Jason Bentley

Host, 'Morning Becomes Eclectic;' KCRW Music Director

Jason Bentley is KCRW's Music Director and the host of Morning Becomes Eclectic. Jason began as a phone volunteer in the main office of KCRW in July of 1988 before heading off to college on the East Coast for a few years and then returning to attend Loyola Marymount University and DJ at the college station KXLU. Recruited by former KCRW Music Director Chris Douridas after a softball game between the two stations in 1991, Jason took to the airwaves starting in the summer of 1992.

"My show has always reflected the continual evolution of music and emerging artists and while I built my foundation as a champion of dance and electronic music, my new role as host of Morning Becomes Eclectic is a great opportunity for me to grow, a challenge I will take very seriously."

"It's no longer the hypnotic pulse of the city at night – it's the ever-evolving optimism of weekday mornings," said Bentley.

Bentley is widely respected, not just as a KCRW DJ but as a music supervisor for film (The Matrix soundtracks), a music executive (co-founder of the Quango Music Group and an A&R exec at Madonna's Maverick imprint) and as a music producer and remixer in his own right.

Jason has nurtured a thriving music scene in Los Angeles over the years, producing events at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skirball Cultural Center, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. He also consults for the LA Philharmonic on special events at the Hollywood Bowl and Disney Hall. Jason was the headlining DJ at Uptown Underground, a hugely successful public art installation that drew more than 8,000 people to the Music Center in Downtown LA and the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Jason has served for two consecutive terms on the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and is involved in awards committees every year leading up to the Grammy's. Earlier this year, he became the first ever DJ for the Governor's Ball, the celebration following the Academy Awards, and more recently, he headlined the official election night party for President elect Barack Obama in Los Angeles at the Hyatt Century Plaza to a capacity crowd.