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92.5 XTU Kicks Weekend Lineup into High Gear With NASCAR Racing.


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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2004

92.5 XTU XTU - All Transceiver Units, Philly's country radio station, announced that beginning this Sunday, February 15th, it will begin airing live NASCAR races in full digital HD Radio In-Band On-Channel (IBOC)
HD Radio transmits the digital channels in unused portions of the same AM and FM channel. Because the IBOC method uses the same channels, radio stations can add the digital technology with relative ease. In comparison, deploying digital TV (DTV) is a far more costly and time-consuming venture.

History
iBiquity was formed in 2000 as a merger of Lucent spinoff Lucent Digital Radio and USA Digital Radio.
(TM) on weekend afternoons. The broadcasts will kick off with coverage of the 46th annual Daytona 500 this Sunday beginning at 12:45 p.m. and will continue most weekends through the 2004 NASCAR season finale in November. Throughout the year, XTU plans to air complete coverage of all 36 NASCAR Nextel Cup events.

Commenting on the new programming, Bob McKay, Program Director of XTU, said, "As perhaps the most popular of sporting events in the country, we could not be happier to bring NASCAR races to our listeners. There is something inseparable about cars and country music, and we think the pair makes a great match. We look forward to bringing some exciting races to the Philadelphia airwaves."

The XTU broadcasts will feature race coverage from the Motor Racing Network (MRN MRN - Magnetic Resonance Neurography
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), the voice of NASCAR. The only source for NASCAR race radio broadcasts in Philadelphia, XTU broadcasts will feature leading commentary from MRN hosts and live lap-by-lap coverage of breaking developments. To enjoy the full benefit of HD Radio broadcasts, a properly equipped radio receiver is required.

XTU is a Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. radio station. Founded in 1961, Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. is a radio broadcasting company that owns or operates 41 stations (26 FM and 15 AM) located in ten large- and mid-size markets in the United States. In addition to XTU, Beasley owns WLDW-FM 92.5, WTMR-AM 800 and WWDB WWDB - Water Well Drillers Board
WWDB - World Wide Data Base (Aerospace)
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-AM 860 in Philadelphia.
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