Westwood One Announces Dick Enberg and Cris Carter as Thursday Night Football Broadcast Team

Westwood One Announces Dick Enberg and Cris Carter as Thursday Night Football Broadcast Team

-- Dick Enberg, Play-by-Play Announcer -- Cris Carter, Color Analyst --

NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westwood One (NYSE:WON) announced today the appointment of legendary, award-winning broadcaster Dick Enberg and NFL great Cris Carter as part of its Thursday Night Football broadcast team. Enberg will provide the play-by-play with Carter serving as Color Analyst for all Westwood One's Thursday Night Football broadcasts. In addition, Carter will also serve as an analyst for Westwood One's Saturday Night NFL broadcasts. Westwood One's coverage of the 2006-2007 NFL season kicks off Thursday, September 7, as the defending Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers host the Miami Dolphins.

"I'm excited to return to radio on Westwood One, where unlike television with its immediate pictures, the announcer paints the entire canvas," said Enberg. "Working with Cris Carter, a future Hall of Fame receiver, will be a special pleasure. I know that no matter what I throw at him, he'll catch it and head up field."

"I am thrilled to be a part of Westwood One's new Thursday/Saturday package, and to have the pleasure of working with one of the greatest play-by- play announcers of all time, Dick Enberg," said Carter.

"This is yet another example of Westwood One's commitment to winning," said Peter Kosann, Westwood One President & CEO. "Adding broadcasters of this magnitude should speak volumes about our never-ending resolve to deliver the best product possible for our advertisers, affiliates and fans."

"We're truly privileged to have assembled such an outstanding broadcast crew for Thursday night in Dick Enberg and Cris Carter," said David Halberstam, EVP/GM Westwood One Sports. "Enberg, whose roots are in radio, is a wordsmith. His graphic and galvanizing descriptions are perfectly suited for our national radio broadcasts. Cris Carter, after a Hall of Fame playing career, has earned rave reviews since his recent broadcasting debut. NFL fans will enjoy his insightful analysis and game commentary beginning this season."

DICK ENBERG

Dick Enberg, formerly the radio voice of the Los Angeles Rams and UCLA Bruins, is currently a play-by-play announcer for THE NFL ON CBS, college basketball and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. He also contributes to the Masters(R) and PGA Championship broadcasts for the network. Enberg spent 25 years with NBC Sports, beginning in 1975 as the play-by play announcer for college basketball. He has taken on assignments including NFL football (38 seasons), the Super Bowl (9 times), the Rose Bowl (9 times), the Orange Bowl (6 times), the Olympic Games (1972, 1988, 1992, 1996), the Australian Open (once), the French Open (19 times), Wimbledon (22 times), the U.S. Open Tennis Championships (6 times), the Masters (6 times), the PGA Championship (3 times), the U.S. Open Golf Championship (5 times), the Ryder Cup (3 times), the American and National League Playoffs (3 times), the World Series, heavyweight boxing championships (3 times), the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (10 times), the NBA Playoffs and the NBA All-Star Game. Along with football, baseball, tennis, golf, basketball and boxing, he has called gymnastics, figure skating, Breeders' Cup horse racing and track and field.

Throughout his career, Enberg has earned a series of national honors, including 14 Emmy Awards, 9 Sportscaster of the Year Awards, the Ronald Reagan Media Award and the Victor Award as the top sportscaster of the past 25 years. Enberg is only the fourth sportscaster to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Along with his 15 National Sportscaster Awards, he has been named the 1989 Tennis Play-by-Play Man of the Year (Tennis Magazine) and the 1989 NFL Press Box Award winner as football's top play-by-play announcer. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award in 2000. Enberg was awarded the 1984 Eclipse Award (thoroughbred racing), the 1995 National Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Award and the 1999 Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Award. In 1974, he won a local Emmy Award for coverage of the Rose Bowl Parade. In 1973, he became the first American sportscaster to visit the People's Republic of China (USA vs. China basketball, Beijing). Enberg lives in La Jolla, CA. with his wife, Barbara, and the three youngest of his six children.

CRIS CARTER

Currently the co-host of HBO's Inside the NFL, Cris Carter is one of the most prolific receivers in NFL history. Carter trails only Jerry Rice in the record books and is the #2 all-time receiver with 11,010 receptions and 130 touchdowns. His 13,899 career receiving yards ranks fourth in NFL history. Carter played 15 years in the NFL, mostly with the Minnesota Vikings for which he holds virtually every franchise receiving record.

Cris Carter was the recipient of the 1999 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, given annually by the NFL for recognition of character and charitable works off the field. Carter made eight consecutive trips to the Pro Bowl and in 1999 he received the Byron "Whizzer" White Award, the most prestigious award given by the NFL Players Association given to the player who best exemplifies service to team, community and country. Cris also currently co- hosts an NFL show on Sirius Satellite Radio during the regular season, and serves as the NFL expert analyst for Yahoo Sports. Cris resides in Boca Raton, FL. with his wife and their two children.

ABOUT WESTWOOD ONE

Westwood One is the leader in play-by-play sports broadcasts on radio. Westwood One's sports lineup includes regular season NFL football, the Playoffs and the Super Bowl; Notre Dame Football; NCAA Football and Basketball including the Final Four; NHL Hockey and the Stanley Cup Finals; Horse Racing's Triple Crown, U.S. Open Golf; the PGA Championship; and the Master's Golf Tournament and the 2006 Ryder Cup.

Westwood One (NYSE:WON) provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk, entertainment programs, features, live events and 24/7 formats. Through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks/Shadow Broadcast Services, Westwood One provides local content to the radio and TV industries including news, sports, weather, traffic, video news services and other information. SmartRoute Systems manages traffic information centers for state and local departments of transportation, and markets traffic and travel content to wireless, Internet, in-vehicle navigation systems and voice portal customers. Westwood One serves more than 5,000 radio stations. Westwood One is managed by CBS Radio.

Source: Westwood One

CONTACT: Peter Sessa of Westwood One, +1-212-641-2053,
peter_sessa@westwoodone.com

Web site: http://www.westwoodone.com/

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