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October 2, 2008 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEURAL AUDIO AND JAZZSET WITH DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER FROM NPR JOIN TO PRESENT 26 WEEKLY JAZZ-IN-PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS IN NEURAL-THX SURROUND SOUND

October 2, 2008 -- Beginning in February, 2009, 26 consecutive weeks of the award-winning NPR series JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater will be produced for air in Neural-THX™ Surround Sound.

Listeners equipped with home and auto radio receivers will be able to enjoy recent performances by top-tier jazz musicians - instrumentalists and vocalists - in six channels of Surround Sound.

Produced by WBGO/Jazz 88.3FM in Newark, NJ, and airing on 105 NPR Member stations every week, JazzSet is public radio listeners' choice for "live" music from concerts, clubs and festivals across the country and beyond. The 2009 JazzSet-in-Surround season will include shows from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; from Jazz Standard - named New York magazine's #1 jazz club; and festivals from Tanglewood in the Berkshires to Monterey on the Pacific coast.

Since Spring, 2008, JazzSet has broadcast select programs in Surround Sound, including host Dee Dee Bridgewater in concert with her trio and musicians from West Africa at the Kennedy Center.

"JazzSet continues to provide the best experience possible for their listeners across the country," said Geir Skaaden, CEO, Neural Audio. "We are very proud to be a part of this 26-event series and excited to deliver a new level of envelopment for Jazz music on the Radio."

JazzSet Technical Director and recording engineer Duke Markos says, "We strive to put our audience in the best seat in the house every week. It's a quantum leap from stereo to surround sound. Neural technology will allow our listeners to get even closer to the live performance on JazzSet."

Prior to the new extended partnership with JazzSet, Neural Audio has underwritten Surround Sound broadcasting of live music on the annual New Year’s Eve special, Toast of the Nation from NPR, co-produced by WBGO.

About Neural Audio
Neural Audio is an audio signal processing company providing solutions for entertainment creation, distribution and playback. Through Neural-THX Surround, the fastest growing new surround sound format in the world, and other audio signal processing software, Neural directly enhances the consumer audio experience for home entertainment, TV and radio broadcast, automotive, portable devices and computers. Partners and customers include; THX Ltd., XM Satellite Radio, DaySequerra, Harris Corporation, Yamaha Corporation, Sony Corporation, Pioneer Electronics, Onkyo Corporation, Denon Electronics and Marantz America. For more information, visit http://www.neuralaudio.com.

About JazzSet
JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater is music in performance from NPR®, produced at WBGO Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ. Every week, Grammy and Tony Award winning host Dee Dee Bridgewater presents artists from all points on the spectrum, from super-talented newcomers to veteran jazz masters. Airing on more than 100 NPR stations as well as NPR Worldwide, programs are available for on-demand listening at http://jazzset.npr.org. JazzSet is in its 17th season with Technical Director Duke Markos, Producer Becca Pulliam, and Executive Producer Thurston Briscoe III. Funding comes from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Prudential Financial, Inc.

About WBGO
WBGO/Jazz88.3FM serves the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area with mainstream jazz, blues, and award-winning news and public affairs programming. Non-commercial WBGO is supported by over 16,000 annual members and has over 390,000 weekly broadcast listeners. WBGO also streams its broadcast signal to audiences worldwide at http://www.wbgo.org. WBGO is a publicly-supported, cultural institution that champions jazz, an American art form, and presents news to a worldwide audience through radio, other technologies and events.

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