Clear Channel Sets Date for First Quarter 2008 Earnings Release.

SAN ANTONIO -- Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE: CCU) and Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) confirmed today that both companies will release first quarter 2008 financial results before the market open on Friday, May 9, 2008 at approximately 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The companies will not be hosting a teleconference or webcast as a result of the Clear Channel Communications, Inc. pending merger transaction that was approved by Clear Channel Communications, Inc. shareholders on September 25, 2007.

About Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a global leader in the out-of-home advertising industry with radio stations and outdoor displays in various countries around the world.

About Clear Channel Outdoor

Clear Channel Outdoor, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a global leader in the outdoor advertising industry providing clients with advertising opportunities through billboards, street furniture displays, transit displays, and other out-of-home advertising displays.

For further information contact Randy Palmer, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at 210-822-2828 or visit our web site at www.clearchannel.com.

Certain statements in this document constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 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 Clear Channel Communications to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The words or phrases "guidance," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimates" and "forecast" and similar words or expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. The Company cannot provide any assurance that the proposed merger transaction announced on November 16, 2006, and amended April 18, 2007 and May 17, 2007 will be completed, or the terms on which the transaction will be consummated.

Various risks that could cause future results to differ from those expressed by the forward-looking statements included in this document include, but are not limited to: changes in business, political and economic conditions in the U.S. and in other countries in which Clear Channel Communications currently does business (both general and relative to the advertising industry); fluctuations in interest rates; changes in operating performance; shifts in population and other demographics; changes in the level of competition for advertising dollars; fluctuations in operating costs; technological changes and innovations; changes in labor conditions; changes in governmental regulations and policies and actions of regulatory bodies; fluctuations in exchange rates and currency values; changes in tax rates; and changes in capital expenditure requirements; access to capital markets and changes in credit ratings. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on Clear Channel Communications' future results, performance or achievements. In light of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and factors, the forward-looking events discussed in this document may not occur. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or if no date is stated, as of the date of this document. Other key risks are described in Clear Channel Communications' reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the section entitled "Item 1A. Risk Factors" of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Except as otherwise stated in this document, Clear Channel Communications does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or otherwise.

Important Additional Information Regarding the Merger and Where to Find It:

In connection with the pending merger, CC Media Holdings, Inc. and Clear Channel Communications, Inc. ("Clear Channel") have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4, as amended, that contains a proxy statement/prospectus and other documents regarding the pending transaction. Before making any investment decisions, security holders of Clear Channel are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and all other documents regarding the merger, carefully in their entirety, because they contain important information about the pending transaction. Shareholders of Clear Channel may obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with, or furnished to, the SEC at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.