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Chancellor Media Dominates 1998 Billboard/Airplay Monitor Radio Awards.


DALLAS/NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 9, 1998--

Garners Five of Nine Major Market `Radio Station of the Year'

Awards

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) won five of this year's top nine major market `Station of the Year' honors awarded by Billboard/Airplay Monitor, it was announced today by James James, person in the Bible
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 E. de Castro Castro, Greece: see Kástron. , President of Chancellor Radio Group. Chancellor also garnered two `Local Air Personality of the Year' awards, two `Program/Operations Director of the Year' awards, two "Music Director of the Year' awards, one `Station Promotion/Marketing Director of the Year' award and one `Network/Syndicated Program of the Year' award.

James E. de Castro, commented, "Chancellor's across-the-board success in this year's Billboard/Airplay Monitor Awards reflects our commitment to provide top-notch programming and entertainment for our listeners through the industry's most exhaustive research. As we integrate Capstar stations into the Chancellor fold during the following year, we look forward to replicating this success across our expanded national station portfolio and enhancing our status as the most successful radio broadcasting The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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                      (award honors follow)

Radio Station of the Year
Adult Contemporary (major)         Mainstream Rock (major)
WLTW-FM, New York                  WRCX-FM, Chicago

Mainstream R&B (major)             Rhythmic Top 40 (major)
WGCI-FM, Chicago                   WKTU-FM, New York

Mainstream Top 40 (major)
WHTZ-FM, New York

Local Air Personality of the Year
Adult Contemporary (major)         Mainstream Rock (major)
Valerie Smaldone, WLTW, New York   Mancow Muller, WRCX, Chicago

Program/Operations Director of the Year
Adult Contemporary (major)         Adult R&B (major)
Jim Ryan, WLTW, New York           Joe Tamburro, WDAS, Philadelphia

Music Director of the Year
Mainstream Rock (major)            Mainstream Top 40 (major)
Jo Robinson, WRCX, Chicago         Paul Bryant, WHTZ-FM, New York

Station Promotion/Marketing Director of the Year
AC/Adult Top 40
Robert Lyles, KYSR-FM, Los Angeles

Network/Syndicated Program of the Year
American Top 40
AMFM Radio Network


Chancellor Media Corporation is a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s  media company to consist of the Chancellor Radio Group, Chancellor Outdoor Group, Chancellor Television Group and Katz Katz , Bernard 1911-2003.

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 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 agreed to purchase a 50% interest in Mexico's Grupo Radio Centro, Latin America's largest, most successful and most profitable pure-play radio company with six FM and six AM radio stations, and Primedia Broadcast Group, Inc. which owns and operates eight FM radio stations in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. .

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 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 outdoor advertising companies operating over 36,000 display faces in 37 states. Chancellor Television Group, through ownership and local marketing agreements, will operate 12 network-affiliated television stations in 8 markets. Chancellor's Katz Media operation, the only full-service media representation firm in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  serving multiple types of electronic media, will soon add Petry Media Corporation, a leading independent television representation firm.
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