Press Release

January 16, 2007 - New York, NY

Interep’s Azteca America Spot Television Sales Signs On WHCT in Hartford, CT

Rep Firm Now Represents 50 Azteca America Affiliates Across the U.S.

Interep (IREP.PK) announced today that its Hispanic television rep firm – Azteca America Spot Television Sales – has added WHCT, Venture Technologies Group’s Azteca America affiliate in Hartford, CT to its client roster. This marks the 50th Azteca America affiliate to sign with the year-old rep firm.

Tom Marsillo, President of Azteca America Spot Television Sales, said, “On behalf of Azteca America Spot Television Sales, we welcome WHCT to our expanding family of affiliates. Our growth over the past year has been impressive, and I thank all of our affiliates for having such confidence in our ability to market the Azteca brand to the national ad community.

Paul Koplin, President/CEO of Venture Technologies Group, said, “We believe 2007 will be another year of growth for Hispanic media and for the Azteca America brand. Our decision to sign on with Azteca America Spot Television Sales was based on their expertise and commitment to marketing the strengths of Azteca America’s programming and its viewers to advertisers across the country.

Azteca America is a subsidiary of TV Azteca, based in Mexico City, the second-largest producer of Spanish-language television programming in the world. The Azteca America network reaches more than 70% of U.S. Hispanics in 41 markets. Azteca America Spot Television Sales now represents affiliates in 55 leading Hispanic markets, including the Top 15 Hispanic DMAs. The rep firm has offices in eight cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, San Antonio, San Francisco and Atlanta.

About Interep

Interep (IREP.PK) is the nation's largest independent advertising sales and marketing company specializing in radio, the Internet, television and complementary media, with offices in 17 cities. Interep is the parent company to the following radio representation firms: ABC Radio Sales, D&R Radio, CBS Radio Sales, McGavren Guild Radio and SBS/Interep. Interep is also parent to Azteca America Spot Television Sales and Interep Interactive, including Winstar Interactive. Divisions benefiting our clients and customers include our unwired network radio division, Interep Net Solutions™; Interep Innovations, our business development division, including the Interep Marketing Group (IMG) and Promotion Marketing; and Morrison and Abraham, a sales consulting firm. For more information, visit the company's website at www.interep.com.

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