Online Registration for Interep's Radio Symposium 2005 'Radio's Reinvention' Opens

Online Registration for Interep's Radio Symposium 2005 'Radio's Reinvention' Opens

Top-ranked Broadcast Analyst Victor Miller of Bear Stearns to Give Opening Address at the Day-long Symposium

NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Interep (BULLETIN BOARD: IREP) announced that online registration for the second annual Interep Radio Symposium is now open at the event's official website at http://www.radiosymposium.com/ .

This year's day-long event, entitled "Radio's Reinvention" will be held on Thursday, June 16th, 2005 at the Grand Hyatt (Grand Central) in New York City and will begin at 7:30 AM with a breakfast registration. The symposium will address the radio industry's key issues: Managing Competition, Adapting its Business Model, Embracing Technology and Generating Growth.

Top-ranked broadcast analyst Victor Miller, who served as a moderator for Interep's Radio Symposium 2004 "Dealing with Interference, Tuning in Opportunity," will provide opening remarks for this year's event. His opening comments, entitled "Will the Real Radio Business Please Stand Up?" will lay out the themes and subjects that will be addressed throughout the day by dozens of industry experts.

In addition to Miller, Interep's Radio Symposium 2005 day-long agenda will feature commentary by radio broadcasting group heads, local broadcasters, ad agency executives, as well as leaders in media sales, marketing and research. Arbitron, Media Monitors and Marketron will provide presentations that deal with advances in research, technology and accountability.

Launched in 2004, the Radio Symposium is an Interep initiative with a mission to provide an informative conference that addresses relevant and topical issues for all of the radio industry's stakeholders by bringing together all of its constituencies.

Registration is $699 and is complimentary to institutional investors. For online registration and a detailed agenda of the "Radio's Reinvention" symposium, please visit the event's website at http://www.radiosymposium.com/ .

ABOUT INTEREP:

Interep (BULLETIN BOARD: IREP) is the nation's largest independent advertising sales and marketing company specializing in radio, the Internet and complementary media, with offices in 17 cities. Interep is the parent company of ABC Radio Sales, Infinity Radio Sales, and the Freedom Radio Group, which includes Cumulus Radio Sales, D&R Radio, McGavren Guild Radio, SBS/Interep and Susquehanna Radio Sales. Interep Interactive is the company's interactive representation and web publishing division specializing in the sales and marketing of on-line advertising, including streaming media. Interep Interactive includes Winstar Interactive, Cybereps and Perfect Circle Media. The Event Shop is Interep's event marketing group. In addition, Interep provides a variety of support services, including: consumer and media research, sales and management training, promotional programs and unwired radio "networks." Clients also benefit from Interep's new business development team, the Interep Marketing Group, as well as Morrison and Abraham, Interep's sales consulting division focusing on non-traditional revenue. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.interep.com/ .

Contact:
Victor Lirio
212-309-9031
victor_lirio@interep.com

Loretta Smith
212-916-0748
liz_casasola@interep.com

Liz Casasola
212-309-9018
liz_casasola@interep.com

Source: Interep

CONTACT: Victor Lirio, +1-212-309-9031, victor_lirio@interep.com, or
Loretta Smith, +1-212-916-0748, liz_casasola@interep.com, Liz Casasola,
+1-212-309-9018, liz_casasola@interep.com, all for Interep

Web site: http://www.interep.com/
http://www.radiosymposium.com/

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