CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC
S-3/A, 1997-05-09
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      AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 9, 1997
    
 
   
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-25497
    
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
    
   
                                       TO
    
                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        Under The Securities Act of 1933
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                       CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                          200 CONCORD PLAZA, SUITE 600
                            SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78216
                                 (210) 822-2828
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)
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                        TEXAS                                               74-1787539
            (State or other jurisdiction                                 (I.R.S. Employer
          of incorporation or organization)                             Identification No.)
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                                 L. LOWRY MAYS
                       CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                          200 CONCORD PLAZA, SUITE 600
                            SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78216
                                 (210) 822-2828
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                             of agent for service)
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                                         COPIES TO:
              STEPHEN C. MOUNT                              STEPHEN A. RIDDICK
  AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P.               PIPER & MARBURY L.L.P.
           1500 NATIONSBANK PLAZA                         36 SOUTH CHARLES STREET
             300 CONVENT STREET                          BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21201
          SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205
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    APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
 
    If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.  [ ]
 
    If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box.  [ ]
 
    If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.  [ ]
 
    If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering.  [ ]
 
    If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box.  [ ]
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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
   
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                                                            PROPOSED            PROPOSED
                                         AMOUNT              MAXIMUM             MAXIMUM            AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF                    TO BE          OFFERING PRICE         AGGREGATE         REGISTRATION
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED           REGISTERED(1)       PER SHARE(2)      OFFERING PRICE(2)          FEE
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Common Stock......................       385,932             $47.375           $18,283,528           $5,540
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(1) The Registrant has previously registered and paid the appropriate filing fee
    for 10,614,068 shares of Common Stock.
    
   
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(c), the offering price and registration fee are
    computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the
    Common Stock, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on May 2, 1997.
    
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    THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
 
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     INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
     REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR
     MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
     BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR
     THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
     SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
     UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS
     OF ANY SUCH STATE.
 
                                                           SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
   
                                                                     MAY 9, 1997
    
   
                               10,000,000 SHARES
    
 
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                                  COMMON STOCK
    
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     Of the 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock offered hereby (the "Offering"),
4,093,790 shares are being sold by Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (the
"Company") and 5,906,210 shares are being sold by certain selling shareholders
named herein (the "Selling Shareholders"). See "Selling Shareholders." The
Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of Common Stock by
the Selling Shareholders. The Common Stock of the Company is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CCU". On May 8, 1997, the last reported
sale price of the Common Stock was $48.00 per share. See "Price Range of Common
Stock."
    
 
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     SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 10 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN MATTERS
THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.
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  THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
 EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
   AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
                               CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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                                 PRICE               UNDERWRITING             PROCEEDS             PROCEEDS TO
                                   TO               DISCOUNTS AND                TO                  SELLING
                                 PUBLIC             COMMISSIONS(1)           COMPANY(2)          SHAREHOLDERS(2)
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Per Share..............
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Total(3)...............
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(1) See "Underwriting" for information relating to the indemnification of the
    Underwriters.
(2) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company and the Selling
    Shareholders estimated at $500,000.
   
(3) The Company has granted to the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up
    to 1,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock solely to cover
    over-allotments, if any. If such option is exercised in full, the total
    Price to Public, Underwriting Discounts and Commissions, and Proceeds to
    Company will be $          , $          and $          , respectively. See
    "Underwriting."
    
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     The shares of Common Stock are offered by the several Underwriters, subject
to prior sale, when, as and if delivered to and accepted by them, and subject to
the right of the Underwriters to reject any order in whole or in part. It is
expected that delivery of the Common Stock will be made at the offices of Alex.
Brown & Sons Incorporated, Baltimore, Maryland, on or about             , 1997.
 
ALEX. BROWN & SONS
       INCORPORATED
         CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
                   FURMAN SELZ
                             GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
                                      LEHMAN BROTHERS
                                              MONTGOMERY SECURITIES
                                                    SALOMON BROTHERS INC
 
               THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS             , 1997
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                                   [ARTWORK]
 
     IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THIS
OFFERING MAY ENGAGE IN PASSIVE MARKET MAKING TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMMON STOCK ON
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 103 UNDER REGULATION M. SEE
"UNDERWRITING."
 
     CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THIS OFFERING MAY ENGAGE IN TRANSACTIONS
THAT STABILIZE, MAINTAIN, OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK. THE
UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN
THE MARKET PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH
MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THESE
ACTIVITIES, SEE "UNDERWRITING".
 
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
     The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed
information and financial statements, including notes thereto, appearing in the
documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. All information set
forth herein has been adjusted to reflect five-for-four stock splits effected in
February 1992, February 1993, and February 1994, and two-for-one stock splits
effected in November 1995 and December 1996. Unless the context otherwise
requires, references herein to the "Company" are to Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and references herein to
"Eller Media" are to Eller Media Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries
prior to the consummation of the Eller Media Acquisition (as hereinafter
defined). Unless otherwise indicated, the information in this Prospectus assumes
no exercise of the Underwriters' over-allotment option. See "Underwriting."
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
   
     The Company, which began operations in 1972, is a diversified media company
that currently owns or programs 112 radio stations and 18 television stations in
28 domestic markets and is one of the largest domestic outdoor advertising
companies based on its total advertising display inventory of approximately
50,000 display faces in 15 major metropolitan markets. In addition, the Company
owns a 50% equity interest in the Australian Radio Network Pty. Ltd. ("ARN"),
which operates ten radio stations in Australia, a one-third equity interest in
the New Zealand Radio Network, which operates 52 radio stations throughout New
Zealand, and a 32.3% equity interest in Heftel Broadcasting Corporation
(Nasdaq:HBCCA) ("Heftel"), a leading domestic Spanish-language broadcaster which
operates 38 radio stations in 11 domestic markets. The Company currently has
acquisitions pending for 19 radio stations, including 8 stations which the
Company currently programs and/or sells air time under Local Marketing
Agreements ("LMA") or Joint Sales Agreements ("JSA"), in 6 domestic markets.
After completion of the pending acquisitions, the Company will own or program
123 radio stations.
    
 
     The 38 AM and 74 FM radio stations currently owned or programmed by the
Company are principally located in the South, Southeast, Southwest, Northeast
and Midwest. These radio stations employ a wide variety of programming formats,
such as News/Talk/Sports, Country, Adult Contemporary, Urban and Album Rock. The
18 television stations currently owned or programmed by the Company are located
in the South, Southeast, Northeast and Midwest. Seven of these television
stations are affiliated with the FOX television network; seven are affiliated
with the UPN television network; one is affiliated with the ABC television
network; one is affiliated with the NBC television network; and two are
affiliated with the CBS television network. Additionally, the Company operates
five radio networks serving Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia. In
1996, the Company derived approximately 62% of its net broadcasting revenue from
radio operations and approximately 38% from television operations.
 
     The Company, through its recent acquisition of Eller Media, is one of the
largest domestic outdoor advertising companies with a total advertising display
inventory of approximately 50,000 display faces. The Company provides outdoor
advertising services in 15 major metropolitan markets. The Company currently has
both outdoor advertising and broadcasting assets in seven domestic markets, as
well as in five additional domestic markets currently served by Heftel. The
markets in which the Company now provides outdoor advertising services represent
approximately 22% of the total U.S. population and approximately 50% of the
rapidly growing U.S. Hispanic population. The Company now has a significant
presence in eight of the ten largest U.S. Hispanic markets, including Los
Angeles, Miami, Chicago and San Antonio. See "Business -- Outdoor Advertising."
 
     The Company's successful operating strategies and acquisition track record,
combined with its diversity of radio and television stations in terms of markets
and formats, have enabled the Company to achieve consistent growth in revenue
and cash flow. Since 1992, the Company has achieved compounded annual growth
rates of approximately 43% in net revenue, approximately 52% in
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broadcast cash flow (defined as station operating income before depreciation,
amortization and corporate expenses) and approximately 58% in after-tax cash
flow (defined as net income before unusual items plus depreciation, amortization
of intangibles -- including non-consolidated affiliates -- and deferred taxes).
 
                                COMPANY STRATEGY
 
     The Company's overall strategy is to assist its customers in marketing
their products and services in the most effective and cost-efficient manner
possible. As such, the Company has worked to assemble assets that it believes
are most suited for this purpose. While the Company has traditionally focused on
radio and television broadcasting, it has recently added outdoor advertising
assets to its holdings through its acquisition of Eller Media. The Company plans
to use its further diversified collection of assets, along with the operating
expertise of its management, to continue to generate healthy internal growth.
The Company believes it can augment this internal growth with the opportunistic
acquisition of additional media assets. Such potential acquisitions will be
evaluated based on their strategic value to the Company. The Company believes
that additional acquisitions that meet the Company's criteria will add revenue
and cash flow to its results and improve the performance of the Company's
existing assets. Historically, the Company has been able to generate significant
returns for its investors while maintaining financial flexibility through the
prudent use of leverage. The Company believes that this prudent use of leverage
has also contributed to the Company's relatively low cost of capital. The
Company believes that focusing on its clients' goals, creating a sales-intensive
operating organization, and maintaining a conservative financial position are
aspects of its operating strategy which are more effective in combination than
they would be independently.
 
     The Company believes that the potential exists for cooperation between its
various business segments and that it can help its customers market their
products and services more effectively and efficiently by offering greater
flexibility in the choice of media outlets for marketing messages. The Company
is now able to offer additional advertising solutions for its customers in those
markets where it operates radio and television stations and outdoor advertising
displays. Additionally, the Company intends to use its various business segments
to cross-promote one another when possible. In this way, the Company believes
that its combination of assets will allow it to offer greater value to its
customers.
 
     Broadcast Strategy. The Company's broadcast strategy is to identify and
acquire under-performing stations on favorable terms and to utilize management's
extensive operating experience to improve the performance of such stations as
well as its existing stations through effective programming, reduction of costs
and aggressive promotion, marketing and sales. In addition, the Company employs
a marketing strategy that emphasizes direct sales to local customers rather than
through advertising agencies and other intermediaries. The Company believes that
this focus has enabled its stations to achieve market revenue shares exceeding
their audience shares.
 
     The Company's radio strategy is to assemble and operate a cluster of radio
stations in each of its principal markets. The Company believes that by
controlling a larger share of the total advertising inventory in a particular
market, it can offer advertisers attractive packages of advertising options. The
Company also believes that its cluster approach will allow it to operate its
stations with more highly skilled local management teams and eliminate
duplicative operating and overhead expenses. The Company's television strategy
is to own and program one station in each of its markets and to program an
additional station under an LMA in each such market. In seven of its television
markets, the Company already programs an additional television station under an
LMA.
 
     Outdoor Advertising Strategy. The Company's outdoor advertising strategy is
to expand its market presence in the outdoor advertising business and improve
its operating results by (i) managing the advertising rates and occupancy levels
of its displays to maximize market revenues; (ii) attracting new categories of
advertisers to the outdoor medium through significant
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investments in sales and marketing resources; (iii) increasing focus on local
advertising sales; (iv) constructing new displays and upgrading its existing
displays; (v) taking advantage of technological advances which increase both
sales force productivity and production department efficiency; and (vi)
acquiring additional displays in its existing markets and expanding into
additional markets where the Company already has a broadcasting presence as well
as the country's largest media markets and their surrounding regional areas. The
Company believes this strategy enhances its ability to effectively respond to
advertisers' needs.
 
     To support this outdoor advertising operating strategy, the Company has
decentralized its operating structure related to outdoor advertising in order to
place authority, autonomy and accountability at the market level and provide
local management with the tools necessary to oversee sales, display development,
administration and production and to identify suitable acquisition candidates.
The Company also maintains a fully-staffed sales and marketing office in New
York which services national outdoor advertising accounts and supports the
Company's local sales force in each market. The Company believes that one of its
strongest competitive advantages is its unique blend of highly experienced
corporate and local market management.
 
                              RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
 
ELLER MEDIA CORPORATION
 
   
     On April 10, 1997, the Company acquired approximately 93% of the then
outstanding stock of Eller Media for a total consideration of approximately $623
million, consisting of approximately $325 million in cash and 6,643,637 shares
of Common Stock (approximately $298 million in Common Stock based on a price per
share of approximately $44.8625 per share) (the "Eller Media Acquisition").
Immediately following the consummation of the Eller Media Acquisition, the
Company retired approximately $417 million of Eller Media's outstanding bank
debt through borrowings under the Company's credit facility (the "Credit
Facility"). In addition, the Company issued options (with an estimated fair
value of approximately $51 million) to purchase 1,468,182 shares of the
Company's Common Stock in connection with the assumption of Eller Media's
outstanding stock options. The Company also agreed to issue 147,858 shares of
Common Stock pursuant to certain phantom stock plan obligations assumed by the
Company as part of the Eller Media Acquisition. The holders of the approximately
7% of the then outstanding capital stock of Eller Media not purchased by the
Company have the right to require the Company to acquire such stock for
1,081,469 shares of the Company's Common Stock until April 10, 2002. From and
after April 10, 2004 (or before such date upon the occurrence of certain
events), the Company will have the right to acquire this minority interest stake
in Eller Media for 1,081,469 shares of its Common Stock. For the twelve month
period ended December 31, 1996, Eller Media had net revenues, operating cash
flow and an operating cash flow margin of $237 million, $91 million and 38.5%,
respectively. On April 29, 1997, Karl Eller, the Chief Executive Officer of
Eller Media, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company. Karl Eller
will remain with the Company to run Eller Media as a subsidiary of the Company.
Mr. Eller's existing employment contract, which has approximately two and
one-half years until expiration, will remain in place. In addition, Mr. Eller
and other members of the Eller Media management team have a significant stake in
the Company's stock options through the conversion of existing Eller Media stock
options into options to purchase the Company's Common Stock.
    
 
     Following the consummation of the Eller Media Acquisition, the Company
became one of the largest domestic outdoor advertising companies with total
advertising display inventory of approximately 50,000 display faces. It now
provides outdoor advertising services in 15 major metropolitan markets. The
Company currently has both outdoor advertising and broadcasting assets in seven
domestic markets, as well as in five additional domestic markets currently
served by Heftel. The markets in which the Company now provides outdoor
advertising services represent approximately 22% of the total U.S. population
and approximately 50% of the rapidly growing U.S. Hispanic
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population. The Company now has a significant presence in eight of the ten
largest U.S. Hispanic markets, including Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and San
Antonio. See "Business -- Outdoor Advertising."
 
HEFTEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION
 
   
     On February 14, 1997, the Company's nonconsolidated affiliate, Heftel, the
largest domestic Spanish language radio broadcasting company, completed a merger
with Tichenor Media System, Inc. ("Tichenor"), then the third largest Spanish
language radio broadcasting company. Following the merger, Heftel owned or
programed 38 radio stations in 11 markets, including stations in each of the top
ten Hispanic markets. The Company's total ownership interest in Heftel was
reduced to approximately 32.3% of the total outstanding common stock of Heftel
(voting and non-voting) following the issuance of 4.8 million shares of voting
common stock by Heftel in a public offering, the sale by the Company of 350,000
shares of Heftel's common stock in such public offering and the issuance of
approximately 5.6 million shares of Heftel's voting common stock to former
Tichenor shareholders and warrant holders. In the merger, all of the Company's
voting common stock of Heftel and shares of Tichenor's common stock owned by the
Company were converted into shares of convertible nonvoting common stock of
Heftel in order to comply with the cross-interest policy of the Federal
Communications Commission (the "FCC").
    
 
OTHER COMPLETED ACQUISITIONS
 
   
     Since December 31, 1996, the Company completed the acquisition of 13
additional radio stations for approximately $91.5 million and acquired a 50%
equity interest in a company which owns a radio station in the Czech Republic
for approximately $1.0 million. The Company has also acquired a broadcasting
license for approximately $1.0 million. Eller Media or the Company have
completed the acquisition of 380 display faces for approximately $27.6 million.
These acquisitions include:
    
 
- -In January 1997, the Company acquired WZZU-FM in Raleigh, North Carolina from
 Ceder Raleigh Limited Partnership for approximately $7.5 million.
 
- -In January 1997, the Company acquired WQMF-FM in Louisville, Kentucky from
 Otting Broadcasting, Inc. and PAO Communications, Inc. for approximately $13.5
 million.
 
- -In February 1997, the Company acquired WVTI-FM (formerly WAKX-FM) in Grand
 Rapids, Michigan from Pathfinder Communications Corporation for approximately
 $4.1 million.
 
- -In February 1997, the Company acquired KHOM-FM in Houma, Louisiana from KHOM
 Associates, LLP for approximately $6.9 million.
 
- -In February 1997, the Company acquired the FCC license of KJOJ-AM in Conroe,
 Texas from Family Group Enterprises, Inc. for approximately $1.0 million. The
 broadcasting assets other than the FCC license were acquired in May 1996 as
 part of the acquisition of USRadio, Inc.
 
- -In March 1997, the Company's 80% owned subsidiary, Radio Enterprises, Inc.,
 completed the purchase of WQBK-FM, WQBJ-FM, WXCR-FM and WQBK-AM in Albany, New
 York from Maximum Media Inc. and DJAMedia Inc. for approximately $7.5 million.
 
   
- -In March 1997, the Company acquired WOKY-AM and WMIL-FM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 from Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company for approximately $41 million.
    
 
   
- -In April 1997, the Company acquired WOLZ-FM, WKII-AM and WFSN-FM in Ft. Myers,
 Florida from Corkscrew Broadcasting Corporation for approximately $11 million.
    
 
   
- -In May 1997, the Company acquired a 50% equity interest in Radio Bonton, a.s.,
 which owns an FM radio station in the Czech Republic from Bonton, a.s. for
 approximately $1.0 million.
    
 
   
- -Since January 1, 1997, Eller Media or the Company have purchased 380 display
 faces in 20 transactions for an aggregate of approximately $27.6 million,
 including the issuance of a promissory note
    
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in the principal amount of $9.5 million convertible into approximately 1% of the
outstanding stock of Eller Media. These display faces are located in eight
existing markets.
 
PENDING ACQUISITIONS
 
   
     Since December 31, 1996, the Company has entered into definitive agreements
to purchase 14 additional radio stations for approximately $69.5 million. Each
of these acquisitions is subject to the approval of certain governmental
authorities, including the FCC, the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") and the
Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (the "Antitrust
Division"), and other closing conditions. There can be no assurance that such
acquisitions will be consummated or, if consummated, the terms thereof. Pending
acquisitions include:
    
 
   
- -In February 1997, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
 WDUR-AM, WFXC-FM and WFXK-FM in Raleigh, North Carolina from WFXC-FM and
 WDUR-AM, Inc. and Pinnacle Corp. for approximately $20 million.
    
 
- -In March 1997, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
 WKSJ-FM, WKSJ-AM, WMXC-FM, WDWG-FM, WRKH-FM and WNTM-AM in Mobile, Alabama from
 Capitol Broadcasting Company, L.L.C. for approximately $24 million.
 
- -In April 1997, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
 KMVK-FM, KSSN-FM and KOLL-FM in Little Rock, Arkansas from Triathlon
 Broadcasting of Little Rock, Inc., for approximately $20 million.
 
   
- -In April 1997, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
 WMFX-FM and WOIC-AM in Columbia, South Carolina from Emerald City Radio
 Partners, L.P. for approximately $5.5 million.
    
 
     The Company has its principal executive offices at 200 Concord Plaza, Suite
600, San Antonio, Texas 78216 (telephone: 210-822-2828).
 
   
FIRST QUARTER RESULTS
    
 
   
     On April 28, 1997, the Company announced the results of its operations
during the first quarter of 1997. The Company reported that after tax cash flow
increased 83% to $29,440,000 or $.38 per share compared to $16,079,000 or $.23
per share for the same quarter in 1996. Net broadcasting revenue increased 58%
to $98,289,000 as a result of improvement in existing station operations and the
operations of additional stations acquired in 1996 and the first quarter of
1997. Station operating income before depreciation and amortization increased
47% to $35,234,000 compared to $23,978,000 for the same quarter in 1996. Net
income increased 22% to $7,599,000 or $.10 per share compared to $6,238,000 or
$.09 per share for the first quarter of 1996.
    
 
                                  THE OFFERING
 
Common Stock to be offered by the Company.......   4,093,790 shares
 
Common Stock to be offered by the Selling
Shareholders....................................   5,906,210 shares
 
   
Common Stock to be outstanding after the
Offering........................................   88,017,920 shares(1)
    
 
Use of proceeds.................................   To repay indebtedness under
                                                   the Credit Facility
 
New York Stock Exchange symbol..................   CCU
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(1) Excludes 2,966,449 shares of Common Stock currently issuable upon exercise
    of options to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock at prices
    ranging from $3.26 to $43.45 per share and 147,858 shares of Common Stock
    issuable pursuant to phantom stock plan obligations assumed by the Company
    as part of the Eller Media Acquisition.
    
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                         SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                    (In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
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                                                                                                 PRO FORMA
                                                        YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,                 ELLER MEDIA
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                                           1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1996(2)
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA(1):
  Net revenue...........................  $84,485   $121,118   $178,053   $250,059   $351,739    $588,771
  Operating expenses....................   55,812     78,925    105,380    137,504    198,332     340,171
  Depreciation and amortization.........   12,253     17,447     24,669     33,769     45,790     109,954
                                          -------   --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
  Operating income before corporate
    expenses............................   16,420     24,746     48,004     78,786    107,617     138,646
  Corporate expenses....................    2,890      3,464      5,100      7,414      8,527      18,731
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  Operating income......................   13,530     21,282     42,904     71,372     99,090     119,915
  Interest expense......................   (4,739)    (5,390)    (7,669)   (20,752)   (30,080)    (75,777)
  Other income (expense)................   (1,217)      (196)     1,161       (803)     2,230      (4,491)
                                          -------   --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
  Income before income taxes............    7,574     15,696     36,396     49,817     71,240      39,647
  Income taxes..........................    3,281      6,573     14,387     20,292     28,386      24,104
                                          -------   --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
  Income before equity in net income
    (loss) of, and other income from
    nonconsolidated affiliates..........    4,293      9,123     22,009     29,525     42,854      15,543
 
  Equity in net income (loss) of, and
    other income from, nonconsolidated
    affiliates..........................       --         --         --      2,489     (5,158)     (5,158)
                                          -------   --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
  Net income............................  $ 4,293   $  9,123   $ 22,009   $ 32,014   $ 37,696    $ 10,385
                                          =======   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
  Net income per common share...........  $   .07   $    .15   $    .32   $    .46   $    .50    $    .13
                                          =======   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
  Weighted average common shares and
    common share equivalents
    outstanding.........................   59,320     62,202     69,326     70,201     74,649      82,484
                                          =======   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
  After-tax cash flow(3)................  $17,147   $ 26,638   $ 46,866   $ 71,140   $107,318    $144,171
                                          =======   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
  After-tax cash flow per
    share(4)............................  $   .29   $    .43   $    .68   $   1.01   $   1.44    $   1.75
                                          =======   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
</TABLE>
 
   
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<CAPTION>
                                                       DECEMBER 31,
                                                       ------------                       AS ADJUSTED
                                     1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1996(5)
                                    -------   --------   --------   --------   --------   -----------
<S>                                 <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
  Cash and cash equivalents.......  $ 2,790   $  5,517   $  6,818   $  5,391   $ 16,701   $   17,574
  Total assets....................  146,993    227,577    411,594    563,011   1,324,711   2,494,888
  Long-term debt, net of current
    maturities....................   97,000     87,815    238,204    334,164    725,132    1,272,863
  Shareholders' equity............   31,055     98,343    130,533    163,713    513,431    1,051,440
</TABLE>
    
 
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<PAGE>   10
 
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(1) The comparability of results of operations is affected by acquisitions
    consummated in each of the periods presented.
 
(2) Gives effect to the Eller Media Acquisition as if such acquisition had been
    consummated on January 1, 1996 and excludes Eller Media's extraordinary loss
    on debt extinguishment (net of tax benefit) of $4,537,000. The pro forma
    financial information is based on a preliminary purchase price allocation
    and does not give effect to any other completed or pending acquisition.
 
(3) Defined as net income before unusual items plus depreciation, amortization
    of intangibles (including non-consolidated affiliates) and deferred taxes.
    After-tax cash flow is presented here not as a measure of operating results
    and does not purport to represent cash provided by operating activities.
    After-tax cash flow should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute
    for measures of performance prepared in accordance with generally accepted
    accounting principles.
 
(4) Defined as after-tax cash flow divided by weighted average common shares and
    common share equivalents outstanding.
 
   
(5) As adjusted to give effect to the Eller Media Acquisition as if such
    acquisition had been consummated on December 31, 1996 and to give effect to
    the Offering and the application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom of
    $189,321,000 (assuming a public offering price of $48.00 per share). The pro
    forma financial information is based on a preliminary purchase price
    allocation and does not give effect to any other completed or pending
    acquisition.
    
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<PAGE>   11
 
                                  RISK FACTORS
 
     Prospective purchasers of the Common Stock should consider carefully the
factors set forth below, as well as the other information contained in this
Prospectus.
 
SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS
 
   
     Upon completion of the Offering, the two principal shareholders of the
Company, L. Lowry Mays, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the
Company, and B.J. McCombs, a Director of the Company, collectively will own
beneficially approximately 29.3% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or
approximately 29.0% if the Underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised in
full). As a result, Messrs. Mays and McCombs will be able to exert significant
influence over the outcome of elections of the Company's directors and other
matters requiring the vote or consent of the shareholders of the Company. The
Company, L. Lowry Mays and B.J. McCombs are parties to a Buy-Sell Agreement (the
"Repurchase Agreement") restricting the disposition of shares of Common Stock
owned by Messrs. Mays and McCombs. See "Description of Capital Stock --
Repurchase Agreement."
    
 
DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL
 
     The Company believes that its success will continue to be dependent upon
its ability to attract and retain skilled managers and other personnel,
including its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, L. Lowry Mays. The Company
has entered into an employment agreement expiring in 2001 with Mr. Mays and
other employment agreements expiring at various times with key personnel. The
Company does not maintain a key man life insurance policy on Mr. Mays.
 
FINANCIAL LEVERAGE
 
   
     After giving effect to the sale of the Common Stock offered hereby and the
application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom (assuming a public offering
price of $48.00 per share) and the Eller Media Acquisition, the Company would
have had, at December 31, 1996, borrowings under its then existing credit
facility of approximately $1,261,683,000 and shareholders' equity of
$1,051,440,000. The Company has borrowed and expects to continue borrowing to
finance acquisitions of broadcasting and other media-related and outdoor
advertising properties and for other corporate purposes. On April 10, 1997, in
connection with the Eller Media Acquisition, the Company amended its Credit
Facility increasing the amount it may borrow to $1,750,000,000 at floating rates
(currently LIBOR plus 0.50%). In connection with pending acquisitions, the
Company may incur $84.8 million of additional indebtedness prior to the
application of the proceeds of the Offering if all such acquisitions are
consummated. The Company will use the proceeds from the Offering to repay debt
previously drawn under its Credit Facility. The Company will have sufficient
funds under the Credit Facility to consummate all of the pending acquisitions
contemplated herein. Future acquisitions of radio and television stations and
other media-related and outdoor advertising properties effected in connection
with the implementation of the Company's acquisition strategy are expected to be
financed from increased borrowings under the Credit Facility, other debt or
equity financings and cash flow from operations. See "-- Risk of Acquisition
Strategy; Capital Requirements." Because of the amount of the Company's
indebtedness, a significant portion of the Company's operating income is
required for debt service. The Company's leverage could make it vulnerable to an
increase in interest rates or a downturn in the operating performance of its
radio and television stations or in general economic conditions. The Credit
Facility contains certain financial and operational covenants and other
restrictions with which the Company must comply, including limitations on
capital expenditures, the incurrence of additional indebtedness, payment of cash
dividends, and requirements to maintain certain financial ratios. See "Dividend
Policy".
    
 
                                       10
<PAGE>   12
 
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
 
     Broadcasting. The domestic broadcasting industry is subject to extensive
federal regulation which, among other things, requires approval by the FCC for
the issuance, renewal, transfer and assignment of broadcasting station operating
licenses and limits the number of broadcasting properties the Company may
acquire. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "1996 Act"), which became law
on February 8, 1996, creates significant new opportunities for broadcasting
companies but also creates uncertainties as to how the FCC and the courts will
enforce and interpret the 1996 Act.
 
     The Company's business will continue to be dependent upon acquiring and
maintaining broadcasting licenses issued by the FCC, which are issued for a
maximum term of eight years. Although it is rare for the FCC to deny a renewal
application, there can be no assurance that future renewal applications will be
approved, or that renewals will not include conditions or qualifications that
could adversely affect the Company's operations. Moreover, governmental
regulations and policies may change over time and there can be no assurance that
such changes would not have a material adverse impact upon the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations. For example, the FCC
currently is considering whether to revise its policy with regard to television
LMAs and there can be no guarantee that the Company will be able to program
stations under existing LMAs for the remainder of their current terms, extend
existing LMAs beyond their current terms, or to enter into LMAs in other markets
in which the Company owns and operates television stations.
 
   
     Outdoor Advertising. Outdoor advertising displays are subject to
governmental regulation at the federal, state and local levels. These
regulations, in some cases, limit the height, size, location and operation of
billboards and, in limited circumstances, regulate the content of the
advertising copy displayed on the billboards. Some governmental regulations
prohibit the construction of new billboards or the replacement, relocation,
enlargement or upgrading of existing structures. Some cities, including two
within the Company's existing markets (Houston and San Francisco), have adopted
amortization ordinances under which, after the expiration of a specified period
of time, billboards must be removed at the owner's expense and without payment
of compensation. Ordinances requiring the removal of billboards without
compensation, whether through amortization or otherwise, are being challenged in
various state and federal courts with conflicting results. The Houston ordinance
has been the subject of litigation for over five years and is currently not
being enforced. The Company believes that its operations will not be materially
affected by the Houston amortization ordinance even if it is enforced, as a
substantial portion of the Company's Houston inventory consists of bulletins and
30-sheet posters located near federal highways where the Highway Beautification
Act of 1965 would require just compensation in the event of any required
removal. The Company's operations have not been materially affected by the San
Francisco amortization ordinances since its signs conform to effective
ordinances and state law currently prevents effectiveness of other ordinances
which require removal of signs without compensation. There can be no assurance
that the Company will be successful in negotiating acceptable arrangements in
circumstances in which its displays are subject to removal or amortization, and
what effect, if any, such regulations may have on the Company's operations. In
addition, the Company is unable to predict what additional regulations may be
imposed on outdoor advertising in the future. Legislation regulating the content
of billboard advertisements has been introduced in Congress from time to time in
the past. Changes in laws and regulations affecting outdoor advertising at any
level of government could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
    
 
   
     Tobacco Advertising. On a pro forma basis, approximately 5% of the
Company's 1996 net revenues were derived from tobacco advertising. In August
1996, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") issued final regulations
governing certain marketing practices in the tobacco industry, including a
prohibition of tobacco product billboard advertisements within 1,000 feet of
schools and playgrounds and a requirement that all tobacco product
advertisements on billboards be in black and white and contain only text. These
regulations, which were due to become effective in August 1997, were challenged
recently by members of the tobacco and advertising industry in a law
    
 
                                       11
<PAGE>   13
 
   
suit brought in North Carolina federal district court. In that case, the court
upheld the authority of the FDA to regulate tobacco products by limiting access
of such products to persons under 18 years of age and by requiring tobacco
manufacturers to label such products in accordance with FDA regulations.
Nevertheless, the court struck down the FDA restrictions on the promotion and
advertising of tobacco products. Both industry and the FDA are planning to
appeal this decision, and it is unclear what action an appellate court will take
in this matter.
    
 
   
     Regardless of whether the FDA is found to have jurisdiction over tobacco
promotion and advertising, and thus have the ability to place limits on
billboard advertising, it is possible that the FTC may take regulatory action in
this area. The FTC has wide-ranging authority over advertising practices, and it
is within their regulatory authority to investigate unfair and deceptive trade
practices, including advertising, pertaining to FDA-regulated products. Although
it has not done so in the past, because of increasing regulatory and political
pressure it is possible that the FTC may take action to limit the content and
placement of outdoor advertising, including, without limitation, the content and
placement of outdoor advertising relating to the sale of tobacco products to
children.
    
 
   
     Outdoor advertising of tobacco products also may be affected by city or
state regulations. For example, in 1995, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit upheld the validity of a Baltimore city ordinance prohibiting the
placement of outdoor advertisements of cigarettes in publicly visible locations,
such as billboards, signboards and sides of buildings. Subsequently, the United
States Supreme Court declined to review an appeal of this case. Following the
Baltimore ordinance, the City Council of New York City has introduced
legislation to ban outdoor tobacco advertising near schools and other locations
where children are likely to assemble. Also, a local council in Anne Arundel
County, Maryland recently has voted to ban most tobacco billboard advertising.
It is likely that other city or state governments will pass similar ordinances
or statutes to limit outdoor advertising of tobacco products in the future.
    
 
   
     In addition to the decisions mentioned above, it recently has been reported
that certain cigarette manufacturers who are defendants in numerous class action
suits throughout the U.S. have proposed an out of court settlement with respect
to such suits that is likely to include restrictions on billboard advertising by
these and other cigarette manufacturers. It has been reported that, as a result
of settlement negotiations, the tobacco industry will agree to a complete ban on
all outdoor advertising, such as on billboards, in stadiums, and in store window
displays.
    
 
   
     There can be no assurance as to the effect of these regulations, potential
legislation or settlement discussions on the Company's business and on its net
revenues and financial position. A reduction in billboard advertising by the
tobacco industry would cause an immediate reduction in the Company's direct
revenue from such advertisers and would simultaneously increase the available
space on the existing inventory of billboards in the outdoor advertising
industry. This could in turn result in a lowering of outdoor advertising rates
in each of the Company's outdoor advertising markets or limit the ability of
industry participants to increase rates for some period of time.
    
 
   
     Any regulatory change or settlement agreement restricting the Company's or
the tobacco industry's ability to utilize outdoor advertising for tobacco
products could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
    
 
     Environmental. As the owner, lessee or operator of various real properties
and facilities, the Company is subject to various federal, state and local
environmental laws and regulations. Historically, compliance with such laws and
regulations has not had a material adverse effect on the Company's business.
There can be no assurance, however, that compliance with existing or new
environmental laws and regulations will not require the Company to make
significant expenditures in the future.
 
                                       12
<PAGE>   14
 
ANTITRUST MATTERS
 
     An important element of the Company's growth strategy involves the
acquisition of additional radio stations and other media-related and outdoor
advertising properties, many of which are likely to require preacquisition
antitrust review by the FTC and the Antitrust Division. Following passage of the
1996 Act, the Antitrust Division has become more aggressive in reviewing
proposed acquisitions of radio stations and radio station networks, particularly
in instances where the proposed acquiror already owns one or more radio stations
in a particular market and the acquisition involves another radio station in the
same market. Recently, the Antitrust Division has obtained consent decrees
requiring radio station divestitures in a particular market based on allegations
that acquisitions would lead to unacceptable concentration levels. There can be
no assurance that the Antitrust Division or the FTC will not seek to bar the
Company from acquiring additional radio or television stations or other
media-related and outdoor advertising properties in any market where the Company
already has a significant position.
 
RISK OF ACQUISITION STRATEGY; CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
 
   
     The Company intends to pursue growth through the opportunistic acquisition
of broadcasting companies, radio and television station groups, individual radio
and television stations, outdoor advertising companies and outdoor advertising
display faces. The Company routinely reviews potential acquisitions. Although no
definitive agreements have been reached regarding any such potential material
acquisitions, except as described in this Prospectus, it is likely that the
Company will continue to experience significant expansion in the future. As a
result, the Company's management will be required to effectively manage a
rapidly expanding and significantly larger portfolio of broadcasting and outdoor
advertising properties. The Company's acquisition strategy involves numerous
other risks, including difficulties in the integration of operations and
systems, the diversion of management's attention from other business concerns
and the potential loss of key employees of acquired companies or stations. There
can be no assurance such acquisitions will benefit the Company.
    
 
     The consummation of domestic broadcasting acquisitions, including all
pending acquisitions, requires FCC approval with respect to the transfer of the
broadcast license of the acquired station. There can be no assurance that the
FCC will approve pending or future acquisitions, or that the Company will be
able to consummate such acquisitions.
 
   
     The Company will face competition from other broadcasting and outdoor
advertising companies for available acquisition opportunities. In addition, if
the prices sought by sellers of broadcasting and outdoor advertising properties
continue to rise, the Company may find fewer acceptable acquisition
opportunities. In addition, the purchase price of possible acquisitions could
require additional debt or equity financing on the part of the Company. See
"-- Financial Leverage." Additional indebtedness could increase the Company's
leverage and make the Company more vulnerable to economic downturns and may
limit its ability to withstand competitive pressures. Additional equity
financing could result in dilution to the purchasers of the Common Stock offered
hereby. There can be no assurance that the Company will have sufficient capital
resources to complete acquisitions, that acquisitions can be completed on terms
acceptable to the Company or that any acquisitions that are completed can be
integrated successfully into the Company.
    
 
INTEGRATION OF THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY AND ELLER MEDIA
 
     The Eller Media Acquisition involves the integration of two companies that
have previously operated independently. There can be no assurance that the
Company will successfully integrate the operations of Eller Media with those of
the Company or that all of the benefits expected from such integration will be
realized. Any delays or unexpected costs incurred in connection with such
integration could have an adverse effect on the Company's business, operating
results or financial position. Additionally, there can be no assurance that the
operations, management and personnel of
 
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<PAGE>   15
 
the two companies will be compatible or that the Company will not experience the
loss of key personnel. There can be no assurance that such integration will not
adversely affect the operations of the Company.
 
COMPETITION; BUSINESS RISKS
 
     The Company's three business segments are in highly competitive businesses.
The Company's radio and television stations and outdoor advertising properties
compete for audiences and advertising revenues with other radio and television
stations and outdoor advertising companies, as well as with other media, such as
newspapers, magazines, cable television, and direct mail, within their
respective markets. Audience ratings and market shares are subject to change and
any adverse change in a particular market could have a material adverse effect
on the Company's revenue in that market. Future operations are further subject
to many variables which could have an adverse effect upon the Company's
financial performance. These variables include economic conditions, both general
and relative to the broadcasting industry; shifts in population and other
demographics; the level of competition for advertising dollars; fluctuations in
operating costs; technological changes and innovations; changes in labor
conditions; and changes in governmental regulations and policies and actions of
federal regulatory bodies. Although the Company believes that each of its
business segments is able to compete effectively in its respective markets,
there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to maintain or increase
its current audience ratings and advertising revenues.
 
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
 
     The FCC is considering ways to introduce new technologies to the radio
broadcast industry, including satellite and terrestrial delivery of digital
audio broadcasting and the standardization of available technologies which
significantly enhance the sound quality of AM broadcasts. The Company is unable
to predict the effect any such new technology will have on the Company's
financial condition or results of operations. On April 3, 1997, the FCC
announced that it had adopted rules that will allow television broadcasters to
provide digital television ("DTV") to consumers. The FCC also adopted a table of
allotments for DTV, which will provide eligible existing broadcasters with a
second channel on which to provide DTV service. The allotment plan is based on
the use of channels 2-51, although the "core" DTV spectrum will be between
channels 2-46 or 7-51. Ultimately, the FCC plans to recover the channels
currently used for analog broadcasting and will decide at a later date the use
of the spectrum ultimately recovered. Television broadcasters will be allowed to
use their channels according to their best business judgment. Such uses can
include multiple standard definition program channels, data transfer,
subscription video, interactive materials, and audio signals, although
broadcasters will be required to provide a free digital video programming
service that is at least comparable to today's analog service. Broadcasters will
not be required to air "high definition" programming or, initially, to simulcast
their analog programming on the digital channel. Affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC and
FOX in the top 10 television markets will be required to be on the air with a
digital signal by May 1, 1999. Affiliates of those networks in markets 11-30
will be required to be on the air with a digital signal by November 1, 1999, and
remaining commercial broadcasters within five years. The FCC stated that
broadcasters will remain public trustees and that it will issue a notice to
determine the extent of broadcasters' future public interest obligations. The
Company will incur considerable expense in the conversion to DTV and the Company
is unable to predict the extent or timing of consumer demand for any such DTV
services.
 
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
     The 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock sold in the Offering will be freely
tradeable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), unless acquired by "affiliates" (as
defined in Rule 144 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the 1933 Act ("Rule 144)). Beginning 90 days after the date of this Prospectus,
approximately 14,539,919 shares of Common Stock owned by L. Lowry Mays and
approximately
 
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<PAGE>   16
 
11,262,936 shares of Common Stock owned by B. J. McCombs will be eligible for
sale in the public market, although they will remain subject to certain
limitations imposed on affiliates under Rule 144. See "Shares Eligible For
Future Sale."
 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
     This Prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act. Discussions containing such forward-looking
statements may be found in the material set forth under "Summary" and "The
Company," as well as within the Prospectus generally. In addition, when used in
this Prospectus, the words "believes," "anticipates," "expects" and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results in the future
could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements
as a result of the risk factors set forth herein and the matters set forth in
the Prospectus generally. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that
may be made to reflect any future events or circumstances. The Company cautions
the reader, however, that this list of risk factors may not be exhaustive.
 
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                                 CAPITALIZATION
 
   
     The following table sets forth the current portion of long-term debt and
capitalization of the Company as of December 31, 1996, pro forma to give effect
to the Eller Media Acquisition and as adjusted to give effect to the Eller Media
Acquisition and the consummation of the Offering at an assumed price of $48.00
per share.
    
 
   
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<CAPTION>
                                                        DECEMBER 31, 1996
                                          ---------------------------------------------
                                            ACTUAL     PRO FORMA(1)   AS ADJUSTED(1)(2)
                                          ----------   ------------   -----------------
                                                     (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                       <C>          <C>            <C>
Current portion of long-term debt.......  $    1,479    $    1,479       $    1,479
                                          ==========    ==========       ==========
Credit Facility(3)......................  $  717,175    $1,451,004       $1,261,683
Other long-term debt....................       7,957        11,180           11,180
Shareholders' equity:
  Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value,
     2,000,000 shares authorized, no
     shares issued and outstanding......          --            --               --
  Common Stock, $.10 par value,
     100,000,000 shares authorized,
     76,992,078 shares issued and
     outstanding, (87,729,505 shares as
     adjusted)(4).......................       7,699         8,363            8,773
Additional paid-in capital..............     398,622       746,646          935,557
Retained earnings.......................     106,055       106,055          106,055
Other equity............................       1,226         1,226            1,226
Cost of shares (26,878) held in
  treasury..............................        (171)         (171)            (171)
                                          ----------    ----------       ----------
  Total shareholders' equity............     513,431       862,119        1,051,440
                                          ----------    ----------       ----------
          Total capitalization..........  $1,238,563    $2,324,303       $2,324,303
                                          ==========    ==========       ==========
</TABLE>
    
 
- ---------------
 
(1) Pro forma to give effect to the Eller Media Acquisition as if such
    acquisition had been consummated on December 31, 1996.
 
   
(2) As adjusted to give effect to the Eller Media Acquisition as if such
    acquisition had been consummated on December 31, 1996 and to the Offering
    and the application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom of $189,321,000
    (at an assumed offering price of $48.00 per share).
    
 
   
(3) The Company incurred $91,500,000 in additional indebtedness subsequent to
    December 31, 1996 that was related to acquisitions other than the Eller
    Media Acquisition and may incur additional indebtedness of up to $84,800,000
    in connection with various pending acquisitions.
    
 
   
(4) On May 2, 1997, the Company filed an amendment to the Company's articles of
    incorporation increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock
    from 100,000,000 shares to 150,000,000 shares.
    
 
                                DIVIDEND POLICY
 
     The Company currently expects to retain its earnings for the development
and expansion of its business. Any future decision by the Board of Directors to
pay cash dividends will depend upon, among other factors, the Company's
earnings, financial position and capital requirements. The Company's Credit
Facility limits the Company's ability to pay dividends, other than dividends
payable wholly in capital stock of the Company.
 
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<PAGE>   18
 
                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
   
     The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the 4,093,790 shares of
Common Stock offered by the Company hereby, after deducting underwriting
discounts and commissions and the estimated expenses of the Offering, are
estimated to be $189,321,000 (at an assumed offering price of $48.00 per share).
All of such net proceeds received by the Company will be used to repay
borrowings outstanding under its $1.75 billion Credit Facility. As of May 8,
1997, a total of approximately $1,496,650,000 in borrowings was outstanding
under the Credit Facility and the effective interest rate thereon was
approximately 6.2%. Borrowings under the Credit Facility have been used to
finance, in part, the Eller Media Acquisition and the other acquisitions
discussed in this Prospectus. Borrowings under the Credit Facility, which must
be paid in full by September 2003, currently bear interest at a floating rate
based on the LIBOR plus 0.50%. Upon repayment of such borrowings, the amount
repaid will become immediately available to the Company for re-borrowing under
the Credit Facility, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. The
Company expects that amounts available for re-borrowing under the Credit
Facility as a result of the application of the net proceeds of the Offering,
together with additional amounts that become available for borrowing under the
Credit Facility, will be used to finance the pending acquisitions discussed in
this Prospectus. Future acquisitions of radio and television stations and other
media-related properties effected in connection with the implementation of the
Company's acquisition strategy are expected to be financed from increased
borrowings under the Credit Facility, other debt or equity financings and cash
flow from operations. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the
sale of shares by the Selling Shareholders.
    
 
                          PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
 
     The Company's Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
("NYSE") under the symbol "CCU." The following table sets forth, for the periods
indicated, the high and low closing sale prices per share (as adjusted for all
stock splits to date) as reported on the NYSE.
 
   
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<CAPTION>
                                                               HIGH      LOW
                                                              ------    ------
<S>                                                           <C>       <C>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995:
  First Quarter.............................................  $15.13    $12.53
  Second Quarter............................................   17.38     13.44
  Third Quarter.............................................   20.44     15.41
  Fourth Quarter............................................   22.06     18.13
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996:
  First Quarter.............................................  $29.13    $20.50
  Second Quarter............................................   43.00     27.00
  Third Quarter.............................................   44.56     36.56
  Fourth Quarter............................................   44.38     31.00
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997:
  First Quarter.............................................  $49.63    $34.25
  Second Quarter (through May 8, 1997)......................   49.50     42.75
</TABLE>
    
 
     On March 1, 1997, there were approximately 6,400 shareholders of record of
the Company's Common Stock.
 
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<PAGE>   19
 
                         SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
     The selected financial information presented below for the five years ended
December 31, 1996 has been derived from the consolidated financial statements of
the Company, which have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.
The pro forma financial information presents results of operations of the
Company as if the Eller Media Acquisition had been consummated on January 1,
1996. The pro forma information is unaudited and is not necessarily indicative
of the results of operations of the Company had such acquisition occurred at the
beginning of such period or of the Company's results of operations for any
future periods. The following selected financial information should be read in
conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the
Company, the pro forma financial statements of the Company and Eller Media and
the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Eller Media, all of
which are incorporated herein by reference.
 
                         SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   PRO FORMA
                                         YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,                  ELLER MEDIA
                                         -----------------------                  ACQUISITION
                             1992       1993       1994       1995       1996      1996 (2)
                           --------   --------   --------   --------   --------   -----------
<S>                        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
  DATA(1):
  Net revenue............  $ 84,485   $121,118   $178,053   $250,059   $351,739    $588,771
  Operating expenses.....    55,812     78,925    105,380    137,504    198,332     340,171
  Depreciation and
     amortization........    12,253     17,447     24,669     33,769     45,790     109,954
                           --------   --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
  Operating income before
     corporate
     expenses............    16,420     24,746     48,004     78,786    107,617     138,646
  Corporate expenses.....     2,890      3,464      5,100      7,414      8,527      18,731
                           --------   --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
  Operating income.......    13,530     21,282     42,904     71,372     99,090     119,915
  Interest expense.......    (4,739)    (5,390)    (7,669)   (20,752)   (30,080)    (75,777)
  Other income
     (expense)...........    (1,217)      (196)     1,161       (803)     2,230      (4,491)
                           --------   --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
  Income before income
     taxes...............     7,574     15,696     36,396     49,817     71,240      39,647
  Income taxes...........     3,281      6,573     14,387     20,292     28,386      24,104
                           --------   --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
  Income before equity in
     net income (loss)
     of, and other income
     from nonconsolidated
     affiliates..........     4,293      9,123     22,009     29,525     42,854      15,543
  Equity in net income
     (loss) of, and other
     income from,
     nonconsolidated
     affiliates..........        --         --         --      2,489     (5,158)     (5,158)
                           --------   --------   --------   --------   --------    --------
  Net income.............  $  4,293   $  9,123   $ 22,009   $ 32,014   $ 37,696    $ 10,385
                           ========   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
  Net income per common
     share...............  $    .07   $    .15   $    .32   $    .46   $    .50    $    .13
                           ========   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
  Weighted average common
     shares and common
     share equivalents
     outstanding.........    59,320     62,202     69,326     70,201     74,649      82,484
                           ========   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
  After-tax cash
     flow(3).............  $ 17,147   $ 26,638   $ 46,866   $ 71,140   $107,318    $144,171
                           ========   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
  After-tax cash flow per
     share(4)............  $    .29   $    .43   $    .68   $   1.01   $   1.44    $   1.75
                           ========   ========   ========   ========   ========    ========
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             DECEMBER 31,                            AS
                                             ------------                         ADJUSTED
                          1992       1993       1994       1995        1996       1996 (5)
                        --------   --------   --------   --------   ----------   ----------
<S>                     <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
  Cash and cash
     equivalents......  $  2,790   $  5,517   $  6,818   $  5,391   $   16,701   $   17,574
  Current assets......    24,844     38,191     53,945     70,485      113,164      160,438
  Property, plant and
     equipment --
     net..............    48,017     67,750     85,318     99,885      147,838      654,060
  Total assets........   146,993    227,577    411,594    563,011    1,324,711    2,494,888
  Current
     liabilities......    10,073     26,125     27,679     36,005       43,462       91,838
  Long-term debt, net
     of current
     maturities.......    97,000     87,815    238,204    334,164      725,132    1,272,863
  Shareholders'
     equity...........    31,055     98,343    130,533    163,713      513,431    1,051,440
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1) The comparability of results of operations is affected by acquisitions
    consummated in each of the periods presented.
 
(2) Gives effect to the Eller Media Acquisition as if such acquisition had been
    consummated on January 1, 1996 and excludes Eller Media's extraordinary loss
    on debt extinguishment (net of tax benefit) of $4,537,000. The pro forma
    financial information is based on a preliminary purchase price allocation
    and does not give effect to any other completed or pending acquisition.
 
(3) Defined as net income before unusual items plus depreciation, amortization
    of intangibles (including non-consolidated affiliates) and deferred taxes.
    After-tax cash flow is presented here not as a measure of operating results
    and does not purport to represent cash provided by operating activities.
    After-tax cash flow should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute
    for measures of performance prepared in accordance with generally accepted
    accounting principles.
 
(4) Defined as after-tax cash flow divided by weighted average common shares and
    common share equivalents outstanding.
 
   
(5) As adjusted to give effect to the Eller Media Acquisition as if such
    acquisition had been consummated on December 31, 1996 and to give effect to
    the Offering and the application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom of
    $189,321,000 (assuming a public offering price of $48.00 per share). The pro
    forma financial information is based on a preliminary purchase price
    allocation and does not give effect to any other completed or pending
    acquisition.
    
 
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                                    BUSINESS
 
   
     The Company consists of three principal business segments -- radio
broadcasting, television broadcasting and outdoor advertising. Currently, the
radio segment includes 101 stations for which the Company is the licensee and 11
stations for which the Company programs and/or sells air time under LMAs or
JSAs. These 112 stations operate in 27 different markets. The radio segment also
operates five networks. Assuming all pending acquisitions are consummated (which
include 8 stations for which the Company programs and/or sells air time under
LMAs or JSAs), the Company will own or program 123 radio stations in 28 markets.
The television segment includes 11 television stations for which the Company is
the licensee and 7 stations programmed under LMAs. These 18 stations operate in
11 different markets. The outdoor advertising segment has an advertising display
inventory of approximately 50,000 display faces and provides outdoor advertising
in 15 major metropolitan markets.
    
 
INDUSTRY SEGMENTS
 
     Selected historical financial information relating to radio and television
broadcasting for 1994, 1995 and 1996 is presented in the following table:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                               --------------------------------------------
                                                   1994            1995            1996
                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
<S>                                            <C>             <C>             <C>
RADIO
  Net broadcasting revenue...................  $ 95,862,834    $144,244,066    $217,189,250
  Station operating expenses.................    64,148,412      87,530,942     126,627,982
  Depreciation...............................     5,664,700       6,973,801       8,916,495
  Amortization of intangibles................     6,659,726      13,007,026      18,839,820
                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
  Station operating income...................  $ 19,389,996    $ 36,732,297    $ 62,804,953
                                               ============    ============    ============
TELEVISION
  Net broadcasting revenue...................  $ 82,189,748    $105,815,314    $134,549,604
  Station operating expenses.................    41,231,654      49,973,531      71,703,668
  Depreciation...............................     6,974,404       8,406,025      10,419,895
  Amortization of intangibles................     5,369,710       5,382,030       7,613,554
                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
  Station operating income...................  $ 28,613,980    $ 42,053,728    $ 44,812,487
                                               ============    ============    ============
CONSOLIDATED
  Net broadcasting revenue...................  $178,052,582    $250,059,380    $351,738,854
  Station operating expenses.................   105,380,066     137,504,473     198,331,650
  Depreciation...............................    12,639,104      15,379,826      19,336,390
  Amortization of intangibles................    12,029,436      18,389,056      26,453,374
                                               ------------    ------------    ------------
  Station operating income...................  $ 48,003,976    $ 78,786,025    $107,617,440
                                               ============    ============    ============
</TABLE>
 
     Selected historical financial information related to the outdoor
advertising segment for Eller Media for 1996 is presented in the following
table:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               YEAR ENDED
                                              DECEMBER 31,
                                                  1996*
                                            -----------------
<S>                                         <C>
Net revenue.............................        $237,032
Operating expenses......................         145,743
Depreciation and amortization and other
  noncash expenses......................          46,569
                                                --------
Operating Income........................        $ 44,720
                                                ========
</TABLE>
 
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* Eller Media was formed on August 17, 1995, through the combination of Patrick
  Media Group, Inc. and Eller Investment Company.
 
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RADIO BROADCASTING
 
   
     The following table sets forth selected information with regard to each of
the Company's 38 AM and 74 FM radio stations and five radio networks which it
owned or programmed as of May 8, 1997, and those stations for which an
acquisition is pending.
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                TARGET                                     DATE OF
          MARKET(RANK)/STATION(1)            AUDIENCE(2)          STATION FORMAT         ACQUISITION    FREQUENCY
          -----------------------            -----------          --------------         -----------    ---------
<S>                                          <C>             <C>                         <C>            <C>
HOUSTON, TX(9)
  KPRC-AM(3)(5)............................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            Jan. 1995      950 AM
  KSEV-AM(3)(5)............................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            Jan. 1995      700 AM
  KMJQ-FM(5)...............................  Adults 24-54    Adult Urban Contemporary    Jan. 1995      102.1 FM
  KBXX-FM(5)...............................  Adults 18-49    Urban Contemporary          Aug. 1994      97.9 FM
  KHYS-FM(4)(5)............................  Adults 25-54    Rhythmic CHR                LMA            98.5 FM
  KJOJ-AM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    Christian                   Jan. 1997      880 AM
  KJOJ-FM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    Rhythmic CHR                May 1996       103.3 FM
MIAMI/FT. LAUDERDALE, FL(11)
  WHYI-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Contemporary Hits           Oct. 1994      100.7 FM
  WBGG-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Classic Rock                Mar. 1994      105.9 FM
TAMPA/ST. PETERSBURG, FL(21)
  WMTX-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    Sports/Talk                 Oct. 1994      1040 AM
  WMTX-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Hot Adult Contemporary      Oct. 1994      95.7 FM
  WRBQ-AM..................................  Adults 18-49    Adult Urban Contemporary    July 1992      1380 AM
  WRBQ-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     July 1992      104.7 FM
CLEVELAND, OH(22)
  WNCX-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Classic Rock                Oct. 1994      98.5 FM
  WERE-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk                   Oct. 1994      1300 AM
  WENZ-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Alternative Rock            May 1996       107.9 FM
MILWAUKEE, WI(29)
  WKKV-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Urban Contemporary          May 1996       100.7 FM
  WMIL-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Apr. 1997      106.1 FM
  WOKY-AM..................................  Adults 35-64    Adult Standards             Apr. 1997      920 AM
PROVIDENCE, RI(31)
  WWBB-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Oldies                      Dec. 1996      101.5 FM
  WWRX-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Classic Rock                Dec. 1996      103.7 FM
NORFOLK, VA(33)
  WOWI-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Urban Contemporary          May 1996       102.9 FM
  WJCD-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Smooth Jazz                 May 1996       105.3 FM
  WMYK-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Rhythmic CHR                Nov. 1996      92.1 FM
  WSVY-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Adult Urban Contemporary    Oct. 1996      107.7 FM
SAN ANTONIO, TX(34)
  WOAI-AM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            June 1975      1200 AM
  KQXT-FM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    Adult Contemporary          Feb. 1993      101.9 FM
  KTKR-AM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            July 1993      760 AM
  KAJA-FM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Mar. 1972      97.3 FM
  KSJL-FM(5)(6)............................  Adults 25-54    Urban Adult Contemporary    JSA            96.1 FM
NEW ORLEANS, LA(39)
  WODT-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    Blues                       Oct. 1984      1280 AM
  WQUE-FM(7)...............................  Adults 18-49    Urban Contemporary          Oct. 1984      93.3 FM
  WYLD-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    Gospel                      Aug. 1995      940 AM
  WYLD-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Urban Adult Contemporary    Jan. 1995      98.5 FM
  WNOE-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Aug. 1996      101.1 FM
  KKND-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Alternative Rock            Aug. 1996      106.7 FM
  KHOM-FM..................................  Adults 18-34    Contemporary Hits           Feb. 1997      104.1 FM
GREENSBORO, NC(41)
  WXRA-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Alternative Rock            Aug. 1996      94.5 FM
  WTQR-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Aug. 1996      104.1 FM
  WSJS-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk                   Aug. 1996      600 AM
</TABLE>
    
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                TARGET                                     DATE OF
          MARKET(RANK)/STATION(1)            AUDIENCE(2)          STATION FORMAT         ACQUISITION    FREQUENCY
          -----------------------            -----------          --------------         -----------    ---------
<S>                                          <C>             <C>                         <C>            <C>
MEMPHIS, TN(43)
  WHRK-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Urban Contemporary          May 1996       97.1 FM
  WDIA-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    Adult Urban                 May 1996       1070 AM
  WEGR-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Classic Rock                Dec. 1996      102.7 FM
  WREC-AM..................................  Adults 35-64    News/Talk                   Dec. 1996      600 AM
  WRXQ-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Alternative Rock            Dec. 1996      95.7 FM
  KJMS-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Urban Adult Contemporary    Dec. 1996      101.1 FM
  KWAM-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    Religious                   Dec. 1996      990 AM
RALEIGH, NC(48)
  WQOK-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Urban Contemporary          May 1996       97.5 FM
  WZZU-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Classic Hits                Jan. 1997      105.3 FM
  WDUR-AM(4)...............................  Adults 25-54    Urban Oldies                LMA/Pending    1490 AM
  WXFC-FM(4)...............................  Adults 25-54    Urban Adult                 LMA/Pending    107.1 FM
  WXFK-FM(4)...............................  Adults 18-49    Urban Adult                 LMA/Pending    104.3 FM
LOUISVILLE, KY(50)
  WHAS-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            Sept. 1986     840 AM
  WAMZ-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Sept. 1986     97.5 FM
  WHKW-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Jan. 1997      98.9 FM
  WTFX-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Modern Rock                 Oct. 1996      100.5 FM
  WWKY-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            Oct. 1996      790 AM
  WKJK-AM..................................  Adults 35-54    Country                     Oct. 1996      1080 AM
  WQMF-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Classic Rock                Jan. 1997      95.7 FM
AUSTIN, TX(51)
  KPEZ-FM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    Classic Rock                July 1982      102.3 FM
  KHFI-FM(5)...............................  Adults 18-49    Contemporary Hits           Mar. 1993      96.7 FM
  KEYI-FM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    Oldies                      Aug. 1996      103.5 FM
  KFON-AM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    Sports                      Aug. 1996      1490 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK(52)
  KTOK-AM(7)...............................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            Oct. 1984      1000 AM
  KEBC-AM(7)...............................  Adults 18-49    News/Talk/Spanish           Jan. 1994      1340 AM
  KJYO-FM(7)...............................  Adults 18-34    Contemporary Hits           Oct. 1984      102.7 FM
  WKY-AM(4)(7).............................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk                   LMA            930 AM
  KTST-FM(7)...............................  Adults 18-34    Country                     Aug. 1996      101.9 FM
  KXXY-FM(7)...............................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Aug. 1996      96.1 FM
  KNRX-FM(7)...............................  Adults 18-49    New Alternative Rock        Jan. 1994      94.7 FM
RICHMOND, VA(56)
  WRVA-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            July 1992      1140 AM
  WRNL-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    Sports                      Sept. 1993     910 AM
  WRVQ-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Contemporary Hits           July 1992      94.5 FM
  WRXL-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Album Oriented Rock         Sept. 1993     102.1 FM
  WTVR-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Soft AC                     May 1996       98.1 FM
  WTVR-AM..................................  Adults 35-64    Nostalgia                   May 1996       1380 AM
ALBANY, NY(57)
  WQBK-FM(3)...............................  Adults 18-49    Alternative Rock            Mar. 1997      103.9 FM
  WQBJ-FM(3)...............................  Adults 18-49    Alternative Rock            Mar. 1997      103.5 FM
  WQBK-AM(3)...............................  Adults 35-64    News/Talk                   Mar. 1997      1300 AM
  WXCR-FM(3)...............................  Adults 25-54    Classic Rock                Mar. 1997      102.3 FM
TULSA, OK(61)
  KAKC-AM(7)...............................  Adults 25-54    News/Sports/Oldies          Oct. 1973      1300 AM
  KMOD-FM(7)...............................  Adults 25-54    Album Oriented Rock         Oct. 1973      97.5 FM
  KQLL-AM(4)(7)............................  Adults 25-54    Sports/Talk                 LMA/Pending    1430 AM
  KQLL-FM(4)(7)............................  Adults 25-54    Oldies                      LMA/Pending    106.1 FM
  KOAS-FM(6)(7)............................  Adults 25-54    Smooth Jazz                 JSA/Pending    92.1 FM
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                TARGET                                     DATE OF
          MARKET(RANK)/STATION(1)            AUDIENCE(2)          STATION FORMAT         ACQUISITION    FREQUENCY
          -----------------------            -----------          --------------         -----------    ---------
<S>                                          <C>             <C>                         <C>            <C>
GRAND RAPIDS, MI(66)
  WOOD-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    Talk                        May 1996       1300 AM
  WOOD-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Adult Contemporary          May 1996       105.7 FM
  WBCT-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Country                     May 1996       93.7 FM
  WTKG-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            Oct. 1996      1230 AM
  WCUZ-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Oct. 1996      101.3 FM
  WVTI-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Hot Adult Contemporary      Feb. 1997      96.1 FM
EL PASO, TX(69)
  KPRR-FM(5)...............................  Adults 18-49    Contemporary Hits           May 1996       102.1 FM
  KHEY-FM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    Country                     May 1996       96.3 FM
  KHEY-AM(5)...............................  Adults 25-54    Oldies                      May 1996       690 AM
FT. MYERS/NAPLES, FL(76)
  WCKT-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Aug. 1996      107.1 FM
  WXRM-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Soft Adult Contemporary     Aug. 1996      105.5 FM
  WKII-AM..................................  Adults 35-64    Nostalgia                   March 1997     1090 AM
  WFSN-FM..................................  Adults 25-64    Country                     March 1997     100.1 FM
  WOLZ-FM..................................  Adults 25-64    Oldies                      March 1997     95.3 FM
SPRINGFIELD, MA(77)
  WHYN-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk/Sports            Aug. 1996      560 AM
  WHYN-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Adult Contemporary          Aug. 1996      93.1 FM
LITTLE ROCK, AR(82)
  KDDK-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     May 1996       100.3 FM
  KMJX-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Classic Rock                May 1996       105.1 FM
  KMVK-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Pending        106.7 FM
  KSSN-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Pending        95.7 FM
  KOLL-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Oldies                      Pending        94.9 FM
MOBILE, AL(84)
  WKSJ-FM..................................  Adults 35-64    Country                     Pending        94.9FM
  WKSJ-AM..................................  Adults 35-64    Country                     Pending        1270 AM
  WMXC-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Adult Contemporary          Pending        99.9FM
  WRKH-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Classic Rock                Pending        96.1FM
  WDWG-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Country                     Pending        104.1FM
  WNTM-AM..................................  Adults 18-49    News/Talk                   Pending        710AM
COLUMBIA, SC(88)
  WWDM-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Urban Contemporary          Aug. 1996      101.3 FM
  WARQ-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Alternative Rock            Aug. 1996      93.5 FM
  WMFX-FM..................................  Adults 25-54    Classic Rock                Pending        102.3 FM
  WOIC-AM..................................  Adults 35-64    Urban Gold                  Pending        1230 AM
NEW HAVEN, CT(97)
  WKCI-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Contemporary Hits           May 1992       101.3 FM
  WAVZ-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    Nostalgia                   May 1992       1300 AM
  WELI-AM..................................  Adults 25-54    News/Talk                   Oct. 1984      960 AM
LANCASTER, PA(107)
  WLAN-FM(4)...............................  Adults 18-49    Hot Adult Contemporary      LMA/Pending    96.9 FM
  WLAN-AM(4)...............................  Adults 25-54    Big Band                    LMA/Pending    1390 AM
READING, PA(130)
  WRAW-AM..................................  Adults 35-64    Middle of the Road          May 1996       1340 AM
  WRFY-FM..................................  Adults 18-49    Contemporary Hits           May 1996       102.5 FM
</TABLE>
    
 
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RADIO NETWORKS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             TARGET                                  DATE OF
             MARKET/NETWORK                 AUDIENCE         NETWORK FORMAT        ACQUISITION
             --------------               ------------       --------------        -----------
<S>                                       <C>            <C>                       <C>
LOUISVILLE, KY
  Kentucky News Network.................  Adults 25-54   News/Agriculture          Jan. 1992
RICHMOND, VA
  Virginia News Networks................  Adults 25-54   News/Agriculture          Sept. 1993
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
  Oklahoma News Network.................  Adults 25-54   News/Agriculture          Oct. 1984
SAN ANGELO, TX
  Voice of Southwest Agriculture........  Adults 25-54   News/Agriculture          Oct. 1995
COLLEGE STATION, TX/DES MOINES, IA
  Clear Channel Sports..................  Adults 18-49   College Sports Networks   Various
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Number in parenthesis next to each market indicates that market's national
    rank according to BIA Publications, Inc.'s "Investing in Radio 1997 Market
    Report, 1st Edition."
 
(2) Due to variations that may exist within the same station programming
    format(such as variations in the tempo of the music or the age of the songs
    broadcast), the primary demographic may be different even though the station
    programming format is the same.
 
(3) 80% owned by the Company.
 
(4) LMA(FCC license not owned by the Company).
 
(5) Application for renewal of license filed with the FCC on April 11, 1997.
 
(6) JSA(FCC license not owned and station not programmed by the Company).
 
(7) Application for renewal of license pending with the FCC.
 
   
     In addition, the Company owns a 50% equity interest in the Australian Radio
Network Pty, Ltd., which operates ten radio stations in Australia, a one-third
equity interest in the New Zealand Radio Network, which operates 52 radio
stations throughout New Zealand, a 50% equity interest in Radio Bonton, a.s.,
which operates a radio station in the Czech Republic, and a 32.3% equity
interest in Heftel Broadcasting Corporation, a leading domestic Spanish-language
broadcaster which operates 38 radio stations in the 11 domestic markets.
    
 
     The Company's radio stations employ various formats for their programming.
A station's format is important in determining the size and characteristics of
its listening audience. Advertising rates charged by a radio station are based
primarily on the station's ability to attract audiences having certain
demographic characteristics in the market area which advertisers want to reach,
as well as the number of stations competing in the market. Advertisers often
tailor their advertisements to appeal to selected population or demographic
segments. The Company pays the cost of producing the programming for each
station. Generally, the Company designs formats for its own stations, but has
also used outside consultants and program syndicators for program material. Most
of the Company's radio revenue is generated from the sale of local advertising.
Additional revenue is generated from the sale of national advertising, network
compensation payments and barter and other miscellaneous transactions.
 
     The Company has focused its sales effort on selling directly to local
advertisers, while seeking to minimize sales through outside representatives,
including advertising agencies. Direct contact with its customers has aided the
Company's sales personnel in developing long-standing customer relationships,
which the Company believes are a competitive advantage. The Company's sales
personnel are paid on a commission basis, which emphasizes this direct local
focus. The Company believes that this focus has enabled some of its stations to
achieve market revenue shares exceeding their audience shares in a given year.
Each of the Company's radio stations also engages indepen-
 
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dent sales representatives to assist it in obtaining national advertising. The
representatives obtain advertising through national advertising agencies and
receive a commission from the Company based on the Company's net revenue from
the advertising obtained. In February 1996, the Company formed an alliance with
one of the nation's largest national advertising representation firms, whereby
the firm will dedicate certain personnel to work exclusively for the Company's
radio stations. The Company believes this arrangement will help its stations to
achieve higher shares of national advertising revenue.
 
TELEVISION BROADCASTING
 
   
     The following table sets forth selected information with regard to each of
the 18 television stations which the Company owned or programmed as of May 8,
1997.
    
 
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                                         NETWORK                 DATE OF
      MARKET (RANK)/STATION(1)         AFFILIATION   CHANNEL   ACQUISITION
      ------------------------         -----------   -------   -----------
<S>                                    <C>           <C>       <C>
MINNEAPOLIS, MN(14)
  WFTC-TV                                FOX          TV-29    Oct. 1993
MEMPHIS, TN(42)
  WPTY-TV(2)                             ABC          TV-24    Apr. 1992
  WLMT-TV(3)                             UPN          TV-30    LMA
HARRISBURG/LEBANON/LANCASTER, PA(45)
  WHP-TV                                 CBS          TV-21    Oct. 1995
  WLYH-TV(3)                             UPN          TV-15    LMA
PROVIDENCE/NEW BEDFORD, RI(47)
  WPRI-TV                                CBS          TV-12    Jul 1996
  WNAC-TV(3)                             FOX          TV-64    LMA
ALBANY/SCHENECTADY/TROY, NY(52)
  WXXA-TV                                FOX          TV-23    Dec. 1994
JACKSONVILLE, FL(54)
  WAWS-TV                                FOX          TV-30    Sept. 1989
  WTEV-TV(3)                             UPN          TV-47    LMA
LITTLE ROCK, AR(58)
  KLRT-TV(4)                             FOX          TV-16    Feb. 1994
  KASN-TV(3)                             UPN          TV-38    LMA
TULSA, OK(58)
  KOKI-TV                                FOX          TV-23    Dec. 1989
  KTFO-TV(3)                             UPN          TV-41    LMA
MOBILE, AL/PENSACOLA, FL(61)
  WPMI-TV(4)                             NBC          TV-15    Dec. 1988
  WJTC-TV(3)                             UPN          TV-44    LMA
WICHITA, KS(65)
  KSAS-TV                                FOX          TV-24    Aug. 1990
TUCSON, AZ(78)
  KTTU-TV(4)                             UPN          TV-18    Feb. 1989
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Number in parentheses next to each market indicates that market's national
    rank according to BIA Publications, Inc.'s "Investing in Television 1997
    Market Report, 1st Edition."
 
(2) Application for renewal of license filed with the FCC on April 1, 1997.
 
(3) LMA (FCC license not owned by the Company).
 
(4) Application for renewal of license pending with the FCC.
 
     The Company purchases the broadcast rights for the majority of its
television programming for its Fox and UPN affiliates from various syndicators.
The Company competes with other television
 
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stations within each market for these broadcast rights. These programming costs
have declined in the past five years and are expected to continue to decline in
the foreseeable future due to the decrease in the number of stations in the
Company's markets competing for the same programming. Moreover, the affiliation
changes to NBC in Mobile, Alabama and to ABC in Memphis, Tennessee have reduced
the Company's need to obtain outside programming.
 
     The primary sources of programming for the Company's affiliated television
stations are their respective networks, which produce and distribute programming
in exchange for each station's commitment to air the programming at specified
times and for commercial announcement time during the programming. For 1996, the
Fox, NBC and ABC networks' primary programming was intended to appeal primarily
to a target audience of 18-49 year old adults, while the CBS network's primary
programming was intended to appeal primarily to a target audience of 25-54 year
old adults.
 
     The second source of programming is the production of local news
programming on the Fox, CBS, ABC and NBC affiliate stations in Jacksonville,
Florida; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Memphis, Tennessee; Mobile, Alabama;
Providence, Rhode Island; and Albany, New York, respectively. Local news
programming traditionally has appealed to a target audience of adults 25 to 54
years of age. Because these viewers generally have increased buying power
relative to viewers in other demographic groups, they are one of the most
sought-after target audiences for advertisers. With such programming, these
stations are able to attract advertisers to which they otherwise would not have
access.
 
     Each Fox contract currently runs for a five year term expiring in 1998,
except for the Fox contract for WXXA-TV Albany, New York, which expires in 1999,
and may be renewed by Fox or the Company. Based on the performance of its
Fox-affiliated stations to date, the Company expects it will continue to be able
to renew its Fox contracts, although no assurances in this regard can be given.
The network affiliation agreements with ABC (for WPTY-TV in Memphis, Tennessee,
effective December 1, 1995), CBS (for WHP-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
renewed and effective December 18, 1995), NBC (for WPMI-TV in Mobile, Alabama,
effective January 1, 1996) and UPN (for KTTU-TV in Tucson, Arizona, entered into
in 1995) run for ten-year terms.
 
     Revenue is generated primarily from the sale of local and national
advertising, as well as from fees received from the affiliate television
networks. Advertising rates depend primarily on the quantitative and qualitative
characteristics of the audience the Company can deliver to the advertiser. Local
advertising is sold by the Company's sales personnel, while national advertising
is sold by independent national sales representatives. The Company's
broadcasting revenue is seasonal, with the fourth quarter typically generating
the highest level of revenue and the first quarter typically generating the
lowest. The fourth quarter generally reflects higher advertising in preparation
for the holiday season and the effect of political advertising in election
years.
 
     The Company's broadcasting results are dependent on a number of factors,
including the general strength of the economy, population growth, ability to
provide popular programming, relative efficiency of radio and television
broadcasting compared to other advertising media, signal strength, technological
capabilities and developments and governmental regulations and policies.
 
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
 
     Following the consummation of the Eller Media Acquisition, the Company,
through its wholly owned subsidiary, Eller Media, became one of the largest
domestic outdoor advertising companies based on its total advertising display
inventory of approximately 50,000 display faces. The Company now provides
outdoor advertising services in 15 major metropolitan markets located in five
operating regions: California, Texas, the Midwest, the Southeast and the
Southwest. The Company currently has both outdoor advertising and broadcasting
assets in seven domestic markets, as well as in five additional domestic markets
currently served by Heftel. The markets in which the Company now provides
outdoor advertising services represent approximately 22% of the total U.S.
population and approximately 50% of the rapidly growing U.S. Hispanic
population. The Company has a
 
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significant outdoor advertising presence in eight of the ten largest U.S.
Hispanic markets, including Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and San Antonio.
 
     The outdoor advertising industry has experienced increased advertiser
interest and revenue growth in recent years. Outdoor advertising generated total
revenues of approximately $1.8 billion in 1995, or approximately 1.1% of the
total advertising expenditures in the United States, and the out-of-home
advertising industry generated revenues in excess of $3.0 billion in 1995,
according to estimates by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (the
"OAAA"). Outdoor advertising's 1995 revenues represent growth of approximately
8.2% over estimated total 1994 revenues, which compares favorably to the growth
of total U.S. advertising expenditures of approximately 7.7% during the same
period.
 
     Outdoor advertising offers repetitive impact and lower cost-per-thousand
impressions, a commonly used media measurement, as compared to competitive
media, including television, radio, newspapers, magazines and direct mail
marketing. The outdoor advertising industry has benefited from the growth in
automobile travel time for business and leisure due to increased highway
congestion and continued demographic shifts of residences and businesses from
the cities to outlying suburbs. In all cases, outdoor advertising can be
combined with other media such as radio and television to reinforce messages
being provided to consumers.
 
     The outdoor advertising industry is comprised of several large outdoor
advertising and media companies with operations in multiple markets, as well as
many smaller and local companies operating a limited number of structures in a
single or few local markets. While the industry has experienced some
consolidation within the past few years, the OAAA estimates that there are still
approximately 1,000 companies in the outdoor advertising industry operating
approximately 396,000 billboard displays. The Company expects the trend of
consolidation in the outdoor advertising industry to continue.
 
     The Company's outdoor advertising strategy is to expand its market presence
and improve its operating results by (i) managing the advertising rates and
occupancy levels of its displays to maximize market revenues; (ii) attracting
new categories of advertisers to the outdoor medium through significant
investments in sales and marketing resources; (iii) increasing focus on local
advertising sales; (iv) constructing new displays and upgrading its existing
displays; (v) taking advantage of technological advances which increase both
sales force productivity and production department efficiency; and (vi)
acquiring additional displays in its existing markets and expanding into
additional markets where the Company already has a broadcasting presence as well
as into the country's largest media markets and their surrounding regional
areas. The Company believes this operating strategy enhances its ability to
effectively respond to advertisers' needs.
 
     To support this operating strategy, the Company has decentralized its
operating structure in order to place authority, autonomy and accountability for
its outdoor advertising segment at the market level and provide local management
with the tools necessary to oversee sales, display development, administration
and production and to identify suitable acquisition candidates. The Company also
maintains a fully-staffed sales and marketing office in New York which services
national outdoor advertising accounts and supports the Company's local sales
force in each market. The Company believes that one of its strongest competitive
advantages is its unique blend of highly experienced corporate and local market
management.
 
     The Company focuses its efforts on local sales. Local advertisers tend to
have smaller advertising budgets and require greater assistance from the
Company's production and creative personnel to design and produce advertising
copy. In local sales, the Company often expends more sales efforts on educating
customers regarding the benefits of outdoor media and helping potential
customers develop an advertising strategy using outdoor advertising. While price
and availability are important competitive factors, service and customer
relationships are also critical components of local sales.
 
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     The Company operates the following types of outdoor advertising billboards
and displays:
 
     - Bulletins generally are 14 feet high by 48 feet wide (672 square feet
       wide) or 20 feet high by 60 feet wide (1,200 square feet) and consist of
       panels on which advertising copy is displayed. Bulletin advertising copy
       is either printed with computer-generated graphics on a single sheet of
       vinyl that is "wrapped" around the structure, or is hand painted and
       attached to the outdoor advertising structure. Bulletins also include
       "wallscapes" that are painted on vinyl surfaces or directly on the sides
       of buildings, typically four stories or less. Because of their greater
       impact and higher cost, bulletins are usually located on major highways
       and freeways. In addition, wallscapes are located on major freeways,
       commuter and tourist routes and in downtown business districts.
 
     - Premier Panels(TM) generally are 12 feet high by 25 feet wide (300 square
       feet) and have vinyl wrapped around the display face. Premier Panels(TM)
       are built on superior 30-sheet poster locations that deliver a
       "bulletin-like" display. The Company also offers unique Premier
       Plus(TM)panels, 25 feet high by 25 feet wide (625 square feet), that
       consist of two stacked 30-sheet posters which are converted into one
       larger individual display face.
 
     - 30-sheet posters generally are 12 feet high by 25 feet wide (300 square
       feet) and are the most common type of billboard. Advertising copy for
       30-sheet posters consists of lithographed or silk-screened paper sheets
       supplied by the advertiser that are pasted and applied like wallpaper to
       the face of the display. Thirty-sheet posters are typically concentrated
       on major surface arteries.
 
     - 8-sheet posters usually are 6 feet high by 12 feet wide (72 square feet).
       Displays are prepared and mounted in the same manner as 30-sheet posters.
       Most 8-sheet posters, because of their smaller size, are concentrated on
       city streets targeting pedestrian traffic.
 
     - Transit displays are lithographed or silk-screened paper sheets located
       on bus and commuter train exteriors, commuter rail terminals, interior
       train cars, bus shelters and subway platforms. The Company's transit
       customers include the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the
       Metropolitan Rail (METRA) in Chicago.
 
     Billboards generally are mounted on structures owned by the outdoor
advertising company and located on sites that are either owned or leased by it
or on which it has acquired a permanent easement. Bus shelters are usually
constructed, owned and maintained by the outdoor service provider under
revenue-sharing arrangements with a municipality or transit authority. During
1996, the Company invested approximately $14.2 million for new display
construction and for ongoing enhancement of its existing display inventory. Over
90% of the Company's bulletin inventory has been retrofitted for vinyl.
 
   
     The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
Company's outdoor advertising display faces as of May 8, 1997:
    
 
   
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                                                      PREMIER
                                                     PANEL(TM)
                                                        AND
                                                      PREMIER                                     TOTAL
                               MARKET                PLUS(TM)    30-SHEET   8-SHEET   TRANSIT    DISPLAY
           MARKET              RANK(1)   BULLETINS    PANELS     POSTERS    POSTERS   DISPLAYS    FACES
           ------              -------   ---------   ---------   --------   -------   --------   -------
<S>                            <C>       <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>
CALIFORNIA:
Los Angeles(2)...............     2          734          116      4,925        --      1,318     7,093
San Diego....................    15          112          125        575        --         --       812
San Francisco/Oakland(3).....     4          386          320      1,554       432      6,812     9,504
Sacramento...................    29           91           44        426        --        142       703
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                                                      PREMIER
                                                     PANEL(TM)
                                                        AND
                                                      PREMIER                                     TOTAL
                               MARKET                PLUS(TM)    30-SHEET   8-SHEET   TRANSIT    DISPLAY
           MARKET              RANK(1)   BULLETINS    PANELS     POSTERS    POSTERS   DISPLAYS    FACES
           ------              -------   ---------   ---------   --------   -------   --------   -------
<S>                            <C>       <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>
TEXAS:
Dallas/Fort Worth............     7          683           84      2,075       135         --     2,977
El Paso......................    70          284           11        545       544         --     1,384
Houston......................     9          559          647      2,215     1,860         --     5,281
San Antonio..................    34          754           --      1,374     1,332         --     3,460
MIDWEST:
Chicago......................     3          451           17      2,858        --      3,078     6,404
Cleveland(4).................    22          261            6      2,007        --         --     2,274
Milwaukee....................    28          137           30        821        --         --       988
SOUTHEAST:
Atlanta......................    12          365           26      1,132        --         --     1,523
Miami........................    11           --           --         --        --      2,088     2,088
Tampa(5).....................    21          522           45      1,471        --         --     2,038
SOUTHWEST:
Phoenix......................    20          365           --         --        --         --       365
                                           =====        =====     ======     =====     ======    ======
TOTAL........................              5,704(6)     1,471     21,978     4,303     13,438    46,894(7)
                                           =====        =====     ======     =====     ======    ======
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(1) Market rank of the largest city in each market.
 
(2) Includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura
    counties.
 
(3) Includes San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Cruz and Solano counties.
 
(4) Includes Akron and Canton.
 
(5) Includes Sarasota and Bradenton.
 
(6) Includes 21 wallscapes.
 
(7) Excludes 4,086 convenience store displays.
 
Advertising rates are based on a particular display's exposure (or number of
"impressions" delivered) in relation to the demographics of the particular
market and its location within that market. The number of "impressions"
delivered by a display is measured by the number of vehicles passing the site
during a defined period and is weighted to give effect to such factors as its
proximity to other displays, the speed and viewing angle of approaching traffic,
the national average of adults riding in vehicles and whether the display is
illuminated. The number of impressions delivered by a display is verified by
independent auditing companies.
 
     The Company has a diversified customer base in its outdoor advertising
segment of over 3,000 advertisers and advertising agency clients. The size and
geographic diversity of the Company's markets allow it to attract national
advertisers, often by packaging displays in several of its markets in a single
contract to allow a national advertiser to simplify its purchasing process and
present its message in several markets. National advertisers generally seek wide
exposure in major markets and therefore tend to make larger purchases. The
Company competes for national advertisers primarily on the basis of price,
location of displays, availability and service. In addition, the Company
believes that its outdoor advertising inventory reaches approximately 50% of the
rapidly growing U.S. Hispanic population. The Company has a significant presence
in eight of the ten largest U.S. Hispanic markets, including Los Angeles, Miami,
Chicago and San Antonio.
 
     Tobacco revenues have historically accounted for a significant portion of
outdoor advertising revenues. In 1991 and 1992, the leading tobacco companies
substantially reduced their expendi-
 
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tures for outdoor advertising due to a declining population of smokers, societal
pressures, consolidation in the tobacco industry and price competition from
generic brands. Since tobacco advertisers often utilized some of the industry's
prime inventory, the decline in tobacco-related advertising expenditures has
made space available for other advertisers, including those that had not
traditionally utilized outdoor advertising. As a result of this decline in
tobacco-related advertising revenues and the increased use of outdoor
advertising by other advertisers, such as entertainment companies, retailers,
financial institutions and other businesses, the range of the Company's
advertisers has become quite diverse. For other developments related to the
regulation of outdoor advertising, including tobacco products, see "Risk
Factors -- Government Regulation."
    
 
     The Company owns or has permanent easements on relatively few parcels of
real property that serve as the sites for its outdoor displays. The Company's
remaining approximately 18,343 billboard sites are leased. The Company's leases
are for varying terms ranging from month-to-month or year-to-year to terms of
ten years or longer, and many provide for renewal options. There is no
significant concentration of displays under any one lease or subject to
negotiation with any one landlord. The Company believes that an important part
of its management activity is to negotiate suitable lease renewals and
extensions.
 
     As of December 31, 1996, Eller Media employed approximately 973 people in
its outdoor advertising segment, of whom, approximately 192 were primarily
engaged in sales and marketing, 588 were engaged in painting, bill posting and
construction and maintenance of displays and the balance were employed in
financial, public affairs, real estate, administrative and other capacities.
 
MANAGEMENT
 
     The Company believes that one of its most important assets is its
experienced management team. With respect to its broadcasting operations,
general managers are responsible for the day-to-day operation of their
respective stations. The Company believes that the autonomy of its general
managers enables it to attract top quality managers capable of implementing the
Company's aggressive marketing strategy and reacting to competition in the local
markets. Most general managers have stock options in the Company. As an
additional incentive, a portion of each manager's compensation is related to the
performance of the profit centers for which he or she is responsible. In an
effort to monitor expenses, corporate management routinely reviews staffing
levels and operating costs. Combined with the centralized accounting functions,
this monitoring enables the Company to control expenses effectively. Corporate
management also advises local general managers on broad policy matters and is
responsible for long-range planning, allocating resources, and financial
reporting and controls.
 
   
     With respect to the Company's outdoor advertising operations, Karl Eller
will remain with the Company to run Eller Media as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Mr. Eller's existing employment contract, which has approximately two and
one-half years until expiration, will remain in place. On April 29, 1997, Karl
Eller was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company. In addition, Mr.
Eller and other members of the Eller Media management team have stock options in
the Company. Members of the Eller Media management team led by Karl Eller have
proven themselves to be leaders in the outdoor advertising industry, and their
experience will be an important asset to the Company.
    
 
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                              SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
 
   
     The table below sets forth the beneficial ownership of the Company's Common
Stock by the Selling Shareholders as of May 8, 1997, and after giving effect to
the sale of shares offered by the Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby.
    
 
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                                              SHARES                    SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                           BENEFICIALLY                   AFTER THE OFFERING (1)
                                              OWNED         SHARES      --------------------------
                                             PRIOR TO        BEING                     PERCENT OF
           SELLING SHAREHOLDER             OFFERING(1)      OFFERED     NUMBER(1)     OUTSTANDING
           -------------------             ------------    ---------    ----------    ------------
<S>                                        <C>             <C>          <C>           <C>
Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners III,
  L.P.(2)................................   5,566,114      4,951,884      614,230          *
H&F Orchard Partners III, L.P.(2)........     409,708        364,495       45,213          *
H&F International Partners III,
  L.P.(2)................................     123,458        109,834       13,624          *
H. Irving Grousbeck(3)...................     197,495        175,701       21,794          *
American Media Management, Inc.(4).......      41,713         37,110        4,603          *
Richard Reiss, Jr.(3)....................     101,920         92,440        9,480          *
K. Tucker Anderson.......................       5,842          5,197          645          *
Glen Krevlin, as Trustee f/b/o Nina
  Krevlin, Glenn Krevlin, Michael Krevlin
  and Jill Krevlin.......................       1,947          1,732          215          *
Patricia Salas Pineda(3).................         820            730           90          *
Steven G. Mihaylo........................      84,138         74,712        9,426          *
El Dorado Investment Company.............      99,925         92,375        7,550          *
                                            ---------      ---------      -------
          Total..........................   6,633,080      5,906,210      726,870
                                            =========      =========      =======
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 *  Less than 1%.
 
   
(1) Reflects an aggregate of 726,870 shares of Common Stock held in escrow
    pursuant to the Escrow Agreement by and among the Company, Paul Meyer
    ("Stockholder Representative"), EM Holdings LLC, and Chase Trust Company of
    California, dated April 10, 1997 entered into in connection with the Eller
    Acquisition.
    
 
(2) Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners III, L.P., H&F Orchard Partners III,
    L.P. and H&F International Partners III, L.P. (the "Partnerships") are each
    investment partnerships that collectively held the controlling interest in
    Eller Media prior to the Eller Media Acquisition. Certain affiliates of the
    general partner of the Partnerships served as directors and officers of
    Eller Media prior to the Eller Media Acquisition; all such affiliates ceased
    to hold such positions effective as of the consummation of the Eller Media
    Acquisition.
 
(3) Prior to the Eller Media Acquisition, individual served as a director of
    Eller Media.
 
(4) Prior to the Eller Media Acquisition, Mr. Arthur Kern, a director of
    American Media Management, Inc., served as a director of Eller Media.
 
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                        SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
GENERAL
 
   
     Upon completion of the Offering, the Company will have 88,016,587 shares of
Common Stock outstanding (assuming no exercise of the Underwriter's
overallotment option). All of the 10,000,000 shares offered hereby (plus up to
1,000,000 additional shares in the event the Underwriters exercise their
overallotment option) will be freely transferable without restriction or further
registration under the Securities Act, unless purchased by an "affiliate" of the
Company (as that term is defined under the Securities Act). Substantially all of
the 14,539,919 shares owned by L. Lowry Mays and the 11,262,936 shares owned by
B.J. McCombs are subject to certain of the resale limitations of Rule 144
because Messrs. Mays and McCombs are affiliates of the Company.
    
 
   
     In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, any person (or persons
whose shares are aggregated) who has beneficially owned restricted shares of
Common Stock for at least one year is entitled to sell, within any three-month
period, a number of such shares which does not exceed the greater of 1% of the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock (88,017,920 shares immediately after the
Offering) or the average weekly public trading volume of the Common Stock during
the four calendar weeks preceding the date on which notice of the sale is filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sales under Rule 144 are also
subject to certain manner of sale provisions, notice requirements and the
availability of current public information about the Company. Any person (or
persons whose shares are aggregated) who has not been an affiliate of the
Company at any time during the past three months preceding a sale and who has
owned shares of Common Stock for at least two years is entitled to sell such
shares under Rule 144(k) without regard to the volume limitations, manner of
sale provisions, public information or notice requirements of Rule 144.
    
 
     The Company cannot make any predictions as to the effect, if any, sales of
shares of Common Stock, or the availability of shares for future sale, will have
on the market price of the Common Stock prevailing from time to time.
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS; STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
 
   
     In connection with the consummation of the Eller Media Acquisition, the
Company granted certain former stockholders of Eller Media (the "Eller Media
Stockholders") certain demand and piggyback registration rights pursuant to a
Registration Rights Agreement. The Eller Media Stockholders were granted three
demand registrations (including the demand registration right used in
conjunction with this Offering) which shall expire on the later of April 10,
1999, or the date when certain of the Eller Media Stockholders own less than
2,285,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. After the successful completion
of this Offering, the Eller Media Stockholders will own 734,427 shares of Common
Stock, excluding options. The piggyback registration rights expire on the later
of the date when the shares of the Company's Common Stock held by the Eller
Media Stockholders have a value of less than $20 million or April 10, 2002. In
addition, the Eller Media Stockholders agreed to certain "holdback" restrictions
in the event of a public offering by the Company. The Company is also obligated
to file a registration statement on Form S-8 registering the 1,468,182 shares of
the Company's Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options issued by
the Company to former option holders of Eller Media.
    
 
   
     In connection with the consummation of the Eller Media Acquisition, the
Company and Eller Media also entered into a Stockholders Agreement with the
holders of approximately 7% of Eller Media's outstanding common stock (the
"Minority Stockholders"). Pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, until April
10, 2002, the Minority Stockholders shall have the right to require the Company
to purchase their outstanding shares of Eller Media common stock for an
aggregate of 1,081,469 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Such right may be
exercised in whole or in part on no more than three occasions. From and after
April 10, 2004, and prior to such date upon the occurrence of certain events,
until April 10, 2007, the Company shall have the right to purchase all
    
 
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of Minority Stockholders' shares of Eller Media common stock for an aggregate of
1,081,469 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Such shares, unless issued
pursuant to an effective registration statement, shall be considered
"restricted" securities and will be subject to certain transfer restriction. See
"-- General."
 
                          DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
   
     The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 2,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, $1.00 par value per share ("Preferred Stock"), and 150,000,000
shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value per share, of which no shares of
Preferred Stock and 83,924,130 shares of Common Stock were issued and
outstanding at May 8, 1997, excluding 36,940 held in treasury.
    
 
PREFERRED STOCK
 
     The Board of Directors has the authority to issue up to 2,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, in one or more series, and to fix the rights, preferences,
privileges and qualifications thereof without any further vote or action by the
shareholders. The issuance of Preferred Stock could decrease the amount of
earnings and assets available for distribution to holders of Common Stock, and
adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of such holders
and may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control
of the Company. No shares of Preferred Stock have ever been issued, and the
Company does not presently contemplate the issuance of Preferred Stock.
 
COMMON STOCK
 
     Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters
submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Company and to ratably receive
dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of
Directors from funds legally available therefor, subject to the payment of any
preferential dividends declared with respect to any Preferred Stock that from
time to time may be outstanding. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company, holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in any assets
available for distribution to shareholders after payment of all obligations of
the Company, subject to the rights to receive preferential distributions of the
holders of any Preferred Stock then outstanding.
 
     Shareholders do not have cumulative voting rights or preemptive or other
rights to acquire or subscribe to additional, unissued or treasury shares. The
shares of Common Stock currently outstanding are, and the shares of Common Stock
offered hereby will be, upon issuance thereof, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
     In May 1977, the Company and its then shareholders, including L. Lowry Mays
and B.J. McCombs, entered into a Buy-Sell Agreement (the "Repurchase Agreement")
restricting the disposition of the outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by
L. Lowry Mays and B.J. McCombs and their heirs, legal representatives,
successors and assigns (collectively, the "Restricted Parties"). The Repurchase
Agreement provides that in the event that a Restricted Party desires to dispose
of his shares, other than by disposition by will or intestacy or through gifts
to such Restricted Party's spouse or children, such shares must be offered for a
period of 30 days to the Company. Any shares not purchased by the Company must
then be offered for a period of 30 days to the other Restricted Parties. If all
of the offered shares are not purchased by the Company or the other Restricted
Parties, the Restricted Party offering his shares may sell them to a third party
during a period of 90 days thereafter at a price and on terms not more favorable
than those offered to the Company and the other Restricted Parties. In addition,
a Restricted Party may not individually or in concert with others sell any
shares so as to deliver voting control to a third party without providing in any
such sale that all Restricted Parties will be offered the same price and terms
for their shares. The Repurchase
 
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<PAGE>   35
 
Agreement will continue in effect following the Offering and may preserve the
control of the present principal shareholders.
 
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
 
     As a consequence of the restrictions imposed by the Communications Act on
ownership of Common Stock by aliens, the Company's bylaws were amended effective
December 31, 1983 to provide that (i) not more than one-fifth of the shares
outstanding shall at any time be owned of record, or voted, by or for the
account of aliens, their representatives, a foreign government or a corporation
organized under the laws of a foreign country, (ii) the Company shall not be
owned or controlled directly or indirectly by any other corporation of which any
officer or more than one-fourth of the directors are aliens or of which more
than one-fourth of the shares are owned of record or voted by aliens, (iii) no
person who is an alien may be elected or serve as an officer or director of the
Company, and (iv) if the stock records of the Company shall at any time reflect
one-fifth ownership, no transfers of additional shares to aliens shall be made
and, if it shall thereafter be found that any such additional shares are in fact
held by or for the account of an alien, such shares shall not be entitled to
vote, to receive dividends or to have any other rights. The holder of such
shares will be required to transfer them to a United States citizen or to the
Company. This restriction will be applicable to the shares of Common Stock
offered hereby and to the issuance or transfer of such shares after the date of
this Prospectus. The Company's stock certificates will bear a legend setting
forth this restriction. Since the bylaws were amended, the Communications Act
has been revised to remove the limitations on alien officers and directors.
 
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<PAGE>   36
 
                                  UNDERWRITING
 
     Subject to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, the
Underwriters named below (the "Underwriters") have severally agreed to purchase
from the Company and the Selling Shareholders the following respective number of
shares of Common Stock at the public offering price less the underwriting
discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                NUMBER OF
                        UNDERWRITER                               SHARES
                        -----------                             ----------
<S>                                                             <C>
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated.............................
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation......................
Furman Selz LLC.............................................
Goldman, Sachs & Co. .......................................
Lehman Brothers Inc. .......................................
Montgomery Securities.......................................
Salomon Brothers Inc........................................
                                                                ----------
          Total.............................................    10,000,000
                                                                ==========
</TABLE>
    
 
     The Underwriting Agreement provides that the obligations of the
Underwriters are subject to certain conditions precedent and that the
Underwriters will purchase all shares of Common Stock offered hereby if any of
such shares are purchased.
 
     The Company and the Selling Shareholders have been advised by the
Underwriters that the Underwriters propose to offer the shares of Common Stock
to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this
Prospectus, and to certain dealers at such price less a concession not in excess
of $          per share. The Underwriters may allow, and such dealers may
reallow, a concession not in excess of $          per share to certain other
dealers. After the Offering, the offering price and other selling terms may be
changed by the Underwriters.
 
   
     The Company has granted to the Underwriters an option, exercisable not
later than 30 days after the date of this Prospectus, to purchase up to
1,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock at the public offering price less
the underwriting discounts and commission set forth on the cover page of this
Prospectus. To the extent that the Underwriters exercise such option, each of
the Underwriters will have a firm commitment to purchase approximately the same
percentage thereof that the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased by
it shown in the above table bears to 10,000,000, and the Company will be
obligated, pursuant to the option, to sell such shares to the Underwriters. The
Underwriters may exercise such option only to cover over-allotments made in
connection with the sale of Common Stock offered hereby. If purchased, the
Underwriters will offer such additional shares on the same terms as those in
which the 10,000,000 shares are being offered.
    
 
     The Underwriting Agreement contains covenants of indemnity and contribution
among the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters with respect to
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
 
     To facilitate the offering of the Common Stock, the Underwriters may engage
in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of
the Common Stock. Specifically, the Underwriters may over-allot shares of the
Common Stock in connection with the offering, thereby creating a short position
in the Underwriters' account. Additionally, to cover such over-allotments or to
stabilize the market price of the Common Stock, the Underwriters may bid for,
and purchase, shares of the Common Stock at a level above that which might
otherwise prevail in the open market. The Underwriters are not required to
engage in these activities, and, if commenced, any such activities may be
discontinued at any time. The Underwriters also may reclaim selling concessions
allowed to an Underwriter or dealer, if the Underwriters repurchase shares
distributed by that Underwriter or dealer.
 
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<PAGE>   37
 
     The Company, Messrs. L. Lowry Mays and B.J. McCombs and the Selling
Shareholders have agreed that they will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell
or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any securities
convertible into, or exchangeable for, or any rights to purchase or acquire,
equity securities of the Company (other than employee stock options granted by
the Company in the ordinary course of business) for a period of 90 days after
the date of this Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Alex. Brown &
Sons Incorporated.
 
                                 LEGAL OPINIONS
 
     Certain legal matters in connection with the shares of Common Stock offered
hereby will be passed upon for the Company by its special counsel, Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. (a partnership including professional
corporations), San Antonio, Texas, and for the Underwriters by their special
counsel, Piper & Marbury L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland. Alan D. Feld, the sole
shareholder of a professional corporation which is a partner of Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., is a director of the Company and owns 48,000
shares of Common Stock (including presently exercisable nonqualified options to
acquire 40,000 shares).
 
                                    EXPERTS
 
     The consolidated financial statements (and schedules) of the Company
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended December 31, 1996, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP,
independent auditors, as set forth in their reports thereon included or
incorporated by reference therein and incorporated herein by reference which, as
to the years 1995 and 1996, are based in part on the report of KPMG, independent
auditors. The financial statements and schedules referred to above are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given upon the
authority of such firms as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
     The consolidated financial statements of Australian Radio Network Pty Ltd
not separately presented in the Company's Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 31, 1996, have been audited by KPMG, independent auditors, as set
forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by
reference. Such report referred to above is incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
     The consolidated financial statements of Eller Media Corporation as of
December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for the year ended December 31, 1996 and for the
period from August 18, 1995 through December 31, 1995, together with the
consolidated financial statements of PMG Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries and the
combined financial statements of Eller Investment Company, Inc. for the period
from January 1, 1995 to August 17, 1995, incorporated by reference in this
prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement are included in the
Company's current report on Form 8-K, filed on April 17, 1997, have been audited
by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their
report with respect thereto, and are incorporated by reference herein in
reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing
in giving said reports.
 
   
     The combined financial statements of Eller Investment Company, Inc. as of
and for the period ended December 31, 1994, incorporated by reference in this
prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement are included in the
Company's current report on form 8-K, filed April 17, 1997, have been audited by
Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their
report with respect thereto and are incorporated by reference herein in reliance
upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving
said reports.
    
 
     The consolidated financial statements of PMG Holdings, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and for the year then ended included in the
Company's Current Report (Form 8-K) dated April 17, 1997, incorporated by
reference herein have been so included in reliance on the
 
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<PAGE>   38
 
report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent accountants, and upon the authority
of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
 
     The consolidated financial statements of US Radio, Inc. for the years ended
December 31, 1995 and 1994, included in the Company's Current Report (Form 8-K)
dated May 24, 1996, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent
auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated
herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated
herein by reference in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of
such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
     The combined financial statements of Ragan Henry Communications Group,
L.P., US Radio, L.P. and US Radio Stations, L.P. for the year ended December 31,
1994, included in the Company's Current Report (Form 8-K) dated May 24, 1996
have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in
their report thereon incorporated herein by reference. Such combined financial
statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report
given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
     The consolidated financial statements of Radio Equity Partners, L.P. and
its subsidiary as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and for the years then ended
have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the report of KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants, appearing in the
Form 8-K of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. dated June 5, 1996, and upon the
authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION
 
     The Company is subject to the information requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance
therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Reports, proxy and
information statements filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the
information requirements of the Exchange Act may be inspected and copied at the
public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549; and at the following Regional Offices of the
Commission: New York Regional Office, Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New
York, New York 10048; Los Angeles Regional Office, Suite 1100, 5670 Wilshire
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036; and Chicago Regional Office, 500 W.
Madison Street, 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such material may
be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. The Commission also
maintains a site on the World Wide Web at http://www.sec.gov that contains
reports, proxies and information statements and other information regarding
registrants (including the Company) that file electronically. In addition,
reports, proxy statements and other information concerning the Company can be
inspected and copied at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), 20
Broad Street, New York, New York 10005, on which the Common Stock of the Company
(symbol: "CCU") is listed.
 
     This Prospectus, which constitutes a part of a Registration Statement filed
by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Act, omits certain
information contained in the Registration Statement, and reference is hereby
made to the Registration Statement and to the exhibits thereto for further
information with respect to the Company and the Common Stock offered hereby.
Statements contained herein concerning provisions of any document are not
necessarily complete, and each statement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the copy of such document filed with the Commission.
 
                                       37
<PAGE>   39
 
                INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
 
     The following documents, heretofore filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are hereby incorporated by reference
into this Prospectus and made a part hereof:
 
          1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1996, dated March 31, 1997.
 
          2. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17, 1997.
 
          3. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 1996.
 
          4. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 5, 1996.
 
     Any documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the
termination of the Offering of the Common Stock offered hereby shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
 
     Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus. To the extent that any
proxy statement is incorporated by reference herein, such incorporation shall
not include any information contained in such proxy statement which is not,
pursuant to the Commission's rules, deemed to be "filed" with the Commission or
subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act.
 
     The Company will provide without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered, upon the
written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any document described
above (other than exhibits, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference). Requests for such copies should be directed to Houston Lane,
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600, San Antonio,
Texas 78216 (telephone: (210) 822-2828).
 
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<PAGE>   40
 
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     NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED IN CONNECTION WITH OFFERING MADE HEREBY TO
GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE
RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY UNDERWRITER. THIS
PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER
TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY TO ANY PERSON OR BY ANYONE IN ANY
JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION. NEITHER
THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS
CORRECT AS OF ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE HEREOF.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
   
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<CAPTION>
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                                              ----
<S>                                           <C>
Prospectus Summary..........................    3
Risk Factors................................   10
Capitalization..............................   16
Dividend Policy.............................   16
Use of Proceeds.............................   17
Price Range of Common Stock.................   17
Selected Financial Information..............   18
Business....................................   20
Selling Shareholders........................   31
Shares Eligible for Future Sale.............   32
Description of Capital Stock................   33
Underwriting................................   35
Legal Opinions..............................   36
Experts.....................................   36
Available Information.......................   37
Incorporation of Certain Documents by
  Reference.................................   38
</TABLE>
    
 
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                               10,000,000 SHARES
 
                              [CLEAR CHANNEL LOGO]
 
                      [CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.]
 
                                  COMMON STOCK
                            -----------------------
 
                                   PROSPECTUS
                            -----------------------
                               ALEX. BROWN & SONS
      INCORPORATED
 
                           CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
 
                                  FURMAN SELZ
 
                              GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
 
                                LEHMAN BROTHERS
 
                             MONTGOMERY SECURITIES
 
                              SALOMON BROTHERS INC
 
                                                                          , 1997
          ============================================================
<PAGE>   41
 
                                    PART II
 
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
 
     The estimated expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions)
in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Common Stock registered
hereby are as follows:
 
   
<TABLE>
<S>                                       <C>
SEC registration fee....................  $160,530
NASD filing fee.........................    30,500
Legal fees and expenses.................    50,000*
Accounting fees and expenses............   100,000*
Printing and engraving expenses.........    85,000*
Miscellaneous...........................    73,970*
                                          --------
          Total.........................  $500,000*
</TABLE>
    
 
- ---------------
 
* Estimated.
 
     The foregoing expenses will be paid by the registrant.
 
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
 
     Article 2.02-1 of the Texas Business Corporation Act provides for
indemnification of directors and officers in certain circumstances. In addition,
the Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Law provides that a corporation may amend
its Articles of Incorporation to provide that no director shall be liable to the
registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for an act or omission in
the director's capacity as a director, provided that the liability of a director
is not eliminated or limited (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the registrant or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law,
(iii) any transaction from which such director derived an improper personal
benefit, or (iv) an act or omission for which the liability of a director is
expressly provided by an applicable statute. The registrant has amended its
Articles of Incorporation and added Article Eleven adopting such limitations on
a director's liability. The registrant's Articles of Incorporation also provide
in Article Nine, for indemnification of directors or officers in connection with
the defense or settlement of suits brought against them in their capacities as
directors or officers of the Company, except in respect of liabilities arising
from gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties.
 
     Article IX(8) of the registrant's bylaws provides for indemnification of
any person made a party to a proceeding by reason of such person's status as a
director, officer, employee, partner or trustee of the Company, except in
respect of liabilities arising from negligence or misconduct in the performance
of their duties.
 
     The Underwriting Agreement provides for indemnification by the Underwriters
of the registrant, its directors and officers, and by the registrant of the
Underwriters, for certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the
Securities Act.
 
     An insurance policy obtained by the registrant provides for indemnification
of officers and directors of the registrant and certain other persons against
liabilities and expenses incurred by any of them in certain stated proceedings
and under certain stated conditions.
 
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
 
EXHIBITS.
 
   
<TABLE>
<S>                      <S>
        1                -- Form of Underwriting Agreement.
        2.1              -- Stock Purchase Agreement By and Among Clear Channel
                            Communications, Inc., Eller Media Corporation and the
                            Stockholders of Eller Media Corporation, dated February
                            25, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of
                            the Company's Form 10-K dated March 31, 1997).
        2.2              -- Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement by and among Clear
                            Channel Communications, Inc., Eller Media Corporation and
                            the Stockholders of Eller Media Corporation, dated April
                            10, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of
                            the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17,
                            1997.)
        2.3              -- Registration Rights Agreement by and between Clear
                            Channel Communications, Inc., and the Stockholders of
                            Eller Media Corporation, dated April 10, 1997.
                            (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of the
                            Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17,
                            1997.)
        2.4              -- Stockholders Agreement by and between Clear Channel
                            Communications, Inc., and EM Holdings LLC, dated April
                            10, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of
                            the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17,
                            1997.)
        2.5              -- Escrow Agreement By and Among Eller Media Corporation,
                            Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and EM Holdings LLC,
                            and Chase Trust Company of California, Dated April 10,
                            1997. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of the
                            Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17,
                            1997.)
        4.1              -- Buy-Sell Agreement by and between Clear Channel
                            Communications, Inc., L. Lowry Mays, B. J. McCombs, John
                            M. Schaefer and John W. Barger, dated May 31, 1977.
                            (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of the
                            Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No.
                            289161) dated April 19, 1984.)
        4.2              -- Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among
                            Clear Channel Communications, Inc., NationsBank of Texas,
                            N.A., as administrative lender, the First National Bank
                            of Boston, as documentation agent, the Bank of Montreal
                            and Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as co-syndication
                            agents, and certain other lenders dated April 10, 1997.
        5                -- Opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
       23.1              -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
       23.2              -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
       23.3              -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
       23.4              -- Consent of KPMG.
       23.5              -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
       23.6              -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
       23.7              -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
       23.8              -- Consent of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
                            (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
</TABLE>
    
 
   
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
    
 
     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
         determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
         of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
 
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<PAGE>   43
 
         where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
         report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
         1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
         shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
         securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
         time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
     (b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
         Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
         persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
         otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
         Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
         public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
         In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
         (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
         by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the
         successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by
         such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the
         securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
         of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
         submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
         indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act
         and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
     (c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:
 
        (1) For the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
            Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus
            filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule
            430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant
            pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act
            shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the
            time it was declared effective.
 
        (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
            Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of
            prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
            relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
            new securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
            fide offering thereof.
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
   
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Antonio, State of Texas, on May 9,
1997.
    
 
                                            CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 
                                            By:       /s/ L. LOWRY MAYS
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              L. Lowry Mays
                                              Chief Executive Officer
 
   
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
No. 1 to this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                        NAME                                          TITLE                    DATE
                        ----                                          -----                    ----
<C>                                                      <S>                                <C>
                  /s/ L. LOWRY MAYS                      Chief Executive Officer and        May 9, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------      Director
                    L. Lowry Mays
 
                 /s/ RANDALL T. MAYS                     Senior Vice President/Chief        May 9, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------      Financial Officer (Principal
                   Randall T. Mays                         Financial Officer)
 
              /s/ HERBERT W. HILL, JR.                   Senior Vice President/Chief        May 9, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------      Accounting Officer (Principal
                Herbert W. Hill, Jr.                       Accounting Officer)
 
                  /s/ ALAN D. FELD*                      Director                           May 9, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                    Alan D. Feld
 
                  /s/ B.J. MCCOMBS*                      Director                           May 9, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                    B.J. McCombs
 
              /s/ THEODORE H. STRAUSS*                   Director                           May 9, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                 Theodore H. Strauss
 
                /s/ JOHN H. WILLIAMS*                    Director                           May 9, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                  John H. Williams
 
                                                         Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
                     Karl Eller
 
 * By L. Lowry Mays, attorney-in-fact pursuant to a
          Power of Attorney previously filed.
</TABLE>
    
<PAGE>   45
 
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
        EXHIBIT
          NO.                                    DESCRIPTION
        -------                                  -----------
<C>                      <S>
        1                -- Form of Underwriting Agreement.
        2.1              -- Stock Purchase Agreement By and Among Clear Channel
                            Communications, Inc., Eller Media Corporation and the
                            Stockholders of Eller Media Corporation, dated February
                            25, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of
                            the Company's Form 10-K dated March 31, 1997).
        2.2              -- Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement by and among Clear
                            Channel Communications, Inc., Eller Media Corporation and
                            the Stockholders of Eller Media Corporation, dated April
                            10, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of
                            the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17,
                            1997.)
        2.3              -- Registration Rights Agreement by and between Clear
                            Channel Communications, Inc., and the Stockholders of
                            Eller Media Corporation, dated April 10, 1997.
                            (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of the
                            Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17,
                            1997.)
        2.4              -- Stockholders Agreement by and between Clear Channel
                            Communications, Inc., and EM Holdings LLC, dated April
                            10, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of
                            the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17,
                            1997.)
        2.5              -- Escrow Agreement By and Among Eller Media Corporation,
                            Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and EM Holdings LLC,
                            and Chase Trust Company of California, Dated April 10,
                            1997. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of the
                            Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17,
                            1997.)
        4.1              -- Buy-Sell Agreement by and between Clear Channel
                            Communications, Inc., L. Lowry Mays, B. J. McCombs, John
                            M. Schaefer and John W. Barger, dated May 31, 1977.
                            (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of the
                            Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No.
                            289161) dated April 19, 1984.)
        4.2              -- Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among
                            Clear Channel Communications, Inc., NationsBank of Texas,
                            N.A., as administrative lender, the First National Bank
                            of Boston, as documentation agent, the Bank of Montreal
                            and Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as co-syndication
                            agents, and certain other lenders dated April 10, 1997.
        5                -- Opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
       23.1              -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
       23.2              -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
       23.3              -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
       23.4              -- Consent of KPMG.
       23.5              -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
       23.6              -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
       23.7              -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
       23.8              -- Consent of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
                            (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
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                               10,000,000 SHARES

                       CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                  COMMON STOCK

                                _______________

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
                                _______________

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                               10,000,000 SHARES

                       CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                  COMMON STOCK

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

                                                                ________ _, 1997

ALEX. BROWN & SONS INCORPORATED
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
FURMAN SELZ LLC
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
MONTGOMERY SECURITIES
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
c/o Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated
One South Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"),
and the selling shareholders listed on Schedule I hereto (the "Selling
Shareholders"), propose to sell to the several underwriters (the
"Underwriters") named in Schedule II hereto 10,000,000 shares of the Company's
Common Stock, $.10 par value (the "Firm Shares"), of which 4,093,790 shares are
to be sold by the Company (the "Company Shares") and 5,906,210 of which are to
be sold by the Selling Shareholders (the "Selling Shareholder Shares"). The
respective amounts of the Firm Shares to be so purchased by the several
Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto. The
Company also proposes to sell at the Underwriters' option an aggregate of up to
[1,000,000] additional shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Option
Shares") as set forth below. The Selling Shareholders have executed Custody
Agreements (the "Custody Agreement") and certain of them have executed Powers
of Attorney, the forms of which have been previously delivered to you, pursuant
to which the Selling Shareholders have placed their respective Selling
Shareholder Shares in custody with the Company and agreed to take certain other
actions with respect thereto and hereto.

     As the Underwriters, you have advised the Company and the Selling
Shareholders (a) that you are authorized to enter into this Agreement, and (b)
that the Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not jointly, to
purchase the numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names
in Schedule II, plus their pro rata portion of the Option Shares if you elect
to exercise the over-allotment option in whole or in part. The Firm Shares and
the Option Shares (to the extent the aforementioned option is exercised) are
herein collectively called the "Shares."

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     In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the
interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

     1. Representations and Warranties of the Company.

     The Company represents and warrants as follows:

       (a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-25457) with
  respect to the Shares has been carefully prepared by the Company in
  conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Act") and the Rules and Regulations (the
  "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  "Commission") thereunder and has been filed with the Commission under the
  Act. The Company has complied with the conditions for the use of Form S-3.
  Copies of such registration statement, including any amendments thereto, the
  preliminary prospectuses (meeting the requirements of Rule 430A of the Rules
  and Regulations) contained therein and the exhibits, financial statements and
  schedules, as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been delivered by
  the Company to you. Such registration statement, together with any
  registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the
  Act, herein referred to as the "Registration Statement," which shall be
  deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule
  430A and contained in the Prospectus referred to below, has been declared
  effective by the Commission under the Act and no post-effective amendment to
  the Registration Statement has been filed as of the date of this Agreement.
  "Prospectus" means (i) the form of prospectus first filed by the Company with
  the Commission pursuant to its Rule 424(b) or (ii) the last preliminary
  prospectus included in the Registration Statement filed prior to the time it
  becomes effective or filed pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Act that is
  delivered by the Company to the Underwriters for delivery to purchasers of
  the Shares, together with any term sheet or abbreviated term sheet filed with
  the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7) under the Act. Each preliminary
  prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to the time it
  becomes effective is herein referred to as a "Preliminary Prospectus." Except
  as specifically set forth herein, (i) any reference herein to any Preliminary
  Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
  documents incorporated by reference therein, as of the date of such
  Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, and (ii) in the
  case of any reference herein to any Prospectus, also shall be deemed to
  include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and any supplements
  or amendments thereto, filed with the Commission after the date of filing of
  the Prospectus under Rules 424(b) and 430A, and prior to the termination of
  the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.

       (b) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
  corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with
  corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business
  as described in the Registration Statement; each of the subsidiaries of the
  Company as listed on Schedule III hereto (collectively, the "Subsidiaries")
  has been duly organized and, is validly existing as a corporation in good
  standing under the

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  laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and
  authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as
  described in the Registration Statement; the Company and each of the
  Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in
  which the conduct of their business requires such qualification and a failure
  to qualify would have a materially adverse effect upon the business or
  financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
  except as set forth on Schedule III hereto, the outstanding shares of capital
  stock of each of the Subsidiaries owned by the Company or a Subsidiary have
  been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and
  are owned by the Company or another subsidiary free and clear of all liens,
  encumbrances and security interests and no options, warrants or other rights
  to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to
  convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests
  in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.

       (c) The authorized shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly
  authorized. The outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been
  duly authorized and are validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable; the
  Shares to be issued and sold by the Company have been duly authorized and
  when issued and paid for as contemplated herein will be validly issued,
  fully-paid and non-assessable; and no preemptive rights of stockholders exist
  with respect to any of the Shares or the issue and sale thereof. Neither the
  filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Shares
  as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those
  which have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of
  any shares of Common Stock.

       (d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
  the Company and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
  enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

       (e) The information set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the
  Prospectus is true and correct. The Shares conform in all material respects
  with the statements concerning them in the Registration Statement.

       (f) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the
  use of any Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Shares nor
  instituted proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement contains
  and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will contain all
  statements which are required to be stated therein by, and in all material
  respects conform or will conform, as the case may be, to the requirements of,
  the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents incorporated by
  reference in the Prospectus, at the time they were filed with the Commission
  conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 or the Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations
  of the Commission thereunder. Neither the Registration Statement nor any
  amendment thereto, and neither the Prospectus nor any supplement thereto,
  including any documents incorporated by reference therein, contains or will
  contain, as the case may be, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits
  or will omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
  necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of

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  the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
  however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to
  information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the
  Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, or any documents
  incorporated by reference therein, in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
  written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any
  Underwriter, specifically for use in the preparation thereof.

       (g) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and the
  Subsidiaries, together with related notes and schedules incorporated by
  reference in the Registration Statement, present fairly the financial
  position and the results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries
  consolidated, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such
  financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
  principles of accounting, consistently applied throughout the periods
  involved, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results
  for such periods have been made. The selected and summary financial and
  statistical data included in the Registration Statement present fairly the
  information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with
  the financial statements incorporated by reference therein and the books and
  records of the Company. The pro forma financial information included in the
  Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information
  shown therein, have been properly compiled on the pro forma bases described
  therein, and, in the opinion of the Company, the assumptions used in the
  preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are
  appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to
  therein.

       (h) Except for those license renewal applications of the Company or its
  Subsidiaries currently pending before the Federal Communications Commission
  (the "FCC"), a description of which is set forth on Schedule III hereto or as
  set forth in the Registration Statement, there is no action or proceeding
  pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company
  or any of the Subsidiaries before any court or administrative agency which
  could reasonably be likely to result in any material adverse change in the
  earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations,
  condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and of the Subsidiaries
  (taken as a whole).

       (i) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to
  all of the properties and assets reflected in the financial statements
  hereinabove described (or as described in the Registration Statement) subject
  to no material lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind,
  except those reflected in such financial statements or as described in the
  Registration Statement or set forth on Schedule III. The Company and the
  Subsidiaries occupy their leased properties under valid leases with such
  exceptions as are not material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a
  whole and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be
  made of such properties by the Company and the Subsidiaries.

       (j) The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, State and
  foreign income tax returns which have been required to be filed and have paid
  all taxes indicated by said returns

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  and all assessments received by them or any of them to the extent that such
  taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith. The Company
  has no knowledge of any tax deficiency that has been or might be asserted
  against the Company.

       (k) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
  Registration Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented, there has not
  been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective
  material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management,
  properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or
  business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole),
  whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, other than
  general economic and industry conditions changes in the ordinary course of
  business and changes or transactions described or contemplated in the
  Registration Statement and there has not been any material transaction
  entered into by the Company or the Subsidiaries, other than transactions in
  the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions contemplated by
  the Registration Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented. None of the
  Company or the Subsidiaries have any material contingent obligations which
  are not disclosed in the Registration Statement, as it may be amended or
  supplemented.

       (l) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is or with the
  giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will be in default under its
  Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or any agreement, lease, contract,
  indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by
  which it, or any of its properties, is bound and which default is of material
  significance in respect of the business or financial condition of the Company
  and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole). The execution and delivery of this
  Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and
  the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with or result in a
  breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
  any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or
  instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, or of the
  Articles of Incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any order, rule or
  regulation applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, or of any court or of
  any regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body
  having jurisdiction, except in all cases a conflict, breach or default which
  would not have a materially adverse effect on the business or financial
  condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).

       (m) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation,
  declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other
  governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by
  the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
  contemplated (except such additional steps as may be required by the National
  Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or the New York Stock
  Exchange ("NYSE") or may be necessary to qualify the Shares for public
  offering by the Underwriters under State securities or Blue Sky laws) has
  been obtained or made and is in full force and effect.


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       (n) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries hold all material licenses,
  certificates and permits from governmental authorities, including without
  limitation, the FCC, which are necessary to the conduct of their businesses;
  and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of
  any infringement of any material patents, patent rights, trade names,
  trademarks or copyrights, which infringement is material to the business of
  the Company and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).

       (o) Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG and KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, each of whom have
  certified certain of the financial statements incorporated by reference in
  the Registration Statement and Prospectus, are to the knowledge of the
  Company independent public accountants as required by the Act and the Rules
  and Regulations.

       (p) To the Company's knowledge, there are no affiliations or
  associations between any member of the NASD and any of the Company's
  officers, directors or 5% or greater security holders except as otherwise
  disclosed in writing to Alex. Brown :& Sons Incorporated.

       (q) Neither the Company, nor to the Company's knowledge, any of the
  Subsidiaries, has taken or may take, directly or indirectly, any action
  designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might
  reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of
  the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of
  the Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in
  passive market making transactions in the Shares on The NYSE in accordance
  (and in compliance) with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

       (r) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an "investment company"
  within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
  the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

       (s) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
  sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
  executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization;
  (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
  financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
  principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets
  is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
  authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared
  with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
  with respect to any differences.

       (t) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by,
  insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the
  conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective
  properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar industries.

       (u) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all
  presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
  Act of 1974, as amended, including

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  the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no
  "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any
  liability has occurred and is continuing; the Company has not incurred and
  does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect
  to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (ii) Sections
  412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the
  regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the "Code"); and each
  "pension plan" for which the Company would have any liability that is
  intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so
  qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by
  action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such
  qualification.

       (v) The Company confirms as of the date hereof that it is in compliance
  with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida, Chapter 92-198, An Act
  Relating to Disclosure of doing Business with Cuba, and the Company further
  agrees that if it commences engaging in business with the government of Cuba
  or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba after the date the
  Registration Statement becomes or has become effective with the Commission or
  with the Florida Department of Banking and Finance (the "Department"),
  whichever date is later, or if the information reported or incorporated by
  reference in the Prospectus, if any, concerning the Company's business with
  Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any material
  way, the Company will provide the Department notice of such business or
  change, as appropriate, in a form acceptable to the Department.

       (w) The information set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
  "Prospectus Summary-Recent Developments" is true and correct in all material
  respects.

     2. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders. Each
Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to the Underwriters that:

       (a) Such Selling Shareholder has and at the Closing Date will have good
  and marketable title to the Selling Shareholder Shares being sold by such
  Selling Shareholder hereunder, free and clear of any outstanding liens,
  encumbrances, security interests, rights, subscriptions, warrants, calls,
  preemptive rights, options or other agreements of any kind, and full right,
  power and authority to effect the sale and delivery of such Shares; and upon
  the delivery of and payment for the Selling Shareholder Shares pursuant to
  this Agreement, good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any
  liens, encumbrances, security interests, rights, subscriptions, warrants,
  calls, preemptive rights, options or other agreements of any kind, will be
  transferred to the several Underwriters.

       (b) Such Selling Shareholder has full right, power and authority to
  execute and deliver this Agreement and the Custody Agreement referred to
  below and to perform its obligations under such Agreements. The execution and
  delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by such Selling Shareholder
  of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment by such Selling
  Shareholder of the terms hereof will not require any consent, approval,
  authorization, or other order of any court, regulatory body, administrative
  agency or other governmental

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  body (except as may be required under the Act, state securities laws or Blue
  Sky Laws). The consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the
  fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with or result in a breach
  of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
  indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument
  to which such Selling Shareholder is a party, or any order, rule or
  regulation applicable to such Selling Shareholder of any court or of any
  regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having
  jurisdiction.

       (c) Such Selling Shareholder has not taken and will not take, directly
  or indirectly, any action designed to or which has constituted or which might
  reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act, or
  otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Company's
  Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

       (d) Such Selling Shareholder has executed and delivered this Agreement
  and the Custody Agreement, and in connection herewith, such Selling
  Shareholder further represents, warrants and agrees that such Selling
  Shareholder has deposited with The Bank of New York, pursuant to the Custody
  Agreement, the certificates in negotiable form representing such Selling
  Shareholder Shares for the purpose of further delivery pursuant to this
  Agreement; and the form of the Custody Agreement has been previously
  delivered to you.

       (e) Without having undertaken to determine independently the accuracy or
  completeness of either the representations and warranties of the Company
  contained herein or the information contained in the Registration Statement
  and documents incorporated therein by reference, such Selling Shareholder is
  familiar with the Registration Statement and has no knowledge of any material
  fact, condition or information not disclosed in the Registration Statement or
  the documents incorporated therein by reference which has adversely affected
  or may adversely affect the business of the Company which was previously
  operated by Eller Media Company; and the sale of such Selling Shareholder's
  Shares by the Selling Shareholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by any
  information concerning the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which is not
  set forth in the Registration Statement or the documents incorporated therein
  by reference.

       (f) On the Closing Date, all transfer and other taxes (other than income
  taxes) that are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer
  of the Selling Shareholder Shares to the Underwriters will have been paid by
  the Selling Shareholder.

     3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.

       (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein
  contained, and subject to the conditions herein set forth, (i) the Company
  agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Company Shares, and each Underwriter
  agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at a price of $______ per
  share, the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of each
  Underwriter in Schedule II hereof, subject to adjustments in accordance with
  Section 10 hereof and (ii) each Selling Shareholder agrees to sell to the
  Underwriters the number of shares set forth opposite the name of such Selling
  Shareholder in Schedule I hereof, subject to

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  adjustments in accordance with Section 10 hereof. The number of Firm Shares
  to be purchased by each Underwriter from the Company and each Selling
  Shareholder shall be as nearly as practical in the same proportion to the
  total number of Firm Shares being sold by the Company and the Selling
  Shareholders as the number of Firm Shares being purchased by each Underwriter
  bears to the total number of Firm Shares to be sold hereunder. The
  obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall be several and
  not joint.

       (b) Certificates in negotiable form for the total number of Shares to be
  sold hereunder by the Selling Shareholders have been placed in custody with
  The Bank of New York as custodian (the "Custodian") pursuant to the Custody
  Agreements executed by the Selling Shareholders for delivery of all Selling
  Shareholder Shares. Each Selling Shareholder specifically agrees that the
  Firm Shares represented by the certificates held in custody for such Selling
  Shareholder under the Custody Agreement are subject to the interest of the
  Underwriters hereunder, and that the arrangements made by such Selling
  Shareholder for such custody are to that extent irrevocable, and that the
  obligations of such Selling Shareholder hereunder shall not be terminable by
  any act or deed of the Selling Shareholder (or by any other person, firm or
  corporation, including the Company, the Custodian or the Underwriters) or by
  operation of law or by the occurrence of any other event or events, except as
  set forth in the Custody Agreement. If any such event should occur prior to
  the delivery to the Underwriters of the Firm Shares hereunder, certificates
  for the Firm Shares shall be delivered by the Custodian in accordance with
  the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such event had not occurred.
  The Custodian is authorized to receive and acknowledge receipt of the
  proceeds of the sale of the Selling Shareholder Shares held by it against the
  delivery of such Shares.

       (c) Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold hereunder by the Company and
  the Selling Shareholders is to be made via wire transfer of immediately
  available funds or such other payment procedures agreed to by the parties.
  Such payment and delivery are to be made at the offices of Alex. Brown & Sons
  Incorporated, 1 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland, at 10:00 a.m., Baltimore
  time, on the third business day after the date of this Agreement or at such
  other time and date not later than five business days thereafter as you and
  the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as
  the "Closing Date." (As used herein, "business day" means a day on which the
  New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in New York
  are open for business and not permitted by law or executive order to be
  closed.) The certificates for the Firm Shares will be delivered in such
  denominations and in such registrations as the Underwriters request in
  writing not later than the second full business day prior to the Closing
  Date, and will be made available for inspection by the Underwriters at least
  one business day prior to the Closing Date.

       (d) In addition, on the basis of representations and warranties herein
  contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
  Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase the
  Option Shares at the price per share as set forth in the first paragraph of
  this Section 3. The option granted hereby may be exercised in whole or in
  part by giving written notice only once within 30 days after the date of this
  Agreement, by

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  you, the Underwriters, to the Company, setting forth the number of Option
  Shares as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option, the
  names and denominations in which the Option Shares are to be registered and
  the time and date at which such certificates are to be delivered. The time
  and date at which certificates for Option Shares are to be delivered shall be
  determined by the Underwriters but shall not be earlier than three nor later
  than ten full business days after the exercise of such option, nor in any
  event prior to the Closing Date (such time and date being herein referred to
  as the "Option Closing Date"). If the date of exercise of the option is three
  or more days before the Closing Date, the notice of exercise shall set the
  Closing Date as the Option Closing Date. The number of Option Shares to be
  purchased by each Underwriter shall be in the same proportion to the total
  number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Firm Shares being
  purchased by such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares,
  adjusted by you in such manner as to avoid fractional shares. The option with
  respect to the Option Shares granted hereunder may be exercised only to cover
  over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters. You, the
  Underwriters, may cancel such option at any time prior to its expiration by
  giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company. To the extent, if
  any, that the option is exercised, payment for the Option Shares shall be
  made on the Option Closing Date via wire transfer of immediately available
  funds or other payment procedures agreed to by the parties against delivery
  of certificates therefor at the offices of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, 1
  South Street, Baltimore, Maryland.

     4. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the Underwriters
are to make a public offering of the Firm Shares as soon as the Underwriters
deem it advisable to do so. The Firm Shares are to be initially offered to the
public at the public offering price set forth in the Prospectus. The
Underwriters may from time to time thereafter change the public offering price
and other selling terms. To the extent, if at all, that any Option Shares are
purchased pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Underwriters will offer them to the
public on the foregoing terms.

     It is further understood that you will act as the Underwriters in the
offering and sale of the Shares will take place in accordance with a Master
Agreement Among Underwriters entered into by you and the several other
Underwriters.

     5. Covenants of the Company and the Selling Shareholders.

       The Company (and each Selling Shareholder with respect to Paragraph (j)
  of this Section 5 only) covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters
  that:

       (a) The Company will (i) prepare and timely file with the Commission
  under Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations a Prospectus containing
  information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the
  Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations,
  (ii) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to
  the Prospectus or documents incorporated by reference therein of which the
  Underwriters shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy
  or to which the Underwriters shall have reasonably objected in writing or
  which is not in compliance with the Rules and

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  Regulations and (iii) file on a timely basis all reports and any definitive
  proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the
  Commission subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and prior to the
  termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.

       (b) The Company will advise the Underwriters promptly of any request of
  the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or for supplement
  to the Prospectus or for any additional information, or of the issuance by
  the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
  Registration Statement or the use of the Prospectus or of the institution of
  any proceedings for that purpose, and the Company will use reasonable efforts
  to prevent the issuance of any such stop order preventing or suspending the
  use of the Prospectus and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof,
  if issued.

       (c) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Underwriters,
  from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the
  Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the
  order of, the Underwriters during the period when delivery of a Prospectus is
  required under the Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as
  thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Underwriters may reasonably
  request. The Company will deliver to the Underwriters at or before the
  Closing Date, four signed copies of the Registration Statement and all
  amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver
  to the Underwriters such number of copies of the Registration Statement, but
  without exhibits, and of all amendments thereto, as the Underwriters may
  reasonably request, including documents incorporated by reference therein.

       (d) The Company will make generally available to its security holders,
  as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15
  months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings
  statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period
  of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the
  Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the
  requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and
  Regulations and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so
  made available.

       (e) The Company will, for a period of five years from the Closing Date,
  deliver to the Underwriters copies of annual reports and copies of all other
  documents, reports and information furnished by the Company to its
  stockholders or filed with any securities exchange pursuant to the
  requirements of such exchange or with the Commission pursuant to the Act or
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

       (f) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any Common
  Stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
  shares of Common Stock of the Company will be made by the Company for a
  period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly,
  by the Company otherwise than hereunder, or with the prior written consent of
  Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, except that the Company may, without such
  consent, grant options or issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
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  options granted under the Company's current stock option plans and may offer
  or issue shares of Common Stock in connection with the acquisition of stock
  or assets of another person.

       (g) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations,
  and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
  thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares
  as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in
  which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or
  dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the
  Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes
  necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the
  statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time
  the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is
  necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with
  any law, the Company promptly will either (i) prepare and file with the
  Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or
  supplement to the Prospectus or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an
  appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by
  reference in the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or
  supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so
  delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.

       (h) The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of
  issuance, the Shares on the NYSE.

       (i) The Company has caused each of L. Lowry Mays and B. J. McCombs to
  furnish to you, or or prior to the date of this agreement, a letter or
  letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, pursuant to
  which each such person has agreed not to offer, sell, sell short or otherwise
  dispose of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or other capital stock
  of the Company, or any other securities convertible, exchangeable or
  exercisable for common stock or derivative of common stock owned by such
  person or request the registration for the offer or sale of any of the
  foregoing (or as to which such person has the right to direct the disposition
  of) for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or
  indirectly, except with the prior written consent of Alex. Brown & Sons
  Incorporated ("Lockup Agreements").

       (j) Each of the Selling Shareholders agrees not to offer, sell, sell
  short or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or
  other securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for common stock or
  derivative of common stock owned by such Selling Shareholder or request the
  registration for the offer or sale of any of the foregoing (or as to which
  such person has the right to direct the disposition of) for a period of 90
  days after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, except with
  the prior written consent of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated.

       (k) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received
  by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require
  the Company or any of the

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  Subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment
  Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").

       (l) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under
  the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common
  Stock.

       (m) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
  designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably
  be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
  any securities of the Company.

     6. Costs and Expenses. The Company and the Selling Shareholders will pay
all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of the obligations of
the Company and the Selling Shareholders under this Agreement, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: accounting
fees of the Company; the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and
the Selling Shareholders; the cost of printing and delivering to, or as
requested by, the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement,
Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus, this Agreement; fees and expenses
related to Blue Sky matters; the filing fees of the Commission; and the filing
fees of the NASD. The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall not, however,
be required to pay for any of the Underwriters' expenses except that, if this
Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 8 hereof
are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 7 hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability
on the part of the Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition
of this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms hereof on its part to be
performed, unless such failure to satisfy said condition or to comply with said
terms is due to the default or omission of any Underwriter, then the Company
and the Selling Shareholders shall reimburse the several Underwriters for
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel,
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing
to market the Shares or in contemplation of performing their obligations
hereunder; but the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall not in any event
be liable to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of
anticipated profits from the sale by them of the Shares.

     7. Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters. The several obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares on the Closing Date and the
Option Shares, if any, on the Option Closing Date are subject to the accuracy,
as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, and to the
performance by the Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder and to
the following additional conditions:

       (a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto
  shall have become effective and any and all filings required by Rule 424 and
  Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations shall have been made, and any request
  of the commission for additional information (to be included in the
  Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the
  Underwriters and complied with to their reasonable satisfaction. No stop

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  order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended
  from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
  shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be
  contemplated by the Commission and no injunction, restraining order, or order
  of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall
  have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance of
  the Shares.

       (b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or the
  Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss,
  Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., counsel for the
  Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
  be, addressed to the Underwriters to the effect that:

           (i) The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good
      standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with corporate power and
      authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as
      described in the Prospectus; each of the Subsidiaries is validly existing
      as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
      its incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own its
      properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and
      the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have
      been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
      non-assessable and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, except (A)
      as reflected in the Company's financial statements, (B) as described in
      the Registration Statement, are owned by the Company or a Subsidiary or
      (C) as set forth on Schedule III hereto; and, to such counsel's
      knowledge, the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the
      Subsidiaries are owned free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and
      security interests and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
      agreements or other obligations to issue, or other rights to convert any
      obligations into any shares of capital stock or of ownership interests in
      the Subsidiaries are outstanding.

           (ii) The Company has authorized and outstanding capital stock as set
      forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectus; the
      authorized shares of its Common Stock have been duly authorized; the
      outstanding shares of its Common Stock have been duly authorized and
      validly issued and are fully-paid and non-assessable; all of the Shares
      conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the
      Shares, including the Option Shares, if any, to be sold by the Company
      pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized and will be validly
      issued, fully paid and non-assessable when issued and paid for as
      contemplated by this Agreement; and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no
      preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any of the Shares
      or the issue and sale thereof.

           (iii) Except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus, to
      the knowledge of such counsel, there are no outstanding securities of the
      Company convertible or exchangeable into or evidencing the right to
      purchase or subscribe for any shares of capital stock of the Company and
      there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, or rights of
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           capital stock or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or
      evidencing the right to purchase or subscribe for any shares of such
      stock; and except as described in the Prospectus, to the knowledge of
      such counsel, no holder of any securities of the Company or any other
      person has the right, contractual or otherwise, which has not been
      satisfied or effectively waived, to cause the Company to sell or
      otherwise issue to them, or to permit them to underwrite the sale of, any
      of the Shares or the right to have any Common Stock or other securities
      of the Company included in the Registration Statement or the right, as a
      result of the filing of the Registration Statement, to require
      registration under the Act of any shares of Common Stock or other
      securities of the Company.

           (iv) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act
      and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
      proceedings with respect thereto have been instituted or are pending or
      threatened under the Act.

           (v) The Registration Statement, all Preliminary Prospectuses, the
      Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto and documents
      incorporated by reference therein (each as amended to date) comply as to
      form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the
      Exchange Act, as applicable and the applicable rules and regulations
      thereunder (except that such counsel need express no opinion as to, the
      statistical information contained in the Prospectus or financial
      statements, schedules and other financial information incorporated by
      reference therein).

           (vi) The statements under the captions "Prospectus Summary -- Recent
      Developments," "Shares Eligible for Future Sale -- Registration Rights"
      and "Description of Capital Stock" in the Prospectus, insofar as such
      statements constitute a summary of documents referred to therein or
      matters of law, are accurate summaries and fairly and correctly present
      the information called for with respect to such documents and matters.

           (vii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts or
      documents required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
      or described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (excluding
      any document incorporated therein by reference) which are not so filed or
      described as required, and such contracts and documents as are summarized
      in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (excluding any document
      incorporated therein by reference) are fairly summarized in all material
      respects.

           (viii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no material legal
      proceedings pending or threatened against the Company or any of the
      Subsidiaries which is of a character required to be disclosed in the
      Prospectus and which has not been properly disclosed therein.

           (ix) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
      consummation of the transactions herein contemplated do not and will not
      conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of,
      or constitute a default under, the Articles of

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      Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, or to such counsel's knowledge,
      any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the
      Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the
      Subsidiaries may be bound (other than licenses or permits granted by the
      FCC, on which such counsel need not express any opinion), except a
      conflict, breach or default which would not have a materially adverse
      effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and its
      subsidiaries taken as a whole.

           (x) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
      by the Company.

           (xi) No approval, consent, order, authorization, designation,
      declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other
      governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company is necessary in
      connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
      consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (other than as may
      be required by the NASD or NYSE or as required by State securities and
      Blue Sky laws as to which such counsel need express no opinion) except
      such as have been obtained or made, specifying the same.

           (xii) The Company is not, and will not become, as a result of the
      consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
      application of the net proceeds therefor as described in the Prospectus,
      required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.

       In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
  governed by the laws of states other than Texas or Federal laws on local
  counsel in such jurisdictions, provided that in each case such counsel shall
  state that they believe that they and the Underwriters are justified in
  relying on such other counsel and (B) as to matters of fact, on certificates
  of responsible officers of the Company and certificates or other written
  statements of officers or departments of various jurisdictions having custody
  of documents respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the
  Company and any Subsidiary. In addition to the matters set forth above, such
  opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has come to
  the attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that the
  Registration Statement, as of the time it became effective under the Act, the
  Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date it was filed
  pursuant to Rule 424(b) and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or
  any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the Closing Date or the Option
  Closing Date, as the case may be, contain an untrue statement of a material
  fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
  necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (except that such
  counsel need express no view as to matters pertaining to statistical
  information contained in the Prospectus or financial statements, schedules
  and other financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the
  Prospectus). With respect to such statement, such counsel may state that
  their belief is based upon the procedures set forth therein, but is without
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       (c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date the opinion
  of special counsel or special counsels for the Selling Shareholders, dated
  the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters, to the effect that:

           (i) This Agreement, the Powers of Attorney and the Custody
      Agreements have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each
      Selling Shareholder.

           (ii) Each Selling Shareholder has full legal right, power and
      authority, and any approval required by law (other than as required by
      the NASD and the NYSE or state securities and Blue Sky laws as to which
      such counsel need express no opinion), to sell, assign, transfer and
      deliver the Selling Shareholder Shares by such Selling Shareholder.

           (iii) The Underwriters (assuming they are bona fide purchasers
      within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code) have acquired good and
      marketable title to the Selling Shareholder Shares, free and clear of all
      claims, liens, encumbrances and security interests whatsoever.

       (d) The Underwriters shall also have received on the Closing Date the
  opinion of local counsel for the Company experienced in such matters, in each
  of the major jurisdictions in which the Company conducts business (Atlanta,
  Georgia; Dallas, San Antonio and Houston, Texas; Los Angeles and San
  Francisco/Oakland, California; Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Tampa,
  Florida), dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
  be, addressed to the Underwriters substantially to the effect that the
  statements under the caption "Risk Factors-Government Regulation" insofar as
  such statements constitute a summary of regulatory matters in the applicable
  jurisdiction relating to the outdoor advertising industry, fairly describes
  the regulatory matters relating to the Company's business as that business is
  conducted in the applicable metropolitan area.

       (e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or the
  Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Wiley, Rein and
  Fielding, special FCC counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date or the
  Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters to the
  effect that:

           (i) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or
      declaration with, the FCC is required for or in connection with the
      authorization, issuance, transfer, sale or delivery of the Shares by the
      Company as described in the Prospectus assuming that (i) no individual or
      entity will acquire an attributable ownership interest in the Company as
      that term is defined by the FCC; and (ii) less than 25% of the capital
      stock of the Company will be owned by alien individuals or entities;
      provided, however, certain of the transaction documents may be subject to
      a requirement that they be filed with the FCC pursuant to Section 73.3613
      of its rules.

           (ii) The authorization, issuance, transfer, sale and delivery of the
      Shares by the company as described in the Prospectus will not result in a
      breach or violation of any

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      term or provision of the Communications Act or the Telecommunications Act
      of 1996, or any orders, rules or regulations of the FCC thereunder,
      assuming that (i) no individual or entity will acquire an attributable
      ownership interest in the Company as that term is defined by the FCC and
      (ii) less than 25% of the capital stock of the Company will be owned by
      alien individuals or entities.

           (iii) Subsidiaries of the Company hold valid authorizations from the
      FCC ("Licenses") for the U.S. radio and television stations (the
      "Stations") identified in the Prospectus under "Business -- Radio
      Broadcasting " and "Business -- Television Broadcasting" in those
      instances where a date is entered in the column "Date of Acquisition."
      All of the Licenses are in full force and effect.

           (iv) To counsel's knowledge, the Licenses are the only FCC main
      station licenses necessary to operate the Stations on the frequencies and
      in the markets listed in the Prospectus under "Business -- Radio
      Broadcasting" and "Business -- Television Broadcasting" in the columns
      "Frequency" and "Market (Rank)/Station" or "Market/Network" respectively.

           (v) Those portions of the Prospectus under the caption "Risk Factors
      -- Government Regulation-Broadcasting" and "Risk Factors-- New
      Technologies" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended to
      date, incorporated therein by reference, under the caption "Item 1.
      Business - Regulation of the Company's Business" (excluding those
      paragraphs headed "Antitrust Matters" and "Environmental Matters") are
      accurate and fairly present the information set forth therein in all
      material respects as of the date of the Prospectus.

           (vi) Subsidiaries of the Company have pending before the FCC or the
      FCC has granted the license assignment or transfer of control
      applications for the U.S. radio and television stations listed in the
      Prospectus Summary under the caption "Recent Developments-Pending
      Acquisitions."

       (f) The Underwriters shall have received from Piper & Marbury L.L.P.,
  counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date or the Option
  Closing Date, as the case may be, substantially to the effect specified in
  subparagraphs (ii), (iv), (v) and (x) of Paragraph (b) of this Section 7, and
  that the Company is a validly organized and existing corporation under the
  laws of the State of Texas. In rendering such opinion Piper & Marbury L.L.P.
  may rely as to all matters governed other than by the laws of the State of
  Maryland or Federal laws on the opinion of counsel referred to in paragraph
  (b) of this Section 7. In addition to the matters set forth above, such
  opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has come to
  the attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that the
  Registration Statement, as of the time it became effective under the Act, and
  the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date it was
  filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) and the Registration Statement and the
  Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the Closing Date or
  the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contain an untrue statement of a
  material

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  fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
  necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (except that such
  counsel need express no view as to financial statements, schedules and other
  financial information included therein). With respect to such statement,
  Piper & Marbury L.L.P. may state that their belief is based upon the
  procedures set forth therein, but is without independent check and
  verification.

       (g) The Underwriters shall have received on each of the date hereof, the
  Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, signed letters
  from Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP and KPMG, dated the Closing
  Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, which shall confirm, on
  the basis of a review in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
  letters signed by such firms and dated and delivered to the Underwriters on
  the date hereof that nothing has come to their attention during the period
  from the date five days prior to the date hereof, to a date not more than
  five days prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case
  may be, which would require any change in their letter dated the date hereof
  if it were required to be dated and delivered on the Closing Date or the
  Option Closing Date, as the case may be. All such letters shall be in form
  and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.

       (h) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or the
  Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate or certificates of the
  President or Chief Executive Officer and the Senior Vice President and Chief
  Accounting Officer of the Company to the effect that, as of the Closing Date
  or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, each of them severally
  represents as follows:

           (i) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act
      and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
      Statement has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been
      taken or are, to his knowledge, contemplated by the Commission.

           (ii) He does not know of any litigation instituted or threatened
      against the Company of a character required to be disclosed in the
      Registration Statement which is not so disclosed.

           (iii) He has carefully examined the Registration Statement and the
      Prospectus and, in his opinion to his knowledge, as of the effective date
      of the Registration Statement, the statements contained in the
      Registration Statement were true and correct in all material respects,
      and such Registration Statement and Prospectus did not omit to state a
      material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
      the statements therein not misleading and, in his opinion, since the
      effective date of the Registration Statement, no event has occurred which
      should have been set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the
      Prospectus which has not been so set forth in such supplement or
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       (i) The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished to the
  Underwriters such further certificates and documents confirming the
  representations and warranties contained herein and related matters as the
  Underwriters may reasonably have requested.

       (j) The Company Shares and Option Shares, if any, have been approved for
  listing upon official notice of issuance on the NYSE.

     The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed
to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material
respects reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and to Piper & Marbury
L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters.

     If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 7 shall
not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled,
the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the
Underwriters by notifying the Company of such termination in writing or by
telegram at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be. In such event, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and the
Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to each other (except to the
extent provided in Sections 6 and 9 hereof).

     8. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders. The obligations of the Company and the Selling Shareholders to
sell and deliver the Shares required to be delivered as and when specified in
this Agreement are subject to the conditions that at the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and in
effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened.

     9. Indemnification

     (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and
each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or
such controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter and each such
controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding;
provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged
omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by or through the
Underwriters specifically for use in the preparation

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thereof, and provided further that the Company shall not be liable with respect
to any untrue statement contained in or any omission from a Preliminary
Prospectus if the untrue statement contained in or such omission from such
Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the applicable Prospectus and the
person asserting any such loss, liability, claim or damage was not given or
sent a copy of the applicable Prospectus (excluding the documents incorporated
by reference therein) in the manner and at such time as required by the Act,
provided the Company has furnished you copies of such applicable Prospectus.
This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company
may otherwise have.

     (b) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or such controlling
person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading to the extent, but in any such case only to the extent that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company or such Underwriter directly or through such Selling
Shareholder's representatives specifically for inclusion therein, and such
Selling Shareholder, severally and jointly, will reimburse each Underwriter and
each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or
proceeding; provided, however, a Selling Shareholder will not be liable in any
such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises
out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or
omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company or the Selling Shareholder by or through the Underwriters specifically
for use in the preparation thereof, and provided further that the Selling
Shareholder shall not be liable with respect to any untrue statement contained
in or any omission from a Preliminary Prospectus if the untrue statement
contained in or such omission from such Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in
the applicable Prospectus and the person asserting any such loss, liability,
claim or damage was not given or sent a copy of the applicable Prospectus
(excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein) in the manner and
at such time as required by the Act, provided the Company has furnished you
copies of such applicable Prospectus. In no event, however, shall the liability
of a Selling Shareholder for indemnification under this Section 9(b) exceed the
lesser of (i) that proportion of the total losses, claims, damages or
liabilities indemnified against equal to the proportion of total Shares sold
hereunder which is sold by such Selling Shareholder and (ii) the proceeds
received by such Selling Shareholder from the Underwriters in the Offering.
This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such
Selling Shareholder may otherwise have.

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     (c) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of
its directors or nominees for director, each of its officers who have signed
the Registration Statement, the Selling Shareholders and each person, if any,
who controls the Company or any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of the
Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company,
the Selling Shareholders or any such director, nominee for director, officer,
or controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company, the Selling Shareholders or any such
director, nominee for director, officer, or controlling person in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action
or proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or such
amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter or through the
Underwriters on behalf of such Underwriter specifically for use in the
preparation thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.

     (d) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to this Section 9, such person (the "indemnified party") shall
promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
"indemnifying party") in writing. No indemnification provided for in Section
9(a), (b) or (c) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice
as provided in this Section 9(d) if the party to whom notice was not given was
unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was
prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such
notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or parties from any liability
which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or
otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section 9(a), (b) or (c). In
case any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it
shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such
counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified
party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or
within 30 days of presentation) the fees and expenses of the counsel retained
by the indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel
or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any

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impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It
is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any
proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the
reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm for all such
indemnified parties. Such firm shall be selected by you in the case of parties
indemnified pursuant to Section 9(a) or Section 9(b) and by the Company in the
event of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 9(c). The indemnifying party
shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its
written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the
indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment.

     (e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable
to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 9(a),
(b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the
offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits
but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the
Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page
of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on
the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. No party shall be held liable for contribution with
respect to any claim or action settled without its consent which shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Such consent shall be given within three business days
from the date on which the party requesting consent provides a written request
to the other party. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, (i) no Selling Shareholder shall be held liable for contribution
with respect to any claim or action for which such Selling Shareholder would
have no liability under Section 9(b), and (ii) no Selling Shareholder shall be
held liable for contribution in excess of the amount for which such Selling
Shareholder could have been held liable under Section 9(b).

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     The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 9(e)
were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated
as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
Section 9(e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in
respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 9(e) shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), (i) no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts
and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter and (ii)
no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in
this Section 9(e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.

     (f) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto,
each party against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 9 hereby
consents to the jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction over any other
contributing party, agrees that process issuing from such court may be served
upon him or it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of
such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join him or it as
an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other contributing
party is a party.

     (g) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an
indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this
Section 9 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 and the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders set
forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect,
regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or
any person controlling any Underwriter, the Selling Shareholders, the Company,
or its directors, nominees for director or officers or any persons controlling
the Company or any Selling Shareholder, (ii) acceptance of any Shares and
payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A
successor to any Underwriter, or to the Company, the Selling Shareholder or
their respective directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company
or any Selling Shareholder, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity,
contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 9.

     10. Default by Underwriters. If on the Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter shall fail to purchase and pay for
the portion of the Shares which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay
for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the
Company or the Selling Shareholders), the non-defaulting Underwriters shall use
their best efforts to procure within 24 hours thereafter one or more of the
other

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<PAGE>   26

Underwriters, or any others, to purchase from the Company and the Selling
Shareholders such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms set forth
herein, the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, which the
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 24
hours you, the non-defaulting Underwriters, shall not have procured such other
Underwriters, or any others, to purchase the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as
the case may be, agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, then (a) if the aggregate number of shares with respect to which
such default shall occur does not exceed 10% of the Firm Shares or Option
Shares, as the case may be, covered hereby, the other Underwriters shall be
obligated, severally, in proportion to the respective numbers of Firm Shares or
Option Shares, as the case may be, which they are obligated to purchase
hereunder, to purchase the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be,
which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (b) if
the aggregate number of shares of Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may
be, with respect to which such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the Firm
Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, covered hereby, the Company or you
as the Underwriters will have the right, by written notice given within the
next 24-hour period to the parties to this Agreement, to terminate this
Agreement without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or
of the Company except to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof. In the event
of a default by any Underwriter or Underwriters, as set forth in this Section
10, the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, may be
postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as you, the non-defaulting
Underwriters, may determine in order that the required changes in the
Registration Statement or in the Prospectus or in any other documents or
arrangements may be effected. The term "Underwriter" includes any person
substituted for a defaulting Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section
10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of
any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

     11. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except
as otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and
confirmed as follows: if to the Underwriters, to Alex. Brown & Sons
Incorporated, 1 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, Attention: Jeffrey S.
Amling, Managing Director; if to the Company, to Clear Channel Communications,
Inc., 20 Concord Plaza, Suite 600, San Antonio, Texas 78216, attention: Randall
Mays, Vice President; if to the Selling Shareholders, to ___________,
__________ attention: ____________; and if to Hellman & Frieman, to ________,
___________ attention:____________.

     12. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the
Company and the Custodian and Paul J. Meyer, on behalf of the Selling
Shareholders, as follows:

       (a) at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the time the Shares are
  released by you for sale by notice to the Underwriters, or (ii) 11:30 A.M. on
  the date of this Agreement;

       (b) at any time prior to the Closing Date if any of the following has
  occurred: (i) since the effective date of the Registration Statement, any
  material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material
  adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, of the
  Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the earnings, business

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  affairs, management or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries
  taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business,
  (ii) any outbreak of hostilities or other national or international calamity
  or crisis or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such
  outbreak, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets of the United
  States would, in your reasonable judgment, make the offering or delivery of
  the Shares impracticable, (iii) suspension of trading in securities on the
  NYSE or limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of
  days of trading) for securities on the NYSE, (iv) the enactment, publication,
  decree or other promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation,
  rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your
  reasonable opinion materially and adversely affects or will materially or
  adversely affect the business or operations of the Company and the
  Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (v) declaration of a banking moratorium by
  either federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of any action
  by any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its
  monetary or fiscal affairs which in your reasonable opinion has a material
  adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or

       (c) as provided in Sections 7 and 10 of this Agreement.

     This Agreement also may be terminated by you, by notice to the Company, as
to any obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Shares, upon the
occurrence at any time prior to the Option Closing Date of any of the events
described in subparagraph (b) above or as provided in Sections 7 and 10 of this
Agreement.

     13. Successors. This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit
of the Underwriters, the Company, the Selling Shareholders and their respective
successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers,
directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will
have any right or obligation hereunder. The term "successors" shall not include
any purchaser of the Shares merely because of such purchase.

     14. Information Provided by Underwriters. The Company, the Selling
Shareholders and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only
information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company or
the Selling Shareholders for inclusion in any Prospectus or the Registration
Statement consists of the information set forth in the last paragraph on the
front cover page (insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters),
legends required by Item 502(d) of Regulation S-K and Regulation M under the
Act and the information under the caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus.

     15. Miscellaneous. The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution
agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and
covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
(a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on
behalf of the Company or its directors or officers and (c) delivery of and
payment for the Shares under this Agreement.

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     This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.

     This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of Maryland.

     If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof,
whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company, the Selling
Shareholders and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                    By
                                      ------------------------------------
                                    L. Lowry Mays
                                    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
                                    Officer



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                                   SELLING SHAREHOLDERS:


                                   HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P

                                   By: Its General Partner, H&F Investors III

                                       By: Its Managing General Partner,
                                           Hellman & Friedman Associates
                                           III, L.P.

                                           By: Its Managing General Partner,
                                               H&F Investors III, Inc.

                                               By:
                                                  ---------------------------
                                               Its:

                                   Address:    One Maritime Plaza
                                               12th Floor
                                               San Francisco, CA 94111


                                    H&F ORCHARD PARTNERS III, L.P.

                                    By: Its General Partner, H&F Investors III

                                        By: Its Managing General Partner,
                                            Hellman & Friedman Associates
                                            III, L.P.

                                            By: Its Managing General Partner,
                                                H&F Investors III, Inc.

                                                By:
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                Its:

                                    Address:    One Maritime Plaza
                                                12th Floor
                                                San Francisco, CA 94111



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                                    H&F INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS III, L.P.

                                    By: Its General Partner, H&F Investors III

                                        By: Its Managing General Partner,
                                            Hellman & Friedman Associates
                                            III, L.P.

                                            By: Its Managing General Partner,
                                                H&F Investors III, Inc.

                                                By:
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                Its:

                                    Address:    One Maritime Plaza
                                                12th Floor
                                                San Francisco, CA 94111


                                    H. Irving Grousebeck *
                                    American Media Management, Inc. *
                                    Richard Reiss, Jr. *
                                    K. Tucker Anderson *
                                    Glenn Krevlin, as Trustee *
                                    Patricia Sales Pineda *
                                    Steven G. Mihaylo *
                                    El Dorado Investment Company *

                                    By
                                      ----------------------------------------
                                        Paul J. Meyer, As Attorney-in-Fact


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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.

ALEX. BROWN & SONS INCORPORATED
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
FURMAN SELZ LLC
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
MONTGOMERY SECURITIES
SALOMON BROTHERS INC

By ALEX. BROWN & SONS INCORPORATED


By
  ------------------------------------
     Authorized Officer


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                                   SCHEDULE I

                        SCHEDULE OF SELLING SHAREHOLDERS


<TABLE>
<S>                                                                    <C>      
Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners III, L.P .......................   4,951,884
H&F Orchard Partners III, L.P. .....................................     364,495
H&F International Partners III, L.P. ...............................     109,834
H. Irving Grousebeck ...............................................     175,701
American Media Management, Inc. ....................................      37,110
Richard Reiss, Jr ..................................................      92,440
K. Tucker Anderson .................................................       5,197
Glenn Krevlin, as Trustee ..........................................       1,732
Patricia Sales Pineda ..............................................         730
Steven G. Mihaylo ..................................................      74,712
El Dorado Investment Company .......................................      92,375
                                                                       ---------
     Total .........................................................   5,906,210
                                                                       =========
</TABLE>


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                                  SCHEDULE II

                            SCHEDULE OF UNDERWRITERS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          NUMBER OF FIRM SHARES
UNDERWRITER                                                  TO BE PURCHASED
- -----------                                               ---------------------
<S>                                                              <C>
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated ............................
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation .....................
Furman Selz LLC ............................................
Goldman, Sachs & Co. .......................................
Lehman Brothers Inc. .......................................
Montgomery Securities
Smith Barney Inc. ..........................................
     Total .................................................     10,000,000
                                                                 ==========
</TABLE>



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                                  SCHEDULE III

                                DISCLOSURE ITEMS



1.   Material Subsidiaries

2.   Liens, capitalization except for Subsidiary Stock

3.   Pending Renewal applications

4.   Clear Channel Common Stock exceptions

5.   [other]



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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2


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                  THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                     AMONG

                       CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                CERTAIN LENDERS

             NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE LENDER,

           THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, AS DOCUMENTATION AGENT,

                   BANK OF MONTREAL, AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENT,

                                      AND

            TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC., AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENT

                  ----------------------------------------

                 NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., AS ARRANGER

                                 APRIL 10, 1997





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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                                        ARTICLE 1

                                                       Definitions
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         Section 1.1      Defined Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
         Section 1.2      Amendments and Renewals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
         Section 1.3      Construction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

                                                        ARTICLE 2

                                                         Advances
                                                         --------

         Section 2.1      The Advances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
         Section 2.2      Manner of Borrowing and Disbursement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
         Section 2.3      Interest  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
         Section 2.4      Fees  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
         Section 2.5      Prepayment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
         Section 2.6      Reduction and Change of Commitment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
         Section 2.7      Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Lender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
         Section 2.8      Payment of Principal of Advances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
         Section 2.9      Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
         Section 2.10     Manner of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
         Section 2.11     LIBOR Lending Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
         Section 2.12     Sharing of Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
         Section 2.13     Calculation of LIBOR Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
         Section 2.14     Booking Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
         Section 2.15     Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
         Section 2.16     Letters of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33

                                                        ARTICLE 3

                                                   Conditions Precedent
                                                   --------------------

         Section 3.1      Conditions Precedent to Closing and the Initial Advance and the Letters of Credit . . . . .  39
         Section 3.2      Conditions Precedent to All Advances and Letters of Credit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42


</TABLE>



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<TABLE>
         <S>              <C>                                                                                          <C>
                                                        ARTICLE 4

                                              Representations and Warranties
                                              ------------------------------

         Section 4.1      Representations and Warranties  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
         Section 4.2      Survival of Representations and Warranties, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49

                                                        ARTICLE 5

                                                    General Covenants
                                                    -----------------

         Section 5.1      Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
         Section 5.2      Business; Compliance with Applicable Law  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
         Section 5.3      Maintenance of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
         Section 5.4      Accounting Methods and Financial Records  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
         Section 5.5      Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
         Section 5.6      Payment of Taxes and Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
         Section 5.7      Visits and Inspections  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
         Section 5.8      Payment of Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
         Section 5.9      Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
         Section 5.10     Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
         Section 5.11     Environmental Law Compliance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
         Section 5.12     Conversion of Eller to Unrestricted Subsidiary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
         Section 5.13     Syndication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
         Section 5.14     Ownership of Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54

                                                        ARTICLE 6

                                                  Information Covenants
                                                  ---------------------

         Section 6.1      Quarterly Financial Statements and Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
         Section 6.2      Annual Financial Statements and Information; Certificate of No Default  . . . . . . . . . .  55
         Section 6.3      Compliance Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
         Section 6.4      Copies of Other Reports and Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
         Section 6.5      Notice of Litigation, Default and Other Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
         Section 6.6      ERISA Reporting Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  58

                                                        ARTICLE 7

                                                    Negative Covenants
                                                    ------------------

         Section 7.1      Indebtedness  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
         Section 7.2      Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60
</TABLE>





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<TABLE>
         <S>              <C>                                                                                          <C>
         Section 7.3      Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60
         Section 7.4      Amendment and Waiver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
         Section 7.5      Liquidation, Disposition or Acquisition of Assets, Merger, New Subsidiaries . . . . . . . .  61
         Section 7.6      Guaranties  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62
         Section 7.7      Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62
         Section 7.8      Affiliate Transactions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
         Section 7.9      Compliance with ERISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
         Section 7.10     Leverage Ratio  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
         Section 7.11     Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
         Section 7.12     Interest Coverage Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
         Section 7.13     Debt Service Coverage Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
         Section 7.14     Sale and Leaseback  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
         Section 7.15     Sale or Discount of Receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
         Section 7.16     Business of Clear Channel Television Licenses, Inc. and Clear Channel Radio Licenses,
                          Inc. and Clear Channel Metroplex Licenses, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
         Section 7.18     Subordinated Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  65

                                                        ARTICLE 8

                                                         Default
                                                         -------

         Section 8.1      Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  65
         Section 8.2      Remedies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69

                                                        ARTICLE 9

                                                 Changes in Circumstances
                                                 ------------------------

         Section 9.1      LIBOR Basis Determination Inadequate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
         Section 9.2      Illegality  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
         Section 9.3      Increased Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
         Section 9.4      Effect On Base Rate Advances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
         Section 9.5      Capital Adequacy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72

                                                        ARTICLE 10

                                                 Agreement Among Lenders
                                                 -----------------------

         Section 10.1     Agreement Among Lenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
         Section 10.2     Lender Credit Decision  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
         Section 10.3     Benefits of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
</TABLE>





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<TABLE>
         <S>            <C>                                                                                            <C>
                                                        ARTICLE 11

                                                      Miscellaneous
                                                      -------------

         Section 11.1     Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
         Section 11.2     Expenses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
         Section 11.3     Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
         Section 11.4     Determination by the Lenders Conclusive and Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77
         Section 11.5     Set-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77
         Section 11.6     Assignment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77
         Section 11.7     Counterparts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
         Section 11.8     Severability  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
         Section 11.9     Interest and Charges  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
         Section 11.10    Headings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
         Section 11.11    Amendment and Waiver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
         Section 11.12    Exception to Covenants  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
         Section 11.13    No Liability of Issuing Bank  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
         Section 11.14    Credit Agreement Governs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81
         SECTION 11.15  GOVERNING LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
         SECTION 11.16  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
         SECTION 11.17  ENTIRE AGREEMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82
</TABLE>





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Schedules and Exhibits

Schedule 1:  LIBOR Lending Offices
Schedule 2:  Existing Liens
Schedule 3:  Existing Litigation
Schedule 4:  Licenses, Permits and Other Authorizations
Schedule 5:  Intentionally Deleted
Schedule 6:  Existing Guaranties
Schedule 7:  Subsidiaries
Schedule 8:  Existing Investments
Schedule 9:  Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 10: Intentionally Deleted
Schedule 11: Material Adverse Changes
Schedule 12: Specified Percentages
Schedule 13: Subsidiary Guarantors
Schedule 14: Existing Letters of Credit

Exhibit A:  Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit B:  Bid Rate Note
Exhibit C:  Subsidiary Guaranty
Exhibit D:  Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E:  Assignment and Acceptance





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                  THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT


         THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of April
10, 1997, among CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Texas corporation
("Borrower"), the Lenders from time to time party hereto, NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS,
N.A., a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, as Documentation Agent, BANK OF MONTREAL, as
Co-Syndication Agent and TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC., as Co-Syndication
Agent.

                                   BACKGROUND

         The Borrower and lenders entered into that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of September 30, 1994 in the maximum principal amount of $350,000,000
(said Credit Agreement, as amended, the "Original Credit Agreement").

         The Borrower and certain of the Lenders entered into the certain
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 19, 1995 in the
maximum principal amount of $600,000,000 (said Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, as amended, the "October 1995 Credit Agreement").

         The Borrower and certain of the Lenders entered into the certain
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 1996 in the
maximum principal amount of $1,040,000,000 (said Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, as amended, the "Existing Credit Agreement").

         The Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend and restate the
Existing Credit Agreement by making a credit facility available to the Borrower
in the maximum principal amount of $1,750,000,000, subject to a possible
increase up to $2,000,000,000 as provided in Section 5.13 hereof.

         In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained
herein, and other good and valuable consideration hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is being amended and
restated as follows:





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                                   ARTICLE 1

                                  Definitions

         Section 1.1      Defined Terms.  For purposes of this Agreement:

         "ARN" means the Australian Radio Network Limited, PTY, an Australian
propriety company, 50% of whose Capital Stock is owned by the Borrower.

         "Additional Costs" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5 hereof.

         "Administrative Lender" means NationsBank of Texas, N.A., a national
banking association, as administrative agent for Lenders, or such successor
administrative agent appointed pursuant to Section 10.1(b) hereof.

         "Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance or a Bid Rate Advance and
"Advances" means Revolving Credit Advances and Bid Rate Advances.

         "Affiliate" means any Person that directly or indirectly through one
or more Subsidiaries Controls, or is Controlled By or Under Common Control
with, the Borrower.

         "Affiliation Agreements" means all affiliation agreements of the
Borrower and each Subsidiary with Fox Broadcasting.

         "Agreement" means this Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as
amended or renewed from time to time.

         "Agreement Date" means the date of this Agreement.

         "Amortization Date" means September 30, 2000.

         "Applicable Environmental Laws" means applicable federal, state or
local laws, rules and regulations pertaining to health or the environment,
including without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (as amended from time to time, "CERCLA"), the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the Used Oil
Recycling Act of 1980, the Solid Waste Disposal Act amendments of 1980, and the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (as amended from time to time,
"RCRA"), the Texas Water Code, and the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act.

         "Applicable Law" means (a) in respect of any Person, all provisions of
constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations, courts and orders of governmental
bodies or regulatory agencies applicable to such Person and its properties,
including, without limiting the foregoing, all orders and decrees of all courts
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question is a party, and (b) in respect of contracts relating to interest or
finance charges that are made or performed in the State of Texas, "Applicable
Law" shall mean the laws of the United States of America, including without
limitation 12 USC Sections  85 and 86, as amended from time to time, and any
other statute of the United States of America now or at any time hereafter
prescribing the maximum rates of interest on loans and extensions of credit,
and the laws of the State of Texas, including, without limitation, Article
5069-1.04, Title 79, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended ("Art.
1.04"), and any other statute of the State of Texas now or at any time
hereafter prescribing maximum rates of interest on loans and extensions of
credit; provided that the parties hereto agree that the provisions of Chapter
15, Title 79, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, shall not
apply to Advances, this Agreement, the notes or any other Loan Documents.

         "Applicable Margin" means the following per annum percentages,
applicable in the following situations:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                   LIBOR
                              Applicability                                                     Percentage
                              -------------                                                     ----------
<S>      <C>                                                                                      <C>
(i)      If the Leverage Ratio is not less than 6.0 to 1                                          1.0000

(ii)     If the Leverage Ratio is less than 6.0 to 1 but is not less than                         0.8750
         5.75 to 1

(iii)    If the Leverage Ratio is less than 5.75 to 1 but is not less than                        0.7500
         5.50 to 1

(iv)     If the Leverage Ratio is less than 5.50 to 1 but is not less than                        0.6250
         5.00 to 1

(v)      If the Leverage Ratio is less than 5.00 to 1 but is not less than                        0.5000
         4.50 to 1

(vi)     If the Leverage Ratio is less than 4.50 to 1 but is not less than                        0.4000
         4.00 to 1

(vii)    If the Leverage Ratio is less than 4.00 to 1 but is not less than                        0.3250
         3.50 to 1

(viii)   If the Leverage Ratio is less than 3.50 to 1 but is not less than                        0.2500
         3.00 to 1

(ix)     If the Leverage Ratio is less than 3.00 to 1                                             0.2250
</TABLE>

The Applicable Margin payable by the Borrower on the Revolving Credit Advances
outstanding hereunder shall be subject to reduction or increase, as applicable
and as set forth in the table above, on a quarterly basis according to the
performance of the Borrower as tested by the Leverage Ratio.  Except as set
forth in the last sentence hereof, any such increase or reduction in the
Applicable Margin provided for herein shall be effective three Business Days
after receipt by Administrative Lender of the applicable financial statements.
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Borrower setting forth the Leverage Ratio are not received by the
Administrative Lender by the date required pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof, the
Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the Leverage Ratio is not less than
6.00 to 1 until such time as such financial statements are received.  For the
final quarter of any fiscal year of the Borrower, the Borrower may provide its
unaudited financial statements, subject only to year-end adjustments, for the
purpose of adjusting the Applicable Margin.  Notwithstanding anything above to
the contrary, if the compliance certificate required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 7.5(b) hereof prior to any proposed acquisition indicates that the
Leverage Ratio after giving effect to the proposed acquisition would result in
an adjustment of the Applicable Margin, the Applicable Margin shall be
increased or decreased, as the case may be, as of the date of such acquisition.

         "Art. 1.04" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of
"Applicable Law."

         "Assignees" means any assignee of a Lender pursuant to an Assignment
Agreement and shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.6 hereof.

         "Assignment Agreement" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
11.6 hereof.

         "Authorized Signatory" means such senior personnel of the Borrower as
may be duly authorized and designated in writing by the Borrower to execute
documents, agreements and instruments on behalf of the Borrower, and to request
Advances and Letters of Credit hereunder.

         "Base Rate Advance" means any Revolving Credit Advance bearing
interest at the Base Rate Basis.

         "Base Rate Basis" means, for any day, a per annum interest rate equal
to the lesser of (a) the Highest Lawful Rate on such day, or (b) the higher of
(i) the sum of (A) 0.50% plus (B) the Federal Funds Rate on such day or (ii)
the Prime Rate on such day.  The Base Rate Basis shall be adjusted
automatically as of the opening of business on the effective date of each
change in the Prime Rate or Federal Funds Rate, as the case may be, to account
for such change.

         "Bid Rate Advance" means an Advance the interest rate on which is
determined by agreement between the Borrower and the Lender making such Advance
pursuant to Section 2.1(b) hereof.

         "Bid Rate Note" means each promissory note of the Borrower evidencing
Bid Rate Advances, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, together with
any extension, renewal or amendment thereof or substitution therefor.

         "Borrower" means Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation.

         "Business Day" shall mean a day on which banks are open for the
transaction of business as required by this Agreement in Dallas, Texas and New
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any LIBOR Advance, a domestic business day in London, England and a day on
which commercial banks are open for international business in London, England
(including dealings in United States dollar deposits), and as otherwise
relevant to the determination to be made or the action to be taken.

         "Capital Expenditures" means expenditures for the purchase of tangible
assets of long-term use which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, Capital Expenditures shall not include assets acquired
through trade without any expenditure of cash, such trade capital expenditures
not to exceed $10,000,000 in aggregate value per year, such valuation to be
determined using the lesser of the fair market value of assets received or the
value of air-time run in exchange for the assets received.

         "Capital Stock" means, as to any Person, the equity interests in such
Person, including, without limitation, the shares of each class of capital
stock of any Person that is a corporation and each class of partnership
interests (including, without limitation, general, limited and preference
units) in any Person that is a partnership.

         "Capitalized Lease Obligations" means that portion of any obligation
of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as lessee under a lease which at
the time would be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in
accordance with GAAP.

         "CCC-Houston" means CCC-Houston AM, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership
and a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

         "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         "Commitment" means (a) prior to the Syndication Date, $1,750,000,000,
as reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof and (b) on and
after the Syndication Date, an amount not to exceed $2,000,000,000, as reduced
from time to time pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof.

         "Communications Act" means, collectively, the Communications Act of
1934, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as from
time to time in effect.

         "Control" or "Controlled By" or "Under Common Control" means
possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction
of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise); provided, however, that (a) in the event that no one
Person owns more than 50% of the outstanding Capital Stock of a corporation or
entity, any Person which beneficially owns, directly or, by contract or law,
indirectly, 10% or more (in number of votes) of the securities having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors (or other managing authority) of
such corporation or entity shall be conclusively presumed to control such
corporation or entity or (b) in the event that one Person owns greater than 50%
of the outstanding Capital Stock of a corporation or entity, any Person which
beneficially owns, directly or, by contract or law, indirectly, greater than
20% or more (in number of votes) of the securities having ordinary voting power
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(or other managing authority) of such corporation or entity shall be
conclusively presumed to control such corporation.

         "Controlled Group" means, as to any Person, all members of a
controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) which are under common control with such Person and which,
together with such Person, are treated as a single employer under Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code; provided, however, that the Subsidiaries
of the Borrower shall be deemed to be members of the Borrower's Controlled
Group, and the Borrower and any other entities (whether incorporated or not
incorporated) which are under common Control with the Borrower and which,
together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code, shall be deemed to be members of the
Borrower's Controlled Group on and after the Agreement Date.

         "Default" means an Event of Default and/or any of the events specified
in Section 8.1, regardless of whether there shall have occurred any passage of
time or giving of notice that would be necessary in order to constitute such
event an Event of Default.

         "Default Rate" means a simple per annum interest rate equal to the
lesser of (a) the Highest Lawful Rate, or (b) the sum of the Base Rate Basis
plus two percent.

         "Determining Lenders" means, on any date of determination, any
combination of the Lenders having at least 51% of the aggregate amount of the
Revolving Credit Advances then outstanding; provided, however, that if there
are no Revolving Credit Advances outstanding hereunder, "Determining Lenders"
shall mean any combination of Lenders whose Specified Percentages aggregate at
least 51%.

         "Dividend" means, as to any Person, (a) any declaration or payment of
any dividend (other than a dividend paid solely in shares of the common stock
of such Person) on, or the making of any distribution, loan, advance or
investment to or in any holder of, any shares of Capital Stock of such Person
(other than salaries and bonuses paid in the ordinary course of business), or
(b) any purchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of
any shares of Capital Stock of such Person; provided, however, that the
acquisition of shares of Capital Stock of such Person for the purpose of
acquiring a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, asset acquisition,
stock acquisition, or otherwise) shall not be deemed a Dividend if (a) such
shares are used as a portion or all of the purchase price for the acquisition
of a Subsidiary within a period of ninety days from the date the initial shares
of such Capital Stock were acquired and (b) such Person shall have given the
Administrative Lender prior written notice of its intention to acquire such
Capital Stock for the purpose of acquiring a Subsidiary.

         "Eller" means Eller Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
formerly known as EMC Group, Inc., formerly Eller Media Company.

         "Eller Acquisition Documents" means in form and substance acceptable
to Administrative Lender, all those documents relating to the acquisition by
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the Capital Stock of Eller pursuant to that stock purchase agreement by and
between the Borrower, Eller and the stockholders of Eller dated as of February
25, 1997.

         "Equity" means shares of Capital Stock, or options, warrants or any
other right to subscribe for or otherwise acquire Capital Stock, of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary.

         "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any regulation promulgated thereunder.

         "ERISA Event" means, with respect to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, (a) a Reportable Event (other than a Reportable Event not subject
to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under regulations issued under
Section 4043 of ERISA), (b) the withdrawal of any such Person or any member of
its Controlled Group from a Plan during a plan year in which it was a
"substantial employer" as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the
filing of a notice of intent to terminate under Section 4041 of ERISA, (d) the
institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC, (e) the failure to
make required contributions which could result in the imposition of a lien
under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, or (f) any other event
or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee
to administer, any Plan or the imposition of any liability under Title IV of
ERISA other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of
ERISA.

         "Event of Default" means any of the events specified in Section 8.1,
provided that any requirement for notice or lapse of time has been satisfied.

         "Existing Credit Agreement" means that certain Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 1996, by and among the
Borrower, NationsBank of Texas, N.A., as Administrative Lender, and the lenders
party thereto, as the same may have been amended, modified, renewed or extended
from time to time.

         "Existing Eller Credit Agreement" means that amended and restated
credit agreement in an amount not to exceed $550,000,000 among Eller Media
Company, Eller, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein) and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as administrative agent dated as of November 19, 1996.

         "Existing Letters of Credit" means those certain Letters of Credit
more specifically described on Schedule 14 hereto.

         "FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission, or any governmental
agency succeeding to the functions thereof.

         "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
upwards if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of
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funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that (a) if such day is
not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on
such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the
next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such
next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the
average rate quoted to the Administrative Lender on such day on such
transactions as determined by Administrative Lender.

         "Fixed Charges" means, for the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, for
the four most recently ended fiscal quarters preceding any date of
determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) all payments of principal,
interest, fees and other amounts paid on all Indebtedness, plus (b) all
payments under Capitalized Lease Obligations, plus (c) all Capital
Expenditures, plus (d) cash expenditures for the payment of taxes, plus (e) all
Dividends paid.

         "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis, set forth in the Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or their successors
which are applicable in the circumstances as of the date in question.  The
requisite that such principles be applied on a consistent basis shall mean that
the accounting principles observed in a current period are comparable in all
material respects to those applied in a preceding period.

         "Guaranty" or "Guaranteed", as applied to an obligation, means and
includes (a) a guaranty, direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all
of such obligation, and (b) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment or
performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of any part
or all of such obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, any
reimbursement obligations with respect to amounts which may be drawn by
beneficiaries of outstanding letters of credit.

         "Heftel" means Heftel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.

         "Highest Lawful Rate" means at the particular time in question the
maximum rate of interest which, under Applicable Law, the Lenders are then
permitted to charge on the Obligations.  If the maximum rate of interest which,
under Applicable Law, the Lenders are permitted to charge on the Obligations
shall change after the date hereof, the Highest Lawful Rate shall be
automatically increased or decreased, as the case may be, from time to time as
of the effective time of each change in the Highest Lawful Rate without notice
to the Borrower.  For purposes of determining the Highest Lawful Rate under the
Applicable Law of the State of Texas (including any amendment to such
Applicable Law), the applicable rate ceiling shall be (a) the indicated rate
ceiling described in and computed in accordance with the provisions of Section
(a)(1) of Art. 1.04, or (b) if the parties subsequently contract as allowed by
Applicable Law, the quarterly ceiling or the annualized ceiling computed
pursuant to Section (d) of Art. 1.04; provided, however, that at any time the
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annualized ceiling shall be less than 18% per annum or more than 24% per annum,
the provisions of Sections (b)(1) and (2) of said Art. 1.04 shall control for
purposes of such determination, as applicable.

         "Increased Letter of Credit Costs" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.16(d) hereof.

         "Increased Letter of Credit Costs Retroactive Effective Date" has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.16(d) hereof.

         "Increased Letter of Credit Costs Set Date" has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.16(d) hereof.

         "Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, (a) all items,
except items of partners' equity or of Capital Stock or of surplus or of
general contingency or deferred tax reserves, which in accordance with GAAP
would be included in determining total liabilities as shown on the liability
side of a balance sheet of such Person, (b) all obligations secured by any Lien
on any property or asset owned by such Person, whether or not the obligation
secured thereby shall have been assumed, (c) to the extent not otherwise
included, all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, all obligations of
such Person with respect to leases constituting part of a sale and leaseback
arrangement, all Guaranties, all obligations under interest rate swap
agreements or similar hedge agreements, all indebtedness for borrowed money
(excluding, for purposes of calculation of financial covenants only,
indebtedness evidenced by Intercompany Notes), and all reimbursement
obligations with respect to outstanding letters of credit, and (d) any
"withdrawal liability" of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as such term is
defined under Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

         "Indemnified Matters" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
5.10(a) hereof.

         "Indemnitees" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.10(a)
hereof.

         "Index Debt Rating" means the rating available to the Borrower's
senior, unsecured, non-credit-enhanced long term indebtedness for borrowed
money ("Index Debt") or the implied rating established by Moody's or S&P as if
the Borrower had outstanding Index Debt.

         "Institutional Debt" means Indebtedness for borrowed money which may
be raised by the Borrower in the private placement or public debt markets.

         "Intercompany Notes" means those notes payable to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary from any Subsidiary evidencing loans or advances made by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to such Subsidiary.

         "Interest Period" means for (a) any LIBOR Advance, the period
beginning on the day the Advance is made and ending one, two, three, six or,
subject to each Lender's good faith determination of availability, twelve
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Bid Rate Advance, the period beginning on the day the Advance was made and
ending the date the Borrower and the Lender making the Bid Rate Advance agree
pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

         "Investment" means any acquisition of all or substantially all assets
of any Person, or any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition of, or
beneficial interest in, Capital Stock or other securities of any other Person,
or any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for
moving and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the
ordinary course of business) or capital contribution to, or investment in any
other Person, including without limitation the incurrence or sufferance of
Indebtedness or accounts receivable of any other Person that are not current
assets or do not arise in the ordinary course of business.

         "Issuing Bank" means NationsBank of Texas, N.A., in its capacity as
issuer of the Letters of Credit.

         "L/C Cash Collateral Account" has the meaning specified in Section
2.16(g) hereof.

         "L/C Related Documents" has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(e)
hereof.

         "Lender" means each financial institution or fund shown on the
signature pages hereof so long as such financial institution or fund maintains
a Commitment or is owed any part of the Obligations (including the
Administrative Lender in its individual capacity), and each Assignee that
hereafter becomes party hereto pursuant to Section 11.6 hereof.

         "Letter of Credit" has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a)
hereof.

         "Letter of Credit Agreement" has the meaning specified in Section
2.16(b) hereof.

         "Letter of Credit Facility" means the amount of the Letters of Credit
the Issuing Bank may issue pursuant to Section 2.16(a) hereof.

         "Leverage Ratio" means, for any date of determination, the ratio of
Total Debt as of the date of determination to Operating Cash Flow for the four
most recently ended fiscal quarters preceding such date of determination.

         "LIBOR Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance which the Borrower
requests to be made as a LIBOR Advance or which is reborrowed as a LIBOR
Advance, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 hereof.

         "LIBOR Basis" means a simple per annum interest rate equal to the
lesser of (a) the Highest Lawful Rate, or (b) the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus
the Applicable Margin.  The LIBOR Basis shall, with respect to LIBOR Advances
with Interest Periods in excess of six months, be subject to premiums assessed
by each Lender, which are payable directly to each Lender.  Once determined,
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         "LIBOR Lending Office" means, with respect to a Lender, the office
designated as its LIBOR Lending Office on Schedule 1 attached hereto, and such
other office of the Lender or any of its affiliates hereafter designated by
notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Lender.

         "LIBOR Rate" shall mean, for any LIBOR Advance for any Interest Period
therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
one-one hundredth (1/100th) of one percent (1%)) appearing on Telerate Page
3750 (or any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits
in United States dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.  If for any reason such
rate is not available, the term "LIBOR Rate" shall mean, for any LIBOR Advance
for any Interest Period therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest one-one hundredth (1/100th) of one percent (1%))
appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO page as the London interbank offered rate for
deposits in United States dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term
comparable to such Interest Period; provided, however, if more than one rate is
specified on Reuters Screen LIBO Page, the applicable rate shall be the
arithmetic mean of all such rates.

         "Lien" means, with respect to any property, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, collateral assignment, hypothecation, charge, security interest, title
retention agreement, levy, execution, seizure, attachment, garnishment or other
encumbrance of any kind in respect of such property, whether or not choate,
vested or perfected.

         "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Notes, the
Bid Rate Notes, the Subsidiary Guaranty, fee letters, and any other document or
agreement executed or delivered from time to time by the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any other Person in connection herewith or as security for the
Obligations.

         "Local Marketing Agreement" means any time brokerage agreements, local
market affiliation agreements or related or similar agreements entered into
between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any other Person, as any of the
above may be amended, substituted, replaced or modified.

         "Material Adverse Effect" means any act or circumstance or event that
(a) causes a Default, or (b) otherwise could reasonably be expected to be
material and adverse to the business, consolidated assets, liabilities,
financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, together taken as a whole.

         "Maturity Date" means June 30, 2005.

         "Maximum Amount" means the maximum amount of interest which, under
Applicable Law, the Lenders are permitted to charge on the Obligations.

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         "Multiemployer Plan" means, as to any Person, at any time, a
"multiemployer plan" within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and to
which such Person or any member of its Controlled Group is making, or is
obligated to make contributions or has made, or been obligated to make,
contributions.

         "NationsBank Guaranty" means the Guaranty in favor of NationsBank of
Texas, N.A. on behalf of RDS Broadcasting, Inc. in the amount of $9,575,000.

         "Necessary Authorization" means any license, permit, consent, approval
or authorization from, or any filing or registration with, any governmental or
other regulatory authority (including without limitation the FCC) necessary or
appropriate to enable the Borrower or any Subsidiary to maintain and operate
its business and properties.

         "Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to any sale, lease, transfer
or disposition of any asset by any Person or the issuance of Institutional Debt
or Equity by any Person (other than the net cash proceeds from the
consolidation of any Restricted Subsidiary with another Restricted Subsidiary),
the aggregate amount of cash received by such Person in connection with such
transaction minus reasonable fees, costs and expenses and related taxes.

         "Notice of Issuance" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.16(b)
hereof.

         "NRNZ" means NRNZ Holdings, Limited, a New Zealand corporation of
which 33 1/3% of the outstanding Capital Stock is owned by the Borrower.

         "Obligations" means (a) all obligations of any nature (whether matured
or unmatured, fixed or contingent, including the Reimbursement Obligations) of
the Borrower  or any Subsidiary to the Lenders under the Loan Documents, as
they may be amended from time to time, and (b) all obligations of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary for losses, damages, expenses or any other liabilities of any
kind that any Lender may suffer by reason of a breach by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of any obligation, covenant or undertaking with respect to any Loan
Document.

         "Operating Cash Flow" means, for any period, determined in accordance
with GAAP on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, the sum of (a) pre-tax net income (excluding therefrom (i) any
items of extraordinary gain, including net gains on the sale of assets other
than asset sales in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) any items of
extraordinary loss, including net losses on the sale of assets other than asset
sales in the ordinary course of business), plus (b) interest expense,
depreciation and amortization (including amortization of film contracts),
deferred and other non-cash expenses, and minus (c) cash payments made or
scheduled to be made with respect to film contracts.  Operating Cash Flow shall
be adjusted to exclude (i) any extraordinary non-cash items deducted from or
included in the calculation of pre-tax net income and (ii) without duplication,
any accrued but not paid income or loss from Investments.  For purpose of
calculation of Operating Cash Flow with respect to assets not owned at all
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determination of Operating Cash Flow there shall be (i) included in Operating
Cash Flow the Operating Cash Flow of any assets acquired during any of such
four fiscal quarters for the twelve month period preceding the date of
determination, and (ii) excluded from Operating Cash Flow the Operating Cash
Flow of any assets disposed of during any of such four fiscal quarters for the
twelve month period preceding the date of determination; provided, however,
that if any Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Agreement Date
and the Borrower shall directly or indirectly own less than 90% of such
Subsidiary's Capital Stock, or with respect to Eller and its subsidiaries,
Borrower shall directly or indirectly own less than 88% of such Capital Stock,
then for purposes of the calculation of Operating Cash Flow, the Borrower shall
only include a percentage of such Subsidiary's operating cash flow equal to the
Borrower's percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary.

         "Operating Lease" means any operating lease, as defined in the
Financial Accounting Standard Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 13, dated November, 1976 or otherwise in accordance with GAAP, with an
initial or remaining noncancellable lease term in excess of one year.

         "Participant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.6(c)
hereof.

         "Participation" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.6(c)
hereof.

         "Payment Date" means the last day of the Interest Period for any LIBOR
Advance or Bid Rate Advance.

         "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

         "Permitted Liens" means, as applied to any Person:

         (a)     any Lien in favor of the Lenders to secure the Obligations
hereunder;

         (b)     (i) Liens on real estate for real estate taxes not yet
delinquent, (ii) Liens created by lease agreements to secure the payments of
rental amounts and other sums not yet due thereunder, (iii) Liens on leasehold
interests created by the lessor in favor of any mortgagee of the leased
premises, and (iv) Liens for taxes, assessments, governmental charges, levies
or claims that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside on such
Person's books, but only so long as no foreclosure, restraint, sale or similar
proceedings have been commenced with respect thereto;

         (c)     Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, laborers and
materialmen and other similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business
for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been
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         (d)     Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in
connection with worker's compensation, unemployment insurance or similar
legislation;

         (e)     Easements, right-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances on the use of real property which do not interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of such Person;

         (f)     Liens created to secure the purchase price of tangible
personal property acquired by such Person or created to secure Indebtedness
permitted by Section 7.1(d) hereof in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 in
the aggregate, which is incurred solely for the purpose of financing the
acquisition of such assets and incurred at the time of acquisition, so long as
each such Lien shall at all times be confined solely to the asset or assets so
acquired (and proceeds thereof), and refinancings thereof so long as any such
Lien remains solely on the asset or assets acquired and the amount of
Indebtedness related thereto is not increased;

         (g)     Liens in respect of judgments or awards for which appeals or
proceedings for review are being prosecuted and in respect of which a stay of
execution upon any such appeal or proceeding for review shall have been
secured, provided that (i) such Person shall have established adequate reserves
for such judgments or awards, (ii) such judgments or awards shall be fully
insured and the insurer shall not have denied coverage, or (iii) such judgments
or awards shall have been bonded to the satisfaction of the Determining
Lenders; and

         (h)     Any Liens existing on the Agreement Date which are described
on Schedule 2 hereto, and Liens resulting from the refinancing of the related
Indebtedness, provided that the Indebtedness secured thereby shall not be
increased and the Liens shall not cover additional assets of the Borrower.

         "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust or
unincorporated organization, limited liability company, or a government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.

         "Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan as defined in Section
3(2) of ERISA (including a Multiemployer Plan) that is covered by Title IV of
ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code
and is maintained for the employees of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any
member of their Controlled Group.

         "Prime Rate" means, at any time, the prime interest rate announced or
published by the Administrative Lender from time to time as its reference rate
for the determination of interest rates for loans of varying maturities in
United States dollars to United States residents of varying degrees of
creditworthiness and being quoted at such time by the Administrative Lender as
its "prime rate;" it being understood that such rate may not be the lowest rate
of interest charged by the Administrative Lender.

         "Pro-Forma Debt Service" means, as of any date of determination,
determined in accordance with GAAP for the Borrower and its Restricted
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the sum (without duplication) of (a) all payments of principal, interest, fees
and other amounts scheduled to be paid on all Indebtedness during the
succeeding four fiscal quarters (assuming for any Indebtedness subject to a
floating interest rate, an interest rate equal to the applicable rate in effect
on the date of determination), plus (b) without duplication, all rentals and
other amounts (excluding insurance premiums and property taxes) scheduled to be
paid under all Capitalized Lease Obligations during the succeeding four fiscal
quarters, plus (c) all debt discount and expense scheduled to be amortized
during the succeeding four fiscal quarters.

         "Quarterly Date" means March 31, June 30, September 30 and December
31, beginning March 31, 1997.

         "Refinancing Advance" means any LIBOR Advance or Bid Rate Advance
which is used to pay the principal amount (or any portion thereof) of a LIBOR
Advance or Bid Rate Advance at the end of its Interest Period and which, after
giving effect to such application, does not result in an increase in the
aggregate amount of outstanding LIBOR Advances or Bid Rate Advances at the time
of the Refinancing Advance.

         "Regulatory Modification" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.5
hereof.

         "Regulatory Modification Retroactive Effective Date" has the meaning
set forth in Section 9.5 hereof.

         "Regulatory Modification Set Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.5 hereof.

         "Reimbursement Obligations" means, in respect of any Letters of Credit
as at any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount which is then
available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether the conditions to
drawing thereunder have been met) plus any unreimbursed amounts under Letters
of Credit.

         "Release Date" means the date on which the notes have been paid, all
other Obligations due and owing have been paid and performed in full, and the
Commitment has been terminated.

         "Reportable Event" has the meaning set forth in Title IV of ERISA.

         "Restricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary which is not an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, (ii) ARN, (iii) NRNZ, (iv) CCC-Houston and (v) Eller
Target Media Group, L.P.; provided, however that each of the Subsidiaries set
forth in clauses (ii) through (v) herein shall not have executed any Subsidiary
Guaranties.

         "Revolving Credit Advance" means an Advance made pursuant to Section
2.1(a) hereof.

         "Revolving Credit Note" means any promissory note of the Borrower
evidencing Revolving Credit Advances hereunder, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, together with any extension, renewal or amendment thereof or
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         "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a Division of The
McGraw-Hill, Inc., a New York corporation.

         "Special Counsel" means the law firm of Donohoe, Jameson & Carroll,
P.C., or such other legal counsel as the Administrative Lender may select.

         "Specified Percentage" means, as to any Lender, the percentage
indicated beside its name on Schedule 12 (which percentages may be amended on
or before the Syndication Date to reflect an increase in the Commitment as a
result of the syndication referred to in Section 5.13 hereof), or if
applicable, specified in its most recent Assignment Agreement.

         "Subordinated Debt" means any Institutional Debt of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries which shall have been and continues to be validly and
effectively subordinated to the prior payment in full of the Obligations on
terms and documentation approved in writing by the Determining Lenders.

         "Subsidiary" means (a) any corporation of which 50% or more of the
outstanding stock (other than directors' qualifying shares) having ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of its board of directors, regardless of the
existence at the time of a right of the holders of any class of securities of
such corporation to exercise such voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency, is at the time owned by the Borrower, directly or through one
or more  intermediaries, and (b) any other entity which is Controlled or then
capable of being Controlled by the Borrower, directly or through one or more
intermediaries, whether a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary.

         "Subsidiary Guaranty" means any Guaranty executed by one or more
Restricted Subsidiaries guarantying payment and performance of the Obligations,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, as such agreement may be
amended, modified, renewed or extended from time to time.

         "Syndication Date" means the earlier of (a) the date notice is
delivered to Borrower informing Borrower that the Commitment has increased to
an amount not to exceed $2,000,000,000 and is available to be drawn as
designated by Borrower or (b) December 31, 1997; provided, however, that no
more than one such syndication shall occur during such period.

         "Termination Event" means, with respect to the Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries or any Plan, (a) a Reportable Event, (b) the withdrawal from a
Plan during a Plan year in which it was a "substantial employer" as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate
a Plan or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041
of ERISA, (d) the institution of proceedings by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation to terminate a Plan or appoint a trustee to administer a Plan, (e)
the failure to comply with the minimum funding requirements of ERISA with
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other event or condition which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer,
any Plan.

         "Total Debt" means, as of any date of determination, determined for
the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum
(without duplication) of (a) all principal and interest owing under the Loan
Documents, (b) all Indebtedness evidenced by a promissory note or otherwise
representing borrowed money, (c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations and (d) all
Guaranties.

         "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means those Subsidiaries designated as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries on Schedule 7, any entity acquired by an Investment
after the Agreement Date to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(h)
hereof and if it complies with Section 5.12 hereof, Eller and each direct or
indirect subsidiary of Eller.  An Unrestricted Subsidiary may become a
Restricted Subsidiary and subject to the provisions hereof by becoming a party
to the Subsidiary Guaranty.

         "Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, as of the date of
determination, with respect to any debt instrument, the quotient obtained by
dividing (i) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of
determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of
such debt instrument by the amount of such principal payment by (ii) the sum of
all such principal payments.

         Section 1.2      Amendments and Renewals.  Each definition of an
agreement in this Article 1 shall include such agreement as amended to date,
and as amended or renewed from time to time in accordance with its terms, but
only with the prior written consent of the Determining Lenders.

         Section 1.3      Construction.  The terms defined in this Article 1
(except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) for all purposes
shall have the meanings set forth in Section 1.1 hereof, and the singular shall
include the plural, and vice versa, unless otherwise specifically required by
the context.  All accounting terms used in this Agreement which are not
otherwise defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP on a
consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, unless otherwise
expressly stated herein.  To the extent that a material change in GAAP occurs
after the Agreement Date, the Borrower and Lenders agree to negotiate in good
faith to effect conforming changes to the financial covenants set forth in
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                                   ARTICLE 2

                                    Advances

         Section 2.1      The Advances.

         (a)     Revolving Credit Advances.  Each Lender severally agrees, upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, to make Revolving
Credit Advances to the Borrower from time to time up to and including the
Maturity Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed its Specified Percentage of
the Commitment less its Specified Percentage of the Reimbursement Obligations
then outstanding (assuming compliance with all conditions to drawing) for the
purposes set forth in Section 5.9 hereof.  Subject to Section 2.8 hereof,
Advances may be repaid and then reborrowed.  Any Revolving Credit Advance
shall, at the option of the Borrower as provided in Section 2.2 hereof (and, in
the case of LIBOR Advances, subject to availability and to the provisions of
Article 9 hereof), be made as a Base Rate Advance or a LIBOR Advance; provided
that there shall not be outstanding to any Lender, at any one time, more than
ten LIBOR Advances.  Notwithstanding any provision in any Loan Document to the
contrary, in no event shall the principal amount of all outstanding Revolving
Credit Advances, Bid Rate Advances and Reimbursement Obligations plus the
principal amount of Indebtedness guaranteed by the Borrower pursuant to the
NationsBank Guaranty exceed the Commitment.  On the Maturity Date unless sooner
paid as provided herein, the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances shall be
repaid in full.

         (b)     Bid Rate Advances.  Each Lender may, in its sole discretion
and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, make Bid Rate
Advances to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not in excess
of the difference between (i) the Commitment minus (ii) the sum of (A) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount for all Revolving Credit Advances, plus
(B) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Bid Rate Advances, plus
(C) the amount of all Reimbursement Obligations, plus (D) the principal amount
of Indebtedness guaranteed by the Borrower pursuant to the NationsBank
Guaranty.  Notwithstanding anything in the preceding sentence to the contrary,
Bid Rate Advances may not exceed $750,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.
Each Bid Rate Advance shall be for a period for not less than 7 days and not
more than 90 days.  The Borrower may not request any Bid Rate Advances unless
the Index Debt Rating is the following or better:  BBB- from S&P or Baa3 from
Moody's.  Bid Rate Advances may not be prepaid without the prior written
consent of the Lender making such Bid Rate Advances.

             Section 2.2      Manner of Borrowing and Disbursement.

         (a)     In the case of Base Rate Advances, the Borrower, through an
Authorized Signatory, shall give the Administrative Lender at least one
Business Days' irrevocable written notice, or irrevocable telephonic notice
followed immediately by written notice (provided, however, that the Borrower's
failure to confirm any telephonic notice in writing shall not invalidate any
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hereunder.  Notice shall be given to the Administrative Lender prior to 11:00
a.m., Dallas, Texas time, in order for such Business Day to count toward the
minimum number of Business Days required.  Such notice of borrowing shall
specify the requested funding date, which shall be a Business Day, and the
amount of the proposed aggregate Base Rate Advances to be made by Lenders.

         (b)     In the case of LIBOR Advances, the Borrower, through an
Authorized Signatory, shall give the Administrative Lender at least three
Business Days' irrevocable written notice, or irrevocable telephonic notice
followed immediately by written notice (provided, however, that the Borrower's
failure to confirm any telephonic notice in writing shall not invalidate any
notice so given), of its intention to borrow or reborrow a LIBOR Advance
hereunder.  Notice shall be given to the Administrative Lender prior to 11:00
a.m., Dallas, Texas time, in order for such Business Day to count toward the
minimum number of Business Days required.  LIBOR Advances shall in all cases be
subject to availability and to Article 9 hereof.  For LIBOR Advances, the
notice of borrowing shall specify the requested funding date, which shall be a
Business Day, the amount of the proposed aggregate LIBOR Advances to be made by
Lenders and the Interest Period selected by the Borrower, provided that no such
Interest Period shall extend past the Maturity Date or prohibit or impair the
Borrower's ability to comply with Section 2.8 hereof.

         (c)     Subject to Sections 2.1 and 2.9 hereof, at least three
Business Days prior to each Payment Date for a LIBOR Advance, the Borrower,
through an Authorized Signatory, shall give the Administrative Lender
irrevocable written notice, or irrevocable telephonic notice followed
immediately by written notice (provided, however, that the Borrower's failure
to confirm any telephonic notice in writing shall not invalidate any notice so
given), specifying whether all or a portion of such LIBOR Advance outstanding
on the Payment Date (i) is to be repaid and then reborrowed in whole or in part
as a LIBOR Advance, (ii) is to be repaid and then reborrowed in whole or in
part as a Base Rate Advance, or (iii) is to be repaid and not reborrowed;
provided, however, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
if on any Payment Date a Default shall exist, such LIBOR Advance may only be
reborrowed as a Base Rate Advance.  Upon such Payment Date, such LIBOR Advance
shall, subject to the provisions hereof, be so repaid and, as applicable,
reborrowed.

         (d)     Subject to Sections 2.1 and 2.9 hereof, upon at least one
Business Day irrevocable prior written notice (or three Business Days if the
Borrower wishes to reborrow a LIBOR Advance), through an Authorized Signatory,
or irrevocable telephonic notice followed immediately by written notice
(provided, however, that the Borrower's failure to confirm any telephonic
notice in writing shall not invalidate any notice so given), the Borrower may
repay a Base Rate Advance, and (i) reborrow all or a portion of the principal
amount thereof as a Base Rate Advance, (ii) reborrow all or a portion of the
principal amount thereof as one or more LIBOR Advances, or (iii) not reborrow
all or any portion of such Base Rate Advance.  Upon such Payment Date or date
of repayment, such Base Rate Advance shall, subject to the provisions hereof,
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         (e)     The aggregate amount of Base Rate Advances to be made by the
Lenders on any day shall be in a principal amount which is at least $1,000,000
and which is an integral multiple of $100,000; provided, however, that such
amount may equal the unused amount of the Commitment.  The aggregate amount of
LIBOR Advances having the same Interest Period and to be made by the Lenders on
any day shall be in a principal amount which is at least $5,000,000 and which
is an integral multiple of $100,000.

         (f)     The Administrative Lender shall promptly notify the Lenders of
each notice (other than with respect to a Bid Rate Advance) received from the
Borrower pursuant to this Section.  Failure of the Borrower to give any notice
in accordance with Section 2.2(c) hereof shall result in a repayment of any
such existing LIBOR Advance on the applicable Payment Date by a Refinancing
Advance which is a Base Rate Advance.  Each Lender shall, not later than noon,
Dallas, Texas time, on the date of any Revolving Credit Advance that is not a
Refinancing Advance, deliver to the Administrative Lender, at its address set
forth herein, such Lender's Specified Percentage of such Revolving Credit
Advance in immediately available funds in accordance with the Administrative
Lender's instructions.  Prior to 2:00 p.m., Dallas, Texas time, on the date of
any Revolving Credit Advance hereunder, the Administrative Lender shall,
subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article 3, disburse the
amounts made available to the Administrative Lender by the Lenders by (i)
transferring such amounts by wire transfer pursuant to the Borrower's
instructions, or (ii) in the absence of such instructions, crediting such
amounts to the account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative
Lender.  All Revolving Credit Advances shall be made by each Lender according
to its Specified Percentage.  No Lender shall be relieved of its obligation to
fund its Specified Percentage of any Revolving Credit Advance notwithstanding
the fact that at any time the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Bid
Rate Advances made by such Lender exceed its Specified Percentage of the
Commitment.

         (g)     Bid Rate Advances

                 (i)      In the case of Bid Rate Advances, the Borrower,
         through an Authorized Signatory, shall give the Administrative Lender
         (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) prior to 12:00 noon, Dallas,
         Texas time, at least one Business Day prior to the proposed borrowing,
         irrevocable written notice of its intention to borrow a Bid Rate
         Advance.  Each Bid Rate Advance request shall be subject to a non-
         refundable $500.00 processing fee payable to the Administrative Lender
         by the Borrower regardless of whether such Bid Rate Advance is funded.
         Such notice of borrowing shall specify (i) the requested funding date,
         which shall be a Business Day, (ii) the aggregate amount of the
         proposed Bid Rate Advances, (iii) the Interest Period selected by the
         Borrower, provided that no Interest Period shall extend past the
         Maturity Date and (iv) any other terms applicable thereto.

                 (ii)     Each Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it
         elects to do so, irrevocably offer to make one or more Bid Rate
         Advances to the Borrower as part of such proposed borrowing at a rate
         or rates of interest specified by such Lender in its sole discretion,
         by making a written quote to the Administrative Lender (which shall
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         thereof to the Borrower) before 9:30 a.m., Dallas, Texas time, on the
         date of such proposed borrowing, setting forth the minimum amount and
         maximum amount of each Bid Rate Advance which such Lender would be
         willing to make as part of the proposed borrowing (which amounts may
         exceed such Lender's Specified Percentage of the Commitment) and the
         rate or rates of interest therefor and the Interest Period therefor.
         If NationsBank of Texas, N.A. elects to offer to make one or more Bid
         Rate Advances, it shall deliver its written quote with respect to the
         proposed borrowing to the Borrower prior to the Administrative
         Lender's receipt of any other Lender's written quote for such proposed
         borrowing.  The Administrative Lender shall notify the Borrower of
         each written quote provided by each Lender with respect to the
         proposed borrowing before 10:00 a.m., Dallas, Texas, on the date of
         such proposed borrowing.  If any Lender shall elect not to make such
         an offer, such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Lender before
         9:30 a.m., Dallas, Texas time, on the date of such proposed borrowing,
         and such Lender shall not make any Bid Rate Advance as part of such
         borrowing.  If any Lender shall fail to respond to the Administrative
         Lender by such time, such Lender shall be deemed to have elected not
         to make an offer.

                 (iii)    The Borrower shall, in turn, before 10:30 a.m.,
         Dallas, Texas time, on the date of such proposed borrowing either

                          (A)     cancel such proposed borrowing by giving the
                 Administrative Lender notice to that effect, or

                          (B)     accept one or more of the offers made by any
                 Lender or Lenders pursuant to clause (ii) above, in its sole
                 discretion, by giving notice to the Administrative Lender of
                 the amount of each Bid Rate Advance (which amount shall be
                 equal to or greater than the minimum amount, and equal to or
                 less than the maximum amount, for which notification was given
                 to the Borrower by the Administrative Lender on behalf of such
                 Lender for such Bid Rate Advance pursuant to clause (ii)
                 above) to be made by each Lender as part of such borrowing,
                 and reject any remaining offers made by the Lenders pursuant
                 to clause (ii) above by giving the Administrative Lender
                 notice to that effect.

                 (iv)     If the Borrower notifies the Administrative Lender
         that such proposed borrowing is cancelled pursuant to clause (iii)(A)
         above, the Administrative Lender shall give prompt notice thereof to
         the Lenders and such borrowing shall not be made.

                 (v)      If the Borrower accepts one or more of the offers
         made by any Lender or Lenders pursuant to clause (iii)(B) above, the
         Administrative Lender shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of the
         date, rate of interest, and amount of each Bid Rate Advance and the
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         Section 2.3      Interest.

         (a)     On Base Rate Advances.

                 (i)      The Borrower shall pay interest on the outstanding
         unpaid principal amount of each Base Rate Advance, from the date such
         Advance is made until it is due (whether at maturity, by reason of
         acceleration, by scheduled reduction, or otherwise) or repaid, at a
         simple interest rate per annum equal to the Base Rate Basis as in
         effect from time to time, provided that interest on Base Rate Advances
         shall not exceed the Maximum Amount.  If at any time the Base Rate
         Basis would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, interest payable on Base
         Rate Advances shall be limited to the Highest Lawful Rate, but the
         Base Rate Basis shall not thereafter be reduced below the Highest
         Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest accrued on such
         Advances equals the amount of interest that would have accrued if the
         Base Rate Basis had been in effect at all times.

                 (ii)     Interest on each Base Rate Advance shall be computed
         on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, for the
         number of days actually elapsed, and shall be payable in arrears on
         each Quarterly Date and on the Maturity Date.

         (b)     On LIBOR Advances.

                 (i)      The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid
         principal amount of each LIBOR Advance, from the date such Advance is
         made until it is due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration,
         by scheduled reduction, or otherwise) or repaid, at a rate per annum
         equal to the LIBOR Basis for such Advance.  The Administrative Lender,
         whose determination shall be conclusive, shall determine the LIBOR
         Basis on the second Business Day prior to the applicable funding date
         and shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of such LIBOR Basis.

                 (ii)     Subject to Section 11.9 hereof, interest on each
         LIBOR Advance shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the
         actual number of days elapsed, and shall be payable in arrears on the
         applicable Payment Date and on the Maturity Date; provided, however,
         that if the Interest Period for such Advance exceeds three months,
         interest shall also be due and payable in arrears on each Quarterly
         Date during such Interest Period.

         (c)     On Bid Rate Advances.  The Borrower shall pay interest on the
outstanding unpaid principal amount of each Bid Rate Advance at a per annum
rate equal to the interest rate agreed to by the Borrower and the Lender making
such Bid Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.2(g) hereof.  Interest on each Bid
Rate Advance shall be computed and shall be payable at such times as agreed
upon between the Borrower and the Lender making such Advance pursuant to
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         (d)     Interest if No Notice of Selection of LIBOR Basis or Interest
Period.  If the Borrower fails to give the Administrative Lender timely notice
of its selection of a LIBOR Basis for a LIBOR Advance, or if for any reason a
determination of a LIBOR Basis for any  Advance is not timely concluded due to
the fault of the Borrower, the Base Rate Basis shall apply to the applicable
Advance.  If the Borrower fails to give the Administrative Lender timely notice
of its selection of an Interest Period for a LIBOR Advance, a one-month
Interest Period shall apply to the applicable Advance.

         (e)     Interest After an Event of Default.  (i) After an Event of
Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(f) or (g)
hereof) and during any continuance thereof, at the option of Determining
Lenders, and (ii) after an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(f) or (g)
hereof and during any continuance thereof, automatically and without any action
by the Administrative Lender or any Lender, the Obligations shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate.  Such interest shall be payable
on the earlier of demand,  the Maturity Date or upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default specified in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g) hereof, immediately, and shall
accrue until the earlier of (i) waiver or cure (to the satisfaction of the
Determining Lenders) of the applicable Event of Default, (ii) agreement by the
Lenders to rescind the charging of interest at the Default Rate, or (iii)
payment in full of the Obligations.  The Lenders shall not be required to
accelerate the maturity of the Advances, to exercise any other rights or
remedies under the Loan Documents, or to give notice to the Borrower of the
decision to charge interest at the Default Rate.  The Lenders will undertake to
notify the Borrower, after the effective date, of the decision to charge
interest at the Default Rate, but any failure to do so will not affect the
application of such rate.

         Section 2.4      Fees.

         (a)     Commitment Fee.  Subject to Section 11.9 hereof, the Borrower
agrees to pay to the Administrative Lender, for the ratable account of the
Lenders, a commitment fee on the daily average unborrowed balance of the
Commitment based on the following schedule:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Per Annum
                           Applicability                                         Percentage
                           -------------                                         ----------
<S>      <C>                                                                       <C>
(i)      If the Leverage Ratio is not less than 4.5 to 1                           0.2500

(ii)     If the Leverage Ratio is less than 4.5 to 1 but is not                    0.1875
         less than 3.5 to 1

(iii)    If the Leverage Ratio is less than 3.5 to 1                               0.1250
</TABLE>
         The commitment fee shall be subject to reduction or increase, as
applicable and as set forth in the table above, on a quarterly basis according
to the performance of the Borrower as tested by the Leverage Ratio.  Except as
set forth in the last sentence hereof, any such increase or reduction in such
fee shall be effective on the third Business Day following the date of receipt
of the applicable financial statements.  If financial statements of the
Borrower setting forth the Leverage Ratio are not received by the
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Section 6.1 hereof, the commitment fee shall be determined as if the Leverage
Ratio is not less than 4.5 to 1 until such time as such financial statements
are received.  For the last fiscal quarter of any fiscal year of the Borrower,
the Borrower may provide its unaudited financial statements, subject only to
year-end adjustments, for the purpose of adjusting the commitment fee.
Notwithstanding anything above to the contrary, if the compliance certificate
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.5(b) hereof, prior to any
proposed acquisition, indicates that the Leverage Ratio after giving effect to
the proposed acquisition would result in an adjustment of the commitment fee,
such fee shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, as of the date of
such acquisition.

         The commitment fee shall be (i) payable in arrears on each Quarterly
Date and the Maturity Date, fully earned when due and, subject to Section 11.9
hereof, nonrefundable when paid and (ii) subject to Section 11.9 hereof,
computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, for the
actual number of days elapsed.  For purposes of calculating the commitment fee
only, (i) undrawn portions of Letters of Credit outstanding from time to time
will reduce the unused portion of the Commitment and (ii) outstanding Bid Rate
Advances shall not reduce the unused portion of the Commitment.

         (b)     Facility Fee.  Subject to Section 11.9 hereof, the Borrower
agrees to pay directly to each Lender a facility fee in the amount provided for
in a facility fee letter between the Borrower and each Lender.  Such fee shall
be payable on the Agreement Date, fully earned when due and, subject to Section
11.9 hereof, nonrefundable when paid.

         (c)     Administrative Fee.  Subject to Section 11.9 hereof, the
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Lender, for its account and not
the account of the Lenders, a quarterly administrative fee as provided in a fee
letter between the Borrower and the Administrative Lender.

         Section 2.5      Prepayment.

         (a)     Voluntary Prepayments.  The principal amount of any Base Rate
Advance may be prepaid in full or in part at any time, without penalty and,
upon two Business Days' prior telephonic notice (to be promptly followed by
written notice), and any LIBOR Advance may be prepaid, subject to the
penultimate sentence of this Section upon three Business Days' prior telephonic
notice (to be promptly followed by written notice) by an Authorized Signatory
to the Administrative Lender.  LIBOR Advances may be voluntarily prepaid only
so long as the Borrower concurrently reimburses the Lenders in accordance with
Section 2.9 hereof.  Any notice of prepayment shall be irrevocable.

         (b)     Mandatory Prepayment.  On or before the date of any reduction
of the Commitment, the Borrower shall prepay applicable outstanding Advances in
an amount necessary to reduce the sum of outstanding Advances and Reimbursement
Obligations to an amount less than or equal to the Commitment as so reduced.
The Borrower shall first prepay all Base Rate Advances, shall thereafter prepay
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the extent that any prepayment requires that a LIBOR Advance be repaid on a
date other than the last day of its Interest Period, the Borrower shall
reimburse each Lender in accordance with Section 2.9 hereof.

         (c)     Prepayments from Sales of Assets and Equity.  Concurrently
with the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from the sale or disposition by the
Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary, or if Eller becomes an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, Eller, of (i) any (A) asset in which the Net Cash Proceeds from the
sale or disposition thereof exceeds $100,000 and (B) assets sold or disposed of
during any fiscal year in which the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds previously
received during such fiscal year from sales or dispositions of all assets
exceeds $1,000,000, the Borrower shall first prepay all Base Rate Advances,
shall thereafter prepay LIBOR Advances, and finally prepay Bid Rate Advances in
a principal amount equal to (y) in the case of clause (A) above, all Net Cash
Proceeds from such sale or disposition and (z) in the case of clause (B) above,
the amount that the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received during any such fiscal
year exceeds $1,000,000, or (ii) any Equity, the Borrower shall prepay Advances
in the same order as provided in clause (i) above, in a principal amount by
which 50% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $200,000,000 are
received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Agreement
Date from the sale or disposition of Equity.

         (d)     Prepayments from Issuance of Institutional Debt.  Concurrently
with the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of Institutional Debt
by the Borrower, the Borrower shall prepay first all Base Rate Advances, shall
thereafter prepay LIBOR Advances, and finally prepay Bid Rate Advances  in a
principal amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds.

         (e)     Prepayments, Generally.  Any prepayment of an Advance shall be
accompanied by interest accrued on the principal amount being prepaid.  Any
voluntary partial prepayment of a Base Rate Advance shall be in a principal
amount which is at least $1,000,000 and which is an integral multiple of
$100,000.  Any voluntary partial prepayment of a LIBOR Advance shall be in a
principal amount which is at least $1,000,000 and which is an integral multiple
of $100,000, and to the extent that any prepayment of a LIBOR Advance is made
on a date other than the last day of its Interest Period, the Borrower shall
reimburse each Lender in accordance with Section 2.9 hereof.  Following the
Amortization Date, prepayments shall be applied to the mandatory reductions of
the Commitment pursuant to Section 2.6(b) hereof in inverse order.

              Section 2.6      Reduction and Change of Commitment.

         (a)     Voluntary Reduction.  The Borrower shall have the right, upon
not less than 3 Business Days' notice (provided no notice shall be required for
a termination in whole of the Commitment) by an Authorized Signatory to the
Administrative Lender (if telephonic, to be confirmed by telex or in writing on
or before the date of reduction or termination), which shall promptly notify
the Lenders, to terminate or reduce the Commitment, in whole or in part.  Each
partial termination shall be in an aggregate amount which is at least
$5,000,000 and which is an integral multiple of $100,000, and no voluntary
reduction in the Commitment shall cause any LIBOR Advance to be repaid prior to
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anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Borrower have the right
to reduce the Commitment to an amount less than the aggregate outstanding
Reimbursement Obligations.

         (b)     Mandatory Reduction.  The Commitment shall be automatically
reduced (i) by the amount of any amount prepaid or required to be prepaid
pursuant to Section 2.5(b) hereof, (ii) if a Default or Event of Default exists
or would exist as a result of the sale or disposition of assets, by the amount
of aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
after the Agreement Date from the sale and disposition of assets referred to in
Section 2.5(c) hereof and which are required to be used to prepay Advances as
provided therein, (iii) if a Default or Event of Default exists, by the amount
of aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
after the Agreement Date from the sale or disposition of Equity referred to in
Section 2.5(c) hereof, and (iv) if a Default or Event or Default exists or
would exist as a result of the issuance of Institutional Debt, by the amount of
any amount prepaid or required to be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.5(d) hereof.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Borrower
reduce the Commitment to an amount less than the aggregate outstanding
Reimbursement Obligations.

         (c)     Amortization.  The Commitment shall be automatically and
permanently reduced on each date set forth below until the Commitment has been
reduced to zero:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Period                               Reduction Amount
- ------                               ----------------
<S>                                  <C>
September 30, 2000                   $ 43,750,000

December 31, 2000                    $ 43,750,000

March 31, 2001                       $ 54,687,500

June 30, 2001                        $ 54,687,500

September 30, 2001                   $ 54,687,500

December 31, 2001                    $ 54,687,500

March 31, 2002                       $ 76,562,500

June 30, 2002                        $ 76,562,500

September 30, 2002                   $ 76,562,500

December 31, 2002                    $ 76,562,500

March 31, 2003                       $109,375,000

June 30, 2003                        $109,375,000

September 30, 2003                   $109,375,000

December 31, 2003                    $109,375,000

March 31, 2004                       $109,375,000
</TABLE>





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<TABLE>
<S>                                  <C>
June 30, 2004                        $109,375,000

September 30, 2004                   $109,375,000

December 31, 2004                    $109,375,000

March 31, 2005                       $131,250,000

June 30, 2005                        $131,250,000
</TABLE>

         (d)     General Requirements.  Upon any reduction of the Commitment
pursuant to Section 2.6(b), the Borrower shall immediately make a repayment of
applicable Advances in accordance with Section 2.5(b) hereof.  The Borrower
shall reimburse each Lender for any loss or out-of-pocket expense incurred by
each Lender in connection with any such payment, as set forth in Section 2.9
hereof.  The Borrower shall not have any right to rescind any termination or
reduction.  Once reduced, the Commitment may not be increased or reinstated.

         Section 2.7      Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Lender.
Unless the Administrative Lender shall have been notified by a Lender prior to
the date of any proposed Revolving Credit Advance (which notice shall be
effective upon receipt) that such Lender does not intend to make the proceeds
of such Revolving Credit Advance available to the Administrative Lender, the
Administrative Lender may assume that such Lender has made such proceeds
available to the Administrative Lender on such date, and the Administrative
Lender may in reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to) make
available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  If such corresponding amount
is not in fact made available to the Administrative Lender by such Lender, the
Administrative Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from
such Lender (or, if such Lender fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such
demand, from the Borrower) together with interest thereon in respect of each
day during the period commencing on the date such amount was available to the
Borrower and ending on (but excluding) the date the Administrative Lender
receives such amount from the Lender, with interest thereon if paid by such
Lender,at a per annum rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate, and if paid by the
Borrower, at the applicable Base Rate Basis.  No Lender shall be liable for any
other Lender's failure to fund a Revolving Credit Advance hereunder.

         Section 2.8      Payment of Principal of Advances.  The Borrower
agrees to pay the principal amount of the Advances to the Administrative Lender
for the account of the Lenders as follows:

         (a)     End of Interest Period.  The principal amount of each LIBOR
Advance and Bid Rate Advance hereunder shall be due and payable on its Payment
Date, which principal payment may be made by means of a Refinancing Advance.

         (b)     Commitment Reduction.  On the date of reduction of the
Commitment pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof, including the Maturity Date, the
aggregate amount of the Advances outstanding on such date of reduction in
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outstanding Reimbursement Obligations shall be due and payable, which principal
payment may not be made by means of Refinancing Advances.

         (c)     Maturity Date.  The principal amount of the Advances, all
accrued interest and fees thereon, and all other Obligations, shall be due and
payable in full on the Maturity Date.

         Section 2.9      Reimbursement.  Whenever any Lender shall sustain or
incur any losses or reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with (a)
failure by the Borrower to borrow any LIBOR Advance or Bid Rate Advance which
is at a fixed rate after having given notice of its intention to borrow in
accordance with Section 2.2 hereof (whether by reason of the Borrower's
election not to proceed or the non-fulfillment of any of the conditions set
forth in Article 3 hereof), or (b) any prepayment for any reason of any LIBOR
Advance in whole or in part (including a prepayment pursuant to Sections
2.5(c), 2.5(d) and 9.3(b) hereof), the Borrower agrees to pay to any such
Lender, upon its demand, an amount sufficient to compensate such Lender for all
such losses and out-of-pocket expenses.  Such Lender's good faith determination
of the amount of such losses or out-of-pocket expenses, calculated in its usual
fashion, absent manifest error, shall be binding and conclusive.  Such losses
shall include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, lost profits
and reasonable expenses incurred by such Lender in connection with the
re-employment of funds prepaid, repaid, converted or not borrowed, converted or
paid, as the case may be.  Upon request of the Borrower, such Lender shall
provide a certificate setting forth the amount to be paid to it by the Borrower
hereunder and calculations therefor.

         Section 2.10     Manner of Payment.

         (a)     Each payment (including prepayments) by the Borrower of the
principal of or interest on the Advances, fees, and any other amount owed under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made not later than 1:00
p.m. (Dallas, Texas time) on the date specified for payment under this
Agreement to the Administrative Lender at the Administrative Lender's office,
in lawful money of the United States of America constituting immediately
available funds.

         (b)     If any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
shall be specified to be made upon a day which is not a Business Day, it shall
be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, unless such
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case payment shall be
made on the preceding Business Day.  Any extension of time shall in such case
be included in computing interest and fees, if any, in connection with such
payment.

         (c)     The Borrower agrees to pay principal, interest, fees and all
other amounts due under the Loan Documents without deduction for set-off or
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         (d)     Each payment by the Borrower in respect of obligations
relating to the Revolving Credit Advance and the Letters of Credit (whether for
principal, interest, fees or otherwise) shall be made to the Administrative
Lender for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their
respective Specified Percentages.  Each payment by the Borrower in respect of
obligations related to Bid Rate Advances (whether for principal, interest, fees
or otherwise) shall be made to the Administrative Lender for the account of
each Lender holding such Bid Rate Advance.  Notwithstanding anything in this
Section 2.10(d) or any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to the contrary, any payment by the Borrower in respect of any
Advances after acceleration of the Advances pursuant to Section 8.2 or any
monies received by the Administrative Lender as a result of the exercise of
remedies under any Loan Documents after acceleration of the Advances pursuant
to Section 8.2 shall be distributed pro rata to each Lender based on the
percentage that the outstanding Advances and Reimbursement Obligations owed to
such Lender bears to the aggregate Advances and Reimbursement Obligations owed
to all Lenders after the payment of the Administrative Lender's expenses
incurred on behalf of the Lenders then due and payable.

         Section 2.11     LIBOR Lending Offices.  Each Lender's initial LIBOR
Lending Office is set forth opposite its name in Schedule 1 attached hereto.
Each Lender shall have the right at any time and from time to time to designate
a different office of itself or of any Affiliate as such Lender's LIBOR Lending
Office, and to transfer any outstanding LIBOR Advance to such LIBOR Lending
Office.  No such designation or transfer shall result in any liability on the
part of the Borrower for increased costs or expenses resulting solely from such
designation or transfer (except any such transfer which is made by a Lender
pursuant to Section 9.2 or 9.3 hereof, or otherwise for the purpose of
complying with Applicable Law).  Increased costs for expenses resulting from a
change in law occurring subsequent to any such designation or transfer shall be
deemed not to result solely from such designation or transfer.

         Section 2.12     Sharing of Payments.  Any Lender obtaining a payment
(whether voluntary or involuntary, due to the exercise of any right of set-off,
or otherwise) on account of its Revolving Credit Advances or Reimbursement
Obligations in excess of its Specified Percentage of all payments made by the
Borrower with respect to Revolving Credit Advances or Reimbursement Obligations
shall purchase from each other Lender such participation in the Revolving
Credit Advances or Reimbursement Obligations made by such other Lender as shall
be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment pro
rata according to Specified Percentages with each other Lender which is not in
default of its obligations hereunder with respect to such Revolving Credit
Advance or Reimbursement Obligations; provided, however, that if all or any
portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing
Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the
extent of such recovery, but without interest, provided, further that after an
Event of Default, such payments will be shared pro rata among all Lenders based
on the total amount of all Advances or Reimbursement Obligations outstanding.
The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another
Lender pursuant to this Section, to the fullest extent permitted by law, may
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respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct
creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

         Section 2.13     Calculation of LIBOR Rate.  The provisions of this
Agreement relating to calculation of the LIBOR Rate are included only for the
purpose of determining the rate of interest or other amounts to be paid
hereunder that are based upon such rate, it being understood that each Lender
shall be entitled to fund and maintain its funding of all or any part of a
LIBOR Advance as it sees fit.

         Section 2.14     Booking Loans.  Any Lender may make, carry or
transfer Advances at, to or for the account of any of its branch offices or the
office of any Affiliate.

         Section 2.15     Taxes.

         (a)     Any and all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made,
in accordance with Section 2.10, free and clear of and without deduction for
any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges and
withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case
of each Lender and the Administrative Lender, taxes imposed on its overall net
income, and franchise taxes imposed on it (including interest and penalties
imposed thereon), by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or
the Administrative Lender (as the case may be) is organized or any political
subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as
"Taxes").  If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or
in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender or the Administrative
Lender, (x) the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that
after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 2.15) such Lender or the
Administrative Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum
it would have received had no such deductions been made, (y) the Borrower shall
make such deductions and (z) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to
the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with
Applicable Law.

         (b)     In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all stamp and
documentary taxes and any and all other excise and property taxes, charges and
similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as "Other
Taxes").

         (c)     The Borrower will indemnify each Lender and the Administrative
Lender for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without
limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts
payable under this Section 2.15) paid by such Lender or the Administrative
Lender (as the case may be) and all liabilities (including penalties, additions
to tax, interest and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
asserted, other than penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses arising
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part of such Lender or the Administrative Lender, provided, however, that the
Borrower shall have no obligation to indemnify such Lender or the
Administrative Lender (i) unless notice has been given by such Lender or the
Administrative Lender, as applicable, in a time sufficient to afford the
Borrower, in good faith, a reasonable opportunity to contest such payment by
such Lender or the Administrative Lender, provided such opportunity to contest
exists under Applicable Law, and (ii) until such Lender or the Administrative
Lender shall have delivered to the Borrower a certificate setting forth in
reasonable detail the basis of the Borrower's obligation to indemnify such
Lender or the Administrative Lender pursuant to this Section 2.15.  This
indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Lender or the
Administrative Lender (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.

         (d)     Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Lender the original or a certified
copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.  If no Taxes are payable in
respect of any payment hereunder, the Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Lender a certificate from each appropriate taxing authority, or
an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Administrative Lender, in either case
stating that such payment is exempt from or not subject to Taxes, provided,
however, that such certificate or opinion need only be given if:  (i) the
Borrower makes any payment from any account located outside the United States,
or (ii) the payment is made by a payor that is not a United States Person.  For
purposes of this Section 2.15 the terms "United States" and "United States
Person" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code.

         (e)     Each Lender which is not a United States Person hereby agrees
that:

                 (i)      it shall, no later than the Agreement Date (or, in
         the case of a Lender which becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section
         11.06 after the Agreement Date, the date upon which such Lender
         becomes a party hereto) deliver to the Borrower through the
         Administrative Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Lender:

                 (A)      if any lending office is located in the United States
                          of America, two (2) accurate and complete signed
                          originals of Internal Revenue Service Form 4224 or
                          any successor thereto ("Form 4224"),

                 (B)      if any lending office is located outside the United
                          States of America, two (2) accurate and complete
                          signed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form
                          1001 or any successor thereto ("Form 1001").

         in each case indicating that such Lender is on the date of delivery
         thereof entitled to receive payments of principal, interest and fees
         for the account of such lending office or lending offices under this
         Agreement free from withholding of United States Federal income tax;

                 (ii)     if at any time such Lender changes its lending office
         or lending offices or selects an additional lending office it shall,
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         thereafter but only to the extent the forms previously delivered by it
         hereunder are no longer effective, deliver to the Borrower through the
         Administrative Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Lender, in
         replacement for the forms previously delivered by it hereunder:

                 (A)      if such changed or additional lending office is
                          located in the United States of America, two (2)
                          accurate and complete signed originals of Form 4224;
                          or

                 (B)      otherwise, two (2) accurate and complete signed
                          originals of Form 1001,

         in each case indicating that such Lender is on the date of delivery
         thereof entitled to receive payments of principal, interest and fees
         for the account of such changed or additional lending office under
         this Agreement free from withholding of United States Federal income
         tax;

                 (iii)    it shall, before or promptly after the occurrence of
         any event (including the passing of time but excluding any event
         mentioned in clause (ii) above) requiring a change in the most recent
         Form 4224 or Form 1001 previously delivered by such Lender and if the
         delivery of the same be lawful, deliver to the Borrower through the
         Administrative Lender with a copy to the Administrative Lender, two
         (2) accurate and complete original signed copies of Form 4224 or Form
         1001 in replacement for the forms previously delivered by such Lender;
         and

                 (iv)     it shall, promptly upon the request of the Borrower
         to that effect, deliver to the Borrower such other forms or similar
         documentation as may be required from time to time by any applicable
         law, treaty, rule or regulation in order to establish such Lender's
         tax status for withholding purposes.

         (f)     Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of
the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower
contained in this Section 2.15 shall survive the payment in full of principal
and interest hereunder.

         (g)     Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to
this Section 2.15 shall use its reasonable best efforts (consistent with its
internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the
jurisdiction of its lending office, if the making of such a change would avoid
the need for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional amounts which may
thereafter accrue and would not, in the sole judgment of such Lender, be
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

         (h)     Each Lender (and the Administrative Lender with respect to
payments to the Administrative Lender for its own account) agrees that (i) it
will take all reasonable actions by all usual means to maintain all exemptions,
if any, available to it from United States withholding taxes (whether available
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any Lender's lending office) and (ii) otherwise cooperate with the Borrower to
minimize amounts payable by the Borrower under this Section 2.15; provided,
however, the Lenders and the Administrative Lender shall not be obligated by
reason of this Section 2.15(h) to contest the payment of any Taxes or Other
Taxes or to disclose any information regarding its tax affairs or tax
computations or reorder its tax or other affairs or tax or other planning.

         Section 2.16     Letters of Credit.

         (a)      The Letter of Credit Facility.  The Borrower may request the
Issuing Bank, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to issue, and
the Issuing Bank shall, if so requested, issue, letters of credit, including
the Existing Letters of Credit (the "Letters of Credit") for the account of the
Borrower from time to time on any Business Day from the date of the initial
Advance until the Maturity Date in an aggregate maximum amount (assuming
compliance with all conditions to drawing) not to exceed at any time
outstanding the lesser of (i) $200,000,000 (the "Letter of Credit Facility"),
and (ii) the difference of (A) the Commitment minus (B) the aggregate principal
amount of Advances then outstanding.  No Letter of Credit shall have an
expiration date (including all rights of renewal) later than the earlier of (i)
the Maturity Date or (ii) one year after the date of issuance thereof.
Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit (or, with respect to the
Existing Letters of Credit, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of this Agreement), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to
have sold and transferred to each Lender, and each Lender shall be deemed to
have purchased and received from the Issuing Bank, in each case irrevocably and
without any further action by any party, an undivided interest and
participation in such Letter of Credit, each drawing thereunder and the
obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement in respect thereof in an
amount equal to the product of (i) such Lender's Specified Percentage of the
Commitment times (ii) the maximum amount available to be drawn under such
Letter of Credit (assuming compliance with all conditions to drawing).  Within
the limits of the Letter of Credit Facility, and subject to the limits referred
to above, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit under this
Section 2.16(a), repay any Advances resulting from drawings thereunder pursuant
to Section 2.16(c) and request the issuance of additional Letters of Credit
under this Section 2.16(a).  During the term of this Agreement, provided that
no Default or Event of Default then exists and subject to the same conditions
for the issuance of a Letter of Credit set forth in Section 3.2 hereof, the
Issuing Bank may at the Borrower's option, automatically renew any expiring
Letters of Credit for a period of time not to exceed the earlier of (x) five
(5) days prior to the Maturity Date or (y) one year after the date of issuance
thereof.

         (b)     Request for Issuance.  Each Letter of Credit shall be issued
upon notice, given not later than 11:00 a.m. (Dallas time) on the third
Business Day prior to the date of the proposed issuance of such Letter of
Credit, by the Borrower to the Issuing Bank, which shall give to the
Administrative Lender and each Lender prompt notice thereof by telex,
telecopier or cable.  Each Letter of Credit shall be issued upon notice given
in accordance with the terms of any separate agreement between the Borrower and
the Issuing Bank in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower
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with this Agreement (a "Letter of Credit Agreement"), provided that if any such
terms and conditions are inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement shall
control.  Each such notice of issuance of a Letter of Credit (a "Notice of
Issuance") shall be by telex, telecopier or cable, specifying therein, the
requested (A) date of such issuance (which shall be a Business Day), (B)
maximum amount of such Letter of Credit, (C) expiration date of such Letter of
Credit, (D) name and address of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, (E)
form of such Letter of Credit and (F) such other information as shall be
required pursuant to the relevant Letter of Credit Agreement.  If the requested
terms of such Letter of Credit are acceptable to the Issuing Bank in its
reasonable discretion, the Issuing Bank shall, subject to this Section 2.16(b),
upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article 3 hereof,
make such Letter of Credit available to the Borrower at its office referred to
in Section 11.1 or as otherwise agreed with the Borrower in connection with
such issuance.

         (c)     Drawing and Reimbursement.  The payment by the Issuing Bank of
a draft drawn under any Letter of Credit shall constitute for all purposes of
this Agreement the making by the Issuing Bank of a Revolving Credit Advance,
which shall bear interest at the applicable Base Rate Basis, in the amount of
such draft (but without any requirement for compliance with the conditions set
forth in Article 3 hereof).  In the event that a drawing under any Letter of
Credit is not reimbursed by the Borrower by 11:00 a.m. (Dallas time) on the
first Business Day after such drawing, the Issuing Bank shall promptly notify
Administrative Lender and each other Lender.  Each such Lender shall, on the
first Business Day following such notification, make an Revolving Credit
Advance, which shall bear interest at the applicable Base Rate Basis, and shall
be used to repay the applicable portion of the Issuing Bank's Revolving Credit
Advance with respect to such Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to the amount
of its participation in such drawing for application to reimburse the Issuing
Bank (but without any requirement for compliance with the applicable conditions
set forth in Article 3 hereof) and shall make available to the Administrative
Lender for the account of the Issuing Bank, by deposit at the Administrative
Lender's office, in same day funds, the amount of such Revolving Credit
Advance.  In the event that any Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Lender for the account of the Issuing Bank the amount of such
Revolving Credit Advance, the Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such
amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at a rate per
annum equal to the lesser of (i) the Highest Lawful Rate or (ii) the Federal
Funds Rate.

         (d)     Increased Costs.  If any change in any law or regulation or in
the interpretation thereof by any court or administrative or governmental
authority charged with the administration thereof shall either (i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against letters of credit or guarantees issued by, or assets held by, or
deposits in or for the account of, the Issuing Bank or any Lender or (ii)
impose on the Issuing Bank or any Lender any other condition regarding this
Agreement or such Lender or any Letter of Credit, and the result of any event
referred to in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) shall be, in the reasonable
opinion of the Issuing Bank or any Lender, to increase the cost to the Issuing
Bank of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to any Lender of
purchasing any participation therein or making any Advance pursuant to Section
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then, upon demand by the Issuing Bank or such Lender, the Borrower shall,
subject to Section 11.9 hereof, pay to the Issuing Bank or such Lender, from
time to time as specified by the Issuing Bank or such Lender, additional
amounts that shall be sufficient to compensate the Issuing Bank or such Lender
for such Increased Letter of Credit Costs.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
demand for Increased Letter of Credit Costs shall not include any Letter of
Credit costs with respect to any period more than 180 days prior to the date
that the Issuing Bank or any Lender gives notice to the Borrower of such
Increased Letter of Credit Costs unless the effective date of the condition
which results in the right to received Increased Letter of Credit Costs is
retroactive (the "Increased Letter of Credit Costs Retroactive Effective
Date").  If any Increased Letter of Credit Costs has an Increased Costs Letter
of Credit Retroactive Effective Date and the Issuing Bank or any Lender demands
compensation within 180 days after the date setting the Increased Letter of
Credit Costs Effective Date (the "Increased Letter of Credit Costs Set Date"),
the Issuing Bank or such Lender, as appropriate, shall have the right to
receive such Increased Letter of Credit Costs from the Increased Letter of
Credit Retroactive Effective Date.  If the Issuing Bank or a Lender does not
demand such Increased Letter of Credit Costs within 180 days after the
Increased Letter of Credit Costs Set Date, the Issuing Bank or such Lender, as
appropriate, may not receive payment of Increased Letter of Credit Costs with
respect to any period more than 180 days prior to such demand.  A certificate
as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower by the
Issuing Bank or such Lender, shall include in reasonable detail the basis for
the demand for additional compensation and shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent demonstrable error.  The obligations of the Borrower under
this Section 2.16(d) shall survive termination of this Agreement.  The Issuing
Bank or any Lender claiming any additional compensation under this Section
2.16(d) shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory
restrictions) to reduce or eliminate any such additional compensation which may
thereafter accrue and which efforts would not, in the sole discretion of the
Issuing Bank or such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous.

         (e)     Obligations Absolute.  The obligations of the Borrower under
this Agreement with respect to any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit
Agreement and any other agreement or instrument relating to any Letter of
Credit or any Advance pursuant to Section 2.16(c) shall be unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, such Letter of Credit Agreement and such other agreement or
instrument under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the
following circumstances:

                 (i)      any lack of validity or enforceability of this
         Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Letter of Credit Agreement,
         any Letter of Credit or any other agreement or instrument relating
         thereto (collectively, the "L/C Related Documents");

                 (ii)     any change in the time, manner or place of payment
         of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations of the
         Borrower in respect of the Letters of Credit or any Revolving Credit
         Advance pursuant to Section 2.16(c) or any other amendment or waiver
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                 (iii)    the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other
         right that the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary
         or any transferee of a Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any
         such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing
         Bank, any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this
         Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by the L/C Related
         Documents or any unrelated transaction;

                 (iv)     any statement or any other document presented under a
         Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or
         insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
         inaccurate in any respect, except to the extent that any payment by
         the Issuing Bank against any such statement or other document shall be
         as a result of the Issuing Bank's gross negligence or willful
         misconduct;

                 (v)      payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit
         against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not comply
         with the terms of the Letter of Credit, except for any payment made
         upon the Issuing Bank's gross negligence or willful misconduct;

                 (vi)     any exchange, release or non-perfection of any
         Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to
         departure from any Subsidiary Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all
         or any of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Letters of
         Credit or any Revolving Credit Advance pursuant to Section 2.16(c); or

                 (vii)    any other circumstance or happening whatsoever,
         whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including, without
         limitation, any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a
         defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or a guarantor,
         other than the Issuing's Bank gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

         (f)     Compensation for Letters of Credit.

                 (i)      Credit Fees.  Subject to Section 11.9 hereof, the
         Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Lender for the account of
         each Lender a credit fee (which shall be payable quarterly in arrears
         on each Quarterly Date and on the Maturity Date) on the average daily
         amount available for drawing under all outstanding Letters of Credit
         (computed, subject to Section 11.9 hereof, on the basis of a 365-day
         year for the actual number of days elapsed) at the following per annum
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              Percentage
                                                                              ----------
                              Applicability
                              -------------
<S>      <C>                                                                    <C>
(i)      If the Leverage Ratio is not less than 6.00 to 1                       1.0000

(ii)     If the Leverage Ratio is less than 6.00 to 1 but is not less than      0.8750
         5.75 to 1

(iii)    If the Leverage Ratio is less than 5.75 to 1 but is not less than      0.7500
         5.50 to 1

(iv)     If the Leverage Ratio is less than 5.50 to 1 but is not less than      0.6250
         5.00 to 1

(v)      If the Leverage Ratio is less than 5.00 to 1 but is not less than      0.5000
         4.50 to 1

(vi)     If the Leverage Ratio is less than 4.50 to 1 but is not less than      0.4000
         4.00 to 1

(vii)    If the Leverage Ratio is less than 4.00 to 1 but is not less than      0.3250
         3.50 to 1

(xiii)   If the Leverage Ratio is less than 3.50 to 1 but is not less than      0.2500
         3.00 to 1

(ix)     If the Leverage Ratio is less than 3.00 to 1                           0.2250
</TABLE>

                 (ii)     Adjustment of Credit Fee.  The credit fee payable in
         respect of the Letters of Credit shall be subject to reduction or
         increase, as applicable and as set forth in the table in (i) above, on
         a quarterly basis according to the performance of the Borrower as
         tested by the Leverage Ratio.  Except as set forth in the last
         sentence hereof, any such increase or reduction in such fee shall be
         effective on the third Business Day following the date of receipt of
         the applicable financial statements.  If financial statements of the
         Borrower setting forth the Leverage Ratio are not received by the
         Administrative Lender by the date required pursuant to Section 6.1
         hereof, the fee payable in respect of the Letters of Credit shall be
         determined as if the Leverage Ratio is not less than 6.0 to 1 until
         such time as such financial statements are received.  For the last
         fiscal quarter of any fiscal year of the Borrower, the Borrower may
         provide its unaudited financial statements, subject only to year-end
         adjustments, for the purpose of adjusting the Letter of Credit fee.
         Notwithstanding anything above to the contrary, if the compliance
         certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.5(b)
         hereof, prior to any proposed acquisition, indicates that the Leverage
         Ratio after giving effect to the proposed acquisition would result in
         an adjustment of the Letter of Credit fee, such fee shall be increased
         or decreased, as the case may be, as of the date of such acquisition.

                 (iii)    Issuance Fee.  Subject to Section 11.9 hereof, the
         Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Lender, for the sole account
         of the Issuing Bank, an issuance fee of $500 on the date of issuance
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         (g)     L/C Cash Collateral Account.

                 (i)      Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and demand
         by the Administrative Lender pursuant to Section 8.2(c), other than an
         Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g) hereof upon such
         event the referenced sums will become immediately due and payable
         without further action by the Administrative Lender, the Borrower will
         promptly pay to the Administrative Lender in immediately available
         funds an amount equal to 100% of the maximum amount then available to
         be drawn under the Letters of Credit then outstanding.  Any amounts so
         received by the Administrative Lender shall be deposited by the
         Administrative Lender in a deposit account maintained by the Issuing
         Bank (the "L/C Cash Collateral Account").

                 (ii)     As security for the payment of all Reimbursement
         Obligations and for any other Obligations, the Borrower hereby grants,
         conveys, assigns, pledges, sets over and transfers to the
         Administrative Lender (for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and
         Lenders), and creates in the Administrative Lender's favor (for the
         benefit of the Issuing Bank and Lenders) a Lien in, all money,
         instruments and securities at any time held in or acquired in
         connection with the L/C Cash Collateral Account, together with all
         proceeds thereof.  The L/C Cash Collateral Account shall be under the
         sole dominion and control of the Administrative Lender and the
         Borrower shall have no right to withdraw or to cause the
         Administrative Lender to withdraw any funds deposited in the L/C Cash
         Collateral Account except as otherwise provided in Section
         2.16(g)(iii).  At any time and from time to time, upon the
         Administrative Lender's request, the Borrower promptly shall execute
         and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents,
         including UCC financing statements, as may be necessary, appropriate
         or desirable in the Administrative Lender's judgment to obtain the
         full benefits (including perfection and priority) of the security
         interest created or intended to be created by this paragraph (ii) and
         of the rights and powers herein granted.  The Borrower shall not
         create or suffer to exist any Lien on any amounts or investments held
         in the L/C Cash Collateral Account other than the Lien granted under
         this paragraph (ii) and Liens arising by operation of Law and not by
         contract which secure amounts not yet due and payable.

                 (iii)    The Administrative Lender shall (A) apply any funds
         in the L/C Cash Collateral Account on account of Reimbursement
         Obligations when the same become due and payable if and to the extent
         that the Borrower shall fail directly to pay such Reimbursement
         Obligations, (B) after the Maturity Date, apply any proceeds remaining
         in the L/C Cash Collateral Account first to pay any unpaid Obligations
         then outstanding hereunder and then to refund any remaining amount to
         the Borrower, and (C) provided no Default or Event of Default shall be
         in existence, return any funds in the L/C Cash Collateral Account to
         the Borrower.

                 (iv)     The Borrower, no more than once in any calendar
         month, may direct the Administrative Lender to invest the funds held
         in the L/C Cash Collateral Account (so long as the aggregate amount of
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         requirement) in (A) direct obligations of the United States or any
         agency thereof, or obligations guaranteed by the United States or any
         agency thereof and (B) one or more other types of investments
         permitted by the Determining Lenders, in each case with such
         maturities as the Borrower, with the consent of the Determining
         Lenders, may specify, pending application of such funds on account of
         Reimbursement Obligations or on account of other Obligations, as the
         case may be.  In the absence of any such direction from the Borrower,
         the Administrative Lender shall invest the funds held in the L/C Cash
         Collateral Account (so long as the aggregate amount of such funds
         exceeds any relevant minimum investment requirement) in one or more
         types of investments with the consent of the Determining Lenders with
         such maturities as the Borrower, with the consent of the Determining
         Lenders, may specify, pending application of such funds on account of
         Reimbursement Obligations or on account of other Obligations, as the
         case may be.  All such investments shall be made in the Administrative
         Lender's name for the account of the Lenders.  The Borrower recognizes
         that any losses or taxes with respect to such investments shall be
         borne solely by the Borrower, and the Borrower agrees to hold the
         Administrative Lender and the Lenders harmless from any and all such
         losses and taxes.  Administrative Lender may liquidate any investment
         held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account in order to apply the proceeds
         of such investment on account of the Reimbursement Obligations (or on
         account of any other Obligation then due and payable, as the case may
         be) without regard to whether such investment has matured and without
         liability for any penalty or other fee incurred (with respect to which
         the Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Administrative Lender) as
         a result of such application.

                 (v)      The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Lender
         the fees customarily charged by the Issuing Bank with respect to the
         maintenance of accounts similar to the L/C Cash Collateral Account in
         an amount not to exceed $1,000 in aggregate per calendar year.


                                   ARTICLE 3

                              Conditions Precedent

         Section 3.1      Conditions Precedent to Closing and the Initial
Advance and the Letters of Credit.  The obligation of each Lender to sign this
Agreement and to make the initial Advance and the obligation of the Issuing
Bank to issue the initial Letter of Credit is subject to receipt by the
Administrative Lender of each of the following, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Lender, with a copy (except for the notes)
for each Lender:

         (a)     a loan certificate of the Borrower certifying as to the
accuracy of its representations and warranties in the Loan Documents,
certifying that no Default or Material Adverse Effect, except as listed in
Schedule 11 hereto, has occurred since the last financial statements delivered
to the Lenders prior to the Agreement Date with respect to the Borrower and its
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covenants in the Agreement, and including a certificate of incumbency with
respect to each Authorized Signatory, and including (i) a copy of the Articles
of Incorporation of the Borrower, certified to be true, complete and correct by
the secretary of state of its state of incorporation, (ii) a copy of the By-
Laws of the Borrower, as in effect on the Agreement Date (or a certification
that there has been no change thereto from such form provided in connection
with the Existing Credit Agreement), (iii) a copy of the resolutions of the
Borrower authorizing it to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, the
Revolving Credit Notes, the Bid Rate Notes, and the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party, and (iv) a copy of a certificate of good standing and a
certificate of existence for its state of incorporation and each state in which
it is or should be qualified to do business;

         (b)     a certificate of an officer or general partner acceptable to
the Lenders of each Restricted Subsidiary, certifying as to the incumbency of
the officers or partners signing the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and
including (i) a copy of its Articles of Incorporation, certified as true,
complete and correct by the secretary of state of its state of incorporation or
a copy of the partnership agreement, as the case may be, (ii) with respect to
any Restricted Subsidiary that is a corporation, a copy of its By-Laws, as in
effect on the Agreement Date (or a certification that there has been no change
thereto from such form provided in connection with the Existing Credit
Agreement), (iii) with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
corporation, a copy of the resolutions authorizing it to execute, deliver and
perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (iv) a copy of a
certificate of good standing and a certificate of existence for its state of
incorporation or organization and each state in which it is or should be
qualified to do business;

         (c)     duly executed Revolving Credit Notes, payable to the order of
each Lender and in an amount for each Lender equal to its Specified Percentage
of the Commitment;

         (d)     duly executed Bid Rate Notes, payable to the order of each
Lender in the principal amount of $750,000,000;

         (e)     a duly executed and completed Subsidiary Guaranty, dated as of
the Agreement Date executed by each Restricted Subsidiary listed on Schedule 13
hereto;

         (f)     an opinion of counsel and of FCC counsel to the Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries addressed to the Lenders and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lenders, dated the Agreement Date;

         (g)     copies of insurance binders or certificates covering the
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and meeting the requirements of
Section 5.5 hereof;

         (h)     reimbursement for Administrative Lender for Special Counsel's
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         (i)     evidence that all corporate or organizational proceedings of
the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Lenders and Special
Counsel; and the Lenders shall have received copies of all documents or other
evidence which the Administrative Lender, Special Counsel or any Lender may
reasonably request in connection with such transactions;

         (j)     copies of the following consolidated and consolidating
financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of and for the
period ended December 31, 1996:  (i) consolidated and consolidating balance
sheets as of the end of such period, and (ii) consolidated and consolidating
statements of income and changes in cash for such period; which financial
statements shall set forth in comparative form figures for the corresponding
periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by
an Authorized Signatory to the best of his knowledge to be complete and correct
and prepared in accordance with GAAP (other than footnotes thereto), subject to
year-end adjustment;

         (k)     the facility fee for the account of each Lender as required
pursuant to Section 2.4(b) hereof;

         (l)     all Indebtedness owing by the Borrower under the Existing
Credit Agreement shall have been refinanced in full;

         (m)     evidence that the Eller acquisition, pursuant to the Eller
Acquisition Documents, shall have been completed simultaneously with this
Agreement and that Eller and each of Eller's subsidiaries are Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Borrower;

         (n)     delivery by the Borrower of fully executed copies of each of
the Eller Acquisition Documents;

         (o)     delivery of evidence that the Existing Eller Credit Agreement
will have been paid-in-full and that such agreement has been terminated;

         (p)     delivery of all collateral pledged under the Existing Eller
Credit Agreement to Administrative Lender, executed UCC termination statements
for each UCC filing under such agreement and a general release of all liens
under such agreement;

         (q)     in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders and Special
Counsel, such other documents, instruments and certificates as the
Administrative Lender or any Lender may reasonably require in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation the status,
organization or authority of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and the
enforceability of and security for the Obligation; and

         (r)     there shall be no Default or Event of Default under any of the
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         Section 3.2      Conditions Precedent to All Advances and Letters of
Credit.  The obligation of each Lender to make each Advance (including the
initial Advance) and the obligation of the Issuing Bank to issue each Letter of
Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) hereunder is subject to
fulfillment of the following conditions immediately prior to or
contemporaneously with each such Advance or issuance:

         (a)     With respect to Advances (other than Refinancing Advances that
are Refinancing Advances of Revolving Credit Advances) and each issuance of a
Letter of Credit, all of the representations and warranties of the Borrower
under this Agreement, which, pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof, are made at and as
of the time of such Advance or issuance, shall be true and correct at such time
in all material respects, both before and after giving effect to the
application of the proceeds of the Advance or issuance;

         (b)     The incumbency of the Authorized Signatories shall be as
stated in the certificate of incumbency delivered in the Borrower's loan
certificate pursuant to Section 3.1(a) or as subsequently modified and
reflected in a certificate of incumbency delivered to the Administrative
Lender.  The Lenders may, without waiving this condition, consider it fulfilled
and a representation by the Borrower made to such effect if no written notice
to the contrary, dated on or before the date of such Advance or issuance, is
received by the Administrative Lender from the Borrower prior to the making of
such Advance or issuance;

         (c)     There shall not exist a Default hereunder, with respect to
Advances (other than Refinancing Advances that are Refinancing Advances of
Revolving Credit Advances) and with respect to issuance of each Letter of
Credit, or an Event of Default, with respect to any Refinancing Advance, and,
with respect to each Advance (other than a Refinancing Advance that is a
Refinancing Advances of a Revolving Credit Advance) and with respect to
issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Lender shall have
received written or telephonic certification thereof by an Authorized Signatory
(which certification, if telephonic, shall be followed promptly by written
certification);

         (d)     The aggregate Advances and amount available for draws under
Letters of Credit, after giving effect to such proposed Advance or Letter of
Credit, shall not exceed the maximum principal amount then permitted to be
outstanding hereunder;

         (e)     The Administrative Lender shall have received all such other
certificates, reports, statements or other documents as the Administrative
Lender or any Lender may reasonably request; and

         (f)     there shall be no Default or Event of Default under any of the
Loan Documents both before and after giving effect to any Advance.

         Each request by the Borrower to the Administrative Lender or the
Issuing Bank, as appropriate, for an Advance or the issuance of a Letter of
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and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of the making of such Advance or
the issuance of such Letter of Credit that all the conditions contained in this
Section 3.2 have been satisfied.

                                   ARTICLE 4

                         Representations and Warranties

         Section 4.1      Representations and Warranties.  The Borrower hereby
represents and warrants to each Lender as follows:

         (a)     Organization; Power; Qualification.  As of the Agreement Date,
(i) the respective jurisdictions of incorporation and percentage ownership by
the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 7 are
true and correct and (ii) all Subsidiaries other than Heftel and Radio Data
Group, Inc. are Restricted Subsidiaries except as otherwise allowed pursuant to
Section 5.12 hereof.  Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is a
corporation or partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its state of organization.  Each of the Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries has the corporate or organizational power and
authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being and
hereafter proposed to be conducted.  Each of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries is duly qualified, in good standing and authorized to do business
in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of
its business requires such qualification or authorization.

         (b)     Authorization.  The Borrower has corporate power and has taken
all necessary corporate action to authorize it to borrow hereunder.  Each of
the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has corporate or organizational
power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate or organizational
action, as the case may be, to execute, deliver and perform the Loan Documents
to which it is party in accordance with the terms thereof, and to consummate
the transactions contemplated thereby.  Each Loan Document has been duly
executed and delivered by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary executing
it.  Each of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries are party is a legal, valid and binding respective obligation of
the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject, to enforcement of remedies, to the
following qualifications:  (i) equitable principles generally, and (ii)
bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, reconstruction and other
similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally (insofar as
any such law relates to the bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary).

         (c)     Compliance with Other Loan Documents and Contemplated
Transactions.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries of the other Loan Documents to which they are
respectively a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby, do not and will not (i) require any consent or approval not already
obtained, (ii) violate any Applicable Law, (iii) conflict with, result in a
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Restricted Subsidiary, or under any Necessary Authorization, indenture,
agreement or other instrument, to which the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary is a party or by which they or their respective properties may be
bound, or (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon
or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary, except Permitted Liens.

         (d)     Business.  The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are
engaged solely in the communications and media broadcasting business and
activities related thereto (including, without limitation, radio and television
broadcasting, print, productions, billboards, power transmission rentals and
sales and real property rentals and sales, but only to the extent that such
real property rentals and sales arise from the lease or sale of properties
previously used by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
communications and media broadcasting business).

         (e)     Licenses, etc.  All Necessary Authorizations have been duly
authorized and obtained, and are in full force and effect.  The Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries are and will continue to be in compliance in all
material respects with all provisions thereof.  No Necessary Authorization is
the subject of any pending or, to the best of the Borrower's knowledge,
threatened challenge or revocation.

         (f)     Compliance with Law.  The Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Applicable Laws, the violation of which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries have duly and timely filed all reports,
statements and filings that are required to be filed by any of them under the
Communications Act, and are in all material respects in compliance therewith,
including without limitation the rules and regulations of the FCC relating to
the operation of television and radio stations.  The Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries have obtained all appropriate approvals and consents
of, and have made all filings with, the FCC in connection with the acquisition
and ownership of each of their television and radio stations.  No Person has
filed or submitted any document or instrument to the FCC challenging or
contesting the FCC order approving any assignment of a FCC license to the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

         (g)     Title to Properties.  The Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries have good and indefeasible title to, or a valid leasehold interest
in, all of their material assets.  None of their assets are subject to any
Liens, except Permitted Liens.  No financing statement or other Lien filing
(except relating to Permitted Liens) is on file in any state or jurisdiction
that names the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as debtor or
covers (or purports to cover) any assets of the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.  The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have not
signed any such financing statement or filing, nor any security agreement
authorizing any Person to file any such financing statement or filing.

         (h)     Litigation.  Except as reflected on Schedule 3 hereto, there
is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending against, or, to the
best of the Borrower's knowledge, threatened against the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, or in any other manner relating directly and
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any of their material properties, including, but not limited to any litigation
with respect to these Loan Documents, in any court or before any arbitrator of
any kind or before or by any governmental body the result of which could
reasonably be expected to require the payment of money by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary in an amount of $500,000 or more in any one such action,
suit or proceeding or $2,500,000 or more in the aggregate for all such actions,
suits or proceedings.

         (i)     Taxes.  All federal, state and other tax returns of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been
duly filed and all federal, state and other taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges or levies upon the Borrower, its Restricted Subsidiaries
or any of their properties, income, profits and assets, which are due and
payable, have been paid, unless the same are being diligently contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, with adequate reserves established therefor,
and no Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) has attached and no foreclosure,
distraint, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced.  The charges,
accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of their taxes are, in the judgment of the Borrower,
adequate.

         (j)     Financial Statements; Material Liabilities.  The Borrower has
furnished or caused to be furnished to the Lenders copies of its December 31,
1996, financial statements, which are prepared in good faith and complete in
all material respects and present fairly in accordance with GAAP the financial
position of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at such dates and
the results of operations for the periods then ended, subject to normal year-
end adjustments.  The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have no material
liabilities, contingent or otherwise, nor material losses, except as disclosed
in writing to the Lenders prior to the Agreement Date.

         (k)     No Adverse Change.  Since December 31, 1996, no event or
circumstances has occurred or arisen that could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect except as listed on Schedule 11 hereto.

         (l)     ERISA.  None of the Borrower or its Controlled Group maintains
or contributes to any Plan other than those disclosed to the Administrative
Lender in writing.  Each such Plan is in compliance in all material respects
with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code, and any other applicable
Federal or state law, rule or regulation.  With respect to each Plan of the
Borrower and each member of its Controlled Group (other than a Multiemployer
Plan), all reports required under ERISA or any other Applicable Law to be filed
with any governmental authority, the failure of which to file could reasonably
result in liability of the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group in
excess of $100,000, have been duly filed.  All such reports are true and
correct in all material respects as of the date given.  No such Plan of the
Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group has been terminated nor has any
accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 412(a) of the Code) been
incurred (without regard to any waiver granted under Section 412 of the Code),
nor has any funding waiver from the Internal Revenue Service been received or
requested.  None of the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group has
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required by Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any
such Plan prior to the due date under Section 412 of the Code and Section 302
of ERISA.  There has been no ERISA Event or any event requiring disclosure
under Section 4041(c)(3)(C), 4068(f), 4063(a) or 4043(b) of ERISA with respect
to any Plan or trust of the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group
since the effective date of ERISA.  The value of the assets of each Plan (other
than a Multiemployer Plan) of the Borrower and each member of its Controlled
Group equaled or exceeded the present value of the benefit liabilities, as
defined in Title IV of ERISA, of each such Plan as of the most recent valuation
date using Plan actuarial assumptions at such date.  There are no pending or,
to the best of the Borrower's knowledge, threatened claims, lawsuits or actions
(other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) asserted or
instituted against, and neither the Borrower nor any member of its Controlled
Group has knowledge of any threatened litigation or claims against, (i) the
assets of any Plan or trust or against any fiduciary of a Plan with respect to
the operation of such Plan, or (ii) the assets of any employee welfare benefit
plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) or ERISA, or against any fiduciary
thereof with respect to the operation of any such plan.  None of the Borrower
or any member of its Controlled Group has engaged in any prohibited
transactions, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, in connection with any Plan.  None of the Borrower or any member of its
Controlled Group has withdrawn from any Multiemployer Plan, nor has incurred or
reasonably expects to incur (A) any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other
than premiums due under Section 4007 of ERISA to the PBGC), (B) any withdrawal
liability (and no event has occurred which with the giving of notice under
Section 4219 of ERISA would result in such liability) under Section 4201 of
ERISA as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of
Section 4203 or 4205 of ERISA) from a Multiemployer Plan, or (C) any liability
under Section 4062 of ERISA to the PBGC or to a trustee appointed under Section
4042 of ERISA.  None of the Borrower, any member of its Controlled Group, or
any organization to which the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group is
a successor or parent corporation within the meaning of ERISA Section 4069(b),
has engaged in a transaction within the meaning of ERISA Section 4069.  None of
the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group maintains or has established
any welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA which
provides for continuing benefits or coverage for any participant or any
beneficiary of any participant after such participant's termination of
employment except as may be required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended ("COBRA") and the regulations
thereunder, and at the expense of the participant or the beneficiary of the
participant, or retiree medical liabilities.  Each of the Borrower and its
Controlled Group which maintains a welfare benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3(1) of ERISA has complied in all material respects with any applicable
notice and continuation requirements of COBRA and the regulations thereunder.

         (m)     Compliance with Regulations G, T, U and X.  The Borrower is
not engaged principally or as one of its important activities in the business
of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock
within the meaning of Regulations G, T, U and X of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, and no part of the proceeds of the Advances or the
Letters of Credit will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to
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of the Borrower and its  Restricted Subsidiaries are margin stock, and none of
the Pledged Stock is margin stock.  None of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, nor any agent acting on their behalf, have taken or will
knowingly take any action which might cause this Agreement or any Loan
Documents to violate any regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or to violate the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in each case
as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect.

         (n)     Governmental Regulation.  The Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries are not required to obtain any Necessary Authorization that has
not already been obtained from, or effect any material filing or registration
that has not already been effected with, the FCC or any other federal, state or
local regulatory authority in connection with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the performance thereof (other
than any enforcement of remedies by the Administrative Lender on behalf of the
Lenders), in accordance with their respective terms, including any borrowings
hereunder.

         (o)     Absence of Default.  The Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all of the
provisions of their articles of incorporation and by-laws, and no event has
occurred or failed to occur, which has not been remedied or waived, the
occurrence or non-occurrence of which constitutes, or which with the passage of
time or giving of notice or both would constitute, (i) an Event of Default or
(ii) a default by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under any
material indenture, agreement or other instrument, or any judgment, decree or
order to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or
by which they or any of their material properties is bound.

         (p)     Investment Company Act.  The Borrower is not required to
register under the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.  Neither the entering into or performance by the Borrower of this
Agreement nor the issuance of the notes violates any provision of such act or
requires any consent, approval, or authorization of, or registration with, the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental or public body or
authority pursuant to any provisions of such act.

         (q)     Environmental Matters.  Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary has any actual knowledge or reason to believe that any substance
deemed hazardous by any Applicable Environmental Law, has been installed on any
real property now owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.  The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not in violation of or subject to any
existing, pending or, to the best of the Borrower's knowledge, threatened
investigation or inquiry by any governmental authority or to any material
remedial obligations under any Applicable Environmental Laws, and this
representation and warranty would continue to be true and correct following
disclosure to the applicable governmental authorities of all relevant facts,
conditions and circumstances, if any, pertaining to any real property of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not
obtained and are not required to obtain any permits, licenses or similar
authorizations to construct, occupy, operate or use any buildings,
improvements, fixtures, and equipment forming a part of any real property of
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Subsidiaries undertook, at the time of acquisition of any real property,
reasonable inquiry into the previous ownership and uses of such real property
consistent with good commercial or customary practice.  The Borrower and its
Subsidiaries have taken all reasonable steps to determine, and the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries have no actual knowledge or reason to believe, after
reasonable investigation, that any hazardous substances or solid wastes have
been disposed of or otherwise released on or to the real property of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any manner or quantities which would be
deemed a violation of the Applicable Environmental Laws.

         (r)     Certain Agreements.  The Capitalized Lease Obligations and the
Affiliation Agreements have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, and (to the best of the
Borrower's knowledge) the other parties thereto.  Except as disclosed to each
Lender, there is no litigation, or, to the best of the Borrower's knowledge,
claim of breach or default, pending or threatened with respect to any
Capitalized Lease Obligations or Affiliation Agreement that could reasonably be
expected to adversely effect any such lease or contract.  The Borrower has no
knowledge of any default by any seller of any of the Borrower's or its
Restricted Subsidiaries' television or radio stations under any obligations of
such seller to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.  The Borrower has no
notice of or belief that any party to any Capitalized Lease Obligation or
Affiliation Agreement is contemplating a breach, default or termination for any
reason of such contract or lease, other than as disclosed in writing and
reasonably acceptable to the Lenders.  The Borrower has provided, or caused to
be provided, to the Administrative Lender complete and correct copies of or
access to the Capitalized Lease Obligations and Affiliation Agreements, all as
amended, together with all exhibits and schedules thereto.

         (s)     Valid Issuance of Securities.  All Capital Stock of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly issued, and
is fully paid and nonassessable.  The Capital Stock of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, when issued or sold, was either (i) registered or qualified under
applicable federal or state securities laws, or (ii) exempt therefrom.

         (t)     Certain Fees.  No broker's, finder's or other fee or
commission will be payable by the Borrower (other than to the Lenders
hereunder) with respect to the making of the Commitment or the Advances
hereunder or the issuance of any Letters of Credit.  The Borrower agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Lender and each Lender from and
against any claims, demand, liability, proceedings, costs or expenses asserted
with respect to or arising in connection with any such fees or commissions.

         (u)     Compliance.  Attached as Schedule 4 hereto is a complete list
of all material licenses, consents, authorizations, permits and Necessary
Authorizations as of the Agreement Date.  Such licenses, consents, permits and
authorizations constitute all that are necessary, appropriate or advisable for
each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to operate its business
and own its properties, and are in full force and effect.  No event has
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license, consents, permits and authorizations, or which could result in the
imposition of any restriction thereon of such a nature that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

         (v)     Patents, Etc.  The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
have obtained all patents, trademarks, service-marks, trade names, copyrights,
licenses and other rights, free from burdensome restrictions, that are
necessary for the operation of their business as presently conducted and as
proposed to be conducted, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.  Nothing has come to the attention of the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the effect that (i) any
process, method, part or other material presently contemplated to be employed
by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may infringe any patent,
trademark, service-mark, trade name, copyright, license or other right owned by
any other Person, or (ii) there is pending or overtly threatened any claim or
litigation against or affecting the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
contesting its right to sell or use any such process, method, part or other
material.

         (w)     Disclosure.  Neither this Agreement nor any other document,
certificate or statement which has been furnished to any Lender by or on behalf
of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection herewith contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statement contained herein and therein not
misleading at the time it was furnished.  There is no fact known to the
Borrower and not known to the public generally that could reasonably be
expected to materially adversely affect the assets or business of the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, or in the future could reasonably be expected
(so far as the Borrower can now foresee) to have a Material Adverse Effect,
which has not been set forth in this Agreement or in the documents,
certificates and statements furnished to the Lenders by or on behalf of the
Borrower prior to the date hereof in connection with the transaction
contemplated hereby.

         Section 4.2      Survival of Representations and Warranties, etc.  All
representations and warranties made under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be deemed to be made at and as of the Agreement Date and at and
as of the date of each Advance and each Letter of Credit, and each shall be
true and correct when made, except to the extent (a) previously fulfilled in
accordance with the terms hereof, (b) applicable to a specific date or
otherwise subsequently inapplicable, or (c) previously waived in writing by the
Determining Lenders with respect to any particular factual circumstance.  All
such representations and warranties shall survive, and not be waived by, the
execution hereof by any Lender, any investigation or inquiry by any Lender, or
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                                   ARTICLE 5

                               General Covenants

         So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and unpaid or any
Commitment is outstanding (whether or not the conditions to borrowing have been
or can be fulfilled):

         Section 5.1      Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters.
Except as provided in Section 7.5, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each
Restricted Subsidiary to:

         (a)     preserve and maintain, or timely obtain and thereafter
preserve and maintain, its existence, rights, franchises, licenses,
authorizations, consents, privileges and all other Necessary Authorizations
from federal, state and local governmental bodies and any tribunal (regulatory
or otherwise), the loss of which could have a Material Adverse Effect; and

         (b)     qualify and remain qualified and authorized to do business in
each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its
business requires such qualification or authorization, unless the failure to do
so could not have a Material Adverse Effect.

         Section 5.2      Business; Compliance with Applicable Law.  The
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall (a) engage substantially in the
media or communication related business and activities related thereto, and (b)
comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Applicable Law,
the failure of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

         Section 5.3      Maintenance of Properties.  The Borrower shall, and
shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain or cause to be maintained
all its properties (whether owned or held under lease) in reasonably good
repair, working order and condition, taken as a whole, and from time to time
make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals, replacements,
additions, betterments and improvements thereto.

         Section 5.4      Accounting Methods and Financial Records.  The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain a
system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, keep
adequate records and books of account in which complete entries will be made
and all transactions reflected in accordance with GAAP, and keep accurate and
complete records of its respective assets.  The Borrower and each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries shall maintain a fiscal year ending on December 31.

         Section 5.5      Insurance.  The Borrower shall, and shall cause each
Restricted Subsidiary  or its direct parent to, maintain insurance from
responsible companies in such amounts and against such risks as shall be
customary and usual in the industry for companies of similar size and
capability, but in no event less than the amount and types insured as of the
Agreement Date.  Each insurance policy shall provide for at least 30 days'
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or otherwise, the loss of which could, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

         Section 5.6      Payment of Taxes and Claims.  The Borrower shall, and
shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, pay and discharge all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or its income or
properties prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and all lawful
material claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might
become a Lien upon any of its properties; except that no such tax, assessment,
charge, levy or claim need be paid which is being diligently contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves shall have
been set aside on the appropriate books, but only so long as no Lien (other
than a Permitted Lien) shall attach with respect thereto and no foreclosure,
distraint, sale or similar proceedings shall have been commenced.  The Borrower
shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, timely file all
information returns required by federal, state or local tax authorities.

         Section 5.7      Visits and Inspections.  The Borrower shall, and
shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, promptly permit representatives of
the Administrative Lender or any Lender from time to time to (a) visit and
inspect the properties of the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiary as often as
the Administrative Lender or any Lender shall deem advisable, (b) inspect and
make extracts from and copies of the Borrower's and each Restricted
Subsidiary's books and records, and (c) discuss with the Borrower's and each
Restricted Subsidiary's directors, officers, employees and auditors its
business, assets, liabilities, financial positions, results of operations and
business prospects.

         Section 5.8      Payment of Indebtedness.  Subject to Section 5.6
hereof, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, pay
its Indebtedness when and as the same becomes due, other than amounts (other
than the Obligations) duly and diligently disputed in good faith.

         Section 5.9      Use of Proceeds.  The Borrower shall use the proceeds
of Advances and Letters of Credit to make acquisitions permitted under Section
7.5 hereof, to make Capital Expenditures, to make Investments (including
advances to Subsidiaries) permitted pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof, to
refinance all outstanding Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement, to
repay and terminate the Existing Eller Credit Agreement, for working capital
and for other general corporate purposes.

         SECTION 5.10     INDEMNITY.

         (a)     THE BORROWER AGREES TO DEFEND, PROTECT, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD
HARMLESS THE ADMINISTRATIVE LENDER, THE ISSUING BANK, EACH LENDER, EACH OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE (INCLUDING SUCH
AFFILIATES') OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, SHAREHOLDERS
AND CONSULTANTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RETAINED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SATISFACTION OR ATTEMPTED SATISFACTION OF ANY OF THE CONDITIONS SET
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AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES,
ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, CLAIMS, COSTS, EXPENSES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY
KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE REASONABLE FEES
AND DISBURSEMENTS OF COUNSEL FOR SUCH INDEMNITEES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
INVESTIGATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH
INDEMNITEES SHALL BE DESIGNATED A PARTY THERETO), IMPOSED ON, INCURRED BY, OR
ASSERTED AGAINST SUCH INDEMNITEES (WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL
AND WHETHER BASED ON ANY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER
COMMON LAW OR AT EQUITABLE CAUSE, OR ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM OR CONNECTED WITH THE PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE OPERATIONS OF THE BORROWER
OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE PREDECESSORS IN INTEREST, OR THE
PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF PROPERTY OF THE BORROWER OR
ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES), IN ANY MANNER RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY ACT, EVENT OR TRANSACTION OR ALLEGED ACT,
EVENT OR TRANSACTION RELATING OR ATTENDANT THERETO, THE MAKING OF OR ANY
PARTICIPATIONS IN THE ADVANCES OR THE LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THE MANAGEMENT OF
THE ADVANCES AND THE LETTERS OF CREDIT, INCLUDING IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A
RESULT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OF ANY ORDINARY OR MERE NEGLIGENCE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE LENDER, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER (OTHER THAN THOSE MATTERS
RAISED EXCLUSIVELY BY A PARTICIPANT AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE LENDER, THE
ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER AND NOT THE BORROWER), OR THE USE OR INTENDED USE OF
THE PROCEEDS OF THE ADVANCES AND THE LETTERS OF CREDIT HEREUNDER, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY INVESTIGATION OF ANY POTENTIAL MATTER COVERED HEREBY, BUT
EXCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR LIABILITY THAT ARISES AS THE RESULT OF THE GROSS
NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF ANY INDEMNITEE, AS FINALLY JUDICIALLY
DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, BUT EXCLUDING MATTERS RAISED
BY ONE LENDER AGAINST ANOTHER LENDER OR BY ANY SHAREHOLDERS OF A LENDER AGAINST
A LENDER OR ITS MANAGEMENT (COLLECTIVELY, "INDEMNIFIED MATTERS"); PROVIDED
HOWEVER, THAT SO LONG AS NO EVENT OF DEFAULT SHALL HAVE OCCURRED AND BE
CONTINUING, THERE SHALL BE NO SETTLEMENT BY THE INDEMNITEES OR ANY OF THEM WITH
RESPECT TO ANY INDEMNIFIED MATTER WITHOUT PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE BORROWER.

         (b)     IN ADDITION, THE BORROWER SHALL PERIODICALLY, UPON REQUEST,
REIMBURSE EACH INDEMNITEE FOR ITS REASONABLE LEGAL AND OTHER ACTUAL EXPENSES
(INCLUDING THE COST OF ANY INVESTIGATION AND PREPARATION) INCURRED IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY INDEMNIFIED MATTER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE INDEMNITEES
AGREE THAT THEY SHALL ENDEAVOR TO USE LEGAL COUNSEL COMMON TO ALL INDEMNITEES
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY INDEMNIFIED MATTER UNLESS ANY SUCH INDEMNITEE SHALL
REASONABLY DETERMINE, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THAT THE USE OF SUCH COMMON LEGAL
COUNSEL WOULD CONFLICT WITH ITS INTERESTS IN SUCH INDEMNIFIED MATTER.  IF FOR
ANY REASON THE FOREGOING INDEMNIFICATION IS UNAVAILABLE TO ANY INDEMNITEE OR
INSUFFICIENT TO HOLD ANY INDEMNITEE HARMLESS WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED
MATTERS, THEN THE BORROWER SHALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE AMOUNT PAID OR PAYABLE BY
SUCH INDEMNITEE AS A RESULT OF SUCH LOSS, CLAIM, DAMAGE OR LIABILITY IN SUCH
PROPORTION AS IS APPROPRIATE TO REFLECT NOT ONLY THE RELATIVE BENEFITS RECEIVED
BY THE BORROWER AND THE BORROWER'S STOCKHOLDERS ON THE ONE HAND AND SUCH
INDEMNITEE ON THE OTHER HAND BUT ALSO THE RELATIVE FAULT OF THE BORROWER AND
SUCH INDEMNITEE, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER RELEVANT EQUITABLE CONSIDERATIONS.  THE
REIMBURSEMENT, INDEMNITY AND CONTRIBUTION OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
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CONDITIONS TO EACH INDEMNITEE, AND SHALL BE BINDING UPON AND INURE TO THE
BENEFIT OF ANY SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, HEIRS AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE LENDER, THE ISSUING BANK, THE LENDERS AND ALL
OTHER INDEMNITEES.  THIS SECTION SHALL SURVIVE ANY TERMINATION OF THIS
AGREEMENT AND PAYMENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS.

         Section 5.11     Environmental Law Compliance.  The use which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary intends to make of any real property owned by it
will not result in the disposal or other release of any hazardous substance or
solid waste on or to such real property in any manner or quantities which would
be deemed a violation of the Applicable Environmental Laws.  The Borrower
further agrees to exercise reasonable due diligence in the acquisition of real
property in connection with compliance with Applicable Environmental Laws.  As
used herein, the terms "hazardous substance" and "release" as used in this
Section shall have the meanings specified in CERCLA (as defined in the
definition of Applicable Environmental Laws), and the terms "solid waste" and
"disposal" shall have the meanings specified in RCRA (as defined in the
definition of Applicable Environmental Laws); provided, however, that if CERCLA
or RCRA is amended so as to broaden the meaning of any term defined thereby,
such broader meaning shall apply subsequent to the effective date of such
amendment; and provided further, to the extent that any other law applicable to
the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any of their properties establishes a meaning
for "hazardous substance," "release," "solid waste," or "disposal" which is
broader than that specified in either CERCLA or RCRA, such broader meaning
shall apply.  THE BORROWER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD THE ADMINISTRATIVE
LENDER, THE ISSUING BANK AND EACH LENDER HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST, AND TO
REIMBURSE THEM WITH RESPECT TO, ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, CAUSES OF ACTION,
LOSS, DAMAGE, LIABILITIES, COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES AND
COURTS COSTS) OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, FIXED OR CONTINGENT,
ASSERTED AGAINST OR INCURRED BY ANY OF THEM AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME
BY REASON OF OR ARISING OUT OF (A) THE FAILURE OF THE BORROWER OR ANY
SUBSIDIARY TO PERFORM ANY OBLIGATION HEREUNDER REGARDING ASBESTOS OR APPLICABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, (B) ANY VIOLATION ON OR BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE OF ANY
APPLICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN EFFECT ON OR BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE, AND (C)
ANY ACT, OMISSION, EVENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE EXISTING OR OCCURRING ON OR PRIOR TO
THE RELEASE DATE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE PRESENCE ON SUCH REAL
PROPERTY OR RELEASE FROM SUCH REAL PROPERTY OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES OR SOLID
WASTES DISPOSED OF OR OTHERWISE RELEASED ON OR PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE),
RESULTING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE OWNERSHIP OF THE REAL PROPERTY,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ACT, OMISSION, EVENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE CONSTITUTED A
VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AT THE TIME OF ITS EXISTENCE OR
OCCURRENCE, OR WHETHER THE ACT, OMISSION, EVENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS CAUSED BY OR
RELATES TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF ANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON; PROVIDED THAT, THE
BORROWER SHALL NOT BE UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
LENDER, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH LIABILITY
ARISES AS THE RESULT OF THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH
PERSON, AS FINALLY JUDICIALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL SURVIVE THE RELEASE DATE AND SHALL
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         Section 5.12     Conversion of Eller to Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Provided there shall exist no Default or Event or Default both prior to and
after giving effect to the conversion of Eller and each of Eller's subsidiaries
to Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Eller and each of Eller's subsidiaries may, in
Eller's sole discretion and upon 30 days' written notice to the Lenders, become
Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

         Section 5.13     Syndication.  The Borrower shall assist the
Administrative Lender and the Lenders in attempting to syndicate up to an
additional $250,000,000 in excess of $1,750,000,000; it being understood that
neither the Administrative Lender nor any Lender is obligated to syndicate such
additional $250,000,000 or participate or obtain other lenders to participate
in such syndication.  The Borrower's assistance shall include, without
limitation, (a) providing all information reasonably deemed necessary by the
Administrative Lender and its Affiliates to assist in such syndication, (b)
making available appropriate officers and representatives of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries to participate in information meetings for potential syndicate
members and participants as the Administrative Lender and its Affiliates may
reasonably request, and (c) in assembling and updating from time to time an
information package for delivery to potential syndicate members and
participants (the "Syndication Book").  The Borrower agrees it will be
responsible for the contents of the Syndication Book (insofar as information
furnished by it is concerned) and prior to dissemination by the Administrative
Lender and its Affiliates of the Syndication Book.  The Borrower will notify
Administrative Lender and Lenders on or before December 31, 1997 of any
increase in the Commitment above $1,750,000,000 as a result of any syndication.

         Section 5.14     Ownership of Subsidiaries.  Except as provided in
this Section 5.14 or Section 7.5 hereof, the Borrower shall continue to own
directly or indirectly no less than 90% of the Capital Stock of each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (i) if Heftel becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall own directly or indirectly no less
than 51% of the Capital Stock of Heftel, (ii) the Borrower shall continue to
own directly or indirectly no less than 79% of the Capital Stock of
CCC-Houston, (iii) the Borrower shall continue to own directly or indirectly no
less than 50% of the Capital Stock of ARN; (iv) the Borrower shall continue to
own directly or indirectly no less than 30% of the Capital Stock of NRNZ; (v)
Borrower shall continue to own directly or indirectly no less than 88% of the
Capital Stock of Eller; and (vi) Borrower shall continue to own directly or
indirectly no less than 76% of the Capital Stock of Eller Target Media Group,
L.P.

                                   ARTICLE 6

                             Information Covenants

         So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and unpaid or any
Commitment is outstanding (whether or not the conditions to borrowing have been
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         Section 6.1      Quarterly Financial Statements and Information.
Within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end
of such quarter and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of
income and consolidated statements of changes in cash flow for such quarter and
for the elapsed portion of the year ended with the last day of such quarter,
all of which shall be certified by the president or chief financial officer of
the Borrower, to be, in his or her opinion, complete and correct in all
material respects and to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP, the financial
position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at
the end of and for such period, and for the elapsed portion of the year ended
with the last day of such period, subject only to normal year-end adjustments.
In addition, the Borrower shall furnish within such time period a
reconciliation of such financial statements setting forth the difference in
financial position and results of operations between its Subsidiaries and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period and for the elapsed portion of the year
ended with the last day on such period, subject to sound year-end adjustments.

         Section 6.2      Annual Financial Statements and Information;
Certificate of No Default.

         (a)     Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of
(i) the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of
the end of the current and prior fiscal years and (ii) consolidated statements
of earnings, statements of changes in shareholders' equity, and statements of
changes in cash flow as of and through the end of such fiscal year, all of
which are prepared in accordance with GAAP, and certified by independent
certified public accountants acceptable to the Lenders, whose opinion shall be
in scope and substance in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
and shall be unqualified.  In addition, the Borrower shall furnish within such
time period an unaudited reconciliation of such financial statements setting
forth the difference in financial position and results of operations between
its Subsidiaries and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of and through the end of
such fiscal year.

         (b)     Simultaneously with the delivery of the statements required by
this Section 6.2, a letter from the Borrower's public accountants certifying
that no Default was detected during the examination of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, and authorizing the Borrower to deliver such financial
statements and opinion thereon to the Administrative Lender and Lenders
pursuant to this Agreement.

         (c)     As soon as available, but in any event within 60 days
following the end of each fiscal year, a copy of the annual consolidated
operating budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the succeeding fiscal
year.

         Section 6.3      Compliance Certificates.  At the time financial
statements are furnished pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, a certificate
of an Authorized Signatory:

         (a)     setting forth at the end of such period, a calculation of the
Leverage Ratio, as well as certifications and arithmetical calculations
required to establish whether the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries were
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(i), 7.3(h), 7.6, 7.7, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, and 7.13 hereof, which shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto;

         (b)     setting forth the aggregate amount of outstanding Advances and
Reimbursement Obligations and certifying as to compliance herewith; and

         (c)     stating that, to the best of his or her knowledge after due
inquiry, no Default has occurred as at the end of such period, or if a Default
has occurred, disclosing each such Default and its nature, when it occurred,
whether it is continuing and the steps being taken with respect to such
Default.

             Section 6.4      Copies of Other Reports and Notices.

         (a)     Promptly upon their becoming available, a copy of (i) all
material reports or letters submitted to the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary by accountants in connection with any annual, interim or special
audit, including without limitation any report prepared in connection with the
annual audit referred to in Section 6.2 hereof, and any other comment letter
submitted to management in connection with any such audit, (ii) each financial
statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary to stockholders generally, (iii) each regular or periodic
report and any registration statement (other than statements on Form S-8) or
prospectus (or material written communication in respect of any thereof) filed
by the Borrower or any subsidiary with any securities exchange, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency, and (iv) all press
releases concerning material financial aspects of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary;

         (b)     Promptly upon becoming aware that (i) the holder(s) of any
note(s) or other evidence of indebtedness or other security of the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $750,000 in the aggregate has given
notice or taken any action with respect to a breach, failure to perform,
claimed default or event of default thereunder, (ii) any party to any
Capitalized Lease Obligations or any Local Marketing Agreement has given notice
or taken any action with respect to a breach, failure to perform, claimed
default or event of default thereunder, (iii) any occurrence or non-occurrence
of any event which constitutes or which with the passage of time or giving of
notice or both could constitute a material breach by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary under any material agreement or instrument which could
reasonably be expected to result in a liability in excess of $750,000, other
than this Agreement to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is a
party or by which any of their properties may be bound, or (iv) any event,
circumstance or condition which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, a written notice specifying the details thereof (or the nature
of any claimed default or event of default) and what action is being taken or
is proposed to be taken with respect thereto; provided, however, no notice
shall be required to be delivered hereunder with respect to any event,
circumstance or condition set forth in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) immediately
preceding if, in the opinion of counsel to the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary, there is no reasonable possibility of an adverse determination with
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         (c)     Promptly upon receipt thereof, information with respect to and
copies of any notices received from the FCC or any other federal, state or
local regulatory agencies or any tribunal relating to any order, ruling, law,
information or policy that relates to a breach of or noncompliance with the
Communications Act, or could reasonably be expected to result in the payment of
money by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an amount of $750,000 or
more in the aggregate, or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect, or result
in the loss or suspension of any Necessary Authorization; provided, however, no
information shall be required to be delivered hereunder if, in the opinion of
counsel to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, there is no reasonable
possibility of an adverse determination with respect to such notice;

         (d)     Promptly upon receipt from any governmental agency, or any
government, political subdivision or other entity, any material notice,
correspondence, hearing, proceeding or order regarding or affecting the
Borrower, any Subsidiary, or any of their properties or businesses; and

         (e)     From time to time and promptly upon each request, such data,
certificates, reports, statements, opinions of counsel, documents or further
information regarding the assets, business, liabilities, financial position,
projections, results of operations or business prospects of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, as the Administrative Lender or any Lender may reasonably
request.

         Section 6.5      Notice of Litigation, Default and Other Matters.
Prompt notice of the following events after the Borrower has knowledge or
notice thereof:

         (a)     The commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or
before the FCC or any other governmental body, and all actions and proceedings
in any court or before any arbitrator involving claims for damages, fines or
penalties (including punitive damages) in excess of $2,000,000 per claim and
$5,000,000 in the aggregate (after deducting the amount with respect to the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary such Person is insured, provided such
claim has not been denied), against or in any other way relating directly to
the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary, or any of their properties or
businesses; provided, however, no notice shall be required to be delivered
hereunder if, in the opinion of counsel to the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary, there is no reasonable possibility of an adverse determination in
such action or proceeding;

         (b)     Promptly upon the happening of any condition or event which
constitutes a Default, a written notice specifying the nature and period of
existence thereof and what action is being taken or is proposed to be taken
with respect thereto; and

         (c)     Any material adverse change with respect to the business,
assets, liabilities, financial position, results of operations or prospective
business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than changes in the ordinary
course of business which have not had and are not likely to have a Material
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         Section 6.6      ERISA Reporting Requirements.

         (a)     Promptly and in any event (i) within 30 days after the
Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group knows or has reason to know that
any ERISA Event described in clause (a) of the definition of ERISA Event or any
event described in Section 4063(a) of ERISA with respect to any Plan of the
Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group has occurred, and (ii) within 10
days after the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group knows or has
reason to know that any other ERISA Event with respect to any Plan of the
Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group has occurred or a request for a
minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Plan
of the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group, a written notice
describing such event and describing what action is being taken or is proposed
to be taken with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice of event
that is given to the PBGC;

         (b)     Promptly and in any event within two Business Days after
receipt thereof by the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group from the
PBGC, copies of each notice received by the Borrower or any member of its
Controlled Group of the PBGC's intention to terminate any Plan or to have a
trustee appointed to administer any Plan;

         (c)     Promptly and in any event within 30 days after the filing
thereof by the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group with the United
States Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service or the PBGC, copies of
each annual and other report (including Schedule B thereto) with respect to
each Plan;

         (d)     Promptly and in any event within 30 days after receipt
thereof, a copy of any notice, determination letter, ruling or opinion the
Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group receives from the PBGC, the
United States Department of Labor or the Internal Revenue Service with respect
to any Plan;

         (e)     Promptly, and in any event within 10 Business Days after
receipt thereof, a copy of any correspondence the Borrower or any member of its
Controlled Group receives from the Plan Sponsor (as defined by Section
4001(a)(10) of ERISA) of any Plan concerning potential withdrawal liability
pursuant to Section 4219 or 4202 of ERISA, and a statement from the chief
financial officer of the Borrower or such member of its Controlled Group
setting forth details as to the events giving rise to such potential withdrawal
liability and the action which the Borrower or such member of its Controlled
Group is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

         (f)     Notification within 30 days of any material increases in the
benefits of any existing Plan which is not a Multiemployer Plan, or the
establishment of any new Plans, or the commencement of contributions to any
Plan to which the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group was not
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         (g)     Notification within three Business Days after the Borrower or
any member of its Controlled Group knows or has reason to know that the
Borrower or any such member of its Controlled Group has or intends to file a
notice of intent to terminate any Plan under a distress termination within the
meaning of Section 4041(c) of ERISA and a copy of such notice; and

         (h)     Promptly after receipt of written notice of commencement
thereof, notice of all actions, suits and proceedings before any court or
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
domestic or foreign, affecting the Borrower or any member of its Controlled
Group with respect to any Plan, except those which, in the aggregate, if
adversely determined could not have a Material Adverse Effect.


                                   ARTICLE 7

                               Negative Covenants

         So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and unpaid or any
Commitment is outstanding (whether or not the conditions to borrowing have been
or can be fulfilled):

         Section 7.1      Indebtedness.  The Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or otherwise become
or remain obligated in respect of, or permit to be outstanding, or suffer to
exist any Indebtedness, except:

         (a)     Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;

         (b)     Accounts payable (including film right payables), accrued
expenses, deferred revenue items, pension liabilities and customer advance
payments incurred in the ordinary course of business;

         (c)     Guaranties to the extent permitted under Section 7.6 hereof;

         (d)     Capitalized Lease Obligations and Indebtedness incurred to
purchase tangible personal property, in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$25,000,000 at any time;

         (e)     Indebtedness evidenced by the Intercompany Notes; and

         (f)     Institutional Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$750,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided, that, (i) such debt is
unsecured, (ii) such debt is at all times on terms and conditions to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Determining Lenders, including but not limited
to the absence of financial covenants and restrictions and events of default
that are more restrictive than those under this Agreement, (iii) such debt has
a final maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity (computed from the date
of incurrence of such debt) at least one day longer than the Maturity Date and
the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Obligations, and (iv) the Net Cash
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hereof; provided, however, notwithstanding anything contained in this Section
7.1(f), $250,000,000 of the Institutional Debt authorized by this Section
7.1(f) may have a final maturity of any date no less than five years after the
Agreement Date.

         (g)     Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 9 hereto, and all renewals
and extensions (but not increases) thereof;

         (h)     Indebtedness (in addition to the Indebtedness otherwise
permitted pursuant to this Section 7.1) of its Restricted Subsidiaries not to
exceed $20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time; and

         (i)     Indebtedness (in addition to the Indebtedness otherwise
permitted pursuant to this Section 7.1) of the Borrower not to exceed in
aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time the greater of (i)
$250,000,000 or (ii) 100% of Operating Cash Flow for the immediately preceding
four fiscal quarters.

provided, however, the incurrence of Indebtedness otherwise permitted pursuant
to clauses (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), and (i) immediately preceding shall be
permitted only if there shall exist no Default prior to or after giving effect
to any such proposed Indebtedness.

         Section 7.2      Liens.  The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, permit or suffer to exist,
directly or indirectly, any Lien on any of its assets, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.  The Borrower shall not, and shall
not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, agree with any other Person that it
shall not create, assume, incur, permit or suffer to exist or to be created,
assumed, incurred or permitted to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on
any of its assets.

         Section 7.3      Investments.  The Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, make, own or maintain any Investment, except that the
Borrower or such Subsidiary may purchase or otherwise acquire and own and
maintain:

         (a)     Marketable, direct obligations of, or guaranteed by, the
United States of America and maturing within 365 days of the date of purchase;

         (b)     Commercial paper issued by U.S. corporations that have a
rating of A-1/P-1 or better by Moody's or S&P;

         (c)     Certificates of deposit of domestic banks maturing within 365
days of the date of purchase, which banks' debt obligations have one of the two
highest ratings obtainable from Moody's or S&P;

         (d)     Securities issued by U.S. corporations that have one of the
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         (e)     Investments in newly-formed or existing Restricted
Subsidiaries (i) that are subject to the provisions hereof, (ii) that are or
immediately become party to the Subsidiary Guaranty and (iii) that executed an
Intercompany Note;

         (f)     Accounts receivable that arise in the ordinary course of
business and are payable on standard terms;

         (g)     Investments which are described on Schedule 8 hereto; and

         (h)     Provided there shall exist no Default prior to or after giving
effect to any such proposed Investments (which shall include, without
limitation, Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Restricted
Subsidiaries that have not executed a Subsidiary Guaranty), other Investments
in communication or media related businesses not to exceed, at any time
outstanding, an aggregate amount (determined using the purchase price or cost
of such Investments without any adjustment for depreciation or amortization)
equal to the sum of (i) $200,000,000, plus (ii) 150% of Operating Cash Flow for
the immediately preceding four fiscal quarters, plus (iii) 50% of Net Cash
Proceeds in excess of $200,000,000 received by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries from the issuance of Equity (including any conversion of
subordinated convertible debentures, which constitutes Subordinated Debt, into
Equity) after the Agreement Date.

         Section 7.4      Amendment and Waiver.  Other than as provided in
Section 7.5 herein, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, enter into any amendment of any material term or provision of
its articles of incorporation or by-laws.  In addition, the Borrower shall not,
and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any amendment of,
or agree to or accept any waiver of any of the provisions of, any Necessary
Authorization, unless (a) the Determining Lenders consent to such amendment and
(b) the Lenders are provided with 10 days' written notice prior to the
execution or effectiveness of the proposed amendment or waiver.

         Section 7.5      Liquidation, Disposition or Acquisition of Assets,
Merger, New Subsidiaries.  The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, at any time:

         (a)     liquidate or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution) or otherwise wind up; or sell, lease, abandon, transfer or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets, properties or business,
other than immaterial assets sold in the ordinary course of business, or
dispositions whose proceeds are applied in accordance with Section 2.5(c)
hereof;

         (b)     acquire (i) all or any substantial part of the assets,
property or business of any other Person, or (ii) any assets that constitute a
division or operating unit of the business of any other Person; provided,
however, that, so long as there shall exist no Default prior to or after giving
effect to a proposed transaction, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
may, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.3(h) hereof and in this
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property or business of another Person, so long as (i) the Lenders shall have
received prior written notice at least 20 Business Days prior to the date of
such purchase, (ii) the Administrative Lender shall have received at least 10
Business Days prior to the date of such purchase a compliance certificate in
the form required by Section 6.3 hereof, but setting forth the covenant
calculations described in Section 6.3(a) hereof both prior to and after giving
effect to the proposed purchase, (iii) such acquisition shall be pursuant to
documentation acceptable to the Administrative Lender, (iv) such assets,
property or business shall be in or relate to the communications or media
related business, and (v) the Administrative Lender shall have received copies
of all documents, instruments, opinions and other information relating to the
seller and assets to be acquired as it may reasonably request;

         (c)     enter into any merger or consolidation; provided, however,
that, so long as there shall exist no Default prior to or after giving effect
to a proposed transaction, (i)(A) a Restricted Subsidiary may merge or
consolidate with another Restricted Subsidiary; (B) an Unrestricted Subsidiary
may merge or consolidate with another Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Restricted
Subsidiary; and (C) an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary may
merge or consolidate with the Borrower provided, that the Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary shall be the surviving entity of any transaction governed
by this Section 7.5(c)(i); (ii) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may,
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.3(h) hereof and in this
Section 7.5(c), merge or consolidate with another Person, so long as (A) the
Lenders shall have received prior written notice at least 20 Business Days
prior to the date of such transaction, (B) the Administrative Lender shall have
received at least 10 Business Days prior to the date of such transaction a
compliance certificate in the form required by Section 6.3 hereof, but setting
forth the covenant calculations described in Section 6.3(a) hereof both prior
to and after giving effect to the proposed merger or consolidation, (C) such
merger or consolidation shall be pursuant to documentation acceptable to the
Administrative Lender, (D) the Person with whom such merger or consolidation is
being consummated with shall be engaged in a communication or media related
business, (E) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall be the surviving
entity, and (F) the Administrative Lender shall have received copies of all
documents, instruments, opinions and other information relating to the seller
and assets to be acquired as it may reasonably request; or

         (d)     create or acquire any Subsidiary, except as permitted by
Sections 7.3(e) and (h) hereof.

         Section 7.6      Guaranties.  Other than those guaranties referenced
on Schedule 6 hereto, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, at any time make or issue any Guaranty, or assume, be
obligated with respect to, or permit to be outstanding any Guaranty, of any
obligation of any other Person except Guaranties in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $10,000,000 at any time; provided, however, such Guaranties shall be
permitted only if prior to such proposed Guaranty or after giving effect
thereto there shall exist no Default.

         Section 7.7      Dividends.  The Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly declare or pay any Dividend;
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may declare and pay Dividends to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and
(b) the Borrower may declare and pay Dividends (including amounts which become
Dividends as a result of the proviso in the definition of Dividends) on any
date in an amount such that the aggregate amount of Dividends paid and declared
during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $750,000,000; provided,
however, notwithstanding clause (b) immediately preceding to the contrary, the
Borrower shall pay no such Dividends unless there shall exist no Default prior
to or after giving effect to any such proposed Dividend.

         Section 7.8      Affiliate Transactions.  The Borrower shall not, and
shall not permit any Subsidiary to, at any time engage in any transaction with
an Affiliate, nor make an assignment or other transfer of any of its assets or
properties to any Affiliate, on terms materially less advantageous to the
Borrower or Subsidiary than would be the case if such transaction had been
effected with a non-Affiliate (other than advances to employees in the ordinary
course of business).  The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, in any event incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or
Guaranty in favor of any Affiliate, unless such Affiliate shall subordinate the
payment and performance thereof on terms satisfactory to the Lenders in their
sole discretion, and otherwise upon terms, conditions and documentation, and in
a manner satisfactory to Determining Lenders.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Borrower may loan the proceeds of Advances to Subsidiaries that are
Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as (a) there shall exist no Default prior to
or after giving effect to such proposed loan and (b) such advances are
evidenced by Intercompany Notes and for which entries in the financial records
of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are made evidencing such loans
and repayments thereof.

         Section 7.9      Compliance with ERISA.  The Borrower shall not, and
shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, or permit any
member of its Controlled Group to directly or indirectly, (a) terminate any
Plan so as to result in any material (in the opinion of the Determining
Lenders) liability to the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group, (b)
permit to exist any ERISA Event, or any other event or condition which presents
the risk of a material (in the opinion of the Determining Lenders) liability of
the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group, (c) make a complete or
partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4201 of ERISA) from any
Multiemployer Plan so as to result in any material (in the opinion of the
Determining Lenders) liability to the Borrower or any member of its Controlled
Group, (d) enter into any new Plan or modify any existing Plan so as to
increase its obligations thereunder except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice which could result in any material (in the
opinion of the Determining Lenders) liability to the Borrower or any member of
its Controlled Group, or (e) permit the present value of all benefit
liabilities, as defined in Title IV of ERISA, under each Plan of the Borrower
or any member of its Controlled Group (using the actuarial assumptions utilized
by the PBGC upon termination of a plan) to materially (in the opinion of the
Determining Lenders) exceed the fair market value of Plan assets allocable to
such benefits all determined as of the most recent valuation date for each such
Plan.

         Section 7.10     Leverage Ratio.  At the end of each fiscal quarter
occurring during the periods indicated below, the Borrower shall not permit the
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                          Period                                    Ratio
                          ------                                    -----
         <S>                                                        <C>

         From date hereof through March 31, 1998                    6.25 to 1

         Thereafter through March 31, 1999                          5.75 to 1

         Thereafter through December 31, 2000                       5.25 to 1

         Thereafter                                                 4.50 to 1
</TABLE>

         Section 7.11     Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio.  The Borrower shall not
permit the ratio of (a) Operating Cash Flow for the four consecutive fiscal
quarters then ending to (b) Fixed Charges for such fiscal quarters as of the
last day of any fiscal quarter during the term of this Agreement, to be less
than 1.05 to 1.

         Section 7.12     Interest Coverage Ratio.  At the end of each fiscal
quarter, the Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (a) Operating Cash Flow for
the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ending, to (b) interest expense of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such quarters, to be less than 2.0 to 1.

         Section 7.13     Debt Service Coverage Ratio.  The Borrower shall not
permit the ratio of (a) Operating Cash Flow for the four consecutive fiscal
quarters then ending, to (b) Pro-Forma Debt Service for the four succeeding
fiscal quarters, to be less than 1.25 to 1 at the end of each fiscal quarter
during the term of this Agreement.

         Section 7.14     Sale and Leaseback.  The Borrower shall not, and
shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement
whereby it sells or transfers any of its assets, and thereafter rents or leases
such assets.

         Section 7.15     Sale or Discount of Receivables.  The Borrower shall
not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly
sell, with or without recourse, for discount or otherwise, any notes or
accounts receivable.

         Section 7.16     Business of Clear Channel Television Licenses, Inc.
and Clear Channel Radio Licenses, Inc. and Clear Channel Metroplex Licenses,
Inc.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Borrower
shall not permit Clear Channel Television Licenses, Inc., Clear Channel Radio
Licenses, Inc. or Clear Channel Metroplex Licenses, Inc. to engage in any
business other than the ownership of (i) FCC licenses and Necessary
Authorizations for the operation of Clear Channel Television, Inc., Clear
Channel Radio, Inc. and Clear Channel Metroplex, Inc., respectively, and (ii)
at least 95% of the Capital Stock of Clear Channel Television, Inc. and 100% of
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         Section 7.18     Subordinated Debt.  The Borrower shall not, and shall
not permit any Subsidiary to, (a) make any payment of principal, interest,
premium, fee or otherwise with respect to Subordinated Debt except in strict
accordance with the terms of the Subordinated Debt documentation, (b) prepay,
redeem, repurchase or defease, or set aside funds for the prepayment,
redemption, repurchase or defeasance of all or any portion of the Subordinated
Debt or (c) amend or change (or take any action or fail to take any action the
result of which is an effective amendment or change) or accept any waiver or
consent with respect to, any document or instrument in connection with any
Subordinated Debt that would result in (i) an increase in the outstanding
principal amount of the Subordinated Debt, (ii) a change in any principal,
interest, fees, or other amounts payable under the Subordinated Debt (including
without limitation a waiver or action that results in the waiver of any payment
default under the Subordinated Debt), (iii) a change in any date fixed for any
payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts payable under the
Subordinated Debt (including, without limitation, as a result of any
redemption, defeasance or otherwise), (iv) a change in any percentage of
holders of the Subordinated Debt required to take (or refrain from taking) any
action, (v) a change in any financial covenant, (vi) a change in any remedy or
right of the holders of the Subordinated Debt, (vii) a change in any covenant,
term or provision which would result in such term or provision being more
restrictive than the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(viii) a change that grants or permits the granting of any security interest or
Lien on any asset or property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to secure any
Subordinated Debt, or (ix) a change in any term or provision of any document or
instrument in connection with any Subordinated Debt that could have, in any
material respect, an adverse effect on the interests of Lenders.

         Section 7.19     Other Agreements.  Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall enter
into any agreement pursuant to which the ability of the Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary to pay any money, dividend or other type of advance to,
or otherwise make any other Investment in, the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary shall be limited or in which such payment would be a default or
event of default.


                                   ARTICLE 8

                                    Default

         Section 8.1      Events of Default.  Each of the following shall
constitute an Event of Default, whatever the reason for such event, and whether
voluntary, involuntary, or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
governmental or non-governmental body:

         (a)     Any representation or warranty made under any Loan Document
shall prove to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when
made;

         (b)     The Borrower shall default in the payment of (i) any interest
or any fees payable hereunder or any other costs, fees, expenses or other
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Loan Documents, when due, which Default is not cured within three days from the
date such payment became due by payment of such late amount, or (ii) any
principal when due;

         (c)     The Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall default in the
performance or observance of any agreement or covenant contained in Section
5.1, Section 5.14 or Article 7 hereof;

         (d)     The Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall default in the
performance or observance of any other agreement or covenant contained in this
Agreement not specifically referred to elsewhere in this Section 8.1, and such
default shall not be cured within a period of 30 days after the earlier of
written notice from the Administrative Lender thereof or actual notice thereof;

         (e)     There shall occur any default or breach in the performance or
observance of any agreement or covenant (after the expiration of any applicable
grace period) or breach of any representation or warranty contained in any of
the Loan Documents (other than this Agreement);

         (f)     There shall be entered a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises constituting an order for relief in respect of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now
constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy law or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, or of any substantial part of their respective properties,
or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, and any such decree or order shall continue unstayed and in effect
for a period of 60 consecutive days; provided, that the affected assets alone
or in the aggregate total in excess of $5,000,000;

         (g)     The Borrower or any Subsidiary shall file a petition, answer
or consent seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now
constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy law or other similar law, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall
consent to the institution of proceedings thereunder or to the filing of any
such petition or to the appointment or taking of possession of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of their
respective properties, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail generally
to pay its debts as they become due, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall
take any action in furtherance of any such action; provided, that the affected
assets alone or in the aggregate total in excess of $5,000,000;

         (h)     A final judgment or judgments shall be entered by any court
against the Borrower or any Subsidiary for the payment of money which exceeds
$5,000,000 in the aggregate, or a warrant of attachment or execution or similar
process shall be issued or levied against property of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary which, together with all other such property of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries subject to other such process, exceeds in value $5,000,000 in the
aggregate, and if such judgment or award is not insured or, within 30 days
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thereof, such judgment, warrant or process shall not have been paid or
discharged or stayed pending appeal, or if, after the expiration of any such
stay, such judgment, warrant or process shall not have been paid or discharged;

         (i)     With respect to any Plan of the Borrower or any member of its
Controlled Group:  (i) the Borrower, any such member, or any other party-in-
interest or disqualified person shall engage in transactions which in the
aggregate would reasonably result in a direct or indirect liability to the
Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group in excess of $5,000,000 under
Section 409 or 502 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code; (ii) the Borrower or
any member of its Controlled Group shall incur any accumulated funding
deficiency, as defined in Section 412 of the Code, in the aggregate in excess
of $5,000,000, or request a funding waiver from the Internal Revenue Service
for contributions in the aggregate in excess of $5,000,000; (iii) the Borrower
or any member of its Controlled Group shall incur any withdrawal liability in
the aggregate in excess of $5,000,000 as a result of a complete or partial
withdrawal within the meaning of Section 4203 or 4205 of ERISA; (iv) the
Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group shall fail to make a required
contribution by the due date under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA which would result in the imposition of a lien under Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA; (v) the Borrower, any member of its Controlled
Group or any Plan sponsor shall notify the PBGC of an intent to terminate, or
the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate, or the PBGC shall institute
proceedings to terminate, any Plan; (vi) a Reportable Event shall occur with
respect to a Plan, and within 15 days after the reporting of such Reportable
Event to the Administrative Lender, the Administrative Lender shall have
notified the Borrower in writing that the Determining Lenders have made a
determination that, on the basis of such Reportable Event, there are reasonable
grounds for the termination of such Plan by the PBGC or for the appointment by
the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer such
Plan and as a result thereof an Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder;
(vii) a trustee shall be appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to
administer any Plan or the assets thereof; (viii) the benefits of any Plan
shall be increased, or the Borrower or any member of its Controlled Group shall
begin to maintain, or begin to contribute to, any Plan, without the prior
written consent of the Determining Lenders; or (ix) any ERISA Event with
respect to a Plan shall have occurred, and 30 days thereafter (A) such ERISA
Event, other than such event described in clause (vi) of the definition of
ERISA Event herein, (if correctable) shall not have been corrected and (B) the
then present value of such Plan's benefit liabilities, as defined in Title IV
of ERISA, shall exceed the then current value of assets accumulated in such
Plan; provided, however, that the events listed in subsections (v) through (ix)
shall constitute Events of Default only if, as of the date thereof or any
subsequent date, the maximum amount of liability that the Borrower or any
member of its Controlled Group could incur in the aggregate under Section 4062,
4063, 4064, 4219 or 4023 of ERISA or any other provision of law with respect to
all such Plans, computed by the actuary of the Plan taking into account any
applicable rules and regulations of the PBGC at such time, and based on the
actuarial assumptions used by the Plan, resulting from or otherwise associated
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         (j)     All or any material portion of the Loan Documents shall be the
subject of any proceeding instituted by any Person other than a Lender (except
in connection with any Lender's exercise of any remedies under the Loan
Documents), or there shall exist any litigation or threatened litigation with
respect to all or any material portion of the Collateral or the Loan Documents,
or any Person shall challenge in any manner whatsoever the validity or
enforceability of all or any portion of the Loan Documents; provided, however,
that during any such time any such circumstance shall be bonded or stayed in
accordance with Applicable Law and to the satisfaction of the Determining
Lenders, such circumstance shall not be an Event of Default;

         (k)     The Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall default in the
payment of any Indebtedness in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or more beyond
any grace period provided with respect thereto, or shall default in the
performance of any agreement or instrument under which such Indebtedness is
created or evidenced beyond any applicable grace period or an event shall occur
with respect to such Indebtedness, if the effect of such default or event is to
permit or cause the holder of such Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of any
such holder) to cause such Indebtedness to become due prior to its date of
maturity;

         (l)     The Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to comply in any
material respect with the Communications Act, or any rule or regulation
promulgated by the FCC;

         (m)     Any material Necessary Authorization shall be revoked; or
there shall occur a material default under any material Necessary Authorization
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary beyond any applicable grace period; or any
proceedings shall in any way be brought by any Person to challenge the validity
or enforceability of any material Necessary Authorization and the FCC shall
designate the Necessary Authorization for a revocation hearing; or proceedings
for the renewal of any material Necessary Authorization shall not be commenced
at least 90 days prior to the expiration thereof; or any material Necessary
Authorization shall expire due to termination, nonrenewal or for any other
reason, or shall be designated for a revocation hearing.

         (n)     Any lease of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall
terminate or cease to be effective, and termination or cessation thereof could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however,
that termination or cessation of a lease shall not constitute an Event of
Default if another lease reasonably satisfactory to the Determining Lenders is
contemporaneously substituted therefor;

         (o)     Any material provision of any Loan Document shall for any
reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against any party to it
(other than the Administrative Lender or any Lender) in all material respects,
or any such party shall so state in writing;

         (p)     There shall exist any breach or default of any management
agreement or contract of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any such
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substantially similar terms, and such breach, default or termination could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

         (q)     Any civil action, suit or proceeding shall be commenced
against the Borrower, or any Subsidiary of the Borrower under any federal or
state racketeering statute (including, without limitation, the Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act of 1970)("RICO") and such suit shall be
adversely determined by a court of applicable jurisdiction, and which is either
non-appealable or which the Borrower or such Subsidiary has elected not to
appeal; or any criminal action or proceeding shall be commenced against the
Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower under any federal or state
racketeering statute (including, without limitation, RICO).

         Section 8.2      Remedies.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred
and shall be continuing:

         (a)     With the exception of an Event of Default specified in Section
8.1(f) or (g) hereof, the Administrative Lender shall, upon the direction of
the Determining Lenders, terminate the Commitments and/or declare the principal
of and interest on the Advances and all Obligations and other amounts owed
under the Loan Documents to be forthwith due and payable without presentment,
demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived, anything in the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding.

         (b)     Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in
Section 8.1(f) or (g) hereof, such principal, interest and other amounts shall
thereupon and concurrently therewith become due and payable and the Commitments
shall forthwith terminate, all without any action by the Administrative Lender,
any Lender or any holders of the notes and without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived, anything in the
Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding.

         (c)     If any Letter of Credit shall be then outstanding, the
Administrative Lender may (or, upon the direction of the Determining Lenders,
shall) demand upon the Borrower to, and forthwith upon such demand, the
Borrower shall, pay to the Administrative Lender in same day funds at the
office of the Administrative Lender on such demand for deposit in the L/C Cash
Collateral Account, an amount equal to the maximum amount available to be drawn
under the Letters of Credit then outstanding; provided, however, that upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g) hereof,
such amount shall become immediately due and payable without the requirement of
any action on the part of Administrative Lender.

         (d)     The Administrative Lender, and the Lenders may exercise all of
the post-default rights granted to them under the Loan Documents or under
Applicable Law.

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                                   ARTICLE 9

                            Changes in Circumstances

         Section 9.1      LIBOR Basis Determination Inadequate.  If with
respect to any proposed LIBOR Advance for any Interest Period, any Lender
determines that (i) deposits in dollars (in the applicable amount) are not
being offered to that Lender in the relevant market for such Interest Period or
(ii) the LIBOR Basis for such proposed LIBOR Advance does not adequately cover
the cost to such Lender of making and maintaining such proposed LIBOR Advance
for such Interest Period, such Lender shall forthwith give notice thereof to
the Borrower, whereupon until such Lender notifies the Borrower that the
circumstances giving rise to such situation no longer exist, the obligation of
such Lender to make LIBOR Advances shall be suspended.

         Section 9.2      Illegality.  If any applicable law, rule or
regulation, or any change therein or adoption thereof, or interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or
compliance by any Lender (or its LIBOR Lending Office) with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority,
central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for
such Lender (or its LIBOR Lending Office) to make, maintain or fund its LIBOR
Advances, such Lender shall so notify the Borrower and the Administrative
Lender.  Before giving any notice to the Borrower pursuant to this Section, the
notifying Lender shall designate a different LIBOR Lending Office or other
lending office if such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice
and will not, in the sole judgment of the Lender, be materially disadvantageous
to the Lender.  Upon receipt of such notice, notwithstanding anything contained
in Article 2 hereof, the Borrower shall repay in full the then outstanding
principal amount of each LIBOR Advance owing to the notifying Lender, together
with accrued interest thereon, on either (a) the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Advance, if the Lender may lawfully continue to
maintain and fund such Advance to such day, or (b) immediately, if the Lender
may not lawfully continue to fund and maintain such Advance to such day.
Concurrently with repaying each affected LIBOR Advance owing to such Lender,
notwithstanding anything contained in Article 2 hereof, the Borrower shall
borrow a Base Rate Advance from such Lender, and such Lender shall make such
Base Rate Advance, in an amount such that the outstanding principal amount of
the Advances owing to such Lender shall equal the outstanding principal amount
of the Advances owing immediately prior to such repayment.

         Section 9.3      Increased Costs.

         (a)     If any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in or
adoption of any law, rule or regulation, or any interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or
compliance by any Lender (or its LIBOR Lending Office) with any request or
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                 (i)      shall subject a Lender (or its LIBOR Lending Office)
         to any tax, duty or other charge (net of any tax benefit engendered
         thereby) with respect to its LIBOR Advances or its obligation to make
         such Advances, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to a
         Lender (or to its LIBOR Lending Office) of the principal of or
         interest on its LIBOR Advances or in respect of any other amounts due
         under this Agreement, as the case may be, or its obligation to make
         such Advances (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall
         net income of the Lender or its LIBOR Lending Office and franchise
         taxes imposed upon such Lender); or

                 (ii)     shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve
         (including, without limitation, any imposed by the Board of Governors
         of the Federal Reserve System), special deposit or similar requirement
         against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
         extended by, a Lender's LIBOR Lending Office or shall impose on the
         Lender (or its LIBOR Lending Office) or on the United States market
         for certificates of deposit or the London interbank market any other
         condition affecting its LIBOR Advances or its obligation to make such
         Advances;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to a Lender (or
its LIBOR Lending Office) of making or maintaining any LIBOR Advances, or to
reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by a Lender (or its LIBOR
Lending Office) with respect thereto, by an amount deemed by a Lender to be
material, then, within 15 days after demand by a Lender, the Borrower agrees to
pay to such Lender such additional amount as will compensate such Lender for
such increased costs or reduced amounts.  The affected Lender will as soon as
practicable notify the Borrower of any event of which it has knowledge,
occurring after the date hereof, which will entitle such Lender to compensation
pursuant to this Section and will designate a different LIBOR Lending Office or
other lending office if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the
amount of, such compensation and will not, in the sole judgment of the affected
Lender made in good faith, be disadvantageous to such Lender.

         (b)     A certificate of any Lender claiming compensation under this
Section and setting forth the additional amounts to be paid to it hereunder and
calculations therefor shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  In
determining such amount, a Lender may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods.  If a Lender demands compensation under this Section, the
Borrower may at any time, upon at least five Business Days' prior notice to the
Lender, after reimbursement to the Lender by the Borrower in accordance with
this Section of all costs incurred, prepay in full the then outstanding LIBOR
Advances of the Lender, together with accrued interest thereon to the date of
prepayment, along with any reimbursement required under Section 2.9 hereof.
Concurrently with prepaying such LIBOR Advances, the Borrower shall borrow a
Base Rate Advance from the Lender, and the Lender shall make such Base Rate
Advance, in an amount such that the outstanding principal amount of the
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         Section 9.4      Effect On Base Rate Advances.  If notice has been
given pursuant to Section 9.1, 9.2 or 9.3 hereof suspending the obligation of a
Lender to make LIBOR Advances, or requiring LIBOR Advances of a Lender to be
repaid or prepaid, then, unless and until the Lender notifies the Borrower that
the circumstances giving rise to such repayment no longer apply, all Advances
which would otherwise be made by such Lender as LIBOR Advances shall be made
instead as Base Rate Advances.

         Section 9.5      Capital Adequacy.  If either (a) the introduction of
or any change in or in the interpretation of any law, rule or regulation or (b)
compliance by a Lender with any law, rule or regulation or any guideline or
request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not
having the force of law) affects or would affect the amount of capital required
or expected to be maintained by a Lender or any corporation controlling such
Lender (any event or occurrence in clauses (a) or (b) above being a "Regulatory
Modification"), and such Lender reasonably determines that the amount of such
capital is increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender's commitment
or Advances hereunder and other commitments or advances of such Lender of this
type, then, upon demand by such Lender, subject to Section 11.9, the Borrower
shall immediately pay to such Lender, from time to time as specified by such
Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender with respect to
such circumstances (collectively, "Additional Costs"), to the extent that such
Lender reasonably determines in good faith such increase in capital to be
allocable to the existence of such Lender's Commitment hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Lender's demand for Additional Costs shall
not include any Additional Costs with respect to any period more than 180 days
prior to the date that such Lender gives notice to the Borrower of such
Additional Costs unless the effective date of the Regulatory Modification which
results in the right to receive Additional Costs is retroactive (the
"Regulatory Modification Retroactive Effective Date").  If any Regulatory
Modification has a Regulatory Modification Retroactive Effective Date and any
Lender demands compensation within 180 days after the date setting the
Regulatory Modification Retroactive Effective Date (the "Regulatory
Modification Set Date"), such Lender shall have the right to receive such
Additional Costs from the Regulatory Modification Retroactive Effective Date.
If a Lender does not demand such Additional Costs within 180 days after the
Regulatory Modification Set Date, such lender may not receive payment of
Additional Costs with respect to any period more than 180 days prior to such
demand.  A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Borrower by a Lender
hereunder, shall, in the absence of demonstrable error, be conclusive and
binding for all purposes.


                                   ARTICLE 10

                            Agreement Among Lenders

         Section 10.1     Agreement Among Lenders.  The Lenders agree among
themselves that:

         (a)     Administrative Lender.  Each Lender hereby appoints the
Administrative Lender as its nominee in its name and on its behalf, to receive
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hereunder; to act as nominee for and on behalf of all Lenders under the Loan
Documents; to take such action as may be requested by Determining Lenders,
provided that, unless and until the Administrative Lender shall have received
such requests, the Administrative Lender may take such administrative action,
or refrain from taking such administrative action, as it may deem advisable and
in the best interests of the Lenders; to arrange the means whereby the proceeds
of the Advances of the Lenders are to be made available to the Borrower; to
distribute promptly to each Lender information, requests and documents received
from the Borrower, and each payment (in like funds received) with respect to
any of such Lender's Advances, fee or other amount; and to deliver to the
Borrower requests, demands, approvals and consents received from the Lenders.
Administrative Lender agrees to promptly distribute to each Lender, at such
Lender's address set forth below information, requests, documents and payments
received from the Borrower.

         (b)     Replacement of Administrative Lender.  Should the
Administrative Lender or any successor Administrative Lender ever cease to be a
Lender hereunder, or should the Administrative Lender or any successor
Administrative Lender ever resign as Administrative Lender, or should the
Administrative Lender or any successor Administrative Lender ever be removed
with or without cause by the Determining Lenders, then the Lender appointed by
the other Lenders shall forthwith become the Administrative Lender, and the
Borrower and the Lenders shall execute such documents as any Lender may
reasonably request to reflect such change.  Any resignation or removal of the
Administrative Lender or any successor Administrative Lender shall become
effective upon the appointment by the Lenders of a successor Administrative
Lender; provided, however, that if the Lenders fail for any reason to appoint a
successor within 60 days after such removal or resignation, the Administrative
Lender or any successor Administrative Lender (as the case may be) shall
thereafter have no obligation to act as Administrative Lender hereunder.

         (c)     Expenses.  Each Lender shall pay its pro rata share, based on
its Specified Percentage, of any reasonable expenses paid by the Administrative
Lender directly and solely in connection with any of the Loan Documents if
Administrative Lender does not receive reimbursement therefor from other
sources within 60 days after the date incurred, unless payment of such fees is
being diligently disputed by such Lender or the Borrower in good faith.  Any
amount so paid by the Lenders to the Administrative Lender shall be returned by
the Administrative Lender pro rata to each paying Lender to the extent later
paid by the Borrower or any other Person on the Borrower's behalf to the
Administrative Lender.

         (d)     Delegation of Duties.  The Administrative Lender may execute
any of its duties hereunder by or through officers, directors, employees,
attorneys or agents, and shall be entitled to (and shall be protected in
relying upon) advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to its duties
hereunder.

         (e)     Reliance by Administrative Lender.  The Administrative Lender
and its officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents shall be entitled
to rely and shall be fully protected in relying on any writing, resolution,
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telegram, telex or teletype message, statement, order, or other document or
conversation reasonably believed by it or them in good faith to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed or made by the proper Person and, with respect
to legal matters, upon opinions of counsel selected by the Administrative
Lender.  The Administrative Lender may, in its reasonable judgment, deem and
treat the payee of any note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof.

         (f)     Limitation of Administrative Lender's Liability.  Neither the
Administrative Lender nor any of its officers, directors, employees, attorneys
or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or
them hereunder in good faith and believed by it or them to be within the
discretion or power conferred to it or them by the Loan Documents or be
responsible for the consequences of any error of judgment, except for its or
their own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.  Except as aforesaid, the
Administrative Lender shall be under no duty to enforce any rights with respect
to any of the Advances, or any security therefor.  The Administrative Lender
shall not be compelled to do any act hereunder or to take any action towards
the execution or enforcement of the powers hereby created or to prosecute or
defend any suit in respect hereof, unless indemnified to its satisfaction
against loss, cost, liability and expense.  The Administrative Lender shall not
be responsible in any manner to any Lender for the effectiveness,
enforceability, genuineness, validity or due execution of any of the Loan
Documents, or for any representation, warranty, document, certificate, report
or statement made herein or furnished in connection with any Loan Documents, or
be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the
performance or observation of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any
Loan Documents on the part of the Borrower.  To the extent not reimbursed by
the Borrower, each Lender hereby severally, but not jointly, indemnifies and
holds harmless the Administrative Lender, pro rata according to its Specified
Percentage, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and/or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on,
asserted against, or incurred by the Administrative Lender in any way with
respect to any Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by the
Administrative Lender under the Loan Documents (including any negligent action
of the Administrative Lender), except to the extent the same result from gross
negligence or wilful misconduct by the Administrative Lender.

         (g)     Liability Among Lenders.  No Lender shall incur any liability
(other than the sharing of expenses and other matters specifically set forth
herein and in the other Loan Documents) to any other Lender, except for acts or
omissions in bad faith.

         (h)     Rights as Lender.  With respect to its commitment hereunder,
the Advances made by it and note issued to it, the Administrative Lender shall
have the same rights as a Lender and may exercise the same as though it were
not the Administrative Lender, and the term "Lender" or "Lenders" shall, unless
the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Lender in its
individual capacity.  The Administrative Lender or any Lender may accept
deposits from, act as trustee under indentures of, and generally engage in any
kind of business with, the Borrower and any of its Affiliates, and any Person
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Borrower or any of its Affiliates, all as if the Administrative Lender were not
the Administrative Lender hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to
the Lenders.

         Section 10.2     Lender Credit Decision.  Each Lender acknowledges
that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Lender
or any other Lender and based upon the financial statements referred to in
Sections 4.1(j), 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, and such other documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to
enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Lender or any other
Lender and based upon such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

         Section 10.3     Benefits of Article.  None of the provisions of this
Article shall inure to the benefit of any Person other than Lenders or the
Borrower, as applicable; consequently, no Person other than Lenders or the
Borrower shall be entitled to rely upon, or to raise as a defense, in any
manner whatsoever, the failure of the Administrative Lender or any Lender to
comply with such provisions.


                                   ARTICLE 11

                                 Miscellaneous

         Section 11.1     Notices.

         (a)     All notices and other communications under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given on the date
personally delivered or sent by telecopy (answerback received), or three days
after deposit in the mail, designated as registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage-prepaid, or one day after being entrusted to a reputable
commercial overnight delivery service, or one day after being delivered to the
telegraph office or sent out by telex addressed to the party to which such
notice is directed at its address determined as provided in this Section.  All
notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be given to the
parties hereto at the following addresses:

         (i)     If to the Borrower, at:

                 Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
                 7710 Jones-Maltsberger, Suite 600
                 San Antonio, Texas  78216
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         (ii)    If to the Administrative Lender, at:

                 NationsBank of Texas, N.A.
                 901 Main Street, 64th Floor
                 Dallas, Texas  75202
                 Attn:  Thomas E. Carter, Senior Vice President

         (iii)   If to a Lender, at its address shown below its name on the
                 signature pages hereof, or if applicable, set forth in its
                 Assignment Agreement.

         (b)     Any party hereto may change the address to which notices shall
be directed by giving 10 days' written notice of such change to the other
parties.

         Section 11.2     Expenses.  The Borrower shall promptly pay:

         (a)     all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative
Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated
hereunder and thereunder, and the making of Advances and the issuance of
Letters of Credit hereunder, including without limitation the reasonable fees
and disbursements of Special Counsel;

         (b)     all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative
Lender in connection with the administration of the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the preparation, negotiation,
execution and delivery of any waiver, amendment or consent by the Lenders
relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; and

         (c)     all reasonable costs, out-of-pocket expenses and attorneys'
fees of the Administrative Lender and each Lender incurred for enforcement,
collection, restructuring, refinancing and "work-out", or otherwise incurred in
obtaining performance under the Loan Documents, and all reasonable costs and
out-of-pocket expenses of collection if default is made in the payment of the
notes, which in each case shall include without limitation reasonable fees and
expenses of consultants, counsel for the Administrative Lender and any Lender,
and administrative fees for the Administrative Lender.

         Section 11.3     Waivers.  The rights and remedies of the Lenders
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have.  No
failure or delay by the Administrative Lender or any Lender in exercising any
right shall operate as a waiver of such right.  The Lenders expressly reserve
the right to require strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement in
connection with any funding of a request for an Advance and the Issuing Bank
expressly reserves the right to require strict compliance with the terms of
this Agreement in connection with any issuance of a Letter of Credit.  In the
event that any Lender decides to fund an Advance or the Issuing Bank decides to
issue a Letter of Credit at a time when the Borrower is not in strict
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, such decision by such Lender shall
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undertaking by the Lender to fund any further requests for Advances or by the
Issuing Bank to issue any additional Letter of Credit or preclude the Lenders
from exercising any rights available under the Loan Documents or at law or
equity.  Any waiver or indulgence granted by the Lenders shall not constitute a
modification of this Agreement, except to the extent expressly provided in such
waiver or indulgence, or constitute a course of dealing by the Lenders at
variance with the terms of the Agreement such as to require further notice by
the Lenders of the Lenders' intent to require strict adherence to the terms of
this Agreement in the future.  Any such actions shall not in any way affect the
ability of the Administrative Lender or the Lenders, in their discretion, to
exercise any rights available to them under this Agreement or under any other
agreement, whether or not the Administrative Lender or any of the Lenders are a
party thereto, relating to the Borrower.

         Section 11.4     Determination by the Lenders Conclusive and Binding.
Any material determination required or expressly permitted to be made by the
Administrative Lender or any Lender under this Agreement shall be made in its
reasonable judgment and in good faith, and shall when made, absent manifest
error, be conclusive and binding on all parties.

         Section 11.5     Set-Off.  In addition to any rights now or hereafter
granted under Applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights,
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Lender and any subsequent
holder of any note, and any assignee or participant in any note is hereby
authorized by the Borrower at any time or from time to time, without notice to
the Borrower or any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly
waived, to set-off, appropriate and apply any deposits (general or special
(except trust and escrow accounts), time or demand, including without
limitation Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, in each case
whether matured or unmatured) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or
owing by such Lender or holder to or for the credit or the account of the
Borrower, against and on account of the Obligations and other liabilities of
the Borrower to such Lender or holder, irrespective of whether or not (a) the
Lender or holder shall have made any demand hereunder, or (b) the Lender or
holder shall have declared the principal of and interest on the Advances and
other amounts due hereunder to be due and payable as permitted by Section 8.2
and although such obligations and liabilities, or any of them, shall be
contingent or unmatured.  Any sums obtained by any Lender or by any assignee,
participant or subsequent holder of any note shall be subject to pro rata
treatment of all Obligations and other liabilities hereunder.

         Section 11.6     Assignment.

         (a)     The Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents without the prior
written consent of the Lenders.

         (b)     No Lender shall be entitled to assign its interest in this
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         (c)     A Lender may at any time sell participations in all or any
part of its Advances (collectively, "Participations") to any bank, other
financial institution or fund ("Participants") provided that such Participation
shall not confer on any Person (other than the parties hereto) any right to
vote on, approve or sign amendments or waivers, or any other independent
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or other claim under this
Agreement or any other Loan Documents, other than the right to vote on,
approve, or sign amendments or waivers or consents with respect to items that
would result in (i) any increase in the commitment of any Participant; or
(ii)(A) the extension of the date of maturity of, or (B) the extension of the
due date for any payment of principal, interest or fees respecting, or (C) the
reduction of the amount of any installment of principal or interest on or the
change or reduction of any mandatory reduction required hereunder, or (D) a
reduction of the rate of interest on, the Advances, the Letters of Credit, or
the Reimbursement Obligations, or change in Applicable Margin; or (iii) the
release of security for the Obligations, including without limitation any
guarantee or Pledged Stock; or (iv) the reduction of any fees payable
hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower agrees that the
Participants shall be entitled to the benefits of Article 9 and Section 11.5
hereof as though they were Lenders and the Lenders may provide copies of all
financial information received from the Borrower to such Participants.  To the
fullest extent it may effectively do so under Applicable Law, the Borrower
agrees that any Participant may exercise any and all rights of banker's lien,
set-off and counterclaim with respect to this Participation as fully as if such
Participant were the holder of the Advances in the amount of its Participation.

         (d)     Each Lender may assign to one or more financial institutions
or funds organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof,
or under the laws of any other country that is a member of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such
country, which is engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise investing in
commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business (each, an "Assignee")
its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents up
to a total of 49% of its Specified Percentage of the Commitment; provided,
however, that (i) prior to each such assignment, the assigning Lender shall
provide Administrative Lender and the Borrower with notice of such assignment,
(ii) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage
of the Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, (iii) the amount
of the Commitment, Advances and Reimbursement Obligations being assigned
pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the assignment
with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $5,000,000 and
which is an integral multiple of $1,000,000, (iv) the applicable Lender,
Administrative Lender and applicable Assignee shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Lender an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement (an "Assignment
Agreement") in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto, together with the
notes subject to such assignment, (v) the Assignee or the Lender executing the
Assignment as the case may be, shall deliver to the Administrative Lender a
processing fee of $3,500 and (vi) notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, any Lender may assign up to a total of 100% of its Specified
Percentage of the Commitment with the prior written consent of the Borrower and
the Administrative Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed (provided that without the consent of the Borrower or the
Administrative Lender, any Lender may make assignments to its Affiliates or
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from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment, which effective
date shall be at least three Business Days after the execution thereof, (A) the
Assignee thereunder shall be party hereto and, to the extent that rights and
obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment,
have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (B) the assigning
Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been
assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment, relinquish such rights and be
released from such obligations under this Agreement.  The Borrower shall not be
liable for any fees or expenses of the Administrative Lender, any Lender, or
any Assignee, incurred in connection with such an Assignment.

         (e)     Notwithstanding anything in clause (d) above to the contrary,
any Lender may assign and pledge all or any portion of its Advances and note to
any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of
F.R.S. Board and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank;
provided, however, that no such assignment under this clause (e) shall release
the assignor Lender from its obligations hereunder.

         (f)     Upon its receipt of an Assignment Agreement executed by a
Lender and an Assignee, and any note or notes subject to such assignment, the
Borrower shall, within three Business Days after its receipt of such Assignment
Agreement, at its own expense, execute and deliver to the Administrative Lender
in exchange for the surrendered notes new notes to the order of such Assignee
in an amount equal to the portion of the Advances, Reimbursement Obligations
and Commitment assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement and new
notes to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the portion of
the Advances and Commitment retained by it hereunder.  Such new notes shall be
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
such surrendered notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment
Agreement and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.

         (g)     No Lender may, without the prior consent of the Borrower,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, in connection with any
assignment or Participation or proposed assignment or Participation pursuant to
this Section 11.6, disclose to the Assignee or Participant or proposed Assignee
or Participant, any information (which is not otherwise publicly available)
relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the
Borrower, unless such proposed assignee or participant agrees to keep such
information confidential and signs a confidentiality agreement in a form
substantially similar to the confidentiality agreement signed by the Persons
who were Lenders on the Agreement Date.  The Borrower may not prohibit any
Participation by withholding its consent pursuant to this Section 11.6(g).

         (h)     Except as specifically set forth in this Section 11.6, nothing
in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is
intended to or shall confer on any Person other than the respective parties
hereto and thereto and their successors and assignees permitted hereunder and
thereunder any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or other claim
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         Section 11.7     Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such separate counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.

         Section 11.8     Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement which
is for any reason prohibited or found or held invalid or unenforceable by any
court or governmental agency shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof in such jurisdiction or affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

         Section 11.9     Interest and Charges.  It is not the intention of any
parties to this Agreement to make an agreement in violation of the laws of any
applicable jurisdiction relating to usury.  Regardless of any provision in any
Loan Documents, no Lender shall ever be entitled to receive, collect or apply,
as interest on the Obligations, any amount in excess of the Maximum Amount.  If
any Lender or participant ever receives, collects or applies, as interest, any
such excess, such amount which would be excessive interest shall be deemed a
partial repayment of principal and treated hereunder as such; and if principal
is paid in full, any remaining excess shall be paid to the Borrower.  In
determining whether or not the interest paid or payable, under any specific
contingency, exceeds the Maximum Amount, the Borrower and the Lenders shall, to
the maximum extent permitted under Applicable Law, (a) characterize any
nonprincipal payment as an expense, fee or premium rather than as interest, (b)
exclude voluntary prepayments and the effect thereof, and (c) amortize,
prorate, allocate and spread in equal parts, the total amount of interest
throughout the entire contemplated term of the Obligations so that the interest
rate is uniform throughout the entire term of the Obligations; provided,
however, that if the Obligations are paid and performed in full prior to the
end of the full contemplated term thereof, and if the interest received for the
actual period of existence thereof exceeds the Maximum Amount, the Lenders
shall refund to the Borrower the amount of such excess or credit the amount of
such excess against the total principal amount of the Obligations owing, and,
in such event, the Lenders shall not be subject to any penalties provided by
any laws for contracting for, charging or receiving interest in excess of the
Maximum Amount.  This Section shall control every other provision of all
agreements pertaining to the transactions contemplated by or contained in the
Loan Documents.

         Section 11.10    Headings.  Headings used in this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not be used in connection with the interpretation of
any provision hereof.

         Section 11.11    Amendment and Waiver.  This Agreement may not be
amended, modified or waived except by the written agreement of the Borrower and
the Determining Lenders; provided, however, that no such amendment,
modification or waiver shall be made (a) without the consent of all Lenders, if
it would (i) increase the Specified Percentage or commitment of any Lender, or
(ii) extend or postpone any Commitment Reduction, extend or postpone the date
of payment or maturity of, extend the due date for any payment of principal or
interest on, reduce the amount of any installment of principal or interest on,
or reduce the rate of interest on, any Advance, the Reimbursement Obligations,
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Documents, or (iii) release any security for or guaranty of the Obligations
(except pursuant to this Agreement), or (iv) reduce the fees payable hereunder,
or (v) revise this Section 11.11, or (v) waive the date for payment of any of
the Obligations, or (vi) amend the definition of Determining Lenders, (vii)
revise Sections 2.5(b), (c) or (d) hereof or (vii) revise Sections 2.6(b) or
(c) hereof; or (b) without the consent of the Administrative Lender, if it
would alter the rights, duties or obligations of the Administrative Lender.
Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended orally, nor may any
provision hereof be waived orally but only by an instrument in writing signed
by the Administrative Lender and, in the case of an amendment, by the Borrower.

         Section 11.12    Exception to Covenants.  Neither the Borrower nor any
Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be permitted to take any action or
fail to take any action which is permitted as an exception to any of the
covenants contained herein or which is within the permissible limits of any of
the covenants contained herein if such action or omission would result in the
breach of any other covenant contained herein.

         Section 11.13    No Liability of Issuing Bank.  The Borrower assumes
all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any
Letter of Credit with respect to its use of such Letter of Credit.  Neither the
Issuing Bank nor any Lender nor any of their respective officers or directors
shall be liable or responsible for:  (a) the use that may be made of any Letter
of Credit or any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in
connection therewith; (b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of
documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove
to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c)
payment by the Issuing Bank against presentation of documents that do not
comply with the terms of a Letter of Credit, including failure of any documents
to bear any reference or adequate reference to the Letter of Credit, except for
any payment made upon the Issuing Bank's gross negligence or willful
misconduct; or (d) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to
make payment under any Letter of Credit, except that the Borrower shall have a
claim against the Issuing Bank, and the Issuing Bank shall be liable to the
Borrower, to the extent of any direct, but not consequential, damages suffered
by the Borrower that the Borrower proves were caused by (i) the Issuing Bank's
willful misconduct or gross negligence in determining whether documents
presented under any Letter of Credit comply with the terms of the Letter of
Credit or (ii) the Issuing Bank's willful failure to make lawful payment under
a Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a draft and certificates
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit other
than pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code Section 5-114.  In furtherance and
not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing Bank may accept documents that
appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further
investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.

         Section 11.14    Credit Agreement Governs.  In the event of any
conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any terms of any other Loan
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         SECTION 11.15   GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS AND THE FEDERAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 5069-15.10(b), TITLE 79, REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF
TEXAS, 1925, AS AMENDED, IT IS AGREED THAT THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 15, TITLE
79, REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF TEXAS, 1925, AS AMENDED, SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE
ADVANCES, THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.  WITHOUT EXCLUDING ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION, THE BORROWER AGREES THAT THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF
TEXAS LOCATED IN DALLAS, TEXAS SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION OVER PROCEEDINGS IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

         SECTION 11.16   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE LENDER AND THE LENDERS HEREBY KNOWINGLY VOLUNTARILY, IRREVOCABLY
AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO
ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY.  THIS
PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO EACH LENDER ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT
AND MAKING ANY ADVANCES HEREUNDER.

         SECTION 11.17  ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT, TOGETHER
WITH THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR
SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO.  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is
executed as of the date first set forth above.


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<S>                                        <C>
BORROWER:                                  CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                 --------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
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</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., as a Lender and as Administrative Lender
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:   David G. James
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
                                                   901 Main Street, 64th Floor
                                                   Dallas, Texas  75202
                                                   Attn:    David G. James
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, as a Lender and as Documentation
                                                   Agent
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:            Mark S. Denomme
                                                            Title:           Director
                   
                                                   100 Federal Street
                                                   Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                                                   Attn:    Mark Denomme
                                                            Title:  Director
                   
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Lender and as Co-Syndication Agent
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:            Rene Encarnacion
                                                            Title:           Director
                   
                                                   430 Park Avenue
                                                   New York, New York 10022
                                                   Attn:    Ola Anderssen
                                                            Title:  Associate
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC., as a Lender and as Co-Syndication
                                                   Agent
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   Houston Agency
                                                   909 Fannin Street, 17th Floor
                                                   Houston, Texas 77010
                                                   Attn:    Lisa Allison
                                                            Title:
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   ABN AMRO BANK N.V., HOUSTON AGENCY
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:  Laurie C. Tuzo
                                                            Title:    Group Vice President
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:  David P. Orr
                                                            Title:    Vice President
                   
                                                   Three Riverway, Suite 1700
                                                   Houston, Texas 77056
                                                   Attn:    Ms. Laurie C. Tuzo
                                                            Title:  Group Vice President
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   BANK BRUSSELS LAMBERT,
                                                   New York Branch
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                 --------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   630 Fifth Avenue, 6th floor
                                                   New York, New York  10111
                                                   Attn:    Craig Hallsteen
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
                   
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   BANK OF HAWAII
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                 --------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   1850 N. Central Avenue
                                                   Suite 400
                                                   Phoenix, Arizona  85004
                                                   Attn:    Elizabeth McLean
                                                            Title:
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   BANK OF IRELAND - GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                 --------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   640 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10019
                                                   Attn:    Roger Burns
                                                            Title:
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                 --------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   One Wall Street
                                                   16th Floor South
                                                   New York, New York  10286
                                                   Attn:    Ted Ryan
                                                            Title:
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:   Vince Fitzgerald
                                                            Title:           Authorized Signatory
                   
                                                   One Liberty Plaza
                                                   26th Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10006
                                                   Attn:    Townsend Devereux
                                                            Title:  Relationship Manager
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   BANQUE PARIBAS
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   2029 Century Park East
                                                   Suite 3900
                                                   Los Angeles, California  90067
                                                   Attn:    Bryan Petermann
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   BARCLAYS BANK PLC
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   BZW Division
                                                   388 Market Street, Suite 1700
                                                   San Francisco, California  94111
                                                   Attn:    Michael Bloom
                                                            Title:
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   270 Park Avenue
                                                   37th Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10017
                                                   Attn:    James Kuster
                                                            Title:  Managing Director
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   CIBC INC.
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:   Susan Hanna
                                                            Title:           DIRECTOR, CIBC WOOD GUNDY
                                                                             SECURITY CORP., AS AGENT
                   
                                                   425 Lexington Avenue
                                                   New York, New York  10017
                                                   Attn:    Susan Hanna
                                                            Title:  DIRECTOR, CIBC WOOD GUNDY
                                                                    SECURITY CORP., AS AGENT
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE DE CIC ET DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   520 Madison Avenue
                                                   37th Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10022
                                                   Attn:    Marcus Edward
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   CAISSE NATIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   600 Travis, Suite 2340
                                                   Houston, Texas  77002
                                                   Attn:    Ken Coulter
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   Eleven Madison Avenue
                                                   19th Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10010-3629
                                                   Attn:    Joe Coneeny
                                                            Title:   Managing Director
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   CRESTAR BANK
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   919 E. Main Street
                                                   22th Floor
                                                   Richmond, Virginia  23219
                                                   Attn:    Eric Millham
                                                            Title:
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LTD
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   One World Trade Center
                                                   48th Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10048
                                                   Attn:    Seiji Imai
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:            Bruce Loftin
                                                            Title:           Senior Vice President
                   
                                                   Capital Markets Group - Communications
                                                   One First Union Center
                                                   301 South College Street, 5th Floor
                                                   Charlotte, North Carolina  28288-0735
                                                   Attn:    Adrienne T. Musgnug
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   FLEET BANK, N.A.
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   175 State Street
                                                   28th Floor
                                                   New York, New York 10038
                                                   Attn:     Mike Cerrullo
                                                            Title:   Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   One Houston Center
                                                   Suite 4100
                                                   1221 McKinney Street
                                                   Houston, Texas  77010
                                                   Attn:    Phillip C. Lauinger III
                                                            Title:  Vice President and Manager
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   313 Carondelet Street
                                                   New Orleans, Louisiana  70130
                                                   Attn:    Troy Villafarra
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   1251 Avenue of the Americas
                                                   32nd Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10020-1104
                                                   Attn:    Jeff Cole
                                                            Title:
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   Media & Telecommunications Finance Division
                                                   127 Public Square
                                                   Cleveland, Ohio  44114-1306
                                                   Attn:    Jason R. Weaver
                                                            Title:  Assistant Vice President
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   THE LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   165 Broadway
                                                   New York, New York  10006
                                                   Attn:    Maria Araujo
                                                            Title:
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   MELLON BANK, N.A.
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   One Mellon Bank Center, Room 4440
                                                   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15258-0001
                                                   Attn:    Lisa M. Pellow
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   Specialty Industries 10-36
                                                   27777 Inkster Road
                                                   Farmington Hills, Michigan  48334-1036
                                                   Attn:    Stephane Lubin
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   THE MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING CORPORATION
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   520 Madison Avenue, 26th Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10022
                                                   Attn:    Tony Rock
                                                            Title:
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   1600 Market Street
                                                   21st Floor
                                                   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103
                                                   Attn:    Jeff Hauser
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, PLC
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   88 Pine Street
                                                   26th Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10005
                                                   Attn:    Karen Stefancic
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   THE SANWA BANK, LIMITED, DALLAS AGENCY
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   4100 W. Texas Commerce Tower
                                                   2200 Ross Avenue
                                                   Dallas, Texas  75201
                                                   Attn:    Matthew Patrick
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   SOCIETE GENERALE
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   1221 Avenue of the Americas
                                                   New York, New York  10020
                                                   Attn:    Mark Vigil
                                                            Title:
                   
                   
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                                                   THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   700 Louisiana
                                                   Suite 1750
                                                   Houston, Texas  77002
                                                   Attn:    Daniel Payer
                                                            Title:
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                   SUN TRUST BANK, CENTRAL FLORIDA, N.A.
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   200 South Orange Avenue
                                                   Orlando, Florida  32801
                                                   Attn:    Chris Aguilar
                                                            Title:  First Vice President
                   
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   THE TOYO TRUST & BANKING COMPANY, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:   Howard Tulley Mott
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:   Takao Shida
                                                            Title:  Deputy General Manager
                   
                                                   666 Fifth Avenue
                                                   23rd Floor
                                                   Attn:    Howard Tulley Mott
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
                   
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
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                                                   UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   445 South Figueroa Street
                                                   Los Angeles, California  90071
                                                   Attn:    Christine Ball
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   WACHOVIA BANK OF GEORGIA, N.A.
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   191 Peachtree Street
                                                   28th Floor, Mail Code 370
                                                   Atlanta, Georgia  30303
                                                   Attn:    Carl E. Peoples
                                                            Title:  Vice President
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   WELLS FARGO BANK (TEXAS), N.A., formerly known as FIRST INTERSTATE
                                                   BANK OF TEXAS, N.A.
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                         
                                                            ---------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:   Susan Coulter
                                                            Title:           Vice President
                   
                                                   100 Congress, Suite 150
                                                   Austin, Texas  78701
                                                   Attn:    Susan Coulter
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK, GIROZENTRALE
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   1211 Avenue of the Americas
                                                   New York, New York  10036
                                                   Attn:    Kheil McIntyre
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<TABLE>            
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                                                   THE YASUDA TRUST AND BANKING CO., LTD.
                   
                   
                   
                                                   By:                                                                   
                                                            -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Name:                                                        
                                                                    -----------------------------------------------------
                                                            Title:                                                       
                                                                             --------------------------------------------
                   
                                                   666 Fifth Avenue
                                                   8th Floor
                                                   New York, New York  10103
                                                   Attn:    Eric Pelletier
                                                            Title:  Vice President
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                   SCHEDULE 1
                   
                             LIBOR Lending Offices
                   
                   
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.
901 Main Street, 64th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75202
                   
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
100 Federal Street 
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                   
BANK OF MONTREAL   
430 Park Avenue    
New York, New York 10022
                   
TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.
909 Fannin Street, 17th Floor
Houston, Texas 77010
                   
ABN AMRO BANK N.V. 
Three Riverway, Suite 1700
Houston, Texas 77056
                   
BANK BRUSSELS LAMBERT, NEW YORK BRANCH
630 Fifth Avenue   
6th Floor          
New York, New York  10111
                   
BANK OF HAWAII     
1850 N. Central Avenue
Suite 400          
Phoenix, Arizona  85004
                   
BANK OF IRELAND - GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH
640 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, New York  10019
                   
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
One Wall Street, 16th Floor South
New York, New York 10286
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
One Liberty Plaza  
26th Floor         
New York, New York  10006
                   
BANQUE PARIBAS     
2029 Century Park East, Suite 3900
Los Angeles, California 90067
                   
BARCLAYS BANK PLC  
BZW Division       
388 Market Street, Suite 1700
San Francisco, California  94111
                   
CAISSE NATIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE
600 Travis, Suite 2340
Houston, Texas  77002
                   
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.
270 Park Avenue    
37th Floor         
New York, New York  10017
                   
CIBC INC.          
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
                   
COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE DE CIC ET DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE
520 Madison Avenue 
37th Floor         
New York, New York  10022
                   
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
Eleven Madison Avenue
19th Floor         
New York, New York  10010-3629
                   
CRESTAR BANK       
919 E. Main Street 
22th Floor         
Richmond, Virginia  23219
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LTD.
One World Trade Center
48th Floor         
New York, New York  10048
                   
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA
Capital Markets Group - Communications
One First Union Center
301 South College Street, 5th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0735
                   
FLEET BANK, N.A.   
175 Water Street   
28th Floor         
New York, New York 10038
                   
THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED
One Houston Center 
Suite 4100         
1221 McKinney Street
Houston, Texas  77010
                   
HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK
313 Carondelet Street
New Orleans, Louisiana  70130
                   
INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN
1251 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor         
New York, New York  10020-1104
                   
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Media & Telecommunications Finance Division
127 Public Square  
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306
                   
THE LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH
165 Broadway       
New York, New York 10006
                   
MELLON BANK, N.A.  
One Mellon Bank Center, Room 4440
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258-0001
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK
Specialty Industries 10-36
27777 Inkster Road 
Farmington Hills, Michigan  48334-1036
                   
THE MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING CORPORATION
520 Madison Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York  10022
                   
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
1600 Market Street, 21st Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
                   
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, PLC
88 Pine Street     
26th Floor         
New York, New York  10005
                   
THE SANWA BANK, LIMITED, DALLAS AGENCY
4100 W. Texas Commerce Tower
2200 Ross Avenue   
Dallas, Texas  75201
                   
SOCIETE GENERALE   
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
                   
THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
700 Louisiana, Suite 1750
Houston, Texas 77002
                   
SUN TRUST BANK, CENTRAL FLORIDA, N.A.
200 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, Florida  32801
                   
THE TOYO TRUST AND BANKING COMPANY, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH
666 Fifth Avenue, 23rd Floor
New York, New York 10103-3395
                   
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
445 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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WACHOVIA BANK OF GEORGIA, N.A.
191 Peachtree Street
28th Floor, Mail Code 370
Atlanta, Georgia  30303
                   
WELLS FARGO BANK (TEXAS), N.A.
100 Congress, Suite 150
Austin, Texas 78701
                   
WESTDEUSTCHE LANDESBANK, GIROZENTRALE
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York  10036
                   
THE YASUDA TRUST AND BANKING CO., LTD.
666 Fifth Avenue   
8th Floor          
New York, New York  10103
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                   SCHEDULE 2
                   
                                 EXISTING LIENS
                   
                   
         As part of the purchase of the stock of US Radio by Memphis, the debt
owed under that one certain Senior Secured Credit Agreement dated September 23,
1994, with Chemical Bank as agent (and amendments thereto), was paid and the
necessary documents releasing the liens held pursuant to such Senior Secured
Credit Agreement were delivered to Memphis at the closing.  Such lien releases
have been filed with the appropriate state and/or county authorities and
confirmation of filing of such lien releases have been received on all lien
releases except for a Satisfaction of Mortgage to be filed in Racine County,
Wisconsin.         
<PAGE>   137
                                   SCHEDULE 3
                   
                              EXISTING LITIGATION
<PAGE>   138
                                   SCHEDULE 4
                   
                   LICENSES, PERMITS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
<PAGE>   139
                                   SCHEDULE 6
                   
                              EXISTING GUARANTEES
                   
                   
1.       Borrower guaranty of RDS Broadcasting, Inc. in the original principal
         amount of $9,575,000.
                   
2.       Borrower guaranty of Metroplex Communications, Inc. in the form of a
         letter of credit for $7,000,000.
                   
3.       Borrower $1,150,000 guaranty via a letter of credit issued to Roddy
         Peeples for obligations owed to Roddy Peoples.
<PAGE>   140
                                   SCHEDULE 7
                   
                            RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES
                   
                   
                                   FIRST TIER
                   
         "ARN" means the Australian Radio Network Limited, PTY, an Australian
propriety company, 50% of whose Capital Stock is owned by the Borrower.
                   
         "CCC-Houston" means CCC-Houston AM, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership
and a Subsidiary of Clear Channel Radio, Inc. and CCR Houston-Nevada, Inc.
                   
         "CCRE" means Clear Channel Real Estate, Inc., a Nevada corporation,
and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
                   
         "CCR Houston-Nevada" means CCR Houston-Nevada, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Radio.
                   
         "Eller" means Eller Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
formerly known as EMC Group, Inc., formerly Eller Media Company, and a
Subsidiary of Clear Channel Holdings, Inc.
                   
         "Holdings" means Clear Channel Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation,
and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
                   
         "Management" means Clear Channel Management, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
                   
         "Memphis" means Clear Channel Communications of Memphis, Inc., a Texas
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
                   
         "Metroplex" means Clear Channel Metroplex, Inc., a Nevada corporation,
and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Metroplex Licenses.
                   
         "Metroplex Licenses" means Clear Channel Metroplex Licenses, Inc., a
Nevada corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
                   
         "Productions" means Clear Channel Productions, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
                   
         "Radio" means Clear Channel Radio, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Radio Licenses.
<PAGE>   141
         "Radio Licenses" means Clear Channel Radio Licenses, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
                   
         "Television" means Clear Channel Television, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Television Licenses.
                   
         "Television Licenses" means Clear Channel Television Licenses, Inc., a
Nevada corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
                   
                                  SECOND TIER
                   
         "Eller Media Company" means Eller Media Company, a Delaware
corporation, formerly known as EH&F, Inc., and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Eller.             
                   
                                   THIRD TIER
                   
         "Eller Investment" means Eller Investment Company, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Eller Media Company.
                   
         "PMG" means PMG Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Eller Media Company.
                   
         "Patrick Media" means Patrick Media Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation owned 99.1% by Eller Media Company and 0.9% by PMG.
                   
                                  FOURTH TIER
                   
         "Blue Wallscapes" means Blue Wallscapes, Inc., a California
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Patrick Media.
                   
         "Chicago Shelters" means Chicago Shelters Advertising, Inc., an
Illinois corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Patrick Media.
                   
         "Eller Advertising" means Eller Outdoor Advertising Company, an
Arizona corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Eller Investment.
                   
         "Eller Atlanta" means Eller Outdoor Advertising Co. of Atlanta, an
Arizona corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Eller Investment.
                   
         "Eller El Paso" means Eller Outdoor of El Paso, Inc., a Texas
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Eller Investment.
                   
         "Eltex" means Eltex Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation, and a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Patrick Media.
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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         "PMG Target" means PMG Target Media Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Patrick Media.
                   
         "Shelter Advertising" means Shelter Advertising of America, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Patrick Media.
                   
                                   FIFTH TIER
                   
         "Eller Target" means Eller Target Media Group, L.P., a California
limited partnership, owned 83% by PMG Target as a general partner, and 17% by
B. Seidel as a limited partner.
                   
         "Shelter Advertising of Hialeah" means Shelter Advertising of Hialeah,
Inc., a Florida corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Shelter
Advertising.       
                   
         "Trendel International" means Trendel International Development
Corporation, a Florida corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Shelter
Advertising.       
                   
                                   SIXTH TIER
                   
         "American Shelter" means American Shelter Company, Inc., an Illinois
corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Eller Target.
                   
         "Trendel" means Trendel, Inc., a Florida corporation, and a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Trendel International.
                   
         "Trendel Enterprises" means Trendel Enterprises International, Inc.,
a Florida corporation, and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Trendel International.
                   
                                     OTHER
                   
         "NRNZ" means NRNZ Holdings, Limited, a New Zealand corporation of
which 33 1/3% of the outstanding Capital Stock is owned by Borrower.
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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<PAGE>   143
                           UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES
                   
1.       "Heftel" means Heftel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware
         corporation.
                   
2.       Radio Data Group, Inc.
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                   SCHEDULE 8
                   
                              EXISTING INVESTMENTS
                   
                   
                   
1.       Clear Channel Television, Inc. ("CCT") purchased $2,250,000 of
         equipment on May 27, 1992 from Mercury.  Among the assets purchased
         was a tower located between Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida.  A
         portion of the equipment is being leased back to Mercury.
                   
2.       Clear  Channel Communications, Inc. ("CCC") invested $500,000 in Radio
         Data Group.
                   
3.       Clear Channel Communications, Inc. ("CCC") made a $500,000 investment
         in the San Antonio Spurs professional basketball team.
                   
4.       In May of 1995, Clear Channel Radio, Inc. made an investment, now
         worth $73,241,896, in the Australian Radio Network.
                   
5.       In May of 1995, Clear Channel Radio, Inc. made an investment, now
         worth $128,024,699, in Heftel Broadcasting Corporation.
                   
6.       In October of 1984, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. made an
         investment, now worth $83,733, in a joint venture with Swanco
         Broadcasting, Inc. to form the Oklahoma City Tower Company.
                   
7.       In 1973, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. made an investment, now
         worth $44,162, in the Osage Tower in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
                   
8.       In October of 1989, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. made an
         investment, now worth $289,657, in a joint venture with Encore Tower
         of Austin, Inc. to form the Austin Tower Company.
                   
9.       In March of 1994, Clear Channel Radio, Inc. made an investment, now
         worth $222,160, in the Senior Road Tower Group of Houston, Texas.
                   
10.      In 1992, Clear Channel Radio, Inc. made an investment, now worth
         $90,000, in a joint venture with Host Broadcasting to broadcast
         University of Kentucky sporting events.
                   
11.      In January of 1994, Clear Channel Radio, Inc. made an investment, now
         worth $96,233, in a joint venture with Host Communications, Inc. to
         broadcast University of Virginia sporting events.
                   
13.      In July 1996, Clear Channel Radio, Inc. made an investment now worth
         $29,393,139 in New Zealand Radio Network.
                   
14.      In February 1997, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. made an
         investment in a publically traded company at a cost of $14,080,186
         with a fair market value of $23,256,000.
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                                   SCHEDULE 9
                   
                             EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS
                   
                                      NONE
<PAGE>   146
                                  SCHEDULE 11
                   
                            Material Adverse Changes
                   
                                     None.
<PAGE>   147
                                  SCHEDULE 12
                   
                         Closing Specified Percentages
                   
                   
<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.
Specified Percentage:
5.71428571542857%  
                   
                                                   THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
Specified Percentage:
4.71428571428571%  
                   
                                                   BANK OF MONTREAL
Specified Percentage:
4.71428571428571%  
                   
                                                   TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.
Specified Percentage:
4.71428571428571%  
                   
                                                   ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
Specified Percentage:
2.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   BANK BRUSSELS LAMBERT, NEW YORK BRANCH
Specified Percentage:
1.14285714285714%  
                   
                                                   BANK OF HAWAII
Specified Percentage:
0.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   BANK OF IRELAND - GRAND CAYMAN BRANCH
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Specified Percentage:
4.11904761885714%  
                   
                                                   THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
Specified Percentage:
2.85714285714286%  
</TABLE>           
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
                                                   BANQUE PARIBAS
Specified Percentage:
1.14285714285714%  
                   
                                                   BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Specified Percentage:
2.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   CAISSE NATIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE
Specified Percentage:
0.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.
Specified Percentage:
4.11904761885714%  
                   
                                                   CIBC INC.
Specified Percentage:
4.11904761885714%  
                   
                   
                                                   COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE DE CIC ET DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE
Specified Percentage:
2.00000000000000%  
                   
                                                   CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
Specified Percentage:
2.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   CRESTAR BANK
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LTD.
Specified Percentage:
2.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA
Specified Percentage:
2.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   FLEET BANK, N.A.
Specified Percentage:
                   
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                                      -2-
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<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
4.11904761885714%  
                   
                                                   THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED
Specified Percentage:
2.00000000000000%  
                   
                                                   HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Specified Percentage:
2.00000000000000%  
                   
                                                   THE LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH
Specified Percentage:
2.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   MELLON BANK, N.A.
Specified Percentage:
4.11904761885714%  
                   
                                                   MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK
Specified Percentage:
1.14285714285714%  
                   
                                                   THE MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING CORPORATION
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Specified Percentage:
2.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, PLC
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   THE SANWA BANK, LIMITED, DALLAS AGENCY
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                                      -3-
<PAGE>   150
<TABLE>            
<S>                                                <C>
Specified Percentage:
2.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   SOCIETE GENERALE
Specified Percentage:
1.14285714285714%  
                   
                                                   THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   SUN TRUST BANK, CENTRAL FLORIDA, N.A.
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   THE TOYO TRUST AND BANKING COMPANY, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH
Specified Percentage:
0.85714285714286%  
                   
                                                   UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
Specified Percentage:
4.11904761885714%  
                   
                                                   WACHOVIA BANK OF GEORGIA, N.A.
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   WELLS FARGO BANK (TEXAS), N.A.
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK, GIROZENTRALE
Specified Percentage:
1.42857142857143%  
                   
                                                   THE YASUDA TRUST AND BANKING CO., LTD.
Specified Percentage:
0.85714285714286%  
</TABLE>           
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                                      -4-
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                                  SCHEDULE 13
                   
                             Subsidiary Guarantors
                   
Holdings           
                   
Management         
                   
Memphis            
                   
Radio Licenses     
                   
Television Licenses
                   
Metroplex Licenses 
                   
Radio              
                   
Television         
                   
Metroplex          
                   
CCRE               
                   
CCR Houston-Nevada 
                   
Eller              
                   
Eller Media Company
                   
Eller Investment   
                   
PMG                
                   
Patrick Media      
                   
Blue Wallscapes    
                   
Chicago Shelters   
                   
Eller Advertising  
                   
Eller Atlanta      
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Eller El Paso      
                   
Eltex              
                   
PMG Target         
                   
Shelter Advertising
                   
Shelter Advertising of Hialeah
                   
Trendel International
                   
American Shelter   
                   
Trendel            
                   
Trendel Enterprises
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                                      -2-
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                                  SCHEDULE 14
                   
                           Existing Letters of Credit
                   

<PAGE>   1
                                                                 EXHIBIT 5

            [AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P. LETTERHEAD]


                                 May 9, 1997


Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216

Gentlemen:

        We have acted as counsel to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the proposed public offering of
up to 11,000,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.10 par value (the
"Common Stock"), including the over-allotment option granted to the proposed
underwriters, as described in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the
"Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 18, 1997.

        We have, as counsel, examined such corporate records, certificates and
other documents and reviewed such questions of law as we have deemed necessary,
relevant or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed below. 
In rendering such opinions, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures
and the authenticity of all documents examined by us.  As to various questions
of fact material to such opinions, we have relied upon representations of the
Company.

        Based upon such examination and representations, we advise you that, in
our opinion:

        A.      The shares of Common Stock which are to be sold and delivered
by the Company as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement (the 
"Underwriting Agreement"), the form of which is filed as Exhibit 1 to the 
Registration Statement, have been duly and validly authorized by the Company 
and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting
Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

        B.      The shares of Common Stock which are to be sold and delivered
by the Selling Shareholders as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement have
been duly and validly authorized and issued by the Company and, when delivered 
in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be fully 
paid, and non-assessable.

        We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement and to the reference of this firm under the caption
"Legal Opinions" in the Prospectus contained therein.


                                   Very truly yours,

                                   /s/ AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P.

                                   AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P.


<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                          CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
     We consent to the references to our firm under the captions "Selected
Financial Information" and "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-3)
and related Prospectus of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. for the
registration of shares of its common stock and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our reports dated February 17, 1997, (except for Note K, as to which
the date is February 25, 1997), with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. incorporated by reference in
its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the
related financial statement schedules included therein, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
                                                  /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
   
May 8, 1997
    
San Antonio, Texas

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                          CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated March 4, 1996, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of US Radio, Inc. incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. for the registration of shares of its common Stock.
 
                                            /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
May 8, 1997
    

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                          CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated March 10, 1995, with respect to the combined
financial statements of Ragan Henry Communications Group, L.P., US Radio, L.P.
and US Radio Stations, L.P. incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Clear Channel Communications,
Inc. for the registration of shares of its common stock.
 
                                            /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
May 8, 1997
    

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4
 
                                CONSENT OF KPMG
 
Board of Directors
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
 
   
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
on Form S-3 of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. of our report dated 4 March
1997, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Australian Radio
Network Pty Limited and its controlled entities as at 31 December 1996 and 1995
and the related consolidated profit and loss accounts and statements of cash
flows for the years then ended (not separately incorporated by reference in such
registration statement), which report appears in the December 31, 1996 annual
report on form 10-K of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
    
 
     Additionally, we consent to the references to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the prospectus.
 
                                                        /s/ KPMG
 
Sydney, Australia
   
May 8, 1997
    

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5
 
                        CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
The Board of Directors
PMG Holdings, Inc.
 
   
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. of our
report dated April 27, 1995 with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of
PMG Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders' deficit and cash
flows for the year then ended, which report appears in the Form 8-K of Clear
Channel Communications, Inc. dated April 17, 1997.
    
 
     We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in
the Registration Statement.
 
                                            /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Stamford, Connecticut
   
May 8, 1997
    

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.6
 
                         CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
   
     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this registration statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated
March 14, 1997 and March 9, 1995 included in Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed April 17, 1997, and to all references to our
Firm included in this registration statement.
    
 
                                                 /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
Phoenix, Arizona,
   
May 8, 1997
    

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.7
 
                        CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
The Board of Directors
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.:
 
     We consent to the use of our report incorporated herein by reference and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
 
                                                /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
New York, New York
   
May 8, 1997
    


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