Clear Channel Radio Pays Tribute to Michael Jackson with Continued Coverage On-Air and Online

New Michael Jackson Digital Station Launched on iheartradio
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Clear Channel Radio

WHAT: Since the news of Michael Jackson`s untimely death, millions of listeners
across the nation have tuned into Clear Channel Radio stations and websites for
more information on his life and extraordinary musical career.

Anticipating the overwhelming listener demand for Michael Jackson`s music, Clear
Channel Radio stations played his songs over 23,000 times in the week following
his death, according to Mediabase. By comparison, on the day preceding his
death, his songs received only 168 spins total. Stations across the country
produced local 'Mega-Mixes' of Jackson`s music, as well as one-hour specials
devoted to his life.

Clear Channel Radio Digital launched a content-rich retrospective across its
network of radio station websites, which included his library of music videos,
photo galleries, the latest news, and artist tributes. This digital content
attracted millions of page views and hundreds of thousands of on demand plays of
Jackson`s videos and testimonials.

Clear Channel Radio stations will continue to celebrate the life and music of
the "King of Pop" by offering complete coverage of his public memorial service
at Los Angeles` Staples Center.

HOW:ON-AIR: Clear Channel Radio stations will air at least three hours of
Michael Jackson-centric programming, including a one-hour pre-show hosted by
Paul Cubby Bryant and Cindy Vero from WKTU/New York, followed by the un-hosted,
commercial-free audio feed of the memorial service at the Staples Center.

ONLINE: Participating Clear Channel Radio station websites will offer complete
coverage of this historic event. The Pre-Show and the Tribute show will also air
in its entirely on a special Michael Jackson Memorial channel on
www.iheartradio.com and the iheartradio mobile application available on iPhone
and Blackberry. The Michael Jackson Memorial channel will run encore
presentations of the show throughout the week.

In addition, a special Michael Jackson Tribute webpage will be continuously
updated with breaking news from the memorial. The web site will include photo
galleries and a streaming widget that listeners can place on their social
networking pages including Facebook, MySpace and iGoogle. At the conclusion of
the tribute show, encore presentations will air online and on the Michael
Jackson Channel on iheartradio.

WHEN: Tuesday, July 7th from 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST to 1 pm PST / 4 PM EST

WHY: Michael Jackson was unquestionably the biggest pop star of the '80s, and
certainly one of the most popular recording artists of all time. Although the
tabloid culture was rehashing some of the more bizarre and questionable aspects
of his life, Clear Channel Radio stations and DJs focused on what truly made him
the King of Pop - his music.

WHO: Clear Channel Radio and Clear Channel Radio Digital

Brainerd Communicators for Clear Channel Radio
Sharon Oh or Maggie Duquin, 212-986-6667
oh@braincomm.com
duquin@braincomm.com

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