Westwood One, the Official Grammy(R) Radio Network Worldwide, Announces Exclusive Radio Coverage of The 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards

Westwood One, the Official Grammy(R) Radio Network Worldwide, Announces Exclusive Radio Coverage of The 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards NEW YORK, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westwood One (NYSE:WON) and The Recording Academy(R) are proud to announce that Westwood One, The Official GRAMMY(R) Radio Network Worldwide, will provide exclusive worldwide radio coverage of the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Coverage includes: the GRAMMY nominee announcement, "Look Back" specials, nominations specials, a live remote broadcast and a simulcast of the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards, February 13, 2005, from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Coverage began Tuesday, December 7, 2004, with the announcement of the GRAMMY nominees from the Academy's widely attended press conference at the Music Box in Hollywood, CA. Beginning Saturday, January 22, Westwood One will take A Look Back at the GRAMMYs with exclusive 2-hour format specific specials featuring highlights from past GRAMMY Awards shows. Saturday, February 5 through Sunday, February 6, 2005, Westwood One will present six 2-hour format specific GRAMMY nomination specials for CHR, Alternative, Hot AC, Urban, Classic Rock and Country formats. Coverage continues Thursday, February 10 and Friday, February 11, 2005, when Westwood One will present Backstage At The GRAMMYs, a special multi- station remote broadcast event live from the backstage area of the STAPLES Center comprised of 30 radio stations from top markets across America and 20 international radio stations representing 14 countries from Europe, Asia, Africa, Central America, South America and Mexico. The GRAMMY program line-up will culminate the week of the awards show with exclusive backstage coverage and interviews leading up to the broadcast of the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 13, 2005 from 8:00 - 11:30 p.m. (EST & PST) from the STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles. Westwood One's GRAMMY Specials are part of The Official GRAMMY Radio Network Worldwide on Westwood One. The Official GRAMMY Radio Network Worldwide delivers a range of modified GRAMMY Awards-related programming to radio stations around the world and to the live GRAMMY webcast (http://www.grammy.com/). Live reports from rehearsals, live coverage and interviews the night of the GRAMMY Awards, and the largest, all-inclusive, genre specific post-GRAMMY coverage in broadcasting are all part of the package. Westwood One (NYSE:WON) provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk, entertainment programs, features, live events and 24/7 Formats. Through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks/Shadow Broadcast Services, Westwood One provides local content to the radio and TV industries including news, sports, weather, traffic, video news services and other information. SmartRoute Systems manages traffic information centers for state and local departments of transportation, and markets traffic and travel content to wireless, Internet, in-vehicle navigation systems and voice portal customers. Westwood One serves more than 7,700 radio stations. Westwood One is managed by Infinity Broadcasting Corporation. For more information visit http://www.westwoodone.com/. Source: Westwood One CONTACT: Peter Sessa of Westwood One, +1-212-641-2053, peter_sessa@westwoodone.com Web site: http://www.westwoodone.com/ http://www.grammy.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment