AMFM Bolsters Its Sales Management Team in Washington D.C. Market.

WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1999--

-Catherine Meloy Named Senior Vice President of Sales-

-Jim Zagami Named Vice President/Director of Sales-

-Jim Weiskopf Named Director of AM Sales and Operations-

AMFM Inc. (NYSE: AFM) today announced three new appointments designed to bolster its sales management team for its Washington D.C. cluster, it was announced today by Bennett Zier, Market Executive Vice President for AMFM's Washington D.C. station group. Catherine Meloy, Jim Zagami and Jim Weiskopf were named to the newly created positions of Senior Vice President of Sales, Vice President/Director of Sales and Director of AM Sales and Operations, respectively. The appointments are effective immediately.

Ms. Meloy will add Senior Vice President of Sales for the Washington D.C. market to her current role as Senior Vice President and General Manager of `Oldies 100' WBIG-FM. Ms. Meloy has been instrumental in WBIG's growth to one of D.C.'s top stations, and in 1998 received the Marconi Award for `Best Oldies Station in the Country' from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). Ms. Meloy also served as General Manager of WGMS-FM from 1990 through 1997. During her tenure, WGMS achieved record ratings and revenues and was awarded the 1996 Marconi Award for `Best Classical Station'. Ms. Meloy's other station and sales management experience includes positions with WCXR-FM, WCPT-AM and WMAL-AM in Washington D.C, WBAL-AM and WIYY-FM in Baltimore and KIMN-AM and KYGO-FM in Denver. Ms. Meloy presently serves on the board of several Washington D.C. community organizations including the Washington Area Broadcasters Association, Greater Washington Board of Trade and Trinity College, Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, Federal City Council, Washington Hospital Center, YMCA of Greater Washington, Wolftrap Foundation and Strathmore Hall Arts Center.

A Washington D.C. native, Mr. Zagami was elevated to Vice President/Director of Sales, a position that is designed work in conjunction with the Senior Vice President of Sales, Catherine Meloy. Mr. Zagami joined AMFM in 1995 to serve as the Local Sales Manager for WASH-FM in Washington D.C., and in 1998 was elevated to Director of Sales for AMFM's D.C. market. Prior to joining AMFM, Mr. Zagami worked his way up through the ranks at CBS' WLTT-FM (now WARW-FM) in Washington D.C, where from 1987 through 1994 he served as the station's Account Executive, National Sales Manager and Local Sales Manager. Mr. Zagami's other radio sales experience includes positions with WMAL-AM, WTOP-AM and WWDC-FM in Washington D.C.

Mr. Weiskopf a Washington D.C. native, who presently serves as the General Sales Manager for `Sports Talk' 980 WTEM-AM, will now serve as Director of AM Sales and Operations for `Sports Talk' 980 WTEM-AM, `Business Radio' 570 WRC-AM and WGAY-AM. Mr. Weiskopf joined AMFM in 1995 serving as Local Sales Manager for WTOP-AM in Washington D.C. Mr. Weiskopf's other D.C. sales management experience includes positions with WTEM-AM and WBIG-FM, both of which are now AMFM Inc. stations. Mr. Weiskopf's extensive sales experience on the West Coast includes sales positions with KGO-AM and KFOG-FM in San Francisco, and KABC-AM and KFWB-AM in Los Angeles. For the last three years, Mr. Weiskopf has served on the planning committee for the Radio Advertising Bureau's (RAB) Marketing Leadership Conference. He is also on the planning committee for the National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) 2000 Fall Radio Show.

Bennett Zier commented, "These appointments complete a wonderful sales team across our Washington D.C. station group that includes Melissa Huston, Vice President of Sales for WASH-FM and WWDC-FM; Lesley Bowers, General Sales Manager for WBIG-FM; C. David Howard, General Sales Manager for WJMO-FM; Vasco Bramao, General Sales Manager for WMZQ-FM; Melissa Kelly, General Sales Manager for WWDC-FM and WGAY-AM; and Clyde Penn, General Sales Manager for WWRC-AM. This group is dedicated to providing the best radio to our listeners while adding value for each of our clients."

In Washington D.C., AMFM Inc. owns WMZQ-FM, WJMO-FM, WASH-FM, WBIG-FM, WTEM-AM, WWDC- FM, WGAY-AM and WWRC-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.