WESTWOOD ONE PRESENTS
OPENING NIGHT OF THE 2005-2006
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE BROADCAST SCHEDULE
--The Vancouver Canucks host the Phoenix Coyotes
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 @ 9:45 p.m. ET-

New York, NY - September 22, 2005 - Westwood One, the exclusive home of NHL RadioÒ, presents the 2005-2006 National Hockey League (NHL) season with play-by-play coverage beginning on Opening Night, Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at 9:45 p.m. ET, when the Vancouver Canucks host the Phoenix Coyotes. This game also marks the debut of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky as head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes.

The Westwood One/NHL Radio broadcast coverage season consists of approximately 30-38 games, including the Opening Night Game, as well as seven other regular season contests. Playoff broadcasts include periodic coverage of the early rounds, with complete play-by-play coverage of every game of both Conference Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals. Note that there will not be an NHL All-Star game this season due to the League’s players participating in the Winter Olympics.

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 Finals; the Olympics; 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 more information visit www.westwoodone.com.

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