Clear Channel Radio Names Lisa Dollinger Senior VP of Marketing and Communications.

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SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2003

U.S. Radio Leader to Build Integrated Internal and External

Marketing and Communications Programs Through Newly Created Position

Clear Channel Radio, of San Antonio, Texas, a division of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE:CCU), today announced that radio industry media, marketing and public relations veteran Lisa Dollinger joins its executive team in San Antonio as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications, effective immediately.

In the newly created position, Dollinger will lead Clear Channel Radio in the development of integrated internal and external marketing and communications programs, and will oversee public relations, media relations and industry relations nationwide for all Clear Channel Radio divisions.

Clear Channel Radio owns and operates over 1,200 radio stations in more than 250 markets across the U.S. Additionally, Clear Channel Radio holdings include Katz Radio Group, a national radio sales organization, and Premiere Radio Networks, syndicator of more than 100 radio programs including Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Rick Dees, Casey Kasem, Jim Rome, and Carson Daly. Clear Channel Radio reaches over 110 million listeners a week and employs more than 40,000 radio professionals from coast-to-coast.

Dollinger, 41, has over 15 years experience in corporate marketing and communications, and formerly served the radio broadcasting industry as Vice President of Corporate Communication for Capstar Broadcasting Corporation. Dollinger was Capstar's first employee at its inception in 1996 and was instrumental in building and promoting the company through its merger with Chancellor Media Corporation in 2000, creating AMFM, Inc. AMFM subsequently merged with Clear Channel Communications in 2001 to create the world's largest radio company. Most recently, Dollinger has served radio broadcasting and other industries as a marketing and public relations strategist based in Austin, Texas. She holds a B.S. degree in Organizational Communication from The University of Texas at Austin. Over the course of her career, Dollinger has built a reputation for creative leadership, successfully building and executing corporate communications and marketing programs on a nationwide scale.

John Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Radio, said: "The creation of this new position is an important step for Clear Channel and will help us better communicate internally and externally. I am extremely pleased to have Lisa Dollinger join our executive management team and look forward to having her work with our tremendous employees, our great stations, our friends and partners, listeners and advertisers, and with all of the radio broadcasting industry."

Dollinger said: "I am excited to work closely once again with radio's premier professionals and I am supremely proud to carry the banner of Clear Channel Radio, and of the most exciting radio stations in America today. Clear Channel Radio is committed to enhancing internal and external communications and I am delighted to be involved in these initiatives moving forward. I enthusiastically embrace the opportunity to work with all of Clear Channel's constituencies to provide an exceptional level of responsiveness and service in the areas of internal and external communications and marketing. I have the highest regard for John Hogan and the amazing team he is assembling and I am most anxious to work with them to build upon all that is good within Clear Channel Radio for the benefit of all of radio broadcasting. I am truly looking forward to maximizing the enormous potential at Clear Channel through vibrant marketing and communications programs and as a resource and advocate for our stations, our employees, and for the entire radio broadcasting industry."

Pam Taylor of Clear Channel Radio will serve as field public relations officer during the transition.

For further information, contact Pam Taylor, Clear Channel Radio 859/655-6523 or Lisa Dollinger, Clear Channel Radio 210/822-2828.

About Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE:CCU), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a global leader in the out-of-home advertising industry with radio and television stations, outdoor displays, and entertainment venues in 65 countries around the world.

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