GLENN BECK SIGNS LONG-TERM DEAL WITH PREMIERE RADIO NETWORKS --The

we 9ve achieved so far, and to developing even stronger relationships with my listeners, affiliates, and advertisers. d Growth stories can be found across the board of the show 9s 160 affiliate base.<br><br> For instance, from summer 2003 to summer 2004, listenership was up 162 percent in San Francisco, up 97 percent in Philadelphia, up 136 percent in Washington D.C., and up 345 percent in Detroit. (source: Arbitron MSA, Persons 12+, AQH, exact times.) Due to the national success of The Glenn Beck Program , Beck 9s affiliate stations are asking for more. Premiere Radio 9s response to that demand is a new three-hour fast paced weekend presentation of Beck at his best.<br><br> The new weekend show will feature the best parodies, bits, and stories from the previous week 9s shows. It will be specifically produced to be relevant and timely, with commentary from Beck on events of the previous week. -- more -- Glenn Beck 2-2-2 In addition to his radio listeners, there is a devoted following called the cInsiders, d who are special subscribers to www.GlennBeck.com .<br><br> They are treated to special interactive internet streaming broadcasts such as the one Beck did on Election Night until 3 a.m. ET. Almost a third of his Insiders were still logged on at that hour, eager to hear Beck 9s point of view.<br><br> Overall, online subscriptions to the website have increased by approximately 40 percent since the beginning of 2004. On the advertising front, long term clients of The Glenn Beck Program such as Bill 9s Khakis, Pro Flowers, NAPA Automotive, and Vermont Teddy Bears have committed once again to be a part of the program in 2005. New advertisers who will take advantage of Beck 9s broad reach next year are Purina One and Apples to Apples, one of the nation 9s top family board games.<br><br> Based in Philadelphia, Glenn Beck, 40, is casting a tall shadow as the next phenomenon of talk radio. The former Top 40 DJ, who started in radio when he was only 13 years old by winning a local radio contest to be a DJ for an hour, entered the talk format in 2001. His on-air presence is both commanding and inviting 3 a trait he has been refining for the last 26 years.<br><br> He is the man who started the cRallies for America, d a grass-roots effort to support troops, which drew more than 150,000 people in hometowns from coast to coast in the spring of 2003. He is also a New York Times Best-selling author of cThe Real America: Messages from the Heart and Heartland. d Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), syndicates 70 radio programs and services to more than 5,000 radio affiliations and reaches over 180 million listeners weekly. Premiere Radio is the number one radio network in the country and features, in addition to Glenn Beck, the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Dr.<br><br> Laura Schlessinger, Jim Rome, Casey Kasem, Carson Daly, Ryan Seacrest, Rick Dees, Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold), Blair Garner, George Noory, John Boy and Billy, Phil Hendrie, Delilah, Matt Drudge, Art Bell, Donald Trump, and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, Calif., with 12 offices nationwide. # # #<br><br>

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