“Sittin In” is a one hour jazz music and interview show featuring artists that range from the greatest names in jazz to the best of the “up and comers”! Each week, host Helen Borgers invites a different jazz artist to “sit In” on her nationally syndicated public radio show. WIth a 30 year tenure in jazz radio, Helen and most of the musicians and artists who visit are on a first name basis. In the studio with Helen, guests get d.j. duty. They bring the music to go with the great stories that make one terrific show! And occasionally listeners are treated to some exciting surprises—new and/or unreleased music from the private collections of professional jazz artists for the exclusive enjoyment of Sittin' In listeners

The show was conceived by Danny Lemos, who met Helen Borgers when he worked for 88.1 FM KKJZ (formerly KLON) in Los Angeles. “I was in the music vault one day and there were dozens of reels of tape of a show that aired on KLON years earlier,” says Lemos.  “Helen was the host of those shows and they were like gold.  I thought ‘let’s make tomorrow’s gold while some of the great names are still alive’.”

The show is the second in a series for public radio whose costs are underwritten by supporters and advertisers.  For Lemos, "Sittin' In" follows a successful two year run as Executive Producer of “Talkin’ Jazz” with Scott Willis.  The show aired on 28 public radio stations, including KKJZ-FM/Los Angeles, WDNA/Miami and KKSF/San Francisco. 

“Sittin In” debuted on March 1st, 2009.  It is produced and distributed by Danny Lemos Creative, Long Beach, California.

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It was October 31, 1979, Disco dominated the airwaves when Helen, intent on a theatre career at Cal State Long Beach, did her first radio work on  student station, KSUL. She soon volunteered at KLON for her brother, Ken, who was the program director there, located THEN on the campus of Long Beach City College.  It was that Halloween that Helen was hired full-time at 88.1 FM.  She’s still there today, holding down the afternoons, in front of the same microphone she shared with her predecessor, Chuck Niles.  Helen handled the morning show while the legendary Niles held down afternoons on 88.1 F.M.

She hosted a weekly 3-hour interview program, “The Artist’s Corner,” as well as handling Music Director chores for K-LON.  

Through the 1990’s Helen was Program Director for “Eurojazz,” a jazz satellite service to the Netherlands. She moved with Eurojazz to London before returning to the States to host again on 88.1.

In addition to numerous hosting and emcee duties at Los Angeles area jazz spots and festival events, Helen is an accomplished jazz lecturer and writer, for both domestic and international publications. 

She celebrates her 30th anniversary at 88.1 F.M. on Halloween night, 2009.

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Danny Lemos Creative is a collective of premium radio and television artists creating content for new media.

Danny Lemos found a second career in broadcasting after leaving corporate commercial radio in 2004. Heralding a new wave of personal expression in media, Lemos became one of the “original 100” podcasters on the internet. He formed Lemoskin Productions in 2005 with friend and longtime collaborator Paul Liebeskind.

Lemoskin Productions produced dozens of small projects for clients including New Line Cinema, CBS Radio, and National Public Radio. The company syndicated “Talkin’ Jazz with Scott Willis,” a daily jazz music feature for public radio. "Talkin' Jazz" provided each of it's 28 affiliate stations with free content for their local underwriting efforts. It was unique among revenue generating programs in 2006. It was a non-traditional revenue arrangement between content-provider and station which has since evolved into "the free model" in syndicated radio.

In 2008, as Danny Lemos Creative, Lemos created a one hour interview and music show in support of public radio at a time when free programming was falling victim to major cost cuts.

In 2009 DLCreative began providing short form video content for web advertisers.

In 2010, with 160 episodes and counting, "Sittin' In" follows in the footsteps of DLC's premier product "Talkin' Jazz" which aired 235 epiodes.