[0] Big City Radio, Inc. Announces Launch of Bilingual Portal Site TODOAHORA.COM.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2000

Big City Radio, Inc. (AMEX: YFM) announced today the launch of TODOAHORA.COM, making it one of the first radio companies to use a full-service, bilingual Internet portal to complement its broadcast assets.

TODOAHORA.COM, which translates into "Everything Now", provides an eclectic mix of news and information with its complete range of channels, including finance, sports, fashion, health, politics, entertainment and children's programming. All of the site's content is available in English and Spanish. The site will also feature multi-media elements such as interactive TV, video streaming and Internet-only radio stations. Features such as chat rooms, email, calendars and messaging will be part of the site.

"TODOAHORA.COM is a fully bilingual portal serving both the Hispanic and English-speaking Web populations," said Big City Radio President/CEO Charles Fernandez. "Today's launch exemplifies our commitment to using innovative techniques and strategies to meet demand for services in promising markets."

"The combination of our broadcast properties in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Phoenix and TODOAHORA.COM provides a powerful means to communicate with audiences and create value for advertisers," Mr. Fernandez added.

"Our site is genuinely bilingual. Individuals can read and use features in both English and Spanish, and can easily switch between languages as they prefer," said Stuart Subotnick, Chairman of Big City Radio, Inc. "The launch of TODOAHORA.COM adds a new, exciting element to our Company and provides us with another way to communicate with our audience:"

About Big City Radio, Inc.

Big City Radio, Inc. owns and operates radio stations in four of the largest markets in the United States, which include the top three U.S. Hispanic markets. Its radio broadcast properties are located in or adjacent to major metropolitan markets and utilize innovative engineering techniques and low-cost, ratings-driven operating strategies to develop these properties into successful metropolitan radio stations. Big City Radio, Inc., through the acquisition of Hispanic Internet Holdings, Inc., also owns TodoAhora.com, a bilingual Internet portal. Stuart Subotnick, Chairman of Big City Radio, Inc. and a general partner of Metromedia Company, is a majority shareholder of the Company's Common Stock:

Statements in this news release relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Big City Radio, Inc. to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include shifts in population and other demographics, changes in audience tastes, the level of competition for advertising dollars, priorities of advertisers, fluctuations in operating costs, new laws and government regulations and policies, changes in broadcast technical requirements changes in the willingness of financial institutions and other lenders to finance radio station acquisitions and operations, the Company's ability to implement its Internet strategy, the growth and acceptance of the Internet among Spanish speakers in the United States and abroad, and other factors which are described in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.