Chancellor Marketing Group Names Michael Barnett Senior Vice President of National Sales.

NEW YORK and DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1999--Chancellor Marketing Group, the national sales promotion arm of Chancellor Media Corporation (Nasdaq: AMFM), has named Michael Barnett as Senior Vice President of National Sales.

In announcing Barnett's appointment, Alison Glander, President of the Group and Senior Vice President of Chancellor Media Corporation said, "National marketers are demanding strong promotional concepts backed by sophisticated levels of execution. To ensure success, our national customers need to know there's one person at Chancellor who they can call to fill their marketing needs. Michael is an incredibly skilled marketer, and there's no one better to function as a customer entry point to Chancellor."

Mr. Barnett was formerly the Director of CBS Promotions Group -- New York, which PROMO magazine last year recognized as the fastest-growing sales promotion agency in the country. Prior to his tenure at CBS, he held media sales and sales management positions in Boston and Philadelphia.

Michael Barnett added, "The opportunity to work with Chancellor Marketing Group is very attractive because of their leadership in providing integrated marketing solutions for regional and national customers. Chancellor Media is a visionary company that's made a tremendous investment in this field, and I'm proud to be a part of it."

Chancellor Media Corporation is a diversified media company to consist of the Chancellor Radio Group, Chancellor Outdoor Group, Chancellor Television Group, Chancellor Marketing Group and Katz Media, a leading media representation firm. Reflecting announced transactions, Chancellor Radio Group will be the nation's largest radio broadcasting entity with over 465 stations in approximately 105 markets reaching a weekly listener base of over 65 million people. Through the AMFM Radio Network, Chancellor offers syndicated programming nationwide. Internationally, Chancellor has acquired Primedia Broadcast Group, Inc. which owns and operates eight FM radio stations in Puerto Rico.

Upon consummation of announced transactions, in addition to radio, Chancellor will have significant outdoor advertising, television and media representation operations. Chancellor Outdoor Group will be one of the nation's top five outdoors advertising companies operating over 36,000 display faces in 37 states. Chancellor Television Group, through ownership and local marketing agreements, will operate 13 network-affiliated television stations in 8 markets. Chancellor's Katz Media is the only full service media representation firm in the United States serving multiple types of electronic media. Chancellor Marketing Group is a full service, sales promotion firm developing integrated marketing programs for Fortune 1000 companies.