Brian "beej" Jackson

Brian D. "Beej" Jackson was born in Harrison, AR in 1957, the youngest child of a Baptist minister, the Rev. Dr. H. Dale Jackson and Frances Marie Reinsmith Jackson who moved their family to St. Louis, MO in 1967.

Brian became involved in school and church music and dramatics, and as a teen played in several bands and appeared in a variety of stage entertainments. After graduating from Missouri Baptist College in 1979, Brian studied at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY while performing in a professional folk/rock band. In 1981 Brian was offered a radio show on WZZX/Louisville, and eventually became the morning announcer of WJYL/Louisville; he then worked at WAV970 under program director Lee Masters. In 1983 Brian assumed the morning show at WSTO, a 100 kW CHR blowtorch serving the Evansville, IN/Owensboro, KY markets; he has since "adopted" Owensboro as his home. For nearly 15 years his morning antics entertained some 250,000 laughing listeners a week.

In 1989 Brian established "Street Relief", a fund and consciousness-raising effort aimed at supporting area homeless relief charities. During his 9-year direction, millions of dollars were raised and hundreds of volunteers recruited for the cause.

In 1995 the ill-fated Brill Media purchased WSTO; in 1997 he was replaced and moved to rival 100 kW WQXQ. In a single ratings sweep (Spring 1997) WSTO fell from the 33-share heights it had enjoyed through the 80s and 90s to the sub-10-share basement it has since occupied, while Brian took WQXQ to its highest-ever ratings.

In that same year Brian became the founding marketing director of Satellite America, where his unique method of radio advertising was responsible for the acquisition of over a quarter-million Dish Network subscribers.

In 2000 Brian became the announcer for the legendary TV show "My Classic Car featuring Dennis Gage" and in 2003 he was named Host/Writer/Announcer/Co-producer of "Corbin's Ride On", a Speed TV series documenting the motorcycle hobby.

Brian and his wife Rebecca reside in Western Kentucky near Owensboro on their horse farm, Dragon Hill.

Brian is a distant cousin of actor Don Johnson. His sister Paula is an Episcopal priest in Cincinnati, sister Sue manages a marketing research firm in St. Louis, and brother Paul is an award-winning producer of corporate image films in St. Louis.