Monday, June 9th 2008

Premiere Radio Delivered 2008 CMA Music Festival

Contact: Amir Forester
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PREMIERE RADIO NETWORKS DELIVERED THE 2008 CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL TO COUNTRY MUSIC FANS NATIONWIDE

--Premiere Radio Hosted 20 of Country Radio's Biggest Stations and Featured More Than 75 Artists and Celebrities--

LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2008 - Premiere Radio Networks, the official radio partner of The 2008 CMA Music Festival, played host to 20 of Country radio's biggest stations, as well as the syndicated radio show, After MidNite with Blair Garner, from the Nashville Convention Center during the four-day event this past week. Premiere Radio produced the only official radio remote of the Festival, which featured more than 75 artists and celebrities, including Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Trisha Yearwood, Jessica Simpson, Miranda Lambert, Kellie Pickler, Lady Antebellum, Jewel, Julianne Hough, Sara Evans, Phil Vassar, James Otto, Randy Owen, NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte, Emerson Drive, Rodney Atkins, among many others.

Participating radio stations included KSCS/Dallas, KFRG/Riverside, WQYK/Tampa, WPOC/Baltimore, WUBL/Atlanta, WLHK/Indianapolis, WYCD/Detroit, KYGO/Denver, WSIX/Nashville, WGAR/Cleveland, WGH/Norfolk, WKKT/Charlotte, WCOL/Columbus, KUSS/San Diego, KMPS/Seattle, WQDR/Raleigh-Durham, WMZQ/Washington, D.C., WAMZ/Louisville, KUPL/Portland and KNIX/Phoenix.

Premiere Radio also teamed up with ABC-TV, the Festival's official television partner, to bring the excitement of the event to a handful of cities, including Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix and Seattle, on the last two days of the event via satellite uplink. Jack Ingram and ABC daytime stars, Bobbie Eakes (All My Children), Kassie DePaiva (One Life to Live) and Jason Thompson (General Hospital) joined on-air personalities for first-hand reports of the Festival happenings to promote the upcoming ABC-TV special, "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock," which will air on Monday, Sept. 8, from 9-11 p.m. ET.


ABOUT PREMIERE RADIO NETWORKS
Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), syndicates 90 radio programs and services to more than 5,000 radio affiliations and reaches over 190 million listeners weekly. Premiere Radio is the number one radio network in the country and features the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Jim Rome, Casey Kasem, Ryan Seacrest, Glenn Beck, Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold), Delilah, Steve Harvey, Blair Garner, George Noory, John Boy and Billy, Big Tigger, Dr. Dean Edell, Bob Costas and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, California, with 13 offices nationwide.

ABOUT COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION
CMA Music Festival is organized and produced by the Country Music Association. CMA Board member Tony Conway is the Executive Producer of CMA Music Festival. Premiere Radio Networks is the official radio broadcaster. Chevy: The Official Ride of Country Music. Borders®: The Exclusive Music & Book retailer of the CMA Music Festival. Wrangler®: The Exclusive Jean of the CMA Music Festival. Additional promotional partners include, American Airlines, Armour® Vienna Sausages, Assets®, Blue Bell Creameries, Bluegreen Corporation, BP, BullFrog®, Carl Black Chevrolet, Championship Bull Riding, Call2Recycle™, CiCi's Pizza®, CMT™, Coca-Cola®, Coyote Ugly®, Digital Rodeo, Dr Pepper®, Dunkin Brands, Inc, Facecard, Fidelity Investments® Nashville, Field & Stream, Fiesta Gas Grills, GEICO, Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, Glacèau Vitaminwater®, Greased Lightning® Cleaning Products, Great American Country, Hard Rock Cafe, Kansas City BBQ Society, MARTHA WHITE FOODS INC, Mary Kay®, McDonald's®, Mr. Coffee®, Music City Rising Star, New Holland, Outdoor Life, Repel®, RFD-TV, Rocky Boots, SELECT COMFORT, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Silpada Designs®, Southern Living Magazine, Space Chimps, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Strawberry Shortcake, Super 8 Motel®, Tetley® Iced Tea, The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., truTV™, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Border Patrol, USO, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, VAULT™, Waggin' Train, Wrigley's Spearmint, Wrigley's Doublemint, Wrigley's Juicy Fruit, Wrigley's Big Red, Wrigley's Winterfresh, and XM Satellite Radio. EMT services are provided by Vanderbilt Sports Medicine and Vanderbilt Life Flight. Fan Fair® is a registered trademark of CMA.