Clifford Brown, Jr.

For over 40 years, the name Clifford Brown, Jr. has been synonymous with good jazz radio. Brown has successfully held the positions of award winning Radio Personality, award winning Program Director, Broadcast Operations Manager, National Programming Consultant, Director On-air Operations, Production Director and Broadcasting Arts Educator. 

Brown got his first professional job at the age of 18, and before he turned 30 had been awarded the prestigious Golden Mic for being the San Francisco Bay Area’s top radio personality. Brown has also been recognized for his programming acumen, having received the AMPEX AWARD OF EXCELLENCE as the nation’s top jazz Program Director. In 1996 he received the Beverly Anne Johnson Media Award for his many years of being a "positive Black male role model" and in 2007 was named a “Living Broadcasting Legend” by the Black Music Association for his work on air.

Brown currently hosts one of the most listened to jazz programs in the nation “The American Jazz Countdown”. Clifford also serves on the Board of Directors for the “Clifford Brown Jazz Foundation” “The California Jazz Conservatory” and “The Jazz School in Berkeley”, teaches a History of Jazz class at San Francisco State University, and most notably helps protect members of our community with his Legal Shield & ID Shield business.

Brown is the son of legendary, internationally acclaimed jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and La Rue Brown - Watson (the award winning jazz educator).