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Clear Channel Radio's Stripped Raw and Real(TM) Presents Grammy and MTV Video Music Award Winner Kanye West

Posted on: Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 09:00 CDT

Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE:CCU)

-- New Stripped Line Up Will Showcase A-List Talent Including Staind, Switchfoot, Melissa Etheridge and Big & Rich

Clear Channel Online Music & Radio announced that hip-hop recording artist and producer Kanye West will get Stripped today as part of the breakthrough online video series. Also announced today are upcoming signature in-studio performances from platinum recording artists Staind, Switchfoot, Melissa Etheridge and Big & Rich.

West's emotionally charged performances of "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" and "Gold Digger" from his highly anticipated follow-up, "Late Registration," released today, as well as hits like "Jesus Walks," and "All Falls Down" are available now on 150 Clear Channel Radio station Web sites across the country. West also treats fans to an incredible freestyle backed by beats he created on the spot during his Stripped session.

"Our Stripped series has taken off even faster than we had originally anticipated, said Evan Harrison, executive vice president of Clear Channel Radio and head of the company's Online Music & Radio unit. "Artists have really embraced the concept, and from a fan's perspective, I can't imagine a more unique and intimate experience than witnessing a hip hop genius like Kanye West create a track from scratch and then freestyle over it!"

Since its launch in May 2005, Clear Channel Radio's Stripped series has attracted some of today's most exciting and creative musical artists including Rob Thomas, Gavin DeGraw, Brad Paisley, John Legend and Jesse McCartney. National radio programs such as Ryan Seacrest's "AT 40" are also getting behind Stripped, expanding awareness to millions of music fans and increasing exposure for these artists. Visit www.strippedmusic.com or your local Clear Channel Radio station's Web site for raw and real music.

About Clear Channel Online Music & Radio

A division of Clear Channel Radio, this unit is focused on bringing terrestrial radio listeners online to the Web sites of the company's network of approximately 1,200 radio stations. Nearly 10 million unique visitors per month choose Clear Channel Radio's online and on-demand music programming, which now includes videos of signature in-studio performances as well as live concerts, exclusive access to new releases and a full podcast roster of top-rated radio segments. Almost 400 Clear Channel Radio station Web sites, including all of the company's stations in the top 25 markets, stream terrestrial broadcasts online. Over 400 Clear Channel Radio station sites are live with redesigned interfaces, extending to the Internet; the company's focus on improving the value of radio through less clutter.

About Clear Channel Radio

Clear Channel Radio is a leading radio company focused on serving local communities across the U.S. with more than 110 million listeners choosing Clear Channel Radio programming each week. The company's operations include radio broadcasting, syndication and independent media representation. Clear Channel Radio is a division of Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE:CCU), a leading global media and entertainment company. More information on the company can be found at www.clearchannel.com.

Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Source: Business Wire

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