nov 19, 2019
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- Added: Oct 18, 2019
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- Added: Oct 18, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Oct 04, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Oct 04, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Sep 18, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Sep 13, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Sep 06, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Sep 06, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Aug 23, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Aug 16, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Aug 15, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Jul 26, 2019
- Length: 59:00