| |
WLS-AM BECOMES
NEW CHICAGO HOME
OF NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH FOOTBALL
-- Westwood One’s Coverage of Every Notre Dame Football Matchup
Begins Airing on WLS-AM in Fall of 2005 --
New York, NY - August 4, 2005 - Westwood One (NYSE: WON)
announced today that its Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football broadcasts
will begin airing on ABC Radio’s WLS-AM Chicago in Fall of 2005
as part of a multi-year agreement. In addition to WLS-AM Chicago, Westwood
One’s Notre Dame Football roster includes WFAN-AM New York, KTCT-AM
San Francisco, WDFN-AM Detroit, among others.
"Even before
the opening kick-off Notre Dame is already winning," said Peter Kosann,
Westwood One Co-COO. "This is a huge win for WLS, for the Notre Dame
fan base, for the listeners in Chicago, and for the advertisers both locally
and nationally who support Notre Dame."
"Notre Dame football
is a perfect match for Chicago's NewsTalk station," explains John
Gallagher, President and General Manager of WLS-AM. "It fits the
audience interest and passion for education, information and lifestyle.
We welcome all Fighting Irish fans to join us each Saturday this fall
on WLS, 890 AM." said John Gallagher, GM WLS-AM Chicago
“WLS boasts
not only a great signal but also a great tradition in the radio business,
not just in Chicago but nationwide,” said Notre Dame Athletic Director
Kevin White. “There's great excitement among our alumni and fans
about Notre Dame football for 2005 -- and we're excited that WLS will
be the radio home in Chicago for Irish games beginning this fall."
Westwood One has been
Notre Dame’s broadcast partner since 1968. The Notre Dame Fighting
Irish are the only football team, college or professional, to have every
one of their games broadcast nationally on radio.
Westwood One is the
leader in play-by-play sports broadcasts on radio. Westwood One’s
sports lineup includes regular season NFL football, the Playoffs and the
Super Bowl; Notre Dame Football; NCAA Football and Basketball including
the Final Four; NHL Hockey and the Stanley Cup Championship; the Olympics;
the Wimbledon Championships; U.S. Open Golf; the PGA Championship; and
the Master’s Golf Tournament.
Westwood One (NYSE:
WON) provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk, entertainment programs,
features, live events and 24/7 Formats. Through its subsidiaries, Metro
Networks/Shadow Broadcast Services, Westwood One provides local content
to the radio and TV industries including news, sports, weather, traffic,
video news services and other information. SmartRoute Systems manages
traffic information centers for state and local departments of transportation,
and markets traffic and travel content to wireless, Internet, in-vehicle
navigation systems and voice portal customers. Westwood One serves more
than 5,000 radio stations. Westwood One is managed by Infinity Broadcasting
Corporation.
###
For
press information contact:
| |
Peter
Sessa
Westwood One
212-641-2053
peter_sessa@westwoodone.com |
|
|
|