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Clear Channel Radio Stations Cover War in Iraq Through Clear Channel News Network; Embedded Radio Journalist Reporting Live from the Warfront to Clear Channel Stations.


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SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2003

- Continuous Talk Programming Featured Throughout This Weekend -

- Twice-Hourly News Updates Offered to All Clear Channel

Radio Stations -

Clear Channel Radio, a division of Clear Channel Communications Not to be confused with clear channel radio stations, which are AM radio stations with certain technical parameters.
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), has outlined its plans for providing its listeners across 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.  with ongoing comprehensive news coverage of the war in Iraq.

The centerpiece of Clear Channel Radio's war coverage is Aaron Katersky, a reporter with KTRH-AM in Houston who is currently embedded with the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Attack Squadron may refer to:
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  • 42nd Attack Squadron, a squadron flying the MQ-9 Reaper
  • Jane's Attack Squadron, a World War II flight simulator
 533, a front line unit that was one of the first called in when the war began Wednesday night. Katersky is currently filing custom reports and Q&A's for 40 of Clear Channel Radio's news/talk stations, and is providing daily reports from the front line distributed to all Clear Channel Radio stations across the country.

Through the Clear Channel News Network, all Clear Channel Radio stations receive news updates twice hourly, seven days a week. In addition, Clear Channel stations will be offered 54 hours of continuous talk programming, from today at 6:00 p.m. CST CST
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 until Sunday, March 23, at midnight. The Clear Channel News Network operates through a proprietary computer system based in Chicago. The network serves most Clear Channel radio markets, enabling stations in communities of all sizes to receive ongoing news reports and the latest information updates.

Gabe Hobbs, Clear Channel Radio's Vice President of Programming, News/Talk/Sports, said: "We have worked hard to ensure that our listeners across the country stay informed through comprehensive news coverage of the war. From Bangor, Maine For other places with the same name, see Bangor.

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, to San Diego, from Seattle to Key West, and all points in between, the Clear Channel News Network will inform our stations' listeners with the latest news on the war and related world events. It is a unique advantage to have one of Clear Channel Radio's own reporters, Aaron Katersky, embedded with a Marine unit, providing warfront coverage that includes an up-close narrative and perspective on events as they unfold, human interest stories, and interviews with our troops in action. Through the news resources of the Clear Channel News Network, in addition to our various relationships with other news networks, Clear Channel Radio stations will offer long and short-form news coverage that will keep our audiences on top of all breaking news and related stories from the war in Iraq."

For further information contact Lisa Dollinger, Clear Channel Radio, at 210/822-2828.

About Clear Channel Communications Inc.

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San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S.
, is a global leader in the out-of-home advertising industry with radio and television stations, outdoor advertising displays, and live entertainment venues in 65 countries around the world.

Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Visit our Web site at www.clearchannel.com
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