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