Clear Channel Radio Expands Emergency Preparedness Capability.

Clear Channel (NYSE:CCU)

--Company Rolls Out Multiple Backup Hubs and Develops an Emergency Satellite System to Ensure Communication Throughout its Radio Markets When Disaster Strikes

WHAT:

    --  Radio transmitters, studio equipment and news gathering
        packages have been installed in trucks and RV's at Clear
        Channel Radio hub cities across the country.

    --  The hub cities will also house generators, satellite phones,
        fuel and supplies, even a portable tower on a trailer.

    --  Emergency backup satellite system will enable any of the
        company's local radio studios to broadcast their local
        programming directly to any of the company's tower sites when
        microwave links or land lines are down or fail.

    --  If emergencies force Clear Channel news teams and announcers
        to abandon their studios, the satellite equipment will enable
        the station crews of affected areas to broadcast from
        alternative, nearby locations to provide their listeners with
        valuable and up-to-date information.

WHEN:

    --  Several hub cities have already been set up with a focus on
        hurricane-prone areas

    --  Remaining hub cities will be in service before the end of the
        year.

WHERE:

    --  The support equipment will be located at Clear Channel Radio
        hubs cities spanning the U.S., strategically placed to be no
        more than a day's drive from the local markets.

    --  There are six established hub cities: Tulsa, Philadelphia,
        Orlando, San Diego, Atlanta and Sacramento.

    --  The emergency backup satellite systems are now being deployed
        in all of the Gulf Coast states.

        --  Future deployments in expanded markets are also planned

WHY:

    --  Battery operated radios are a citizen's only lifeline to help
        and guidance when an emergency strikes.

    --  Employ lessons learned from previous natural disasters to
        strength Clear Channel's already substantial contingency and
        emergency plans.

    --  To ensure Clear Channel's commitment to provide quality
        communication and service to our communities before, during
        and after emergency situations.

WHO:

    --  Clear Channel Radio's Disaster Assistance & Response Team
        (D.A.R.T).