Metro Networks Announces Multi-Year Agreement With Cumulus Media

Metro Networks Announces Multi-Year Agreement With Cumulus Media

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Metro Networks, a Westwood One (NYSE:WON) company, announced today a multi-year agreement with Cumulus Media, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMLS) effectively affiliating every Cumulus radio station with the Metro Source newswire service. Effective October 2006, the agreement impacts more than 320 radio stations, of every format, in more than 60 markets nationwide. Westwood One's Metro Source is the most comprehensive news wire service in the United States.

"This agreement with Cumulus is a benchmark for Metro Source," said Bill Yeager, EVP Metro Networks. "Not only does it surpass the 2000 affiliate mark for the service, now all Cumulus stations from coast to coast, including all content intensive News/Talk stations, are affiliated with Metro Source."

"Metro Source is the one-stop-shop for all our newswire needs," said Cumulus COO John Dickey. "In addition to receiving top-notch local, regional, national and international news from Metro's news bureaus throughout the country, we will have a complete show prep service for every Cumulus radio format and state-of-the-art operating system in Metro Source software."

Metro Networks' traffic gathering infrastructure is the largest in the world, including more than 70 local traffic operation centers, 1,800 traffic reporters, producers and broadcasters, over 100 aircraft and agreements with Departments of Transportation for ITS and 511 service deployment. Metro Networks provides constant traffic and news updates through an extensive network of surveillance cameras, as well as thousands of hours of helicopter and fixed wing airborne coverage each month.

Cumulus Media Inc. is the second-largest radio company in the United States based on station count. Giving effect to the completion of all pending acquisitions and divestitures, Cumulus Media, directly and through its investment in Cumulus Media Partners, owns or operates 345 radio stations in 67 U.S. media markets. The Company's headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia, and its web site is http://www.cumulus.com/. Cumulus Media Inc. shares are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol CMLS.

Westwood One (NYSE:WON) provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk, entertainment programs, features and live events. 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: Press, Peter Sessa of Westwood One, +1-212-641-2053,
peter_sessa@westwoodone.com

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

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