Niki Dakota
Music Director and Host, Excursions
Born a Hoosier, but only living there in spurts, Niki Dakota spent much of her young life moving around the United States with her archeologist mother. Throughout these years, there was always a ukulele somewhere close at hand. By the time the family settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ms. Dakota found herself in pursuit of professional music-making as she headed-up the Alterna-Folk band, Plow On Boy. In the course of her first live radio interview to promote the band, Niki’s keen excitedness manifest itself in extreme chattiness. At the conclusion of the segment, the DJ closed the mic and said, “You need to be in radio." That was in 1990.
In 2002, Niki’s radio career brought her to WYSO where she continues to enjoy a love of music and shares that love with the Miami Valley weekdays on Excursions.
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Excursions
Like the name suggests, Excursions is a daily journey across musical genres and eras. Niki Dakota guides listeners through a broad cross-section of the newest music from Ohio, around the world, and everything in between while also spending time with beloved classic tunes. Each day is an adventure and on Wednesdays, you'll hear the fresh tunes from great artists new and old during the noon hour. Play for fun and prizes on Thursday Threads, and you can put a song on the playlist every Friday when we spin theme tunes.