Press Release

April 17, 2008 - New York, NY

Interep’s Local Focus Signs Representation Agreement with URBan Radio

Deal Encompasses 23 Stations Across Six Markets

Interep’s Local Focus announced today that it has signed a representation agreement with URBan Radio, bringing 23 stations across six markets into the Local Focus fold. Markets served by the 23 stations are Meridien, Tupelo and Columbus-Starkville in Mississippi; Alexandria, LA; Florence-Muscle- Shoals, AL; and Toledo, OH.

Kay Olin, President of Local Focus, said, “We are delighted to welcome URBan Radio to the Local Focus team. We look forward to working with Maynard Grossman and his URBan Radio sales team to build market share for their properties.”

Maynard Grossman, Corporate Director of Sales for URBan Radio, said, “The Local Focus reps are very skilled on how they position the importance of smaller markets and our stations’ strengths. Local Focus’ background working at agencies and media companies definitely gives them an edge in maneuvering through the ad agencies.”

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, Hispanic Independent Television Sales (HITS), and Interep Interactive, including Winstar Interactive. Divisions benefiting our clients and customers include our unwired network radio division, Interep NetSolutions™, 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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