Avaterra.com and Citadel Communications Kick-Off Contest Offering One of Largest Cash Prizes in Internet History.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1999--

Millennium Millions provides 8 million radio listeners and online

audience the opportunity to win $2 million in cash

Avaterra.com, Inc. (OTC/BB:AVAR), the leading provider of Internet-based virtual world communities, is teaming up with radio broadcast group Citadel Communications (NASDAQ NM:CITC) in sponsoring Millennium Millions. With a $2 million cash prize, this end-of-millennium contest offers one of the largest online cash prizes in Internet history. Citadel is airing more than 42,000 radio commercials on 112 radio stations nationwide to promote Millennium Millions to its audience of over 8 million US radio listeners. These spots began running December 10th and will continue to run until December 30th. Additional publicity and promotional efforts also invite the Internet audience at-large to participate.

The grand prize can be won by one person or shared by multiple contest entrants who correctly answer 10 questions, which will be posted in the Millennium Millions suite in Avaterra.com's online VZones(TM). Contest entrants will enter www.vzones.com for free and can participate by creating their own avatar, an online animated personality. By searching out AdObjects(TM) -- virtual items that replicate real world items -- in the VZones, participants will be able to link directly to the contest questions. One answer will be predictive in nature; the others are based on general facts as well as the VZones environment, requiring the user's avatar to search the Millennium Millions VZone.

"This is the biggest single promotional campaign we have launched to date to make Avaterra.com's VZones a more widely recognizable brand name," said David Andrews, Avaterra.com's CEO. "This is the first in a series of major promotions designed to increase our rapidly growing membership even further. We are regularly breaking our own traffic records and expect the Millennium Millions promotion to send our traffic numbers soaring to new heights over the next few weeks."

Citadel Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Wilson stated, "Millennium Millions highlights the appeal of our 8 million weekly listeners and national footprint to Internet advertisers like Avaterra.com. We are very excited to have attracted Avaterra.com as the major sponsor of this promotion, and will continue developing like-minded promotions to leverage our audience reach and unique connection with listeners into a greater share of the Internet advertising pie."

About Avaterra.com, Inc.

Avaterra.com (OTC/BB:AVAR) builds consumer and business-oriented interactive virtual worlds in the form of Virtual Zones(TM) ("VZones(TM)"). Consumers enter themed VZones as avatars (customized graphical representations of themselves) and express themselves by personalizing their appearance and communicating with other avatars through words, gestures and facial expressions. They explore places like parks, streetscapes and cafes. Avatars meet strangers and friends, and attend events. They can even rent and furnish apartments.

The VZones technology enables a heightened level of personal expression and identity, interpersonal communication, and community that is unmatched on the Internet. Unsurpassed user visit durations are a testament to the appeal of avatars and the personal bonds established within these communities. Avaterra.com derives revenue from advertising, member fees, custom virtual community development and software co-licensing. For investor information, please call [phone], email [e-mail], or visit www.avaterra.com

About Citadel Communications

Citadel Communications (NASDAQ NM:CITC) is a radio broadcasting company that, upon completion of pending transactions, will own or operate 123 FM and 54 AM stations concentrated in 37 markets.

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