Westwood One and CMT: Country Music Television Announce the Launch of the CMT Radio Network — July 1, 2002 —

Business Wire, June 27, 2002

Entertainment Editors

Westwood One (NYSE: WON) and CMT: Country Music Television jointly announced today the July 1st launch of the CMT Radio Network.

Under this exclusive multi-year agreement, Westwood One and CMT will develop a radio network with products and services tailored to country radio stations.

CMT Radio Network will offer affiliates a daily produced entertainment report from Nashville, as well as exclusive access to show prep, audio cuts, news and information from CMT. Affiliates will also receive live interactives with core country artists, plus a minimum of four concerts/live events per year. CMT Radio Network will deliver long form programming as well, including CMT's Inside Fame and CMT's Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton.

"CMT is the leader in country music programming. Stations are thrilled at the idea of gaining access to the CMT brand, content and talent. Westwood One is proud to partner with CMT, and to continue our tradition of being First in Country," stated Joel Hollander, Westwood One President/CEO.

"The CMT Radio Network links the power of country radio's 40 million weekly listeners with CMT's 60 million homes. We're thrilled with radio's response to our new network and we'll work hard to deliver fresh, compelling programming and access to the stars," said Brian Philips, Senior Vice President/General Manager, CMT.

CMT, America's No. 1 country music network, carries original programming, specials, and live concert and events, as well as a mix of videos by established country music artists and new cutting-edge acts, including world premiere exclusive videos. Founded March 6, 1983, CMT, owned and operated by MTV Networks, reaches 60 million households in the United States. MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom International Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), owns and operates the following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, NICKELODEON/NICK at NITE, TV LAND, TNN, CMT and the THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of nine digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks.

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 7,700 radio stations. Westwood One is managed by Infinity Broadcasting Corporation. For more information visit www.westwoodone.com.