WESTWOOD ONE AND BILL O’REILLY

REACH AGREEMENT TO EXTEND FOX

NEWS’ THE RADIO FACTOR WITH BILL O’REILLY

New York, NY - October 4, 2005 - Westwood One (NYSE: WON) announced today that a new agreement has been reached to continue distributing FOX News’ The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly nationally. The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly, which is produced by FOX News, airs live Monday - Friday from 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. ET.

The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly launched on May 8, 2002 on a record 205 radio stations nationwide, making it the biggest launch in the history of talk radio. The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly has now grown to over 400 stations, in 100 of the top 100 markets, including: WOR-AM New York, KABC-AM Los Angeles, WCKG-FM Chicago, WPHT-AM Philadelphia, KNEW-AM San Francisco, WTKK-FM Boston, KLIF-AM Dallas, WJFK-FM Washington DC, WCNN-AM Atlanta, WALR-AM Atlanta and more. Radio Factor affiliates have experienced dramatic ratings increases since its debut.

In making the announcement, O’Reilly said, “Doing talk radio is a blast. I get immediate feedback from the folks and it's always entertaining and enlightening. I am pleased to continue my relationship with Westwood One.”

"The Radio Factor has been a huge win for affiliates and advertisers," said Peter Kosann, Co-COO Westwood One. "All of us look forward to continuing this great partnership and continuing to super serve our loyal listeners, radio affiliates, and advertisers."

The Radio Factor focuses on the events and people making headlines, giving listeners nationwide a chance to sound off. The program originates from the FOX studios in New York.

Named “TV MVP” by TV Guide, Bill O’Reilly is host of FOX News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor, which is the most-watched cable news program in the United States. In 1996, O’Reilly joined FOX News Channel and began hosting his nightly news analysis program interviewing top newsmakers including exclusive interviews with President Bush and other major national and world figures.

FOX News operates FOX News Radio, a 24/7 news service reaching more than ten million listeners a week. The network also offers one-minute and five-minute newscasts and breaking-news coverage to affiliate stations nationwide along with three weekday talk programs, The Tony Snow Show, The Alan Colmes Show and The John Gibson Show. Additionally, FOX News also operates FOX News Channel (FNC), the number one cable news channel in the United States for more than three and a half years, FOXNews.com and produces FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace and The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly.

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.

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