BRIAN CULBERTSON TO HOST WEEKDAY MORNING SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO SHOW

The Broadcast Architecture Smooth Jazz Network has just announced that Smooth Jazz musician, producer and broadcaster Brian Culbertson will be the new weekday morning drive air talent for the Network, effective immediately. Brian has been the acclaimed weekend morning host for the Network since early 2007, and the transition to hosting the coveted 6-10AM weekday slot.

Culbertson joins radio veteran Miranda Wilson (mid-days), Smooth Jazz icon Dave Koz (afternoon drive), and radio vet Maria Lopez in the Network's lineup. The Network's weekend lineup is enhanced by the addition of Allen Kepler 6-10AM, with "Smooth Jazz Weekend" and "The Smooth Jazz Top 20 Countdown", followed by the best-selling instrumentalist of all time, Kenny G (10AM-2PM), Grammy winner Norman Brown (2-7PM), and hit music legend Paul Hardcastle (7PM-12M). Based on this information it would appear that he is replacing Ramsey Lewis.

Recently named the "2009 International Instrumentalist of the Year" at the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, Culbertson (a keyboardist, trombonist, writer, arranger, and producer) is considered by many to be the most exciting live performing instrumentalist on the scene today.

Inspired by his father, music educator Jim Culbertson, Brian Culbertson has been a fast and fierce study of music, gravitating to all styles of dynamic music. Since his 1994 debut Long Night Out, Brian has been credited with bringing a youthful yet no less masterful energy to popular instrumental music with hit albums and singles. His sixth album Nice & Slow (2001) topped Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart for six weeks straight. And its follow-up, Come on Up (2003) included his blazing cover of Earth Wind & Fire's "Serpentine Fire," impressing Maurice White enough to want to work with him. The proof is all over his milestone tenth project, Bringing Back The Funk, a historic and completely unprecedented revisiting to the land of the sho' nuff uncut `70s-style funk of ages.

Adding to the excitement of Brian's weekday morning drive debut, he and Network partner Dave Koz are embarking on their "Dave Koz and Brian Culbertson Side by Side Tour" this summer, where they are sure to meet up with their legions of listeners and fans.

Broadcast Architecture, the world's leading Smooth Jazz research and consulting firm, launched the Smooth Jazz Network in January of this year. Smooth Jazz Network programming is heard in over 30 Markets in the U.S. and Worldwide.

Listen to Brian on the Smooth Jazz Network on the following stations:
Anchorage, AK - 105.7 / KNIK
Augusta, GA - 92.3 / WAEG
Chicago, IL - 87.7 / WLFM
Cincinnati, OH - 1480 AM / WCIN
Columbus, OH - 103.5 / WJZA
Green Bay, WI - 97.3 / WAUN
Honolulu, HI - 101.1 / KORL
Lansing, MI - 92.9 / WJZL
Lexington, KY - 102.1 / WKYL
Milwaukee, WI - 106.9 / WJZX
Norfolk, VA - 107.7 / WJCD
Oklahoma City, OK - 103.7 / KOCD
Polson, MT - 1340 AM / KQJZ
Redding, CA - 96.1 / KKXS
Reno, NV - 92.1 / KJZS
Salisbury, MD - 97.1 / WQJZ
Santa Barbara, CA - 106.3 / KMGQ
Sun Valley, ID - 107.5 / KYZK
Tallahassee, FL - 97.9 / WJZT
Traverse City, MI - 101.9 / WLDR (HD) Tri Cities, WA - 101.9 / KUJJ