Dennis Miller Signs With Westwood One Radio

Dennis Miller Signs With Westwood One Radio

- One of America's Premiere Comedy Talents to Host National 3-Hour Radio Show -

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westwood One (NYSE:WON) is proud to announce the launch of The Dennis Miller Show. In his first ever radio show, five-time Emmy award winner and four-time Writers' Guild award winner, Dennis Miller will offer his unique take on the day's topics with comedy and satire. The daily 3-hour talk show will also feature Miller taking listener calls, as well as interviewing high-profile special guests. The show will debut in March on major market radio stations across the country. Westwood One will hold all broadcast and digital rights to The Dennis Miller Show including Dennis Miller's official website.

"This seems like a great fit for me since I grew up in Pittsburgh where broadcast radio was born," said Miller. "I always knew I would try radio and right now seems like the perfect time. In a world where the stakes are high, the medium is a nice blend of the comfortable and the provocative. I look forward to working with Westwood One and soon being able to finally say aloud the words, 'I'm up against a hard break.'"

After six seasons as the Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live, Dennis Miller has become a household name through an eclectic mix of television, cable, film and sports broadcasting platforms. The Santa Barbara resident, who had a nine year run on the HBO live talk show "Dennis Miller Live," has also written and starred in six solo one-hour HBO comedy specials. He was the host and executive producer of CNBC's "Dennis Miller," a topical interview talk show, has starred in various feature films, written a series of bestselling 'Rant' books, and provided color commentary for ABC's "Monday Night Football." In addition to hosting The Dennis Miller Show, he will continue to tour, perform at corporate dates and create and star in new TV/comedy specials.

The announcement was made today by Westwood One CEO Peter Kosann. "This is an absolute home run. Dennis Miller fits our programming criteria in spades -- unique, foreground, compelling, hip. Everyone in this country knows Dennis. Anyone with ears will be interested in hearing what he has to say. Westwood One will move mountains to support Dennis' program."

"Dennis is the master satiric chronicler of our times," continued Bart Tessler, SVP of Programming at Westwood One. "His superb talent appeals to all ages and political persuasions and his cross-over to radio is perfect for 2007. Dennis's unique humor and personality are a perfect fit for traditional topical talk stations as well as the rapidly growing hot FM talk format. I'm thrilled our affiliates and advertisers will be able to laugh and win with The Dennis Miller Show."

In addition to The Dennis Miller Show broadcast, Westwood One will also re-launch Dennis Miller's official website as a fully interactive digital space offering a host of digital features to support the show, including: premium services, live streams; hands on fan interaction through listener blogs; exclusive audio content and podcasts to download; and more. The website will also present advertisers and affiliates with increased opportunity over multiple platforms.

About Westwood One

Westwood One (NYSE:WON), the country's leading provider of audio content and programming, 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. For more information visit http://www.westwoodone.com/.

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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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