June 20, 2007 - New York, NY

Interep Announces 9th Power of Urban Radio Event

Annual Symposium for Multicultural Advertisers, Agencies, and Broadcasters Focuses on the Issues and Opportunities Surrounding Urban Radio

Interep (IREP.PK) will hold its 9th Power of Urban Radio Symposium on Thursday, September 20th, at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. The symposium showcases thought-leadership in the field of multicultural marketing, particularly as it relates to Urban Radio and the African America marketplace. The event is designed for advertising agencies and marketers to explore both strategic and tactical approaches to engage the African American community, with particular emphasis on Urban Radio solutions.

Co-chairs of this year’s symposium include Wayne Brown, VP/GM, Radio One, Atlanta; Rick Caffey, Sr. Vice President/Marketing Manager, CBS Radio, Atlanta Radio Group; Tony Kidd, Vice President/GM, WALR-FM, Cox Radio.

For more information and to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Interep’s Sherman Kizart, Senior Vice President, Urban Marketing, at 312-616-7204 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.