June 06, 2007 - New York, NY

Interep Announces Impressive Roster of Industry Thought-Leaders for Radio Symposium 2007

On-Air Personality Erich "Mancow" Muller Signs On as a Featured Speaker

Today Interep (IREP.PK) announced the finalized roster of industry leaders scheduled to appear at its 4th annual Radio Symposium - Radio: New Century, New Directions, New Opportunities - to be held on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at Bear Stearns World Headquarters, located at 383 Madison Avenue in New York City.

The day-long event is co-presented by Bear Stearns, and co-sponsored by Active International, Arbitron, Bear Stearns, and Media Monitors.  The event will be hosted by top-ranked, Bear Stearns broadcast analyst Victor B. Miller.

The 2007 Radio Symposium’s agenda will feature commentary by radio broadcasting group heads, ad agency executives, and top financial analysts in the media sector, as well as leaders in media sales, marketing, and research. Participating companies include ABC Radio, Active International, AccuRadio.com, Arbitron, Blackstone, CBS Radio Sales, Citadel, Cumulus Media, Emmis Broadcasting, iBiquity, Initiative Media, Inner City Broadcasting, Gray Communications, JL Media, Mediaedge:CIA, Media Audit, Media Monitors, Miller Kaplan, Omnicom’s OMD, Royal Bank of Scotland, SoftWave Media, Wachovia and Zenith Media, among others.

Popular on-air personality Erich “Mancow” Muller, who recently started The Foundation for Responsible Radio, is one of the featured speakers. He will discuss his personal views on adopting an industry standard for responsible radio broadcasting.

This year’s agenda will address new platforms and provide updates on technologies affecting radio in the new century - HD Radio, the Internet, satellite radio, and Arbitron’s Portable People Meter - as well as content and programming, and industry mergers & acquisitions. This symposium looks to the leaders in the industry to share their views on how to successfully blend diverging value propositions to create the next generation of radio.

On-line registration for the event is available at http://www.radiosymposium.com. Registration is $699. If you are a Bear Stearns client, please contact your sales representative. For more information or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Victor Lirio at 212-309-9031, or . 

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 http://www.interep.com.