Press Release

January 18, 2007 - New York, NY

Interep Sponsors Key Events at RAB 2007 in Dallas

Sponsored Panel, “Radio 2.0: Interactive, Measurable and Sexy/Silicon Valley by the Dashboard Light,” Focuses on Helping Radio Participate in Exploding Digital Marketplace

Interep (IREP.PK) announced today that it will sponsor two important sessions on the opening day of the RAB 2007 in Dallas on February 9th, 2007.

Ralph Guild, Interep's Chairman and CEO, said, "We are delighted to participate and support the RAB once again in 2007. Interep has always believed in the importance of a strong Radio Advertising Bureau to help spearhead our collective industry initiatives. Now more than ever, the RAB can serve as a proactive voice for our medium and I believe they are responding well to the challenge. The 2007 conference -- the first under the RAB's new president -- will a new beginning of sorts for the organization and for radio. We look forward to participating."

The Interep sponsored events include:

  • Opening RAB Keynote Breakfast
    Featuring Futurist Daniel Burrus
    Presenting "Futureview: Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage"
  • Radio 2.0: Interactive, Measurable and Sexy/ Silicon Valley by the Dashboard Light
    An Interep organized and sponsored panel
    A host of technology companies are scrambling to produce the killer app that will allow radio to share in the millions of ad dollars pouring into the interactive space. Who are they? What's available now? And what's in the pipeline that could usher in the next phase of radio's growth?

The moderator of the panel will be Jim Mazzarella, Independent Consultant, Emerging Media Technologies. Panelist will include Bob Scannell, CEO TagNow Media; Josh Wexler, CEO Softwave; York Eggleston, CEO Crave Technologies; David Russek, CEO SevenEcho.

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 many 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. Interep divisions benefiting our clients and customers include our “unwired” Network Division; 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 http://www.interep.com.

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