AMFM's Houston Station Group Solidifies Its Sales Management Team; Kathy Gonzales Elevated to Senior Vice President of Sales; Muriel Funches Named Vice President of Sales.

Business Editors

DALLAS and HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000

AMFM Inc. (NYSE:AFM) elevated Kathy Gonzales and Muriel Funches to the newly created positions of Senior Vice President of Sales and Vice President of Sales, respectively, for the Company's Houston station group, it was announced today by Chris McMurray, AMFM's Market Executive Vice President for Houston. Both appointments are effective immediately.

Reporting directly to Ms. McMurray and working closely with the market's, individual station General Sales Managers and the Chancellor Marketing Group, Ms. Gonzales will direct the cluster's overall sales strategy, overseeing all aspects of inventory control, key client relationships and sales personnel recruitment and development.

Ms. Funches, reporting directly to Ms. Gonzales, will be responsible for generating total revenues for Houston's &uot;Boots &Suits&uot; combo of KODA-FM and KKBQ-FM, and for developing/implementing unique strategies to outpace the market's overall growth.

Commenting on the appointments, Chris McMurray said, &uot;Kathy has proven herself as a 'take charge and get it done' person. I am very excited about what she can help us accomplish in Houston.

&uot;Muriel is an outstanding professional with a great track record. I am very excited about putting the two stations under her leadership.&uot;

Ms. Gonzales, who spent her entire radio career in the Houston market, most recently served as the Director of Sales for AMFM's Houston station group. From 1989 through 1999, Ms. Gonzales worked her way up the ranks at AMFM's KKBQ-FM, first as the station's General Sales Manager and then as Vice President. Ms. Gonzales joined AMFM in 1988 as Local Sales Manager for KODA, having begun her career as an Account Executive at KRBE-FM. Ms. Gonzales earned a bachelor's degree in Communications from the University of Kentucky.

A Houston native, Ms. Funches most recently served as the General Sales Manager for AMFM's KODA in Houston. In 1999, Ms. Funches served as Sales Manager for AMFM's KKRW-FM, also in Houston. Ms. Funches' other radio sales experience includes positions with KKPN-FM in Houston, KPAD-AM in Dallas, WGCI-AM/FM in Chicago, and KTRH-AM and KLOL-FM, also in Houston. Ms. Funches earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing from Howard University.

Ms Gonzales said, &uot;First, I'd like to thank Chris for this great opportunity. I look forward to extending the success that the Houston AMFM group has earned to-date. Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate Muriel. She has done a tremendous job at KODA and we are confident in her expanded leadership role.&uot;

Ms. Funches remarked, &uot;In Houston, Adult Contemporary and Country are the most requested formats for advertising campaigns. This combination delivers the most demanded age demographics and qualitative profile that will make advertisers scream for the KODA/KKBQ 'Boots &Suits' combo. This is a great challenge and a great opportunity. I look forward to surpassing management's expectations and having fun doing it.&uot;

In Houston, AMFM owns or operates KODA-FM, KTRH-AM, KLDE-FM, KLOL-FM, KBME-AM, KKBQ-FM, KKRW-FM and KQUE-AM.

AMFM Inc., the nation's largest radio broadcasting entity, consists of the AMFM Radio Group, including the AMFM Radio Networks and the Chancellor Marketing Group, and the AMFM New Media Group, including Katz Media and AMFM's Internet operations. Reflecting announced transactions, AMFM Radio Group, with over 440 stations in 100 markets, reaches a weekly listener base of approximately 64 million people. The AMFM Radio Networks offers syndicated programming nationwide. Chancellor Marketing Group is a full-service sales promotion firm developing integrated marketing programs for Fortune 1000 companies. AMFM's Katz Media is the only full-service media representation firm in the United States serving multiple types of electronic media. AMFM's Internet operations focus on developing AMFM's e-commerce web sites, streaming online broadcasts of AMFM's on-air programming and other media, and promoting emerging Internet and new media concerns.