Clear Channel Radio's Dick Lewis Recognized for Outstanding Leadership, Guiding Emergency Services Through Hurricane Katrina; Radio Ink Honors Lewis as America's Best Broadcaster

Clear Channel Radio today announced that Regional Vice President,Dick Lewis is the recipient of Radio Ink's "America's BestBroadcaster" award. Lewis was presented this distinguished award, partof the publication's "Radio Wayne Awards," today at RAB 2006, theRadio Advertising Bureau's annual conference.

According to the publication, Radio Ink took into considerationLewis' leadership role in creating and directing the United RadioBroadcasters of New Orleans, in its annual selection. The exceptionalwork of Lewis and his team, which struggled against great odds tobroadcast news and information to the people of Southern Louisiana andthe outlying areas of the Gulf Coast, prompted the editors to breakfrom format this year, naming Lewis as the single finalist for thiscategory.

"Great people like Dick Lewis make great radio," said John Hogan,president and CEO of Clear Channel Radio. "Dick and his team's abilityto serve the people who suffered tremendous losses as a result of thisnatural disaster is a demonstration of local radio's highest purpose,and of why this medium is fundamental."

While accepting the award today, Lewis remarked "I've never beenprouder of radio in my 31 years in the business. Satellite didn't doit, TV couldn't do it, and newspapers stopped publishing. Radio wasthe lifeline, helping the people who were in trouble during thehurricane. It was the infrastructure, talent and resources of ClearChannel that allowed us to do what we did."

In addition to this honor, Radio Ink will announce next week itsTop 10 Country Radio Programmers. Included in this prestigious rankingwill be the following program directors from Clear Channel Radiostations:

-- Ken Boesen, WPOC, Baltimore

-- Coyote Calhoun, WAMZ, Louisville

-- Doug Montgomery, WBCT, Grand Rapids

-- Gregg Swedberg, KEEY, Minneapolis

-- Kerry Wolfe, WMIL, Milwaukee

About Clear Channel Radio

Clear Channel Radio is a leading radio company focused on servinglocal communities across the U.S. with more than 110 million listenerschoosing Clear Channel Radio programming each week. The company'soperations include radio broadcasting, syndication and independentmedia representation. Clear Channel Radio is a division of ClearChannel Communications, Inc. (NYSE:CCU), a leading global media andentertainment company. More information on the company can be found atwww.clearchannel.com.