SpectraSite Announces First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

Business Wire, April 22, 2005

CARY, N.C. -- SpectraSite, Inc. (NYSE: SSI) announced today that it will release its first quarter results on Monday, May 9, 2005, after 4:00 p.m. EDT. The company has scheduled a conference call to discuss its quarterly results for 11:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.

Conference Call details are as follows:

Call Date:                    Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Call Time:                    11:00 a.m. EDT

Call Host:                    Steve Clark, Chief Executive Officer
Dial-In Information:          800-261-6483, Code: 1310209
Via the web:                  www.spectrasite.com

Replay information: A replay will be available from May 10 at 2:00 p.m. EDT to May 17. Dial-in information for the replay is 800-642-1687, Code: 1310209

About SpectraSite, Inc.

SpectraSite, Inc. (www.spectrasite.com), based in Cary, North Carolina, is one of the largest wireless tower operators in the United States. At December 31, 2004, SpectraSite owned or operated approximately 10,000 revenue producing sites, including 7,821 towers and in-building systems primarily in the top 100 markets in the United States. SpectraSite's customers are leading wireless communications providers, including Cingular, Nextel, Sprint PCS, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless.

Safe Harbor

This press release and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company may contain "forward-looking statements" concerning the Company's financial and operating outlook, plans and strategies, its share repurchase program and the trading markets for its securities. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to caution readers that certain factors may impact the Company's actual results and could cause results for subsequent periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. Such factors include, but are not limited to (i) the Company's substantial capital requirements and debt, (ii) market conditions, (iii) the Company's dependence on demand for wireless communications and related infrastructure, (iv) competition in the communications tower industry, including the impact of technological developments, (v) consolidation in the wireless industry and the tower industry, (vi) future regulatory actions, (vii) conditions in its operating areas, and (viii) management's estimates and assumptions included in the Company's 2005 outlook. These and other important factors are described in more detail in the "Risk Factors" and the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of the Company's SEC filings and public announcements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.