WESTWOOD ONE
ANNOUNCES MULTI-YEAR EXTENSION
OF THE LARS LARSON SHOW

New York, NY - September 29, 2005 - Westwood One (NYSE: WON) announced today a multi-year extension of The Lars Larson Show, which airs weekdays on more than 140 radio affiliates nationwide. In addition to flagship station KXL-AM in Portland, affiliates of The Lars Larson Show include: KNEW-AM in San Francisco, KRLD-AM in Dallas, KTTH-AM in Seattle, WNIR-FM in Cleveland, KFMB-AM in San Diego, KSL-AM/FM in Salt Lake City, WORD-AM/WYRD-AM in Greenville, and WSJS-AM in Greensboro.

“Bringing The Lars Larson Show to listeners on a national level with Westwood One these past three years has been truly amazing,” said Lars Larson. “I am looking forward to taking the show to the next level in the years to come.”

“We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Lars Larson,” said Peter Kosann, Westwood One Co-COO. “Lars is a terrific talent and The Lars Larson Show has built tremendous momentum. The best is certainly yet to come.”

The Lars Larson Show is a fast paced and irreverent mix of commentary, news-making guests, and listener calls from across the country. The Lars Larson Show, hosted by Peabody and Emmy award winning news personality Lars Larson, airs weekdays from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET and is rebroadcast throughout the weekend.

Lars Larson has been an investigative news reporter for more than 25 years, winning more than a dozen awards including numerous Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. In addition to his Westwood One show, Lars hosts his own highly successful program on KXL-AM Portland, which has proved to be a consistent ratings winner.

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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For press information contact:

 

Peter Sessa
Westwood One
212-641-2053
peter_sessa@westwoodone.com