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''Wake Up With Whoopi'' Will Debut Across Multiple Radio Formats With National Syndication Launch

Posted on: Monday, 31 July 2006, 15:00 CDT

Clear Channel (NYSE:CCU)

-- The Nation's New "Morning Muster" Will Debut on Stations with Adult Contemporary, Smooth Jazz, Other Formats on August 14 National Launch

-- New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Cincinnati Lead the Pack

Clear Channel Radio today announced that "Wake Up With Whoopi" is set to reach multiple formats in national syndication, beginning August 14, 2006. The show debuted earlier this morning in New York City on WKTU-FM (Rhythmic CHR).

Some of the stations set to air the show on Monday, August 14th include:

-- WLIT-FM, Chicago (Soft Adult Contemporary)

-- KKSF-FM, San Francisco (Smooth Jazz)

-- WVMX-FM, Cincinnati (Adult Contemporary/MIX)

"The response from radio stations across the country has been phenomenal," said Kraig Kitchin, president/COO Premiere Radio Networks. "This program is rewriting the rules of format cross-over. We'll be airing a live show that accommodates several different music formats simultaneously. "This is truly a first and only in radio, which reflects Whoopi Goldberg's broad appeal."

"Wake Up With Whoopi" airs live, weekday mornings from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and is finding particular traction with Adult Contemporary stations.

About Premiere Radio Networks

Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, syndicates 70 radio programs and services to more than 5,000 radio affiliates and reaches more than 190 million listeners weekly. Premiere Radio is the number-one radio network in the country and features the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Jim Rome, Casey Kasem, Ryan Seacrest, Glenn Beck, Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold), Delilah, Steve Harvey, Whoopi Goldberg, Blair Garner, George Noory, Maria Bartiromo, Ty Pennington, John Boy and Billy, Matt Drudge, Art Bell, Donald Trump, Big Tigger, and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, California with 12 offices nationwide.

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 content can be heard on AM/FM stations, HD digital radio channels, on the Internet, via iPods, through Motorola's iRadio cell-phone service, and via mobile-navigation devices from Cobra, Garmin, Kenwood and others. 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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