WESTWOOD ONE
PROMOTES CONRAD TRAUTMANN TO
SVP OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

New York, NY - December 15, 2005 - Westwood One (NYSE: WON) announced today that, effective immediately, Conrad Trautmann assumes the position of Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technology. In this new role, Trautmann will continue to oversee all day-to-day Engineering and Operations responsibilities as well as add oversight of all Information Technology.

“As our Company continues to advance in the technology and resources needed to digitize our Network Radio and Metro Network Traffic content, Conrad is the right person to lead this effort,” said Peter Kosann, Westwood One Co-COO. “Conrad has proven time and time again the ability to work well under pressure and in a spirit of partnership with his colleagues. He also understands how best to leverage technology to move our business forward.”

"Westwood One has excellent products, from the Olympics, the NFL and the Grammys to our traffic and news services,” said Trautmann. “I'm very happy to be a part of the company's new initiative to distribute our content using the latest technology. This includes updating our satellite distribution platform and making the most out of Internet distribution. We'll be there to support HD radio, multicasting and our data services clients.”

Conrad Trautmann has worked at Westwood One for the past five years, first as VP of Radio Network Engineering and Operations in New York and Washington, then in an expanded role as SVP overseeing Metro Traffic and Shadow Broadcasting's radio engineering nationwide. Recently, he assumed responsibility for corporate telecommunications. Prior to Westwood One, Conrad had 20 years of experience in engineering, operations and IT in local radio working at stations such as heritage rocker WBAB in Long Island, NY and news/talk WSYR in Syracuse, NY. He's certified as a Professional Broadcast Engineer by the Society of Broadcast Engineers and is serving a second term on the national board of directors.

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 CBS Radio.

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