Jan Simon got her first job in radio at a little 250-watt station while still in high school. For more than 25 years she's hosted classical, jazz and popular music shows and also worked as a news anchor and reporter. Los Angeles listeners first heard Jan in 1987 on KFAC, and since 1989 she's "found a home" on KMOZART.

As far as classical music goes, Jan feels many people are afraid of what they think they don't know. "My job is to cut through the mystique and draw out the purely human element of people who just happened to be musical geniuses. Haydn was a hen-pecked husband. Schubert was shy and couldn't get dates. Rossini gave up composing to become a gourmet cook. People like to know these things!"

Jan hosts the midday music each day on KMOZART.