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S-3, 1997-10-01
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    AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 1, 1997
                                                     REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                          CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION
 
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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             DELAWARE                             4832                            75-2247099
   (State or other jurisdiction       (Primary Standard Industrial              (IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization)     Classification Code Number)           Identification Number)
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                                                                     SCOTT K. GINSBURG
                                                                  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
          433 EAST LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD                      433 EAST LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD
                IRVING, TEXAS 75039                                 IRVING, TEXAS 75039
                  (972) 869-9020                                      (972) 869-9020
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,    (Name, address, including zip code, telephone
  including area code, of registrant's principal
                 executive offices)                 number, including area code, of agent for service)
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                                   Copies to
 
                           JOHN D. WATSON, JR., ESQ.
                                LATHAM & WATKINS
                   1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 1300
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004-2505
                                 (202) 637-2200
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     APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
 
     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. [X]
 
     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 the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
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     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. [ ]
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     If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [ ]
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
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            TITLE OF SECURITIES                  AMOUNT TO BE        AGGREGATE PRICE     AGGREGATE OFFERING       AMOUNT OF
             TO BE REGISTERED                     REGISTERED             PER UNIT             PRICE(1)       REGISTRATION FEE(1)
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$3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred
  Stock, par value $.01 per share..........    5,990,000 shares           $50.00            $299,500,000         $90,757.58
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6% Convertible Subordinated Exchange
  Debentures due 2012......................         --(2)                 $   --            $  --                $ --      (2)
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.....  5,990,000 shares(3)          $   --            $  --                $ --      (3)
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
    accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act.
(2) Represents the 6% Convertible Subordinated Exchange Debentures due 2012
    issuable upon exchange of the $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock
    from time to time. Pursuant to Rule 457(i) of the Securities Act, no
    registration fee is required to be paid with respect to the 6% Convertible
    Subordinated Exchange Debentures due 2012 because no separate consideration
    will be received in the event that the 6% Convertible Subordinated Exchange
    Debentures due 2012 are issued by the registrant in exchange for the $3.00
    Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock. Based upon the current exchange
    price of $50.00 principal amount of 6% Convertible Subordinated Exchange
    Debentures due 2012 for each share of $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable
    Preferred Stock, a maximum of $299,500,000 aggregate principal amount of 6%
    Convertible Subordinated Exchange Debentures due 2012 may be issued upon
    exchange of the $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
(3) Represents the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the $3.00
    Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock or the Exchange Debentures from
    time to time. Pursuant to Rule 457(i) of the Securities Act, no registration
    fee is required to be paid with respect to such shares of Common Stock
    because no separate consideration will be received in the event that shares
    of Common Stock are issued by the registrant upon conversion of the $3.00
    Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock or the Exchange Debentures. Based
    upon the current conversion price of $50.00 per share of $3.00 Convertible
    Exchangeable Preferred Stock, which is subject to adjustment in certain
    circumstances, a maximum of 5,990,000 shares of Common Stock may be issued
    upon conversion of the $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock or the
    Exchange Debentures.
 
    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 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO 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, DATED OCTOBER 1, 1997
 
PROSPECTUS
 
                                5,990,000 SHARES
 
                          CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION
                (FORMERLY KNOWN AS EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION)
 
                 $3.00 CONVERTIBLE EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED STOCK
                    LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE $50.00 PER SHARE
                         ------------------------------
 
    This Prospectus relates to the resale of shares of the $3.00 Convertible
Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "$3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock"), of Chancellor Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation
formerly known as Evergreen Media Corporation ("Chancellor Media" and, together
with its subsidiaries, the "Company"), the 6% Convertible Subordinated Exchange
Debentures due 2012 (the "Exchange Debentures") issuable upon exchange of the
$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, and the shares of the Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share (the "Common Stock" and, together with the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock and the Exchange Debentures, the "Securities"), of Chancellor
Media issuable upon conversion of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or the
Exchange Debentures. 5,500,000 shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock were
originally issued and sold (the "Original Offering") on June 16, 1997 (the
"Original Offering Date") to Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, BT Securities
Corporation, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. and TD Securities (USA) Inc. (the "Initial
Purchasers"), and such shares were simultaneously sold by the Initial Purchasers
in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") in the United States to persons
reasonably believed by the Initial Purchasers to be "qualified institutional
buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or institutional
"accredited investors" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act). An additional 490,000 shares of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock were issued and sold (the "Overallotment Offering") on June 20, 1997 (the
"Overallotment Offering Date") to the Initial Purchasers, and such shares were
simultaneously sold by the Initial Purchasers in transactions exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in the United States to persons
reasonably believed by the Initial Purchasers to be "qualified institutional
buyers."
 
    The Securities may be offered and sold from time to time by the holders
named herein or by their transferees, pledgees, donees or their successors
(collectively, the "Selling Holders") pursuant to this Prospectus. The
Securities may be sold by the Selling Holders from time to time directly to
purchasers or through agents, underwriters or dealers. See "Selling Holders" and
"Plan of Distribution." If required, the names of any such agents, underwriters
or dealers involved in the sale of the Securities and the applicable agent's
commission, dealer's purchase price or underwriter's discount, if any, will be
set forth in an accompanying supplement to this Prospectus (the "Prospectus
Supplement"). The Selling Holders will receive all of the net proceeds from the
sale of the Securities and will pay all underwriting discounts, selling
commissions and transfer taxes, if any, applicable to any such sale. The Company
is responsible for payment of all other expenses incident to the registration of
the Securities. The Selling Holders and any broker-dealers, agents or
underwriters that participate in the distribution of the Securities may be
deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any
commission received by them and any profit on the resale of the Securities
purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts
under the Securities Act. See "Plan of Distribution" for a description of
indemnification arrangements.
 
    The shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible, at the
option of the holder at any time unless previously redeemed or exchanged, into
Common Stock, at a conversion price of $50.00 per share of Common Stock
(equivalent to a conversion rate of 1.00 share of Common Stock per share of
$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock), subject to adjustment in certain events.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined), holders will have
special conversion rights, subject to cash redemption by the Company.
 
    The $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock is redeemable, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company, for cash at any time on or after June 16, 1999,
initially at $52.40 per share, declining ratably on June 15 of each year
thereafter to a redemption price of $50.00 per share after June 15, 2007, plus
in each case accrued and unpaid dividends, provided that prior to June 15, 2000
any such redemption shall be subject to the requirement that the price of the
Common Stock shall have exceeded 150% of the conversion price for 20 out of any
30 consecutive trading days. See "Description of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock."
 
    The $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock will be exchangeable, subject to
certain conditions, at the option of the Company, in whole but not in part, on
any dividend payment date commencing September 15, 2000, for the Company's
Exchange Debentures at a rate of $50.00 principal amount of Exchange Debentures
for each share of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock. See "Description of the
$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock" and "Description of Exchange Debentures."
 
    On September 30, 1997, the last sale price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq
National Market (symbol: "AMFM") was $52.625 per share.
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      SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 7 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS
THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN EVALUATING AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES.
                         ------------------------------
 
  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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                 THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS         , 1997.
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                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION
 
     The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form
S-3 under the Securities Act with respect to the Exchange Offer. As permitted by
the rules and regulations of the Commission, this Prospectus omits certain
information, exhibits and undertakings contained in the Registration Statement.
For further information with respect to the Company and this Exchange Offer,
reference is made to the Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto
and the financial statements, notes and schedules filed as a part thereof.
 
     The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith, files reports, proxy materials and other information with the
Commission. The reports, proxy materials and other information filed by the
Company with the Commission can 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 Regional Offices of the Commission at Seven World Trade
Center, New York, New York 10048 and Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street,
Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such materials also can be
obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission, Washington, D.C.
20549 at prescribed rates. The Commission maintains a Web site that contains
reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding
registrants that file electronically with the Commission. The address of such
site is http://www.sec.gov. The Company's Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq
National Market.
 
     The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, on the request of any such person, a copy of any or all
of the above documents incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits to
such documents, unless such exhibits are specially incorporated by reference
into the documents that this Prospectus incorporates). Requests should be
directed to Chancellor Media Corporation, 433 East Las Colinas Blvd., Suite
1130, Irving, Texas 75039 (telephone (972) 869-9020).
 
               SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
     Certain statements in this Prospectus under the captions "Prospectus
Summary," "Risk Factors," and "Business and Properties" and elsewhere constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results,
to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks,
uncertainties and other important factors include, among others: substantial
leverage and the history of net losses; the necessity of governmental approval
for a number of the transactions discussed in the Prospectus; certain risks
associated with the closing and integration of acquisitions; competition;
government regulation; general economic and business conditions; dependence on
key personnel; terms of the Company's indebtedness; limitations on the ability
of the Company to pay dividends; and other factors referenced in this
Prospectus. See "Risk Factors." These forward-looking statements speak only as
of the date of this Prospectus. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation
or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking
statement contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations
with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on
which any such statement is based.
 
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
     The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed
information and financial statements, including the notes thereto, appearing
elsewhere in this Prospectus or incorporated by reference herein. As used
herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "Company" refers to
Chancellor Media Corporation ("Chancellor Media") and its subsidiaries.
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
     On September 5, 1997, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of February 19, 1997 and amended and restated on July
31, 1997 (the "Chancellor Merger Agreement"), among Chancellor Broadcasting
Company ("Chancellor"), Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company ("CRBC"),
Evergreen Media Corporation ("Evergreen"), Evergreen Mezzanine Holdings
Corporation ("EMHC") and Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles ("EMCLA"),
among other things, (i) Chancellor was merged with and into EMHC, a direct and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Evergreen, with EMHC surviving the merger, and (ii)
CRBC was merged with and into EMCLA, a direct and wholly-owned subsidiary of
EMHC, with EMCLA surviving the merger (collectively, the "Chancellor Merger").
Following the Chancellor Merger, Evergreen changed its name to Chancellor Media
Corporation, EMHC changed its name to Chancellor Mezzanine Holdings Corporation
("CMHC") and EMCLA changed its name to Chancellor Media Corporation of Los
Angeles ("CMCLA").
 
     The Company is the largest pure play radio broadcasting company in the
United States based on gross revenues, with a portfolio at September 5, 1997
consisting of 89 radio stations (63 FM and 26 AM) in 22 large markets, including
each of the nation's 12 largest radio revenue markets. The Company's portfolio
includes the first or second ranked station cluster in terms of revenue share in
15 of its 22 markets. On a pro forma basis, the Company had net revenue and
broadcast cash flow (as defined) of approximately $396.0 million and $166.6
million, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 1997, and its pro forma
broadcast cash flow margin for such period would have been 42%.
 
     The Company's strategy is to secure the leading clusters of radio stations
in each of the markets in which it operates. The Company's station portfolio
includes a total of 11 station clusters of four or five FM stations
("superduopolies"), with seven in the 12 largest radio markets -- Los Angeles,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and
Detroit -- and four in other large markets -- Denver, Minneapolis/St. Paul,
Phoenix and Orlando. Consummation of the Pending Transactions (as defined below)
will add 15 stations (12 FM and three AM) (without taking into account stations
to be disposed or exchanged in the Pending Transactions) to the Company's
portfolio, including five stations in its superduopoly markets, and will
increase the number of superduopoly markets from 11 to 12. Approximately 78% of
pro forma 1996 net revenue would have been generated by the superduopoly
markets.
 
     The Company's portfolio is geographically diversified and employs a wide
variety of programming formats, including adult contemporary, contemporary hit
radio, urban, jazz, country, oldies, news/talk, rock and sports. Each of the
Company's stations targets a specific demographic audience within a market, with
the majority of the stations appealing primarily to 18 to 34 or 25 to 54 year
old men and/or women, the demographic groups most sought after by advertisers.
Management believes that, because of the size and diversity of its station
portfolio, the Company is not unduly reliant on the performance of any one
station or market. No single market to be served by the Company represented more
than 12.0% of the Company's pro forma 1996 broadcast cash flow.
 
     The Company's principal executive office is located at 433 East Las Colinas
Boulevard, Suite 1130, Irving, Texas 75039, and its telephone number is (972)
869-9020.
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                               BUSINESS STRATEGY
 
     The Company's senior management team, led by Scott K. Ginsburg and James de
Castro, has extensive experience in acquiring and operating large market radio
station groups. The Company's business strategy is to assemble and operate radio
station clusters in order to maximize broadcast cash flow generated in each
market. This strategy relies on the following six key elements.
 
     Create Large Market Superduopolies.  The Company seeks to be the owner and
operator of the leading superduopoly in the largest markets in the United
States. Management believes that the large revenue base in these markets, in
conjunction with operating synergies achievable through the operation of
multiple stations, will enable it to appeal to a wider universe of national and
local advertisers and to achieve a greater degree of profitability than that of
operators and broadcasters in smaller markets. The Pending Transactions will
complement the Company's existing stations in the Los Angeles, New York,
Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Denver and Nassau/Suffolk (Long Island) markets. The
Company expects to continue to selectively pursue acquisition opportunities in
the major markets in which it will compete as well as in other markets.
 
     Maximize Superduopoly Revenue and Expense Synergies.  The Company seeks to
capitalize on the revenue growth and expense savings opportunities of
superduopolies that have been created or that will be created by the Viacom
Acquisition (as defined), the Chancellor Merger and the Pending Transactions.
Superduopolies have only been permissible since the passage of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "1996 Act") in January 1996. Management
believes that substantial benefits can be derived from the successful
integration of these station cluster groups. Management also believes that radio
station clusters can attract increased revenues in a market by delivering larger
combined audiences to advertisers and by engaging in joint marketing and
promotional activities. In addition, management expects to realize significant
expense savings through the consolidation of facilities and through the
economies of scale created in areas such as national representation commissions,
employee benefits, insurance premiums and other operating costs.
 
     Establish Strong Listener Loyalty.  Management believes that strong
listener familiarity with a given radio station produces listener loyalty.
Management seeks to establish this familiarity through a variety of programming
and marketing techniques, including the development of high-profile on-air
personalities and creative station-sponsored promotional events, all of which
are designed to secure heightened listener awareness. The Company also conducts
extensive market research to help identify programming format opportunities and
attract new listeners, as has been the case with WKTU-FM in New York. After
operating WKTU-FM for nine months under the call letters and country music
format inherited from a prior operator, in February 1996 the Company began to
operate WKTU-FM as a rhythmic contemporary hits station. According to Arbitron,
WKTU-FM was ranked eleventh in its target demographic group as a country
station, and was ranked first in several key demographic groups (including its
target demographic group) in the first full ranking period after the station
changed its format. The station has continued to rank among the top five
stations in its target demographic group in subsequent periods. Management
believes that institutionalizing its radio stations in their markets through
programming, marketing and research ensures steady long-term audience share
ratings.
 
     Maintain Strict Cost Controls.  Management maintains a company-wide focus
on cost controls in an effort to maximize broadcast cash flow margins.
Management reviews station spending on a monthly basis. In addition, corporate
level employees maintain weekly sales reporting systems designed to enable
management to evaluate station performance on a current basis. The Company's
focus on maximizing superduopoly revenues and maintaining cost controls is
reflected by the fact that, for the last two years, the Company has achieved
broadcast cash flow margins of 40% or more. The Company also carefully monitors
capital expenditures.
 
     Develop Experienced, Incentivized Management Team.  The Company believes
that management depth is critical to achieving superior operating performance in
a portfolio as large as the Company's. The Company's senior management team of
Scott K. Ginsburg and James de Castro have an aggregate of more than 30 years of
radio industry operating experience. This senior management team is supported by
an experienced team of veteran group operators and station general managers. At
the station level, the Company seeks to incentivize its individual radio station
managers and sales forces to outperform revenue and broadcast
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cash flow budget expectations by granting quarterly and annual performance
measurement-based bonuses. The Company believes that the incentives it offers to
its employees, as well as its stature in the radio industry, will enable it to
continue to be successful in recruiting top industry employees.
 
     Maximize Free Cash Flow. By emphasizing the revenue and expense synergies
achievable through the assembly and operation of superduopolies and by carefully
monitoring operating costs and capital expenditures, the Company seeks to
maximize broadcast cash flow and, ultimately, free cash flow (broadcast cash
flow less corporate general and administrative expenses, debt service, tax
payments, dividend requirements and capital expenditures). This focus on free
cash flow should facilitate reduction of leverage without undue dependence on
capital markets and position the Company to pursue attractive acquisitions.
 
     In addition to the foregoing strategy elements, the Company also
anticipates that it will attempt to leverage its radio expertise and expand into
industries related to the operation of radio stations in the future. In this
respect, the Company has announced its intention to acquire Katz Media Group,
Inc. ("Katz"), a full-service media representation firm, and has also announced
a plan to create a new national radio network. There can be no assurance that
these plans will ultimately be successful. In addition, there can be no
assurance that the acquisition of Katz will be consummated. See "Risk
Factors -- HSR Approval for Katz Acquisition."
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                              RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
 
     For a further discussion of the transactions described below, see "Business
and Properties."
 
THE CHANCELLOR MERGER
 
- -   On September 5, 1997, Evergreen, EMHC, EMCLA, Chancellor and CRBC
    consummated the transactions contemplated by the Chancellor Merger
    Agreement. Pursuant to the Chancellor Merger Agreement, (i) Chancellor was
    merged (the "Parent Merger") with and into EMHC, a direct, wholly-owned
    subsidiary of Evergreen, with EMHC remaining as the surviving corporation
    and (ii) CRBC was merged (the "Subsidiary Merger") with and into EMCLA, a
    direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EMHC, with EMCLA remaining as the
    surviving corporation. Upon the consummation of the Parent Merger, Evergreen
    was renamed Chancellor Media Corporation and EMHC was renamed Chancellor
    Mezzanine Holdings Corporation ("CMHC"). Upon the consummation of the
    Subsidiary Merger, EMCLA was renamed Chancellor Media Corporation of Los
    Angeles ("CMCLA"). Consummation of the Chancellor Merger added 52 radio
    stations (36 FM and 16 AM) to the Company's portfolio of stations, including
    13 stations in markets in which the Company previously operated.
 
COMPLETED EVERGREEN TRANSACTIONS
 
- -   Between January 1, 1997 and the date of the completion of the Chancellor
    Merger, Evergreen and its subsidiaries had completed (i) the acquisition of
    17 radio stations for a net purchase price of approximately $1.14 billion,
    (ii) the exchange of six stations for three stations and $9.5 million in
    cash, (iii) the disposition of 10 radio stations for $269.3 million in cash
    and a promissory note for $18.0 million and (iv) the disposition of one
    radio station for net proceeds of $80.0 million which are being held by a
    qualified intermediary pending the completion of the deferred exchange of
    the disposed station for one or more radio stations.
 
COMPLETED CHANCELLOR TRANSACTIONS
 
- -   Between January 1, 1997 and the date of the completion of the Chancellor
    Merger, Chancellor and its subsidiaries had completed (i) the acquisition of
    24 radio stations for a net purchase price of approximately $1.07 billion,
    (ii) the exchange of three stations for one station and $33.0 million in
    cash and (iii) the sale of five radio stations for $108.3 million in cash.
 
PENDING TRANSACTIONS
 
- -   THE GANNETT ACQUISITION.  On April 4, 1997, Evergreen entered into three
    separate asset purchase agreements (the "Gannett Agreements") with Pacific
    and Southern Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. ("P&S"), under
    which Evergreen agreed to acquire one FM and one AM station in Chicago, one
    FM and one AM station in Houston and one FM station in Dallas, for an
    aggregate purchase price of $340.0 million in cash, subject to an upward
    adjustment of up to $10.0 million, depending on the timing of the
    consummation of the transaction (the "Gannett Acquisition").
 
- -   BONNEVILLE ACQUISITION. On June 24, 1997, Evergreen entered into an
    agreement to acquire two FM stations in Dallas for an aggregate purchase
    price of $83.5 million (the "Bonneville Acquisition").
 
- -   BONNEVILLE OPTION. On August 6, 1997, Evergreen and Chancellor paid $3.0
    million to Bonneville International Corporation ("Bonneville") for an option
    to exchange three stations in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. plus an
    additional $57.0 million in cash for three stations in New York, Los Angeles
    and Houston (the "Bonneville Option").
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- -   DENVER ACQUISITION. On July 30, 1997, Chancellor entered into an agreement
    to acquire one FM station in Denver for $26.0 million in cash (the "Denver
    Acquisition").
 
- -   SFX EXCHANGE. On July 1, 1996, Chancellor entered into an agreement to
    exchange two FM stations in Jacksonville and $11.0 million in cash in return
    for four stations (three FM and one AM) in Nassau/ Suffolk (Long Island)
    (the "SFX Exchange").
 
- -   KATZ ACQUISITION. On July 14, 1997, Evergreen, Chancellor and Katz entered
    into an agreement pursuant to which a jointly owned affiliate of Evergreen
    and Chancellor would acquire Katz, a full-service media representation firm,
    in a transaction valued at approximately $373 million (the "Katz
    Acquisition"). Under the terms of the Katz Acquisition, shareholders of Katz
    would be offered in a tender offer $11.00 in cash for each share of common
    stock held. Shares not purchased in the tender offer would be converted in a
    second-step merger into the right to receive $11.00 in cash per share,
    subject to statutory appraisal and dissenters' rights. Assuming completion
    of the Katz Acquisition, debt of Katz of approximately $218 million would be
    assumed in the transaction. Consummation of the Katz Acquisition is subject
    to the tender of a majority of Katz shares on a fully-diluted basis,
    approval of the Katz shareholders and the receipt of certain regulatory
    approvals, including the expiration or termination of the waiting period
    required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
    amended (the "HSR Act"). In connection with its review under the HSR Act,
    the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (the
    "DOJ") has issued a second request for information concerning the Katz
    Acquisition. The Company is in the process of providing that information. As
    a result of the delay caused by such second request for information,
    assuming consummation of the Katz Acquisition, it is presently contemplated
    that the affiliate that would acquire Katz would be a direct, wholly-owned
    subsidiary of Chancellor Media. There can be no assurance as to whether or
    when the Katz Acquisition may ultimately be consummated.
 
     Upon the consummation of all the Pending Transactions, the Company's
portfolio will consist of 99 radio stations (73 FM and 26 AM). Assuming
completion of the Katz Acquisition, Chancellor Media will also own and operate
Katz, a full-service media representation firm serving multiple types of
electronic media, with leading market shares in the representation of radio and
television stations and cable television systems.
 
     THE FINANCING TRANSACTIONS
 
     The financing for the Completed Evergreen Transactions, the Completed
Chancellor Transactions and the Pending Transactions has included:
 
- -   EVERGREEN PREFERRED STOCK OFFERING. In June 1997, Evergreen issued and sold
    5,990,000 shares of its $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the
    "$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock") which generated net proceeds of $287.8
    million.
 
- -   EMCLA SENIOR CREDIT FACILITY.  On April 25, 1997, EMCLA and a syndicate of
    commercial banks and financial institutions amended and restated EMCLA's
    senior loan agreement (as amended on June 26, 1997 and August 7, 1997, the
    "Senior Credit Facility") to, among other things, provide for a total
    commitment of $1.75 billion, consisting of a $1.25 billion reducing
    revolving credit facility and a $500.0 million term loan facility. The
    commitments under the revolving credit facility and the term loan facility
    were increased to $1.60 billion and $900.0 million, respectively, upon
    consummation of the Chancellor Merger, and at such time, CMCLA borrowed
    under the Senior Credit Facility to repay all amounts then outstanding under
    the CRBC Restated Credit Agreement and the Chancellor Interim Financing (as
    each term is defined below).
 
- -   CRBC SUBORDINATED NOTES OFFERING. On June 24, 1997, CRBC issued and sold the
    Original Notes, the net proceeds of $194.1 million of which were used to
    repay borrowings under CRBC's previous senior credit agreement.
 
- -   CRBC RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT. On July 2, 1997, CRBC and a syndicate of
    commercial banks and financial institutions amended and restated CRBC's
    senior credit facility (as amended, the "CRBC Restated Credit Agreement")
    to, among other things, provide for a total commitment of $750.0 million.
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- -   CHANCELLOR INTERIM FINANCING. On July 2, 1997, Chancellor borrowed funds
    under an interim loan of $170.0 million (the "Chancellor Interim
    Financing").
 
- -   STATION SALES PROCEEDS.  The cash proceeds of radio station dispositions
    totaling $490.6 million.
 
                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
     The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Securities. The
Selling Holders will receive all of the proceeds from any sale of the
Securities.
 
                                  RISK FACTORS
 
     See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 7 for a discussion of certain factors
that should be considered carefully in evaluating an investment in the
Securities.
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                                  RISK FACTORS
 
     Holders of the Securities that are considering participating in this offer
should carefully consider, in addition to the other information contained in
this Prospectus, the following risk factors.
 
SUBSTANTIAL LEVERAGE; HISTORY OF NET LOSSES AND INSUFFICIENCY OF EARNINGS TO
COVER FIXED CHARGES
 
     The Company has consolidated indebtedness that is substantial in relation
to its stockholders equity. The Company is subject to the terms of the Senior
Credit Facility, the indenture (the "9 3/8% Indenture") governing the 9 3/8%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2004 of CMCLA (the "9 3/8% Notes"), the indenture
(the "8 3/4% Indenture") governing the 8 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007
of CMCLA (the "8 3/4% Notes") and the certificates of designation governing two
series of preferred stock, the 12 1/4% Senior Cumulative Exchangeable Preferred
Stock (the "12 1/4% Preferred Stock") and the 12% Exchangeable Preferred Stock
(the "12% Preferred Stock"). The Senior Credit Facility, the 9 3/8% Indenture,
the 8 3/4% Indenture and such certificates of designation limit, but do not
prohibit, the incurrence of additional indebtedness by the Company. As of June
30, 1997, Evergreen and Chancellor had outstanding long-term indebtedness
(including current portion) of approximately $525.0 million and $547.3 million,
respectively. As of June 30, 1997, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to
those Completed Transactions consummated after such date, the Chancellor Merger,
the Pending Transactions (other than the Katz Acquisition) and the Financing
Transactions, the Company would have had outstanding long term indebtedness
(including current portion) of approximately $2.3 billion, redeemable preferred
stock with an aggregate liquidation preference of approximately $440.0 million,
an accumulated deficit of $110.8 million and stockholder's equity of $1.4
billion. In addition, CMCLA expects to borrow up to $180.0 million under the
Senior Credit Facility and that amount will be distributed ultimately to
Chancellor Media to be used by Chancellor Media as the equity capital required
to finance the Katz Acquisition. See "-- Katz Acquisition".
 
     The degree to which the Company is leveraged could have material
consequences to the Company and the holders of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock, including, but not limited to the following: (i) its ability to obtain
additional financing in the future for acquisitions, working capital, capital
expenditures, and general corporate or other purposes may be impaired, (ii) a
substantial portion of its cash flow will be required for debt service under the
Senior Credit Facility, the 9 3/8% Notes and the 8 3/4% Notes and, as a result,
will not be available for other purposes, (iii) commencing in February 2001,
CMCLA will have substantial cash dividend requirements on the 12 1/4% Preferred
Stock and, commencing in January 2002, on the 12% Preferred Stock, (iv) CMCLA's
ability to declare cash dividends to CMHC, which will, in turn, distribute
dividends paid to it to Chancellor Media, in an amount sufficient to enable
Chancellor Media to pay dividends on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and
the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock will be limited by the terms of the Senior
Credit Facility and by the terms of the 9 3/8% Indenture, the 8 3/4% Indenture
and the certificates of designation governing the 12% Preferred Stock and
12 1/4% Preferred Stock, (v) the Company's level of indebtedness could make it
more vulnerable to economic downturns, limit its ability to withstand
competitive pressures and reduce its flexibility in responding to changing
business and economic conditions and (vi) the agreements governing its long-term
debt (and, to a lesser extent, the 12 1/4% Preferred Stock and the 12% Preferred
Stock) contain numerous restrictive operating and financial covenants with which
it must comply. The failure by the Company to comply with the covenants in such
debt instruments could result in an event of default thereunder, which could
permit acceleration of the debt under such instruments and in some cases
acceleration of debt under other instruments that contain cross-default or
cross-acceleration provisions.
 
     The ability of the Company to satisfy its obligations under the Senior
Credit Facility, the 9 3/8% Indenture, the 8 3/4% Indenture, and the
certificates of designation governing the 12 1/4% Preferred Stock and the 12%
Preferred Stock will depend upon the Company's future operating performance.
Such operating performance will be affected by prevailing economic conditions
and financial, business and other factors, certain of which are beyond the
Company's control. The Company anticipates that its operating cash flow,
together with borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility, will be sufficient to
meet its operating expenses and to service its debt and preferred stock dividend
requirements as they become due. However, if the Company is unable to service
its indebtedness, whether upon acceleration of such indebtedness or in the
ordinary course of business, it will be forced to pursue one or more alternative
strategies such as selling assets, restructuring or refinancing
 
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its indebtedness, or seeking additional equity capital. There can be no
assurance that any of these strategies could be effected on satisfactory terms,
if at all, or that the approval of the FCC could be obtained on a timely basis,
or at all, for the transfer of any of the stations' licenses in connection with
a proposed sale of assets.
 
     The Company has historically experienced, on a consolidated basis, net
losses, principally as a result of significant interest charges, certain
non-recurring expenses and depreciation and amortization charges relating to the
acquisition of radio broadcasting stations. Evergreen's net loss attributable to
common stockholders for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996 and for
the six months ended June 30, 1997 was $8.4 million, $10.7 million, $20.0
million and $1.2 million, respectively. Chancellor's net loss attributable to
common stockholders for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996 and for
the six months ended June 30, 1997 was $.1 million, $11.5 million, $35.0 million
and $33.8 million, respectively. On a pro forma basis, after giving effect to
the Completed Transactions consummated after such date, the Chancellor Merger,
the Pending Transactions (other than the Katz Acquisition) and the Financing
Transactions, the Company's net loss attributable to common stockholders for the
year ended December 31, 1996 and the six months ended June 30, 1997 would have
been $216.5 million and $92.6 million, respectively. The acquisition of radio
broadcasting stations has been and will continue to be an important part of the
Company's operating strategy, and the Company expects that amortization charges
and interest expenses relating to past and possible future acquisitions will
continue to have a significant adverse effect on the Company's reported results.
 
NECESSITY OF GOVERNMENTAL REVIEWS AND APPROVALS PRIOR TO CONSUMMATION OF THE
PENDING TRANSACTIONS
 
     Approval of the FCC is required for the issuance, renewal or transfer of
radio broadcast station operating licenses. In addition, the consummation of
each of the Pending Transactions is conditioned upon the expiration or
termination of the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act . To date, (i)
the FCC has approved the Gannett Acquisition, the Bonneville Acquisition and the
SFX Exchange, and the approvals for each of these transactions has become final,
nonappealable orders, (ii) the waiting periods required under the HSR Act for
the Gannett Acquisition, the Bonneville Acquisition, the Bonneville Option and
the Denver Acquisition have expired or been terminated, and (iii) the waiting
period required under the HSR Act for the SFX Exchange and the Katz Acquisition
has not expired or been terminated.
 
     There can be no assurance that any governmental agency, including the FCC,
will approve or take any other required action with respect to any of the
Pending Transactions for which approval has not been given or actions not taken
or, if approvals are received or actions are taken, that such approvals or
actions will not require further, possibly numerous divestitures, or be
conditioned upon matters that would cause the Company to abandon one or more of
the Pending Transactions or that no action will be brought challenging such
approvals or actions, or, if such challenge is made, as to the result thereof.
 
INTEGRATION OF ACQUISITIONS; OPERATION OF KATZ
 
     The Company holds a significantly larger portfolio of radio stations than
the Company has held in the past. In addition, management is regularly involved
in discussions with third parties regarding potential acquisitions, and the
Company may pursue an active acquisition strategy that could result in
additional expansion in the future. As a result of the Company's acquisition
strategy, the Company's management will be required to manage a substantially
larger radio station group than historically has been the case. The Company's
future operations and earnings will be largely dependent on the Company's
ability to integrate the stations proposed to be acquired thereunder. The
Company must, among other things, integrate management and employee personnel
and combine certain administrative procedures. The integration of the stations
proposed to be acquired involve numerous other risks, including the potential
loss of key employees of acquired stations. There can be no assurance that the
Company will successfully integrate the stations proposed to be acquired, and
the failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on its results of
operations and financial condition. In addition, the need to focus management's
attention on the integration of these stations may limit the ability of the
Company to successfully pursue other opportunities for a period of time.
 
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     Upon consummation of the Katz Acquisition, the Company will enter into a
line of business not previously undertaken by the Company on a national basis.
Although the media representation business is related to the radio broadcasting
business and the Company's subsidiaries have experience in certain aspects of
the media representation business at the local radio station level, consummation
of the Katz Acquisition will require the Company to operate the business of Katz
and manage a significantly larger base of management and employee personnel
performing national media representation functions. There can be no assurance
that the Company will successfully operate the business proposed to be acquired
as a result of the Katz Acquisition. In addition, the need to focus management's
attention on the operation of this business may limit the ability of the Company
to successfully pursue other opportunities for a period of time.
 
     The acquisition strategy of the Company involves numerous other risks,
including increasing leverage and debt service requirements, the diversion of
management's attention from other business concerns and the potential loss of
key employees of acquired stations. The availability of additional acquisition
financing cannot be assured, and depending on the terms of the proposed
acquisitions and financings, could be restricted by the terms of the Senior
Credit Facility, the 9 3/8% Indenture, the Indenture, the certificates of
designation for the 12 1/4% Preferred Stock and the 12% Preferred Stock, or the
certificates of designation for the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock and $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock. There can be no assurance that any future
acquisitions will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial
condition and results of operations.
 
HSR APPROVAL FOR KATZ ACQUISITION
 
     On July 14, 1997, Evergreen, Chancellor and Katz entered into an agreement
pursuant to which a jointly-owned affiliate of Evergreen and Chancellor would
acquire Katz, a full-service media representation firm, in a tender offer
transaction valued at approximately $373 million. The DOJ has issued a second
request for information under the HSR Act in connection with the Katz
Acquisition. Assuming that the Katz Acquisition may ultimately be completed, as
a result of the delay caused by such second request for information, it is
presently contemplated that the affiliate that would acquire Katz would be a
direct wholly owned subsidiary of Chancellor Media. There can be no assurance as
to whether, or when, the Katz Acquisition may be consummated.
 
COMPETITIVE NATURE OF RADIO BROADCASTING
 
     The radio broadcasting industry is a highly competitive business. The
success of each of the Company's stations will be dependent, to a significant
degree, upon its audience ratings and share of the overall advertising revenue
within its market. The Company's stations will compete for listeners and
advertising revenue directly with other radio stations, as well as with other
media, within their respective markets. The Company also will compete with other
broadcasting operators for acquisition opportunities, and prices for radio
stations in major markets have increased significantly in recent periods. To the
extent that the rapid pace of consolidation in the radio broadcasting industry
continues, certain competitors may emerge with larger portfolios of major market
radio stations, greater ability to deliver large audiences to advertisers and
more access to capital resources than the Company. The audience ratings and
market share for the Company are and will be subject to change and any adverse
change in a particular market could have a material and adverse effect on the
revenue of their stations located in that market. There can be no assurance that
any one of the Company's stations will be able to maintain or increase its
current audience ratings or advertising revenue market share.
 
     The radio broadcasting industry is also subject to competition from new
media technologies that are being developed or introduced, such as the delivery
of audio programming by cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite
("DBS") systems and other digital audio broadcasting formats to local and
national audiences. In addition, the FCC has auctioned spectrum for a new
satellite-delivered Digital Audio Radio Service ("DARS"). These actions may
result in the introduction of several new national or regional multi-channel and
multi-format satellite radio services with sound quality equivalent to compact
discs. Another possible competitor to traditional radio is In Band On Channel
("IBOC") digital radio. IBOC could provide multi-channel, multi-format digital
radio services in the same band width currently occupied by traditional AM and
FM radio services. The Company cannot predict at this time the effect, if any,
that any such new technologies may have on the radio broadcasting industry.
 
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ANTITRUST MATTERS
 
     As a result of the recent consolidation of ownership in the radio broadcast
industry, the DOJ has been giving closer scrutiny to acquisitions in the
industry, including certain transactions involving the Company. The consummation
of the Pending Transactions are subject to notification filing requirements,
applicable waiting periods and possible review by the DOJ or the United States
Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") under the HSR Act. To date, the waiting
periods for all such transactions except the SFX Exchange have expired or been
terminated. See "-- Necessity of Governmental Reviews and Approvals Prior to
Consummation of the Pending Transactions" above and "Business and
Properties -- Federal Regulation of Radio Broadcasting Industry." The DOJ has
issued a second request for additional information in connection with the SFX
Exchange (as well as for the Katz Acquisition, as described above). DOJ review
of certain transactions has caused, and may continue to cause, delays in
anticipated consummations of certain transactions and, in some cases, may result
in attempts by DOJ to enjoin such transactions or negotiate modifications of the
proposed transactions. Such delays, injunctions and modifications could have an
adverse effect on the Company and may result in the abandonment of some
otherwise attractive transactions.
 
     The DOJ has stated publicly that it has established certain revenue and
audience share concentration benchmarks with respect to radio station
acquisitions, above which a transaction may receive additional antitrust
scrutiny. However, to date, the DOJ has also investigated transactions that do
not meet or exceed these benchmarks and has cleared transactions that do exceed
the benchmarks. Given this uncertainty, the Company cannot predict whether it
will be required by the DOJ or the FTC to dispose of certain stations to be
acquired as a result of the Pending Transactions. Although the Company does not
believe that its acquisition strategy as a whole will be adversely affected in
any material respect by antitrust review (including review under the HSR Act) or
by additional divestitures that the Company may have to make as a result of
antitrust review, there can be no assurance that this will be the case.
 
RADIO BROADCASTING INDUSTRY SUBJECT TO FEDERAL REGULATION
 
     The radio broadcasting industry is subject to extensive regulation by the
FCC under the Communications Act of 1934 as amended (as amended by the 1996 Act,
the "Communications Act"). Approval of the FCC is required for the issuance,
renewal or transfer of radio broadcast station operating licenses. See
"-- Necessity of Governmental Reviews and Approvals Prior to Consummation of the
Pending Transactions" above. In particular, the Company's business is dependent
upon its continuing to hold radio broadcasting licenses from the FCC that are
issued for terms of up to eight years. While in the vast majority of cases such
licenses are renewed by the FCC, there can be no assurance that any of the
stations' licenses will be renewed at their expiration dates, or that renewals,
if granted, will not include conditions or qualifications that could adversely
affect the Company's operations. In addition, the Communications Act and FCC
rules restrict alien ownership and voting of capital stock of, and
participations in the affairs of the Company. Moreover, laws, regulations and
policies may be changed significantly over time and there can be no assurance
that such changes will not have a material adverse affect on the business,
financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
     The 1996 Act, which amended the Communications Act in a number of important
respects, has created significant new opportunities for radio broadcasters, but
also has created uncertainties as to how the FCC and the courts will enforce and
interpret the 1996 Act. Although the 1996 Act eliminated the national ownership
ceiling previously applicable to radio broadcasters and also loosened
restrictions previously applicable to ownership within single markets,
significant restrictions remain on permitted levels of local ownership. In
markets with 45 or more stations, ownership is limited to eight stations, no
more than five of which can be FM or AM; in markets with 30-44 stations,
ownership is limited to seven stations, no more than four of which can be FM or
AM; in markets with 15-29 stations, ownership is limited to six stations, no
more than four of which can be FM or AM; and in markets with 14 or fewer
stations, ownership is limited to no more than 50% of the market's total and no
more than three AM or FM. Compliance with the FCC's multiple ownership rules is
expected to cause the Company and other radio broadcasters to forego acquisition
opportunities that they might otherwise wish to pursue. Compliance with these
rules by third parties may also have a significant impact on the Company as, for
example, in precluding the consummation of swap transactions that would cause
such third parties to violate multiple ownership rules.
 
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SUBORDINATION OF EXCHANGE DEBENTURES
 
     The payment of principal of and premium and interest on the Exchange
Debentures will be subordinated to all existing and future Senior Debt (as
defined in the Indenture relating to the Exchange Debentures) of the Company,
including the Company's guarantee of CMCLA's borrowings under the Senior Credit
Facility. As a result of such subordination, in the event of the Company's
insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding up, or
upon the acceleration of any Senior Debt, the holders of Senior Debt must be
paid in full before the holders of the Exchange Debentures may be paid.
Furthermore, payments on the Exchange Debentures will not be permitted if a
default exists or would be caused with respect to any Senior Debt. In addition,
payment of principal of and premium and interest on the Exchange Debentures
effectively will be subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and
other liabilities of the Company's subsidiaries which, at June 30, 1997,
aggregated $2.78 billion on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the
Completed Transactions consummated after such date, the Chancellor Merger, the
Pending Transactions (other than the Katz Acquisition) and the Financing
Transactions. See "Description of Exchange Debentures -- Subordination."
 
RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY TERMS OF INDEBTEDNESS
 
     The Senior Credit Facility, the 9 3/8% Indenture, the 8 3/4% Indenture and
the certificates of designations for the Company's preferred stock and the
Senior Credit Facility each contain certain covenants that restrict, among other
things, the Company's ability to incur additional indebtedness, incur liens, pay
dividends or make certain other restricted payments, consummate certain asset
sales, enter into certain transactions with affiliates, impose restrictions on
the ability of a subsidiary to pay dividends or make certain payments to the
Company, enter into sale and leaseback transactions, conduct business other than
the ownership and operation of radio broadcast stations, merge or consolidate
with any other person or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. The Senior
Credit Facility requires the Company to maintain specified financial ratios and
to satisfy certain financial condition tests. The Company's ability to meet
those financial ratios and financial condition tests can be affected by events
beyond its control, and there can be no assurance that the Company will meet
those tests. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default under
the Senior Credit Facility, the 9 3/8% Indenture, the 8 3/4% Indenture and other
financial documents. In the event of an event of default under the Senior Credit
Facility, the 9 3/8% Indenture or the 8 3/4% Indenture, the lenders thereunder
could elect to declare all amounts outstanding thereunder, together with accrued
interest, to be immediately due and payable. In the case of the Senior Credit
Facility, if the Company were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders
thereunder could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that
indebtedness, including seeking foreclosure on the stock of CMHC, which has been
pledged to secure that indebtedness. If the Senior Credit Facility indebtedness
were to be accelerated, there can be no assurance that the assets of the Company
would be sufficient to repay in full that indebtedness and the other
indebtedness of the Company. Substantially all the assets of the Company have
been pledged as security under the Senior Credit Facility. See "Description of
Indebtedness."
 
DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL
 
     The Company's business will be dependent upon the performance of certain
key individuals, including Thomas O. Hicks, the Chairman of the Company, Scott
K. Ginsburg, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; James de
Castro, the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and Matthew E. Devine, the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The loss of the services of Mr. Hicks,
Mr. Ginsburg, Mr. de Castro or Mr. Devine could have a material and adverse
effect on the Company. Additionally, Steven Dinetz, the Company's former
Co-Chief Operating Officer, has accepted a position as chief operating officer
of another radio broadcaster affiliated with Hicks Muse (as defined), and there
can be no assurance that the loss of Mr. Dinetz as Co-Chief Operating Officer of
the Company will not have a material and adverse effect on the Company.
 
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LIMITATIONS ON ABILITY TO PAY DIVIDENDS
 
     Chancellor Media is a holding company with no significant assets other than
the common stock of CMHC. CMHC is also a holding company with no significant
assets other than the common stock of CMCLA. Consequently, the Company will
ultimately be dependent on dividends and other funds from CMCLA to meet its
obligations, including with respect to dividends on the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock, and the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock. The Senior Credit
Facility, the 9 3/8% Indenture, the 8 3/4% Indenture and the certificates of
designation governing the 12 1/4% Preferred Stock and the 12% Preferred Stock
will limit, but do not prohibit, the payment of dividends by CMCLA.
 
     In addition to these restrictions, under Delaware law the Company is
permitted to pay dividends on its capital stock, including the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock and the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock, only out of its surplus
or, in the event that it has no surplus, out of its net profits for the year in
which a dividend is declared or for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
Surplus is defined as the excess of a company's total assets over the sum of its
total liabilities plus the par value of its outstanding capital stock. In order
to pay dividends in cash, the Company must have surplus or net profits equal to
the full amount of the cash dividend at the time such dividend is declared. In
determining the Company's ability to pay dividends, Delaware law permits the
board of directors of the Company to revalue the Company's assets and
liabilities from time to time to their fair market values in order to create
surplus. The Company cannot predict what the value of its assets or the amount
of its liabilities will be in the future and, accordingly, there can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to pay dividends on the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock and the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE PREFERRED STOCK AND RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE
 
     The Company does not intend to list the Preferred Stock on any public
exchange and, although the Preferred Stock has been trading in the PORTAL
market, there can be no assurance that any market for the Preferred Stock will
develop or, if one does develop, that it will be maintained. If an active market
for the Preferred Stock fails to develop or be sustained, the trading price of
the Preferred Stock could be adversely affected. The Preferred Stock could trade
at prices that may be higher or lower than the original price paid by the holder
depending on many factors, including prevailing interest rates, the price of the
Common Stock, the Company's operating results, any election by the Company to
extend interest payment periods and the market for similar securities. However,
there can be no assurance as to the liquidity of any trading market for the
Preferred Stock or that an active public market for the Preferred Stock will
develop.
 
CONTROL OF THE COMPANY
 
     Affiliates of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated ("Hicks Muse") hold
approximately 15% of the outstanding primary shares of the Common Stock of
Chancellor Media and Mr. Ginsburg holds approximately 4% of the outstanding
primary shares of Common Stock of Chancellor Media. As the largest shareholder
of Chancellor Media, Hicks Muse will have substantial influence on all matters
submitted to a vote of the holders of Common Stock, and the combined voting
power of Hicks Muse and Mr. Ginsburg may have the effect of discouraging certain
types of transactions involving an actual or potential change of control of
Chancellor Media or the Company.
 
                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
     The Selling Holders will receive all of the proceeds from any sale of the
Securities. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of
Securities.
 
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                  RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
                         AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
 
     The following table sets forth the Company's ratio of earnings to combined
fixed charges and preferred stock dividends on a historical basis for each of
the five fiscal years ended December 31, 1996 and for the six months ended June
30, 1997.
 
<TABLE>
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                                                                           SIX MONTHS   SIX MONTHS
                                      YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,                ENDED        ENDED
                           ---------------------------------------------    JUNE 30,     JUNE 30,
                            1992     1993      1994     1995      1996        1996         1997
                           ------   -------   ------   -------   -------   ----------   ----------
<S>                        <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>       <C>          <C>
Ratio of earnings to
  combined fixed charges
  and preferred stock
  dividends(1)...........      --        --       --        --        --         --        1.28
Deficiency of earnings to
  combined fixed charges
  and preferred stock
  dividends(1)...........  $6,129   $28,066   $7,392   $13,089   $24,967    $23,915       $  --
</TABLE>
 
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(1) For purposes of this calculation, "earnings" consist of income (loss) before
    income taxes and fixed charges. "Fixed charges" consist of interest,
    amortization of debt issuance costs and the component of rental expense
    believed by management to be representative of the interest factor thereon.
 
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                            BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES
 
     On September 5, 1997, pursuant to the Chancellor Merger Agreement, among
other things, (i) Chancellor was merged with and into EMHC, a direct and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Evergreen, with EMHC surviving the merger, and (ii)
CRBC was merged with and into EMCLA, a direct and wholly-owned subsidiary of
EMHC, with EMCLA surviving the merger. Following the Chancellor Merger,
Evergreen changed its name to Chancellor Media Corporation, EMHC changed its
name to Chancellor Mezzanine Holdings Corporation and EMCLA changed its name to
Chancellor Media Corporation of Los Angeles.
 
     The Company is the largest pure play radio broadcasting company in the
United States based on gross revenues, with a portfolio at September 5, 1997
consisting of 89 radio stations (63 FM and 26 AM) in 22 large markets, including
each of the nation's 12 largest radio revenue markets. The Company's portfolio
includes the first or second ranked station cluster in terms of revenue share in
15 of its 22 markets. On a pro forma basis, the Company had net revenue and
broadcast cash flow (as defined) of approximately $396.0 million and $166.6
million, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 1997, and its pro forma
broadcast cash flow margin for such period would have been 42%.
 
     The Company's strategy is to secure the leading clusters of radio stations
in each of the markets in which it operates. The Company's station portfolio
includes a total of 11 superduopolies, with seven in the 12 largest radio
markets -- Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia,
Washington, D.C. and Detroit -- and four in other large markets -- Denver,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Phoenix and Orlando. Consummation of the Pending
Transactions will add 15 stations (12 FM and three AM) (without taking into
account stations to be disposed or exchanged in the Pending Transactions) to the
Company's portfolio, including five stations in its superduopoly markets.
Approximately 78% of pro forma 1996 net revenue would have been generated by the
superduopoly markets.
 
     The Company's portfolio is geographically diversified and employs a wide
variety of programming formats, including adult contemporary, contemporary hit
radio, urban, jazz, country, oldies, news/talk, rock and sports. Each of the
Company's stations targets a specific demographic audience within a market, with
the majority of the stations appealing primarily to 18 to 34 or 25 to 54 year
old men and/or women, the demographic groups most sought after by advertisers.
Management believes that, because of the size and diversity of its station
portfolio, the Company is not unduly reliant on the performance of any one
station or market. No single market to be served by the Company represented more
than 12.0% of the Company's pro forma 1996 broadcast cash flow.
 
     The Company's principal executive office is located at 433 East Las Colinas
Boulevard, Suite 1130, Irving, Texas 75039, and its telephone number is (972)
869-9020.
 
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
 
  CHANCELLOR MERGER
 
     On September 5, 1997, Evergreen, EMHC, EMCLA, Chancellor and CRBC
consummated the transactions contemplated by the Chancellor Merger Agreement.
Pursuant to the Chancellor Merger Agreement, (i) Chancellor was merged with and
into EMHC, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Evergreen, with EMHC remaining
as the surviving corporation and (ii) CRBC was merged with and into EMCLA, a
direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EMHC, with EMCLA remaining as the surviving
corporation. Upon the consummation of the Parent Merger, Evergreen was renamed
Chancellor Media Corporation and EMHC was renamed Chancellor Mezzanine Holdings
Corporation. Upon the consummation of the Subsidiary Merger, EMCLA was renamed
Chancellor Media Corporation of Los Angeles. Consummation of the Chancellor
Merger added 52 radio stations (36 FM and 16 AM) to the Company's portfolio of
stations, including 13 stations in markets in which the Company previously
operated.
 
     At the effective time of the Parent Merger (the "Parent Merger Effective
Time"), (i) each share of Evergreen's Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, and each share of Evergreen's Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, outstanding immediately prior to the Parent Merger Effective Time were
reclassified, changed and converted into one share of Common Stock of Chancellor
Media, (ii) each
 
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share of Chancellor's Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, and each
share of Chancellor's Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,
outstanding immediately prior to the Parent Merger Effective Time were converted
into the right to receive 0.9091 shares of Common Stock of Chancellor Media,
(iii) each share of Chancellor's 7% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01
per share, outstanding immediately prior to the Parent Merger Effective Time was
converted into the right to receive one share of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock
of Chancellor Media with substantially identical powers, preferences and
relative rights and (iv) Evergreen assumed all options to acquire shares of
Chancellor's Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Parent
Merger Effective Time held by certain officers, directors, employees and
consultants of Chancellor and its subsidiaries. Approximately 17.3 million
shares of Chancellor Media Common Stock were issued in the Parent Merger to the
former common stockholders of Chancellor, and approximately 1.8 million shares
of Chancellor Media Common Stock may be issued from time to time upon the
exercise of the options assumed by Chancellor Media in the Parent Merger. In
addition, at the Parent Merger Effective Time, CMHC repaid all amounts
outstanding under the Chancellor Interim Financing, in the principal amount of
$133.0 million.
 
     Furthermore, at the effective time of the Subsidiary Merger (the
"Subsidiary Merger Effective Time"), (i) each share of CRBC's 12 1/4% Series A
Senior Cumulative Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share,
outstanding immediately prior to the Subsidiary Merger Effective Time was
converted into the right to receive one share of 12 1/4% Series A Senior
Cumulative Exchangeable Preferred Stock of CMCLA with substantially identical
powers, preferences and relative rights, (ii) each share of CRBC's 12%
Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, outstanding immediately
prior to the Subsidiary Merger Effective Time was converted into the right to
receive one share of 12% Exchangeable Preferred Stock of CMCLA with
substantially identical powers, preferences and relative rights, (iii) CMCLA
assumed all of the obligations under CRBC's $200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount 9 3/8% Notes and the 9 3/8% Indenture governing such securities, (iv)
CMCLA assumed all of the obligations under CRBC's $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount Original Notes and the Indenture governing such securities and
(v) CMCLA refinanced, through additional borrowings under the Senior Credit
Facility, all amounts outstanding under the CRBC Restated Credit Agreement. The
aggregate amount of borrowings under the CRBC Restated Credit Agreement
refinanced by CMCLA consisted of principal in the amount of $416.0 million, plus
accrued interest.
 
  COMPLETED EVERGREEN TRANSACTIONS
 
     Between January 1, 1997 and the date of the completion of the Chancellor
Merger, Evergreen and its subsidiaries had completed (i) the acquisition of 17
radio stations for a net purchase price of approximately $1.14 billion, (ii) the
exchange of six stations for three stations and $9.5 million in cash, (iii) the
sale or other disposition of 10 radio stations for $269.3 million in cash and a
promissory note for $18.0 million and (iv) the disposition of one radio station
for net proceeds of $80.0 million which are being held by a qualified
intermediary pending the completion of the deferred exchange of the disposed
station for one or more radio stations.
 
     On January 31, 1997, Evergreen acquired WWWW-FM and WDFN-AM in Detroit from
affiliates of Chancellor for $30.0 million in cash plus various other direct
acquisition costs (the "WWWW/WDFN Acquisition"). Evergreen had previously
provided certain sales and promotional functions to WWWW-FM and WDFN-AM under a
joint sales agreement since February 14, 1996 and subsequently operated the
stations under a time brokerage agreement since April 1, 1996.
 
     On January 31, 1997, Evergreen acquired KKSF-FM and KDFC-FM/AM in San
Francisco from affiliates of The Brown Organization for $115.0 million in cash
plus various other direct acquisition costs (the "KKSF/KDFC Acquisition").
Evergreen had previously been operating KKSF-FM and KDFC-FM/AM under a time
brokerage agreement since November 1, 1996. On July 21, 1997, Evergreen sold
KDFC-FM to Bonneville for $50.0 million in cash (the "Bonneville/KDFC
Disposition"). The assets of KDFC-FM are classified as assets held for sale on
June 30, 1997 in connection with the purchase price allocation of KKSF-FM and
KDFC-FM/AM and no gain or loss was recognized by Evergreen upon consummation of
the sale.
 
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     On April 1, 1997, Evergreen acquired WJLB-FM and WMXD-FM in Detroit from
Secret Communications L.P. ("Secret") for $168.0 million in cash plus various
other direct acquisition costs (the "Secret/ Detroit Acquisition"). Evergreen
had previously been operating WJLB-FM and WMXD-FM under time brokerage
agreements since September 1, 1996.
 
     On April 3, 1997, Evergreen exchanged WQRS-FM in Detroit (which Evergreen
acquired on April 3, 1997 from Secret for $32.0 million in cash plus various
other direct acquisition costs) to affiliates of Greater Media Radio, Inc.
("Greater Media") in return for WWRC-AM in Washington, D.C. and $9.5 million in
cash (the "Greater Media Exchange"). The net purchase price to Evergreen of
WWRC-AM was therefore $22.5 million. Evergreen had previously been operating
WWRC-AM under a time brokerage agreement since June 17, 1996.
 
     On May 1, 1997, Evergreen acquired WDAS-FM/AM in Philadelphia from
affiliates of Beasley FM Acquisition Corp. ("Beasley") for $103.0 million in
cash plus various other direct acquisition costs (the "Beasley Acquisition").
 
     On May 15, 1997, Evergreen exchanged five of its six stations in Charlotte,
North Carolina (WPEG-FM, WBAV-FM/AM, WRFX-FM and WFNZ-AM) for two FM stations
(WIOQ-FM and WUSL-FM) owned by EZ Communications, Inc. ("EZ") in Philadelphia
(the "EZ Exchange"), and also sold Evergreen's sixth radio station in Charlotte,
WNKS-FM, to EZ for $10.0 million in cash and recognized a gain of $3.5 million
(the "EZ Sale" and, collectively with the EZ Exchange, the "EZ Transaction").
 
     On May 30, 1997, Evergreen acquired WPNT-FM in Chicago from affiliates of
Century Broadcasting Company ("Century") for $75.7 million in cash (including
$2.0 million for the purchase of the station's account receivables) plus various
other direct acquisition costs (the "Century Acquisition"). On June 19, 1997,
Evergreen sold WPNT-FM in Chicago to Bonneville for $75.0 million in cash and
recognized a gain of $0.5 million (the "Bonneville/WPNT Disposition").
 
     On June 3, 1997, Evergreen sold WEJM-FM in Chicago to affiliates of
Crawford Broadcasting ("Crawford") for $14.8 million in cash and recognized a
gain of $9.3 million (the "Crawford Disposition").
 
     On July 2, 1997, Evergreen acquired WLTW-FM and WAXQ-FM in New York and
WMZQ-FM, WJZW-FM, WZHF-AM and WBZS-AM in Washington, D.C. from Viacom
International, Inc. ("Viacom") for approximately $612.4 million (including
various direct acquisition costs) (the "Evergreen Viacom Acquisition"). On July
7, 1997, Evergreen sold WJZW-FM in Washington, D.C. to affiliates of Capital
Cities/ABC Radio ("ABC") for $68.0 million in cash (the "ABC/Washington
Disposition"). The assets of WJZW-FM were accounted for as assets held for sale
in connection with the purchase price allocation of the Evergreen Viacom
Acquisition and no gain or loss was recognized by Evergreen upon consummation of
the sale.
 
     On July 7, 1997, Evergreen sold the FCC authorizations and certain
transmission equipment previously used in the operation of KYLD-FM in San
Francisco to Susquehanna Radio Corp. ("Susquehanna") for $44.0 million in cash
(the "San Francisco Frequency Disposition"). Simultaneously therewith,
Chancellor sold the call letters "KSAN-FM" (which Chancellor previously used in
San Francisco) to Susquehanna. On July 7, 1997, Evergreen and Chancellor entered
a time brokerage agreement to enable Evergreen to operate KYLD-FM on the
frequency previously assigned to KSAN-FM, which has an improved broadcast signal
in the San Francisco market, and on July 7, 1997, Chancellor changed the call
letters of KSAN-FM to KYLD-FM. Upon the consummation of the Chancellor Merger,
Evergreen permanently changed the format of the frequency previously assigned to
KSAN-FM to the format operated on KYLD-FM.
 
     On July 14, 1997, Evergreen completed the disposition of WLUP-FM in Chicago
to Bonneville (the "Bonneville/WLUP Disposition" and, collectively with the
Bonneville/KDFC Disposition and the Bonneville/WPNT Disposition, the "Bonneville
Dispositions") and it is expected that this transaction will result in a
deferred exchange for one or more radio stations within 180 days after July 14,
1997. In the event that such exchange does not take place, Evergreen will
receive gross proceeds from the disposition of WLUP-FM of $80.0 million in cash.
 
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     On August 13, 1997, Evergreen sold KDFC-AM in San Francisco and WBZS-AM and
WZHF-AM in Washington, D.C. to affiliates of Douglas Broadcasting ("Douglas")
for $18.0 million in the form of a promissory note (the "Douglas AM
Dispositions"). The promissory note bears interest at 7 3/4%, with a balloon
principal payment due four years after closing. At closing, Douglas was required
to post a $1.0 million letter of credit for the benefit of Evergreen that will
remain outstanding until all amounts due under the promissory note are paid.
 
     On August 27, 1997, Evergreen sold WEJM-AM in Chicago to Douglas for $7.5
million in cash (the "Douglas Chicago Disposition").
 
     The foregoing transactions, together with (i) the acquisition on January
17, 1996 of Pyramid Communications, Inc. for approximately $316.3 million; (ii)
the acquisition on May 3, 1996 of WKLB-FM in Boston for $34.0 million in cash;
(iii) the acquisition on August 14, 1996 of KYLD-FM in San Francisco for $44.0
million in cash; (iv) the acquisition on October 18, 1996 of WEDR-FM in Miami
for $65.0 million in cash; (v) the exchange on November 26, 1996 of WKLB-FM in
Boston for WGAY-FM in Washington, D.C.; and (vi) the dispositions on July 19,
1996 and August 1, 1996 of WHTT-FM/AM and WSJZ-FM in Buffalo for $32.0 million
are referred to as the "Completed Evergreen Transactions."
 
  COMPLETED CHANCELLOR TRANSACTIONS
 
     Since January 1, 1997, Chancellor has completed (i) the acquisition of 24
radio stations for a net purchase price of approximately $1.07 billion, (ii) the
exchange of three stations for one station and $33.0 million in cash and (iii)
the sale of five stations for $108.3 million in cash.
 
     On January 23, 1997, Chancellor acquired Colfax Communications, a radio
broadcasting company with eight FM stations and four AM stations located in four
markets (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Phoenix, Washington, D.C. and Milwaukee) (the
"Colfax Acquisition") for $383.7 million in cash (including acquisition costs).
On March 31, 1997, Chancellor sold WMIL-FM and WOKY-AM in Milwaukee, which were
acquired as part of the Colfax Acquisition, for $41.3 million in cash (the
"Milwaukee Disposition").
 
     On January 31, 1997, Chancellor sold WWWW-FM and WDFN-AM in Detroit to
EMCLA for $30.0 million in cash plus various other direct transaction costs (the
"WWWW/WDFN Disposition").
 
     On February 13, 1997, Chancellor acquired three FM stations in Orlando, two
FM stations and one AM station in West Palm Beach and two FM stations in
Jacksonville from OmniAmerica Group for $166.0 million in cash (including
acquisition costs) and common stock of Chancellor valued at $15.0 million (the
"Omni Acquisition"). Chancellor had been operating the Orlando stations acquired
in the Omni Acquisition pursuant to a time brokerage agreement since July 1,
1996. On March 24, 1997, Chancellor exchanged WEAT-FM/AM and WOLL-FM in West
Palm Beach, which were acquired as part of the Omni Acquisition, for KSTE-FM in
Sacramento and $33.0 million in cash (the "West Palm Beach Exchange").
Chancellor had previously been operating KSTE-FM under a time brokerage
agreement since August 1, 1996. Prior to consummating the West Palm Beach
Exchange, Chancellor had sold all of the broadcast time on WEAT-FM/AM and
WOLL-FM pursuant to a time brokerage agreement since July 1, 1996.
 
     On July 2, 1997, Chancellor acquired KIBB-FM and KYSR-FM in Los Angeles,
WLIT-FM in Chicago and WDRQ-FM in Detroit from Viacom for approximately $500.8
million (including various direct acquisition costs) (the "Chancellor Viacom
Acquisition" and, together with the Evergreen Viacom Acquisition, the "Viacom
Acquisition"). On August 11, Chancellor sold WDRQ-FM in Detroit, to ABC for
$37.0 million in cash (the "ABC/Detroit Disposition" and, together with the
ABC/Washington Disposition, the "ABC Dispositions").
 
     The forgoing transactions, together with (i) the acquisition by Chancellor
on February 14, 1996 of Trefoil Communications, Inc. and its wholly owned
subsidiary, Shamrock Broadcasting, Inc. (collectively, "Shamrock Broadcasting"),
a radio broadcasting company with 11 FM stations and 8 AM stations in 10 markets
for $408.0 million in cash (including acquisition costs) (the "Shamrock
Acquisition"), (ii) the exchange by Chancellor on July 31, 1996 of KTBZ-FM in
Houston (which was acquired as part of the Shamrock Acquisition) and $5.6
million in cash for KIMN-FM and KALC-FM in Denver (the "Houston/Denver
 
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Exchange") and (iii) the acquisition by Chancellor on November 22, 1996 of
WKYN-AM in Cincinnati for $1.4 million in cash are referred to as the "Completed
Chancellor Transactions." The Completed Evergreen Transactions and the Completed
Chancellor Transactions are referred to collectively as the "Completed
Transactions."
 
  PENDING TRANSACTIONS
 
     Gannett Acquisition
 
     On April 4, 1997, Evergreen entered into the Gannett Agreements with P&S,
pursuant to which Evergreen will acquire WGCI-AM and WGCI-FM in Chicago for
$140.0 million, KKBQ-AM and KKBQ-FM in Houston for $110.0 million, and KHKS-FM
in Dallas for $90.0 million. The aggregate purchase price is subject to an
upward adjustment of up to $10.0 million depending on the timing of the
closings. The Gannett Agreements are independent with respect to each market and
may be consummated at different times. On April 10, 1997, Evergreen issued
letters of credit for the benefit of P&S in the aggregate amount of $34.0
million to secure Evergreen's obligations under the Gannett Agreements.
 
     The Company expects that it will ultimately borrow the funds necessary to
complete the Gannett Acquisition from the Senior Credit Facility. However, if
the Company does not have sufficient borrowing capacity under the Senior Credit
Facility or otherwise to consummate the Gannett Acquisition within the time
period specified in the Gannett Agreements, Chancellor Media has agreed,
pursuant to an alternative financing facility with certain lenders, to issue
common equity securities for the account of those lenders if the alternative
facility is drawn. The Company presently expects that it will be able to
consummate the Gannett Acquisition by drawing on the Senior Credit Facility and
that, as a result, Chancellor Media will not be required to make any draw under
an alternative facility.
 
     Although there can be no assurances, the Company expects that the Gannett
Acquisition will be completed in the fourth quarter of 1997 or the first quarter
of 1998.
 
     Bonneville Acquisition. On June 24, 1997, Evergreen entered into an
agreement to acquire KZPS-FM and KDGE-FM in Dallas from Bonneville for $83.5
million in cash (the "Bonneville Acquisition"). Evergreen also entered into an
agreement to operate KZPS-FM and KDGE-FM under a time brokerage agreement
effective as of August 1, 1997. Although there can be no assurance, the Company
expects that the Bonneville Acquisition will be completed in the third or fourth
quarter of 1997.
 
     Denver Acquisition. On July 30, 1997, Chancellor entered into an agreement
to acquire KXPK-FM in Denver from Ever Green Wireless LLC (which is unrelated to
the Company) for $26.0 million in cash (including $1.7 million paid by
Chancellor in escrow) (the "Denver Acquisition"). Chancellor also entered into
an agreement to operate KXPK-FM under a time brokerage agreement effective as of
September 1, 1997. Although there can be no assurance, the Company expects that
the Denver Acquisition will be completed in the first quarter of 1998.
 
     SFX Exchange. On July 1, 1996, Chancellor entered into an agreement with
SFX pursuant to which Chancellor agreed to exchange WAPE-FM and WFYV-FM in
Jacksonville and $11.0 million in cash to SFX Broadcasting Inc. ("SFX") in
return for WBAB-FM, WBLI-FM, WHFM-FM and WGBB-AM in Nassau/Suffolk (Long
Island). Chancellor has been operating WBAB-FM, WBLI-FM, WHFM-FM and WGBB-FM
pursuant to a time brokerage agreement effective July 1, 1996 and SFX has been
operating WAPE-FM and WFYV-FM pursuant to time brokerage agreements each
effective July 1, 1996. The Company is unable to predict whether or when it will
consummate the SFX Exchange, as it is pending review by the DOJ under the HSR
Act.
 
     Bonneville Option. On August 6, 1997, Evergreen and Chancellor announced
that they had paid $3.0 million to Bonneville for an option to exchange
Evergreen's station WTOP-AM in Washington and Chancellor's stations KZLA-FM in
Los Angeles and WGMS-FM in Washington and $57.0 million in cash for Bonneville's
stations WDBZ-FM in New York, KLDE-FM in Houston and KBIG-FM in Los Angeles. The
Company is currently negotiating time brokerage agreements relating to these
stations, which are expected to become effective on October 1, 1997.
 
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  Katz Acquisition
 
     On July 14, 1997, Evergreen, Chancellor and Katz entered into an agreement
pursuant to which a jointly owned affiliate of Evergreen and Chancellor
(referred to herein as "Morris Acquisition Corporation") would acquire Katz, a
full-service media representation firm serving multiple types of electronic
media with leading market shares in the representation of radio and television
stations and cable television systems, in a tender offer transaction valued at
approximately $373 million. As a result of the delay caused by the second
request for information relating to the Katz Acquisition that has been issued by
the DOJ under the HSR Act (see below), it is now presently contemplated that
Morris Acquisition Corporation will be a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of
Chancellor Media.
 
     Under the terms of the Katz Acquisition, shareholders of Katz would be
offered in a tender offer $11.00 in cash per share for each share of common
stock held. Shares not purchased in the tender offer would be converted in a
second-step merger into the right to receive $11.00 in cash per share, subject
to statutory appraisal and dissenters' rights. Assuming completion of the Katz
Acquisition, debt of Katz of approximately $218 million would be assumed in the
transaction. In connection with the execution of the Katz acquisition agreement
on July 14, 1997, holders of approximately 51.6% of Katz' outstanding common
stock agreed to tender their shares in the offer and vote in favor of the
transaction.
 
     Consummation of the Katz Acquisition is subject to the tender of a majority
of the shares of common stock of Katz on a fully diluted basis, approval of the
Katz shareholders and receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including the
expiration or termination of the required waiting period under the HSR Act. The
DOJ has issued a second request for information under the HSR Act concerning the
Katz Acquisition. Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to whether or when
the Katz Acquisition may be consummated.
 
  FINANCING TRANSACTIONS
 
     In addition to the various radio station dispositions described above,
Chancellor, CRBC, Evergreen and EMCLA have undertaken the following
transactions:
 
     On April 25, 1997, EMCLA entered into the Senior Credit Facility (as
amended on June 26, 1997 and August 7, 1997) with certain banks and financial
institutions and Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc. as Administrative Agent for such
lenders. Pursuant to the Senior Credit Facility, EMCLA's previous facility was
refinanced and increased to a total commitment of $1.75 billion and, upon
consummation of the Chancellor Merger, such total commitment increased to $2.50
billion.
 
     On June 16, 1997 Evergreen completed its private offering of 5,500,000
shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of
$275.0 million and on June 20, 1997, the initial purchasers of the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock exercised an over-allotment option granted by
Evergreen to acquire an additional 490,000 shares of the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock for additional gross proceeds of $24.5 million. The net proceeds
of $287.8 million were contributed to the Company and were used to repay
borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility and subsequently were reborrowed as
part of the financing of the Evergreen Viacom Acquisition.
 
     On June 24, 1997, CRBC completed its private offering of the Original
Notes. The net proceeds of the offering of Original Notes of $194.1 million were
used to repay borrowings under CRBC's previous senior credit agreement.
 
     On July 2, 1997, CRBC entered into the CRBC Restated Credit Agreement with
certain lenders and Bankers Trust Company as Managing Agent for such lenders.
Pursuant to the CRBC Restated Credit Agreement, CRBC's credit facility was
refinanced and increased to a total commitment of $750.0 million. Additionally,
on July 2, 1997 Chancellor borrowed funds under an interim loan of $170.0
million. These financing transactions were used to finance the Chancellor Viacom
Acquisition. Upon consummation of the Chancellor Merger, all borrowings under
the CRBC Restated Credit Agreement and the Chancellor Interim Financing were
refinanced or repaid by CMHC and the Company. See "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations -- Liquidity and
Capital Resources."
 
     The foregoing transactions are referred to collectively as the "Financing
Transactions."
 
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BROADCAST PROPERTIES
 
     The following table sets forth selected information with respect to the
portfolio of radio stations that are owned by the Company as of September 29,
1997.
 
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                          RANKING OF
                          STATION'S                                                                             STATION RANKING
                          MARKET BY                   AUDIENCE                                      TARGET         IN TARGET
       MARKET(1)          REVENUE(2)     STATION     SHARE(%)(3)         STATION FORMAT          DEMOGRAPHICS   DEMOGRAPHICS(4)
- ------------------------  ----------   -----------   -----------   ---------------------------   ------------   ---------------
<S>                       <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>                           <C>            <C>
Los Angeles, CA             1          KKBT-FM         4.5         Urban Contemporary            Women 18-34        2
                                       KYSR-FM         2.8         Hot Adult Contemporary        Persons           18
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KIBB-FM         1.6         Rhythmic Adult                Persons           18
                                                                    Contemporary                 25-54
                                       KLAC-AM         2.2         Adult Standards/Sports        Persons           21
                                                                                                 35-64
                                       KZLA-FM++       2.5         Country                       Persons           10
                                                                                                 25-54
New York, NY                2          WKTU-FM         4.7         Rhythmic Contemporary  Hits   Persons            5
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WLTW-FM         6.0         Soft Adult Contemporary       Persons            1
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WAXQ-FM         2.0         Classic Rock                  Persons           12
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WHTZ-FM         3.5         Contemporary Hit Radio        Persons            6
                                                                                                 18-34
Chicago, IL                 3          WMVP-AM         1.4         Personality/Sports            Men 25-54         18
                                       WRCX-FM         3.2         Mainstream Rock               Men 18-34          1
                                       WVAZ-FM         4.2         Black Adult                   Women 25-54        3
                                       WNUA-FM         3.9         Contemporary Jazz             Persons            5
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WLIT-FM         4.8         Soft Adult Contemporary       Persons            1
                                                                                                 25-54
San Francisco, CA           4          KIOI-FM         3.2         Adult Contemporary            Women 25-54        2
                                       KMEL-FM         3.9         Contemporary Hits             Persons            1
                                                                                                 18-34
                                       KKSF-FM         3.6         Contemporary Jazz             Persons            4
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KNEW-AM         1.0         Country/Sports                Persons           34
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KYLD-FM         4.2         Contemporary Hits             Persons           13
                                                                                                 18-34
                                       KABL-AM         2.5         Adult Standards               Persons           12
                                                                                                 35-64
                                       KISQ-FM         2.7         70's Oldies                   Persons            8
                                                                                                 25-54
Dallas, TX                  5          KSKY-AM         0.1         Inspirational                 N/M               N/M
Philadelphia, PA            6          WYXR-FM         3.5         Adult Contemporary            Women 18-49        3
                                       WJJZ-FM         3.9         Contemporary Jazz             Persons            4
                                                                                                 35-54
                                       WDAS-FM         4.9         Urban Contemporary            Persons            2
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WDAS-AM         1.2         Gospel                        N/M               N/M
                                       WUSL-FM         5.0         Urban Contemporary            Women 18-34        1
                                       WIOQ-FM         3.6         Contemporary Hit              Women 18-34        3
                                                                   Radio/Dance
Houston, TX                 7          KTRH-AM         4.5         News/Sports                   Men 25-54          3
                                       KLOL-FM         3.2         Album Rock                    Men 18-34          2
Washington, D.C.            8          WTOP-AM++       2.9         News/Sports                   Men 25-54         10
                                       WASH-FM         4.6         Adult Contemporary            Women 25-54        2
                                       WGAY-FM         3.9         Adult Contemporary            Persons            6
                                                                                                 35-64
                                       WWRC-AM         0.9         News/Talk                     Persons           24
                                                                                                 35-64
                                       WMZQ-FM         5.0         Country                       Persons            5
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WBIG-FM         4.7         Oldies                        Persons            2
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WGMS-FM++       4.1         Classical                     Persons            3
                                                                                                 35-64
                                       WTEM-AM         1.0         Sports/Talk                   Men 18-49         18
Boston, MA                  9          WJMN-FM         6.3         Contemporary Hits             Women 18-24        2
                                       WXKS-FM         6.2         Contemporary Hits             Women 25-34        1
                                       WXKS-AM         1.7         Nostalgia                     Women 45-54       12
Atlanta, GA                10          WFOX-FM         4.3         Oldies                        Persons           10
                                                                                                 25-54
Detroit, MI                11          WKQI-FM         4.7         Adult Contemporary            Women 25-54        4
                                       WNIC-FM         7.2         Adult Contemporary            Women 25-54        1
                                       WYUR-AM(5)      N/M         Adult Contemporary            Women 25-54       N/M
                                       WWWW-FM         3.6         Country                       Women 25-54        9
                                       WDFN-AM         1.3         Sports/Talk                   Men 25-49         11
                                       WJLB-FM         8.1         Urban Contemporary            Persons            1
                                                                                                 18-34
                                       WMXD-FM         4.3         Black Adult                   Persons            4
                                                                                                 25-54
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                          RANKING OF
                          STATION'S                                                                             STATION RANKING
                          MARKET BY                   AUDIENCE                                      TARGET         IN TARGET
       MARKET(1)          REVENUE(2)     STATION     SHARE(%)(3)         STATION FORMAT          DEMOGRAPHICS   DEMOGRAPHICS(4)
- ------------------------  ----------   -----------   -----------   ---------------------------   ------------   ---------------
<S>                       <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>                           <C>            <C>
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL   12          WVCG-AM         0.6         Brokered(6)                   N/M               N/M
                                       WEDR-FM         4.9         Urban Contemporary            Persons            6
                                                                                                 25-54
Denver, CO                 15          KRRF-AM         0.6         Talk                          Men 25-54         18
                                       KXKL-FM         4.2         Oldies                        Persons            7
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KVOD-FM         1.8         Classical                     Persons           19
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KIMN-FM         2.7         70's Oldies                   Persons           13
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KALC-FM         4.8         Hot Adult Contemporary        Persons            1
                                                                                                 18-34
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN   16          KTCZ-FM         4.4         Progressive Album Rock        Men 25-49          2
                                       KTCJ-AM(7)      0.2         Progressive Album Rock        Men 25-49         20
                                       KDWB-FM         6.9         Contemporary Hit Radio        Persons            2
                                                                                                 18-34
                                       KFAN-AM         1.8         Sports                        Men 18-49         11
                                       KEEY-FM         6.9         Country                       Persons            3
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KQQL-FM         5.0         Oldies                        Persons            4
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WRQC-FM(8)      4.5         Young Country                 Persons            7
                                                                                                 18-49
Phoenix, AZ                17          KMLE-FM         6.0         Country                       Persons            3
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KISO-AM         0.8         Urban Adult Contemporary      Persons           25
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KOOL-FM         6.0         Oldies                        Persons            2
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KOY-AM          5.1         Adult Standards               Persons           10
                                                                                                 35-64
                                       KYOT-FM         3.1         Contemporary Jazz             Persons           13
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KZON-FM         3.7         Alternative Rock              Persons            4
                                                                                                 18-34
Cincinnati, OH             20          WUBE-FM(9)      8.6         Country                       Persons            1
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WUBE-AM         0.4         Nostalgia                     Persons           24
                                                                                                 35-64
                                       WYGY-FM(9)      3.3         Young Country                 Men 18-34          8
                                       WKYN-AM         0.7         Sports/Talk                   Men 18-49         15
Pittsburgh, PA             24          WWSW-AM(10)     0.3         Oldies                        Persons           24
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WWSW-FM         5.6         Oldies                        Persons            4
                                                                                                 25-54
Sacramento, CA             25          KGBY-FM         3.8         Adult Contemporary            Women 25-54        2
                                       KHYL-FM         4.1         Oldies                        Persons            6
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KFBK-AM        10.5         News/Talk                     Persons            2
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       KSTE-AM         2.9         Talk                          Persons           15
                                                                                                 25-54
Orlando, FL                26          WOCL-FM         4.4         Oldies                        Persons           10
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WOMX-FM         4.7         Adult Contemporary            Persons            1
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WJHM-FM         8.2         Urban Contemporary            Persons            1
                                                                                                 18-34
                                       WXXL-FM         6.9         Contemporary Hit Radio        Persons            2
                                                                                                 18-34
Nassau/Suffolk (Long
 Island) NY(11)            44          WALK-FM         6.2         Adult Contemporary            Persons            1
                                                                                                 25-54
                                       WALK-AM         0.3         Adult Contemporary            Persons           38
                                                                                                 35-64
Jacksonville, FL           47          WAPE-FM+        8.1         Contemporary Hit Radio        Women 18-34        1
                                       WFYV-FM+        8.6         Album Oriented Rock           Men 25-54          1
Riverside/ San
 Bernardino, CA            64          KGGI-FM         6.2         Contemporary Hit Radio        Persons            1
                                                                                                 18-34
                                       KMRZ-AM         0.4         Oldies                        Men 25-54         32
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
 
N/M: Not meaningful
 
+     Indicates station to be disposed in a Pending Transaction.
 
++    Includes station that would be disposed if the Bonneville Option is
      exercised.
 
  (1) Actual city of license may differ from metropolitan market served in
      certain cases.
 
  (2) Ranking of principal radio market served by the station among all U.S.
      radio broadcast markets by aggregate 1996 gross radio broadcasting revenue
      as reported by James H. Duncan, Duncan's Radio Market Guide (1997 ed.).
 
  (3) Information derived from The Arbitron Company, Spring 1997, Local Market
      Reports in the specified markets for listeners age 12+, Monday to Sunday,
      6:00 a.m. to Midnight. Copyright, The Arbitron Company.
 
  (4) Information derived from The Arbitron Company, Spring 1997, Local Market
      Reports in the specified markets for the Target Demographics specified for
      listening Monday to Sunday, 6:00 a.m. to Midnight. Copyright, The Arbitron
      Company.
 
  (5) The Company has historically brokered WYUR-AM to third parties.
 
  (6) The Company sells airtime on WVCG-AM to third parties for broadcast of
      specialty programming on a variety of topics.
 
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  (7) Programming provided to KTCJ-AM via simulcast of programming broadcast on
      KTCZ-FM. The format of KTCJ-AM was changed to Classic Country with a
      target demographic of Persons 35-64 effective April 25, 1997.
 
  (8) The format of WRQC-FM was changed to Album Rock with a target demographic
      of Men 18-34 effective April 15, 1997.
 
  (9) WUBE-FM and WYGY-FM are sold in combination.
 
 (10) Programming provided to WWSW-AM via simulcast of programming broadcast on
      WWSW-FM.
 
 (11) Nassau/Suffolk (Long Island) may be considered part of the greater New
      York market, although it is reported separately as a matter of convention.
 
PENDING ACQUISITIONS
 
     The following table sets forth selected information with respect to the
radio stations that will be acquired by the Company in the Pending Transactions
(assuming exercise of the Bonneville Option).
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                       RANKING OF
                       STATION'S                                                                           STATION RANKING
                       MARKET BY                   AUDIENCE                                    TARGET         IN TARGET
      MARKET(1)        REVENUE(2)     STATION     SHARE(%)(3)        STATION FORMAT         DEMOGRAPHICS   DEMOGRAPHICS(4)
- ---------------------  ----------   -----------   -----------   -------------------------   ------------   ---------------
<S>                    <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>                         <C>            <C>
Los Angeles, CA          1          KBIG-FM+        2.4         Adult Contemporary          Persons           14
                                                                                            25-54
New York, NY             2          WDBZ-FM+        1.2         Modern Adult Contemporary   Women 25-44       12
Chicago, IL              3          WGCI-AM         1.4         Urban/R&B                   Persons           25
                                                                                            18-34
                                    WGCI-FM         5.6         Urban Oldies                Persons            2
                                                                                            25-54
Dallas, TX               5          KHKS-FM         8.0         Contemporary Hits           Women 18-34        1
                                    KZPS-FM         3.8         Classic Rock                Persons            4
                                                                                            25-54
                                    KDGE-FM         3.0         Alternative Rock            Persons            5
                                                                                            18-34
Houston, TX              7          KKBQ-AM         0.2         Country                     Persons           34
                                                                                            25-54
                                    KKBQ-FM         4.3         Fresh Country               Persons            6
                                                                                            25-54
                                    KLDE-FM+        7.2         Oldies                      Persons            2
                                                                                            25-54
Denver, CO              15          KXPK-FM         3.1         Alternative                 Persons           11
                                                                                            18-49
Nassau/Suffolk (Long
 Island) NY             44          WBAB-FM         2.8         Album Rock                  Men 25-49          3
                                    WBLI-FM         3.9         Adult Contemporary          Women 25-54        2
                                    WHFM-FM         N/M         Album Rock                  Men 25-49         N/M
                                    WGBB-AM         N/M         News/Talk                   Persons           N/M
                                                                                            25-54
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
 
N/M: Not meaningful
 
+     Includes station that would be acquired if the Bonneville Option is
      exercised.
 
  (1) Actual city of license may differ from metropolitan market served in
      certain cases.
 
  (2) Ranking of principal radio market served by the station among all U.S.
      radio broadcast markets by aggregate 1996 gross radio broadcasting revenue
      as reported by James H. Duncan, Duncan's Radio Market Guide (1997 ed.).
 
  (3) Information derived from The Arbitron Company, Spring 1997, Local Market
      Reports in the specified markets for listeners age 12+, Monday to Sunday,
      6:00 a.m. to Midnight. Copyright, The Arbitron Company.
 
  (4) Information derived from The Arbitron Company, Spring 1997, Local Market
      Reports in the specified markets for the Target Demographics specified for
      listening Monday to Sunday, 6:00 a.m. to Midnight. Copyright, The Arbitron
      Company.
 
     Assuming consummation of the Katz Acquisition, for which no assurance can
be given, Chancellor Media will also own and operate Katz, a full-service media
representation firm serving multiple types of electronic media with leading
market shares in the representation of radio and television stations and cable
television systems.
 
COMPANY STRATEGY
 
     The Company's senior management team, led by Scott K. Ginsburg and James de
Castro, has extensive experience in acquiring and operating large market radio
station groups. The Company's business strategy is to assemble and operate radio
station clusters in order to maximize broadcast cash flow generated in each
market. This strategy relies on the following six key elements.
 
     Create Large Market Superduopolies.  The Company seeks to be the owner and
operator of the leading superduopoly in the largest markets in the United
States. Management believes that the large revenue base in
 
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<PAGE>   26
 
these markets, in conjunction with operating synergies achievable through the
operation of multiple stations, will enable it to appeal to a wider universe of
national and local advertisers and to achieve a greater degree of profitability
than that of operators and broadcasters in smaller markets. The Pending
Transactions will complement the Company's existing stations in the Los Angeles,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Denver and Nassau/Suffolk
(Long Island) markets. The Company expects to continue to selectively pursue
acquisition opportunities in the major markets in which it will compete as well
as in other markets.
 
     Maximize Superduopoly Revenue and Expense Synergies.  The Company seeks to
capitalize on the revenue growth and expense savings opportunities of
superduopolies that have been created or that will be created by the Viacom
Acquisition, the Chancellor Merger and the Pending Transactions. Superduopolies
have only been permissible since the passage of the 1996 Act in January 1996.
Management believes that substantial benefits can be derived from the successful
integration of these station cluster groups. Management also believes that radio
station clusters can attract increased revenues in a market by delivering larger
combined audiences to advertisers and by engaging in joint marketing and
promotional activities. In addition, management expects to realize significant
expense savings through the consolidation of facilities and through the
economies of scale created in areas such as national representation commissions,
employee benefits, insurance premiums and other operating costs.
 
     Establish Strong Listener Loyalty.  Management believes that strong
listener familiarity with a given radio station produces listener loyalty.
Management seeks to establish this familiarity through a variety of programming
and marketing techniques, including the development of high-profile on-air
personalities and creative station-sponsored promotional events, all of which
are designed to secure heightened listener awareness. The Company also conducts
extensive market research to help identify programming format opportunities and
attract new listeners, as has been the case with WKTU-FM in New York. After
operating WKTU-FM for nine months under the call letters and country music
format inherited from a prior operator, in February 1996 the Company began to
operate WKTU-FM as a rhythmic contemporary hits station. According to Arbitron,
WKTU-FM was ranked eleventh in its target demographic group as a country
station, and was ranked first in several key demographic groups (including its
target demographic group) in the first full ranking period after the station
changed its format. The station has continued to rank among the top five
stations in its target demographic group in subsequent periods. Management
believes that institutionalizing its radio stations in their markets through
programming, marketing and research ensures steady long-term audience share
ratings.
 
     Maintain Strict Cost Controls.  Management maintains a company-wide focus
on cost controls in an effort to maximize broadcast cash flow margins.
Management reviews station spending on a monthly basis. In addition, corporate
level employees maintain weekly sales reporting systems designed to enable
management to evaluate station performance on a current basis. The Company's
focus on maximizing superduopoly revenues and maintaining cost controls is
reflected by the fact that, for the last two years, the Company has achieved
broadcast cash flow margins of 40% or more. The Company also carefully monitors
capital expenditures.
 
     Develop Experienced, Incentivized Management Team.  The Company believes
that management depth is critical to achieving superior operating performance in
a portfolio as large as the Company's. The Company's senior management team of
Scott K. Ginsburg and James de Castro have an aggregate of more than 30 years of
radio industry operating experience. This senior management team is supported by
an experienced team of veteran group operators and station general managers. At
the station level, the Company seeks to incentivize its individual radio station
managers and sales forces to outperform revenue and broadcast cash flow budget
expectations by granting quarterly and annual performance measurement-based
bonuses. The Company believes that the incentives it offers to its employees, as
well as its stature in the radio industry, will enable it to continue to be
successful in recruiting top industry employees.
 
     Maximize Free Cash Flow. By emphasizing the revenue and expense synergies
achievable through the assembly and operation of superduopolies and by carefully
monitoring operating costs and capital expenditures, the Company seeks to
maximize broadcast cash flow and, ultimately, free cash flow (broadcast cash
 
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<PAGE>   27
 
flow less corporate general and administrative expenses, debt service, tax
payments, dividend requirements and capital expenditures). This focus on free
cash flow should facilitate reduction of leverage without undue dependence on
capital markets and position the Company to pursue attractive acquisitions.
 
     In addition to the foregoing strategy elements, the Company also
anticipates that it will attempt to leverage its radio expertise and expand into
industries related to the operation of radio stations in the future. In this
respect, the Company has announced its intention to acquire Katz, a full-service
media representation firm, and has also announced a plan to create a new
national radio network. There can be no assurance that these plans will
ultimately be successful. In addition, there can be no assurance that the
acquisition of Katz will be consummated. See "Risk -- HSR Approval for Katz
Acquisition."
 
FEDERAL REGULATION OF RADIO BROADCASTING INDUSTRY
 
     Introduction.  The radio broadcasting industry is subject to extensive and
changing regulation over, among other things, program content, technical
operations and business and employment practices.
 
     The ownership, operation and sale of radio broadcast stations (including
those licensed to the Company) are subject to the jurisdiction of the FCC, which
acts under authority granted by the Communications Act. The Communications Act
prohibits the assignment or transfer of control of an FCC license without the
prior consent of the FCC. In determining whether to grant requests for consent
to such assignments or transfers, and in determining whether to grant or renew a
radio broadcast license, the FCC considers a number of factors pertaining to the
licensee (and proposed licensee), including: limitations on alien ownership and
the common ownership of television broadcast, radio broadcast and daily
newspaper properties, the "character" of the licensee (and proposed licensee)
and those persons or entities that have "attributable" interests, and compliance
with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Among other things, the FCC assigns
frequency bands for radio broadcasting; determines the particular frequencies,
locations and operating power of radio broadcast stations; issues, renews,
revokes and modifies radio broadcast station licenses; regulates equipment used
by radio broadcast stations; adopts and implements regulations and policies that
directly or indirectly affect the ownership, operation, program content and
employment and business practices of radio broadcast stations; and has the power
to impose penalties for violations of its rules and the Communications Act.
 
     The following is a brief summary of certain provisions of the
Communications Act and specific FCC rules and policies. Reference should be made
to the Communications Act, FCC rules, and the public notices and rulings of the
FCC for further information concerning the nature and extent of federal
regulation of radio broadcast stations.
 
     Failure to observe these or other FCC rules and policies may result in the
imposition of various sanctions, including admonishment, monetary forfeitures,
the grant of "short" (less than the maximum eight-year term) renewal terms or,
for particularly egregious violations, the denial of a license renewal
application, the revocation of FCC licenses, or the denial of FCC consent to
acquire additional broadcast properties.
 
     License Renewal.  Radio broadcast licenses are granted for maximum terms of
up to eight years. They may be renewed through an application to the FCC, and,
in certain instances, licensees are entitled to renewal expectancies. During
certain periods when a renewal application is pending, competing applicants may
file for the radio frequency being used by the renewal applicant, although the
FCC is prohibited from considering such competing applications if the existing
license has satisfied certain obligations. Petitions to deny license renewals
can be filed by interested parties, including members of the public. The FCC is
required to hold hearings on a renewal application in certain circumstances.
 
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<PAGE>   28
 
     The following table sets forth, for the portfolio of stations that are or
will be owned by the Company, (assuming the consummation of all Pending
Transactions and the exercise by the Company of the Bonneville Option) (i) the
date of acquisition by the Company (if applicable), (ii) the frequency of each
station and (iii) the date of expiration of each station's main FCC broadcast
license:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     DATE OF                EXPIRATION DATE
      STATION                 MARKET(1)            ACQUISITION  FREQUENCY    OF FCC LICENSE
      -------                 ---------            -----------  ----------  ----------------
<S>                  <C>                           <C>          <C>         <C>
KKBT-FM              Los Angeles, CA                  5/89        92.3 MHz       12/97
KYSR-FM              Los Angeles, CA                  9/97        98.7 MHz       12/97
KIBB-FM              Los Angeles, CA                  9/97       100.3 MHz       12/97
KLAC-AM              Los Angeles, CA                  9/97         570 kHz       12/97
KZLA-FM++            Los Angeles, CA                  9/97        93.9 MHz       12/97
KBIG-FM+++           Los Angeles, CA                 Pending     104.3 MHz       12/97
WKTU-FM              New York, NY                     5/95       103.5 MHz        6/98
WLTW-FM              New York, NY                     7/97       106.7 MHz        6/98
WAXQ-FM              New York, NY                     7/97       104.3 MHz        6/98
WHTZ-FM              New York, NY                     9/97       100.3 MHz        6/98
WDBZ-FM+++           New York, NY                    Pending     105.1 MHz        6/98
WMVP-AM              Chicago, IL                      5/84        1000 kHz       12/03
WRCX-FM              Chicago, IL                      12/93      103.5 MHz      12/96*
WVAZ-FM              Chicago, IL                      5/95       102.7 MHz       12/03
WNUA-FM              Chicago, IL                      1/96        95.5 MHz       12/03
WLIT-FM              Chicago, IL                      9/97        93.9 MHz       12/03
WGCI-FM#             Chicago, IL                     Pending     107.5 MHz       12/03
WGCI-AM#             Chicago, IL                     Pending      1390 kHz       12/03
KIOI-FM              San Francisco, CA                4/94       101.3 MHz      12/97*
KMEL-FM              San Francisco, CA                11/92      106.1 MHz      12/97*
KKSF-FM              San Francisco, CA                1/97       103.7 MHz      12/97*
KNEW-AM              San Francisco, CA                9/97         910 kHz      12/97*
KYLD-FM(2)           San Francisco, CA                9/97        94.9 MHz      12/97*
KABL-AM              San Francisco, CA                9/97         960 kHz      12/97*
KISQ-FM              San Francisco, CA                9/97        98.1 MHz      12/97*
KSKY-AM              Dallas, TX                       5/95         660 kHz        8/05
KHKS-FM#             Dallas, TX                      Pending     106.1 MHz        8/05
KZPS-FM#             Dallas, TX                      Pending      92.5 MHz        8/05
KDGE-FM#             Dallas, TX                      Pending      94.5 MHz        8/05
WYXR-FM              Philadelphia, PA                 1/96       104.5 MHz        8/98
WJJZ-FM              Philadelphia, PA                 1/96       106.1 MHz        8/98
WDAS-AM              Philadelphia, PA                 5/97        1480 kHz        8/98
WDAS-FM              Philadelphia, PA                 5/97       105.3 MHz        8/98
WIOQ-FM              Philadelphia, PA                 5/97       102.1 MHz        8/98
WUSL-FM              Philadelphia, PA                 5/97        98.9 MHz        8/98
KTRH-AM              Houston, TX                      6/93         740 kHz        8/05
KLOL-FM              Houston, TX                      6/93       101.1 MHz        8/05
KKBQ-FM#             Houston, TX                     Pending      92.9 MHz        8/05
KKBQ-AM#             Houston, TX                     Pending       790 kHz        8/05
KLDE-FM#             Houston, TX                     Pending      94.5 MHz        8/05
WTOP-AM++            Washington, D.C.                 11/92       1500 kHz       10/02
WASH-FM              Washington, D.C.                 11/92       97.1 MHz       10/02
WGAY-FM              Washington, D.C.                 11/96       99.5 MHz       10/02
WWRC-AM              Washington, D.C.                 4/97         980 kHz       10/02
WMZQ-FM              Washington, D.C.                 7/97        98.7 MHz       10/02
WBIG-FM              Washington, D.C.                 9/97       100.3 MHz       10/03
WGMS-FM++            Washington, D.C.                 9/97       103.5 MHz       10/03
WTEM-AM              Washington, D.C.                 9/97         570 kHz       10/03
WJMN-FM              Boston, MA                       1/96        94.5 MHz        4/98
WXKS-FM              Boston, MA                       1/96       107.9 MHz        4/98
WXKS-AM              Boston, MA                       1/96        1430 kHz        4/98
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     DATE OF                EXPIRATION DATE
      STATION                 MARKET(1)            ACQUISITION  FREQUENCY    OF FCC LICENSE
      -------                 ---------            -----------  ----------  ----------------
<S>                  <C>                           <C>          <C>         <C>
WFOX-FM              Atlanta, GA                      9/97        97.1 MHz        4/03
WKQI-FM              Detroit, MI                      5/95        95.5 MHz       10/03
WNIC-FM              Detroit, MI                      5/95       100.3 MHz       10/03
WYUR-AM              Detroit, MI                      5/95        1310 kHz       10/03
WWWW-FM              Detroit, MI                      1/97       106.7 MHz       10/03
WDFN-AM              Detroit, MI                      1/97        1130 kHz       10/03
WJLB-FM              Detroit, MI                      4/97        97.9 MHz       10/03
WMXD-FM              Detroit, MI                      4/97        92.3 MHz       10/03
WVCG-AM              Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL         7/83        1080 kHz        2/03
WEDR-FM              Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL         10/96       99.1 MHz        2/03
KRRF-AM              Denver, CO                       9/97        1280 kHz        4/05
KXKL-FM              Denver, CO                       9/97       105.1 MHz        4/05
KVOD-FM              Denver, CO                       9/97        92.5 MHz        4/05
KIMN-FM              Denver, CO                       9/97       100.3 MHz        4/05
KALC-FM              Denver, CO                       9/97       105.9 MHz        4/97*
KXPK-FM#             Denver, CO                      Pending      96.5 MHz        4/05
KTCZ-FM              Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN         9/97        97.1 MHz        4/05
KTCJ-AM              Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN         9/97         690 kHz        4/05
KDWB-FM              Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN         9/97       101.3 MHz        4/05
KFAN-AM              Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN         9/97        1130 kHz        4/05
KEEY-FM              Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN         9/97       102.1 MHz        4/05
KQQL-FM              Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN         9/97       107.9 MHz        4/05
WRCQ-FM              Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN         9/97       100.3 MHz        4/05
KMLE-FM              Phoenix, AZ                      9/97       107.9 MHz      10/97*
KISO-AM              Phoenix, AZ                      9/97        1230 kHz       10/05
KOOL-FM              Phoenix, AZ                      9/97        94.5 MHz      10/97*
KOY-AM               Phoenix, AZ                      9/97         550 kHz       10/05
KYOT-FM              Phoenix, AZ                      9/97        95.5 MHz      10/97*
KZON-FM              Phoenix, AZ                      9/97       101.5 MHz      10/97*
WUBE-FM              Cincinnati, OH                   9/97       105.1 MHz       10/03
WUBE-AM              Cincinnati, OH                   9/97        1230 kHz       10/03
WYGY-FM              Cincinnati, OH                   9/97        96.5 MHz       10/03
WKYN-AM              Cincinnati, OH                   9/97        1160 kHz       10/03
WWSW-AM              Pittsburgh, PA                   9/97         970 kHz        8/98
WWSW-FM              Pittsburgh, PA                   9/97        94.5 MHz        8/98
KGBY-FM              Sacramento, CA                   9/97        92.5 MHz      12/97*
KHYL-FM              Sacramento, CA                   9/97       101.1 MHz      12/97*
KFBK-AM              Sacramento, CA                   9/97        1530 kHz      12/97*
KSTE-AM              Sacramento, CA                   9/97         650 kHz      12/97*
WOCL-FM              Orlando, FL                      9/97       105.9 MHz        2/03
WOMX-FM              Orlando, FL                      9/97       105.1 MHz        2/03
WJHM-FM              Orlando, FL                      9/97       101.9 MHz        2/03
WXXL-FM              Orlando, FL                      9/97       106.7 MHz        2/03
WALK-FM              Nassau/Suffolk
                     (Long Island), NY                9/97        97.5 MHz        6/98
WALK-AM              Nassau/Suffolk
                     (Long Island), NY                9/97        1370 kHz        6/98
WBAB-FM#             Nassau/Suffolk
                     (Long Island), NY               Pending     102.3 MHz        6/98
WBLI-FM#             Nassau/Suffolk
                     (Long Island), NY               Pending     106.1 MHz        6/98
WHFM-FM#             Nassau/Suffolk
                     (Long Island), NY               Pending      95.3 MHz        6/98
WGBB-AM#             Nassau/Suffolk
                     (Long Island), NY               Pending      1240 kHz        6/98
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     DATE OF                EXPIRATION DATE
      STATION                 MARKET(1)            ACQUISITION  FREQUENCY    OF FCC LICENSE
      -------                 ---------            -----------  ----------  ----------------
<S>                  <C>                           <C>          <C>         <C>
WAPE-FM+             Jacksonville, FL                 9/97        95.1 MHz        2/03
WFYV-FM+             Jacksonville, FL                 9/97       104.5 MHz        2/03
KGGI-FM              Riverside/San Bernardino, CA     9/97        99.1 MHz      12/97*
KMRZ-AM              Riverside/San-Bernardino, CA     9/97        1290 kHz      12/97*
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
   *  Indicates pending renewal application.
   #  Indicates station to be acquired in a Pending Transaction.
   +  Indicates station to be disposed in a Pending Transaction.
  ++  Indicates station that would be disposed if the Bonneville Option is
exercised.
 +++  Indicates station that would be acquired if the Bonneville Option is
exercised.
 
(1) Actual city of license may differ from metropolitan market served in certain
    cases.
 
     Ownership Matters.  Under the Communications Act, a broadcast license may
not be granted to or held by any corporation that has more than one-fifth of its
capital stock owned or voted by aliens or their representatives, by foreign
governments or their representatives, or by non-U.S. corporations. Under the
Communications Act, a broadcast license also may not be granted to or held by
any corporation that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by any other
corporation more than one-fourth of whose capital stock is owned or voted by
aliens or their representatives, by foreign governments or their
representatives, or by non-U.S. corporations, if the FCC finds that the public
interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such license. The
Company has been advised that the FCC staff has interpreted this provision of
the Communications Act to require an affirmative public interest finding before
a broadcast license may be granted to or held by any such corporation and that
the FCC has made such an affirmative finding only in limited circumstances.
These restrictions apply in modified form to other forms of business
organizations, including partnerships. The Company, which serves as a holding
company for its direct and indirect radio station subsidiaries, therefore may be
restricted from having more than one-fourth of its stock owned or voted by
aliens, foreign governments or non-U.S. corporations. The respective
Certificates of Incorporation of Chancellor Media, CMHC and the Company prohibit
alien ownership and control that are intended to facilitate compliance with the
provisions of the Communications Act applicable to alien ownership. The Company
believes that in light of current levels of alien ownership of the Company's
capital stock, the foregoing restrictions are not likely to have a material
impact on Chancellor Media, CMHC or the Company.
 
     The Communications Act and FCC rules also generally prohibit the common
ownership, operation or control of a radio broadcast station and a television
broadcast station serving the same local market, and of a radio broadcast
station and a daily newspaper serving the same local market. Under these
"cross-ownership" rules, absent waivers, the Company would not be permitted to
acquire any daily newspaper or television broadcast station (other than
low-power television) in a local market where it then owned any radio broadcast
station. In October 1996, the Commission issued a Notice of Inquiry to explore
possible changes in the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership waiver policy with
respect to newspaper/radio combinations, including the possibility of adopting a
waiver policy based on market size or on the number of independently owned media
in a market.
 
     The 1996 Act eliminated national ownership caps on ownership of AM and FM
radio stations. Prior to the 1996 Act, radio groups were limited to ownership of
20 FM stations and 20 AM stations on a national basis. Additionally, the 1996
Act increased local ownership limits. Prior to the 1996 Act, a single owner was
limited to owning two FMs and two AMs in a single large radio market with common
ownership of three stations, including two in the same service, permitted in
smaller markets. After the 1996 Act, local ownership limits were increased as
follows: in markets with 45 or more stations, ownership is limited to eight
stations, no more than five of which can be in the same service; in markets with
30-44 stations, ownership is limited to seven stations, no more than four of
which can be in the same service; in markets with 15-29 stations, ownership is
limited to six stations, no more than four of which can be in the same service;
and in markets with 14 or fewer stations, ownership is limited to no more than
50% of the market's total with no more than three stations in the same service.
 
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     Because of these multiple ownership rules and the cross-interest policy
described below, a purchaser of Chancellor Media's common stock who acquires an
attributable interest in the Company may violate the FCC's rules if it also has
an "attributable" interest in other television or radio stations, or in daily
newspapers, depending on the number and location of those radio or television
stations or daily newspapers. Such a purchaser also may be restricted in the
companies in which it may invest, to the extent that those investments give rise
to an attributable interest. If an attributable stockholder of the Company
violates any of these ownership rules, the Company may be unable to obtain from
the FCC one or more authorizations needed to conduct its radio station business
and may be unable to obtain FCC consents for certain future acquisitions.
 
     The FCC generally applies its television/radio/newspaper cross-ownership
rules, and its broadcast multiple ownership rules, by considering the
"attributable," or cognizable, interests held by a person or entity. A person or
entity can have an interest in a radio station, television station or daily
newspaper by being an officer, director, partner or stockholder of a company
that owns that station or newspaper. Whether that interest is cognizable under
the FCC's ownership rules is determined by the FCC's attribution rules. If an
interest is attributable, the FCC treats the person or entity who holds that
interest as the "owner" of the radio station, television station or daily
newspaper in question, and therefore subject to the FCC's ownership rules.
 
     In the case of corporations, the interest of officers, directors and
persons or entities that directly or indirectly have the right to vote 5% or
more of the corporation's voting stock (or 10% or more of such stock in the case
of insurance companies, investment companies, bank trust departments and certain
other "passive investors" that hold such stock for investment purposes only) are
generally attributed with ownership of whatever radio stations, television
stations, and daily newspapers the corporation owns. Likewise, the interest of
an officer or a director of a corporate parent (as well as the corporate parent)
is generally attributed with ownership of whatever the subsidiary owns.
 
     In the case of a partnership, the interest of a general partner is
attributable, as is the interest of any limited partner who is "materially
involved" in the media-related activities of the partnership. Debt instruments,
non-voting stock, options and warrants for voting stock that have not yet been
exercised, limited partnership interests where the limited partner is not
"materially involved" in the media-related activities of the partnership, and
minority voting stock interests in corporations where there is a single holder
of more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock, generally do not subject their
holders to attribution.
 
     The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the "NPRM") that
contemplates tightening attribution standards where parties have multiple
nonattributable interests in and relationships with stations that would be
prohibited by the FCC's cross-interest rules, if the interests/relationships
were attributable. The NPRM contemplates that this change in attribution will
apply only to persons holding debt or equity interests that exceed certain
benchmarks.
 
     In addition, the FCC has a "cross-interest" policy that under certain
circumstances could prohibit a person or entity with an attributable interest in
a broadcast station or daily newspaper from having a "meaningful"
nonattributable interest in another broadcast station or daily newspaper in the
same local market. Among other things, "meaningful" interests could include
significant equity interests (including non-voting stock, voting stock, and
limited partnership interests) and significant employment positions. This policy
may limit the permissible investments that an equity investor in the Company may
make or hold. If the FCC determines that a stockholder of the Company has
violated this cross-interest policy, the Company may be unable to obtain from
the FCC one or more authorizations needed to conduct its radio station business
and may be unable to obtain FCC consents for certain future acquisitions.
 
     Programming and Operation.  The Communications Act requires broadcasters to
serve the "public interest." The FCC has gradually relaxed or eliminated many of
the more formalized procedures it had developed in the past to promote the
broadcast of certain types of programming responsive to the needs of a station's
community of license. A licensee continues to be required, however, to present
programming that is responsive to community problems, needs and interests and to
maintain certain records demonstrating such responsiveness. Complaints from
listeners concerning a station's programming often will be considered by the FCC
when it evaluates the licensee's renewal application, but such complaints may be
filed and considered at any time. Stations also must follow various FCC rules
that regulate, among other things, political advertising,
 
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sponsorship identification, and technical operations (including limits on radio
frequency radiation). In addition, licensees must develop and implement programs
designed to promote equal employment opportunities. The broadcast of obscene and
indecent material and the advertisement of contests and lotteries are regulated
by FCC rules, as well as by state and other federal laws.
 
     Time Brokerage Agreements.  Over the past three years, a number of radio
stations, including certain of the Company's stations, have entered into what
commonly are referred to as "Time Brokerage Agreements," or "TBAs" (certain
types of these agreements also are known as "Local Marketing Agreements," or
"LMAs"). These agreements may take various forms. Separately-owned and licensed
stations may agree to function cooperatively in terms of programming,
advertising sales, and other matters, subject to the licensee of each station
maintaining independent control over the programming and other operations of its
own station and compliance with the requirements of antitrust laws. One typical
type of TBA is a programming agreement between two separately-owned radio
stations that serve a common service area, whereby the licensee of one station
programs substantial portions of the broadcast day on the other licensee's
station (subject to ultimate editorial and other controls being exercised by the
latter licensee), and sells advertising time during those program segments. The
FCC staff has held that such agreements do not violate the Communications Act as
long as the licensee of the station that is being substantially programmed by
another entity maintains complete responsibility for, and control over,
operations of its broadcast station and otherwise ensures compliance with
applicable FCC rules and policies.
 
     A station that brokers more than 15% of the broadcast time, on a weekly
basis, on another station in the same market will be considered to have an
attributable ownership interest in the brokered station for purposes of the
FCC's ownership rules, discussed above. As a result, a broadcast station may not
enter into a TBA that allows it to program more than 15% of the broadcast time,
on a weekly basis, of another local station that it could not own under the
FCC's local multiple ownership rules. FCC rules also prohibit a broadcast
licensee from simulcasting more than 25% of its programming on another station
in the same broadcast service (i.e., AM-AM or FM-FM) where the two stations
serve substantially the same geographic area, whether the licensee owns the
stations or owns and programs the other through a TBA arrangement.
 
     Proposed Changes.  The FCC is considering various proposals to modify its
broadcast "attribution" rules. Among the proposals are (i) raising the basic
benchmark for attributing ownership from 5% to 10% of the licensee's voting
stock, (ii) raising the attribution benchmark for certain institutional
investors from 10% to 20%, (iii) limiting the applicability of the single
majority shareholder rule (discussed above) to treat as attributable large stock
interests coupled with other debt or securities and (iv) treating non-voting
stock as attributable in certain circumstances. The FCC is also considering
changes to its multiple ownership rules to encourage minority ownership of radio
and television broadcast stations.
 
     The FCC has under consideration, and may in the future consider and adopt,
new laws, regulations and policies regarding a wide variety of matters that
could, directly or indirectly, affect the operation, ownership and financial
performance of the Company's radio broadcast stations, result in the loss of
audience share and advertising revenues for the Company's radio broadcast
stations, and affect the ability of the Company to acquire additional radio
broadcast stations or finance such acquisitions. Such matters include: changes
to the license renewal process; the FCC's equal employment opportunity rules and
other matters relating to minority and female involvement in the broadcasting
industry; proposals to change rules relating to political broadcasting;
technical and frequency allocation matters; AM stereo broadcasting; proposals to
permit expanded use of FM translator stations; proposals to restrict or prohibit
the advertising of beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages on radio; changes in
the FCC's cross-interest, multiple ownership and cross-ownership policies;
changes to broadcast technical requirements; proposals to allow telephone
companies to deliver audio and video programming to the home through existing
phone lines; proposals to limit the tax deductibility of advertising expenses by
advertisers; proposals to auction to the highest bidder the right to use the
radio broadcast spectrum, instead of granting FCC licenses and subsequent
license renewals; and proposals to reinstate the "Fairness Doctrine" which
requires a station to present coverage of opposing views in certain
circumstances. It is also possible that Congress may enact additional
legislation that could have a material impact on the operation, ownership and
financial performance of the Company's radio stations over and above the already
substantial impact of the 1996 Act.
 
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     The FCC has taken initial steps to authorize the use of a new technology,
DARS, to deliver audio programming by satellite. The FCC is also considering
various proposals for terrestrial DARS. DARS may provide a medium for the
delivery of multiple new audio programming formats to local and national
audiences. It is not known at this time whether this technology also may be used
in the future by existing radio broadcast stations either on existing or
alternate broadcasting frequencies.
 
     The Company cannot predict what other matters might be considered in the
future, nor can it judge in advance what impact, if any, the implementation of
any of these proposals or changes might have on its business.
 
     Federal Antitrust Laws.  The FTC and the DOJ evaluate transactions
requiring a pre-acquisition filing under the HSR Act to determine whether those
transactions should be challenged under the federal antitrust laws. These
agencies (particularly the DOJ) recently have been increasingly active in their
review of radio station acquisitions where an operator proposes to acquire new
stations in its existing markets.
 
     As part of its increased scrutiny of radio station acquisitions, the DOJ
has stated publicly that it believes that TBAs and other similar agreements
customarily entered into in connection with radio station transfers prior to the
expiration of the waiting period under the HSR Act could violate the HSR Act.
Since then, the DOJ has stated publicly that it will apply its new policy
prohibiting TBAs in connection with purchase agreements until the expiration or
termination of the HSR waiting period on a prospective basis.
 
     The DOJ has stated publicly that it has established certain revenue and
audience share concentration benchmarks with respect to radio station
acquisitions, above which a transaction may receive additional antitrust
scrutiny. However, to date, the DOJ has also investigated transactions that do
not meet or exceed these benchmarks and has cleared transactions that do exceed
the benchmarks. Given this uncertainty, the Company cannot predict whether it
will be required by the DOJ or the FTC to dispose of certain stations to be
acquired as a result of the Pending Transactions. Although the Company does not
believe that its acquisition strategy as a whole will be adversely affected in
any material respect by antitrust review (including review under the HSR Act) or
by additional divestitures that the Company may have to make as a result of
antitrust review, there can be no assurance that this will be the case.
 
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              DESCRIPTION OF THE $3.00 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
 
DIVIDENDS
 
     Holders of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when,
as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of legally available funds,
cash dividends at an annual rate of $3.00 per share, payable quarterly in
arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year (each a
"Dividend Payment Date"), beginning September 15, 1997. If a Dividend Payment
Date is a Saturday, Sunday or day in which banking institutions are legally
authorized to close in the City of New York, however, the dividend will be
payable on the next business day. Dividends will accrue and be cumulative from
the most recent date to which dividends have been paid or, if none have been
paid, from the date of first issuance of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock
and will be payable to holders of record on the March 1, June 1, September 1 and
December 1 immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date. No
interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, will be payable in respect of any
accrued and unpaid dividends.
 
     The $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock has priority as to dividends over the
Common Stock and any other series or class of the Company's stock that ranks
junior to the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends ("Junior
Dividend Stock"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock shall rank junior as to dividends and rights upon a liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Company to any and all classes or series of
capital stock (other than Common Stock) of the Company, whether currently issued
or issued in the future, that does not by its terms expressly provide that it
ranks on a parity with or junior to the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock as to
dividends and rights upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Company.
 
     No dividend (other than dividends payable solely in Common Stock, any
Junior Dividend Stock or warrants or other rights to acquire such Common Stock
or Junior Dividend Stock) may be paid or set apart for payment on, and no
purchase, redemption or other acquisition shall be made by the Company of, the
Common Stock or Junior Dividend Stock unless all accrued and unpaid dividends on
the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, including the full dividend for the
then-current quarterly dividend period, shall have been paid or declared and set
apart for payment without interest.
 
     Except as provided below, the Company may not pay dividends on any class or
series of stock, if hereafter issued, having parity with the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock as to dividends ("Parity Dividend Stock") unless it has paid or
declared and set apart for payment or contemporaneously pays or declares and
sets apart for payment all accrued and unpaid dividends for all prior dividend
payment periods on the Convertible Preferred Stock. The 7% Convertible Preferred
Stock constitutes Parity Dividend Stock. In addition, except as provided below,
the Company may not pay dividends on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock
unless it has paid or declared and set apart for payment or contemporaneously
pays or declares and sets apart for payment all accrued and unpaid dividends for
all prior dividend payment periods on the Parity Dividend Stock. Whenever all
accrued dividends in respect of prior dividend payment periods are not paid in
full on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and on any Parity Dividend Stock,
all dividends declared on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and the Parity
Dividend Stock will be declared and make pro rata so that the amount of
dividends declared on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and the Parity
Dividend Stock will bear the same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends in
respect of prior dividend payment periods on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock bear to each other.
 
     Chancellor Media may not purchase any shares of the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock or any Parity Dividend Stock (except for consideration payable
in Common Stock or Junior Dividend Stock) or redeem fewer than all the shares of
the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and Parity Dividend Stock then outstanding
if the Company has failed to pay any accrued dividend on the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock or any Parity Dividend Stock on a stated payment date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in such event, the Company may purchase or redeem
fewer than all the shares of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and Parity
Dividend Stock if such repurchase or redemption is made pro rata so that the
amounts purchased or redeemed bear to each other the same ratio that the
required redemption payments on the shares of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock and any Parity Dividend Stock then outstanding bear to each other.
 
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     If Chancellor Media hereafter issues any series or class of stock that
ranks senior as to dividends to the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock ("Senior
Dividend Stock") and fails to pay or declare and set apart for payment accrued
and unpaid dividends on any Series Dividend Stock (except to the extent allowed
by the terms of the Senior Dividend Stock), Chancellor Media may not pay or
declare and set apart for payment any dividend on the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock unless and until all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Senior
Dividend Stock, including the full dividends for the then current dividend
period, have been paid or declared and set apart for payment without interest.
Chancellor Media has no Senior Dividend Stock outstanding on the date of this
Prospectus.
 
     The dividend payable on $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for each
quarterly dividend period will be computed by dividing the annual dividend
amount by four. The amount of dividends payable for the initial dividend period
and for any period shorter than a full dividend period will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. No interest will be payable on
any $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock dividend that may be in arrears.
 
     Under Delaware law, Chancellor Media may declare and pay dividends or make
other distributions on its capital stock only out of surplus, as defined in the
Delaware General Corporation law (the "DGCL"), or if no surplus is available,
out of its net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend or distribution
is declared and the preceding fiscal year. No dividends or distributions may be
declared or paid if Chancellor Media is or would be rendered insolvent by virtue
of the dividend or distribution, or if the declaration, payment or distribution
would contravene Chancellor Media's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation as then in effect. Chancellor Media's ability to pay dividends on
its capital stock, including the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, is dependent
upon the receipt of funds from its subsidiaries.
 
LIQUIDATION RIGHTS
 
     In the case of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation dissolution or
winding-up of Chancellor Media, subject to the payment in full, or until
provision has been made for the payment in full, of all claims of creditors of
Chancellor Media, holders of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to
receive the liquidation preference of $50.00 per share, plus an amount equal to
any accrued and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, to the payment date,
before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of Common Stock or any
other series or class of stock hereafter issued that ranks junior as to
liquidation rights to the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock ("Junior Liquidation
Stock"). Holders of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to
receive the liquidation preference of their shares until the liquidation
preference of any other series or class of stock hereafter issued that ranks
senior as to liquidation rights to the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock
("Senior Liquidation Stock"), if any has been paid in full. The holders of $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock and any series or class of stock hereafter issued
that ranks on a parity as to liquidation rights with the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock ("Parity Liquidation Stock") are entitled to share ratably, in
accordance with the respective preferential amounts payable on their stock, in
any distribution (after payment of the liquidation preference on any Senior
Liquidation Stock) that is not sufficient to pay in full the aggregate
liquidation preference on both the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and any
Parity Liquidation Stock. The 7% Convertible Preferred Stock constitutes Parity
Liquidation Stock.
 
     After payment in full of the liquidation preference plus any accrued and
unpaid dividends on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, the holders will not
be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by
Chancellor Media. Neither a consolidation or merger of Chancellor Media with
another entity nor a sale or transfer or all or part of Chancellor Media's
assets for cash, securities or other property will be considered a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of Chancellor Media.
 
VOTING RIGHTS
 
     The holders of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock will have no voting rights
except as described below or as required by law. In exercising any voting
rights, each outstanding share of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock will be
entitled to one vote, although shares held by Chancellor Media or any entity
controlled by Chancellor Media will have no voting rights.
 
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     Whenever dividends on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock are in arrears
in an aggregate amount equal to at least six quarterly dividends (whether or not
consecutive), the size of Chancellor Media's board of directors will be
increased by two, and the holders of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class together with holders of any Parity Dividend Stock then
having voting rights, will be entitled to elect two additional directors to the
Board of Directors at, subject to certain limitations, any annual meeting of
stockholders at which directors are to be elected held during the period when
the dividends remain in arrears or, under certain circumstances, at a special
meeting of stockholders. These voting rights will terminate when all dividends
in arrears and for the current quarterly period have been paid in full or
declared and set apart for payment. The term of office of the additional
directors so elected will terminate immediately upon that payment or provision
for payment.
 
     In addition, so long as any $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock is
outstanding, Chancellor Media will not, without the affirmative vote or consent
of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of all outstanding shares of $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock and outstanding Parity Dividend Stock, voting as a
single class (i) amend, alter or repeal (by merger or otherwise) any provision
of the Certificate of Incorporation or the by-laws of Chancellor Media so as to
affect adversely the relative rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations
or restrictions of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or (ii) effect any
reclassification of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
     Under Delaware law, holders of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock will
be entitled to vote as a class upon a proposed amendment to Chancellor Media's
Certificate of Incorporation, whether or not entitled to vote thereon by the
Certificate of Incorporation, if the amendment would increase or decrease the
aggregate number of authorized shares of such class, increase or decrease the
par value of the shares of such class, or alter or change the powers,
preferences, or special rights of the shares of such class so as to affect them
adversely.
 
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
 
     The $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to June 16,
1999. Thereafter, the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock may be redeemed by
Chancellor Media, at its option, in whole or in part at any time, if redeemed
during the 12-month period beginning June 15 of any year specified below (June
16 in the case of 1999) at the following redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of the liquidation preference thereof):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                            YEAR                              PERCENTAGE
                            ----                              ----------
<S>                                                           <C>
1999........................................................    104.80%
2000........................................................    104.20
2001........................................................    103.60
2002........................................................    103.00
2003........................................................    102.40
2004........................................................    101.80
2005........................................................    101.20
2006........................................................    100.60
2007 and thereafter.........................................    100.00
</TABLE>
 
plus in each case accrued and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, to the
redemption date.
 
     The foregoing is subject to the provision that on or prior to June 15, 2000
the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock may not be redeemed at the option of
Chancellor Media unless the closing price of Chancellor Media's Common Stock has
equalled or exceeded 150% of the conversion price at such time for at least 20
out of any 30 consecutive trading days ending within 15 days before the notice
of redemption is first mailed.
 
     If fewer than all the outstanding shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock are to be redeemed, Chancellor Media will select those shares to be
redeemed pro rata or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may
determine. There is no mandatory or sinking fund obligation for the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock. In the event that Chancellor Media has failed to
pay accrued and unpaid dividends on the
 
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$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, it may not redeem less than all of the
outstanding shares of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock until all accrued
and unpaid dividends have been paid in full.
 
     Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 15 days but not more than 60
days before the redemption date to each holder of record of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock to be redeemed at the address shown on the stock transfer books.
After the redemption date, dividends will cease to accrue on the shares of $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption and all rights of the holders
of those shares will terminate, except the conversion rights to the extent
described below and the right to receive the redemption price plus accrued and
unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, to the redemption date, without
interest.
 
CONVERSION RIGHTS
 
     Each holder of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock will have the right at any
time at the holder's option to convert any and all shares of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock into Common Stock at a conversion price (subject to adjustment
as described below) of $50.00 per share of underlying Common Stock (equivalent
to a conversion rate of 1.00 share of Common Stock per share of $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock). If the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock is called
for redemption, the conversion right will terminate at the close of business on
the redemption date fixed by the Board of Directors.
 
     If shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock not called for redemption
are surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of business
on any dividend record date and the opening of business on any corresponding
Dividend Payment date such shares so surrendered must be accompanied by payment
of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such shares on such Dividend
Payment Date. No such payment will be required to accompany shares of $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption and surrendered during such
period. A holder of shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock on a dividend
record date who (or whose transferee) tenders any such shares for conversion
into shares of Common Stock on such dividend payment date will receive the
dividend payable by Chancellor Media on such shares of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock on such date, and the converting holder need not include payment
of the amount of such dividend upon surrender of shares of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock for conversion. Except for shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock surrendered for conversion on a dividend payment date, Chancellor Media
will make no payment or allowance for accrued and unpaid dividends, whether or
not in arrears, on converted shares or for dividends on the shares of Common
Stock issued upon such conversion. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be
issued upon conversions but, in lieu thereof, an appropriate amount will be paid
in cash based on the last reported sale price for the Common Stock on the day of
conversion.
 
     The conversion price will be subject to adjustment in certain events,
including (i) the payment of a dividend on any class of Chancellor Media's
capital stock in shares of Common Stock; (ii) subdivisions or combinations of
the Common Stock; (iii) the issuance to all holders of Common Stock or of
certain rights or warrants (expiring within 45 days after the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to receive them) to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock of any class at less than current market price; or (iv)
the payment of a dividend to all holders of Common Stock of any shares of
capital stock of Chancellor Media or its subsidiaries (other than shares of
Common Stock of any class) or evidences of indebtedness, cash (excluding cash
dividends payable solely in cash that may from time to time be fixed by the
Board of Directors, or dividends or distributions in connection with
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Chancellor Media), other assets or
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any securities (other than those
referred to above); or (v) the issuance to all holder of Common Stock of
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock of any
class (other than pursuant to transactions described above) for a consideration
per share of Common Stock deliverable upon a conversion or exchange of the
securities less than the current market price per share on the date of issuance
of the securities. No adjustment of the conversion price will be required to be
made until cumulative adjustments amount to 1% or more of the conversion price
as last adjusted, and any adjustment below 1% will be carried forward.
 
     Chancellor Media from time to time may reduce the Conversion Price by any
amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 days and if the
reduction is irrevocable during the period. Whenever the Conversion Price is so
reduced, Chancellor Media shall mail to holders of record of the Convertible
Preferred
 
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Stock a notice of the reduction at least 15 days before the date the reduced
Conversion Price takes effect, stating the reduced Conversion Price and the
period it will be in effect.
 
     In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation of
Chancellor Media with, or merger of Chancellor Media into, any other entity, any
merger of any entity into Chancellor Media (other than a merger that does not
result in a reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock), any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of Chancellor Media or any compulsory share
exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or
other property, then the holder of each share of $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock then outstanding shall have the right thereafter, during the period that
the share of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible, to convert
that share only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon the reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or
share exchange by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which
share of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock would have been convertible
immediately prior to the reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer
or share exchange.
 
     Change of Control. If there occurs a Change of Control with respect to
Chancellor Media, then shares of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock may be
converted, at the option of the holder thereof at any time from the date of such
Change of Control until the expiration of 45 days after the date of a note by
the Company to all holders of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock of the
occurrence of the Change of Control, into the number of shares of Common Stock
determined by dividing (i) the redemption price for the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock (see "-- Optional Redemption") in effect on the date of the
Change of Control by (ii) the adjusted conversion price. The adjusted conversion
price is the greater of (i) the average closing price per share of the Common
Stock for the last five trading days before the Change of Control or (ii)
66 2/3% of the last reported sales price of the Common Stock before the date
hereof (as adjusted for stock splits or combinations). If the Change of Control
occurs on or before June 16, 1999, the redemption price then in effect for the
optional redemption by Chancellor Media shall, for purposes of the special
conversion rights, be deemed to be the redemption price applicable beginning
immediately after June 16, 1999. The special conversion rights will exist upon
the occurrence of any Change of Control whether or not the transaction relating
thereto has been approved by the Board of Directors of Chancellor Media and may
not be waived by the Board of Directors.
 
     Exercise of the special conversion rights by the holder of a share of $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock will be irrevocable. If the Change of Control
involves a consolidation, merger or sale of assets of the Company, the holders
of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock exercising their special conversion rights
will be entitled to receive the same consideration as received for the number of
shares of Common Stock into which their shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock would have been converted pursuant to the special conversion rights. The
special conversion rights are in addition to the regular conversion rights that
apply to the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
     Chancellor Media may, at its option, elect to pay holders of the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock exercising their special conversion rights an amount
in cash equal to 101% of the liquidation preference of the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock plus any accrued and unpaid dividends. The Senior Credit
Facility limits Chancellor Media's ability to pay cash upon election of the
holders of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock to exercise their special
conversion rights.
 
     The special conversion rights may deter certain mergers, tender offers or
other takeover attempts and may thereby adversely affect the market price of the
Common Stock.
 
     "Change of Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the following
events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a
series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of
Chancellor Media to any Person or group of related Persons for purposes of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a "Group"), other than to the Permitted
Holders (as defined); or (ii) a majority of the Board of Directors of Chancellor
Media shall consist of Persons who are not Continuing Directors (as defined); or
(iii) the acquisition by any Person or Group (other than the Permitted Holders)
of the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of securities
having more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors
of Chancellor Media.
 
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     "Continuing Director" means, as of the date of determination, any Person
who (i) was a member of the Board of Directors of Evergreen on June 10, 1997 or
who became a director of Chancellor Media upon consummation of the Chancellor
Merger, (ii) was nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors of
Chancellor Media with the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such
nomination or election, or (iii) is a representative of a Permitted Holder.
 
     "Permitted Holders" means (i) if the Chancellor Merger is not consummated,
Scott K. Ginsburg and (ii) if the Chancellor Merger is consummated from and
after the effective date thereof, Scott K. Ginsburg, Hicks Muse or any of its
affiliates, officers and directors, or Steven Dinetz.
 
     This "Change of Control" covenant will not apply in the event of (a)
changes to the Board of Directors contemplated by the Chancellor Merger
Agreement, (b) changes in a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company so
long as a majority of such Board of Directors continues to consist of Continuing
Directors and (c) certain transactions with Permitted Holders. In addition, this
covenant is not intended to afford holders of shares of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock protection in the event of certain highly leveraged
transactions, reorganizations, restructurings, mergers and other similar
transactions that might adversely affect the holders of shares of $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock, but would not constitute a Change of Control.
Chancellor Media could in the future, enter into transactions including certain
recapitalizations of Chancellor Media, that would not constitute a Change of
Control but would increase the amount of indebtedness outstanding at such time.
 
     With respect to the sale of "all or substantially all" of the assets of
Chancellor Media, which would constitute a Change of Control for proposes of the
certificate of designation for the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, the
meaning of the phrase "all or substantially all" varies according to the facts
and circumstances of the subject transaction, has no clearly established meaning
under relevant law and is subject to judicial interpretation. Accordingly, in
certain circumstances there may be a degree of uncertainty in ascertaining
whether a particular transaction would involve a disposition of "all or
substantially all" of the assets of Chancellor Media and, therefore, it may be
unclear whether a Change of Control has occurred and whether the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock is subject to a Change of Control Offer.
 
     None of the provisions in the certificate of designation for the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock relating to the special conversion rights upon a
Change of Control are waiveable by the Board of Directors of Chancellor Media.
 
EXCHANGE
 
     Shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock will be exchangeable at the
option of Chancellor Media, in whole but not in part, on any March 15, June 15,
September 15 or December 15, commencing September 15, 2000 (a "Debenture
Exchange Date"), through the issuance of Chancellor Media's Exchange Debentures
in redemption of and in exchange for shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock, provided certain conditions are met. Holders of the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive Exchange Debentures at the rate of
$50.00 principal amount of Exchange Debentures for each share of $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock. Since Exchange Debentures will only be issued in
denominations of $1,000 or any multiple thereof, holders of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock holding less than such a multiple will receive in cash the
liquidation preference of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock not so
exchanged. No shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock may be exchanged for
Exchange Debentures unless Chancellor Media has paid or set aside for the
benefit of the holders of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock all accrued and
unpaid dividends on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock to the Debenture
Exchange Date. The Senior Credit Facility may limit Chancellor Media's ability
to cause the exchange of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for Exchange
Debentures. The ability of Chancellor Media to exchange $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock for Exchange Debentures is also subject to certain conditions
contained in the indenture relating to the Exchange Debentures and to
limitations imposed under the DGCL and by applicable laws protecting the rights
of creditors.
 
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                     DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCHANGE DEBENTURES
 
     If the Company elects to issue Exchange Debentures in exchange for the
$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, the Exchange Debentures will be issued under
an Indenture (the "Indenture") between the Company and The Bank of New York as
Trustee (the "Trustee") at a rate of $50.00 principal amount of Exchange
Debentures for each share of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock so exchanged. The
following statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the Indenture and
are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Indenture, a copy of which
will be available for inspection at the office of the Trustee. Wherever
particular provisions of the Indenture are referred to, such provisions are
incorporated by reference as a part of the statements made, and the statements
are qualified in their entirety by such reference.
 
GENERAL
 
     The Exchange Debentures will represent unsecured general obligations of the
Company subordinate in right of payment to all Senior Debt (as defined) of the
Company as described under "-- Subordination of Exchange Debentures," and
convertible into Common Stock as described under "-- Conversion of Exchange
Debentures." The Exchange Debentures are limited to $299.5 million principal
amount, will be issued in fully registered form only in denominations of $1,000
or any multiple thereof and will mature on June 15, 2012, unless earlier
redeemed at the option of the Company. The Exchange Debentures will initially be
issued on the Debenture Exchange Date.
 
     The Indenture does not contain any restrictions on the payment of dividends
or the repurchase of equity securities of the Company or any financial
covenants.
 
     Exchange Debentures will bear interest at the annual rate of 6% payable
quarterly on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year,
commencing on the first payment date following the Exchange Date (as defined in
the Indenture), to holders of record at the close of business on the preceding
March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1, respectively, and may, at the
option of the Company, be paid by check mailed to such holders.
 
     Principal and premium, if any, will be payable, and the Exchange Debentures
may be presented for conversion, registration of transfer and exchange, without
service charge, at the office of the paying agent of the Company, initially the
Trustee, in New York, and at the Corporate Trust office of the Trustee in New
York.
 
CONVERSION OF EXCHANGE DEBENTURES
 
     The holders of Exchange Debentures will be entitled at any time through the
close of business on the maturity date, subject to prior redemption, to convert
any Exchange Debentures or portions thereof (in denominations of $1,000 or
multiples thereof) into Common Stock of the Company, at the conversion price per
share of Common Stock in effect for the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock at the
Debenture Exchange Date, subject to adjustment as described below. Holders of
Exchange Debentures will not be entitled to any payment or adjustment on account
of accrued and unpaid interest upon conversion of the Exchange Debentures or
dividends on any Common Stock issued. Exchange Debentures called for redemption
will not be convertible after the close of business on the business day
preceding the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company defaults in payment
of the redemption price. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued as
a result of conversion, but in lieu thereof, in the sole discretion of the
Board, either (i) such fractional interest will be rounded up to the next whole
share or (ii) an appropriate amount will be paid in cash by the Company.
 
     The conversion price will be subject to adjustment in certain events,
including (i) the payment of a dividend on any class of the Company's capital
stock in shares of Common Stock; (ii) subdivisions or combinations of the Common
Stock; (iii) the issuance to all holders of Common Stock of certain rights or
warrants (expiring within 45 days after the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to receive them) to subscribe for or purchase shares of
its Common Stock of any class at less than current market price; or (iv) the
payment of a dividend to all holders of Common Stock of any shares of capital
stock of the Company or its subsidiaries (other than shares of its Common Stock
of any class) or evidences of indebtedness, cash
 
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(excluding cash dividends payable solely in cash that may from time to time be
fixed by the Board of Directors, or dividends or distributions in connection
with liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company), other assets or
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any securities (other than those
referred to above); or (v) the issuance to all holders of Common Stock of
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of its Common Stock of
any class (other than pursuant to transactions described above) for a
consideration per share of Common Stock deliverable upon a conversion or
exchange of the securities less than the current market price per share on the
date of issuance of the securities. No adjustment of the conversion price will
be required to be made until cumulative adjustments amount to 1% or more of the
conversion price as last adjusted, and any adjustment below 1% will be carried
forward.
 
     To the extent permitted by law, the Company from time to time may reduce
the conversion price by any amount for any period of at least 20 days, if the
Board has made a determination that such reduction would be in the best
interests of the Company, which determination shall be conclusive. In such case,
the Company shall give at least 15 days notice of the reduction. In addition, at
its option the Company may make such reduction in the conversion price as the
Board deems advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common
Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock rights (or rights to
acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes. See
"Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations -- Adjustment of
Conversion Price."
 
     In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation of
the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other entity, any merger of
any entity into the Company (other than a merger that does not result in a
reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock), any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is
converted into certain other securities, cash or other property, then the
holders of each Exchange Debenture then outstanding shall have the right
thereafter, during the period that the Exchange Debenture shall be convertible,
to convert that share only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and
other property receivable upon the reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer or share exchange by a holder of the number of shares of Common
Stock into which each Exchange Debenture would have been convertible immediately
prior to the reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share
exchange.
 
CHANGE OF CONTROL
 
     If there occurs a Change of Control (as hereinafter defined) with respect
to the Company, then each holder of the Exchange Debentures will have the option
(the "Holder's Redemption Option") to require the Company to buy such holder's
Exchange Debentures pursuant to the offer described below (the "Debenture Change
of Control Offer") at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase (the "Debenture Change of
Control Payment"). The Holder's Redemption Option will exist upon the occurrence
of any Change of Control whether or not the transaction relating thereto has
been approved by management of the Company and may not be waived by management.
Exercise of the Holder's Redemption Option by the holder of a Exchange Debenture
will be irrevocable.
 
     Within 30 days following the date upon which the Company becomes aware that
a Change of Control has occurred, the Company must send, by first class mail
postage prepaid, a notice to each holder of Exchange Debentures, with a copy to
the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Debenture Change of
Control Offer. Such notice will state, among other things, the purchase date,
which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 45 days from the date such
notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the "Debenture Change of
Control Payment Date"). Holders electing to have an Exchange Debenture purchased
pursuant to a Debenture Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender
the Exchange Debenture, properly endorsed for transfer together with such other
customary documents as the Company may reasonably request, to the paying agent
at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the
business day prior to the Debenture Change of Control Payment Date. The Company
will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other applicable securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws and
regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Exchange
Debentures as a result of a Change of Control.
 
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     On the Debenture Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the
extent lawful, (1) accept for payment all Exchange Debentures or portions
thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Debenture Change of Control Offer, (2)
deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Debenture Change of Control
Payment in respect of all Exchange Debentures or portions thereof so tendered
and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Exchange Debentures
so accepted together with an officers' certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of Exchange Debentures or portions thereof being purchased by
the Company. The paying agent will promptly mail to each holder of Exchange
Debentures so tendered the Debenture Change of Control Payment for such Exchange
Debentures, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be
transferred by book entry) to each holder new Exchange Debentures equal in
aggregate principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Exchange Debentures
surrendered, if any. If a Change of Control were to occur, there can be no
assurance that the Company would have sufficient funds to pay the purchase price
of the Exchange Debentures that the Company might be required to purchase.
 
     "Change of Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the following
events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a
series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to any Person or group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act (a "Group"), other than to the Permitted Holders (as
defined); or (ii) a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company shall
consist of Persons who are not Continuing Directors (as defined); or (iii) the
acquisition by any Person or Group (other than the Permitted Holders) of the
power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of securities having
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the
Company.
 
     "Continuing Director" means, as of the date of determination, any Person
who (i) was a member of the Board of Directors of the Company on June 10, 1997
or becomes a director upon consummation of the Chancellor Merger, (ii) was
nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors of the Company with
the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members
of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election, or (iii)
is a representative of a Permitted Holder.
 
     "Permitted Holders" means (i) if the Chancellor Merger is not consummated,
Scott K. Ginsburg and (ii) if the Chancellor Merger is consummated, from and
after the effective date thereof, Scott K. Ginsburg, Hicks Muse or any of its
affiliates, officers and directors, or Steven Dinetz.
 
     This "Change of Control" covenant will not apply in the event of (a)
changes to the Board of Directors contemplated by the Chancellor Merger
Agreement, (b) changes in a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company so
long as a majority of such Board of Directors continues to consist of Continuing
Directors and (c) certain transactions with Permitted Holders. In addition, this
covenant is not intended to afford holders of shares of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock protection in the event of certain highly leveraged
transactions, reorganizations, restructurings, mergers and other similar
transactions that might adversely affect the holders of shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock, but would not constitute a Change of Control. The Company
could, in the future, enter into certain transactions including certain
recapitalizations of the Company, that would not constitute a Change of Control
with respect to the Change of Control purchase feature of the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock, but would increase the amount of indebtedness outstanding at
such time.
 
     With respect to the sale of "all or substantially all" of the assets of the
Company, which would constitute a Change of Control for proposes of the
Indenture, the meaning of the phrase "all or substantially all" varies according
to the facts and circumstances of the subject transaction, has no clearly
established meaning under relevant law and is subject to judicial
interpretation. Accordingly, in certain circumstances there may be a degree of
uncertainty in ascertaining whether a particular transaction would involve a
disposition of "all or substantially all" of the assets of the Company and,
therefore, it may be unclear whether a Change of Control has occurred.
 
     None of the provisions in the Indenture relating to the Holder's Redemption
Option upon a Change of Control are waiveable by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
 
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OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
 
     The Exchange Debentures are not subject to any mandatory redemption,
sinking fund or other similar provision. The Exchange Debentures will be
redeemable at the option of the Company upon notice at any time, in whole or in
part, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of the
principal amount), together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed
for redemption, if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing
immediately after September 15 of the years indicated below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              REDEMPTION
                            YEAR                                PRICE
                            ----                              ----------
<S>                                                           <C>
2000........................................................    104.20%
2001........................................................    103.60
2002........................................................    103.00
2003........................................................    102.40
2004........................................................    101.80
2005........................................................    101.20
2006........................................................    100.60
2007 and thereafter.........................................    100.00
</TABLE>
 
     The ability of the Company to redeem Exchange Debentures will be restricted
under the terms of the Senior Credit Facility.
 
SUBORDINATION OF EXCHANGE DEBENTURES
 
     The indebtedness evidenced by the Exchange Debentures will be subordinate
to the prior payment when due of all Senior Debt. Upon maturity of any Senior
Debt by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, payment in full must be made
on such Senior Debt before any payment is made on or in respect of the Exchange
Debentures. During the continuance of any default in payment or any event of
default pursuant to the terms of any Senior Debt, no payment may be made by the
Company on or in respect of the Exchange Debentures. Upon any acceleration of
the principal amount due on the Exchange Debentures or distribution of assets of
the Company in any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the
Company, payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Exchange Debentures
will be subordinated to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Exchange
Debenture Indenture, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt. Such
subordination will not prevent the occurrence of any Event of Default (as
defined in the Exchange Debenture Indenture). "Senior Debt" means the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Indebtedness of the Company (other
than the Exchange Debentures) (including, without limitation, any interest that
would accrue but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar proceeding) on such Indebtedness, whether outstanding
on the date of issuance of the Exchange Debentures or thereafter created,
incurred or assumed. Notwithstanding anything in the Exchange Debenture
Indenture to the contrary, Senior Debt will not include (i) Indebtedness of or
monies owed by the Company for compensation to employees or for goods or
materials purchased or for services rendered in the ordinary course of business,
(ii) Indebtedness of the Company to any affiliate and (iii) any other
Indebtedness which by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the
same are specifically designated as not being senior in right of payment to the
Exchange Debentures. "Indebtedness" means (i) any liability of any person (a)
for borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, (c) in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments
(or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), (d) for the payment of the
deferred purchase price of property or services or (e) as lessee under capital
leases; (ii) all indebtedness of others secured by a lien on any asset of a
person, whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by that person; (iii) any
liability of others described in the preceding clause that the person has
guaranteed; and (iv) to the extent not otherwise included, obligations under
Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements (as defined in the Exchange
Debenture Indenture). Because the Company is a holding company, the Exchange
Debentures will be structurally subordinated to the obligations of the Company's
subsidiaries, which liabilities as of June 30, 1997 would have been, on a pro
forma basis after giving effect to the Completed Transactions completed after
such date, the Chancellor Merger, the Pending Transactions (other than the Katz
 
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Acquisition), and the Financing Transactions, $2.78 billion. There are no
restrictions in the Indenture on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries
to incur additional indebtedness, including Senior Debt.
 
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
 
     An Event of Default is defined in the Indenture as being a default in
payment of the principal of or premium, if any, when due, upon maturity,
acceleration, redemption or otherwise, on any of the Exchange Debentures;
default for 30 days in payment of any installment of interest on the Exchange
Debentures; default by the Company for 45 days after notice in the observance or
performance of any other covenants in the Indenture; and certain events
involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. The Indenture
provides that the Trustee may withhold notice to the holders of Exchange
Debentures of any default (except in payment of principal, or premium, if any,
or interest with respect to the Exchange Debentures) if the Trustee considers it
in the interest of the holders of the Exchange Debentures to do so.
 
     The Indenture provides that if any Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Exchange Debentures then outstanding may declare the principal of
all Exchange Debentures to be due and payable immediately, but if the Company
shall cure all defaults (except the nonpayment of interest and premium, if any,
on and principal of any Exchange Debentures which shall have become due by
acceleration) and certain other conditions are met, such declaration may be
annulled and past defaults may be waived by the holders of a majority in
principal amount of Exchange Debentures then outstanding.
 
     The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Exchange Debentures
then outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee, subject to
certain limitations specified in the Indenture.
 
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
 
     The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee,
with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Exchange Debentures at the time outstanding (or prior to any exchange of
Exchange Debentures for $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, with the consent of
holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding shares of $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock), to modify the Indenture or any supplemental
indenture or the rights of the holders of the Exchange Debentures, except that
no such modification shall (i) extend the final maturity of any Exchange
Debentures, reduce the rate or extend the time for payment of interest thereon,
reduce the principal amount thereof or premium, if any, thereon, change the
provisions for redemption at the option of the holders in a manner adverse to
the holders, impair or affect the right of a holder to institute suit for the
payment thereof, change the currency in which the Exchange Debentures are
payable, impair the right to convert the Exchange Debentures into Common Stock,
subject to the terms set forth in the Indenture, or change the subordination
provisions in a way that adversely affects a holder, without the consent of the
holder of each Exchange Debenture so affected; or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Exchange Debentures, the consent of the holders of which is
required for any such modification.
 
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
 
     The Bank of New York, the Trustee under the Indenture, is the registrar,
transfer agent, conversion agent and dividend disbursing agent for the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock. The Bank of New York also serves as the transfer
agent and registrar for the Common Stock, the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock,
the 12 1/4% Preferred Stock and the 12% Preferred Stock.
 
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                 DESCRIPTION OF CHANCELLOR MEDIA CAPITAL STOCK
 
COMMON STOCK
 
     General
 
     Chancellor Media's authorized common stock consists of 250,000,000 shares
of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), approximately
59,613,500 of which were issued and outstanding as of September 5, 1997 and
75,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class
A Common Stock"), none of which were issued and outstanding as of September 5,
1997.
 
     The shares of Common Stock currently outstanding are validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable.
 
     It is not contemplated that any shares of Class A Common Stock will be
issued at any time. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Chancellor Media provides that the issuance of any shares of Class A Common
Stock will require the unanimous affirmative vote of the Board of Directors of
Chancellor Media. Chancellor Media presently expects that the Board of Directors
of Chancellor Media will submit a proposal at the 1998 annual meeting of
stockholders in order to eliminate the authorized shares of Class A Common
Stock.
 
     Dividends
 
     Holders of shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock are entitled to
receive such dividends as may be declared by the Board of Directors of
Chancellor Media out of funds legally available for such purpose. The Senior
Credit Facility and the certificates of designation governing the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock and the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock each directly
restrict, and the 9 3/8% Indenture, the Indenture and the certificates of
designation governing the 12% Preferred Stock and the 12 1/4 Preferred Stock
will each indirectly restrict, Chancellor Media's ability to pay cash dividends
on the Common Stock and Class A Common Stock.
 
     Neither Evergreen nor Chancellor has declared or paid any dividends with
respect to its respective formerly outstanding common stock in the past, and it
is not anticipated that Chancellor Media will pay any cash dividends on the
Common Stock and Class A Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
 
     Voting Rights
 
     Holders of shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock, each voting as
a separate class, shall be entitled to vote on all matters submitted to a vote
of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law. Each share of Common
Stock and Class A Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share. Holders of
Common Stock and Class A Common Stock are not entitled to cumulative votes in
the election of directors.
 
     Under Delaware law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of any class of capital stock of Chancellor Media is
required to approve any amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Chancellor Media that would increase or decrease the aggregate
number of authorized shares of any class, increase or decrease the par value of
the shares of any class, or modify or change the powers, preferences or special
rights of the shares of any class so as to affect such class adversely.
 
     Liquidation Rights
 
     Upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up of Chancellor Media, the
holders of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock are entitled to share ratably
in all assets available for distribution after payment in full of creditors and
the holders of preferred stock of Chancellor Media.
 
     Change of Control Provisions
 
     Certain provisions of Chancellor Media's Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws may have the effect of preventing, discouraging or
delaying any change of control of the Company and may maintain the incumbency of
the Board of Directors and management. The authorization of 50,000,000 shares of
preferred stock makes it possible for the Board of Directors to issue preferred
stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success
of any attempt to effect a change of control of the
 
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Company. In addition, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Chancellor Media provides for three classes of directors serving for staggered
three-year terms. This provision could also impede the success of any attempt to
effect a change of control of the Company. Under the Delaware General
Corporation Law, directors on a classified board may only be removed by
shareholders for cause.
 
     The Company is subject to Section 203 ("Section 203") of the Delaware
General Corporation Law. Section 203 prohibits a publicly-held Delaware
corporation from engaging in a "business combination" with an "interested
stockholder" for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in
which the person became an interested stockholder, unless: (i) prior to such
date, the board of directors of the corporation approves either the business
combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an
interested stockholder, or (ii) upon consummation of the transaction which
resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested
stockholder owns at least 85% of the outstanding voting stock (excluding certain
shares held by persons who are both directors and officers of the corporation
and certain employee stock plans) or (iii) on or after the consummation date,
the business combination is approved by the board of directors and by the
affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not
owned by the interested stockholder. For purposes of Section 203, a "business
combination" includes, among other things, a merger, asset sale or other
transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder, and
an "interested stockholder" is generally a person who, together with affiliates
and associates, owns (or within three years, owned) 15% or more of the
corporation's voting stock.
 
     Alien Ownership
 
     Chancellor Media's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
restricts the ownership and voting of Chancellor Media's capital stock,
including its Common Stock, in accordance with the Communications Act and the
rules of the FCC, to prohibit ownership of more than 25% of Chancellor Media's
outstanding capital stock (or control of more than 25% of the voting power it
represents) by or for the account of aliens, foreign governments, or non-U.S.
corporations or corporations otherwise subject to control by such persons or
entities. The Certificate of Incorporation also prohibits any transfer of
Chancellor Media's capital stock that would cause Chancellor Media to violate
this prohibition. In addition, the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Chancellor Media authorizes the Board of Directors of
Chancellor Media to adopt such provisions as its deems necessary to enforce
these prohibitions.
 
     Other Provisions
 
     The holders of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock are not entitled to
preemptive or similar rights. The shares of Common Stock are not subject to
redemption or a sinking fund.
 
     No single shareholder of Chancellor Media holds more than 50.0% of the
combined voting power of Chancellor Media. See "Risk Factors -- Control of the
Company." As a result, a holder of an "attributable" interest in Chancellor
Media may violate the FCC's multiple ownership rules or cross interest rules if
such holder also has an "attributable" interest (or, in some cases, a
"meaningful" nonattributable interest) in other television or radio stations, or
in daily newspapers, depending on the number and location of those radio or
television stations or daily newspapers. Such a stockholder may also be
restricted in the companies in which such stockholder may invest. See "Business
and Properties -- Federal Regulation of Radio Broadcasting Industry -- Ownership
Matters."
 
     Transfer Agent
 
     The Bank of New York serves as the Transfer Agent and Registrar for the
Common Stock.
 
PREFERRED STOCK
 
  General
 
     Chancellor Media's authorized preferred stock consists of 50,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share. Chancellor Media has issued
2,200,000 shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock with a stated liquidation
preference of $50.00 per share and 5,990,000 shares of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock with a stated liquidation preference of $50.00 per share.
 
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  7% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
 
     Dividends
 
     Holders of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as
and if declared by the Board of Directors of Chancellor Media out of legally
available funds, cash dividends at an annual rate equal to 7% of the liquidation
preference per share, payable quarterly.
 
     The 7% Convertible Preferred Stock has priority as to dividends over the
Common Stock and Class A Common Stock of Chancellor Media and any other series
or class of Chancellor Media's stock that ranks junior to the 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock as to dividends (the "Junior Dividend Stock"). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock shall rank junior as to
dividends, redemption payments and rights upon a liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of Chancellor Media to any and all classes or series of capital stock
(other than common stock) of Chancellor Media, issued in the future, that does
not by its terms expressly provide that it ranks on a parity with or junior to
the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends and rights upon a
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Chancellor Media.
 
     No dividend (other than dividends payable solely in common stock, any
Junior Dividend Stock or warrants or other rights to acquire such common stock
or Junior Dividend Stock) may be paid or declared and set apart for payment on,
and no purchase, redemption or other acquisition shall be made by Chancellor
Media of, the Common Stock of Chancellor Media or Junior Dividend Stock unless
all accrued and unpaid dividends on the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock,
including the full dividend for the then-current quarterly dividend period,
shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment without interest.
 
     Except as provided below, Chancellor Media may not pay dividends on any
class or series of stock issued in the future having parity with the 7%
Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends ("Parity Dividend Stock") unless it
has paid or declared and set apart for payment or contemporaneously pays or
declares and sets apart for payment all accrued and unpaid dividends for all
prior dividend payment periods on the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock. In
addition, except as provided below, Chancellor Media may not pay dividends on
the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock unless it has paid or declared and set apart
for payment or contemporaneously pays or declares and sets apart for payment all
accrued and unpaid dividends for all prior dividend payment periods on the
Parity Dividend Stock. Whenever all accrued dividends in respect of prior
dividend payment periods are not paid in full on 7% Convertible Preferred Stock
and on any Parity Dividend Stock, all dividends declared on the 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock will be declared and made pro rata
so that the amount of dividends declared on the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock
and the Parity Dividend Stock will bear the same ratio that accrued and unpaid
dividends in respect of prior dividend payment periods on the 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock bear to each other. The $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock constitutes "Parity Dividend Stock" for purposes of
the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
     Chancellor Media may not purchase any shares of the 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock or any Parity Dividend Stock (except for consideration payable
in common stock or Junior Dividend Stock) or redeem fewer than all the shares of
the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock and Parity Dividend Stock then outstanding if
Chancellor Media has failed to pay any accrued dividend on the 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock or on any Parity Dividend Stock on a stated payment date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in such event, Chancellor Media may purchase or
redeem fewer than all the shares of the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock and
Parity Dividend Stock if such repurchase or redemption is made pro rata so that
the amounts purchased or redeemed bear to each other the same ratio that the
required redemption payments on the shares of the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock
and any Parity Dividend Stock then outstanding bear to each other.
 
     If Chancellor Media issues any series or class of stock that ranks senior
as to dividends to the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock ("Senior Dividend Stock")
and fails to pay or declare and set apart for payment accrued and unpaid
dividends on any Senior Dividend Stock (except to the extent allowed by the
terms of the Senior Dividend Stock), Chancellor Media may not pay or declare and
set apart for payment any dividend on the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock unless
and until all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Senior Dividend
 
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Stock, including the full dividends for the then current dividend period, have
been paid or declared and set apart for payment without interest.
 
     Liquidation Rights
 
     In the case of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of Chancellor Media, subject to the payment in full, or until
provision has been made for the payment in full, of all claims of creditors of
Chancellor Media, holders of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to
receive the liquidation preference of the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock, plus
an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, to
the payment date, before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of
common stock or any other series or class of stock issued in the future that
ranks junior as to liquidation rights to the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock
("Junior Liquidation Stock"). Holders of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock will not
be entitled to receive the liquidation preference of their shares until the
liquidation preference of any other series or class of stock that ranks senior
as to liquidation rights to the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock ("Senior
Liquidation Stock"), if any, and any creditors of Chancellor Media have been
paid in full. The holders of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock and any series or
class of stock that ranks on a parity as to liquidation rights with the 7%
Convertible Preferred Stock ("Parity Liquidation Stock") are entitled to share
ratably, in accordance with the respective preferential amounts payable on their
stock, in any distribution (after payment of the liquidation preference on any
Senior Liquidation Stock) that is not sufficient to pay in full the aggregate
liquidation preference on both the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock and on any
Parity Liquidation Stock. The $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock constitutes
"Parity Liquidation Stock" for purposes of the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
     Voting Rights
 
     The holders of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock will have no voting rights
except as described below or as required by law.
 
     Whenever dividends on the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock are in arrears in
aggregate amount equal to at least six quarterly dividends (whether or not
consecutive), the size of Chancellor Media's Board of Directors will be
increased by two, and the holders of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class together with holders of any Parity Dividend Stock of
Chancellor Media then having voting rights, will be entitled to elect two
additional directors to the Board of Directors of Chancellor Media at, subject
to certain limitations, any annual meeting of stockholders at which directors
are to be elected held during the period when the dividends remain in arrears
or, under certain circumstances, at a special meeting of stockholders. These
voting rights will terminate when all dividends in arrears and for the current
quarterly period have been paid in full or declared and set apart for payment.
The term of office of the additional directors so elected will terminate
immediately upon that payment or provision for payment.
 
     In addition, so long as any 7% Convertible Preferred Stock is outstanding,
Chancellor Media may not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders
of at least 66 2/3% of all outstanding shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock
and outstanding Parity Dividend Stock, voting as a single class (i) amend, alter
or repeal (by merger or otherwise) any provision of the certificate of
designation for the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock, the Certificate of
Incorporation of Chancellor Media or the bylaws of Chancellor Media so as to
affect adversely the relative rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations
of restrictions of the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock or (ii) effect any
reclassification of the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
     Change of Control
 
     The certificate of designation for the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock
provides that, upon the occurrence of a change of control (as defined in such
certificate of designation), each holder will have the right to require that
Chancellor Media purchase all or a portion of such holder's 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock in cash at a purchase price equal to 101% of the liquidation
preference thereof, plus, without duplication, all accumulated and unpaid
dividends per share to the date of repurchase. If the repurchase of the 7%
Preferred Stock would violate or constitute a default under the Senior Credit
Facility or other indebtedness of Chancellor Media, then, pursuant to the
certificate of designation for the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock, Chancellor
Media will
 
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either (A) repay in full all such indebtedness or (B) obtain the requisite
consents, if any, under such indebtedness required to permit the repurchase of
the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
     Redemption at Option of Chancellor Media
 
     The 7% Convertible Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to January 19,
2000. Thereafter, the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock may be redeemed by
Chancellor Media, at its option (subject to contractual and other restrictions
with respect thereto, including limitations under the Senior Credit Facility,
the 9 3/8% Indenture and the Indenture and to the legal availability of funds
therefor), in whole or in part at any time, if redeemed during the 12-month
period beginning January 15 (January 19 in the case of 2000), of any year
specified below at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of
the liquidation preference thereof):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                            YEAR                              DIVIDEND
                            ----                              --------
<S>                                                           <C>
2000........................................................   104.90%
2001........................................................   104.20
2002........................................................   103.50
2003........................................................   102.80
2004........................................................   102.10
2005........................................................   101.40
2006........................................................   100.70
2007 and thereafter.........................................   100.00
</TABLE>
 
plus in each case accrued and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, to the
redemption date.
 
                                                               Conversion Rights
 
     Each holder of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock will have the right, at the
holder's option, to convert any or all shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock
into Common Stock at any time at a conversion price (subject to adjustment) of
$36.19 per share of underlying Common Stock. If the 7% Convertible Preferred
Stock is called for redemption, the conversion right, with respect to the called
shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock, will terminate at the close of
business on the redemption date fixed by the Board of Directors of Chancellor
Media.
 
  $3.00 CONVERTIBLE EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED STOCK
 
     For a description of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, see
"Description of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock."
 
            CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
 
     The following discussion summarizes the material Federal income tax
considerations generally applicable to the purchase, ownership and disposition
of the Securities. The discussion is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), Treasury Regulations, Internal Revenue Service
("IRS") rulings and judicial decisions now in effect, all of which are subject
to change at any time. Any such change may be applied retroactively in a manner
that could adversely affect a holder of the Securities.
 
     The discussion assumes that the holders of Securities will hold such shares
as "capital assets" within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. The
consequences set forth in this discussion are not binding on the IRS or the
courts. The Company has not sought and will not seek any rulings from the IRS
with respect to the positions of the Company discussed herein, and there can be
no assurance that the IRS will not take a different position concerning the tax
consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of the Securities.
 
     The tax treatment of a holder of the Securities may vary depending on such
holder's particular situation or status. Certain holders (including S
corporations, insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, financial
institutions, broker-dealers, taxpayers subject to alternative minimum tax and
persons holding the Securities as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or
a straddle) may be subject to special rules not discussed
 
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below. The following discussion is limited to the United States Federal income
tax consequences relevant to a holder of the Securities that is a citizen or
resident of the United States, or any state thereof, or a corporation or other
entity created or organized under the laws of the United States, or any
political subdivision thereof, or an estate the income of which is subject to
United States Federal income tax regardless of its source or a trust whose
administration is subject to the primary supervision of a United States court
and which has one or more United States persons who have the authority to
control all substantial decisions of the trust. The following discussion does
not consider all aspects of United States Federal income tax that may be
relevant to the purchase, ownership, and disposition of the Securities by a
holder in light of such holder's personal circumstances. In addition, the
discussion does not consider the effect of any applicable foreign, state, local
or other tax laws or estate or gift tax considerations.
 
DIVIDENDS ON $3.00 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
 
     Dividends paid on the Convertible Preferred Stock will be taxable to a
holder as ordinary dividend income to the extent of the Company's current or
accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for Federal income tax
purposes). To the extent that the amount of any distribution on the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock exceeds the Company's current or accumulated
earnings and profits (as determined for Federal income tax purposes), such
distribution will be treated as a return of capital that will reduce the
holder's adjusted tax basis in such $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock in respect
of which such distribution is made. Any such excess distribution that is greater
than the holder's adjusted tax basis in such $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock
will be taxed as a capital gain and in the case of a non-corporate holder will
be mid-term or long-term capital gain if the holding period for such $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock is more than one year or eighteen months,
respectively. Although the Company does not expect to have significant
accumulated earnings and profits for Federal income tax purposes as of the date
of this offering, current and accumulated earnings and profits are computed
annually at the close of the taxable year in which the distribution is paid. As
a result, whether dividends on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock will be
treated as a return of capital or ordinary income will depend principally on the
amount of earnings and profits for Federal income tax purposes which are
generated by the Company in 1997 and future years. For purposes of the remainder
of this discussion, the term "dividend" refers to a distribution taxed as
ordinary income as described above unless the context indicates otherwise.
 
     Dividends received by corporate shareholders will be eligible for the 70%
dividends-received deduction under section 243 of the Code, subject to
limitations contained in sections 246 and 246A of the Code. Section 246(c) of
the Code, as recently modified, requires that in order for a corporation to be
eligible for the dividends-received deduction with respect to dividends paid or
accrued after September 5, 1997, the corporate shareholder must generally hold
the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for a 46-day minimum holding period during
the 90-day period beginning on the date that is 45 days before the date on which
such share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend (or in the case of
a dividend on Preferred Stock attributable to a period or periods aggregating
more than 366 days, a minimum period of 91 days during the 180-day period
beginning on the date which is 90 days before the date on which the stock
becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend). A taxpayer's holding period
is reduced for periods during which the shareholder's risk of loss with respect
to the stock is diminished by reason of the existence of certain options,
contracts to sell, short sales or other similar transactions. Section 246(c)
also denies the dividends-received deduction to the extent that a corporate
taxpayer is under an obligation with respect to substantially similar or related
property, to make payments corresponding to the dividend received. Under section
246(b) of the Code, the aggregate dividends-received deductions allowed may not
exceed 70% of the taxable income (with certain adjustments) of the corporate
shareholder. Moreover, under section 246A of the Code, to the extent that a
corporate shareholder incurs indebtedness "directly attributable" to investment
in the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and the $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock constitutes "debt financed portfolio stock" within the meaning of section
246A(c)(1) of the Code, the dividends-received deduction is proportionately
reduced.
 
     Section 1059 of the Code requires a corporate shareholder to reduce its
basis (but not below zero) in the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock by the
"nontaxed portion" of any "extraordinary dividend" if the holder has not held
its $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for more than two years before the
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dividend is agreed to, announced or declared. Generally, the nontaxed portion of
an extraordinary dividend is the amount excluded from income under section 243
of the Code (relating to the dividends-received deduction). An "extraordinary
dividend" on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock generally would be a dividend
that (i) equals or exceeds 5% of the holder's adjusted tax basis in the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock, treating all dividends having ex-dividend dates
within an 85-day period as one dividend, or (ii) exceeds 20% of the holder's
adjusted tax basis in the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, treating all
dividends having ex-dividend dates within a 365-day period as one dividend. In
determining whether a dividend paid on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock is
an extraordinary dividend, a holder may elect to substitute the fair market
value of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for such holder's adjusted tax
basis for purposes of applying these tests, provided such fair market value is
established to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury as of the day
before the exdividend date. An "extraordinary dividend" also includes any amount
treated as a dividend in the case of a partial liquidation of the Company, a
redemption of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for cash or in exchange for
Exchange Debentures or a redemption treated as a dividend because the holding of
options was deemed to be stock ownership under the constructive stock ownership
rules of Section 318(a)(4) of the Code, regardless of the shareholder's holding
period and regardless of the size of the dividend (see "Redemption, Sale and
Exchange of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock"). If any part of the nontaxed
portion of an extraordinary dividend is not applied to reduce the holder's tax
basis as a result of the limitation on reducing basis below zero, the amount
thereof will be treated as gain from the sale or exchange of stock and under
recently enacted legislation, will be recognized at the time when the
extraordinary dividend is paid.
 
     Special rules exist with respect to extraordinary dividends with respect to
"qualified preferred dividends." A "qualified preferred dividend" is any fixed
dividend payable with respect to preferred stock which (i) provides for fixed
preferred dividends payable no less often than annually and (ii) is not in
arrears as to dividends when acquired, provided the actual rate of return, as
determined under section 1059(e)(3) of the Code, on such stock does not exceed
15%. Section 1059 does not apply to qualified preferred dividends if the
corporate stockholder holds such stock for more than five years. If the
stockholder disposes of such stock before it has been held for more than five
years, the aggregate reduction in basis cannot exceed the excess of the
qualified preferred dividends paid on such stock during the period held by the
taxpayer over the qualified preferred dividends which would have been paid
during such period on the basis of the stated rate of return, as determined
under section 1059(e)(3) of the Code. The length of time that a taxpayer is
deemed to have held stock for purposes of section 1059 of the Code is determined
under principles similar to those contained in section 246(c) of the Code
discussed above.
 
     A corporate shareholder's liability for alternative minimum tax may be
affected by the portion of the dividends received which such corporate
shareholder deducts in computing taxable income. This results from the fact that
the corporate shareholders are required to increase alternative minimum taxable
income by 75% of the excess of adjusted current earnings of the corporation (as
defined in Section 56 of the Code) over alternative minimum taxable income
(determined without regard to this adjusted current earnings adjustment or the
alternative tax net operating loss deduction).
 
REDEMPTION PREMIUM ON $3.00 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
 
     Under Section 305(c) of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations
thereunder, if the redemption price of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock exceeds
its issue price, the difference ("redemption premium") may be taxable as a
constructive distribution of additional $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock to the
holder (treated as a dividend to the extent of the Company's current and
accumulated earnings and profits and otherwise subject to the treatment
described above for dividends) over a certain period. In general, the issue
price of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock that is sold for money should be
the price at which a substantial amount of such stock is sold. Because the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock provides for an optional right of redemption by the
Company at a price in excess of the issue price, holders could be required to
recognize such redemption under a constant interest rate method similar to that
described for accruing original issue discount (see "Original Issue Discount on
Exchange Debentures") if, based on all the facts and circumstances, the optional
redemption is more likely than not to occur. If stock may be redeemed at more
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time and price at which such redemption is most likely to occur must be
determined based on all the facts and circumstances. Applicable Treasury
Regulations provide a "safe harbor" under which a right to redeem will not be
treated as more likely than not to occur if (i) the issuer and holder are not
related within the meaning of the Treasury Regulations; (ii) there are no plans,
arrangements, or agreements that effectively require or are intended to compel
the issuer to redeem the stock (disregarding, for this purpose, a separate
mandatory redemption); and (iii) exercise of the right to redeem would not
reduce the yield of the stock, as determined under the Treasury Regulations.
Regardless of whether the optional redemption is more than likely not to occur,
constructive dividend treatment will not result if the redemption premium does
not exceed a de minimis amount. The Company intends to file information returns
which take the position that the existence of the Company's optional redemption
right does not result in a constructive distribution to the holders.
 
REDEMPTION, SALE AND EXCHANGE OF $3.00 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
 
     A redemption of shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for cash, a
sale of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for cash or other property, or an
exchange of shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for Exchange Debentures
will be a taxable event.
 
     A redemption of shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for cash will
be treated as a dividend to the extent of the Company's current or accumulated
earnings and profits, unless the redemption (i) results in a "complete
termination" of the shareholder's stock interest in the Company under section
302(b)(3) of the Code, (ii) is "substantially disproportionate" with respect to
the shareholder under section 302(b)(2) of the Code or (iii) is "not essentially
equivalent to a dividend" with respect to the shareholder under section
302(b)(1) of the Code. In determining whether any of these tests have been met,
the shareholder must take into account not only stock he actually owns, but also
stock he constructively owns within the meaning of section 318 of the Code. A
distribution to a shareholder is "not essentially equivalent to a dividend" if
it results in a "meaningful reduction" in the shareholder's stock interest in
the Company. If, as a result of a redemption for cash of the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock, a shareholder of the Company, whose relative stock interest in
the Company is minimal and who exercises no control over corporate affairs
suffers a meaningful reduction in his proportionate interest in the Company
(including any ownership of Common Stock and any shares constructively owned),
that shareholder should be regarded as having suffered a meaningful reduction in
his interest in the Company, but there can be no certainty as to when such
reduction has occurred because the applicable test is not based on numerical
criteria. Satisfaction of the "complete termination" and "substantially
disproportionate" exceptions is dependent upon compliance with the objective
tests set forth in sections 302(b)(3), and 302(b)(2) of the Code, respectively.
 
     If the redemption is not treated as a distribution taxable as a dividend,
the redemption of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for cash, and any sale
of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for cash or other property, would
result in taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of
cash and the fair market value of property, if any, received and the
shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock
redeemed or sold. Such gain or loss would be capital gain or loss and in the
case of a non-corporate holder will be mid-term or long-term capital gain if the
holding period for the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock is more than one year
or eighteen months, respectively.
 
     An exchange of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for Exchange Debentures at
the option of the Company will be subject to the same general rules as a
redemption for cash, including the rules for treating the redemption as a
dividend or as a sale or exchange. However, because the Exchange Debentures will
be convertible into Common Stock, which a holder of the Exchange Debentures will
be deemed to own under the constructive ownership rules of the Code, the receipt
of Exchange Debentures in exchange for the Convertible Preferred Stock would not
qualify under the "complete termination" or "substantially disproportionate"
tests described above. As such, unless the "not essentially equivalent to a
dividend" test is satisfied, the redemption would be treated as a distribution
to the extent of the issue price of the Exchange Debentures and be taxable as a
dividend (to the extent of the Company's current or accumulated earnings and
profits). As noted above, this subjective test requires that the distribution
result in a meaningful reduction of the shareholder's stock interest in the
Company in order for the distribution to qualify as a sale or exchange. Because
a holder will be deemed for purposes of section 302(b) of the Code to own shares
of Common Stock into which Exchange
 
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Debentures are convertible under a literal interpretation of the Code, Treasury
Regulations and IRS rulings, the receipt of Exchange Debentures in exchange for
$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock will be taxable as a dividend to the extent of
the shareholder's allocable share of the Company's earnings and profits because
the exchange does not result in any reduction in stock interest in the Company.
Accordingly, each shareholder is urged to consult his tax advisor regarding this
issue, including the possible effect of the disposition of a portion of its
interest in the Company contemporaneously and as part of an integrated plan with
the exchange of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock for Exchange Debentures.
 
     If the amount received in a redemption or exchange of the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock is treated as a distribution that is taxable as a dividend, as
opposed to consideration received in a sale or exchange, the amount of the
distribution will be measured by the amount of cash or the issue price of the
Exchange Debentures, as the case may be, received by the shareholder. The issue
price of the Exchange Debentures would be determined in the manner described
below for purposes of computing original issue discount, if any, on the Exchange
Debentures (see "Original Issue Discount on Exchange Debentures"). The
shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the redeemed $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock will be transferred to any remaining stock holdings in the Company. If the
shareholder does not retain any stock ownership in the Company, it is unclear
whether the shareholder will be permitted to transfer such basis to any Exchange
Debentures received in the redemption or will lose such basis entirely.
 
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON EXCHANGE DEBENTURES
 
  General Original Issue Discount Rules
 
     The amount of original issue discount ("OID"), if any, on a debt instrument
is the excess of its "stated redemption price at maturity" over its "issue
price," subject to a statutorily defined de minimis exception.
 
     The "issue price" of an Exchange Debenture will be equal to (i) its fair
market value as of the exchange date if the Exchange Debentures are traded on an
established market at any time during the 60 day period ending 30 days after the
exchange date or (ii) the fair market value at the exchange date of the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock if such $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock is traded
on an established securities market during the 60 day period ending 30 days
after the exchange date but the Exchange Debentures are not so traded. If
neither the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock nor the Exchange Debentures are so
traded, the issue price of the Exchange Debentures is determined under section
1274 of the Code, in which case the issue price will be the stated principal
amount of the Exchange Debentures provided that the yield on the Exchange
Debentures is equal to or greater than the "applicable federal rate" in effect
at the time the Exchange Debentures are issued. If the yield on the Exchange
Debentures is less than such applicable federal rate, the issue price of such
Exchange Debentures under section 1274 of the Code will be equal to the present
value as of the issue date of all payments to be made on the Exchange Debentures
discounted at the applicable federal rate.
 
     The "stated redemption price at maturity" of an Exchange Debenture is the
sum of its principal amount plus all other payments required thereunder, other
than payments of "qualified stated interest" (defined generally as stated
interest that is unconditionally payable in cash or in property (other than debt
instruments of the Company) at least annually at a single fixed rate that
appropriately takes into account the length of intervals between payments).
 
     In general, the amount of OID that a holder of a debt instrument with OID
must include in gross income for federal income tax purposes will be the sum of
the daily portions of OID with respect to such debt instrument for each day
during the taxable year or portion of a taxable year on which such holder holds
the debt instrument. The daily portion is determined by allocating to each day
of an accrual period (generally, a six month period or a shorter or longer
period from the date of original issuance) a pro rata portion of an amount equal
to the "adjusted issue price" of the debt instrument at the beginning of the
accrual period multiplied by the yield to maturity of the debt instrument. The
"adjusted issue price" is the issue price of the debt instrument increased by
the accrued OID for all prior accrual periods and decreased by the amount of
cash payments made in all prior accrual periods, other than qualified stated
interest payments. The tax basis of the debt instruments in the hands of a
holder will be increased by the OID, if any, on the debt instrument that
 
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is included in the holder's gross income and will be decreased by the amount of
cash payments, other than qualified stated interest payments, received with
respect to the debt instrument, whether such payments are denominated as
principal or interest.
 
  Exchange Debentures
 
     Stated interest on the Exchange Debentures should be includible in income
by a holder in accordance with its method of accounting.
 
     There is a risk that the Exchange Debentures will be treated as having OID
taxable as interest income, as described above. If the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock is exchanged for Exchange Debentures at a time when the stated
redemption price at maturity of such Exchange Debentures exceeds their issue
price (including the value of the conversion feature) by an amount equal to or
greater than 0.25% of the stated redemption price at maturity multiplied by the
number of complete years to maturity, the Exchange Debentures will be treated as
having OID equal to the entire amount of such excess. For purposes of this
paragraph and the following discussion it is assumed that the Exchange
Debentures will be treated as being traded on an established securities market,
within the meaning of section 1273(b)(3) of the Code, at the time the Exchange
Debentures are exchanged for $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock. As such, the
issue price of the Exchange Debentures will be their fair market value
(including the value of the conversion feature) as of the issue date.
 
     If the Exchange Debentures are issued with OID, a holder of an Exchange
Debenture would generally be required to include in gross income (irrespective
of its method of accounting) a portion of such OID for each year during which it
holds such an Exchange Debenture, even though the cash to which such income is
attributable would not be received until maturity or redemption of the Exchange
Debenture. The amount of any OID included in income for each year would be
calculated under a constant yield to maturity formula (as described above) that
would result in the allocation of less OID to the early years of the term of the
Exchange Debenture and more OID for later years.
 
AMORTIZABLE BOND PREMIUM AND ACQUISITION PREMIUM ON EXCHANGE DEBENTURES
 
     If the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock is exchanged for Exchange
Debentures at a time when the issue price of such Exchange Debentures (excluding
the amount thereof attributable to the conversion feature as determined under
Treasury Regulation section 1.171-2(c)(2)) exceeds the amount payable at the
maturity date (or earlier redemption date, if appropriate) of the Exchange
Debentures, such excess will be deductible, subject to certain limitations with
respect to individuals, by the holder of such Exchange Debentures as amortizable
bond premium over the term of the Exchange Debentures (taking into account
earlier call dates, as appropriate), under a yield to maturity formula, but only
if an election by the taxpayer under section 171 of the Code is in effect or is
made. An election under section 171 of the Code is available only if the
Exchange Debentures are held as capital assets. Such election is binding once
made and applies to all debt obligations owned or subsequently acquired by the
taxpayer. Under the Code, the amortizable bond premium will be treated as an
offset to interest income on the Exchange Debentures rather than as a separate
deduction item unless otherwise provided in future regulations. Proposed
Treasury Regulations issued on June 27, 1996, which are not yet effective, would
modify the described rules under section 171 of the Code in order to coordinate
such rules with the rules relating to OID.
 
     A holder that purchases an Exchange Debenture that is issued with OID for
an amount that is greater than its adjusted issue price but equal to or less
than the sum of all amounts payable on the Exchange Debenture after the purchase
date other than payments of qualified stated interest will be considered to have
purchased such Exchange Debenture at an "acquisition premium." Under the
acquisition premium rules, the amount of OID, if any, which such holder must
include in its gross income with respect to such Exchange Debenture for any
taxable year will be reduced by the portion of such acquisition premium properly
allocable to such year.
 
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MARKET DISCOUNT ON SALE OF EXCHANGE DEBENTURES
 
     If a holder purchases an Exchange Debenture not issued with OID for an
amount that is less than its stated redemption price at maturity or, in the case
of an Exchange Debenture issued with OID, its adjusted issue price, the amount
of the difference will be treated as "market discount" for federal income tax
purposes, unless such difference is less than a specified de minimis amount.
Under the market discount rules, a holder will be required to treat any
principal payment on, or any gain on the sale, exchange, retirement or other
disposition of, the Exchange Debentures as ordinary income to the extent of the
market discount which has not previously been included in income and is treated
as having accrued on such Exchange Debenture at the time of such payment or
disposition. In addition, the holder may be required to defer, until the
maturity of the Exchange Debenture or its earlier disposition in a taxable
transaction, the deduction of all or a portion of the interest expense on any
indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry such Exchange Debenture.
 
     Any market discount will be considered to accrue ratably during the period
from the date of acquisition to the maturity date of the Exchange Debentures,
unless the holder elects to accrue on a constant interest method. A holder of an
Exchange Debenture may elect to include market discount in income currently as
it accrues (on either a ratable or constant interest method), in which case the
rule described above regarding deferral of interest deductions will not apply.
This election to include market discount in income currently, once made, applies
to all market discount obligations acquired on or after the first taxable year
to which the election applies and may not be revoked without the consent of the
IRS.
 
REDEMPTION OR SALE OF EXCHANGE DEBENTURES
 
     Generally, any redemption or sale of Exchange Debentures by a holder would
result in taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of
cash received (except to the extent that cash received is attributable to
accrued interest not previously included in income) and the holder's adjusted
tax basis in the Exchange Debentures. Such gain or loss would be capital gain or
loss and in the case of a non-corporate holder will be mid-term or long-term
capital gain if the holding period for the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock is
more than one year or eighteen months, respectively. The adjusted tax basis of a
holder who received an Exchange Debenture in exchange for Convertible Preferred
Stock will generally be equal to the issue price of the Exchange Debenture plus
any OID on the Exchange Debenture included in the holder's income prior to sale
or redemption of the Exchange Debenture and reduced by any cash payments on the
Exchange Debentures other than qualified stated interest and any amortizable
bond premium applied against the holder's income prior to sale or redemption of
the Exchange Debenture.
 
CONVERSION OF $3.00 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OR EXCHANGE DEBENTURES INTO
COMMON STOCK
 
     No gain or loss will be recognized for federal income tax purposes on
conversion of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures solely
into shares of Common Stock, except with respect to any cash received in lieu of
a fractional share interest or to the extent the shares of Common Stock are
attributable to dividend arrearage on the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or
accrued and unpaid interest and OID on the Exchange Debentures. The amount of
gain recognized upon the conversion of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock into
Common Stock as a result of the receipt of cash in lieu of fractional shares
will equal the difference between the cash received and the shareholder's
adjusted tax basis in such fractional shares. Except for any Common Stock
treated as a payment of a dividend arrearage or treated as payment of interest
and OID, or cash paid in lieu of fractional shares, the tax basis for the shares
of Common Stock received upon conversion will be equal to the tax basis of the
$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures converted, and the
holding period of the shares of Common Stock will include the holding period of
the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures converted (provided
the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures were held as
capital assets).
 
ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE
 
     Treasury Regulations issued under Section 305 of the Code treat certain
adjustments to conversion provisions of stock such as the $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock and securities such as the Exchange Debentures as constructive
distributions of stock with respect to preferred stock or convertible securities
(which are treated as stock for this purpose). Such constructive distributions
would be taxable to holders of
 
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$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures as described above
under the caption "Dividends on $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock," although the
holders would not receive any cash upon a conversion price adjustment. The
conversion rates of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and the Exchange
Debentures are subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. In general,
any adjustment increasing the number of shares of Common Stock into which the
$3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures can be converted could
constitute a constructive distribution of stock to holders of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures unless made pursuant to a bona fide,
reasonable adjustment formula that has the effect of preventing dilution of the
interest of the holders of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or Exchange
Debentures. Any adjustment in the conversion price to compensate holders of
Convertible Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures for taxable distributions of
cash or property on any of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company will be
treated as a constructive distribution of stock to holders of $3.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures.
 
BACKUP WITHHOLDING
 
     A holder of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, Exchange Debentures or
Common Stock may be subject to backup withholding at the rate of 31% with
respect to "reportable payments," which include dividends and interest paid on,
OID accrued, and the gross proceeds of a sale of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock, Exchange Debentures or Common Stock as the case may be. The payor will be
required to deduct and withhold the prescribed amounts unless (i) such holder is
a corporation or comes within other exempt categories and, when required,
demonstrates this fact or (ii) provides a correct taxpayer identification
number, certifies as to no loss to exemption from backup withholding and
otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules.
A holder of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, Exchange Debentures or Common
Stock who does not provide the Company with his or her correct taxpayer
identification number may be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS. Amounts
paid as backup withholding do not constitute an additional tax and will be
credited against the holder's federal income tax liabilities, so long as the
required information is provided to the IRS. The Company will report to the
holders of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, Exchange Debentures or Common
Stock and to the IRS the amount of any "reportable payments" for each calendar
year and the amount of tax withheld, if any with respect to payment on the
securities.
 
     THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION AND IS NOT TAX ADVICE.
ACCORDINGLY, EACH PROSPECTIVE HOLDER OF $3.00 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK,
EXCHANGE DEBENTURES OR COMMON STOCK SHOULD CONSULT HIS OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE
PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO HIM OF THE $3.00 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK,
EXCHANGE DEBENTURES OR COMMON STOCK INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF
ANY STATE, LOCAL, OR FOREIGN INCOME TAX LAWS, AND ANY RECENT OR PROSPECTIVE
CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS.
 
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                                SELLING HOLDERS
 
     The $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock was originally issued to and sold by
Alex Brown & Sons, Inc., BT Securities Corporation, Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation, Goldman, Sachs & Co., NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc., and TD
Securities (USA) Inc. (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers") in transactions
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act to persons
reasonably believed by the Initial Purchasers to be "qualified institutional
buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) and institutional
"accredited investors" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1)(2),(3) or (7) under the
Securities Act). The Selling Holders may from time to time offer and sell
pursuant to this Prospectus any or all of the Securities. The term Selling
Holder includes the holders listed below and the beneficial owners of the
Securities and their transferees, pledgees, donees or other successors.
 
     The following table sets forth information with respect to the Selling
Holders of the Securities and the respective number of Preferred Stock
beneficially owned by each Selling Holder that may be offered pursuant to this
Prospectus.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                <C>                    <C>                    <C>
Selling            Number of Shares of    Principal Amount of    Shares of Common Stock
  Holders*         Preferred Stock*       Exchange               Issuable upon
                                          Debentures*            conversion of
                                                                 Preferred Stock or
                                                                 Exchange Debentures*
</TABLE>
 
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* To be provided by amendment
 
     None of the Selling Holders has, or within the past three years has had,
any position, office or other material relationship with the Issuer or the
Company or any of their predecessors or affiliates. Because the Selling Holders
may, pursuant to this Prospectus, offer all or some portion of the Preferred
Stock, the Exchange Debentures or the Common Stock, no estimate can be given as
to the amount of the Preferred Stock, the Exchange Debentures or the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock or Exchange Debentures
that will be held by the Selling Holders upon termination of any such sales. In
addition, the Selling Holders may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed
of all or a portion of their Securities since the date on which they provided
the information regarding their Securities included herein in transactions
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
 
                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
     The Securities may be sold from time to time to purchasers directly by the
Selling Holders. Alternatively, the Selling Holders may from time to time offer
the Securities to or through underwriters, broker/dealers or agents, who may
receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts, concessions or
commissions from the Selling Holders or the purchasers of such securities for
whom they may act as agents. The Selling Holders and any underwriters,
broker/dealers or agents that participate in the distribution of Securities may
be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
profit on the sale of such securities and any discounts, commissions,
concessions or other compensation received by any such underwriter,
broker/dealer or agent may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and
commissions under the Securities Act. The Securities may be sold from time to
time in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at
the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale or at
negotiated prices. The sale of the Securities may be effected in transactions
(which may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities
exchange or quotation service on which the Securities may be listed or quoted at
the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market or (iii) in transactions
otherwise than on such exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. At the time
a particular offering of the Securities is made, a Prospectus Supplement, if
required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount and type
of Securities being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or
names of any underwriters, broker/dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions
and other terms constituting compensation from the Selling Holders and any
discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to
broker/dealers.
 
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     To comply with the securities laws of certain jurisdictions, if applicable,
the Securities will be offered or sold in such jurisdictions only through
registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in certain jurisdictions
the Securities may not be offered or sold unless they have been registered or
qualified for sale in such jurisdictions or any exemption from registration or
qualification is available and is complied with.
 
     The Selling Holders will be subject to applicable provisions of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, which provisions may
limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Securities by the Selling
Holders. The foregoing may affect the marketability of such securities.
 
     Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall bear all
reasonable fees and expenses customarily borne by issuers in a non-underwritten
secondary offering by selling security holders or in an underwritten offering,
as the case may be, incurred in connection with the performance of its
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, however, that the
Selling Holders will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if
any. The Selling Holders will be indemnified by the Company against certain
civil liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act, or
will be entitled to contribution in connection therewith. The Company will be
indemnified by the Selling Holders severally against certain civil liabilities,
including certain liabilities under the Securities Act, or will be entitled to
contribution in connection therewith.
 
                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
     Legal matters with respect to the Securities will be passed upon for the
Company by Latham & Watkins. Eric L. Bernthal is a partner of Latham & Watkins
and owns options to purchase 2,500 shares of Common Stock.
 
                                    EXPERTS
 
     The consolidated financial statements of Evergreen Media Corporation and
subsidiaries, the combined financial statements of WMZQ Inc. and Viacom
Broadcasting East Inc., the financial statements of WDRQ Inc., the combined
financial statements of Riverside Broadcasting Co., Inc. and WAXQ Inc., the
financial statements of WLIT Inc., the combined financial statements of KYSR
Inc. and KIBB Inc., the financial statements of WDAS-AM/FM (station owned and
operated by Beasley FM Acquisition Corp.), and the financial statements of
KKSF-FM/KDFC-FM and AM (stations owned and operated by The Brown Organization)
have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants. Such financial
statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the authority
of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
     The consolidated financial statements of Chancellor Broadcasting Company
and Subsidiaries and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company and Subsidiaries as
of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1996 incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been
incorporated herein in reliance on the report of Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.,
independent accountants, given on the authority of that firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
 
     The consolidated statements of operations, changes in common stockholders'
equity and cash flows of Trefoil Communications, Inc. and Subsidiaries for the
period January 1, 1996 through February 13, 1996 incorporated by reference in
this Prospectus, have been incorporated herein in reliance on the report of
Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P., independent accountants, given on the authority of
that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
     The financial statements of Century Chicago Broadcasting, L.P. as of and
for the year ended December 31, 1996 incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Price
Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as
experts in auditing and accounting.
 
     The combined financial statements of WJLB/WMXD, Detroit, as of December 31,
1996 and for the year then ended, incorporated by reference in this Prospectus
have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,
 
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independent public accountants, as indicated in their report with respect
thereto, and are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the authority
of said firm as experts in giving said report.
 
     The financial statements of Trefoil Communications, Inc., as of and for the
years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994 incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Price
Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as
experts in auditing and accounting.
 
                                MATERIAL CHANGES
 
     None.
 
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                INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
 
     The Company hereby incorporates by reference in this Prospectus the
following documents previously filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Exchange Act:
 
          1. Evergreen Media Corporation's ("Evergreen") Annual Report on Form
             10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996;
 
          2. Evergreen's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 16, 1997 and
             filed March 9, 1997, dated April 1, 1997 and filed May 9, 1997,
             dated May 27, 1997 and filed May 28, 1997, dated May 27, 1997 and
             filed May 29, 1997, dated May 30, 1997 and filed June 4, 1997,
             dated June 11, 1997 and filed June 12, 1997, dated June 16, 1997
             and filed July 2, 1997 and dated July 7, 1997 and filed July 31,
             1997;
 
          3. Evergreen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
             March 31, 1997;
 
          4. Evergreen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
             June 30, 1997;
 
          5. Chancellor Broadcasting Company's ("Chancellor") and Chancellor
             Radio Broadcasting Company's ("CRBC") Annual Report on Form 10-K
             for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, as amended on Form
             10-K/A;
 
          6. Chancellor's and CRBC's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
             quarter ended March 31, 1997;
 
          7. Chancellor's and CRBC's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
             quarter ended June 30, 1997;
 
          8. Chancellor's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 3, 1997 and
             filed January 7, 1997, dated January 23, 1997 and filed February 6,
             1997, as amended on Form 8-K/A dated April 29, 1997, dated February
             13, 1997 and filed March 11, 1997, dated June 3, 1997 and filed
             June 4, 1997, dated June 18, 1997 and filed June 25, 1997, and
             dated July 2, 1997 and filed July 17, 1997;
 
          9. The Definitive Joint Proxy Statement of Chancellor and Evergreen
             dated August 1, 1997 and filed on August 4, 1997; and
 
          10. Chancellor Media Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated
              September 5, 1997 and filed September 17, 1997, as amended on Form
              8-K/A, dated September 23, 1997 and filed September 29, 1997.
 
     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to
the termination of the Exchange Offer shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus and made 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 document subsequently filed with the Commission 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.
 
     THIS PROSPECTUS INCORPORATES DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE WHICH ARE NOT PRESENTED
HEREIN OR DELIVERED HEREWITH. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN OR ORAL
REQUEST FROM: SECRETARY, CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION, 433 EAST LAS COLINAS
BOULEVARD, SUITE 1130, IRVING, TEXAS, 75039 (972) 869-9020. IN ORDER TO ENSURE
TIMELY DELIVERY OF THE DOCUMENTS, ANY REQUEST SHOULD BE MADE BY      ,1997.
 
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    NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER MADE BY THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN
OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING
BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED HEREIN). THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITY
OTHER THAN THE SECURITIES OFFERED BY THIS PROSPECTUS, NOR DOES IT CONSTITUTE AN
OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY THE SECURITIES, BY ANYONE IN
ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED, OR IN
WHICH THE PERSON MAKING SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO, OR
TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM 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 INFORMATION HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF
ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE HEREOF OR THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE
AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE SUCH DATE.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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Available Information.......................   ii
Prospectus Summary..........................    1
Risk Factors................................    7
Use of Proceeds.............................   12
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges
  and Preferred Stock Dividends.............   13
Business and Properties.....................   14
Description of $3.00 Convertible
  Exchangeable Preferred Stock..............   31
Description of the Exchange Debentures......   37
Description of Capital Stock................   42
Certain United States Federal Income Tax
  Considerations............................   46
Selling Holders.............................   54
Plan of Distribution........................   54
Legal Matters...............................   55
Experts.....................................   55
Material Changes............................   56
Incorporation of Certain Documents by
  Reference.................................   57
</TABLE>
 
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             ======================================================
                          CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION
                                5,990,000 SHARES
 
                         $3.00 CONVERTIBLE EXCHANGEABLE
                                PREFERRED STOCK
                          ---------------------------
 
                                   PROSPECTUS
                          ---------------------------
                                                                          , 1997
             ======================================================
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                                    PART II
 
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
 
     The following is an itemized statement of all expenses in connection with
the issuance and distribution of the securities registered hereby. Except for
the SEC registration fee, all amounts provided are estimated.
 
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<S>                                                           <C>
SEC registration fee........................................  $ 90,758
Printing and engraving expenses.............................   150,000
Legal fees and expenses.....................................   100,000
Accounting fees and expenses................................    50,000
Miscellaneous...............................................   125,000
                                                              --------
          Total.............................................  $515,758
                                                              ========
</TABLE>
 
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
 
     Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a Delaware
corporation to indemnify any person who is, or is threatened to be made, a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was
an officer or director of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request
of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers
and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same
conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial
approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation. Where an officer
or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any
action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the
expenses which he actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
 
     Set forth below is a description of the Company's indemnification and
director liability provisions. This description is intended as a summary and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation.
 
     Article Nine of the Amended and Restated Certificate (the "Certificate")
provides indemnification for every person who is or was a party or is or was
threatened to be made a party to any action suit, or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request
of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, against expenses (including counsel fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonable incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by applicable
law.
 
     Article Ten of the Certificate provides that no director of the Company
shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach
of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
 
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
 
     A. Exhibits
 
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<CAPTION>
        EXHIBIT
          NO.                               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
        -------                             ----------------------
<C>                      <S>
        1.1+             -- Securities Purchase Agreement, dated June 10, 1997, among
                            Evergreen Media Corporation, Alex. Brown & Sons
                            Incorporated BT Securities Corporation, Credit Suisse
                            First Boston Corporation, Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
                            NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. and TD Securities (USA)
                            Inc.
        1.2+             -- Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 16, 1997, among
                            Evergreen Media Corporation, Alex. Brown & Sons
                            Incorporated, BT Securities Corporation, Credit Suisse
                            First Boston Corporation, Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
                            NationsBanc Capital markets, Inc. and TD Securities (USA)
                            Inc.
        2.9(f)           -- Plan of Reorganization and Merger by and between
                            Evergreen Media Corporation and Broadcasting Partners,
                            Inc., dated as of January 31, 1995, as amended, including
                            the Form of Registration Rights Agreement among MLGA Fund
                            I, L.P., MLGA Fund II, L.P., MLGA/BPI Partners I, L.P.,
                            MLGAL Partners, Limited Partnership and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation (see table of contents for a list of omitted
                            schedules).
        2.9A(g)          -- Agreement dated as of January 31, 1995 among Evergreen
                            Media Corporation, Broadcasting Partners, Inc., the
                            holders of the shares of capital stock of Broadcasting
                            Partners, Inc. and Scott K. Ginsburg, holder of shares of
                            capital stock of Evergreen Media Corporation.
        2.10(f)          -- Plan and Agreement of Merger among Evergreen Media
                            Partners Corporation, Evergreen Media Corporation and
                            Broadcasting Partners, Inc., dated as of April 12, 1995.
        2.11(h)          -- Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Pyramid
                            Communications, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation and
                            Evergreen Media/Pyramid Corporation dated as of July 14,
                            1995 (see table of contents for list of omitted exhibits
                            and schedules).
        2.11A(i)         -- Amendment to Plan and Agreement of Merger by and among
                            Pyramid Communications, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation
                            and Evergreen Media/Pyramid Corporation dated September
                            7, 1995.
        2.11B(i)         -- Amendment to Plan and Agreement of Merger by and among
                            Pyramid Communications, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation
                            and Evergreen Media/Pyramid Corporation dated January 11,
                            1996.
        2.12(j)          -- Purchase Agreement between Fairbanks Communications, Inc.
                            and Evergreen Media Corporation dated October 12, 1995
                            (see table of contents for list of omitted exhibits and
                            schedules).
        2.13(n)          -- Option Agreement dated as of January 9, 1996 between
                            Chancellor Broadcasting Company and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation (including Form of Advertising Brokerage
                            Agreement and Form of Asset Purchase Agreement).
        2.14(o)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 4, 1996 between
                            American Radio Systems Corporation and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Buffalo (see table of contents for list of
                            omitted exhibits and schedules).
        2.15(o)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 11, 1996 between
                            Mercury Radio Communications, L.P. and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Los Angeles, Evergreen Media/Pyramid
                            Holdings Corporation, WHTT (AM) License Corp. and WHTT
                            (FM) License Corp. (see table of contents for list of
                            omitted exhibits and schedules).
</TABLE>
 
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<CAPTION>
        EXHIBIT
          NO.                               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
        -------                             ----------------------
<C>                      <S>
        2.16(o)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 19, 1996 between
                            Crescent Communications L.P. and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Los Angeles (see table of contents for
                            list of omitted exhibits and schedules).
        2.17(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 13, 1996 between
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles and Greater
                            Washington Radio, Inc. (see table of contents for list of
                            omitted exhibits and schedules).
        2.18(p)          -- Asset Exchange Agreement dated June 13, 1996 among
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles, Evergreen
                            Media Corporation of the Bay State, WKLB License Corp.,
                            Greater Media Radio, Inc. and Greater Washington Radio,
                            Inc. (see table of contents for list of omitted exhibits
                            and schedules).
        2.19(p)          -- Purchase Agreement dated June 27, 1996 between WEDR,
                            Inc., Seller and Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, Buyer. (See table of contents for list of
                            omitted schedules)
        2.20(p)          -- Time Brokerage Agreement dated July 10, 1996 by and
                            between Evergreen Media Corporation of Detroit, as
                            Licensee, and Kidstar Interactive Media Incorporated, as
                            Time Broker.
        2.21(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 15, 1996 by and among
                            Century Chicago Broadcasting L.P., an Illinois limited
                            partnership, ("Seller"), Century Broadcasting
                            Corporation, a Delaware Corporation ("Century"),
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles, a Delaware
                            Corporation ("Parent"), and Evergreen Media Corporation
                            of Chicago, a Delaware Corporation ("Buyer").
        2.22(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated August 12, 1996 by and
                            among Chancellor Broadcasting Company, Shamrock
                            Broadcasting, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of the
                            Great Lakes.
        2.23(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of August 12, 1996
                            between Secret Communications Limited Partnership and
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles (WQRS-FM).
                            (See table of contents for list of omitted exhibits and
                            schedules)
        2.24(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of August 12, 1996
                            between Secret Communications Limited Partnership and
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles. (See table of
                            contents for list of omitted schedules)
        2.25(q)          -- Letter of intent dated August 27, 1996 between EZ
                            Communications, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation.
        2.26(q)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 19, 1996 between
                            Beasley-FM Acquisition Corp., WDAS License Limited
                            Partnership and Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles.
        2.27(q)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 19, 1996 between
                            The Brown Organization and Evergreen Media Corporation of
                            Los Angeles.
        2.28(r)          -- Stock Purchase Agreement by and between Viacom
                            International Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, dated February 16, 1997 (See table of contents
                            for omitted schedules and exhibits).
        2.29(r)          -- Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Evergreen
                            Media Corporation, Chancellor Broadcasting Company and
                            Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company, dated as of
                            February 19, 1997.
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
        EXHIBIT
          NO.                               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
        -------                             ----------------------
<C>                      <S>
        2.30(r)          -- Stockholders Agreement, by and among Chancellor
                            Broadcasting Company, Evergreen Media Corporation, Scott
                            K. Ginsburg (individually and as custodian for certain
                            shares held by his children), HM2/Chancellor, L.P.,
                            Hicks, Muse, Tate & First Equity Fund II, L.P., HM2/HMW,
                            L.P., The Chancellor Business Trust, HM2/HMD Sacramento
                            GP, L.P., Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee of the William Cree
                            Hicks 1992 Irrevocable Trust, Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee
                            of the Catherine Forgave Hicks 1993 Irrevocable Trust,
                            Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee of the John Alexander Hicks
                            1984 Trust, Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee of the Mack
                            Hardin Hicks 1984 Trust, Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee of
                            Robert Bradley Hicks 1984 Trust, Thomas O. Hicks, as
                            Trustee of the Thomas O. Hicks, Jr. 1984 Trust, Thomas O.
                            Hicks and H. Rand Reynolds, as Trustees for the Muse
                            Children's GS Trust, and Thomas O. Hicks, dated as of
                            February 19, 1997.
        2.31(r)          -- Joint Purchase Agreement, by and among Chancellor Radio
                            Broadcasting Company, Chancellor Broadcasting Company,
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles, and Evergreen
                            Media Corporation, dated as of February 19, 1997.
        2.32(s)          -- Asset Exchange Agreement, by and among EZ Communications,
                            Inc., Professional Broadcasting Incorporated, EZ
                            Philadelphia, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, Evergreen Media Corporation of Charlotte,
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of the East, Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Carolinaland, WBAV/WBAV-FM/WPEG License
                            Corp. and WRFX License Corp., dated as of December 5,
                            1996 (See table of contents for list of omitted
                            schedules).
        2.33(s)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement, by and among EZ Communications,
                            Inc., Professional Broadcasting Incorporated, EZ
                            Charlotte, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, Evergreen Media Corporation of the East and
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Carolinaland, dated as of
                            December 5, 1996 (See table of contents for list of
                            omitted schedules).
        2.34(t)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Pacific and
                            Southern Company, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of
                            Los Angeles (re: WGCI-AM and WGCI-FM), dated as of April
                            4, 1997 (see table of contents for list of omitted
                            schedules and exhibits).
        2.35(t)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Pacific and
                            Southern Company, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of
                            Los Angeles (re: KKBQ-AM and KKBQ-FM), dated as of April
                            4, 1997 (see table of contents for list of omitted
                            schedules and exhibits)
        2.36(t)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Pacific and
                            Southern Company, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of
                            Los Angeles (re: KHKS-FM), dated as of April 4, 1997 (see
                            table of contents for list of omitted schedules and
                            exhibits).
        2.41(y)          -- Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger among
                            Chancellor Broadcasting Company, Chancellor Radio
                            Broadcasting Company, Evergreen Media Corporation,
                            Evergreen Mezzanine Holdings Corporation and Evergreen
                            Media Corporation of Los Angeles, dated as of February
                            19, 1997, amended and restated as of July 31, 1997.
        2.42(gg)         -- Option Agreement, by and among Evergreen Media
                            Corporation, Chancellor Broadcasting Company, Bonneville
                            International Corporation and Bonneville Holding Company,
                            dated as of August 6, 1997.
</TABLE>
 
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<CAPTION>
        EXHIBIT
          NO.                               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
        -------                             ----------------------
<C>                      <S>
        4.10(t)          -- Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of
                            April 25, 1997 among Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, the financial institutions whose names appear as
                            Lenders on the signature pages thereof (the "Lenders"),
                            Toronto Dominion Securities, Inc., as Arranging Agent,
                            The Bank of New York and Bankers Trust Company, as
                            Co-Syndication Agents, NationsBank of Texas, N.A. and
                            Union Bank of California, as Co-Documentation Agents, and
                            Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as Administrative Agent
                            for the Lenders, together with certain collateral
                            documents attached thereto as exhibits, including
                            Assignment of Partnership Interests, Assignment of Trust
                            Interests, Borrower's Pledge Agreement, Parent Company
                            Guaranty, Stock Pledge Agreement, Subsidiary.
        4.11(z)          -- First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan
                            Agreement, dated June 26, 1997, among Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Los Angeles, the Lenders, the Agents and
                            the Administrative Agent.
        4.12(y)          -- Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Chancellor Media
                            Corporation.
        4.25(pp)         -- Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan
                            Agreement, dated August 7, 1997, among Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Los Angeles, the Lenders, the Agents and
                            the Administrative Agent.
        4.31*            -- Specimen $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock
                            Certificate
        4.32+            -- Certificate of Designation for $3.00 Convertible
                            Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
        4.33+            -- Convertible Subordinated Exchange Indenture (including
                            form of 6% Convertible Subordinated Exchange Debenture
                            attached thereto), dated June 16, 1997, between Evergreen
                            Media Corporation and The Bank of New York.
        5.1*             -- Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
        8.1*             -- Tax Matters Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
       12.1+             -- Chancellor Media Corporation Computation of Ratio of
                            Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
                            Dividends.
       23.1*             -- Consent of Latham & Watkins (included as part of their
                            opinion listed as Exhibit 5.1).
       23.2+             -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent
                            accountants.
       23.3+             -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent
                            accountants.
       23.4+             -- Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants.
       23.5+             -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent accountants.
       23.6+             -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
                            accountants.
       23.7+             -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
                            accountants.
       23.8+             -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
                            accountants.
       23.9+             -- Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants.
       23.10+            -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent accountants.
       23.11*            -- Consent of Latham & Watkins (included as part of their
                            opinion listed as Exhibit 8.1).
       24.1              -- Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
 
 *   To be filed by amendment.
 
 +   Filed herewith.
 
(a)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Reg. No.
     33-60036).
 
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(f)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (Reg. No.
     33-89838).
 
(g)  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.8 to Evergreen's Registration
     Statement on Form S-4, as amended (Reg. No. 33-89838).
 
(h)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 14, 1995.
 
(i)   Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
      Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 17, 1996.
 
(j)   Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
      Evergreen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending
      September 30, 1995.
 
(k)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Reg. No.
     33-69752).
 
(n)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
     31, 1995.
 
(o)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending
     March 31, 1996.
 
(p)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
     June 30, 1996.
 
(q)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Reg. No.
     333-12453).
 
(r)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 16, 1997 and filed
     March 9, 1997.
 
(s)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
     31, 1996.
 
(t)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 1, 1997 and filed May 9,
     1997.
 
(y)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit of
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed August 1, 1997.
 
(z)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 7, 1997 and filed July
     31, 1997.
 
(aa) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
     of Chancellor Broadcasting Company and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting
     Company, as filed on February 29, 1996.
 
(bb) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
     of Chancellor Broadcasting Company, Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company
     and Chancellor Broadcasting Licensee Company for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1995.
 
(cc) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
     of Chancellor Broadcasting Company and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting
     Company, as filed on February 29, 1996.
 
(dd) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
     of Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company, as filed on February 6, 1997.
 
(ee) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
     of Chancellor Broadcasting Company and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting
     Company as filed on July 17, 1997.
 
(gg) Incorporated by reference to the identically-numbered exhibit to the
     Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Evergreen and EMCLA for the quarterly
     period ending June 30, 1997.
 
(pp) Incorporated by reference to the identically-numbered exhibit to CMCLA's
     Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 333-36451), dated September
     26, 1997.
 
     The Company hereby agrees to furnish supplementarily a copy of any omitted
schedule or exhibit to the Commission upon request.
 
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
 
     (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
 
          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
             (i) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
        distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
        any material change to such information in the registration statement;
 
          (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
     to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
     therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
     to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
     any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of the
     offering.
 
     (b) 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, 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 therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the Initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
     (c) 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
Securities Act of 1933 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.
 
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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 registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on October 1, 1997.
 
                                            CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION
 
                                            By:    /s/ MATTHEW E. DEVINE
                                              ----------------------------------
                                                      Matthew E. Devine
                                                  Senior Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer
 
                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY
 
     Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew
E. Devine and Scott K. Ginsburg as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
further amendment (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
 
     PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING
PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                     SIGNATURES                                   TITLE                     DATE
                     ----------                                   -----                     ----
<C>                                                    <S>                           <C>
 
                 /s/ THOMAS O. HICKS                   Chairman of the Board            October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                   Thomas O. Hicks
 
                /s/ SCOTT K. GINSBURG                  President, Chief Executive       October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------    Officer and Director
                  Scott K. Ginsburg                      (Principal Executive
                                                         Officer)
 
               /s/ JAMES E. DE CASTRO                  Chief Operating Officer and      October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------    Director
                 James E. de Castro
 
                /s/ MATTHEW E. DEVINE                  Senior Vice President and        October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------    Chief Financial Officer
                  Matthew E. Devine                      (Principal Financial
                                                         Officer and Principal
                                                         Accounting Officer)
 
                /s/ THOMAS J. HODSON                   Director                         October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                  Thomas J. Hodson
 
                 /s/ PERRY J. LEWIS                    Director                         October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                   Perry J. Lewis
 
                 /s/ ERIC C. NEUMAN                    Director                         October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                   Eric C. Neuman
 
                 /s/ JOHN H. MASSEY                    Director                         October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                   John H. Massey
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                     SIGNATURES                                   TITLE                     DATE
                     ----------                                   -----                     ----
<C>                                                    <S>                           <C>
                /s/ JEFFREY A. MARCUS                  Director                         October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                  Jeffrey A. Marcus
 
             /s/ LAWRENCE D. STUART, JR.               Director                         October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
               Lawrence D. Stuart, Jr.
 
                  /s/ STEVEN DINETZ                    Director                         October 1, 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------
                    Steven Dinetz
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                                      II-9
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
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        EXHIBIT
          NO.                               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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<C>                      <S>
        1.1+             -- Securities Purchase Agreement, dated June 10, 1997, among
                            Evergreen Media Corporation, Alex, Brown & Sons
                            Incorporated, BT Securities Corporation, Credit Suisse
                            First Boston Corporation, Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
                            NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. and TD Securities (USA)
                            Inc.
        1.2+             -- Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 16, 1997, among
                            Evergreen Media Corporation, Alex, Brown & Sons
                            Incorporated, BT Securities Corporation, Credit Suisse
                            First Boston Corporation, Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
                            NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. and TD Securities (USA)
                            Inc.
        2.9(f)           -- Plan of Reorganization and Merger by and between
                            Evergreen Media Corporation and Broadcasting Partners,
                            Inc., dated as of January 31, 1995, as amended, including
                            the Form of Registration Rights Agreement among MLGA Fund
                            I, L.P., MLGA Fund II, L.P., MLGA/BPI Partners I, L.P.,
                            MLGAL Partners, Limited Partnership and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation (see table of contents for a list of omitted
                            schedules).
        2.9A(g)          -- Agreement dated as of January 31, 1995 among Evergreen
                            Media Corporation, Broadcasting Partners, Inc., the
                            holders of the shares of capital stock of Broadcasting
                            Partners, Inc. and Scott K. Ginsburg, holder of shares of
                            capital stock of Evergreen Media Corporation.
        2.10(f)          -- Plan and Agreement of Merger among Evergreen Media
                            Partners Corporation, Evergreen Media Corporation and
                            Broadcasting Partners, Inc., dated as of April 12, 1995.
        2.11(h)          -- Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Pyramid
                            Communications, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation and
                            Evergreen Media/Pyramid Corporation dated as of July 14,
                            1995 (see table of contents for list of omitted exhibits
                            and schedules).
        2.11A(i)         -- Amendment to Plan and Agreement of Merger by and among
                            Pyramid Communications, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation
                            and Evergreen Media/Pyramid Corporation dated September
                            7, 1995.
        2.11B(i)         -- Amendment to Plan and Agreement of Merger by and among
                            Pyramid Communications, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation
                            and Evergreen Media/Pyramid Corporation dated January 11,
                            1996.
        2.12(j)          -- Purchase Agreement between Fairbanks Communications, Inc.
                            and Evergreen Media Corporation dated October 12, 1995
                            (see table of contents for list of omitted exhibits and
                            schedules).
        2.13(n)          -- Option Agreement dated as of January 9, 1996 between
                            Chancellor Broadcasting Company and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation (including Form of Advertising Brokerage
                            Agreement and Form of Asset Purchase Agreement).
        2.14(o)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 4, 1996 between
                            American Radio Systems Corporation and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Buffalo (see table of contents for list of
                            omitted exhibits and schedules).
        2.15(o)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 11, 1996 between
                            Mercury Radio Communications, L.P. and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Los Angeles, Evergreen Media/Pyramid
                            Holdings Corporation, WHTT (AM) License Corp. and WHTT
                            (FM) License Corp. (see table of contents for list of
                            omitted exhibits and schedules).
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<CAPTION>
        EXHIBIT
          NO.                               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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<C>                      <S>
        2.16(o)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 19, 1996 between
                            Crescent Communications L.P. and Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Los Angeles (see table of contents for
                            list of omitted exhibits and schedules).
        2.17(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 13, 1996 between
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles and Greater
                            Washington Radio, Inc. (see table of contents for list of
                            omitted exhibits and schedules).
        2.18(p)          -- Asset Exchange Agreement dated June 13, 1996 among
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles, Evergreen
                            Media Corporation of the Bay State, WKLB License Corp.,
                            Greater Media Radio, Inc. and Greater Washington Radio,
                            Inc. (see table of contents for list of omitted exhibits
                            and schedules).
        2.19(p)          -- Purchase Agreement dated June 27, 1996 between WEDR,
                            Inc., Seller and Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, Buyer. (See table of contents for list of
                            omitted schedules)
        2.20(p)          -- Time Brokerage Agreement dated July 10, 1996 by and
                            between Evergreen Media Corporation of Detroit, as
                            Licensee, and Kidstar Interactive Media Incorporated, as
                            Time Broker.
        2.21(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 15, 1996 by and among
                            Century Chicago Broadcasting L.P., an Illinois limited
                            partnership, ("Seller"), Century Broadcasting
                            Corporation, a Delaware Corporation ("Century"),
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles, a Delaware
                            Corporation ("Parent"), and Evergreen Media Corporation
                            of Chicago, a Delaware Corporation ("Buyer").
        2.22(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated August 12, 1996 by and
                            among Chancellor Broadcasting Company, Shamrock
                            Broadcasting, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of the
                            Great Lakes.
        2.23(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of August 12, 1996
                            between Secret Communications Limited Partnership and
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles (WQRS-FM).
                            (See table of contents for list of omitted exhibits and
                            schedules)
        2.24(p)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of August 12, 1996
                            between Secret Communications Limited Partnership and
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles. (See table of
                            contents for list of omitted schedules)
        2.25(q)          -- Letter of intent dated August 27, 1996 between EZ
                            Communications, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation.
        2.26(q)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 19, 1996 between
                            Beasley-FM Acquisition Corp., WDAS License Limited
                            Partnership and Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles.
        2.27(q)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 19, 1996 between
                            The Brown Organization and Evergreen Media Corporation of
                            Los Angeles.
        2.28(r)          -- Stock Purchase Agreement by and between Viacom
                            International Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, dated February 16, 1997 (See table of contents
                            for omitted schedules and exhibits).
        2.29(r)          -- Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Evergreen
                            Media Corporation, Chancellor Broadcasting Company and
                            Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company, dated as of
                            February 19, 1997.
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        EXHIBIT
          NO.                               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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<C>                      <S>
        2.30(r)          -- Stockholders Agreement, by and among Chancellor
                            Broadcasting Company, Evergreen Media Corporation, Scott
                            K. Ginsburg (individually and as custodian for certain
                            shares held by his children), HM2/Chancellor, L.P.,
                            Hicks, Muse, Tate & First Equity Fund II, L.P., HM2/HMW,
                            L.P., The Chancellor Business Trust, HM2/HMD Sacramento
                            GP, L.P., Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee of the William Cree
                            Hicks 1992 Irrevocable Trust, Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee
                            of the Catherine Forgave Hicks 1993 Irrevocable Trust,
                            Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee of the John Alexander Hicks
                            1984 Trust, Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee of the Mack
                            Hardin Hicks 1984 Trust, Thomas O. Hicks, as Trustee of
                            Robert Bradley Hicks 1984 Trust, Thomas O. Hicks, as
                            Trustee of the Thomas O. Hicks, Jr. 1984 Trust, Thomas O.
                            Hicks and H. Rand Reynolds, as Trustees for the Muse
                            Children's GS Trust, and Thomas O. Hicks, dated as of
                            February 19, 1997.
        2.31(r)          -- Joint Purchase Agreement, by and among Chancellor Radio
                            Broadcasting Company, Chancellor Broadcasting Company,
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Los Angeles, and Evergreen
                            Media Corporation, dated as of February 19, 1997.
        2.32(s)          -- Asset Exchange Agreement, by and among EZ Communications,
                            Inc., Professional Broadcasting Incorporated, EZ
                            Philadelphia, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, Evergreen Media Corporation of Charlotte,
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of the East, Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Carolinaland, WBAV/WBAV-FM/WPEG License
                            Corp. and WRFX License Corp., dated as of December 5,
                            1996 (See table of contents for list of omitted
                            schedules).
        2.33(s)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement, by and among EZ Communications,
                            Inc., Professional Broadcasting Incorporated, EZ
                            Charlotte, Inc., Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, Evergreen Media Corporation of the East and
                            Evergreen Media Corporation of Carolinaland, dated as of
                            December 5, 1996 (See table of contents for list of
                            omitted schedules).
        2.34(t)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Pacific and
                            Southern Company, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of
                            Los Angeles (re: WGCI-AM and WGCI-FM), dated as of April
                            4, 1997 (see table of contents for list of omitted
                            schedules and exhibits).
        2.35(t)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Pacific and
                            Southern Company, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of
                            Los Angeles (re: KKBQ-AM and KKBQ-FM), dated as of April
                            4, 1997 (see table of contents for list of omitted
                            schedules and exhibits)
        2.36(t)          -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Pacific and
                            Southern Company, Inc. and Evergreen Media Corporation of
                            Los Angeles (re: KHKS-FM), dated as of April 4, 1997 (see
                            table of contents for list of omitted schedules and
                            exhibits).
        2.41(y)          -- Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger among
                            Chancellor Broadcasting Company, Chancellor Radio
                            Broadcasting Company, Evergreen Media Corporation,
                            Evergreen Mezzanine Holdings Corporation and Evergreen
                            Media Corporation of Los Angeles, dated as of February
                            19, 1997, amended and restated as of July 31, 1997.
        2.42(gg)         -- Option Agreement, by and among Evergreen Media
                            Corporation, Chancellor Broadcasting Company, Bonneville
                            International Corporation and Bonneville Holding Company,
                            dated as of August 6, 1997.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
        EXHIBIT
          NO.                               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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<C>                      <S>
        4.10(t)          -- Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of
                            April 25, 1997 among Evergreen Media Corporation of Los
                            Angeles, the financial institutions whose names appear as
                            Lenders on the signature pages thereof (the "Lenders"),
                            Toronto Dominion Securities, Inc., as Arranging Agent,
                            The Bank of New York and Bankers Trust Company, as
                            Co-Syndication Agents, NationsBank of Texas, N.A. and
                            Union Bank of California, as Co-Documentation Agents, and
                            Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as Administrative Agent
                            for the Lenders, together with certain collateral
                            documents attached thereto as exhibits, including
                            Assignment of Partnership Interests, Assignment of Trust
                            Interests, Borrower's Pledge Agreement, Parent Company
                            Guaranty, Stock Pledge Agreement, Subsidiary.
        4.11(z)          -- First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan
                            Agreement, dated June 26, 1997, among Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Los Angeles, the Lenders, the Agents and
                            the Administrative Agent.
        4.12(y)          -- Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Chancellor Media
                            Corporation.
        4.25(pp)         -- Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan
                            Agreement, dated August 7, 1997, among Evergreen Media
                            Corporation of Los Angeles, the Lenders, the Agents and
                            the Administrative Agent.
        4.31*            -- Specimen $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock
                            Certificate.
        4.32+            -- Certificate of Designation for $3.00 Convertible
                            Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
        4.33+            -- Convertible Subordinated Exchange Indenture (including
                            form of 6% Convertible Subordinated Exchange Debenture
                            attached thereto), dated June 16, 1997, between Evergreen
                            Media Corporation and The Bank of New York.
        5.1*             -- Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
        8.1*             -- Tax Matters Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
       12.1+             -- Chancellor Media Corporation Computation of Ratio of
                            Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
                            Dividends.
       23.1*             -- Consent of Latham & Watkins (included as part of their
                            opinion listed as Exhibit 5.1).
       23.2+             -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent
                            accountants.
       23.3+             -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent
                            accountants.
       23.4+             -- Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants.
       23.5+             -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent accountants.
       23.6+             -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
                            accountants.
       23.7+             -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
                            accountants.
       23.8+             -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent
                            accountants.
       23.9+             -- Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants.
       23.10+            -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent accountants.
       23.11*            -- Consent of Latham & Watkins (included as part of their
                            opinion listed as Exhibit 8.1).
       24.1              -- Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
       25.1*             -- Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of The Bank of New
                            York under the Convertible Subordinated Indenture.
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- ---------------
 
 *   To be filed by amendment.
 
 +   Filed herewith.
 
(a)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Reg. No.
     33-60036).
 
(f)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (Reg. No.
     33-89838).
 
(g)  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.8 to Evergreen's Registration
     Statement on Form S-4, as amended (Reg. No. 33-89838).
 
(h)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 14, 1995.
 
(i)   Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
      Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 17, 1996.
 
(j)   Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
      Evergreen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending
      September 30, 1995.
 
(k)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Reg. No.
     33-69752).
 
(n)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
     31, 1995.
 
(o)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending
     March 31, 1996.
 
(p)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
     June 30, 1996.
 
(q)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Reg. No.
     333-12453).
 
(r)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 16, 1997 and filed
     March 9, 1997.
 
(s)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
     31, 1996.
 
(t)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 1, 1997 and filed May 9,
     1997.
 
(y)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit of
     Evergreen's Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed August 1, 1997.
 
(z)  Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to
     Evergreen's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 7, 1997 and filed July
     31, 1997.
 
(aa) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
     of Chancellor Broadcasting Company and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting
     Company, as filed on February 29, 1996.
 
(bb) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
     of Chancellor Broadcasting Company, Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company
     and Chancellor Broadcasting Licensee Company for the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1995.
 
(cc) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
     of Chancellor Broadcasting Company and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting
     Company, as filed on February 29, 1996.
 
(dd) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
     of Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company, as filed on February 6, 1997.
 
(ee) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
     of Chancellor Broadcasting Company and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting
     Company as filed on July 17, 1997.
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(gg) Incorporated by reference to the identically-numbered exhibit to the
     Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Evergreen and EMCLA for the quarterly
     period ending June 30, 1997.
 
(pp) Incorporated by reference to the identically-numbered exhibit to CMCLA's
     Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 333-36451), dated September
     26, 1997.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 1.1

                                5,500,000 Shares

                          EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION

                 $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock

                               PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                                     June 10, 1997

Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated
BT Securities Corporation
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
TD Securities (USA) Inc.
c/o Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated
One South Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Evergreen Media Corporation (the "COMPANY"), a Delaware corporation,
hereby confirms its agreement with you (the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"), as set forth
below.

          1.   The Securities.  Subject to the terms and conditions herein
contained, the Company proposes to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers
5,500,000 shares of its $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par
value $.01 per share (the "FIRM SHARES").  The Company also proposes to issue
and sell to the Initial Purchasers not more than 500,000 additional shares of
its $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Additional Shares") if requested by
the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 3 hereof.  The Firm Shares and the
Additional Shares are herein collectively referred to as the "Shares."  The
shares of $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock to be outstanding
after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereafter referred to
as the "Convertible Preferred Stock."

         The Shares are convertible at the option of the holder at any time,
unless previously redeemed or exchanged, into Class A Common Stock, par value
$.01
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per share (the "CLASS A COMMON STOCK"), of the Company at a conversion price of
$50.00 per share of Class A Common Stock subject to adjustment. The Shares are
exchangeable, subject to certain conditions, at the option of the Company, in
whole but not in part, on any dividend payment date commencing September 15,
2000, for the Company=s 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2012 (the
"DEBENTURES").  The Debentures are to be issued under an indenture (the
"INDENTURE") dated as of June 16, 1997 between the Company and Bank of New
York, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").  The Debentures are convertible, at the
option of the holders thereof into Class A Common Stock at a conversion price
of $50.00 per share of Class A Common Stock subject to adjustment.  The Shares,
the Debentures issuable on exchange thereof and the Class A Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Shares or the Debentures, as appropriate, are
referred to herein collectively as the "SECURITIES."

         The Shares will be offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers without
being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "ACT"), in
reliance on exemptions therefrom.

         In connection with the sale of the Shares, the Company has prepared a
preliminary offering memorandum dated May 23, 1997 (the "PRELIMINARY
MEMORANDUM"), and a final offering memorandum dated June 10, 1997 (the "FINAL
MEMORANDUM;" the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final Memorandum each herein
being referred to as a "MEMORANDUM") setting forth or including a description
of the terms of the Securities, the terms of the offering of the Shares, a
description of the Company and any material developments relating to the
Company occurring after the date of the most recent historical financial
statements included therein.  All references in this Agreement to a Memorandum
include the documents incorporated by reference therein.

         The Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees of
the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which the Company has agreed,
among other things, to file a shelf registration statement (the "REGISTRATION
STATEMENT") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION")
registering the Securities under the Act.

          2.   Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company
represents and warrants to and agrees with the Initial Purchasers that:

                 (a)   Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to
         the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), as amended,
         and





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         incorporated by reference in the Final Memorandum complied or will
         comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act
         and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

                 (b)   Neither the Preliminary Memorandum as of the date
         thereof nor the Final Memorandum nor any amendment or supplement
         thereto as of the date thereof and at all times subsequent thereto up
         to the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3 below) contained or
         contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits
         to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
         the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
         misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth
         in this Section 2(b) shall not apply to statements or omissions made
         in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of
         the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Company in writing by the
         Initial Purchasers expressly for use in the Preliminary Memorandum,
         the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto.

                 (c)   Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly
         incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
         under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the
         corporate power and authority to carry on its business as it is
         currently being conducted and to own, lease and operate its
         properties, and each is or as of the Closing Date will be duly
         qualified and is or as of the Closing Date will be in good standing as
         a foreign corporation authorized to do business in each jurisdiction
         in which the nature of its business or its ownership or leasing of
         property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be
         so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the Company
         and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

                 (d)   All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or
         other ownership interests in, each of the Company's subsidiaries have
         been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
         non-assessable, and are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company,
         free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien, encumbrance or
         adverse interest of any nature, other than (i) the stock pledge
         securing certain obligations of the Company,  Evergreen Media
         Corporation of Los Angeles ("Evergreen LA") and the subsidiaries of
         Evergreen LA under the Senior Credit Facility (as such term is defined
         in the Final Memorandum) and (ii) the pledge by the Company of the
         common stock of Evergreen Media Corporation of Texas in connection
         with the alternative financing of the Gannett Acquisition (as such
         term is defined in the Final Memorandum).





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                 (e)   All the shares of capital stock of the Company
         outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares have been duly
         authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable
         and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

                 (f)   The authorized capital stock of the Company (including
         the Class A Common Stock and the Convertible Preferred Stock) conforms
         as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Final
         Memorandum.

                 (g)   This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
         delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the
         Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as rights to
         indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by applicable
         law).

                 (h)   Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
         violation of its respective charter or by- laws (or other
         organizational documents) or in default in the performance of any
         obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture,
         note or any other evidence of indebtedness or in any other agreement
         or instrument material to the conduct of the business of the Company
         and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of
         its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries
         or their respective property is bound.

                 (i)   The execution, delivery and performance of this
         Agreement,  the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
         Certificate of Designation related to the Convertible Preferred Stock
         (the "Certificate of Designation"), compliance by the Company with all
         the provisions hereof and thereof, the issuance and sale of the
         Shares, the issuance of the Debentures upon exchange of the Shares
         (assuming that the issuance of the Debentures upon exchange of the
         Shares were to take place on the Closing Date (as defined below)) and
         the issuance of the Class A Common Stock upon conversion of the Shares
         and the Debentures, as applicable, and the consummation of the
         transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (A) assuming
         compliance by the Initial Purchasers with their representations,
         warranties and agreements set forth in Section 8 hereof, require any
         consent, approval, authorization or other order of any court,
         regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body,
         including the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC"), except
         (x) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and
         effect, (y) in the case of the performance of and compliance with the
         Registration





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         Rights Agreement, such as will be obtained and made under the Act and
         the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA") and (z) as may
         be required under Blue Sky laws of the various states; (B) conflict
         with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a
         default under, the charter or by-laws (or other organizational
         documents) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (C) require any
         consent or approval (which has not been obtained) of the parties to,
         or conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or
         provisions of, or a default under, any agreement or other instrument
         to which it or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or
         any of its subsidiaries or their respective property is bound, except
         that the issuance of the Debentures upon exchange of the Shares on the
         Closing Date would require obtaining consents under the Senior Credit
         Facility (including the Company=s guarantee of Evergreen LA=s
         obligations thereunder) and the Chancellor Merger Agreement (as such
         term is defined in the Final Memorandum); (D) assuming compliance by
         the Initial Purchasers with their representations, warranties and
         agreements set forth in Section 8 hereof, violate or conflict with any
         laws or administrative regulations, including without limitation the
         Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
         of the FCC thereunder (collectively called the "Communications Act"),
         rulings or court decrees applicable to the Company, any of its
         subsidiaries or their respective property; (E) result in termination
         or revocation of any of the permits, licenses, approvals, orders,
         certificates, franchise or authorization of governmental or regulatory
         authorities, including those relating to the Communications Act, owned
         or held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in order to conduct
         the broadcast operations of the stations owned or operated by them
         ("Licenses") or result in any other material impairment of the rights
         of the holder of any such License; or (F) result in the creation or
         imposition of any lien on any asset of the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries.

                 (j)   Except as otherwise set forth in the Final Memorandum,
         there are no material legal or governmental proceedings pending to
         which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which
         any of their respective property (including without limitation
         Licenses) is the subject, and, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
         no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated; there are no
         material contracts or other documents which would be required to be
         described in a prospectus pursuant to the Act that are not described
         in the Final Memorandum.

                 (k)   Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is operating in
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         administrative orders or rulings or court decrees applicable to it or
         to any of its property (including without limitation those relating to
         broadcast operations, environmental, safety or similar matters,
         federal or state laws relating to the hiring, promotion or pay of
         employees, the Employees Retirement Income Security Act or the rules
         and regulations promulgated thereunder), except for violations which
         will not result in any material adverse change in the business,
         prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company
         and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

                 (l)   Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has such
         Licenses as are necessary to own, lease and operate its respective
         properties and to conduct its business; each of the Company and its
         subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of its material
         obligations with respect to such Licenses and no event has occurred
         which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation
         or termination thereof or results in any other material impairment of
         the rights of the holder of any such permit.

                 (m)   Except as otherwise set forth in the Final Memorandum or
         such as are not material to the business, prospects, financial
         condition or results of operation of the Company and its subsidiaries,
         taken as a whole, the Company and each of its subsidiaries has good
         and marketable title, free and clear of all liens, claims,
         encumbrances and restrictions except liens for taxes not yet due and
         payable, to, and enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession of, all
         property and assets described in the Final Memorandum as being owned
         by it.

                 (n)   KPMG Peat Marwick LLP are independent public accountants
         with respect to the Company for the purposes of the Act.

                 (o)   The financial statements and related notes included in
         the Final Memorandum (other than the Viacom Financials, the WDRQ
         Financials, the Riverside Financials, the WLIT Financials, the
         KYSR/KIBB Financials, the WDAS Financials, the KKSF/KDFC Financials,
         the Chancellor Financials, the Century Financials and WJLB Financials,
         each as defined below), present fairly the consolidated financial
         position, results of operations and changes in cash flows of the
         Company and/or its subsidiaries on the basis stated in the Final
         Memorandum at the respective dates or for the respective periods to
         which they apply; such statements and related schedules and notes have
         been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
         principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved,
         except as disclosed therein; the pro forma financial information
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         Memorandum has been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules
         and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and the
         assumptions used in the preparation thereof are, in the Company's
         opinion, reasonable; and the other financial and statistical
         information and data included in the Final Memorandum is, in all
         material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a basis
         consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of
         the Company.

                 (p)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the combined financial statements and related notes of WMZQ
         Inc. and Viacom Broadcasting East Inc. (the "VIACOM FINANCIALS")
         included in the Final Memorandum do not fairly present, as applicable,
         the consolidated financial position, results of operations and changes
         in cash flows of WMZQ Inc. ("WMZQ") and/or its subsidiaries and Viacom
         Broadcasting East Inc. ("VIACOM") and/or its subsidiaries on the basis
         stated in the Final Memorandum at the respective dates or for the
         respective periods to which they apply or (B) the Viacom Financials
         have not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
         accounting principles consistently applied, except as disclosed
         therein.

                 (q)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the financial statements and related notes of WDRQ Inc. (the
         "WDRQ FINANCIALS") included in the Final Memorandum do not fairly
         present, as applicable, the consolidated financial position, results
         of operations and changes in cash flows of WDRQ Inc.  ("WDRQ") and/or
         its subsidiaries on the basis stated in the Final Memorandum at the
         respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply or
         (B) the WDRQ Financials have not been prepared in accordance with
         generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, except
         as disclosed therein.

                 (r)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the combined financial statements and related notes of
         Riverside Broadcasting Co., Inc. and WAXQ Inc. (the "RIVERSIDE
         FINANCIALS") included in the Final Memorandum do not fairly present,
         as applicable, the consolidated financial position, results of
         operations and changes in cash flows of Riverside Broadcasting Co.,
         Inc. ("RIVERSIDE") and/or its subsidiaries and WAXQ Inc. ("WAXQ")
         and/or its subsidiaries on the basis stated in the Final Memorandum at
         the respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply
         or (B)  the Riverside Financials have not been prepared in accordance
         with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied,
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                 (s)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the financial statements and related notes of WLIT Inc. (the
         "WLIT FINANCIALS") included in the Final Memorandum do not fairly
         present, as applicable, the consolidated financial position, results
         of operations and changes in cash flows of WLIT Inc.  ("WLIT") and/or
         its subsidiaries on the basis stated in the Final Memorandum at the
         respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply or
         (B) the WLIT Financials have not been prepared in accordance with
         generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, except
         as disclosed therein.

                 (t)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the combined financial statements and related notes of KYSR
         Inc. and KIBB Inc. (the "KYSR/KIBB FINANCIALS") included in the Final
         Memorandum do not fairly present, as applicable, the consolidated
         financial position, results of operations and changes in cash flows of
         KYSR Inc., and KIBB Inc. (collectively, "KYSR/KIBB") on the basis
         stated in the Final Memorandum at the respective dates or for the
         respective periods to which they apply or (B) the KYSR/KIBB Financials
         have not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
         accounting principles consistently applied, except as disclosed
         therein.

                 (u)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the financial statements and related notes of WDAS AM/FM
         (station owned and operated by Beasley FM Acquisition Corp.) (the
         "WDAS FINANCIALS") included in the Final Memorandum do not fairly
         present, as applicable, the consolidated financial position, results
         of operations and changes in cash flows of WDAS AM/FM (station owned
         and operated by Beasley FM Acquisition Corp.) ("WDAS") on the basis
         stated in the Final Memorandum at the respective dates or for the
         respective periods to which they apply or (B) the WDAS Financials have
         not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
         principles consistently applied, except as disclosed therein.

                 (v)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the financial statements and related notes of KKSF-FM and
         KDFC-AM/FM (A Division of the Brown Organization) (the "KKSF/KDFC
         FINANCIALS") included in the Final Memorandum do not fairly present,
         as applicable, the consolidated financial position, results of
         operations and changes in cash flow of KKSF-FM and KDFC-AM/FM (A
         Division of the Brown Organization) (collectively, "KKSF/KDFC") on the
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         periods to which they apply or (B) that the KKSF/KDFC Financials have
         not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
         principles consistently applied, except as disclosed herein.

                 (w)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the financial statements and related notes of Chancellor
         Broadcasting Company (the "CHANCELLOR FINANCIALS") included in the
         Final Memorandum do not fairly present, as applicable, the
         consolidated financial position, results of operations and changes in
         cash flow of Chancellor Broadcasting Company ("CHANCELLOR") and/or its
         subsidiaries on the basis stated in the Final Memorandum at the
         respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply or
         (B) that the Chancellor Financials have not been prepared in
         accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
         applied, except as disclosed therein.

                 (x)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the financial statements and related notes of Century Chicago
         Broadcasting, L.P. (the "CENTURY FINANCIALS") included in the Final
         Memorandum do not fairly present, as applicable, the consolidated
         financial position, results of operations and changes in cash flow of
         Century Chicago Broadcasting, L.P. ("CENTURY") and/or its subsidiaries
         on the basis stated in the Final Memorandum at the respective dates or
         for the respective periods to which they apply or (B) that the Century
         Financials have not been prepared in accordance with generally
         accepted accounting principles consistently applied, except as
         disclosed therein.

                 (y)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that (A) the financial statements and related schedules and notes of
         WJLB/WMXD Detroit, (the "WJLB/WMXD FINANCIALS") included in the Final
         Memorandum do not fairly present , as applicable, the consolidated
         financial position, results of operations and changes in cash flow of
         WLJB/WMXD, Detroit ("WJLB/WMXD") and/or its subsidiaries on the basis
         stated in the Final Memorandum at the respective dates or for the
         respective periods to which they apply or (B) that the WJLB/WMXD
         Financials have not been prepared in accordance with generally
         accepted accounting principles consistently applied, except as
         disclosed therein.

                 (z)   The agreements (the "Pending Evergreen Transactions
         Agreements") relating to each of the pending transactions described in
         the Final Memorandum under the captions "BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES -
         RECENT DEVELOPMENTS - CHANCELLOR MERGER" and "BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES
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         have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or
         one or more of its subsidiaries and constitute the valid and binding
         agreements of the Company and/or its subsidiaries (except as such
         enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
         reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting
         creditors' rights generally or by general equity principles) and,
         except as described in the Final Memorandum, the Company has no reason
         to believe based on information known to it as of the date of this
         Agreement that the transactions contemplated by the Pending
         Transactions Agreements will not be consummated on the basis described
         therein.

                (aa)   After due inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe
         that the agreements (the "PENDING CHANCELLOR TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS")
         relating to each of the pending transactions described in the Final
         Memorandum under the captions "BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES - RECENT
         DEVELOPMENTS - CHANCELLOR MERGER" and "BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES -
         RECENT DEVELOPMENTS - PENDING CHANCELLOR TRANSACTIONS" have not been
         duly authorized, executed and delivered by Chancellor or one or more
         of its subsidiaries and do not constitute the valid and binding
         agreements of Chancellor and/or its subsidiaries (except as such
         enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
         reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting
         creditors= rights generally or by general equity principles) and,
         except as described in the Final Memorandum, the Company has no reason
         to believe based on information known to it as of the date of this
         Agreement that the transactions contemplated by the Pending Chancellor
         Transactions Agreements will not be consummated on the basis described
         therein.

                (bb)   The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
         offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds
         thereof as described in the Final Memorandum, will not be an
         "investment company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company
         Act of 1940, as amended.

                (cc)   The Company has complied with all provisions of Section
         517.075, Florida Statutes (Chapter 92- 198, Laws of Florida) relating
         to the disclosure of business with Cuba.

                (dd)   The Certificate of Designation has been duly authorized
         by the Company and on or prior to the Closing Date will have been duly
         executed and delivered by the Company and filed with the Secretary of
         State of the State of Delaware; the Shares have been duly authorized
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         when issued and delivered to the Initial Purchasers against payment
         therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued,
         fully paid and nonassessable and the issuance of such Shares will not
         be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

                (ee)   The shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company to be
         issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the
         Debentures have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon
         such conversion and, when issued upon such conversion in accordance
         with the Certificate of Designation and Indenture, respectively, will
         be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the issuance of
         such shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

                 (ff)  The Debentures have been duly authorized by the Company
         for issuance and conform to the description thereof in the Final
         Memorandum.  The Debentures, when executed by the Company and
         authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the
         Indenture and delivered upon the exchange of the Shares in accordance
         with the Certificate of Designation, will have been duly executed,
         issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding
         obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture
         and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms
         (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
         insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or
         affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equity
         principles).  The Company has all requisite corporate power and
         authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the
         Indenture; the Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and
         meets the requirements for qualification under the TIA and, when
         executed and delivered by the Company (assuming the due authorization,
         execution and delivery by the Trustee), will constitute a valid and
         legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against it in
         accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be
         limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
         similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or
         by general equity principles).  The Indenture conforms to the
         description thereof in the Final Memorandum.

                (gg)   The Company has all requisite corporate power and
         authority to execute and deliver the Registration Rights Agreement;
         the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the
         Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company (assuming due
         authorization, execution and delivery by you), will constitute a valid
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         agreement of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its
         terms (except (x) as any rights for indemnity and contribution
         thereunder may be limited by applicable law and (y) as such
         enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
         reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting
         creditors' rights generally or by general equity principles).  The
         Registration Rights Agreement conforms to the description thereof in
         the Final Memorandum.

                (hh)   The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
         Indenture, the Certificate of Designation and the Registration Rights
         Agreement and the sale of the Shares as provided herein will not
         involve any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406
         of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or
         Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The
         representation made by the Company in the preceding sentence is made
         in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of, and compliance with,
         the representations and covenants made or deemed made by the persons
         purchasing the Shares from the Initial Purchasers as set forth in the
         Final Memorandum under the section entitled "Transfer Restrictions."

                (ii)   There are no holders of securities of the Company who,
         by reason of the execution by the Company of any of the Certificate of
         Designation, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement or this
         Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
         therein, have the right to request or demand that the Company register
         under the Act any securities held by them, except that holders of
         Convertible Preferred Stock, Debentures issuable on exchange thereof
         or shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof
         will have registration rights pursuant to the Registration Rights
         Agreement.

                (jj)   Other than this Agreement, there are no contracts,
         agreements or understandings between the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries and any person that would give rise to a valid claim
         against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of the Initial
         Purchasers for a brokerage commission, finder=s fee or like payment in
         connection with the issuance, purchase and sale of Shares.

                (kk)   None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of
         their respective Affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D
         under the Act) has directly, or through any agent, (i) sold, offered
         for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect
         of, any "security" (as defined in the Act) which is or could be
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         Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the
         Act of the Securities or (ii) engaged in any form of general
         solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in
         Regulation D under the Act) in connection with the offering of the
         Securities or in any manner involving a public offering within the
         meaning of Section 4(2) of the Act.  Assuming the accuracy of the
         representations, warranties, and agreements of the Initial Purchasers
         in Section 8 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer,
         sale and delivery of the Shares to the Initial Purchasers in the
         manner contemplated by this Agreement to register any of the
         Securities under the Act or to qualify the Indenture under the TIA.

                (ll)   The Convertible Preferred Stock satisfies the
         requirements set forth in Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Act.

                (mm)   None of the Company, its subsidiaries or any agent
         acting on their behalf has taken or will take any action that might
         cause this Agreement or the sale of the Shares to violate Regulation
         G, T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
         in each case as in effect, or as the same may hereafter be in effect,
         on the Closing Date.

                (nn)   None of the Company or the subsidiaries has taken,
         directly or indirectly, any action prohibited by Regulation M under
         the Act in connection with the offering of the Shares contemplated
         hereby.

          3.   Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.  On the basis of the
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants herein contained and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers, acting
severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company, at a price of
$48.25 per share (the "Share Price"), the number of Shares set forth opposite
their respective names on Schedule A hereto.

         On the basis of the representations, warranties, agreements and
covenants  contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and
conditions, the Company   agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers
the Additional Shares, if any, and the Initial Purchasers shall have a one-time
right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 500,000 Additional Shares
from the Company at the Share Price.  Additional Shares may be purchased solely
for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the
offering of the Firm Shares.  The Initial Purchasers may exercise their right
to purchase Additional Shares in whole or in part by giving written notice
thereof to the Company at any time within 30 days after the date of the Final
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behalf of the Initial Purchasers and the notice shall specify the aggregate
number of Additional Shares to be purchased and the date for payment and
delivery thereof.  The date specified in the notice shall be a business day (i)
no earlier than the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) and (ii) no later
than ten business days after such notice has been given.  Each Initial
Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the number of
Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares
as you may determine) which bears the same proportion to the total number of
Additional Shares to be purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in Schedule A bears to the total
number of Firm Shares.

         Delivery to the Initial Purchasers of the Firm Shares shall take place
at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New
York.  Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made by wire transfer at 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on June 16, 1997 (the "Closing Date") of same day
funds to such bank account as the Company shall designate.  The Closing Date
and the location of delivery of and the form of payment for the Firm Shares may
be varied by agreement between you and the Company.

         Delivery to the Initial Purchasers of the Additional Shares to be
purchased by the Initial Purchasers shall take place at the offices of Davis
Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York.  Payment for the
Additional Shares shall be made by wire transfer at 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the date specified in the exercise notice given by you pursuant to
this Section (the "Option Closing Date") of same day funds to such bank account
as the Company may designate.  The Option Closing Date and the location of
delivery of and the form of payment for the Additional Shares may be varied by
agreement between you and the Company.

         Certificates representing the Shares shall be registered in such names
and issued in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than
two full business days prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be.  Such certificates shall be made available to you for
inspection not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on the business day
next preceding the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be.
Certificates in definitive form evidencing the Shares shall be delivered to you
on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, with any
transfer taxes thereon duly paid by the Company for the respective accounts of
the several Initial Purchasers against payment of the Share Price.

         The Company hereby agrees not to offer, sell, contract to sell, grant
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or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such
Common Stock, except to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement, and
not to file any registration statement with respect to any such securities
(other than on Form S-8, the Registration Statement and the registration
statement on Form S-4 relating to the Chancellor Merger (as such term is
defined in the Final Memorandum)), in each case for a period of 90 days after
the date of the Final Memorandum, without the prior written consent of Alex.
Brown & Sons Incorporated.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, during such period
(i) the Company may grant stock options pursuant to the Company=s existing
stock option plans or if the Chancellor Merger is consummated, the existing
stock option plans of Chancellor Broadcasting Company ("Chancellor"), (ii) the
Company may issue shares of its Common Stock upon the exercise of any option or
warrant or the conversion of any security outstanding on the date hereof or
granted pursuant to an existing stock option plan of the Company, or if the
Chancellor Merger is consummated, granted pursuant an existing stock option
plan of Chancellor, (iii) the Company may issue shares of its Class A Common
Stock as consideration for radio station or radio station group acquisitions
including in connection with the Chancellor Merger and (iv) the Company may
honor registration rights obligations assumed by it in connection with the
Chancellor Merger.

         4.   Offering by the Initial Purchasers.  The Initial Purchasers
propose to make an offering of the Shares in a manner consistent with Section 8
hereof at the price and upon the terms set forth in the Final Memorandum, as
soon as practicable after this Agreement is entered into and as in the judgment
of the Initial Purchasers is advisable.

         5.   Covenants of the Company.  The Company covenants and agrees with
the Initial Purchasers:

                 (a)   To advise the Initial Purchasers promptly and, if
         requested by them, to confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the
         issuance by any state securities commission of any stop order
         suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the
         Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation
         of any proceedings for such purpose by any state securities commission
         or other regulatory authority, and (ii) during the period set forth in
         Section 5(d) below, of the happening of any event, or of any
         information becoming known, which makes any statement of a material
         fact made in the Final Memorandum untrue or which requires the making
         of any additions to or changes in the Final Memorandum in order to
         make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
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         reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order or order
         suspending the qualification or exemption of any of the Securities
         under any state securities or Blue Sky laws (and the Initial
         Purchasers will (at the sole expense of the Company) cooperate with
         the Company in connection therewith), and if at any time any state
         securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an
         order suspending the qualification or exemption of any of the
         Securities under any state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company
         shall use every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal or lifting
         of such order at the earliest possible time, subject in any event to
         the provision in Section 5(c) below.

                 (b)   The Company will not amend or supplement the Final
         Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto of which the Initial
         Purchasers shall not previously have been advised and furnished a copy
         for a reasonable period of time prior to the proposed amendment or
         supplement and as to which the Initial Purchasers shall not have given
         their consent.  The Company will promptly, upon the reasonable request
         of the Initial Purchasers or counsel for the Initial Purchasers, make
         any amendments or supplements to the Preliminary Memorandum or the
         Final Memorandum that may be necessary or advisable in connection with
         the resale of the Shares by the Initial Purchasers.

                 (c)   The Company will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers
         in arranging for the qualification of the Securities for offering and
         sale under the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of such jurisdictions as
         the Initial Purchasers may designate and will continue such
         qualifications in effect for as long as may be necessary to complete
         the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers; provided,
         however, that in connection therewith the Company shall not be
         required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general
         consent to service of process or taxation in any jurisdiction in which
         it is not now so subject other than as to matters and transactions
         relating to the offer and sale of the Shares..

                 (d)   If, at any time prior to the completion of the
         distribution by the Initial Purchasers of the Shares, any event occurs
         as a result of which the Final Memorandum as then amended or
         supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or
         omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
         therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
         not misleading, or if for any other reason it is necessary at any time
         to amend or supplement the Final Memorandum in order to comply with
         applicable law, the Company will promptly notify the Initial
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         an amendment to the Final Memorandum that corrects such statement or
         omission or effects such compliance.

                 (e)   The Company will, without charge, provide to the Initial
         Purchasers and to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, as many copies
         of the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final Memorandum or any
         amendment or supplement thereto as the Initial Purchasers may
         reasonably request.

                 (f)   For and during the five-year period ending on the fifth
         anniversary of this Agreement, the Company will furnish to the Initial
         Purchasers upon their reasonable request (without charge) copies of
         all reports and other communications (financial or otherwise)
         furnished by the Company to the holders of the Securities or the
         Trustee under the Indenture and, as soon as available, copies of any
         reports or financial statements furnished to or filed by the Company
         with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any
         class of securities of the Company may be listed.

                 (g)   Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to
         the Initial Purchasers, as soon as they have been prepared by or are
         available to the Company, a copy of any unaudited interim consolidated
         financial statements of the Company for any period subsequent to the
         period covered by its most recent financial statements appearing in
         the Final Memorandum.

                 (h)   None the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of
         their respective affiliates (as defined in Regulation 501(b) of
         Regulation D under the Act) will, directly or through any agent, sell,
         offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in
         respect of any security (as defined in the Act) the offering of which
         security is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities
         contemplated hereby in a manner which would require the registration
         of the Securities under the Act, and the Company will take all action
         that is appropriate to assure that its offerings of other securities
         will not be integrated for purposes of the Act with the offering
         contemplated hereby.

                 (i)   The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
         subsidiaries to, engage in any form of general solicitation or general
         advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Act) in
         connection with the offering of the Securities or in any manner
         involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the
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                 (j)   For so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding
         and are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3)
         under the Act, the Company will make available at its expense, upon
         request, to any holder or beneficial owner of such Securities and any
         prospective purchasers thereof the information specified in Rule
         144A(d) (4) under the Act, unless the Company is then subject to
         Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
         amended.

                 (k)   In the event that the Company or any of its affiliates
         (as defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under the Act) acquires any of the
         Securities, the Company or such affiliate will not sell or otherwise
         transfer such Securities other than to the Company or its affiliates.

                 (l)   To comply in all material respects with all of its
         agreements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, and all
         agreements set forth in the representation letter of the Company to
         the Depository Trust Company relating to the approval of the
         Convertible Preferred Stock and the Debentures by the Depository Trust
         Company for "book-entry" transfer.

                 (m)   The Company will use its best efforts to (i) permit the
         Shares and the Debentures to be designated PORTAL securities in
         accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the NASD relating
         to trading in the Private Offerings, Resales and Trading through
         Automated Linkages market (the "Portal Market") and (ii) permit the
         Shares and Debentures to be eligible for clearance and settlement
         through The Depository Trust Company.

                 (n)   The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of
         the Shares substantially as set forth under "Use of Proceeds" in the
         Final Memorandum.

                 (o)   To not take any action prohibited by Regulation M under
         the Exchange Act in connection with the offering of the Shares
         contemplated hereby.

                 (p)   To use its best efforts to do and perform all things
         required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by
         the Company prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
         the case may be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the
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                 (q)   To reserve and keep available at all times, free of
         preemptive rights, shares of Class A Common Stock for the purpose of
         enabling the Company to satisfy any obligations to issue shares of
         Class A Common Stock upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred
         Stock or the Debentures.

         6.      Expenses.   The Company agrees to pay the following costs and
expenses and all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the transactions contemplated
herein are consummated or this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11
hereof: (i) the printing, word processing or other production of documents with
respect to such transactions, including any costs of printing the Preliminary
Memorandum and the Final Memorandum and any amendments thereto, and any "Blue
Sky" memoranda, (ii) all arrangements relating to the delivery to the Initial
Purchasers of copies of the foregoing documents, (iii) the fees and
disbursements of the counsel, the accountants and any other experts or advisors
retained by the Company, (iv) the preparation (including printing), issuance
and delivery to the Initial Purchasers of any certificates evidencing the
Shares, including transfer agent=s fees, (v) the qualification of the
Securities under state securities and "Blue Sky" laws, including filing fees
and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchasers
relating thereto, (vi) the expenses of the Company in connection with any
meetings with prospective investors in the Shares, (vii) the fees and expenses
of the Transfer Agent and the Trustee, including fees and expenses of their
counsel, (viii) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the
Shares and the Debentures, (ix) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred in
connection with the admission of the Shares or the Debentures for trading on
any appropriate trading system (such as PORTAL), and (x) the fees and expenses
(including fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company in connection with
approval of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the Debentures by the
Depository Trust Company for "book-entry" transfer.   If the issuance and sale
of the Shares provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to
the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 7 hereof is not
satisfied, because this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof
or because of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to
perform all obligations and satisfy all conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied hereunder other than by reason of a default by the Initial
Purchasers, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers upon demand for
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and
disbursements) that shall have been incurred by the Initial Purchasers in
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         7.      Conditions of the Initial Purchasers= Obligations.  The
several obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Firm
Shares shall, in their sole discretion, be subject to the following conditions:

                 (a)   The Initial Purchasers shall have received opinions
         dated the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to the
         Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated the
         Closing Date, of Latham & Watkins, counsel to the Company, and Weil,
         Gotshal & Manges or Leibowitz & Associates, counsel to Chancellor,
         substantially in the form of Exhibits A and B, respectively, hereto.

                 (b)   The Initial Purchasers shall have received an opinion,
         dated the Closing Date, of Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel for the
         Initial Purchasers, with respect to certain legal matters relating to
         this Agreement, and such other related matters as the Initial
         Purchasers may require.  In rendering such opinion, Davis Polk &
         Wardwell shall have received and may rely upon such certificates and
         other documents and information as they may reasonably request to pass
         upon such matters.  In addition, in rendering their opinion, Davis
         Polk & Wardwell may state that their opinion is limited to matters of
         New York, Delaware corporate and federal law.

                 (c)   The Initial Purchasers shall have received from KPMG
         Peat Marwick LLP, independent public accountants for the Company,
         WMZQ, Viacom, WDRQ, Riverside, WAXQ, WLIT, KYSR/KIBB, WDAS and
         KKSF/KDFC letters dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Closing
         Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and
         counsel for the Initial Purchaser,  provided, that the letter
         delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut off date" not earlier
         than the date of this Agreement.

                 (d)   The Initial Purchasers shall have received from Coopers
         & Lybrand L.L.P., independent public accountants for Chancellor
         Broadcasting, letters dated, respectively, the date hereof and the
         Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial
         Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers,  provided, that the
         letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut off date" not
         earlier than the date of this Agreement.

                 (e)   The Initial Purchasers shall have received from Price
         Waterhouse LLP, independent public accountants for Century, letters
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         substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the
         Initial Purchasers,  provided, that the letter delivered on the
         Closing Date shall use a "cut off date" not earlier than the date of
         this Agreement.

                 (f)   The Initial Purchasers shall have received from Arthur
         Andersen LLP, independent public accountants for WJLB/WMXD, letters
         dated respectively, the date hereof and the Closing Date in form and
         substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the
         Initial Purchasers,  provided, that the letter delivered on the
         Closing Date shall use a "cut off date" not earlier than the date of
         this Agreement.

                 (g)   All the representations and warranties of the Company
         contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the
         Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of
         the Closing Date.

                 (h)   The issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to this
         Agreement shall not be enjoined (temporarily or permanently) and no
         restraining order or other injunctive order shall have been issued or
         any action, suit or proceeding shall have been commenced with respect
         to this Agreement before any court or governmental authority
         (including, without limitation, the FCC).

                 (i)   Since the date of the latest balance sheet included or
         incorporated by reference in the Final Memorandum, there shall not
         have been any material adverse change, or any development involving a
         prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or
         otherwise, or in the earnings, affairs or business prospects, whether
         or not arising in the ordinary course of business, of the Company,
         (ii) since the date of the latest balance sheet included or
         incorporated by reference in the Final Memorandum there shall not have
         been any change, or any development involving a prospective material
         adverse change, in the capital stock or in the long-term debt of the
         Company from that set forth in the Final Memorandum, (iii) the Company
         and its subsidiaries shall have no liability or obligation, direct or
         contingent, which is material to the Company and its subsidiaries,
         taken as a whole, other than those reflected in the Final Memorandum
         and (iv) on the Closing Date you shall have received a certificate
         dated the Closing Date, signed by Scott K. Ginsburg and Matthew E.
         Devine, in their capacities as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
         Financial Officer of the Company, confirming the matters set forth in
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                 (j)   On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have
         received the Registration Rights Agreement executed by the Company and
         such agreement shall be in full force and effect at all times from and
         after the Closing Date.

                 (k)   On or before the Closing Date, (i) the Certificate of
         Designation shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the
         State of Delaware and (ii) the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the
         Initial Purchasers shall have received such further documents,
         opinions, certificates and schedules or instruments relating to the
         business, corporate, legal and financial affairs of the Company as
         they shall have heretofore reasonably requested from the Company.

                 (l)   The Convertible Preferred Stock shall have been rated no
         less than B by Standard & Poors Ratings Services.

                 (m)   The Company shall not have failed at or prior to the
        Closing Date to perform or comply in any material respect with any of
        the agreements herein contained and required to be performed or
        complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.

                 (n)   The Company shall have complied with the provisions with
         respect to printing and furnishing of Final Memorandum set forth in
         Section 5(e) hereof by the business day next succeeding the date of
         this Agreement.

         All such documents, opinions, certificates and schedules or instruments
delivered pursuant to this Agreement will comply with the provisions hereof
only if they are reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to the
Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers.  The Company shall
furnish to the Initial Purchasers such conformed copies of such documents,
opinions, certificates and schedules or instruments in such quantities as the
Initial Purchasers shall reasonably request.

         The several obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase
Additional Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the Option
Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to
the good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the
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         8.   Offering of Securities; Restrictions on Transfer.  Each of the
Initial Purchasers represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company
that (i) it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under
the Act) with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
as are necessary in order to evaluate the events and risks of an investment in
the Securities, (ii) it is not acquiring the Convertible Preferred Stock with a
view to any distribution thereof that would violate the Act or the securities
laws of any state, (iii) it has not and will not solicit offers for, or offer
or sell, the Convertible Preferred Stock by any form of general solicitation or
general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Act) or
in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of
the Act;(iv) it has and will solicit offers for the Convertible Preferred Stock
only from, and will offer and sell the Convertible Preferred Stock only to (x)
persons whom it reasonably believes to be Qualified Institutional Buyers or, if
any such person is buying for one or more institutional accounts for which such
person is acting as fiduciary or agent, only when such person has represented
to the Initial Purchasers that each such account is a Qualified Institutional
Buyer, to whom notice has been given that such sale or delivery is being made
in reliance on Rule 144A, and, in each case, in transactions under Rule 144A or
(y) a limited number of institutional "accredited investors," as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) promulgated under the Act, that prior to their
purchase of the Shares, deliver to such Initial Purchaser a letter containing
the representations and agreements set forth in Annex A to the Final
Memorandum, and (v) it has and will comply with all provisions of the federal
securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder in
connection with the offering of the Shares contemplated herein and the
applicable provisions set forth under the captions "Transfer Restrictions" and
"Private Placement" in the Final Memorandum.

         9.   Indemnification and Contribution.

                  (a)  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
         Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any Initial
         Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of
         the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims,
         damages, liabilities and judgments caused by any untrue statement or
         alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Final
         Memorandum (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have
         furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or the Preliminary
         Memorandum or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
         therein a material fact or necessary to make the statements therein
         not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
         liabilities or judgments are caused by any such untrue statement or
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         based upon information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished in
         writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser
         through you expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the
         foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to the Preliminary
         Memorandum shall not inure to the benefit of any Initial Purchaser
         from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or
         liabilities purchased Shares, or any person controlling such Initial
         Purchaser, if a copy of the Final Memorandum was not sent or given by
         or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser to such person at or prior to
         the written confirmation of the sale of the Shares to such person, and
         if the Final Memorandum would have cured the defect giving rise to
         such loss, claim, damage or liability.

                 (b)   In case any action shall be instituted involving any
         person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section
         9(a), based upon the Preliminary Memorandum or the Final Memorandum or
         any amendment or supplement thereto, such person (the "indemnified
         party") shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity
         may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing and the
         indemnifying party shall assume the defense thereof, including the
         employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified
         party and payment of all fees and expenses.  Any indemnified party
         shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and
         participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
         counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i)
         the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized
         in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party
         shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel or (iii)
         the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties)
         include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and such
         indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that there
         may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different
         from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in
         which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume
         the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party, it
         being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in
         connection with any one such action or separate but substantially
         similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the
         same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for (A) the fees
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         expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to
         any local counsel) for all such Initial Purchasers and all persons, if
         any, who control any Initial Purchasers  within the meaning of Section
         15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, which firm shall be
         designated in writing by Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated and (B) the
         fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in
         addition to any local counsel) for the Company, its directors, and
         each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
         either such Section, which firm shall be designated in writing by the
         Company, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as
         they are incurred).  The indemnifying party shall not be liable for
         any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent
         but if settled with the written consent of such indemnifying party,
         such indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
         indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of
         such settlement.  No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
         written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
         pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified
         party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
         sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement
         includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
         liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

                 (c)   Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not
         jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and
         any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of
         the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the
         foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Initial Purchaser but
         only with reference to information relating to such Initial Purchaser
         furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser through
         you expressly for use in the Preliminary Memorandum or the Final
         Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto.  In case any
         action shall be brought against the Company, any of its directors or
         any person controlling the Company based on the Preliminary Memorandum
         or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto and in
         respect of which indemnity may be sought against any Initial
         Purchaser, the Initial Purchaser shall have the rights and duties
         given to the Company (except that if the Company shall have assumed
         the defense thereof, such Initial Purchaser shall not be required to
         do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and participate in the
         defense thereof but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
         the expense of such Initial Purchaser), and the Company, its directors
         and any controlling person of the Company shall have the rights and
         duties given to the Initial Purchasers by Section 9(b) hereof.

                 (d)   If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is
         unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims,
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         indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party,
         shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
         party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
         judgments (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
         relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the
         one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand from
         the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by
         clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
         proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
         referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the
         indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified
         party or parties on the other in connection with the statements or
         omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
         or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
         The relative benefits received by the Company and the Initial
         Purchasers 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 total discounts received by the Initial
         Purchasers, bear to the total price to the public of the Shares, in
         each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Final
         Memorandum.  The relative fault of the Company and the Initial
         Purchasers shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
         whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
         the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied
         by the Company or the Initial Purchasers and the parties' relative
         intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
         prevent such statement or omission.

         The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers 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 in the immediately
preceding paragraph.  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in
the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth above, 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 Section 9, no Initial
Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Shares purchased by it and distributed to
the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which
such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person
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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 Initial Purchasers' obligations to contribute pursuant
to this Section 9(d) are several in proportion to the respective number of
Shares purchased by each of the Initial Purchaser hereunder and not joint.

         10.   Survival Clause.  The respective representations, warranties,
agreements, covenants, indemnities and other statements of the Company and the
Initial Purchasers set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, any of
its officers or directors, the Initial Purchasers or any controlling person
referred to in Sections 9(a) hereof and (ii) delivery of and payment for the
Shares.  The respective agreements, covenants, indemnities and other statements
set forth in Sections 6 and 9 hereof shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

         11.   Termination.

                  (a)  This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to
         the Closing Date by you by written notice to the Company  if any of
         the following has occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which
         information is given in the Final Memorandum, any material adverse
         change or development involving a prospective material adverse change
         in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries or the earnings, affairs, or business prospects of the
         Company or any of its subsidiaries, whether or not arising in the
         ordinary course of business, which would, in your judgment, make it
         impracticable to market or consummate the sale of the Shares on the
         terms and in the manner contemplated in the Final Memorandum, (ii) any
         outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
         international calamity or crisis or change in economic conditions or
         in the financial markets of the United States or elsewhere that, in
         your judgment, is material and adverse and would, in your judgment,
         make it impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the
         manner contemplated in the Final Memorandum, (iii) trading of the
         Class A Common Stock shall have been suspended on the NASDAQ National
         Market System, (iv) the suspension or material limitation of trading
         in securities on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
         Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market System or limitation on prices
         for securities on any such exchange or National Market System, (v) the
         enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any federal or
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         governmental authority which in your opinion materially and adversely
         affects, or will materially and adversely affect, the business or
         operations of the Company or any Subsidiary, (vi) the declaration of a
         banking moratorium by either federal or New York State authorities or
         (vii) 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 opinion has a material adverse effect on the financial
         markets in the United States.

                 (b)   Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section
         11 shall be without liability of any party to any other party except
         as provided in Section 10 hereof.

         12.  Notices.  All communications hereunder shall be in writing and,
if sent to the Initial Purchasers, shall be mailed or delivered or telecopied
and confirmed in writing to Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, One South Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202, Attention: Syndicate Department, and BT Securities
Corporation, One Bankers Trust Plaza, 130 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10006,
Attention: Corporate Finance Department; if sent to the Company, shall be
mailed or delivered or telecopied and confirmed in writing to the Company at
433 East Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1130, Irving, Texas 75039, Attention:
Chief Financial Officer.

         All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; and one business
day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier.

         13.  Successors.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Initial Purchasers, the Company and their respective
successors and legal representatives, and nothing expressed or mentioned in
this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this
Agreement, or any provisions herein contained; this Agreement and all
conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole
and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person
except that (i) the indemnities of the Company contained in Section 9 of this
Agreement shall also be for the benefit of any person or persons who control
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20 of the Exchange Act and (ii) the indemnities of the Initial Purchasers
contained in Section 9 of this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the
directors of the Company, its officers and any person or persons who control
the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act.  No purchaser of Securities from the Initial Purchasers will be
deemed a successor because of such Purchaser.

         14.   APPLICABLE LAW.  THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS
AGREEMENT, AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW.

         15.   Counterparts.  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.

         16.   Default of Initial Purchasers. If on the Closing Date or on the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Initial
Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase the Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, which it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder
on such date and the aggregate number of Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as
the case may be, which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers,
as the case may be, agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than
one-tenth of the total number of Shares to be purchased on such date by all
Initial Purchasers, each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser shall be obligated
severally, in the proportion which the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite
its name in Schedule A hereto, as the case may be, bears to the total number of
Firm Shares which all the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, as the case may
be, have agreed to purchase, or in such other proportion as you may specify, to
purchase the Firm Shares or additional Shares, as the case may be, which such
defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers, as the case maybe, agreed
but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall
the number of Shares which any Initial Purchaser has agreed to purchase
pursuant to Section 3 hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 16 by an
amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written
consent of such Initial Purchaser.  If on the Closing Date or on the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, any Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers
shall fail or refuse to purchase Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case
may be, and the aggregate number of Firm Shares or Additional Shares with
respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate
number of Shares to be purchased on such date by all Initial Purchasers and
arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for purchase of such Shares
are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate
without liability on the part of any non- defaulting Initial Purchasers and the
Company.  In any such case which does not result in





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termination of this Agreement, either you or the Company shall have the right
to postpone the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes,
if any, in the Final Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be
effected.  Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any
defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of any
such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.





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         If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please
indicate your acceptance thereof in the space provided below for that purpose,
whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among the Company
and the Initial Purchasers.


                                          Very truly yours,

                                          EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION

                                          By: /s/ Matthew E. Devine
                                             ----------------------------------
                                              Name:  Matthew E. Devine
                                              Title: Senior Vice President and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer





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


ALEX. BROWN & SONS INCORPORATED
BT SECURITIES CORPORATION
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
TD SECURITIES (USA) INC.



BY:  ALEX. BROWN & SONS INCORPORATED


By: /s/ Jeffrey S. Amling
   ----------------------------------
    Name:  Jeffrey S. Amling
    Title: Managing Director





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                                   SCHEDULE A


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                          INITIAL PURCHASER                              NUMBER OF SHARES
                          -----------------                              ----------------
 <S>                                                                        <C>
 Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            916,668

 BT Securities Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            916,668

 Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation  . . . . . . . . . . . . .            916,666

 Goldman, Sachs & Co.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            916,666

 NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            916,666

 TD Securities (USA) Inc.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            916,666

      Total  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          5,500,000
</TABLE>





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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                      FORM OF OPINION OF LATHAM & WATKINS

         Capitalized terms herein have the meanings provided therefore in the
Purchase Agreement to which this form of opinion is an Exhibit.  The opinion of
Latham & Watkins described in this Exhibit shall be rendered to the Initial
Purchasers at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.

                          (i)    The Company has been duly incorporated, is
                 validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
                 laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the
                 corporate power and authority required to carry on its
                 business and to own, lease and operate its properties as
                 described in the Final Memorandum.

                         (ii)    Based solely on certificates of public
                 officials, the Company is qualified to do business in each
                 jurisdiction listed in such opinion.

                        (iii)    All the shares of capital stock of the Company
                 outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares have been duly
                 authorized and validly issued and are fully paid,
                 non-assessable and not subject to any preemptive or, to the
                 best knowledge of such counsel, similar rights that entitle or
                 will entitle any person to acquire shares of capital stock
                 from the Company upon the issuance of the Shares by the
                 Company.

                         (iv)    The Purchase Agreement has been duly 
                 authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

                          (v)    The statements in the Final Memorandum under
                 the captions "Offering Memorandum Summary - Recent
                 Developments,"  "Risk Factors - Necessity of Governmental
                 Reviews and Approvals Prior to Consummation of the Pending
                 Transactions; Required Dispositions," "Risk Factors - Radio
                 Industry Subject to Federal Regulation," "Risk Factors -
                 Antitrust Matters," "Risk Factors - FCC Consent For Viacom
                 Acquisition," "Risk Factors - Chancellor Viacom Acquisition;
                 Financing," "Risk Factors - Limitation on Ability to Pay
                 Dividends," "Business and Properties - Recent Developments,"
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                 Federal Regulation of Radio Broadcasting Industry," "Business
                 and Properties - Legal Proceedings," "Management and Board of
                 Directors - Employment Agreements," "Description of the
                 Convertible Preferred Stock," "Description of Exchange
                 Debentures," "Registration Rights; Liquidated Damages,"
                 "Description of Certain Indebtedness," "Description of Capital
                 Stock" and "Certain United States Federal Income Tax
                 Considerations," insofar as such statements constitute a
                 summary of legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to
                 therein, are accurate in all material respects.

                        (vi)    The execution, delivery and performance of the
                 Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights
                 Agreement and the Certificate of Designation, compliance by
                 the Company with all the provisions thereof, the issuance and
                 sale of the Shares, the issuance of the Debentures upon
                 exchange of the Shares (assuming that the issuance of the
                 Debentures upon exchange of the Shares were to take place on
                 the date hereof), the issuance of Class A Common Stock upon
                 conversion of the Shares and the Debentures, as applicable,
                 and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby
                 will not (A) require any consent, approval, authorization or
                 other order of any Federal or New York State court, regulatory
                 body, administrative agency or other governmental body,
                 including the FCC, except (subject to clause (xxii) below, and
                 assuming reliance by such counsel on the accuracy of the
                 representations, warranties and agreements referred to
                 therein) (x) such as have been obtained or made and are in
                 full force and effect, (y) in the case of the performance of
                 and compliance with the Registration Rights Agreement, such as
                 will be obtained and made under the Act and the TIA and (z) as
                 may be required under Blue Sky laws of the various states; (B)
                 result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation or
                 by-laws of the Company; (C) require any consent or approval
                 (which has not been obtained) of the parties to, or result in
                 a breach of or a default under, any agreement or other
                 instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
                 a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
                 their respective properties are bound that is identified to
                 such counsel in a certificate of an officer of the Company as
                 being material to the business of the Company and its
                 subsidiaries, except that the issuance of the Debentures upon
                 exchange of the Shares on the Closing Date would require
                 obtaining consents under the Senior Credit Facility (including
                 the





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                 Company's guarantee of Evergreen LA=s obligations thereunder)
                 and the Chancellor Merger Agreement; or (D) violate or
                 conflict with any Federal or New York State laws or
                 administrative regulations (except that for purposes of the
                 opinion set forth in this clause (vi) such counsel need
                 express no opinion with respect to federal or New York State
                 securities laws) including without limitation the
                 Communications Act, court decrees or rulings known to such
                 counsel and applicable to the Company or any of its
                 subsidiaries or their respective properties; or (E) result in
                 termination or revocation of any of the FCC Licenses listed in
                 Attachment 1 to this Exhibit A or result in any other material
                 impairment of the rights of the holder of any such FCC
                 License; except with respect to (A), (C) and (D), where the
                 failure to obtain such consent or approval or such breach,
                 default, violation or conflict could not reasonably be
                 expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and
                 its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or impair the ability of
                 the Company and its subsidiaries to consummate the
                 transactions contemplated hereby.

                        (vii)    To the best knowledge of such counsel, there is
                 no legal or governmental proceeding pending or threatened to
                 which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to
                 which any of their respective property (including without
                 limitation Licenses) is subject which is required to be
                 described in the Final Memorandum and is not so described, and
                 there is no contract or other document which is required to be
                 described in the Memorandum; there are no material contracts
                 or other documents which would be required to be described in
                 a prospectus pursuant to the Act that are not described in the
                 Final Memorandum.

                        (viii)   The Company's subsidiaries validly hold the FCC
                 Licenses listed on Attachment 1 of this Exhibit A, each of
                 which is in full force and effect on the date hereof, and, to
                 such counsel's knowledge, based on inquiry of the Company and
                 review of the FCC's public files, the FCC Licenses constitute
                 the only material licenses or other authorizations of the FCC
                 as are required by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
                 and the rules, regulations and orders of the FCC in order to
                 operate the radio stations listed in Exhibit A of this opinion
                 on the frequencies and in the communities of the licenses
                 listed in Exhibit A of this opinion.





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                        (ix)   To such counsel's knowledge, based solely on
                 inquiry of officers of the Company and review of the FCC's
                 public files, none of the FCC Licenses listed in such opinion
                 is the subject of any proceedings with respect to the possible
                 revocation of such FCC Licenses.

                         (x)   Each subsidiary listed in such opinion (a
                 "Significant Subsidiary") has been duly incorporated, is
                 validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
                 laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the
                 corporate power and authority required to carry on its
                 business and to own, lease and operate its properties as
                 described in the Final Memorandum.

                        (xi)   All of the outstanding shares of capital stock
                 of such Significant Subsidiary have been duly authorized and
                 validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and to
                 the best knowledge of such counsel, based solely on a review
                 of each such subsidiary's stock records and inquiries of
                 officers of the Company, are owned, directly or indirectly, by
                 the Company, free and clear of any security interest, claim,
                 lien, encumbrance or adverse interest of any nature other than
                 the stock pledge securing certain obligations of the Company
                 and Evergreen LA under the Senior Credit Facility.

                       (xii)   The Company is not and, after giving effect to
                 the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the
                 proceeds thereof as described in the Final Memorandum, will
                 not be an "investment company" as such term is defined in the
                 meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

                      (xiii)   Each document filed pursuant to the Exchange
                 Act and incorporated by reference in the Final Memorandum
                 (except for financial statements, pro forma financial
                 statements and other financial and statistical data included
                 therein as to which no opinion need be expressed) complied
                 when so filed as to form in all material respects with the
                 Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
                 Commission thereunder.

                       (xiv)   Each of the Pending Evergreen Transactions
                 Agreements has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
                 the Company or one or more subsidiaries of the Company and
                 (other than the Chancellor Merger Agreement as to which it is





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                 understood, that no opinion as to enforceability will be
                 delivered) constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the
                 Company and/or such subsidiary or subsidiaries party thereto,
                 subject to (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency,
                 reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to
                 or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors, (ii) the
                 effect of general principles of equity, whether enforcement is
                 considered in a proceeding in equity or law and the discretion
                 of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
                 brought, (iii) the unenforceability under certain
                 circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions
                 providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a
                 party with respect to a liability where such indemnification
                 or contribution is contrary to public policy and (iv) the
                 unenforceability of any provision requiring the payment of
                 attorneys' fees, except to the extent that a court determines
                 such fees to be reasonable.

                        (xv)    The Debentures have been duly authorized by the
                 Company for issuance and, when executed by the Company and
                 authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions
                 of the Indenture and delivered upon the exchange of the
                 Shares, in accordance with the Certificate of Designation,
                 will have been duly executed, issued and delivered and will
                 constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
                 Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and
                 enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms
                 (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
                 insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
                 relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by
                 general equity principles).  The Company has all requisite
                 corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform
                 its obligations under the Indenture; the Indenture has been
                 duly authorized by the Company and meets the requirements for
                 qualification under the TIA and, when executed and delivered
                 by the Company (assuming the due authorization, execution and
                 delivery by the Trustee), will constitute a valid and legally
                 binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against it in
                 accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may
                 be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
                 moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting
                 creditors' rights generally or by general equity principles).

                        (xvi)   The Company has all requisite corporate power
                 and authority to execute and deliver the Registration Rights





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                 Agreement; the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly
                 authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by
                 the Company (assuming due authorization, execution and
                 delivery by the Initial Purchasers), will constitute a valid
                 and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable
                 against it in accordance with its terms (except (x) as any
                 rights for indemnity and contribution thereunder may be
                 limited by applicable law and (y) as such enforceability may
                 be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
                 moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting
                 creditors' rights generally or by general equity principles).

                      (xvii)   To the best of our knowledge, there are no
                 holders of securities of the Company who, by reason of the
                 execution by the Company of any of the Certificate of
                 Designation, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement
                 or the Purchase Agreement or the consummation of the
                 transactions contemplated therein, have the right to request
                 or demand that the Company register under the Act any
                 securities held by them, except that holders of Convertible
                 Preferred Stock, Debentures issuable on exchange thereof or
                 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion
                 thereof will have registration rights pursuant to the
                 Registration Rights Agreement.

                     (xviii)   The Certificate of Designation has been duly
                 authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and filed
                 with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.  The
                 Shares, have been duly authorized, and when issued and
                 delivered to the Initial Purchasers against payment therefor
                 as provided by the Purchase Agreement, will have been validly
                 issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable and the
                 issuance of such Shares is not subject to any preemptive or,
                 to the best of such counsel's knowledge,  similar rights that
                 entitle or will entitle any person to acquire shares of
                 capital stock from the Company upon the issuance thereof by
                 the Company.

                       (xix)   All the shares of Class A Common Stock of the
                 Company to be issued upon conversion of the Convertible
                 Preferred Stock and the Debentures have been duly authorized
                 and reserved for issuance upon such conversion and, when
                 issued upon such conversion in accordance with the Certificate
                 of Designation or the Indenture, respectively, will be validly
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                 non-assessable and the issuance of such securities will not be
                 subject to any preemptive or, to the best of such counsel's
                 knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any
                 person to acquire shares of capital stock from the Company
                 upon the issuance thereof by the Company.

                        (xx)    The Convertible Preferred Stock satisfies the
                 requirements set forth in Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Act.

                       (xxi)    Assuming the statements made therein are true
                 and correct, the Final Memorandum, as of its date, and each
                 amendment or supplement prepared by the Company, if any,
                 thereto, as of its date (except for the financial statements,
                 including the notes thereto, and other financial and
                 statistical data included therein, as to which no opinion need
                 to expressed), comply as to form in all material respects with
                 the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act.

                      (xxii)    Assuming the accuracy of (1) the
                 representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in
                 Sections 2(kk), 2(ll), 5(h), 5(i), 5(j) and 5(k) of the
                 Purchase Agreement, (2) the representations, warranties and
                 agreements of the Initial Purchasers in Section 8 of the
                 Purchase Agreement and (3) the representations, warranties and
                 agreements made in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and
                 Final Memorandum of the purchasers to whom the Initial
                 Purchasers initially resell Shares (including in the letters
                 delivered or to be delivered by accredited investors (the form
                 of which is attached as Annex A to the Final Memorandum), it
                 is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and
                 delivery of the Shares to the Initial Purchasers under the
                 Purchase Agreement or in connection with the initial resale of
                 the Shares by the Initial Purchasers in the manner
                 contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Final
                 Memorandum to register the Securities under the Act or to
                 qualify the Indenture under the TIA; provided that such
                 counsel need express no opinion as to when and under what
                 circumstances the Securities may be otherwise resold.

         We have participated in conferences with directors, officers and other
representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public
accountants for the Company and representatives of the Initial Purchasers at
which the contents of the Final Memorandum and related matters were discussed
and, although we are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility
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the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Final
Memorandum and have not made any independent check or verification thereof
(other than as stated in clause (v), (viii), (ix) and (xi) above), during the
course of such participation (relying as to materiality to a large extent upon
the statements of officers and other representatives of the Company), no facts
came to our attention that caused us to believe that the Final Memorandum, as
of its date or as of the Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; it being understood that we express no belief with
respect to the financial statements, pro forma financial statements and other
financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the
Final Memorandum.

         Any statement herein that is qualified by "to the best of our
knowledge" or a similar phrase, is intended to indicate that those attorneys in
the firm who have rendered legal services to the Company in connection with the
offering of the Shares, the Completed Evergreen Transactions, the Chancellor
Merger, the Pending Evergreen Transactions and the Senior Credit Facility (each
as defined in the Final Memorandum), and in connection with matters relating to
the FCC and the HSR Act (as defined in the Final Memorandum) do not have
current actual knowledge of the inaccuracy of such statement and that, except
as otherwise expressly indicated, such counsel has not undertaken any
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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                   FORM OF OPINION OF WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES

         Capitalized terms herein have the meanings provided therefore in the
Purchase Agreement to which this form of opinion is an Exhibit.  The opinion of
Weil, Gotshal & Manges and/or Leibowitz Associates described in this Exhibit
shall be rendered to you at the request of the Company and shall so state
therein.

                          (i)   Each of the Pending Chancellor Agreements has
                 been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Chancellor or
                 one or more of its subsidiaries and constitutes the valid and
                 binding agreements of Chancellor and/or its subsidiaries
                 enforceable against Chancellor or such subsidiary or
                 subsidiaries, as the case may be (except as such
                 enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
                 reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or
                 affecting creditors= rights generally or by general equity
                 principles).  Chancellor has been duly incorporated, is
                 validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
                 laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the
                 corporate power and authority required to carry on its
                 business and to own, lease and operate its properties as
                 described in the Final Memorandum.





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                                                                     EXHIBIT 1.2





                         REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of June 16, 1997

                                    between

                          EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION
                                   as Issuer

                                      and

                        ALEX. BROWN & SONS INCORPORATED
                           BT SECURITIES CORPORATION
                     CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
                              GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
                       NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
                           TD SECURITIES (USA), INC.
                             as Initial Purchasers
<PAGE>   2
TABLE OF CONTENTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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1. Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Securities Subject to this Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Shelf Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Liquidated Damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Registration Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Registration Expenses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
7. Indemnification  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
8. Rules 144 and 144A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
9. Underwritten Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
10. Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
(a)      No Inconsistent Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
(b)      Adjustments Affecting Transfer Restricted Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
(c)      Amendments and Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
(d)      Notices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
(e)      Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
(f)      Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
(g)      Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
(h)      Governing Law  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
(i)      Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
(j)      Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
(k)      Third Party Beneficiaries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
(l)      Entire Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
</TABLE>



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                         REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is dated as of
June 16, 1997, between Evergreen Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, BT Securities Corporation, Credit
Suisse First Boston Corporation, Goldman, Sachs & Co., NationsBanc Capital
Markets, Inc. and TD Securities (USA), Inc.  (the "Initial Purchasers").

         This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase
Agreement, dated June 16, 1997, between the Company and the Initial Purchasers
(the "Purchase Agreement"), which provides for the issuance and sale by the
Company to the Initial Purchasers of 5,500,000 (the "Firm Shares") of $3.00
Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of
$50.00 per share (the "Preferred Stock") of the Company and, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, up to an additional 500,000
shares (the "Additional Shares") of Preferred Stock.  The Firm Shares and the
Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Shares." In
order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement,
the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this
Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and their direct and
indirect transferees and assigns.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement
is a condition to the Initial Purchasers=s obligation to purchase the Shares
under the Purchase Agreement.  All terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings given such terms in the Purchaser Agreement.

         The parties hereby agree as follows:

         1. Definitions. Definitions.      As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:

         Advice: See Section 5 hereof.

         Agreement: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.

         Certificate of Designation: The Certificate of Designation governing
the Preferred Stock as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware, as amended from time to time.

         Chancellor: Chancellor Broadcasting Company, a Delaware corporation.
<PAGE>   4
         Chancellor Merger: The merger or mergers contemplated by the Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated February 19, 1997, by and among the Company,
Chancellor and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company, as the same may be
amended, or amended and restated, from time to time.

         Date: The Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.

         Common Stock: The Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of
the Company.

         Company: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.

         Damages Payment Date: With respect to the Shares or Common Stock, as
applicable, each Dividend Payment Date; and with respect to the Debentures,
each Interest Payment Date.

         Debentures: The 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due June 15,
2012 of the Company issuable pursuant to the Indenture upon exchange of the
Shares as provided in the Certificate of Designation.

         Dividend Payment Date: With respect to the Shares and the Common
Stock, each regularly scheduled dividend payment date for the Shares, as set
forth in the Certificate of Designation with respect to the payment of
dividends on the Shares.

         Effectiveness Period: See Section 3(a) hereof.

         Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

         Holder: See Section 2(b) hereof.

         Indemnified Person: See Section 7(c) hereof.

         Indemnifying Person: See Section 7(c) hereof.

         Indenture: The Indenture dated June 16, 1997 between the Company and
The Bank of New York, as trustee, pursuant to which the Debentures are
issuable.

         Initial Purchasers: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.

         Inspectors: See Section 5(o) hereof.





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         Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Debentures, each interest
payment date as set forth in the Indenture with respect to the payment of
interest on the Debentures.

         NASD: The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

         Participant: See Section 7(a) hereof.

         Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, unincorporated association, trust or joint venture, or a governmental
agency or political subdivision thereof.

         Prospectus: The prospectus included in the Shelf Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion
and a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance
upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or
supplemented by any Prospectus Supplement with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated
by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

         Prospectus Supplement: See Section 5(b).

         Purchase Agreement: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.

         Record Holder: (i) With respect to any Damages Payment Date relating
to the Shares constituting Transfer Restricted Securities, each Person who is
registered on the books of the transfer agent for the Shares as the record
holder of Shares on the record date with respect to the Dividend Payment Date
on which such Damages Date shall occur, (ii) with respect to any Damages
Payment Date relating to the Common Stock constituting Transfer Restricted
Securities, each Person who is registered on the books of the transfer agent
for the Common Stock as the record holder of such Common Stock on the record
date with respect to the Dividend Payment Date on which such Damages Payment
Date shall occur and (iii) with respect to any Damages Payment Date relating to
the Debentures constituting Transfer Restricted Securities, each Person who is
registered on the books of the registrar for the Debentures as the record
holder of Debentures on the record date with respect to the Interest Payment
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         Records: See Section 5(o) hereof.

         Registration Default: See Section 4 hereof.

         Registration Expenses: See Section 6(a) hereof.

         Request: See Section 3(e) hereof.

         Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or
regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC providing for offers and sales of
securities made in compliance therewith resulting in offers and sales by
subsequent holders that are not affiliates of an issuer of such securities
being free of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act.

         Rule 144A: Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule
144) or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

         Rule 415: Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.

         SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

         Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

         Shares: See the introductory paragraphs hereto.

         Shelf Registration Statement: See Section 3(a) hereof.  The term Shelf
Registration Statement for purposes of this Agreement shall include the
documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein.

         Suspension Period: See Section 3(a) hereof.

         Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Share, each Debenture issuable
upon exchange thereof, and each share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of the Shares or the Debentures until the date on which (i) such Share, such
Debenture or such share of Common Stock has been effectively registered under
the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration
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distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
(iii) the date on which such Share, such Debenture or such share of Common
Stock, may be sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar
provision then in force).

         TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

         Trustee: The Trustee under the Indenture for the Debentures.

         Underwriter: Any underwriter, placement agent, selling broker, dealer
manager, qualified independent underwriter or similar securities industry
professional.

         Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: An offering in
which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter or with the
assistance of such Underwriter for reoffering to the public on a firm
commitment basis.

         2. Securities Subject to this Agreement.

         (a)     Transfer Restricted Securities.  The securities entitled to
the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.

         (b)     Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities.  A Person is deemed
to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a "Holder") whenever
such Person owns of record Transfer Restricted Securities.

         3. Shelf Registration. Shelf Registration

         (a)     The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to
be filed with the SEC on or prior to the 150th day after the Closing Date, a
shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 (the "Shelf Registration
Statement") on Form S-1 or Form S-3, if the use of such form is then available
as determined by the Company, to cover resales of Transfer Restricted
Securities by the Holders thereof in accordance with Section 3(e).  The Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the 210th day
after the Closing Date.  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the
Securities Act for a period ending two years from the effective date thereof or
such shorter period that will terminate when each of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement shall cease to be a
Transfer Restricted Security (the "Effectiveness Period").  The Company further
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the Shelf Registration Statement to be effective and usable for resale of the
Transfer Restricted Securities during the period that such Shelf Registration
Statement is required to be effective and usable.

         Subject to the immediately following paragraph, upon the occurrence of
any event that would cause the Shelf Registration Statement (i) to contain any
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, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) to be not
effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the
period that such Shelf Registration Statement is required to be effective and
usable, the Company shall as promptly as practicable file an amendment to the
Shelf Registration Statement, in the case of clause (i), correcting any such
misstatement or omission, and in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), use its
reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and
such Shelf Registration Statement to become usable as soon as practicable
thereafter.

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3, subject to
compliance with Sections 4 and 5(b), if applicable, the Company may prohibit
offers and sales of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement at any time if (A)(i) it is in possession of material
non-public information, (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company determines
(based on advice of counsel) that such prohibition is necessary in order to
avoid a requirement to disclose such material non-public information and (iii)
the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that disclosure
of such material non-public information would not be in the best interests of
the Company and its shareholders or (B) the Company has made a public
announcement relating to an acquisition or business combination transaction
including the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries (i) that is
material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and (ii) the
Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that offers and
sales of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement prior to the consummation of such transaction (or such earlier date
as of the Board of Directors shall determine) is not in the best interests of
the Company and its shareholders or that it would be impracticable at the time
to obtain any financial statements relating to such acquisition or business
combination transaction that would be required to be set forth in the Shelf
Registration Statement (the period during which any such prohibition of offers
and sales of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement is in effect pursuant to clause (A) or (B) of this subparagraph (a)
is referred to herein as a "Suspension Period").  A Suspension Period shall
commence on and include the date on which the Company provides written notice
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covered by the Shelf Registration Statement that offers and sales of Transfer
Restricted Securities cannot be made thereunder in accordance with this Section
3 and shall end on the date on which each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement either receives copies
of a Prospectus Supplement contemplated by Section 5(b) or is advised in
writing by the Company that offers and sales of Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and use of the Prospectus may be
resumed; provided, however, that the Suspension Period shall in no event be
longer than 60 days in the aggregate in any of the one-year periods ending on
the first or second anniversary of the Closing Date, or longer than 30 days in
the aggregate in any calendar quarter within any one-year period.

         (b)     None of the Company nor any of its security holders (other
than the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities in such capacity) shall have
the right to include any of the Company's securities in the Shelf Registration
Statement, except to the extent that security holders of Chancellor may have
such rights to which the Company may become subject upon consummation of the
Chancellor Merger.

         (c)     If the Holders of a majority of the Transfer Restricted
Securities outstanding so elect (with holders of Common Stock constituting
Transfer Restricted Securities being deemed to be Holders of the number of
Shares or the principal amount of Debentures, as applicable, converted by them
into such Common Stock for purposes of such calculation), an offering of
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement may
be effected in the form of an Underwritten Offering; provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Company shall not be required to undertake more than one such Underwritten
Offering during any consecutive 12-month period.  The Holders of the Transfer
Restricted Securities to be registered shall pay all underwriting discounts and
commissions of such Underwriters and the fees and expenses of any counsel for
the Holders.

         (d)     If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an Underwritten Offering, the
Underwriter(s) that will administer the offering will be selected by the
Company and shall be a nationally recognized investment bank(s) reasonably
satisfactory to the Holders of a majority of the outstanding Transfer
Restricted Securities (with holders of Common Stock constituting Transfer
Restricted Securities being deemed to be Holders of the number of Shares or the
principal amount of Debentures, as applicable, converted by them into such
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         (e)     The Company will mail only one request (the "Request") for
information for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus included therein to Holders of the
Transfer Restricted Securities as of the close of business on a business day
selected by the Company to be no more than three business days prior to the
date the Request is mailed.  No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in the Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement, unless such Holder (i) furnishes to the
Company in writing, within 10 business days after the Request is mailed, the
information requested therein, including the identity of the beneficial owner
for whom any Holder may be acting as nominee and such other information
relating to such Holder as the Company, based on advice of counsel, may
reasonably determine is required by applicable law to be included therein or
(ii) follows the procedure set forth in Section 5(e) and, in addition, provides
the information required in clause (i) hereof.

         4. Liquidated Damages. 

         (a)     If (i) the Shelf Registration Statement is not filed with the
SEC on or prior to the 150th day after the Closing Date, (ii) the Shelf
Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the SEC on or prior
to the 210th day after the Closing Date or (iii) the Shelf Registration
Statement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease for any
reason to be effective (without being succeeded immediately by an additional
registration statement filed and declared effective) or usable for resale for a
period of time (including any Suspension Period) which shall exceed 60 days in
the aggregate in any of the one year periods ending on the first or second
anniversary of the Closing Date (each such event referred to in clauses (i)
through (iii), a "Registration Default"), the Company will pay liquidated
damages to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities who has complied with
such Holder=s obligations under this Agreement.  The amount of liquidated
damages payable during any period during which a Registration Default shall
have occurred and be continuing will accrue at a rate per annum which is equal
to $2.50 per $1,000 liquidation preference of Preferred Stock, $2.50 per $1,000
principal amount of Debentures or $2.50 per 20.0 shares of Class A Common Stock
(subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock recombinations,
stock dividends and the like) constituting Transfer Restricted Securities to
and including the 90th day following such Registration Default and $5.00 per
$1,000 liquidation preference of Preferred Stock, $5.00 per $1,000 principal
amount of Debentures or $5.00 per 20.0 shares of Class A Common Stock (subject
to adjustment as set forth above) constituting Transfer Restricted Securities
from and after the 91st day following such Registration Default.  All accrued
liquidated damages shall be paid to Record Holders by wire transfer of
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provided wire transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Preferred
Stock and to the Company) or by federal funds check by the Company on the next
succeeding Damages Payment Date.  Following the cure of a Registration Default,
liquidated damages will cease to accrue with respect to such Registration
Default.

         All of the Company's obligations set forth in the preceding paragraph
which are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security shall
cease at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security.

         The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages provided in this
Section 4 constitute a reasonable estimate of the damages that will be incurred
by Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities by reason of the failure of the
Shelf Registration Statement to be filed, declared effective or to remain
effective, as the case may be, and shall constitute the sole remedy for a
Registration Default.

         5. Registration Procedures. 

         In connection with the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement, the
Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to
permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the
intended method or methods of distribution or disposition thereof, and pursuant
thereto and in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement filed by the
Company hereunder the Company shall:

         (a)     On or prior to the 150th day following the Closing Date,
prepare and file with the SEC, a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1 or
Form S-3, if the use of such form is then available as determined by the
Company, for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with
the intended method or methods of distribution or disposition thereof and shall
include all financial statements required to be included or incorporated by
reference therein, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf
Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act and to
remain effective as provided herein for the Effectiveness Period and to be
approved by such governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to
enable the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities to consummate the
disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities in the manner specified in
the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, before filing any Shelf
Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus or any amendments
or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to and afford to the Initial
Purchasers, the Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such
Shelf Registration Statement, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if
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shall not be required to furnish any documents to be incorporated by reference
therein or any exhibits thereto unless requested in writing by such Initial
Purchasers, Holders, their counsel or such managing underwriter) proposed to be
filed.  The Company shall not file the Shelf Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto
if (i) in the case of the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement, the
Initial Purchasers shall reasonably object or (ii) the Holders of a majority of
the outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities, their counsel, or the managing
underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object (with holders of Common Stock
constituting Transfer Restricted Securities being deemed to be Holders of the
number of Shares or the principal amount of Debentures, as applicable,
converted by them into such Common Stock for purposes of such calculation).
Such persons shall be deemed to have reasonably objected if the Shelf
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein
not misleading, which misstatement or omission is identified to the Company by
such Person in writing within 5 business days of the mailing of the Shelf
Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus or any amendments
or supplements thereto by the Company.

         (b)     Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for
the Effectiveness Period; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by
any Prospectus supplement required by applicable law (a "Prospectus
Supplement"), and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to, and within the
time periods specified in, Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force)
promulgated under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to it with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement as
so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

         (c)     Notify the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities and their counsel (except in the case of clause (ii)
below) and the managing underwriters, if any, promptly (but in any event within
two business days) and confirm such notice in writing (i) when a Prospectus,
any Prospectus Supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration
Statement has been filed, and, with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective under the
Securities Act (including in such notice a written statement that any Holder
may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Company, one conformed
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Shelf Registration Statement or post-effective amendment including financial
statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference and exhibits thereto), (ii) of any request by the SEC for any
amendment of or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the
issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings
for that purpose, (iv) if at any time when a prospectus is required by the
Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Transfer
Restricted Securities the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement), contemplated
by Section (n) hereof cease to be true and correct, (v) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
or exemption from qualification of the Shelf Registration Statement or any of
the Transfer Restricted Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (vi) of the
happening of any event or the existence of any condition or any information
becoming known that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or
related Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) or in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any
material respect or that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or
supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented) or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement,
it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading or of the necessity to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as then
amended or supplemented) to comply with the Securities Act or any other law,
and (vii) of the Company=s determination that a post-effective amendment to the
Shelf Registration Statement would be appropriate.

         (d)     Use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or of
any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or a
Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of
any of the Transfer Restricted Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if
any such order is issued, to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the
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         (e)     If requested by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
or, if the Transfer Restricted Securities are being sold in an Underwritten
Offering, by the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of such Underwritten
Offering, (i) promptly incorporate in the Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement such information
as the managing Underwriter or Underwriters (if any), such Holders, or counsel
for any of them, determine is reasonably necessary to be included therein
including, without limitation, information relating to the plan of distribution
of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the number
of Shares, principal amount of Debentures and/or the number of shares of Common
Stock sold by the Holders, the purchase price being paid thereof and any other
terms with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such
offering and (ii) make all required filings of such Prospectus, Prospectus
Supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company
has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus,
Prospectus Supplement or post-effective amendment.

         (f)     Furnish to the Initial Purchasers, each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities and to counsel and each managing Underwriter, if any, at
the sole expense of the Company, one conformed copy of the Shelf Registration
Statement as first filed with the SEC and each amendment (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits.

         (g)     Deliver to the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities, their counsel, and the underwriters, if any, at
the sole expense of the Company, as many copies of the Prospectus (including
each form of preliminary prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto
and any documents incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may
reasonably request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5, the
Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus (or preliminary
prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities and the underwriters or agents, if
any, and dealers (if any), in connection with the offering and sale of the
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto.

         (h)     Prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
Securities, to use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and to
cooperate with the selling Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities, the
managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such
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of such Transfer Restricted Securities for offer and sale under the securities
or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions of the United States as any selling
Holder or Underwriter may reasonably request, to keep each such registration or
qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Shelf
Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and all
other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered
by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or be subject to taxation in
any jurisdiction in which it is not so subject.

         (i)     Cooperate with the selling Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities and the managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, to facilitate
the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer
Restricted Securities to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any
restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depository Trust Company; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be
in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing Underwriter
or Underwriters, if any, or Holders may request at least two business days
prior to any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities.

         (j)     Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be
registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities
as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the Underwriter
or Underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer
Restricted Securities subject to the proviso in Section 5(h) above and except
as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling
Holder=s business, in which case the Company will cooperate in all reasonable
respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of
such approvals.

         (k)     Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section
5(c)(iv) or 5(c)(vi) hereof, as promptly as practicable prepare and (subject to
Sections 3(a) and 5(a) hereof) file with the SEC, at the sole expense of the
Company, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration
Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold thereunder, any such Prospectus
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
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required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

         (l)     Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shares and the
Debentures covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be rated with the
appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a majority of
the outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration
Statement (with holders of Common Stock constituting Transfer Restricted
Securities being deemed to be Holders of the number of Shares or the principal
amount of Debentures, as applicable, converted by them into such Common Stock
for purposes of such calculation) or the managing Underwriter or Underwriters,
if any.

         (m)     Prior to the effective date of the Shelf Registration
Statement, (i) provide the transfer agent for the Shares and the shares of
Common Stock and the Trustee with certificates for the Transfer Restricted
Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and
(ii) provide a CUSIP number for the Transfer Restricted Securities.

         (n)     In connection with any Underwritten Offering of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, enter into
such agreements (including an underwriting agreement) as are customary in
underwritten offerings of securities similar to the Transfer Restricted
Securities and take all such other actions as are reasonably requested by the
managing Underwriter or Underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the
registration or the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities and, in
such connection, (i) make such representations and warranties to, and covenants
with, the Holders and the Underwriters with respect to the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries (including any acquired business, properties or
entity, if applicable) and the Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus and
documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as they may reasonably
request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten
offerings of securities similar to the Transfer Restricted Securities, and
confirm the same in writing if and when requested; (ii) obtain the written
opinion of counsel to the Company and written updates thereof in form, scope
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing Underwriter or
Underwriters, addressed to the Underwriters covering the matters customarily
covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings of securities similar
to the Transfer Restricted Securities and such other matters as may be
reasonably requested by the Holders and the managing Underwriter or
Underwriters; (iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof in form,
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independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any
other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company
or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are, or are required to be, included or incorporated by
reference in the Shelf Registration Statement), addressed to each of the
Underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the
type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in connection with
underwritten offerings of securities similar to the Transfer Restricted
Securities and such other matters as reasonably requested by the managing
Underwriter or Underwriters; (iv) delivering such documents and certificates as
may be reasonably requested by the Holders of the Transfer Restricted
Securities being sold or the Underwriters of such Underwritten Offering to
evidence compliance with clause (i) above and with any customary conditions
contained in the underwriting agreement entered into by the Company pursuant to
Section 5(n); and (v) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same
shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures not less favorable than
those set forth in Section 7 hereof (or such other provisions and procedures
acceptable to Holders of a majority of the outstanding Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such Registration Statement and the managing Underwriter
or Underwriters or agents) with respect to all parties to be indemnified
pursuant to said Section (with holders of Common Stock constituting Transfer
Restricted Securities being deemed to be Holders of the number of Shares or the
principal amount of Debentures, as applicable, converted by them into such
Common Stock for purposes of such calculation).  The above shall be done at
each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent
required thereunder.

         (o)     Make available for inspection by any selling Holder of such
Transfer Restricted Securities being sold, any Underwriter participating in any
such disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities, if any, and any attorney,
accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Holder or Underwriter
(collectively, the "Inspectors"), at the offices where normally kept, during
reasonable business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate
documents and instruments of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively,
the "Records") as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any
applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors
and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to supply all information
reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement. Records that the Company determines, in good faith, to
be confidential and any Records that it notifies the Inspectors are
confidential shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (i) the disclosure
of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in
such Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered
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subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii)
disclosure of such information is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for any
Inspector, necessary or advisable in connection with any action, claim, suit or
proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially involving such
Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to, or involving this
Agreement or any transactions contemplated hereby or arising hereunder or (iv)
the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public
(other than as a result of an impermissible disclosure or failure to safeguard
by the Inspectors).  Each selling Holder of such Transfer Restricted Securities
will be required to agree that information obtained by it as a result of such
inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the
basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Company unless and
until such information is generally available to the public (other than as a
result of an impermissible disclosure or failure to safeguard by such person).
Each selling Holder of such Transfer Restricted Securities will be required to
further agree that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is
sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Company and
allow the Company to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the
Records deemed confidential at the Company's sole expense.

         (p)     Provide a Trustee for the Debentures, and cause the Indenture
to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first
Shelf Registration Statement relating to the Transfer Restricted Securities;
and in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee under the Indenture and
the Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities, to effect such changes to
such Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in
accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use its reasonable best
efforts to cause such Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to
effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with
the SEC to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.

         (q)     Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC
and make generally available to its security holders earning statements
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158
thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later
than 45 days after the end of any 12-month period (or 90 days after the end of
any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end
of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to
Underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering and
(ii) if not sold to Underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first
day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company after the effective date of the
Shelf Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month
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         (r)     Cooperate with each seller of Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and each Underwriter, if any,
participating in the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities and
their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made
with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") and in
the performance of any due diligence investigations by any Underwriter
(including any "qualified independent underwriter" that is required to be
retained in accordance with rules and regulations of the NASD).

         (s)     Cause the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Preferred Stock and the Debentures to be accepted for
listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on each securities exchange or
quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are listed
by the Company.

         (t)     Use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps
necessary or advisable to effect the registration of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.

         The Company may require each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such
information regarding such Holder and the distribution of such Transfer
Restricted Securities as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably
request. The Company may exclude from such registration the Transfer Restricted
Securities of any Holder who unreasonably fails to furnish such information
within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each Holder as to which
the Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly
to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially
misleading.

         Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees by acquisition of
such Transfer Restricted Securities that, upon actual receipt of any notice
from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section
5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iii), 5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v), or 5(c)(vi) hereof, such Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, until such Holder's
receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by
Section 5(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the
Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies
of any amendments or supplements thereto.  If so directed by the Company, each
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permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus
covering such Transfer Restricted Securities current at the time of receipt of
such notice.  In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the
Effectiveness Period shall be extended (but not beyond the date on which there
no longer are Transfer Restricted Securities) by the number of days during the
period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to
Section 5(c) to and including the date when each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, shall have received (x)
the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section
5(k) hereof or (y) the Advice.

         6. Registration Expenses

         (a)     All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company
whether or not the Shelf Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective,
including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including,
without limitation, (A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with
the NASD in connection with an underwritten offering and (B) fees and expenses
of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without
limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with
Blue Sky qualifications of the Transfer Restricted Securities, (ii) printing
expenses, including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for
Transfer Restricted Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if the printing of
prospectuses is requested by the managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any,
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company and fees and disbursements of special counsel for
the sellers of Transfer Restricted Securities (subject to the provisions of
Section 6(b) hereof), (v) fees and disbursements of all independent certified
public accountants referred to in Section 5(n)(iii) hereof (including, without
limitation, the expenses of any special audit and "cold comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance), (vi) rating agency fees, (vii)
Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company desires such insurance,
(viii) fees and expenses of all other persons retained by the Company, (ix)
internal expenses of the Company (including, without limitation, all salaries
and expenses of officers and employees of the Company performing legal or
accounting duties), (x) the expenses of any annual audit, (xi) the fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Transfer Restricted
Securities to be registered on any securities exchange, if applicable, and
(xii) the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing the
Shelf Registration Statement, all Prospectuses (including any Preliminary
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sales agreements, indentures and any other documents necessary in order to
comply with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities being registered shall pay all underwriting
discounts, commissions and placement agent fees attributable to the sale of
such Transfer Restricted Securities.

         (b)     The Company shall reimburse the Holders of the Transfer
Restricted Securities being registered in the Shelf Registration Statement for
the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel (in addition
to appropriate local counsel) chosen by the Holders of a majority of the
outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such Shelf
Registration Statement (with holders of Common Stock constituting Transfer
Restricted Securities being deemed to be Holders of the number of Shares or the
principal amount of Debentures, as applicable, converted by them into such
Common Stock for purposes of such calculation).  The aggregate reimbursement
obligation of the Company pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall in no event
exceed $50,000.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company
shall not be responsible for fees and expenses of counsel to any
Underwriter(s), whether in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement,
NASD matters or otherwise, except to the extent specifically agreed in any
underwriting agreement for an Underwritten Offering.

         7. Indemnification

         (a)     The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial
Purchasers and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, the officers and
directors of each such Person, and each Person, if any, who controls any such
Person within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act (each, a "Participant"), from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without
limitation, the reasonable legal fees and other expenses actually incurred in
connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted) caused
by, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement (or
any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company
shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary
prospectus, or caused by, arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus or any
Preliminary Prospectus), in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses are caused by, arise out of or are based upon any
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omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to
any Participant furnished to the Company in writing by such Participant
expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the Company will not be
required to indemnify a Participant if such untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission was contained or made in any preliminary
prospectus and corrected in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto and it is established in the related proceeding that such Participant
failed to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented) to such person with or prior to the confirmation of the sale of
such Transfer Restricted Securities sold to such Person if required by
applicable law, unless such failure to deliver or provide a copy of the
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) was a result of noncompliance by the
Company with Section 5 of this Agreement; provided further that the foregoing
proviso shall not limit the Company's obligation to indemnify a Participant for
any other untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
of a material fact in the Prospectus that was the subject matter of the related
proceeding.

         (b)     Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees,
severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial
Purchasers, each other Holder, the Company, its directors and officers who sign
the Shelf Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company
to each Participant, but only (i) with reference to information relating to
such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for
use in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus or (ii) with respect to any
untrue statement or representation made by such Holder in writing to the
Company.  The liability of any Holder under this paragraph shall in no event
exceed the proceeds received by such Holder from sales of Transfer Restricted
Securities giving rise to such obligations.

         (c)     If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against
any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of
the two preceding paragraphs, such Person (the "Indemnified Person") shall
promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
"Indemnifying Person") in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of
the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the
Indemnifying Person may reasonably designate in such proceeding and shall pay
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proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to so notify the Indemnifying
Person shall not relieve it of any obligation or liability which it may have
hereunder or otherwise (unless and to the extent that it did not otherwise
learn of such action or claim and such omission results in the forfeiture by
the Indemnifying Person of substantial rights and defenses). In any such
proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified
Person shall have mutually agreed in writing to the contrary, (ii) the
Indemnifying Person has failed to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including
any impeded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified
Person and the Indemnified Person shall have been advised by counsel that
representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate under
applicable standards of professional conduct due to differing interests between
them. It is understood that, unless there exists a conflict among Indemnified
Persons, the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any one such
proceeding or separate but substantially similar related proceeding in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed promptly as they are incurred. Any such separate
firm for the Participants and such control Persons of Participants shall be
designated in writing by Participants who sold a majority of the outstanding
Transfer Restricted Securities sold by all such Participants (with holders of
Common Stock constituting Transfer Restricted Securities being deemed to be
Holders of the number of Shares or the principal amount of Debentures, as
applicable, converted by them into such Common Stock for purposes of such
calculation) and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its
officers and such control Persons of the Company shall be designated in writing
by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement
of any proceeding effected without its prior written consent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with such
consent or if there be a final non-appealable judgment for the plaintiff for
which the Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Agreement, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement or compromise of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is
or could have been a party, or indemnity could have been sought hereunder by
such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional
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reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on
claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include
any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or
on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

         (d)     If the indemnification provided for in the first and second
paragraphs of this Section 7 is for any reason unavailable to, or insufficient
to hold harmless, an Indemnified Person in respect of any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each Indemnifying
Person under such paragraphs, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person
thereunder shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified
Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received
by the Indemnifying Person or Persons on the one hand and the Indemnified
Person or Persons on the other from the offering of the Transfer Restricted
Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is
not permitted by applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the
relative fault of the Indemnifying Person or Persons on the one hand and the
Indemnified Person or persons on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the
parties 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 on the one hand or such Participant or such other Indemnified
Person, as the case may be, on the other, the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate in
the circumstances.

         (e)     The Company, each of the Initial Purchasers and each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Participants were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by
any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount
paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any reasonable legal or other expenses actually incurred by such
Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any such
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Transfer Restricted Securities be required to contribute any amount in excess
of the amount by which proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of
Transfer Restricted Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Holder has otherwise been required to pay or has paid by reason of such untrue
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Holders' obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the
respective liquidation preference of Preferred Stock held by each of the
Holders hereunder (or, if such Preferred Stock (or the Debentures issuable upon
exchange thereof) has been converted or the Preferred Stock has been exchanged
for Debentures, the liquidation preference of the shares of Preferred Stock so
exchanged or converted) and not joint.

         (f)     The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 7 will be in addition to any liability which the Indemnifying Persons
may otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons referred to above.

         (g)     Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which
an Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this
Section 7 shall be paid by the Indemnifying Person to the Indemnified Person on
a monthly basis.  The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 7 and any representations and warranties of the Company 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 Initial Purchaser or any
person controlling any Initial Purchaser, any Holder, the Company, its
directors or officers or any person controlling the Company, and (ii) any
termination of this Agreement.  A successor to any Initial Purchaser, or any
person controlling any Initial Purchaser, or to any Holder, or to the Company,
its directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, shall be
entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement
agreements contained in this Section 7.

         8. Rules 144 and 144A

         The Company covenants that it will file the reports required to be
filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, if at any time
the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of
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and such information, documents and other reports of the type specified in
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.  The Company further covenants for
so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make
available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities
in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such
Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the
information required by Rule 144A(d) under the Securities Act in order to
permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.

         9. Underwritten Registrations

         No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may participate in any
Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such
Holder's Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve
such arrangements, (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements and (c) furnishes the Company
in writing information in accordance with Section 3(e) and agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the
Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the
extent contemplated by Section 7 hereof.

         10. Miscellaneous

         (a)     No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Company has not entered into,
as of the date hereof, and the Company shall not, after the date of this
Agreement, enter into, any agreement with respect to any of its securities that
is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. 
The rights granted to the Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities hereunder do
not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to
the holders of the Company's securities under any other agreements.  The Company
has not entered and will not enter into any agreement with respect to any of its
securities that will grant to any Person piggy-back registration rights with
respect to the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however that this
restriction will not be applicable to any piggy-back registration obligations
which the Company may assume in connection with the Chancellor Merger.

         (b)     Adjustments Affecting Transfer Restricted Securities.  The 
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Transfer Restricted Securities that would adversely affect the ability of the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities to include such Transfer Restricted
Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.

         (c)     Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement may 
not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given, otherwise than with the prior
written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding
Transfer Restricted Securities affected by such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or departure (with holders of Common Stock constituting
Transfer Restricted Securities being deemed to be Holders of the number of
Shares or the principal amount of Debentures, as applicable, converted by them
into such Common Stock for purposes of such calculation); provided, however,
that Section 7 and this Section 10(c) may not be amended, modified or
supplemented without the prior written consent of each Holder (including any
person who was a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities disposed of pursuant
to any Registration Statement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that
relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
whose securities are being sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and
that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the
rights of other Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities may be given by
Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities
being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration Statement (with holders
of Common Stock constituting Transfer Restricted Securities being deemed to be
Holders of the number of Shares or the principal amount of Debentures, as
applicable, converted by them into such Common Stock for purposes of such
calculation); provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be
amended, modified or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of
the immediately preceding sentence.

         (d)     Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or 
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, next-day air courier or facsimile:

                 (i)      If to a Holder of the Transfer Restricted Securities,
                 at the most current address of such Holder, on the stock books
                 of the Company (or, in respect of the Debentures, on the books
                 of the registrar under the Indenture) with a copy in like
                 manner to the Initial Purchasers as follows: 

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                 BT Securities Corporation
                 Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
                 Goldman, Sachs & Co.
                 NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
                 TD Securities (USA), Inc.
                 c/o Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated
                 One South Street
                 Baltimore, Maryland 21202
                 Facsimile No: (410) 895-4481
                 ATTENTION: [                         ]

                 with a copy to:

                 Davis Polk & Wardwell
                 450 Lexington Avenue
                 New York, New York 10017
                 Facsimile No: (212) 450-4800
                 Attention: Winthrop B. Conrad, Jr.

                 (ii)     If to the Initial Purchasers, at the address
                 specified in Section 10(d)(i);

                 (iii)    If to the Company, at the addresses as follows:

                 Evergreen Media Corporation
                 433 East Las Colina Boulevard, Suite 1130
                 Irving, Texas 75039
                 Facsimile No: (972) 869-3671
                 Attention:       Matthew E. Devine,
                                  Chief Financial Officer

                 with copies to:

                 Latham & Watkins
                 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                 Suite 1300
                 Washington, D.C.  20004
                 Facsimile No: (202) 637-2201
                 Attention: John D. Watson, Jr.





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         All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one business day
after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and when receipt is
acknowledged by the addressee, if sent by facsimile.

         (e)     Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the 
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties
hereto, including the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding
upon a successor or assign of a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities unless
and to the extent such successor or assign holds Transfer Restricted Securities;
and provided, further, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any
assignment, transfer or any disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in
violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or applicable law.  If any
transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities, in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement and by
taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such Person shall be
conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to
receive the benefits hereof.

         (f)     Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

         (g)     Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

         (h)     GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO
SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

         (i)     Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction
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or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall
in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall
use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to
achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such
term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared
to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining
terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such
that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

         (j)     Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates. Whenever the
consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Transfer Restricted
Securities is required hereunder, Transfer Restricted Securities held by the
Company or its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or
approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

         (k)     Third Party Beneficiaries. Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities are intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this
Agreement may be enforced by such Persons.

         (l)     Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Purchase
Agreement, the Certificate of Designation and the Indenture, is intended by the
parties as a final and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding
of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and
therein and any and all prior oral or written agreements, representations, or
warranties, contacts, understandings, correspondence, conversations and
memoranda between the Initial Purchasers on the one hand and the Company on the
other, or between or among any agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to
the subject matter hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby.





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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

                          EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION


                          By:
                             ------------------------------------------------
                              Name:
                              Title:



                          ALEX. BROWN & SONS INCORPORATED


                          By:
                             ------------------------------------------------
                              Name:
                              Title:


                          BT SECURITIES CORPORATION


                          By:
                             ------------------------------------------------
                               Name:
                               Title:


                          CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON


                          By:
                             ------------------------------------------------
                              Name:
                              Title:


                          GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.


                          By:
                             ------------------------------------------------
                              Name:
                              Title:


                          NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.


                          By:
                             ------------------------------------------------
                              Name:
                              Title:


                          TD SECURITIES (USA), INC.


                          By:
                             ------------------------------------------------
                              Name:
                              Title:





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.32

                           CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
                                       OF
               $3.00 CONVERTIBLE EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED STOCK OF
                          EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION

                       Pursuant to Section 151(g) of the
                General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware


         Evergreen Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
called, the "Company"), pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware does hereby make this Certificate of Designation and
does hereby state and certify that pursuant to the authority expressly vested
in the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") by the Certificate of
Incorporation, a duly authorized and constituted Committee of the Board duly
adopted the following resolution:

         RESOLVED, that pursuant to Article Four of the Certificate of
Incorporation (which authorizes 6,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par
value), the Committee as authorized by the Board hereby fixes the designation,
powers and preferences, and the relative participating, optional and other
special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof,
of a series of Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock.

         RESOLVED, that each share of the Convertible Exchangeable Preferred
Stock shall rank equally in all respects and shall be subject to the following
provisions:

           1.  Number of Shares; Designation.  A total of 6,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company are hereby designated
as $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the "CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
STOCK").  The number of authorized shares of Convertible Preferred Stock may be
decreased, at any time and from time to time, by resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company; provided, however, that no decrease shall reduce the
authorized number of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock  to a number
less than the number of shares outstanding.

          2.   Rank.  The Convertible Preferred Stock shall, with respect to
payment of dividends, redemption payments and rights upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (x) rank senior and
prior to (a) all classes of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company (the "COMMON STOCK") and (b) any other class or series of capital stock
of the Company that by its terms ranks junior to the Convertible Preferred
Stock as to payment of dividends, redemption payments and rights upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, (y) rank
on a parity with all Parity Dividend Shares (as defined in Section 3 (a)) and
all
<PAGE>   2
Parity Liquidation Shares (as defined in Section 5(b)) and (z) rank junior to
all Senior Dividend Shares (as defined in Section 3(c)), all Senior Liquidation
Shares (as defined in Section 5(b)) and to any class or series of capital stock
(other than Common Stock) of the Company, whether currently issued or issued in
the future, that does not by its terms expressly provide that it ranks on a
parity with or junior to the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends and
rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company (which shall
include, for purposes of the foregoing, any entity with which the Company may
be merged or consolidated or to which all or substantially all the assets of
the Company may be transferred or which transfers all or substantially all of
its assets to the Company).

          3.   Dividends. (a) The cash dividend rate per annum on shares of the
Convertible Preferred Stock shall be $3.00 per share of Convertible Preferred
Stock.  Dividends on shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be fully
cumulative, accruing, without interest (or sum of money in lieu of interest),
from the most recent date to which dividends have been paid or, if none have
been paid, from June 16, 1997 and shall be payable quarterly in arrears, when,
as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for
the payment of dividends on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of
each year (each, a "DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE") commencing September 15, 1997,
except that if any Dividend Payment Date is not a business day then the
Dividend Payment Date shall be on the first immediately succeeding business day
(as used herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day except a Saturday,
Sunday or day on which banking institutions are legally authorized to close in
the City of New York).  Each dividend shall be paid to the holders of record of
shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register
of the Company at the close of business on the March 1, June 1, September 1,
and December 1 immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date (each,
a "DIVIDEND PAYMENT RECORD DATE"). Dividends payable for each quarterly
dividend period shall be computed by dividing the annual dividend by four.
Dividends payable for any partial dividend period shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  Dividends on account of
arrears for any past dividend periods may be declared and paid at any time,
without reference to any regular Dividend Payment Date, to holders of record on
such date not more than 60 days nor fewer than 10 days preceding the date on
which dividends in arrears will be paid, as may be fixed by the Board of
Directors of the Company.  No interest shall be payable with respect to any
dividend payment that may be in arrears.  Holders of shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends in preference to and in
priority over dividends upon the Common Shares (as defined in Section 12) and
any other series or class of the Company's capital stock that ranks junior as
to dividends to the Convertible Preferred Stock ("JUNIOR DIVIDEND SHARES") and
shall be on a parity as to dividends with any series or class of the Company's
capital stock that does not rank senior or junior as to dividends to the
Convertible Preferred Stock ("PARITY DIVIDEND





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SHARES").  The holders of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall not
be entitled to any dividends other than the cash dividends provided for in this
Section 3.

         (b)      No dividends, other than dividends payable solely in Common
Shares, Junior Dividend Shares, or warrants or other rights to acquire such
Common Shares or Junior Dividend Shares, shall be paid or declared and set
apart for payment on, and no purchase, redemption or other acquisitions shall
be made by the Company of, any Common Shares or Junior Dividend Shares unless
and until all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock,
including the full dividend for the then-current quarterly dividend period,
shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment without interest.

         (c)     If at any time the Company issues any class or series of
capital stock ranking senior and prior to the Convertible Preferred Stock with
respect to the payment of dividends ("SENIOR DIVIDEND SHARES") and fails to pay
or declare and set apart for payment all accrued and unpaid dividends on such
Senior Dividend Shares, then (except to the extent allowed by the terms of the
Senior Dividend Shares) no dividend shall be paid or declared and set apart for
payment on the Convertible Preferred Stock unless and until all accrued and
unpaid dividends with respect to the Senior Dividend Shares, including the full
dividends for the then-current dividend period, shall have been paid or
declared and set apart for payment, without interest.  Except as provided in
Section 3(d) below, no dividends shall be paid or declared and set apart for
payment on any Parity Dividend Shares for any period unless the Company has
paid or declared and set apart for payment, or contemporaneously pays or
declares and sets apart for payment, on the Convertible Preferred Stock all
accrued and unpaid dividends for all dividend payment periods terminating on or
prior to the date of payment of such dividends.  Except as provided in Section
3(d) below, no dividends shall be paid or declared and set apart for payment on
the Convertible Preferred Stock for any period unless the Company has paid or
declared and set apart for payment, or contemporaneously pays or declares and
sets apart for payment, on any Parity Dividend Shares all accrued and unpaid
dividends for all dividend payment periods terminating on or prior to the date
of payment of such dividends.

         (d)     If at any time the Company has failed to pay accrued dividends
on any shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date
or on any Parity Dividend Shares on a stated payment date, as the case may be,
the Company shall not:

                          (i)   purchase any shares of the Convertible
                 Preferred Stock or Parity Dividend Shares (except for a
                 consideration payable in Common Shares or Junior Dividend
                 Shares) or redeem fewer than all of the shares of the
                 Convertible Preferred Stock and Parity





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                 Dividend Shares then outstanding except for the repurchase or
                 redemption made pro rata with respect to all shares of the
                 Convertible Preferred Stock and Parity Dividend Shares then
                 outstanding so that the amounts repurchased or redeemed shall
                 in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that, at the
                 time of the repurchase or redemption, the required redemption
                 payments on the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock and
                 the other Parity Dividend Shares then outstanding,
                 respectively, bear to each other; or

                         (ii)   permit any corporation or other entity directly
                 or indirectly controlled by the Company to purchase any Common
                 Shares, Junior Dividend Shares, shares of the Convertible
                 Preferred Stock or Parity Dividend Shares, except to the same
                 extent that the Company could purchase such shares.

                 Unless and until all dividends accrued but unpaid in respect
of prior dividend payment periods on shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock
and any Parity Dividend Shares at the time outstanding have been paid in full
or a sum sufficient for such payment is declared and set apart, as provided in
the preceding paragraph, all dividends accrued upon shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock or Parity Dividend Shares shall be declared pro rata with
respect to all shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock and Parity Dividend
Shares then outstanding, so that the amounts of any dividends declared on
shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock and on the Parity Dividend Shares
shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that, at the time of the
declaration, all accrued but unpaid dividends in respect of prior dividend
payment periods on shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the other
Parity Dividend Shares, respectively, bear to each other.





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          4.   Optional Redemptions for Cash. (a) Shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable prior to June 16, 1999. Thereafter,
subject to the restrictions in Section 3 above, shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Company, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company at the following redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of the liquidation preference thereof) per share if redeemed during
the 12-month period beginning June 15 in the year indicated below (June 16, in
the case of 1999):


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 YEAR         PERCENTAGE                           YEAR               PERCENTAGE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <S>            <C>                                <C>
 1999  . . . .  104.8%                             2003  . . . . . . .  102.4%
                                                                              
 2000  . . . .  104.2%                             2004  . . . . . . .  101.8%
                                                                              
 2001  . . . .  103.6%                             2005  . . . . . . .  101.2%
                                                                              
 2002  . . . .  103.0%                             2006  . . . . . . .  100.6%
                                      
                                                   2007 and thereafter  100.0%
                                                                          
</TABLE>

plus, in each case, an amount equal to the dividends accrued and unpaid
thereon, whether or not declared, to the redemption date ("OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
PRICE").

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not redeem any shares
of Convertible Preferred Stock on or prior to June 15, 2000, unless the last
reported Sale Price (as defined in Section 6(c)) of the Company's Class A
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "CLASS A COMMON STOCK"), in its
principal trading market for any 20 trading days within a period of 30
consecutive trading days ending not more than 15 days prior to the date of the
notice of redemption is at least 150% of the Conversion Price (as defined in
Section 6(a)) then in effect.

         (b)     Not less than 15 nor more than 60 days (such date as fixed by
the Board of Directors of the Company referred to herein as the "REDEMPTION
RECORD DATE") prior to the date fixed for any redemption of shares of the
Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 4, a notice specifying the
time and place of the redemption and the number of shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be given by first class mail, postage
prepaid, to the holders of record on the Redemption Record Date of the shares
of the Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses
as the same shall appear on the books of the Company, calling upon each holder
of record to surrender to the Company on the redemption date at the





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place designated in the notice such holder's certificate or certificates
representing the number of shares specified in the notice of redemption.
Neither failure to mail such notice, nor any defect therein or in the mailing
thereof, to any particular holder shall affect the sufficiency of the notice or
the validity of the proceedings for redemption with respect to the other
holders. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given whether or not the holder receives the notice.
On or after the redemption date, each holder of shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock to be redeemed shall present and surrender such holder's certificate or
certificates for such shares to the Company at the place designated in the
redemption notice and thereupon the Optional Redemption Price of the shares
shall be paid to or on the order of the person whose name appears on such
certificate or certificates as the owner thereof, and each surrendered
certificate shall be canceled. In case fewer than all the shares represented by
any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued
representing the unredeemed shares.

         (c)     If a notice of redemption has been given pursuant to this
Section 4 and if, on or before the redemption date, the funds necessary for
such redemption (including all dividends on the shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock to be redeemed that will accrue to but not including the redemption date)
shall have been set aside by the Company, separate and apart from its other
funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares so called
for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificates for such shares
have not been surrendered for cancellation, on the redemption date dividends
shall cease to accrue on the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock to be
redeemed, and at the close of business on the date on which such funds have
been segregated and set aside by the Company as provided in this Section 4(c),
the holders of such shares shall cease to be stockholders with respect to those
shares, shall have no interest in or claims against the Company by virtue
thereof and shall have no voting or other rights with respect thereto, except
the conversion rights provided in Section 6 below and the right to receive the
moneys payable upon such redemption, without interest thereon, upon surrender
(and endorsement, if required by the Company) of their certificates, and the
shares evidenced thereby shall no longer be outstanding.  Subject to applicable
escheat laws, any moneys so set aside by the Company and unclaimed at the end
of two years from the redemption date shall revert to the general funds of the
Company, after which reversion the holders of such shares so called for
redemption shall look only to the general funds of the Company for the payment
of the Optional Redemption Price, without interest.  Any interest accrued on
funds so deposited shall belong to the Company and be paid thereto from time to
time.

         (d)     If a notice of redemption has been given pursuant to this
Section 4 and any holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall, prior
to the close of business on the redemption date, give written notice to the
Company pursuant to Section 6 below of the conversion of any or all of the
shares to be redeemed held by the holder (accompanied by a certificate or
certificates for such shares, duly endorsed or assigned





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to the Company, and any necessary transfer tax payment, as required by Section
6 below), then such redemption shall not become effective as to such shares to
be converted and such conversion shall become effective as provided in Section
6 below, whereupon any funds deposited by the Company for the redemption of
such shares shall (subject to any right of the holder of such shares to receive
the dividend payable thereon as provided in Section 6 below) immediately upon
such conversion be returned to the Company or, if then held in trust by the
Company, shall automatically and without further corporate action or notice be
discharged from the trust.

         (e)     In every case of redemption of fewer than all of the
outstanding shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section
4, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata or by lot or in such
other manner as the Board of Directors of the Company may determine, as may be
prescribed by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, provided
that only whole shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be selected for
redemption.  In the event that any quarterly dividends payable on the
Convertible Preferred Stock are in arrears, the Company may not redeem less
than all of the outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock until such
dividends in arrears have been paid in full.

          5.   Liquidation.  (a) The liquidation value of shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock, in case of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Company, shall be $50.00 per share, plus an
amount equal to the dividends accrued and unpaid thereon, whether or not
declared, to the payment date (the "LIQUIDATION VALUE").

         (b)     In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Company, the holders of shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock (i) shall not be entitled to receive the Liquidation Value of
the shares held by them until payment in full or provision has been made for
the payment of all claims of creditors of the Company and the liquidation
preference of any class or series of capital stock ranking senior to the
Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to redemption rights and rights upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Company ("SENIOR
LIQUIDATION SHARES") shall have been paid in full and (ii) shall be entitled to
receive the Liquidation Value of such shares held by them in preference to and
in priority over any distributions upon the Common Shares and any other series
or class of the Company's capital stock that ranks junior to the Convertible
Preferred Stock as to redemption rights and rights upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Company ("JUNIOR LIQUIDATION
SHARES").  Upon payment in full of the Liquidation Value to which the holders
of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled, the holders of
shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any further
participation in any distribution of assets by the Company.  Subject to clause
(i) above, if the assets of the Company are not sufficient to pay in full the
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Stock and the liquidation preference payable to the holders of any series or
class of the Company's capital stock, outstanding on the date hereof or
hereafter issued, that ranks on a parity with the Convertible Preferred Stock
as to redemption rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up
of the affairs of the Company ("PARITY LIQUIDATION SHARES"), the holders of all
such shares shall share ratably in accordance with the respective preferential
amounts payable on such shares in any distribution.

         (c)     Neither a consolidation or merger of the Company with or into
any other entity, nor a merger of any other entity with or into the Company,
nor a sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company's assets for cash,
securities or other property shall be considered a liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Company within the meaning of this Section 5.

          6.   Conversion.  (a)  Holders of shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock will have the right, exercisable at any time, except in the case of
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption (as described in
Section 4(d) above), to convert shares of Convertible Preferred Stock into
shares of Class A Common Stock at the conversion price of $50.00 per share of
Class A Common Stock, subject to adjustment as described below in Section 6(f)
(the "CONVERSION PRICE").  The number of shares of Class A Common Stock into
which a share of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible
(calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100th of a share) shall be
determined by dividing $50.00 by the Conversion Price then in effect.  In the
case of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption,
conversion rights will expire at the close of business on the redemption date.
Certificates representing shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered
for conversion during the period between the close of business on any Dividend
Payment Record Date and the opening of business on any corresponding Dividend
Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the dividend
payable on such shares on such Dividend Payment Date.  No such payment will be
required to accompany shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock called for
redemption and surrendered during the period between the close of business on
any Dividend Payment Record Date and the opening of business on any
corresponding Dividend Payment Date (it being the case that, except as may be
otherwise provided herein, any shares so redeemed shall not be entitled to
receive the dividend payable by the Company on such Dividend Payment Date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a holder of shares of the Convertible Preferred
Stock on a Dividend Payment Record Date who (or whose transferee) tenders any
such shares for conversion into shares of Class A Common Stock on the relevant
Dividend Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable by the
Company on such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock on such Dividend Payment
Date, and the converting holder need not include payment of the amount of such
dividend upon surrender of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock for
conversion.  Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, no
payment or allowance for accrued dividends on the shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock is to be made on conversion.





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         (b)     Any holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock electing
to convert the shares or any portion thereof in accordance with Section 6(a)
above shall deliver the certificates therefor and the dividend payment referred
to in Section 6(a) above, if applicable, to the principal office of any
transfer agent for the Class A Common Stock, with a form of conversion notice
fully completed and duly executed and, if required by Section 6(a) above,
accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such
shares on the applicable Dividend Payment Date.  The conversion right with
respect to any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have
been exercised on the date upon which the certificates therefor and the
dividend payment referred to in Section 6(a) above, if applicable, with the
conversion notice duly executed (and the payment required by Section 6(d), if
applicable), shall have been so delivered and the person or persons entitled to
receive the Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated for
all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Class A Common Stock upon
that date.

         (c)     No fractional shares of Class A Common Stock or scrip
representing fractional shares shall be issued upon conversion of shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock.  If more than one share of Convertible Preferred
Stock shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same record
holder, the number of full shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon
conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock so surrendered.  Instead of any
fractional shares of Class A Common Stock otherwise issuable upon conversion of
any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company shall pay a cash
adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to the same fraction
of Sale Price (as defined below) of the Class A Common Stock at the close of
business on the day of conversion.  In the absence of a Sale Price, the Board
of Directors shall in good faith determine the current market price on such
basis as it considers appropriate and such current market price shall be used
to calculate the cash adjustment.  As used herein, "SALE PRICE" means the last
sale price of the Class A Common Stock (or if no sale price is reported, the
average of the high and low bid prices) as reported by the the principal
national or regional stock exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed
or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed on a national or regional stock
exchange, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market or if the Class A Common
Stock is not approved for quotation and trading on the Nasdaq National Market
as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated.

         (d)     If a holder converts shares of Convertible Preferred Stock,
the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax
due on the issue of Class A Common Stock upon the conversion or due upon the
issuance of a new certificate or certificates for any shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock not converted.  The holder, however, shall pay any such tax
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shares of the Class A Common Stock or of the Convertible Preferred Stock are
issued in a name other than the name of the holder.

         (e)     The Company shall reserve out of its authorized but unissued
Class A Common Stock or its Class A Common Stock held in treasury enough shares
of Class A Common Stock to permit the conversion of all of the then-outstanding
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock.  For the purposes of this Section 6(e),
the full number of shares of Class A Common Stock then issuable upon the
conversion of all then-outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall
be computed as if at the time of computation all outstanding shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock were held by a single holder.  The Company shall
from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and its
Certificate of Incorporation, increase the authorized amount of its Class A
Common Stock if at any time the authorized amount of its Class A Common Stock
remaining unissued shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at the time outstanding.  If any shares
of Class A Common Stock required to be reserved for issuance upon conversion of
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock hereunder require registration with or
approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before
the shares may be issued upon conversion, the Company will in good faith and as
expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause the shares to be so registered or
approved.  All shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of the
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.

         (f)     The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as
follows:

                          (i)   In case the Company shall (A) pay a dividend on
                 any class of its capital stock in shares of its Common Stock
                 of any class, (B) subdivide its outstanding shares of Class A
                 Common Stock into a greater number of shares or (C) combine
                 its outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a smaller
                 number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately
                 prior thereto shall be adjusted retroactively as provided
                 below so that the Conversion Price thereafter shall be
                 determined by multiplying the Conversion Price at which the
                 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock were theretofore
                 convertible by a fraction, the denominator of which  shall be
                 the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding
                 immediately following such action and the numerator of which
                 shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock
                 outstanding immediately prior thereto.  Such adjustment shall
                 be made whenever any event listed above shall occur and shall
                 become effective retroactively immediately after the record
                 date in the case of a dividend and immediately after the
                 effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination.





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                         (ii)   In case the Company shall issue rights or
                 warrants to all holders of its Class A Common Stock entitling
                 them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record
                 date for determining stockholders entitled to receive such
                 rights or warrants) to subscribe for or purchase shares of its
                 Common Stock of any class at a price per share less than the
                 current market price per share of Class A Common Stock (as
                 determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
                 6(f)(iv) below) on the record date therefor (the "CURRENT
                 MARKET PRICE"), or in case the Company shall issue to all
                 holders of its Class A Common Stock other securities
                 convertible into or exchangeable for shares of its Common
                 Stock of any class for a consideration per share of Common
                 Stock deliverable upon conversion or exchange thereof less
                 than the Current Market Price, then the Conversion Price in
                 effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted as provided
                 below so that the Conversion Price therefor shall be equal to
                 the price determined by multiplying (A) the Conversion Price
                 at which shares of Convertible Preferred Stock were
                 theretofore convertible by (B) a fraction, the denominator of
                 which shall be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common
                 Stock of all classes outstanding on the date of issuance of
                 the convertible or exchangeable securities, rights or warrants
                 and (2) the number of additional shares of Common Stock
                 offered for subscription or purchase, or issuable upon such
                 conversion or exchange, and the numerator of which shall be
                 the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock of all
                 classes outstanding on the date of issuance of such
                 convertible or exchangeable securities, rights or warrants and
                 (2) the number of additional shares of Common Stock of all
                 classes which the aggregate offering price of the number of
                 shares of Common Stock so offered would purchase at the
                 Current Market Price per share of Class A Common Stock (as
                 determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
                 6(f)(iv) below).  Such adjustment shall be made whenever such
                 convertible or exchangeable securities, rights or warrants are
                 issued, and shall become effective immediately after the
                 record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
                 receive such securities.  However, upon the expiration of any
                 right or warrant to purchase Common Stock, the issuance of
                 which resulted in an adjustment in the Conversion Price
                 pursuant to this Section 6(f)(ii), if any such right or
                 warrant shall expire and shall not have been exercised, the
                 Conversion Price shall be recomputed immediately upon such
                 expiration and effective immediately upon such expiration
                 shall be increased to the price it would have been (but
                 reflecting any other adjustments to the Conversion Price made
                 pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6(f) after the
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                 adjustment of the Conversion Price made upon the issuance of
                 such rights or warrants been made on the basis of offering for
                 subscription or purchase only that number of shares of Common
                 Stock actually purchased upon the exercise of such rights or
                 warrants.  No further adjustment shall be made upon exercise
                 of any right, warrant, convertible security or exchangeable
                 security if any adjustment shall have been made upon issuance
                 of such security.

                        (iii)   In case the Company shall pay a dividend to all
                 holders of its Class A Common Stock (including any dividend
                 paid in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the
                 Company is the continuing company) of any shares of capital
                 stock of the Company or its subsidiaries (other than its
                 Common Stock of any class) or evidences of its indebtedness or
                 assets (excluding cash dividends payable solely in cash that
                 may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors, or
                 dividends or distributions in connection with the liquidation,
                 dissolution or winding up of the Company) or rights or
                 warrants to subscribe for or purchase any of its securities or
                 those of its subsidiaries or securities convertible or
                 exchangeable for Common Stock (excluding those securities
                 referred to in Section 6(f)(ii) above), then in each such case
                 the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior thereto shall
                 be adjusted as provided below so that the Conversion Price
                 thereafter shall be equal to the price determined by
                 multiplying (A) the Conversion Price in effect on the record
                 date mentioned below by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which
                 shall be the Current Market Price per share of Class A Common
                 Stock on the record date mentioned below less the then fair
                 market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
                 good faith determination shall be conclusive) as of such
                 record date of the assets, evidences of indebtedness or
                 securities so paid with respect to one share of Class A Common
                 Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Current
                 Market Price per share of Class A Common Stock on such record
                 date; provided, however, that in the event the then fair
                 market value (as so determined) so paid with respect to one
                 share of Class A Common Stock is equal to or greater than the
                 Current Market Price per share of Class A Common Stock on the
                 record date mentioned above, in lieu of the foregoing
                 adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each
                 holder of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall have
                 the right to receive the amount and kind of assets, evidences
                 of indebtedness, or securities such holder would have received
                 had such holder converted each such share of Convertible
                 Preferred Stock immediately prior to the record date for such
                 dividend. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such
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                 effective retroactively immediately after the record date for
                 the determination of stockholders entitled to receive the
                 payment.

                         (iv)   For the purpose of any computation under
                 Sections 6(f)(ii) and 6(f)(iii) above, the Current Market
                 Price per share of Class A Common Stock at any date shall be
                 deemed to be the average Sale Price for the 30 consecutive
                 trading days commencing 45 trading days before the day in
                 question.

                          (v)   No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be
                 required unless the adjustment would require an increase or
                 decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Price then in
                 effect; provided, however, that any adjustments that by reason
                 of this Section 6(f)(v) are not required to be made shall be
                 carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
                 adjustment.  All calculations under this Section 6(f) shall be
                 made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a share,
                 as the case may be.

                         (vi)   In the event that, at any time as a result of
                 an adjustment made pursuant to Section 6(f)(i) or 6(f)(iii)
                 above, the holder of any share of Convertible Preferred Stock
                 thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to
                 receive any shares of the Company other than shares of the
                 Class A Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other
                 shares so receivable upon conversion of any share of
                 Convertible Preferred Stock shall be subject to adjustment
                 from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly
                 equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to
                 the Class A Common Stock contained in Section 6(f)(i) through
                 6(f)(v) above, and the other provisions of this Section 6 with
                 respect to the Class A Common Stock shall apply on like terms
                 to any such other shares.

                        (vii)   Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted, as
                 herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the
                 transfer agent for the Convertible Preferred Stock a
                 certificate of an officer of the Company setting forth the
                 Conversion Price after the adjustment and setting forth a
                 brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and a
                 computation thereof.  The certificate shall be conclusive
                 evidence of the correctness of the adjustment.  The Company
                 shall promptly cause a notice of the adjusted Conversion Price
                 to be mailed to each registered holder of shares of
                 Convertible Preferred Stock.

                       (viii)   In the case of any reclassification of the
                 Class A Common Stock, any consolidation of the Company with,
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                 Company into, any other entity, any merger of another entity
                 into the Company (other than a merger that does not result in
                 any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of
                 outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company),
                 any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
                 of the Company or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to
                 which share exchange the Class A Common Stock is converted
                 into other securities, cash or other property, then lawful
                 provision shall be made as part of the terms of such
                 transaction whereby the holder of each share of Convertible
                 Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have the right
                 thereafter, during the period such share of Convertible
                 Preferred Stock  shall be convertible, to convert such share
                 only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other
                 property receivable upon the reclassification, consolidation,
                 merger, sale, transfer or share exchange by a holder of the
                 number of shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company into
                 which a share of Convertible Preferred Stock would have been
                 convertible immediately prior to the reclassification,
                 consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange.  The
                 Company, the person formed by the consolidation or resulting
                 from the merger or which acquires such assets or which
                 acquires the Company's shares, as the case may be, shall make
                 provisions in its certificate or articles of incorporation or
                 other constituent document to establish such rights.  The
                 certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent
                 document shall provide for adjustments, which, for events
                 subsequent to the effective date of the certificate or
                 articles of incorporation or other constituent document, shall
                 be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
                 adjustments provided for in this Section 6.  The provisions of
                 this Section 6(f)(viii) shall similarly apply to successive
                 reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers
                 or share exchanges.

                 (g)   The Company from time to time may reduce the Conversion
         Price by any amount for any period of time if (i) the period is at
         least 20 days, (ii) the Board has made a determination that such
         reduction would be in the best interests of the Company, which
         determination shall be conclusive and (iii)  the reduction is
         irrevocable during the period.  Whenever the Conversion Price is so
         reduced, the Company shall mail to holders of record of the
         Convertible Preferred Stock a notice of the reduction at least 15 days
         before the date the reduced Conversion Price takes effect, stating the
         reduced Conversion Price and the period it will be in effect.  A
         voluntary reduction of the Conversion Price does not change or adjust
         the Conversion Price otherwise in effect for purposes of paragraph
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          7.   Status of Shares.  All shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock
that are at any time redeemed pursuant to Section 4 above or converted pursuant
to Section 6 above, or exchanged pursuant to Section 10 below, and all shares
of the Convertible Preferred Stock that are otherwise reacquired by the Company
and subsequently canceled by the Board of Directors of the Company shall have
the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without
designation as to series, subject to reissuance by the Board of Directors of
the Company as shares of any one or more other series.

          8.   Voting Rights.  Except as set forth below or otherwise required
by law, holders of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall have no
voting rights.  In connection with any right to vote, each holder of shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock will have one vote for each share held except that
shares held by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company shall have
no voting rights.

                 (a)   Dividend Defaults.

                          (i)   Whenever, at any time or times, dividends
                 payable on the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at the
                 time outstanding shall be in arrears in an aggregate amount
                 equal to at least six quarterly dividend payments (whether or
                 not consecutive), the holders of shares of Convertible
                 Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a
                 class with holders of Parity Dividend Shares to the extent
                 such Parity Dividend Shares have such voting rights (the
                 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and any such other
                 Parity Dividend Shares, collectively for purposes of this
                 Section 8, the "DEFAULTED PREFERRED STOCK"), to elect two
                 directors of the Company at the Company's next annual meeting
                 of stockholders and at each subsequent annual meeting of
                 stockholders; provided, however, that if such voting rights
                 shall become vested more than 90 days or less than 20 days
                 before the date prescribed for the annual meeting of
                 stockholders the holders of the shares of Defaulted Preferred
                 Stock shall be entitled to exercise their voting rights at a
                 special meeting of the holders of shares of Defaulted
                 Preferred Stock as set forth in Section 8(a)(ii) hereof.  At
                 elections for such directors, each holder of shares of
                 Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for
                 each share held (the holders of any Parity Preferred Stock
                 being entitled to such number of votes, if any, for each share
                 of stock held as may be granted to them).  Upon the vesting of
                 such voting rights, the maximum authorized number of members
                 of the Board of Directors of the Company shall automatically
                 be increased by two and the two vacancies so created shall be
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                 vote of the holders of outstanding Defaulted Preferred Stock
                 as herein set forth.  The right of holders of Defaulted
                 Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class without regard
                 to series, to elect members of the Board of Directors of the
                 Company as aforesaid shall continue until such time as all
                 dividends accumulated on Defaulted Preferred Stock shall have
                 been paid in full or declared and set aside for payment in
                 full, at which time such right immediately shall terminate
                 subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent
                 default of the character above mentioned.

                         (ii)   At any time when such voting right shall have
                 vested in the holders of shares of Defaulted Preferred Stock
                 entitled to vote thereon, and if such right shall not already
                 have been initially exercised, an officer of the Company
                 shall, upon the written request of holders of record of 10% of
                 the voting power represented by the shares of such Defaulted
                 Preferred Stock then outstanding, addressed to the Secretary
                 of the Company, call a special meeting of holders of shares of
                 such Defaulted Preferred Stock.  Such meeting shall be held at
                 the earliest practicable date upon the notice required for
                 annual meetings of stockholders at the place for holding
                 annual meetings of stockholders of the Company or, if none, at
                 a place designated by the Secretary of the Company.  If such
                 meeting shall not be called by the proper officers of the
                 Company within 30 days after the personal service of such
                 written request upon the Secretary of the Company, or within
                 30 days after mailing the same within the United States, by
                 registered mail, addressed to the Secretary of the Company at
                 its principal office (such mailing to be evidenced by the
                 registry receipt issued by the postal authorities), then the
                 holders of record of 10% of the voting power represented by
                 the shares of Defaulted Preferred Stock then outstanding may
                 designate in writing any person to call such meeting at the
                 expense of the Company, and such meeting may be called by such
                 person so designated upon the notice required for annual
                 meetings of stockholders and shall be held at the same place
                 as is elsewhere provided in this Section.  Any holder of
                 shares of Defaulted Preferred Stock then outstanding that
                 would be entitled to vote at such meeting shall have access to
                 the stock books of the Company for the purpose of causing a
                 meeting of stockholders to be called pursuant to the
                 provisions of this Section.  Notwithstanding the provisions of
                 this Section, however, no such special meeting shall be called
                 or held during a period within 45 days immediately preceding
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                        (iii)   So long as any shares of Convertible Preferred
                 Stock are outstanding, the By-laws of the Company shall
                 contain no provisions that would restrict the exercise, by the
                 holders of Defaulted Preferred Stock, of the right to elect
                 directors under the circumstances provided in Section 8(a)(i)
                 above.

                         (iv)   Directors elected pursuant to Section 8(a)(i)
                 shall serve until the earlier of (A) the next annual meeting
                 of the stockholders of the Company and the election (by the
                 holders of Defaulted Preferred Stock) and qualification of
                 their respective successors or (B) the date upon which all
                 dividends accumulated  on the Defaulted Preferred Stock shall
                 have been paid in full or declared and set apart for payment.
                 If, prior to the end of the term of any director elected as
                 aforesaid, a vacancy in the office of that director shall
                 occur during the continuation of a default in dividends on the
                 shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock or such Parity
                 Dividend Shares by reason of death, resignation or disability,
                 the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the
                 appointment by the remaining director elected as aforesaid of
                 a new director for the unexpired term of the former director.

                 (b)   Miscellaneous.  Without the affirmative vote or consent
         of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of the
         Convertible Preferred Stock and outstanding Parity Dividend Shares,
         voting as a single class (or, if less than all shares of the
         Convertible Preferred Stock or Parity Dividend Shares then outstanding
         would be adversely affected thereby, without the affirmative vote of
         the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of each
         series so affected, voting as a separate class), the Company may not:

                          (i)   amend, alter or repeal (by merger or otherwise)
                 any provision of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or
                 this Certificate or the By-laws of the Company so as to
                 adversely affect the relative rights, preferences,
                 qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of
                 the Convertible Preferred Stock; or

                         (ii)   effect any reclassification of the shares of
                 the Convertible Preferred Stock.

         The above notwithstanding, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation
may be amended (i) to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of
Preferred Stock (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding)
by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the
Company entitled to vote thereon or (ii) to authorize any other class or series
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of the relative rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, including an amendment to increase the authorized number
of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company without the vote of
the holders of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

          9.   Change of Control.  If there occurs a Change in Control (as
defined below) with respect to the Company, then shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock may be converted (the "SPECIAL CONVERSION RIGHTS"), at the
option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part,  at any time from the date
of such Change in Control until the expiration of 45 days after the date of the
Conversion Notice (as defined below) (the "EXPIRATION DATE"), into the number
of shares of Class A Common Stock determined by dividing (i) the Optional
Redemption Price for the Convertible Preferred Stock in effect on the date of
the Change in Control by (ii) the Special Conversion Price.  The "SPECIAL
CONVERSION PRICE" is the greater of (i) the average of the Sale Prices per
share of the Class A Common Stock for the last five trading days before the
Change in Control and (ii)  66 2/3% of the Sale Price (adjusted for any stock
splits or combinations) of the Class A Common Stock on June 10, 1997.  If the
Change in Control occurs prior to June 16, 1999, the Optional Redemption Price
then in effect shall, solely for purposes of the Special Conversion Rights, be
deemed to be the Optional Redemption Price applicable on June 16, 1999.  The
Special Conversion Rights will exist upon the occurrence of any Change in
Control whether or not the transaction relating thereto is approved by the
Board of Directors of the Company and may not be waived by the Board of
Directors.

         The Company may, at its option, out of funds legally available
therefor, elect to pay the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock
exercising their Special Conversion Rights (the "CONVERTING HOLDERS") an amount
in cash equal to 101% of the liquidation preference of the Convertible
Preferred Stock, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends (the "CONVERTING HOLDERS
PAYMENT").

         Any holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock electing to
exercise the Special Conversion Rights in accordance with this Section 9 shall,
not later than the close of business on the fifth day prior to the Expiration
Date, deliver the certificates therefor and the dividend payment referred to in
Section 6(a), if applicable, to the principal office of any transfer agent for
the Class A Common Stock, with a form of conversion notice fully completed and
duly executed and the payment, if any, required by Section 6(d).  Unless the
Company elects to pay the Converting Holders the Converting Holders Payment,
the Special Conversion Right with respect to any shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been exercised on the Expiration Date
so long as the certificates therefor and the dividend payment referred to in
Section 6(a), if applicable, with the notice of exercise of the Special
Conversion Rights duly executed (and the payment required by Section 6(d), if
applicable), shall have been so delivered and the person or persons entitled to
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Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the
record holder or holders of such Class A Common Stock on the Expiration Date.

         Within five days after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the
Company shall give notice of the occurrence of the Change in Control and of the
Special Conversion Rights set forth herein in accordance with the procedures
set forth below to each holder of a share of the Convertible Preferred Stock
(the "CONVERSION NOTICE").

         Each Conversion Notice shall state:

                 (1)   that a Change in Control has occurred (and shall specify
         the date of occurrence), the circumstances and relevant facts
         regarding such Change in Control and that the holder's Special
         Conversion Rights may be exercised in accordance with this Section;

                 (2)   the Expiration Date of the Special Conversion Rights;

                 (3)   that a holder of a share of the Convertible Preferred
         Stock to exercise the Special Conversion Rights must deliver on or
         before the fifth day prior to the Expiration Date of the Special
         Conversion Rights written notice to the Company of the holder's
         exercise of such option, together with the certificate evidencing such
         holder's shares with respect to which the option is being exercised,
         duly endorsed for transfer and the dividend payment, if any, required
         by Section 6(a) hereof and the payment required by Section 6(d), if
         applicable;

                 (4)   the applicable Special Conversion Price and the
         Conversion Price;

                 (5)   a description of the procedure which a holder must
         follow to exercise its Special Conversion Rights;

                 (6)   that holders of shares of the Convertible Preferred
         Stock electing to have such shares converted will be required to
         surrender the certificates evidencing such shares for delivery of
         shares of Class A Common Stock;

                 (7)   that any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock not
         tendered for conversion will continue to accrue dividends and that
         holders whose shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are converted only
         in part will be issued a new certificate representing the unconverted
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                 (8)   that the Company may, at its option, elect to pay all
         Converting Holders the Converting Holders Payment and if the Company
         elects to pay the Converting Holders Payment, all Converting Holders
         shall receive the Converting Holders Payment in lieu of shares of
         Class A Common Stock.

         The Conversion Notice shall be given by first class mail, postage
paid, to the holders of record of the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock
at their respective addresses as the same shall appear on the books of the
Company.

         No failure of the Company to give the foregoing Conversion Notice
shall limit any holder's right to exercise its Special Conversion Rights.

         Exercise of the Special Conversion Rights by the holder of a share of
Convertible Preferred Stock will be irrevocable.  The Company shall not enter
into any consolidation, merger or sale of assets, unless in connection
therewith, the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock exercising their Special
Conversion Rights will be entitled to receive the same consideration as
received for the number of shares of Class A Comnmon Stock into which their
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock would have been converted pursuant to the
Special Conversion Rights.  The Special Conversion Rights are in addition to
the regular conversion rights that apply to the Convertible Preferred Stock.

         The Company will comply with any securities laws and regulations, to
the extent such laws and regulations are applicable to the conversion of the
Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with exercise of the Special
Conversion Rights by the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

         If the Company elects to pay the Converting Holders the Converting
Holders Payment, then on  the Expiration Date (other than as may be required by
law), payment (in cash) of the Converting Holders Payment shall be made to the
Converting Holders.

         "Chancellor Merger Agreement" means the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated February 19, 1997 among the Company, Chancellor Broadcasting Company, a
Delaware corporation, and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company, a Delaware
corporation, as the same may be amended or amended and restated  from time to
time.

         "Change in Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the
following events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of
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purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (a
"Group"), other than to the Permitted Holders (as defined below); or (ii) a
majority of the Board shall consist of Persons who are not Continuing Directors
(as defined below); or (iii) the acquisition by any Person or Group (other than
the Permitted Holders) of the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct
the voting of securities having more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for
the election of directors of the Company.

         "Continuing Director" means, as of the date of determination, any
Person who (i) was a member of the Board on June 10, 1997 or who becomes a
director upon consummation of the merger contemplated by the Chancellor Merger
Agreement, (ii) was nominated for election or elected to the with the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of
the Board at the time of such nomination or election, or (iii) is a
representative of a Permitted Holder.

         "Permitted Holders" means (i) if the merger contemplated by the
Chancellor Merger Agreement is not consummated, Scott K. Ginsburg and (ii) if
the merger contemplated by the Chancellor Merger Agreement is consummated, from
and after the effective date thereof, Scott K. Ginsburg, Hicks, Muse, Tate and
Furst, Incorporated or any of its affiliates, officers and directors, or Steven
Dinetz.

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

         10.   Exchange Provisions.   (a) Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock
will be exchangeable at the option of the Company, out of funds legally
available therefor, in whole but not in part, on any March 15, June 15,
September 15 or December 15 commencing September 15, 2000 (a "DEBENTURE EXHANGE
DATE"), through the issuance of the Company's 6% Convertible Subordinated
Debentures due 2012 (the "EXCHANGE DEBENTURES") in redemption of and in
exchange for shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, in the manner provided in
this Section 10.  The Exchange Debentures will be subject to the terms and
conditions of an indenture (the "INDENTURE") between the Company and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

         (b)     Holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to
receive Exchange Debentures at the rate of $50.00 principal amount of Exchange
Debentures for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock.  Such exchange may be
made only if, at the time of the exchange there shall be no dividend arrearage
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Convertible Preferred Stock and no Event of Default (as defined in the
Indenture) under the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing.  Exchange
Debentures will only be issued in denominations of $1,000 or any multiple
thereof and holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock holding less than such a
multiple will receive in cash the liquidation preference of Convertible
Preferred Stock not so exchanged.

         (c)     The Company will mail notice of its intention to redeem
through such an exchange to each holder of record of the Convertible Preferred
Stock not less than 60 days before the Debenture Exchange Date.  Such notice
shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the holders of record
of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock at their respective addresses as
the same shall appear on the books of the Company, specifying the Debenture
Exchange Date and the place where certificates for shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for Exchange Debentures and stating that
dividends on shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock will cease to accrue on
the Debenture Exchange Date, but neither failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect therein or in the mailing thereof, to any particular holder shall affect
the sufficiency of the notice or the validity of the proceedings for redemption
and exchange with respect to the other holders.  Any notice which was mailed in
the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given whether or not the holder receives the notice.  If the notice of exchange
has been given pursuant to this Section 10(c) then (unless the Company defaults
in issuing Exchange Debentures in redemption of and in exchange for the
Convertible Preferred Stock or fails to pay or set aside accrued and unpaid
dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock as set forth in Section 10 (d)
hereof and notwithstanding that any certificates for shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock have not been surrendered for exchange) on the Debenture
Exchange Date the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock will cease to the
stockholders with respect to such shares and will have no interests in or
claims against the Company by virtue thereof (except the right to receive
Exchange Debentures in exchange therefor and accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon to the Debenture Exchange Date) and will have no voting, conversion or
other rights with respect to such shares, and the shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock will no longer be outstanding.

         Upon the surrender (and endorsement, if required by the Company) in
accordance with such notice of the certificates for shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock, such certificates shall be exchanged for Exchange Debentures
and such accrued and unpaid dividends in accordance with this Section 10(c).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if notice of redemption and exchange has been
given pursuant ot this Section 10(c) and any holder of shares of the
Convertible Preferred Stock shall, prior to the close of business on the fifth
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Date, given written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 6 hereof of the
conversion into Class A Common Stock of any or all of the shares to be redeemed
and exchanged held by such holder (accompanied by a certificate or certificates
for such shares, duly endorsed or assigned to the Company, and any necessary
transfer tax payment, as required by Section 6 hereof), then such redemption
and exchange shall not become effective as provided in Section 6 hereof and any
funds which have been deposited by the Company, or on its behalf, with a paying
agent or segregated and held in trust by the Company for the redemption and
exchange of such shares shall (subject to any right of the holder of such
shares to receive the dividend payable thereon as provided in Section 6 hereof)
immediately upon such conversion be returned to the Company or, if then held in
trust by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.

         (d)     No shares of Convertible Preferred Stock may be exchanged for
Exchange Debentures unless the Company has paid or set aside for the benefit of
the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock all accrued and unpaid dividends
on the Convertible Preferred Stock to the Debenture Exchange Date.

         11.   Mandatory Redemption.  The shares of the Convertible Preferred
Stock are not subject to mandatory redemption or sinking fund requirements.

         12.   Certain Definitions.  As used in this Certificate, the following
terms shall have the following respective meanings:

         "COMMON SHARES" shall mean any stock of the Company which has no
preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.  Unless the context
otherwise specifies or requires, all references in this certificate to "COMMON
SHARES" include the Common Stock.





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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed on its behalf of its undersigned duly authorized officer this 13th day
of June 1997.



EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION



By:
   ----------------------------------
   Name:  Matthew E. Devine
   Title: Senior Vice President and 
          Chief Financial Officer





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.33





                          EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION


                                      AND


                             THE BANK OF NEW YORK,



                                    Trustee




                       CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED INDENTURE


                           Dated as of June 16, 1997





                6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2012
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                                                        ARTICLE 1
                                                       DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01.  Certain Terms Defined  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2

                                                        ARTICLE 2
                                                        SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01.  Form and Dating  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
SECTION 2.02.  Execution and Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
SECTION 2.03.  Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
SECTION 2.04.  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
SECTION 2.05.  Holder Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
SECTION 2.06.  Transfer and Exchange  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
SECTION 2.07.  Replacement Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
SECTION 2.08.  Outstanding Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
SECTION 2.09.  Treasury Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
SECTION 2.10.  Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
SECTION 2.11.  Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
SECTION 2.12.  Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
SECTION 2.13.  Cusip Numbers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
SECTION 2.14.  Computation of Interest  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

                                                        ARTICLE 3
                                                 COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

SECTION 3.01.  Payment of Principal and Interest  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
SECTION 3.02.  Written Statements to Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
SECTION 3.03.  Corporate Existence  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
SECTION 3.04.  Reports by the Issuer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
SECTION 3.05.  Waiver of Usury Defense  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
SECTION 3.06.  Liquidation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
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                                                        ARTICLE 4
                             REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

SECTION 4.01.  Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
SECTION 4.02.  Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
SECTION 4.03.  Application of Proceeds  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
SECTION 4.04.  Suits for Enforcement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
SECTION 4.05.  Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
SECTION 4.06.  Limitation on Suits by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
SECTION 4.07.  Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest, to Convert
                and to Institute Certain Suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
SECTION 4.08.  Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
SECTION 4.09.  Control by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
SECTION 4.10.  Waiver of Past Defaults  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
SECTION 4.11.  Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May Withhold in Certain Circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
SECTION 4.12.  Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
SECTION 4.13.  Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26

                                                        ARTICLE 5
                                                  CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 5.01.  Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
SECTION 5.02.  Certain Rights of the Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
SECTION 5.03.  Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds
                Thereof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
SECTION 5.04.  Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
SECTION 5.05.  Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
SECTION 5.06.  Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers' Certificate, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
SECTION 5.07.  Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
SECTION 5.08.  Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
SECTION 5.09.  Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
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SECTION 5.10.  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
SECTION 5.11.  Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
SECTION 5.12.  Reports by Trustee to Holders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39

                                                        ARTICLE 6
                                              CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

SECTION 6.01.  Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
SECTION 6.02.  Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
SECTION 6.03.  Holders to Be Treated as Owners  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
SECTION 6.04.  Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
SECTION 6.05.  Right of Revocation of Action taken  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
SECTION 6.06.  Record Date for Consents and Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41

                                                        ARTICLE 7
                                                 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 7.01.  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
SECTION 7.02.  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
SECTION 7.03.  Effect of Supplemental Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44
SECTION 7.04.  Documents to Be Given to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44
SECTION 7.05.  Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45

                                                        ARTICLE 8
                                        CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE

SECTION 8.01.  Covenant Not to Merger, Consolidate, Sell or Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions . . . . .  45
SECTION 8.02.  Successor Corporation or Partnership Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
SECTION 8.03.  Opinion of Counsel to Trustee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46

                                                        ARTICLE 9
                                SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS

SECTION 9.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
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SECTION 9.02.  Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  48
SECTION 9.03.  Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  48
SECTION 9.04.  Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  48
SECTION 9.05.  Indemnity for U.S. Governmental Obligations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49

                                                        ARTICLE 10
                                                 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 10.01.  Partners, Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual
                 Liability  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
SECTION 10.02.  Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
SECTION 10.03.  Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
SECTION 10.04.  Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Securityholders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
SECTION 10.05.  Officers' Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein  . . . . . . . . .  50
SECTION 10.06.  Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
SECTION 10.07.  Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act of 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
SECTION 10.08.  Communications by Holders with Other Holders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
SECTION 10.09.  New York Law to Govern  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
SECTION 10.10.  Counterparts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
SECTION 10.11.  Effect of Headings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52

                                                        ARTICLE 11
                                                 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 11.01.  Right of Optional Redemption; Prices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
SECTION 11.02.  Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemption  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
SECTION 11.03.  Payment of Securities Called for Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
SECTION 11.04.  Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
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                                                        ARTICLE 12
                                               SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 12.01.  Agreement to Subordinate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
SECTION 12.02.  Payments to Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
SECTION 12.03.  Subrogation of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
SECTION 12.04.  Authorization by Securityholders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  58
SECTION 12.05.  Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
SECTION 12.06.  Trustee's Relation to Senior Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60
SECTION 12.07.  No Impairment of Subordination  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60

                                                        ARTICLE 13
                                                 CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 13.01.  Conversion Privilege  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
SECTION 13.02.  Exercise of Conversion Privilege  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
SECTION 13.03.  Fractional Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
SECTION 13.04.  Adjustment of Conversion Price  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
SECTION 13.05.  Continuation of Conversion Privilege in Case of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, Sale,
                 Transfer or Share Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
SECTION 13.06.  Notice of Certain Events  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
SECTION 13.07.  Taxes on Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69
SECTION 13.08.  Issuer to Provide Common Stock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
SECTION 13.09.  Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain Matters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
SECTION 13.10.  Return of Funds Deposited for Redemption of Converted Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71

                                                        ARTICLE 14
                                               RIGHT TO REQUIRE REDEMPTION

SECTION 14.01.  Right to Require Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
SECTION 14.02.  Notices; Method of Exercising Redemption Right, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
SECTION 14.03.  Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74

TESTIMONIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    

SIGNATURES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    

EXHIBIT A -- FORM OF SECURITY
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                            CROSS REFERENCE SHEET(1)



         Provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture to be dated as 
of June [ ], 1997 between Evergreen Media Corporation and The Bank of New York,
as Trustee:

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         310(a)(1) and (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.7
         310(a)(3) and (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         310(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.8(a), (b) and (d)
         310(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         311(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.11(a) and (c)(1) and (2)
         311(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.11(b)
         311(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         312(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2.5
         312(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2.5 and 10.8
         312(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10.8
         313(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.12
         313(a)(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         313(b)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         313(b)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.12
         313(c)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.12
         313(d)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.12
         314(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3.4
         314(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         314(c)(1) and (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10.5
         314(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         314(d)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         314(e)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10.5
         314(f)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         315(a), (c) and (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5.1
         315(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4.11
         315(e)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4.12
         316(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4.9
         316(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Inapplicable
         316(a) (last sentence)  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6.4
         316(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4.7
         317(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4.2
         317(b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2.4
         318(a)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10.7
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         THIS SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of June 16, 1997 between
Evergreen Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), and The
Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the "Trustee"),

                             W I T N E S S E T H :

         WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issuance of up to
$300,000,000 principal amount of its unsecured 6% Convertible Subordinated
Debentures Due 2012 (the "Securities") to be issued in exchange for shares of
the Issuer's $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per
share (the "Convertible Preferred Stock");

         WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery
and administration of the Securities; and

         WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture
and agreement according to its terms have been done;

         NOW, THEREFORE:

         In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities
by the Holders thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree
for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to
time of the Securities as follows:



                                   ARTICLE 1
                                  DEFINITIONS

         SECTION 1.01. Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires)
for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto
shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms
used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, or the definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act") are referred to in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said
Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of this
Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall
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accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" shall mean such accounting
principles which are generally accepted at the date or time of any computation.
The words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as
well as the singular.

         "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.

         "Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, each as
defined in Section 2.03.

         "Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the Issuer
or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act on its behalf.

         "Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions, certified
by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer to have been duly
adopted or consented to by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect, and delivered to the Trustee.

         "Business Day" means a day which is neither Saturday, Sunday, nor a
day on which banking institutions and trust companies in the City and State of
New York are authorized by law or regulation or executive order to close.

         "Certificate of Designation" means the Certificate of Designation
relating to the Convertible Preferred Stock and filed by the Issuer with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

         "Chancellor Merger" means the merger or mergers contemplated by the
Chancellor Merger Agreement.

         "Chancellor Merger Agreement" means the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated February 19, 1997, by and among the Issuer, Chancellor Broadcasting
Company and Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company, as the same may be amended,
or amended and restated, from time to time.



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         "Change of Control" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01.

         "Change of Control Offfer" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01.

         "Class A Common Stock" means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share, of the Issuer as the same exists at the date of execution and
delivery of this Indenture or as such stock may be reconstituted from time to
time.

         "Common Stock" means the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer as the same exists at the date
of execution and delivery of this Indenture or as such stock may be
reconstituted from time to time.

         "Conversion Price" means the principal amount of the Securities
convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock, subject to adjustment in
accordance with Section 13.04.

         "Convertible Preferred Stock" has the meaning set forth in the first
recital to this Indenture, which by its terms is exchangeable at the option of
the Issuer for Securities.

         "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which the
corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be
principally administered, which office is, at the date as of which this
Indenture is dated, located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 21W, New York, New
York 10286.

         "Currency Agreement" means any foreign exchange contract, currency
swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect
the Issuer against fluctuations in currency values.

         "Current Market Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.04(b).

         "Date of Conversion" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.02.

         "Event of Default" means any event or condition specified as such in
Section 4.01.

         "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



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         "Exchange Date" means the date on which the outstanding shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock are exchanged for the Securities.

         "Holder", "Holder of Securities", "Securityholder" or other similar
terms mean in the case of any Security, the Person in whose name such Security
is registered in the security register kept by the Issuer for that purpose in
accordance with the terms hereof.

         "Indebtedness" means (i) any liability of any person (a) for borrowed
money, (b) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(c) in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), (d) for the payment of the
deferred purchase price of property or services or (e) as lessee under capital
leases; (ii) all indebtedness of others secured by a lien on any asset of a
person, whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by that person; (iii) any
liability of others described in the preceding clause that the person has
guaranteed; and (iv) to the extent not otherwise included, obligations under
Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements.

         "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and delivered
or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented.

         "Interest Rate Agreement" means any interest rate protection
agreement, interest rate future, interest rate option, interest rate swap,
interest rate cap or other interest rate hedge arrangement, to or under which
the Issuer is a party or a beneficiary on the date hereof or becomes a party or
a beneficiary hereafter.

         "Issuer" means (except as otherwise provided in Article 5) Evergreen
Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and, subject to Article 8, its
successors and assigns.

         "Issuer Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02 hereof.

         "Issuer Order" means a written statement, request or order of the
Issuer which is signed in its name by any two Officers.

         "NASDAQ" means the Nasdaq National Market.

         "Officer" means the chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief
executive officer, president, any executive vice president, any senior vice
president or any vice president, the chief financial officer or the treasurer
of the Issuer.



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         "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the chairman of
the board or the president or any vice president (whether or not designated by
a number or numbers or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice
President") and by the treasurer or any assistant treasurer or the secretary or
any assistant secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 10.05, if and
to the extent required hereby.

         "Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or who may be other
counsel satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the
statements provided for in Section 10.05, if and to the extent required hereby.

         "Original issue date" of any Security (or portion thereof) means the
earlier of (a) the date of such Security or (b) the date of any Security (or
portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or indirectly) on
registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.

         "Outstanding", when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject
to the provisions of Section 6.04, mean, as of any particular time, all
Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except

         (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;

         (b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of
which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with
the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer) or shall have been
set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Issuer (if the Issuer shall act
as its own Paying Agent), provided that if such Securities are to be redeemed
prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given
as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been
made for giving such notice; and

         (c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have
been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been paid, pursuant to
the terms of Section 2.07 (unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that any of such Securities is held by a Person in whose hands such
Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer), Securities
converted into Class A Common Stock pursuant hereto and Securities not deemed
Outstanding pursuant to and for the purposes of the last sentence of Section
11.02.



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         "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.

         "principal" wherever used with reference to the Securities or any
Security or any portion thereof shall be deemed to include "and premium, if
any".

         "Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.

         "Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.

         "Repurchase Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01 hereof.

         "Repurchase Price" has the meaning set forth in section 14.01 hereof.

         "Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee means the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Secretary, the
Treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing corporate
trust functions.

         "Sale Price" means the last sale price of the Class A Common Stock (or
if no sale price is reported, the average of the high and low bid prices) as
reported by the principal national or regional stock exchange on which the
Class A Common Stock is listed or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed on
a national or regional stock exchange, as reported by NASDAQ or if the Class A
Common Stock is not approved for quotation and trading on NASDAQ as reported by
the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated. In the absence of a Sale Price for
the Class A Common Stock, the Board of Directors shall in good faith determine
the current market price for such Class A Common Stock on such basis as it
considers appropriate.

         "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         "Securities Act" has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of
this Section 1.01 hereof.

         "Security" or "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital
of this Indenture and more particularly means any securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.



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         "Senior Debt" means the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on all Indebtedness of the Issuer (other than the Securities)
(including without limitation any interest that would accrue but for the filing
of a petition in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding)
on such Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of issuance of the
Securities or thereafter created, incurred or assumed. Notwithstanding anything
in the Indenture to the contrary, Senior Debt will not include (i) Indebtedness
of or monies owned by the Issuer for compensation to employees or for goods or
materials purchased or for services rendered in the ordinary course of
business, (ii) Indebtedness of the Issuer to any Affiliate and (iii) any other
Indebtedness which by the express terms of the instrument creating or
evidencing the same are specifically designated as not being senior in right of
payment to the Securities.

         "Subsidiary" means (i) any corporation or other entity of which
securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar
functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Issuer or (ii)
any partnership of which more than 50% of the partnership interests are owned
by the Issuer or any Subsidiary.

         "TIA" (except as otherwise provided in Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 13.05)
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as
of which this Indenture was originally executed.

         "Trading Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, other than any day on which securities are not traded on the applicable
securities exchange or in the applicable securities market.

         "Trustee" means the entity identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article Five, shall also
include any successor trustee. "Trustee" shall also mean or include each Person
who is then a trustee hereunder and if at any time there is more than one such
Person.



                                   ARTICLE 2
                                   SECURITIES

         SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating. The Securities and the Trustee's
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A,
the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. The
Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law,



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securities exchange (including NASDAQ) rule, agreements to which the Issuer is
subject or usage. The Issuer shall approve the form of the Securities and any
notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication. The Securities shall bear such legend or legends
relating to restrictions on transfer as the Issuer shall, based on written
advice of counsel, deem necessary or appropriate in order to comply with
Federal or state securities laws.

         SECTION 2.02.  Execution and Authentication.  Two Officers shall sign
the Securities for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature. The Issuer's
seal shall be reproduced on the Securities.

         If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall
be valid nevertheless.

         A Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the
certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature of the Trustee
shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under
this Indenture.

         The Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue in the
aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000 upon an Issuer Order. The
Issuer Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and the
date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. The
aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed
$300,000,000 except as provided in Section 2.07.

         The Trustee's authentication of Securities pursuant to the next
preceding paragraph shall be conditioned upon receipt of each of the following
in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee on or prior to the Exchange
Date:

                 (A) An Officer's Certificate to the effect that:
                 
                          (1) All conditions required to be satisfied
                 under the Certificate of Designation for the exchange of
                 the outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock for the
                 Securities have been so satisfied on or prior to the
                 Exchange Date;
                 
                          (2) The Indenture is duly qualified under the TIA;
                 and
                 
                 

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                                (3) No Event of Default (as defined in Section
                       4.01 hereof) shall have occurred and be continuing.

                       (B) An Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:

                                (1) The execution and delivery of the
                       Indenture, the issuance of the Securities and the
                       fulfillment of the terms herein and therein contemplated
                       will not conflict with the charter or bylaws of the
                       Issuer, or constitute a breach of or default under any
                       material agreement, indenture, evidence of indebtedness,
                       mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or
                       instrument known to such counsel to which the Issuer is
                       a party or by which it is bound, or any law,
                       administrative regulation, rule, judgment, order or
                       decree known to such counsel to be applicable to the
                       Issuer or any of its properties;

                                (2) The Indenture has been duly authorized by
                       the Issuer and, when executed and delivered by the
                       Issuer, will be a legal, valid and binding agreement of
                       the Issuer enforceable in accordance with its terms,
                       except as such enforceability may be limited by
                       bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
                       moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights and
                       remedies of creditors generally and by the effect of
                       general principles of equity, whether applied by a court
                       of law or equity;

                                (3) All legally required proceedings by the
                       Issuer in connection with the authorization and issuance
                       of the Securities have been duly taken, and all orders,
                       consents or other authorizations or approvals of any
                       public board or body legally required for the validity
                       of the Securities have been obtained;

                                (4)         The Indenture is duly qualified 
                       under the TIA; and

                                (5) The Securities, when executed and
                       authenticated in accordance with the terms of this
                       Indenture and delivered in exchange for the outstanding
                       Convertible Preferred Stock, will be legal, valid and
                       binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in
                       accordance with their terms, 

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                       except as such enforceability may be limited by
                       bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
                       moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights and
                       remedies of creditors generally and by the effect of
                       general principles of equity, whether applied by a court
                       of law or equity.

         The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Issuer to authenticate Securities. Unless limited by the term of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as an Agent to deal with the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer.

         The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without
coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

         SECTION 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Issuer
shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), an office or agency
where Securities may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"), an office or
agency where Securities may be presented for conversion ("Conversion Agent")
and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in
respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall
keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The
Issuer may appoint one or more co-Registrars, one or more additional Paying
Agents and one or more additional Conversion Agents. The term "Registrar"
includes any co-Registrar, the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional
Paying Agent and the term "Conversion Agent" includes any additional Conversion
Agent. The Issuer may change any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent
without notice to any Holder. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain
another person as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such. The Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer may act as
Registrar or Conversion Agent. Except for purposes of Article 9, the Issuer or
any Affiliate of the Issuer may act as Paying Agent.

         The Issuer shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Issuer shall
promptly notify the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to
this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent,
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service of notices and demands, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the
Trustee shall act as such.

         The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent,
Conversion Agent and agent for service of notices and demands.

         SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Not later than each
due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities, the Issuer shall
deposit with the Paying Agent a sum of money in immediately available funds
sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. Subject to
Section 9.02, the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of
Securityholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, and shall notify the
Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. If the Issuer
or an Affiliate of the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall on or before each
due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities segregate the money
and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Issuer at any time may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee, and the Trustee may at
any time during the continuance of any default, upon written request to a
Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent
(other than the Issuer) shall have no further liability for the money.

         SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a
form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of the Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the
Issuer shall promptly furnish to the Trustee on or before each interest payment
date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in
such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require for the
names and addresses of the Holders.

         SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange. When a Security is presented to
the Registrar with a request to register a transfer thereof, the Registrar
shall register the transfer as requested, and, when Securities are presented to
the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of
Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall make the
exchange as requested; provided that every Security presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Issuer and the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges,
the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar's request. The Issuer shall not be required (i) to issue, register
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period beginning at the opening of business on a Business Day 15 days before
the day of any selection of Securities for redemption under Section 11.02 and
ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part or
(iii) to register the transfer or exchange of a Security between the record
date and the next succeeding interest payment date. Any exchange or transfer
shall be without charge, except that the Issuer may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto, but this provision shall not apply to any exchange pursuant
to Section 7.05 or 11.02. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer
of any Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuer may deem and treat the
Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on
such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security is overdue, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuer shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.

         SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Trustee, or if the Holder of a Security claims that the
Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, and neither the Issuer
nor the Trustee has received notice that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
a replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New York
Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, are met,
and there shall have been delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee evidence to
their satisfaction of the loss, destruction or theft of any Security if such is
the case. An indemnity bond may be required that is sufficient in the judgment
of the Issuer and the Trustee to protect the Issuer, the Trustee or any Agent
from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The
Issuer may charge the Holder for its expenses (including the fees and expenses
of the Trustee) in replacing a Security. Every replacement Security is an
additional obligation of the Issuer. The provisions of this Section 2.07 are
exclusive and shall preclude all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

         In the event any such mutilated, destroyed or wrongfully taken
Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer, in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

         SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities. The Securities outstanding at
any time are all of the Securities authenticated by the Trustee, except for
those 





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canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in
this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.

         If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be
outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

         If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or an Affiliate of the
Issuer) holds on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay the
principal of and accrued interest on Securities payable on that date, then on
and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on
them ceases to accrue.

         Subject to Section 2.09, a Security does not cease to be outstanding
because the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Security.

         SECTION 2.09.  Treasury Securities.  In determining whether the Holders
of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any notice,
direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Issuer or by any
Affiliate of the Issuer shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Securities that a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities
so owned that have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so
to act with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or
any Affiliate of the Issuer.

         SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are
ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and, upon the order of the Issuer,
the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall
be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations
that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. Until such
exchange, temporary Securities shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits
and privileges as definitive Securities.

         SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, Paying Agent and
Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to
them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee and no one else
shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment,
conversion or cancellation. The Issuer may not issue new Securities to replace
Securities it has 




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paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or which have been converted.
All canceled Securities shall be held by the Trustee unless the Issuer shall
direct in writing that the canceled Securities be returned to it.

         SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in a payment
of interest on the Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any
lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted
interest, to the persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date,
which date shall be at least five Business Days prior to the payment date, in
each case at the rate provided in the Securities and in Section 3.01. The
Issuer shall, with the consent of the Trustee, fix or cause to be fixed each
such special record date and payment date. At least 15 days before a special
record date, the Issuer (or the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of
the Issuer) shall mail to the Holders a notice that states the special record
date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

         SECTION 2.13.  Cusip Numbers.  The Issuer in issuing the Securities may
use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall
use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to
the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

         SECTION 2.14.  Computation of Interest.  Unless otherwise provided in
the Securities, interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.



                                   ARTICLE 3
                            COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER

         SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer covenants
and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
principal of, and interest on, each of the Securities at the place or places,
at the respective times and in the manner provided in the Securities and this
Indenture. Each installment of interest on the Securities may be paid by
mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written order of the
Holders of Securities entitled thereto as they shall appear on the registry
books of the Issuer.




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         SECTION 3.02. Written Statements to Trustee. (a) The Issuer will
deliver to the Trustee on or before May 1 in each year (beginning with the May
1 immediately following the date of the initial issuance of the Securities) a
brief certificate (which need not comply with Section 10.05) from the principal
executive, financial or accounting officer of the Issuer stating that in the
course of the performance by the signer of his duties as an officer of the
Issuer he would normally have knowledge of any default or non-compliance
(without regard to periods of grace or notice requirements) by the Issuer in
the performance or fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or condition
contained in this Indenture, stating whether or not he has knowledge of any
such default or non-compliance and, if so, specifying each such default or
non-compliance of which the signer has knowledge and the nature thereof.

         (b) Commencing with the date the Securities are initially issued, the
Issuer shall file with the Trustee written notice of the occurrence of any
default or Event of Default within five Business Days of its becoming aware of
any such default or Event of Default.

         SECTION 3.03.  Corporate Existence.  Subject to Article 8, the Issuer 
will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
force and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises; provided that
the Issuer shall not be required to preserve its corporate existence or any
such right or franchise if the Issuer shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of the
Securities.

         SECTION 3.04.  Reports by the Issuer.  The Issuer covenants:

         (a) to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is
required to file the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Issuer may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or if the Issuer is not
required to file information, documents, or reports pursuant to either of such
sections, then to file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents, and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act; or, in respect of a
security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be
prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; provided that,
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the Issuer shall be required to file such information with the Trustee only if
so requested by the Trustee;

          (b) to file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such additional
information, documents, and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer
with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations; provided that, prior
to the date of initial issuance of the Securities, the Issuer shall be required
to file such information with the Trustee only if so requested by the Trustee;
and

          (c) to transmit by mail to all registered Holders of Securities as
the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the registry books of the
Issuer, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such
summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the
Issuer pursuant to (a) and (b) in this Section above as may be required by
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC.

          (d) for so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding and are
"restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the
Securities Act, to make available at its expense, upon request, to any holder
or beneficial owner of such Securities and any prospective purchasers thereof
the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securites Act, unless
the Issuer is then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

          Delivery of such information, documents and reports to the Trustee is
for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such reports or
documents shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained
therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Issuer's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).

          SECTION 3.05. Waiver of Usury Defense. The Issuer covenants (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not assert, plead (as a
defense or otherwise) or in any manner whatsoever claim (and shall actively
resist any attempt to compel it to assert, plead or claim) in any action, suit
or proceeding that the interest rate on the Securities violates present or
future usury or other laws relating to the interest payable on any indebtedness
and shall not otherwise avail itself (and shall actively resist any attempt to
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         SECTION 3.06. Liquidation. Neither the Board of Directors nor the
stockholders of the Issuer shall adopt a plan of liquidation that provides for,
contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded by (a) the sale, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Issuer otherwise than substantially as an entirety (Article 6 of this
Indenture being the Article that governs any such sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition substantially as an entirety) and (b) the distribution of all
or substantially all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition and of the remaining assets of the Issuer to the holders of the
capital stock of the Issuer, unless the Issuer shall in connection with the
adoption of such plan make provision for, or agree that prior to making any
liquidating distributions it will make provision for, the satisfaction of the
Issuer's obligations hereunder and under the Securities as to the payment of
the principal thereof and interest thereon. The Issuer shall be deemed to make
provision for such payments only if (1) the Issuer irrevocably deposits in
trust with the Trustee money or direct obligations of the United States of
America, backed by its full faith and credit ("U.S. Government Obligations"),
maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as are
sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such interest, to pay
the principal of and interest on the Securities then outstanding to maturity
and to pay all other sums payable by it hereunder or (2) there is an express
assumption of the due and punctual payment of the Issuer's obligations
hereunder and under the Securities and the performance and observance of all
covenants and conditions to be performed by the Issuer hereunder by the
execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the
Trustee by a person who acquires, or will acquire (otherwise than pursuant to a
lease), a portion of the assets of the Issuer, and which person will have
assets (immediately after the acquisition) and aggregate earnings (for such
person's four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding such acquisition)
equal to not less than the assets of the Issuer (immediately preceding such
acquisition) and the aggregate earnings of the Issuer (for its four full fiscal
quarters immediately preceding the acquisition), respectively, and which is a
corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not make any
liquidating distribution until after the Issuer shall have certified to the
Trustee with an Officers' Certificate at least five days prior to the making of
any liquidating distribution that it has complied with the provisions of this
Section 3.06. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section
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                                   ARTICLE 4
        REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

         SECTION 4.01. Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity;
Waiver of Default. "Event of Default" with respect to Securities where used
herein, means each one of the following events which shall have occurred and be
continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to
any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any administrative or governmental body):

         (a) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of
the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

         (b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of or
premium, if any, any of the Securities as and when the same shall become due
and payable at maturity, upon any redemption or acceleration, by declaration or
otherwise; or

         (c) failure on the part of the Issuer duly to observe or perform any
other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Issuer in the
Securities or contained in this Indenture for a period of 45 days after the
date on which written notice specifying such failure, stating that such notice
is a "Notice of Default" hereunder and demanding that the Issuer remedy the
same, shall have been given by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, to the Issuer by the
Trustee, or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities; or

          (d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or a decree or
order adjudging the Issuer a bankrupt or insolvent, approving as properly filed
a petition seeking reorganization, assignment, adjustment or composition of, or
in respect of, the Issuer under any applicable Federal or State law or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property
or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or
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         (e) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case or proceeding under
any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or any other case or proceeding to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to the entry of an order for
relief in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or
to the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or consent to the filing
of such petition or to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official)
of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property, or make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of
corporate action by the Issuer in furtherance of any such action.

         If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
subparagraphs (d) or (e)) occurs and is continuing with respect to the
Securities, then, and in each and every such case, unless the Principal of all
the Securities shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Issuer (and
to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal
of all the Securities and the interest accrued thereon, to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately
due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in subparagraph (d) or (e)
occurs, the unpaid principal of any and any accrued but unpaid interest on all
the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable
without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Securityholder.

         This provision, however, is subject to the condition that if, at any
time after the principal of the Securities shall have been so declared due and
payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due
shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall
pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest upon all the Securities and the principal of any and
all Securities which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with
interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest
is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at
the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Securities, to the date
of such payment or deposit) and such amount as shall be sufficient to cover
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counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances
made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of
negligence or bad faith, and if any and all Events of Default under the
Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities which
shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or
otherwise remedied as provided herein--then and in every such case the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding,
by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults and
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or
rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default
or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

         SECTION 4.02. Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May Prove
Debt. The Issuer covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the
payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities when such
interest shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have
continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall be made in the
payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the Securities when the
same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity or upon any
redemption or acceleration or by declaration or otherwise, then upon demand of
the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders
of the Securities the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable
on all such Securities for principal or interest, as the case may be (with
interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue principal and, to the
extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on
overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest
specified in the Securities); and in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee
except as a result of its negligence or bad faith.

         Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the
principal of and interest on the Securities to the registered Holders, whether
or not the Securities be overdue.

         In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall
be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in
equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any
such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any
such judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor upon the
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and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or
other obligor upon the Securities, wherever situated the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable.

         In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer or
any other obligor upon the Securities under Title 11 of the United States Code
or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy
or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to
the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings
or otherwise:

         (a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of
principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities, and to
file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order
to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the
Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or
other obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or property of the
Issuer or such other obligor,

         (b) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on
behalf of the Holders of the Securities in any election of a trustee or a
standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy
or insolvency proceedings or person performing similar functions in comparable
proceedings, and

         (c) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with
respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of the Trustee on their
behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other similar
official is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make payments
to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making
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cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and
their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.

         Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in
any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee
in bankruptcy or similar person.

         All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the Securities, may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee
without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof on
any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or
proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the
payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each
predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities.

         In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the
Holders of the Securities in respect of which such action was taken, and it
shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Securities parties to any
such proceedings.

         SECTION 4.03.  Application of Proceeds.  Any moneys collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of Securities shall be applied in
the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such moneys on account of principal or interest, upon
presentation of the several Securities and stamping (or otherwise noting)
thereon the payment, or issuing Securities in reduced principal amounts in
exchange for the presented Securities if only partially paid, or upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:

                        FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses, including
                  any and all amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.05;

                        SECOND: Subject to Article 12 herein, in case the
                  principal of the Securities shall not have become and be then
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                  in the order of the maturity of the installments
                  of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such
                  interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue
                  installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of
                  interest specified in the Securities, such payments to be
                  made ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without
                  discrimination or preference;

                       THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities shall
                  have become and shall be then due and payable, to the payment
                  of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all the
                  Securities for principal and interest, with interest upon the
                  overdue principal, and (to the extent that such interest has
                  been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of
                  interest at the same rate as the rate of interest specified
                  in the Securities; and in case such moneys shall be
                  insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and
                  unpaid upon the Securities, then to the payment of such
                  principal and interest, without preference or priority of
                  principal over interest, or of interest over principal, or of
                  any installment of interest over any other installment of
                  interest, or of any Security over any other Security, ratably
                  to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid
                  interest; and

                       FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to 
                  the Issuer or any other person lawfully entitled thereto.

         SECTION 4.04. Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of Default has
occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted in this Indenture or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

         SECTION 4.05. Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings. In
case the Trustee or any Securityholder shall have proceeded to enforce any
right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the
Trustee or to such Securityholder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Trustee and the
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and rights hereunder, and thereafter all rights, remedies and powers of the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken.

         SECTION 4.06. Limitation on Suits by Securityholders. No Holder of any
Security shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to institute any action or proceeding, judicial or otherwise, at law
or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to
this Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator,
custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute
such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder and shall have
offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby and the
Trustee for 45 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceedings and no
direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.09; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security with every other
taker and Holder of the Securities and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders
of Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by
availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the
rights of any other Holder of Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right
under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal,
ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder
and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law
or in equity.

         SECTION 4.07. Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest, to Convert and to Institute Certain Suits.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and any provision of any
Security, the right of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the
principal of and interest on such Security on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Security, or to convert such Security in accordance with
Article 13, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
after such respective dates, or for the enforcement of such conversion right,
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         SECTION 4.08. Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver of Default. Except as provided in Section 2.07 and 4.07, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

         No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the
Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default
occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or
shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 4.06, every power and remedy
given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may
be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by
the Trustee or by the Securityholders, as the case may be.

         SECTION 4.09. Control by Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding shall have
the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee; provided that such direction shall not be otherwise
than in accordance with law and the provisions of this Indenture and provided
further that (subject to the provisions of Section 5.01) the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised
by counsel, shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed may
expose the Trustee to personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith by its
board of directors or the executive committee thereof shall so determine that
the actions or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be
unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Securities not joining in
the giving of said direction, it being understood that (subject to Section
5.01) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions
or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.

         Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its
discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not
inconsistent with such direction by Securityholders.

         SECTION 4.10. Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the
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in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding may on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities waive any past default or Event of
Default hereunder and its consequences, except a default in respect of a
covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Security affected (including, without limitation,
the provisions with respect to payment of principal of and interest on such
Security or with respect to conversion of such Security).

         Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be deemed
to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, and not to have occurred for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.

         SECTION 4.11. Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May Withhold in
Certain Circumstances. The Trustee shall, at the Issuer's expense, transmit to
the Holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on
the registry books, notice by mail of all defaults known to the Trustee, such
notice to be transmitted within 90 days after the occurrence thereof, unless
such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term
"default" or "defaults" for the purposes of this Section being hereby defined
to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse of time or
both would become, an Event of Default); provided that, except in the case of
default in the payment of the principal or premium of, if any, or interest on
any of the Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a
trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Securityholders.

         SECTION 4.12. Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay
Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by
his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit,
and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit including
the Trustee, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall
not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
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the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on
or after the due date expressed in such Security or for the enforcement of a
right to convert any Security in accordance with Article 13.

         SECTION 4.13. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist
upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
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                                   ARTICLE 5
                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

         SECTION 5.01. Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During
Default; Prior to Default. With respect to the Holders of Securities issued
hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and
after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred,
undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities has occurred (which has not been cured or waived) the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

         No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own wilful misconduct, except that

         (a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all such Events of Default which may have occurred:

             (i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to
         Securities shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
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         Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the
         performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set
         forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall
         be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

             (ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the
         Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
         the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
         statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
         conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of
         any such statements, certificates or opinions which by any provision
         hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
         Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether
         or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;

         (b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee,
unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and

         (c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
Holders pursuant to Section 4.09 relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

          None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable ground for believing that
the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not
reasonably assured to it.

          SECTION 5.02.  Certain Rights of the Trustee.  Subject to Section 
5.01:

          (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers' Certificate or any other
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
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          (b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate (unless
other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy
thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer;

          (c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any
advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by
it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of
Counsel;

          (d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred therein or thereby;

          (e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

          (f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond,
debenture, note, coupon, security, or other paper or document unless requested
in writing so to do by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, but during an Event of
Default or upon reasonable grounds prior to such Event of Default the Trustee,
in its discretion, may make such further inquiries or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make
such inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney;
provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the
costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to
the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the
Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities
as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such examination
shall be paid by the Issuer or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor
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         (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys not regularly in its employ and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.

         SECTION 5.03. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of
Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained herein
and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication,
shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by
the Issuer of any of the Securities or of the proceeds thereof.

         SECTION 5.04. Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections,
etc. The Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in its individual
or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the
same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent and, subject
to Sections 5.8 and 5.13, if operative, may otherwise deal with the Issuer and
receive, collect, hold and retain collections from the Issuer with the same
rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.

         SECTION 5.05. Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its
Prior Claim. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to
time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be
agreed in writing between the Issuer and the Trustee (which shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of
an express trust) and the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and
of all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ) except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee
for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim,
liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of
the Trustee) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out
of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or
the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including but not limited to the
costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim or
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powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section to
compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or
reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements
and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Such additional
indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of or interest on particular Securities,
and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim. When the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of
Default specified in Section 4.01 or in connection with Article 4 hereof, the
expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the service in connection therewith are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law.

         SECTION 5.06. Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers' Certificate, etc.
Subject to Sections 5.01 and 5.02, whenever in the administration of the trusts
of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a
matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established
by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in
the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be
full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

         SECTION 5.07. Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee. The Trustee
hereunder shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or the District
of Columbia having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and
which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and is
subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia
authority. Such corporation shall have its principal place of business in The
City of New York if there be such a corporation in such location willing to act
upon reasonable and customary terms and conditions. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall
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accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 5.08.

         The provisions of this Section 5.07 are in furtherance of and subject
to Section 310(a) of the TIA.

         SECTION 5.08. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
Trustee. (a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of
resignation to the Issuer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the
Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument in
duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the
successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and
have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities for at least six
months may, subject to the provisions of Section 4.12, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a
successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

         (b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

             (i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section
         310(b) of the TIA after written request therefor by the Issuer or by
         any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or
         Securities for at least six months; or

             (ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
         provisions of Section 5.07 and shall fail to resign after written
         request therefor by the Issuer or by any such Securityholder; or

             (iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
         adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver or liquidator of the
         Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer
         shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
         affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
         liquidation;

then, in any such case, (1) the Issuer may remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board of Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument shall be
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to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee (or if no
successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the giving of such notice from the Issuer, such removed
trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee), or, (2) subject to the provisions of Section 4.12, any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities for
at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee.

         (c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee by delivering to the Trustee so removed, to the
successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer the evidence provided for in
Section 6.01 of the action in that regard taken by the Securityholders (or if
the trustee has been removed but no successor trustee shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the provision of
such evidence, such removed trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee).

         (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and any appointment of
a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 5.08
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
as provided in Section 5.09.

         (e) The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor trustee by mailing written
notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of
Securities affected as their names and addresses appear in the Security
register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor trustee and the
address of its principal corporate trust office.

         SECTION 5.09. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee. Any
successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 5.08 shall execute and
deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all rights,
powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect
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Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon payment of its charges then unpaid,
the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to Section 9.04, pay over to the
successor trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute
and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such
rights, powers, duties and obligations. Upon request of any such successor
trustee, the Issuer shall execute

any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee
ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property or
funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it
pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.05.

         Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 5.09, the Issuer shall mail notice thereof by first-class mail to
the Holders of Securities at their last addresses as they shall appear in the
Security register. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially
contemporaneous with the resignation, then the notice called for by the
preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section 5.08.
If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.

         SECTION 5.10. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business of Trustee. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such
corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 310(b) of the
TIA and eligible under the provisions of Section 5.07, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

         In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the
trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been
authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt
the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee and deliver such
Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the Securities
shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may
authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or
in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificate
shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this
Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided,
that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor
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Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion
or consolidation.

         SECTION 5.11.  Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall
become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Issuer
within three months prior to a default, as defined in subsection (c) of this
Section, or subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such default
shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for
the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders of the Securities and the
Holders of other indenture securities (as defined in this Section):

                                (1) an amount equal to any and all reductions
                        in the amount due and owing upon any claim as such
                        creditor in respect of principal or interest, effected
                        after the beginning of such three months' period and
                        valid as against the Issuer and its other creditors,
                        except any such reduction resulting from the receipt or
                        disposition of any property described in subsection
                        (a)(2) of this Section, or from the exercise of any
                        right of set-off which the Trustee could have exercised
                        if a petition in bankruptcy had been filed by or
                        against the Issuer upon the date of such default; and

                                (2) all property received by the Trustee in
                        respect of any claim as such creditor, either as
                        security therefor, or in satisfaction or composition
                        thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such
                        three months' period, or an amount equal to the
                        proceeds of any such property, if disposed of, subject,
                        however, to the rights, if any, of the Issuer and its
                        other creditors in such property or such proceeds.

         Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the
Trustee:

                        (A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on
                  account of any such claim by any person (other than the
                  Issuer) who is liable thereon, (ii) the proceeds of the bona
                  fide sale of any such claim by the Trustee to a third person,
                  and (iii) distributions made in cash, securities or other
                  property in respect of claims filed against the Issuer in
                  bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
                  reorganization pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code
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                        (B) to realize, for its own account, upon any
                  property held by it as security for any such claim, if such
                  property was so held prior to the beginning of such three
                  months' period;

                        (C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the
                  extent of the claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property
                  held by it as security for any such claim, if such claim was

                  created after the beginning of such three months' period and
                  such property was received as security therefor
                  simultaneously with the creation thereof, and if the Trustee
                  shall sustain the burden of proving that at the time such
                  property was so received the Trustee had no reasonable cause
                  to believe that a default as defined in Subsection (c) of
                  this Section would occur within three months; or

                        (D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in
                  paragraph (B) or (C), against the release of any property
                  held as security for such claim as provided in such paragraph
                  (B) or (C), as the case may be, to the extent of the fair
                  value of such property.

         For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D) property substituted
after the beginning of such three months' period for property held as security
at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the
property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the
extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in
renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding
any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have
the same status as such pre-existing claim.

         If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property
held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned
between the Trustee, the Securityholders and the Holders of other indenture
securities in such manner that the Trustee, the Securityholders and the Holders
of other indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from such
special account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Issuer in
bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to
Title 11 of the United States Code or applicable State law, the same percentage
of their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the
Trustee anything on account of the receipt by it from the Issuer of the funds
and property in such special account and before crediting to the respective
claims of the Trustee, the Securityholders and the Holders of other indenture
securities dividends on claims filed against the Issuer in bankruptcy or
receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to Title 11 of the
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thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness represented by their respective
claims from all sources other than from such dividends and from the funds and
property so held in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with
respect to any claim, the term "dividends" shall include any distribution with
respect to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
reorganization pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code or applicable
State law, whether such distribution is made in cash, securities or other
property, but shall not include any such distribution with respect to the
secured portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy,
receivership or proceeding for reorganization is pending shall have
jurisdiction (i) to apportion between the Trustee, the Securityholders and the
Holders of other indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of
this paragraph, the funds and property held in such special account and the
proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in part,
to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration in determining
the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee, the
Securityholders and the Holders of other indenture securities with respect to
their respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to liquidate
or to appraise the value of any securities or other property held in such
special account or as security for any such claim, or to make a specific
allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured portions
of such claims, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this paragraph as a
mathematical formula.

         Any Trustee who has resigned or been removed after the beginning of
such three months' period shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection
(a) as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has
resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such three months' period,
it shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection (a) if and only if the
following conditions exist:

             (i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim which would have
         given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had continued
         as trustee, occurred after the beginning of such three months' period;
         and

             (ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred within
         three months after such resignation or removal.

          (b) There shall be excluded from the operation of this Section a
creditor relationship arising from:

                             (1) the ownership or acquisition of securities
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                  having a maturity of one year or more at the time of
                  acquisition by the Trustee;


                             (2) advances authorized by a receivership or
                  bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by this
                  Indenture for the purpose of preserving any property which
                  shall at any time be subject to the lien of this Indenture or
                  of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances
                  thereon, if notice of such advances and of the circumstances
                  surrounding the making thereof is given to the
                  Securityholders at the time and in the manner provided in
                  this Indenture;

                             (3) disbursements made in the ordinary course
                  of business in the capacity of trustee under an indenture,
                  transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal
                  agent or depositary, or other similar capacity;

                             (4) an indebtedness created as a result of
                  services rendered or premises rented or an indebtedness
                  created as a result of goods or securities sold in a cash
                  transaction as defined in subsection (c)(3) below;

                             (5) the ownership of stock or of other
                  securities of a corporation organized under the provisions of
                  Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which
                  is directly or indirectly a creditor of the Issuer; or

                             (6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or
                  negotiation of any drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or
                  obligations which fall within the classification of
                  self-liquidating paper as defined in subsection (c)(4) of
                  this Section.

          (c) As used in this Section:

                             (1) the term "default" shall mean any failure
                  to make payment in full of the principal of or interest upon
                  any of the Securities or upon the other indenture securities
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                             (2) the term "other indenture securities" shall
                  mean securities upon which the Issuer is an obligor (as
                  defined in the TIA) outstanding under any other indenture (i)
                  under which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains
                  provisions substantially similar to the provisions of
                  Subsection (a) of this Section, and (iii) under which a
                  default exists at the time of the apportionment of the funds
                  and property held in said special account;

                             (3) the term "cash transaction" shall mean any
                  transaction in which full payment for goods or securities
                  sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or
                  securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn
                  upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand;

                             (4) the term "self-liquidating paper" shall
                  mean any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation
                  which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Issuer
                  for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing,
                  manufacture, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or
                  merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing
                  title to, possession of, or a lien upon the goods, wares or
                  merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the
                  sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously
                  constituting the security, provided the security is received
                  by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the
                  creditor relationship with the Issuer arising from the
                  making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill
                  of exchange, acceptance or obligation; and

                             (5) the term "Issuer" shall mean any obligor
                  upon the Securities.

         (d) Notwithstanding any provision in this Indenture to the contrary,
for purposes of this Section 5.11, the term "Trustee" shall include any
separate trustee or co-trustee that may be appointed to act as trustee
hereunder.

         SECTION 5.12. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each
May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the
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brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with Section 313(a) of the
TIA. The Trustee also shall comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA.

         A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders shall
be mailed to the Issuer and filed with the SEC and each securities exchange, if
any, on which the Securities are listed. The Issuer shall promptly notify the
Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any securities exchange.


                                   ARTICLE 6
                         CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

         SECTION 6.01. Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Securityholders may
be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Sections 5.01 and 5.02) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Article.

         SECTION 6.02. Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of
Securities. Subject to Sections 5.01 and 5.02, the fact and date of the
execution of any instrument by any Securityholder or his agent or proxy, or the
authority of such an agent or proxy to execute such an instrument may be proved
(a) by the affidavit of a witness of such execution, or (b) by a certificate of
a notary public (or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of
deeds) as to such execution, or (c) in accordance with such reasonable rules
and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities shall be proved by
the Security register or by a certificate of the registrar thereof.

         SECTION 6.03. Holders to Be Treated as Owners. Prior to due
presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee
and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the person in
whose name any Security shall be registered upon the Security register as the
absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue
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purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and, subject
to the provisions of this Indenture, interest on such Security and for all
other purposes; and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such
payments so made to any such person, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to
the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the
liability for moneys payable upon any such Security.

         SECTION 6.04.  Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding.  In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under
this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor
on the Securities or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any
other obligor on the Securities shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any
such direction, consent or waiver only Securities which the Trustee knows are
so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on
the Securities. In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel
shall be full protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in
accordance with such advice. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall
furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and
identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by
or for the account of any of the above-described Persons; and, subject to
Sections 5.01 and 5.02, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers'
Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the
fact that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of
any such determination.

         SECTION 6.05. Right of Revocation of Action taken. At any time prior
to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 6.01,
of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action, any Holder of a Security the serial number of which is shown
by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the Securities the
Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice at
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revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as
aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners
of such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution
therefor or on registration or transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not
any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Security. Any action taken
by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be
conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all the
Securities.

         SECTION 6.06.  Record Date for Consents and Waivers.  The Issuer may,
but shall not be obligated to, direct the Trustee to establish a record date 
for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to (i) waive any past
default with respect to the Securities in accordance with Section 4.10, (ii)
consent to any supplemental indenture in accordance with Section 7.02 or (iii)
waive compliance with any term, condition or provision of any covenant
hereunder (if the Indenture should expressly provide for such waiver). If a
record date is fixed, the Holders of Securities on such record date, or their
duly designated proxies, and any such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any
such past default, consent to any such supplemental indenture or waive
compliance with any such term, condition or provision, whether or not such
Holder remains a Holder after such record date; provided, however, that unless
such waiver or consent is obtained from the Holders, or duly designated
proxies, of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities prior to
the date which is the 90th day after such record date, any such waiver or
consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any
Holder be canceled and of no further effect.



                                   ARTICLE 7
                            SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

         SECTION 7.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Securityholders. The Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of
Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of the execution thereof) for one
or more of the following purposes:

         (a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as
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          (b) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Issuer,
or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation of
the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Issuer pursuant to Article 8;

          (c) to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions as its Board of Directors and the
Trustee shall consider to be for the protection or benefit of the Holders of
Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a
default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or
provisions an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the
several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided that
in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision
such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after
default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of
other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such an Event
of Default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such an
Event of Default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities to waive such an Event of Default;

          (d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental
indenture or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions
arising under this Indenture or under any supplemental indenture as the Board
of Directors may deem necessary or desirable, provided that no such action
shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities; or

          (e) to provide for adjustment of conversion rights pursuant to
Section 13.05; and

          The Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance,
transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the
Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture
which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties, immunities or liabilities under
this Indenture or otherwise.

          Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of
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         SECTION 7.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.
With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 6) of the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding (or prior to any exchange of Securities for Convertible
Preferred Stock, with the consent of holders of not less than a majority of the
outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock), the Issuer, when authorized
by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to
time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
(which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of
execution thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders
of the Securities; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a)
extend the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or premium, if any, thereon, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of interest thereon, or any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or change the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in
which, any principal, premium, interest is payable, or reduce or alter the
method of computation of any amount payable on redemption or repayment thereof
(or the time at which any such redemption may be made), or impair or affect the
right of any Securityholder to institute suit for the payment or conversion
thereof or materially and adversely affect the right to convert the Securities
in accordance with Article 13 or the right of the Holders to require redemption
in accordance with Article 14, in each case, without the consent of the Holder
of each Security so affected; provided no consent of any Holder of any Security
shall be necessary under this Section 7.02 to permit the Trustee and the Issuer
to execute supplemental indentures pursuant to Section 7.01(e) and Section
13.05 of this Indenture; or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage in principal
amount of Outstanding Securities, the consent of the Holders of which is
required for any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the
Holders of each Security so affected; or (c) reduce the percentage of
Securities necessary to consent to waive any past default under this Indenture
to less than a majority, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so
affected, or (d) modify the provisions of Article 12 hereof or any other
provision hereof relating to subordination of the Securities in any manner
adverse to the Securityholders without the consent of the Holder of each
Security so affected, or (e) modify any of the provisions of this Section or
Section 4.10, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby; provided, that this
clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to
changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this
Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements
of Sections 5.08, 5.09, 5.10 and 7.02.






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         Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a resolution
of the Board of Directors (which resolution may provide general terms or
parameters for such action and may provide that the specific terms of such
action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer Order)
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer authorizing
the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the
Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders and other documents, if
any, required by Section 6.01 the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the
execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties, immunities or liabilities under this
Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

         It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof.

         Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Issuer
shall mail a notice thereof by first-class mail to the Holders of Securities at
their addresses as they shall appear on the registry books of the Issuer,
setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.
Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture.

         SECTION 7.03. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture
shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and
the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of
Securities shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder
subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms
and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be
part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

         SECTION 7.04. Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee, subject
to the provisions of Sections 5.01 and 5.02, may receive an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such
supplemental indenture complies with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture.

         SECTION 7.05. Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental
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supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article may bear a
notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for by such
supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new
Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Issuer, authenticated by the
Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities then Outstanding.


                                   ARTICLE 8
                   CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE

         SECTION 8.01. Covenant Not to Merger, Consolidate, Sell or Convey
Property Except Under Certain Conditions. The Issuer covenants that it will not
merge with or into or consolidate with any other corporation or sell, convey,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to any Person and the
Issuer shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Issuer
or sell, convey or lease all or substantially all of its assets to the Issuer,
unless (i) either the Issuer (in the case of a merger) shall be the continuing
corporation, or the successor corporation or the Person which acquires by sale
or conveyance substantially all the assets of the Issuer (if other than the
Issuer) shall be a corporation or partnership organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof and shall expressly assume the
due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all the
Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed or observed by the Issuer and shall have provided for conversion
rights in accordance with Section 13.05, by supplemental indenture satisfactory
to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation or
partnership; and (ii) the Issuer, such Person or such successor corporation or
partnership, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or
consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, be in default in the performance of
any such covenant or condition and, immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of
time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing.

         SECTION 8.02. Successor Corporation or Partnership Substituted. In
case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and following such
an assumption by the successor corporation or partnership, such successor
corporation or partnership shall succeed to and be substituted for the Issuer,
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         Such successor corporation or partnership may cause to be signed, and
may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Issuer prior to such
succession any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore
shall not have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee; and,
upon the order of such successor corporation or partnership, instead of the
Issuer, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this
Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any
Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the
officers of the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities
which such successor corporation or partnership thereafter shall cause to be
signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All of the Securities so
issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at
the date of the execution hereof.

         In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance
such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

         In the event of any such sale or conveyance (other than a conveyance
by way of lease) the Issuer or any successor corporation or partnership which
shall theretofore have become such in the manner described in this Article
shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and
the Securities and may be liquidated and dissolved.

         SECTION 8.03. Opinion of Counsel to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to
the provisions of Sections 5.01 and 5.02, may receive an Opinion of Counsel
prepared in accordance with Section 10.05 as conclusive evidence that any such
consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and any such assumption, and
any such liquidation or dissolution, complies with the applicable provisions of
this Indenture.



                                   ARTICLE 9
           SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS

         SECTION 9.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. If at any time
(a) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal of and
interest on all the Securities Outstanding hereunder, as and when the same
shall have become due and payable, or (b) the Issuer shall have delivered to
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which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07) or (c)(i)(x) all such Securities
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due
and payable, or (y) are by their terms to become due and payable within one
year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and (ii)
the Issuer shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in cash (other than moneys repaid by
the Trustee or any paying agent to the Issuer in accordance with Section 9.04)
or U.S. Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest at such
times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or a
combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay the principal and interest on all Securities
on each date that such principal or interest is due and payable; and if, in any
such case, the Issuer shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Issuer, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further
effect (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer, conversion and
exchange of Securities, and the Issuer's right of optional redemption, (ii)
substitution of apparently mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities, (iii) rights of the Holders of Securities to receive payments of
principal thereof and interest upon the original stated due dates therefor (but
not upon acceleration), (iv) the rights, obligations and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder, including any right to compensation and indemnification
under Section 5.05 and, (v) the rights of the Holders of Securities as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee
payable to all or any of them), and the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the provisions of this Section have been complied with and at the cost and
expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging such
satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture, provided, that the rights of
Holders of the Securities to receive amounts in respect of principal of and
interest on the Securities held by them shall not be delayed longer than
required by then-applicable mandatory rules or policies of any securities
exchange upon which the Securities are listed. In addition, in connection with
the satisfaction and discharge pursuant to clause (c)(i)(y) above, the Trustee
shall give notice to the Holders of Securities of such satisfaction and
discharge. The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses
thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for
any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in
connection with this Indenture or the Securities.

         Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
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         SECTION 9.02. Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of
Securities. Subject to Section 9.04 all moneys and securities deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it
to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the
Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular
Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or securities
have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon
for principal and interest; but such moneys or securities need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

         SECTION 9.03. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection
with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
Securities, all moneys then held by any paying agent under the provisions of
this Indenture shall, upon written demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or
paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys.

         SECTION 9.04. Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent
Unclaimed for Two Years. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or
any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any
Security and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years after the date
upon which such principal or interest shall have become due and payable, shall,
upon the written request of the Issuer and unless otherwise required by
mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
law, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee or such paying agent, and the
Holder of the Securities shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory
provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property laws,
thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may be
entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent with
respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Trustee or such paying agent, before being required to make any such repayment
with respect to moneys deposited with it for any payment, shall at the expense
of the Issuer, mail by first-class mail to Holders of such Securities at their
addresses as they shall appear on the Security register, notice, that such
moneys remain and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less
than thirty days from the date of such mailing, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

         SECTION 9.05. Indemnity for U.S. Governmental Obligations. The Issuer
shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Section 9.01 or the principal or interest received in respect of
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                                   ARTICLE 10
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         SECTION 10.01. Partners, Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and
Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon
any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any
Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future
stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any partner of
the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any
successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities.

         SECTION 10.02. Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties
and Securityholders. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed
or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or
corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the holders
of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or
provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the
sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors, the holders of Senior
Debt and the Holders of the Securities.

         SECTION 10.03. Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture
contained by or in behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.

         SECTION 10.04. Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and
Securityholders. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture
is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders
of Securities to or on the Issuer may be given or served by being deposited
postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided
herein) addressed (until another address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer
with the Trustee) to Evergreen Media Corporation, 433 East Las Colinas
Boulevard, Suite 1130, Irving, TX 75039, Attention: Corporate Secretary, with a
copy to Latham & Watkins, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 1300,
Washington, D.C., 20004, Attention: John D. Watson, Jr., Esq. Any notice,
direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any Securityholder to or upon the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all
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made at the Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee
Administration.

         Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders, such notice shall
be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled
thereto, at his last address as it appears in the Security register. In any
case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this
Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.

         In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular
mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer and
Securityholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any
provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such
notice.

         SECTION 10.05. Officers' Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein. Upon any application or demand by the
Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have
been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand
as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand,
no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

         Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the
person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition,
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such
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whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with and (d) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.

         Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer may
be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are
erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are
erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, information with respect to which is
in the possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of
or representations by an officer or officers of the Issuer, unless such counsel
knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with
respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be
based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know that the same are erroneous.

         Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or
of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel, as the
case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or
opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.

         Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public
accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is
independent.

         SECTION 10.06. Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Legal Holidays.
If the date of maturity of interest on or principal of the Securities or the
date fixed for redemption or repayment of any Security or the last date on
which a Holder of Securities has a right to convert his Securities shall not be
a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or
of the Securities) payment of interest or principal or conversion of the
Securities need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date
of maturity or the date fixed for redemption or repayment or on such last day
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         SECTION 10.07. Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust
Indenture Act of 1939. If and to the extent that any provision of this
Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision (an
"incorporated provision") included in this Indenture by operation of Sections
310 to 317, inclusive, of the TIA, such incorporated provision shall control.

         SECTION 10.08. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other person shall
have the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.

         SECTION 10.09.  New York Law to Govern.  This Indenture and each
Security shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New
York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
said State, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

         SECTION 10.10.  Counterparts.  This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such 
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

         SECTION 10.11.  Effect of Headings.  The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect 
the construction hereof.



                                   ARTICLE 11
                            REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

         SECTION 11.01. Right of Optional Redemption; Prices. The Issuer at its
option may, at any time, redeem all, or from time to time any part of, the
Securities upon payment of the optional redemption prices set forth in the form
of Security attached as Exhibit A hereto, together with accrued interest to the
date fixed for redemption.

         SECTION 11.02. Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemption. Notice of
redemption to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed as a whole or in part
shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities at their last addresses as
they shall appear upon the registry books. Any notice which is mailed in the
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provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect
in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a
whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of any other Security.

         The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall identify the
Securities to be redeemed (including the CUSIP number) and shall specify the
principal amount of each Security held by such Holder to be redeemed, the date
fixed for redemption, the applicable Redemption Price, the place or places of
payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such
Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid
as specified in said notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or
on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue, and shall also
specify the Conversion Price then in effect and the date on which the right to
convert such Securities or the portions thereof to be redeemed will expire. In
case any Security is to be redeemed in part only the notice of redemption shall
state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall
state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

         The notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the option of
the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.

         At least one Business Day prior to the redemption date specified in
the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will
deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer
is acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 2.03) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the
redemption date all the Securities so called for redemption (other than those
theretofore surrendered for conversion into Class A Common Stock) at the
appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to but not
including the date fixed for redemption. If any Security called for redemption
is converted pursuant hereto, any money deposited with the Trustee or any
paying agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such
Security shall be paid to the Issuer upon the Issuer's written request, or, if
then held by the Issuer, shall be discharged from such trust. If less than all
the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the Issuer will deliver to the
Trustee at least 70 days (or such shorter period as may be satisfactory to the
Trustee) prior to the date fixed for redemption an Officers' Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. If all of
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Trustee at least 45 days (or such shorter period as may be satisfactory to the
Trustee) prior to the date fixed for redemption a copy of the notice of
redemption the Issuer has delivered to the Holders. In case of a redemption at
the election of the Issuer prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of any
notice of redemption to Holders pursuant to this Section, an Officers'
Certificate stating that such restriction has been complied with.

         If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall
select, by lot, pro rata or by such other manner as it shall deem appropriate
and fair, Securities to be redeemed in whole or in part. Securities may be
redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities or any multiple thereof. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Issuer in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of
any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to
be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed. If any Security selected for partial redemption is surrendered for
conversion after such selection, the converted portion of such Security shall
be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Upon
any redemption of less than all the Securities, for purposes of the selection
for redemption the Issuer and the Trustee may treat as Outstanding Securities
surrendered for conversion during the period of 15 days next preceding the
mailing of a notice of redemption, and need not treat as Outstanding any
Security authenticated and delivered during such period in exchange for the
unconverted portion of any Security converted in part during such period.

         SECTION 11.03. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice
of redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or portions of
Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date
and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price,
together with interest accrued to and including the date fixed for redemption,
and on and after said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of
such Securities at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued to said
date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for
redemption shall cease to accrue and such Securities shall cease from and after
the date fixed for redemption to be convertible into Class A Common Stock or,
except as provided in Sections 2.04 and 9.04, to be entitled to any benefit or
security under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in
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including the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of such
Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice, said Securities or
the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the
applicable Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to and
including the date fixed for redemption; provided that any payment of interest
becoming due on or prior to the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to
the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant record date
subject to the terms and provisions of Section 2.12 hereof.

         If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly
provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of
interest specified in such Security and such Security shall remain convertible
into Class A Common Stock until the principal of such Security shall have been
paid or duly provided for.

Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order of
the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Security or Securities,
of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Security so presented.

         SECTION 11.04. Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for
Selection for Redemption. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for
selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and certificate
number in a written statement signed by an authorized officer of the Issuer and
delivered to the Trustee at least 40 days prior to the last date on which
notice of redemption may be given as being owned of record and beneficially by,
and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity
specifically identified in such Officers' Certificate directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Issuer.



                                   ARTICLE 12
                          SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

         SECTION 12.01. Agreement to Subordinate. The Issuer covenants and
agrees, and each Holder of a Security issued hereunder by his acceptance
thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued
subject to the provisions of this Article; and each Person holding any
Security, whether upon original issue or upon transfer, assignment,
substitution or exchange thereof accepts and agrees that the principal of and
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hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner herein set forth, be
subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Debt.

         SECTION 12.02. Payments to Securityholders. No payment on account of
principal of or interest on the Securities shall be made if at the time of such
payment or immediately after giving effect thereto (1) there shall exist a
default in any payment with respect to any Senior Debt or (2) there shall have
occurred an event of default (as defined in such Senior Debt or in the
instrument under which the same is outstanding, other than a default in the
payment of amounts due thereon) with respect to any Senior Debt permitting the
holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof, and such event of default
shall not have been cured or waived or shall not have ceased to exist.

         Upon (i) any acceleration of the principal amount due on the
Securities or (ii) any payment or distribution of assets of the Issuer of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon
any dissolution or winding-up or total or partial liquidation or arrangement or
reorganization of the Issuer, whether voluntary or involuntary or in
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or
to become due upon all Senior Debt shall first be paid in full, or payment
thereof provided for in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made
on account of the principal or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the
Securities, and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation,
arrangement or reorganization any payment or distribution of assets of the
Issuer of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee under this Indenture would
be entitled, except for the provisions hereof, shall be paid by the Issuer or
by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other
person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the Securities
or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to
the holders of Senior Debt (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the
respective amounts of Senior Debt held by such holders) or their respective
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Debt may have been issued
(the selection of any such recipient on behalf of any holder, in its individual
capacity or otherwise, shall be at the sole discretion of the Trustee), as
their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all
Senior Debt in full (including, without limitation, except to the extent, if
any, prohibited by mandatory provisions of law, post-petition interest, in any
such proceedings), after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt, before any payment or
distribution is made to the Holders of the indebtedness evidenced by the
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         In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Issuer of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section,
shall be received by the Trustee under this Indenture or the Holders of the
Securities before all Senior Debt is paid in full or provision is made for such
payment in accordance with its terms, and if such fact shall, at or prior to
the time of such payment or distribution, have been known to the Trustee, or
such Holders as the case may be, then such payment or distribution shall be
held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the
holders of such Senior Debt or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments
evidencing any of such Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Senior Debt
remaining unpaid until all such Senior Debt shall have been paid in full in
accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Debt.

         For purposes of this Article only, the words, "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Issuer as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Issuer or any other corporation
provided for by a plan of arrangement, reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated (at least to the extent provided in this
Article with respect to the Securities) to the payment of all Senior Debt which
may at the time be outstanding; provided that (i) the Senior Debt is assumed by
the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such arrangement,
reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of the
Senior Debt are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such
arrangement, reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Issuer
with, or the merger of the Issuer into, another corporation or the liquidation
or dissolution of the Issuer following the conveyance or transfer of all or
substantially all its assets to another corporation or partnership upon the
terms and conditions provided in Article 8 shall not be deemed a dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section if
such other corporation or partnership shall, as a part of such consolidation,
merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article 8.
Nothing in this Section shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee
under or pursuant to Article 5, except as provided therein. This Section shall
be subject to the further provisions of Section 12.05.

         SECTION 12.03. Subrogation of Securities. Subject to the payment in
full of all Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to
the rights of the holders of Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions
of cash, property or securities of the Issuer applicable to the Senior Debt
until the principal of and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full;
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purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of
the Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the
Securities or the Trustee on their behalf would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of
this Article to the holders of Senior Debt by Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee on their behalf shall, as between the Issuer, its creditors other than
holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a
payment by the Issuer to or on account of the Senior Debt; and no payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities to or for the benefit of the
Securityholders pursuant to the subrogation provision of this Article, which
would otherwise have been paid to the holders of Senior Debt shall be deemed to
be a payment by the Issuer to or for the account of the Securities. The
provisions of this Article are intended solely for the purpose of defining the
relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the
holders of the Senior Debt, on the other hand.

         Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Issuer, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the
Securities, the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of and interest on the
Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with
their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights against the
Issuer of Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Issuer other than the
holders of the Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the
Holder of any Security or the Trustee on his behalf from exercising all
remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this
Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of
Senior Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of the Issuer received
upon the exercise of any such remedy.

         Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Issuer referred to
in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 5.01 and
5.02, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any
order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, arrangement or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such
payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the
Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate
in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other indebtedness of
the Issuer, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid
or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
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         SECTION 12.04. Authorization by Securityholders. Each Holder of a
Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes the Trustee on his behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any
and all such purposes.

         SECTION 12.05. Notice to Trustee. The Issuer shall give prompt written
notice to the Trustee and to any paying agent of any fact known to the Issuer
which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee
or any paying agent in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of
this Article. Regardless of anything to the contrary contained in this Article
or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge
of the existence of any Senior Debt or of any default or event of default with
respect to any Senior Debt or of any other facts which would prohibit the
making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Securities, unless and until the Trustee shall have received notice in writing
at its Corporate Trust Office to that effect signed by an officer of the
Issuer, or by a holder or agent of a holder of Senior Debt who shall have been
certified by the Issuer or otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction
of the Trustee to be such holder or agent, or by the trustee under any
indenture pursuant to which Senior Debt shall be outstanding, and, prior to the
receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall, subject to Sections 5.01
and 5.02, be entitled to assume that no such facts exist; provided
that if on a date at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by
the terms hereof any such moneys shall become payable for any purpose
(including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or interest on
any Security) the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys
the notice provided for in this Section, then, regardless of anything herein to
the contrary, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such
moneys and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it
on or after such prior date.

         Regardless of anything to the contrary herein, nothing shall prevent
(a) any payment by the Issuer or the Trustee to the Securityholders of amounts
in connection with a redemption of Securities if (i) notice of such redemption
has been given pursuant to Article 11 prior to the receipt by the Trustee of
written notice as aforesaid, and (ii) such notice of redemption is given not
earlier than 60 days before the redemption date, or (b) any payment by the
Trustee to the Securityholders of amounts deposited with it pursuant to Section
9.01.

         The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt
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on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a
holder of Senior Debt or a trustee on behalf of any such Holder. In the event
that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required
with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the
Trustee may request such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such
Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such
Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee
may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the
right of such Person to receive such payment.

         SECTION 12.06. Trustee's Relation to Senior Debt. The Trustee and any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set
forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt which may at any time be
held by it in its individual or any other capacity to the same extent as any
other holder of Senior Debt and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the
Trustee or any such agent, of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this
Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant
to Section 5.06.

         With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article, and no implied covenants or obligations
with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty
to the holders of Senior Debt and, subject to the provisions of Sections 5.01
and 5.02, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Debt if it
shall in good faith pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, the Issuer or
any other Person moneys or assets to which any holder of Senior Debt shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.

         The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of
Senior Debt or of any facts that would prohibit any payment hereunder unless
the Trustee shall have received notice to that effect at its Corporate Trust
Office.

         SECTION 12.07. No Impairment of Subordination. No right of any present
or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as herein provided
shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to
act on the part of the Issuer or by any act or failure to act, in good faith,
by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Issuer with the terms,
provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof
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                                   ARTICLE 13
                            CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

         SECTION 13.01. Conversion Privilege. A Holder of a Security may
convert it into Class A Common Stock of the Issuer at any time prior to
maturity at the Conversion Price then in effect, except that, with respect to
any Security called for redemption, such conversion right shall terminate at
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the redemption
date (unless the Issuer shall default in making the redemption payment then
due, in which cash the conversion right shall terminate on the date such
default is cured). The number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of a Security is determined as follows: divide the principal amount
to be converted by the Conversion Price in effect on the Conversion Date and
round the result to the nearest 1/100th of a share.

         The initial Conversion Price is stated in the fifth paragraph on the
reverse of the Securities and is subject to adjustment as provided in this
Article 13 (which initial Conversion Price shall be equal to the Conversion
Price in effect on the Exchange Date of the Convertible Preferred Stock).

         A Holder may convert a portion of a Security equal to $1,000 or any
integral multiple thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to
conversion of all of a Security also apply to conversion of a portion of it.

         SECTION 13.02. Exercise of Conversion Privilege. In order to exercise
the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Security to be converted shall
surrender such Security to the Issuer at any time during usual business hours
at its office or agency maintained for the purpose as provided in this
Indenture, accompanied by a fully executed written notice, in substantially the
form set forth on the reverse of the Security, that the Holder elects to
convert such Security or a stated portion thereof constituting a multiple of
the minimum authorized denomination thereof, and, if such Security is
surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of business on
any record date for such Security and the opening of business on the related
interest payment date (unless such Security shall have been called for
redemption on a redemption date within such period or on such interest payment
date), accompanied also by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable
on such interest payment date on the portion of the principal amount of the
Security being surrendered for conversion. A Holder of any Security on a record
date for such Security who converts such Security on the related interest
payment date will receive the interest payable on such Security, and such
converting Holder need not include a payment for any such interest upon
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name or names (with address) in which the certificate or certificates for
shares of Class A Common Stock shall be issued. Securities surrendered for
conversion shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument
or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee
duly executed by, the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. As
promptly as practicable after the receipt of such notice and the surrender of
such Security as aforesaid, the Issuer shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 13.07, issue and deliver at such office or agency to such Holder, or on
his written order, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares
of Class A Common Stock issuable on such conversion of Securities in accordance
with the provisions of this Article and cash, as provided in Section 13.03, in
respect of any fraction of a share of Class A Common Stock otherwise issuable
upon such conversion. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected
immediately prior to the close of business on the date (herein called the "Date
of Conversion") on which such notice shall have been received by the Issuer and
such Security shall have been surrendered (together with any applicable payment
in respect of interest) as aforesaid, and the Person or Persons in whose name
or names any certificate or certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock
shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become on the
Date of Conversion the holder or holders of record of the shares represented
thereby; provided that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer
books of the Issuer shall be closed shall constitute the person or persons in
whose name or names the certificate or certificates for such shares are to be
issued as the recordholder or holders thereof for all purposes at the opening
of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are
open but such conversion shall nevertheless be at the Conversion Price in
effect at the close of business on the date when such Security shall have been
so surrendered with the conversion notice. In the case of conversion of a
portion, but less than all, of a Security, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of
the Issuer, a Security or Securities in the aggregate principal amount of the
unconverted portion of the Security surrendered. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Indenture, no payment or adjustment shall be made for interest
accrued on any Security (or portion thereof) converted or for dividends or
distributions on any Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of any
Security; provided that in the case of any Securities which are converted after
the close of business on a relevant record date and on or prior to the next
succeeding interest payment date, installments of interest which are due and
payable on the next succeeding interest payment date shall be payable on such
interest payment date notwithstanding such conversion (unless such Security
shall have been called for redemption on a redemption date after the close of
business on such record date and prior to the opening of business on such
interest payment date) and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or
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Holder of such Securities registered as such at the close of business on the
relevant record date according to their terms.

         SECTION 13.03. Fractional Shares. The Issuer will not issue fractional
shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of Securities. In lieu thereof,
in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, either (i) such fractional
interest will be rounded up to the next whole share or (ii) the Issuer shall
pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to the
same fraction of Sale Price (as defined below) of the Class A Common Stock at
the close of business on the day of conversion. In the absence of a Sale Price,
the Board of Directors shall in good faith determine the current market price
on such basis as it considers appropriate and such current market price shall
be used to calculate the cash adjustment. As used herein, "SALE PRICE" means
the last sale price of the Class A Common Stock (or if no sale price is
reported, the average of the high and low bid prices) as reported by the
principal national or regional stock exchange on which the Class A Common Stock
is listed or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed on a national or
regional stock exchange, as reported by the NASDAQ or if the Class A Common
Stock is not approved for quotation and trading on the NASDAQ as reported by
the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated. If more than one Security shall be
surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate number of Securities, or the specified portions thereof to be
converted, so surrendered.

         SECTION 13.04.  Adjustment of Conversion Price.  The Conversion Price
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

         (a) In case the Issuer shall (1) pay a dividend on any class of its
capital stock in shares of Common Stock of any class, (2) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a greater number of shares or
(3) combine its outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior thereto
shall be adjusted as provided below so that the Conversion Price thereafter
shall be determined by multiplying the Conversion Price at which the Securities
were theretofore convertible by a fraction, the denominator of which shall be
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately following
such action and the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior thereto. Such adjustment shall be
made whenever any event listed above shall occur and shall become effective
retroactively immediately, except as provided in subsection (e) below, after
the record date in the case of a dividend and shall become effective
immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or
combination.



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          (b) In case the Issuer shall issue (i) rights or warrants to all
holders of Class A Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within 45
days after the record date for determining stockholders entitled to receive
such rights or warrants) to subscribe for or purchase shares of its Common
Stock of any class at a price per share less than the current market price per
share of the Class A Common Stock (as determined pursuant to subsection (d)
below) on the record date therefor (the "Current Market Price"), or in case the
Issuer shall issue to all holders of its Class A Common Stock other securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of its Common Stock of any class
for a consideration per share of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion or
exchange thereof less than the Current Market Price, then the Conversion Price
in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted as provided below so that
the Conversion Price therefor shall be equal to the price determined by
multiplying:

                                (1) the Conversion Price at which the Securities
                           were theretofore convertible by

                                (2) a fraction, of which (A) the denominator
                           shall be the sum of (i) the number of shares of
                           Common Stock of all classes outstanding on the date
                           of issuance of the convertible or exchangeable
                           securities, rights or warrants and (ii) the number
                           of additional shares of Common Stock offered for
                           subscription or purchase or issuable upon such
                           conversion or exchange, and (B) the numerator shall
                           be the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common
                           Stock of all classes outstanding on the date of
                           issuance of such convertible or exchangeable
                           securities, rights or warrants and (ii) the number
                           of additional shares of Common Stock of all classes
                           which the aggregate offering price of the number of
                           shares of Common Stock so offered would purchase at
                           the Current Market Price of the Class A Common
                           Stock.

         Such adjustment shall be made whenever such convertible or
exchangeable securities, rights or warrants are issued and shall become
effective immediately, except as provided in subsection (e) below, after the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
securities.

         However, upon the expiration of any right or warrant to purchase
Common Stock, the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment in the Conversion
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shall expire and shall not have been exercised, the Conversion Price shall be
recomputed immediately upon such expiration and effective immediately upon such
expiration shall be increased to the price it would have been (but reflecting
any other adjustments to the Conversion Price made pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 13.04 after the issuance of such rights or warrants) had the
adjustment of the Conversion Price made upon the issuance of such rights or
warrants been made on the basis of offering for subscription or purchase only
that number of shares of Common Stock actually purchased upon the exercise of
such rights or warrants. No further adjustment shall be made upon exercise of
any right, warrant, convertible security or exchangeable security if any
adjustment shall have been made upon issuance of such security.

          (c) In case the Issuer shall pay a dividend to all holders of Class A
Common Stock (including any dividend paid in connection with a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the continuing company) of any shares of capital
stock of the Company or its subsidiaries (other than its Common Stock of any
class) or evidences of its indebtedness or assets (excluding (i) cash dividends
payable solely in cash that may from time to time be fixed by the Board of
Directors and (ii) dividends or distributions in connection with the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer) or rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any of its securities or those of its subsidiaries or
securities convertible or exchangeable for Common Stock (excluding those
securities referred to in Section 13.04(b) above), then in each such case the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted as
provided below so that the Conversion Price thereafter shall be equal to the
price determined by multiplying (A) the Conversion Price in effect on the
record date mentioned below by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
the Current Market Price per share of Class A Common Stock on the record date
mentioned below less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors, whose good faith determination shall be conclusive) as of such
record date of the assets, evidences of indebtedness or securities so paid with
respect to one share of Class A Common Stock, and the denominator of which
shall be the Current Market Price per share of Class A Common Stock on such
record date; provided that in the event the then fair market value (as so
determined) so paid with respect to one share of Class A Common Stock is equal
to or greater than the Current Market Price per share of Class A Common Stock
on the record date mentioned above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment,
adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to
receive the amount and kind of assets, evidences of indebtedness, or securities
such Holder would have received had such Holder converted each such Security
immediately prior to the record date for such dividend. Such adjustment shall
be made whenever any such payment is made, and shall become effective
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below, after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive the payment.

          (d) For the purpose of any computation under subsections (b) and (c)
above, the Current Market Price per share of Class A Common Stock on any date
shall be deemed to be the average Sale Price for the 30 consecutive Trading
Days commencing 45 Trading Days before the day in question.

          (e) In any case in which this Section shall require that an
adjustment be made immediately following a record date, the Issuer may elect to
defer the effectiveness of such adjustment (but in no event until a date later
than the effective time of the event giving rise to such adjustment), in which
case the Issuer shall, with respect to any Security converted after such record
date and before such adjustment shall have become effective (i) defer making
any cash payment pursuant to Section 13.03 or issuing to the Holder of such
Security the number of shares of Class A Common Stock and other capital stock
of the Issuer issuable upon such conversion in excess of the number of shares
of Class A Common Stock and other capital stock of the Issuer issuable
thereupon only on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment, and
(ii) not later than five Business Days after such adjustment shall have become
effective, pay to such Holder the appropriate cash payment pursuant to Section
13.03 and issue to such Holder the additional shares of Class A Common Stock
and other capital stock of the Issuer issuable on such conversion.

          (f) In addition, no adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be
required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least 1% in the Conversion Price; provided that any adjustments which by reason
of this subsection (f) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and
taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this
Section 13.04 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the 100th of a share, as
the case may be.

          (g) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Issuer shall promptly (i) file with the Trustee and each conversion agent an
Officers' Certificate setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment
and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment and
the calculations on which the adjustment is based, which certificate shall be
conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment and which shall be
made available by the Trustee to the Holders of Securities for inspection
thereof, (ii) mail or cause to be mailed a notice of such adjustment, setting
forth the adjusted Conversion Price and the date on which such adjustment
became or becomes effective, to each Holder of Securities at his address as the
same appears on the registry books of the Issuer.





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          (h) To the extent permitted by law, the Issuer from time to time may
reduce the Conversion Price by any amount for any period of at least 20 days,
(or such other period as may then be required by applicable law) if the Board
of Directors has made a determination in good faith that such reduction would
be in the best interests of the Issuer, which determination shall be
conclusive. No reduction in the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section
13.04(h) shall become effective unless the Issuer shall have mailed a notice,
at least 15 days prior to the date on which such reduction is scheduled to
become effective, to each Holder. Such notice shall be given by first class
mail, postage prepaid, at such Holder's address as it shall appear on the
registry books of the Issuer. Such notice shall state the amount per share by
which the Conversion Price will be reduced and the period for which such
reduction will be in effect.

          (i) At its option, the Issuer may make such reduction in the
Conversion Price, in addition to those otherwise required by this Article 13,
as the Board of Directors deems advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax
to holders of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock
(or rights to acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax
purposes; provided that any such reduction shall not be effective until written
evidence of the action of the Board of Directors authorizing such reduction
shall be filed with the secretary of the Issuer and notice thereof shall have
been given by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder at such
holder's address as the same appears on the registry books of the Issuer.

          (j) In the event that, at any time as a result of an adjustment made
pursuant to Section 13.04(a) or (c) above, the Holder of any Securities
thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any
shares of the Issuer other than shares of the Class A Common Stock, thereafter
the number of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any Security
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as
nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Class A
Common Stock contained in Section 13.04(a) through 13.04(f) above, and the
other provisions of this Article 13 with respect to the Class A Common Stock
shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.

          SECTION 13.05. Continuation of Conversion Privilege in Case of
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Transfer or Share Exchange. If
any transaction shall occur, including without limitation (i) any
reclassification of shares of Class A Common Stock(other than a change in par
value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or
as a result of a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock), (ii) any
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merger of the Issuer with or into another person or any merger of another
person into the Issuer (other than a merger that does not result in a
reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of the outstanding
shares of Class A Common Stock), (iii) any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuer, or (iv) any compulsory share
exchange, pursuant to any of which holders of Class A Common Stock shall be
entitled to receive other securities, cash or other property, then appropriate
provision shall be made so that the Holder of each Security then Outstanding
shall have the right thereafter to convert such Security only into the kind and
amount of the securities, cash or other property that would have been
receivable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
or share exchange by a holder of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of such Security immediately prior to such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange and
the Company shall not enter into any such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange unless the company formed by such
consolidation or resulting from such merger or that acquires such assets or
that acquires the Issuer's shares, as the case may be, shall make provisions in
its certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document to
establish such right. Such certificate or articles of incorporation or other
constituent document shall provide for adjustments that, for events subsequent
to the effective date of such certificate or articles of incorporation or other
constituent documents, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to
the relevant adjustments provided for in the preceding Section and in this
Section.

          SECTION 13.06.  Notice of Certain Events.  In case:

          (a) the Issuer shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution)
payable to the holders of its Common Stock of any class (other than (i)
dividends payable solely in cash that may from time to time be fixed by the
Board of Directors and paid out of the earned surplus of the Issuer or, if
there shall be no earned surplus, out of net profits for the fiscal year in
which the dividend is made and/or the preceding fiscal year, (ii) dividends or
distributions in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Issuer and (iii) dividends payable in Class A Common Stock); or

          (b) the Issuer shall authorize the granting to the holders of its
Common Stock of any class of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
any shares of stock of any class or of any other rights or warrants; or






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          (c) the Issuer shall authorize the granting to holders of its Common
Stock of any class of securities convertible into or exchangeable for Class A
Common Stock; or

          (d) the Issuer shall authorize any reclassification or change of the
Class A Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of its
outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock or a change in par value, or from
par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value), or any
consolidation or merger to which the Issuer is a party and for which approval
of any stockholders of the Issuer is required, or the sale or conveyance of all
or substantially all the property or business of the Issuer; or

          (e) there shall be proposed any voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up of the Issuer;

then, the Issuer shall cause to be filed with the Trustee, and, if other than
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, at the office or agency maintained
for the purpose of conversion of the Securities as provided in Section 2.03,
and shall cause to be mailed to each Holder of Securities, at his address as it
shall appear on the registry books of the Issuer, as promptly as possible but
in any event at least 20 days before the date hereinafter specified (or the
earlier of the dates hereinafter specified, in the event that more than one
date is specified), a notice stating the date on which (1) a record is expected
to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, rights or warrants
or securities, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the
holders of Class A Common Stock or Common Stock, as applicable, of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights or warrants or securities, are
to be determined, or (2) such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected
to become effective and the date, if any is to be fixed, as of which it is
expected that holders of Class A Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Class A Common Stock for securities or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.

         SECTION 13.07.  Taxes on Conversion.  The issuance and delivery of
certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock on conversion of Securities
shall be made without charge to the converting Holder of Securities for such
certificates or for any documentary, stamp or similar taxes payable to the
United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof in respect of the issuance or delivery of such certificates; provided
that the Issuer shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in the issuance of certificates for shares of
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Stock, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person
requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Issuer the amount of any such
tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Issuer, that such tax has
been paid.

         SECTION 13.08. Issuer to Provide Common Stock. The Issuer covenants
that it will reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of
its authorized but unissued shares, solely for the purpose of issue upon
conversion of Securities as herein provided, sufficient shares to provide for
the conversion of the Securities from time to time as such Securities are
presented for conversion.

         If any shares of Class A Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose
of conversion of Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of
any governmental authority under any Federal or State law before such shares
may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the Issuer covenants
that it will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to secure
such registration or approval, as the case may be; provided that nothing in
this Section shall be deemed to affect in any way the obligations of the Issuer
to convert Securities into Class A Common Stock as provided in this Article.

         Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the
Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of the Class A Common Stock,
the Issuer will take all corporate action which may, in the Opinion of Counsel,
be necessary in order that the Issuer may validly and legally issue fully paid
and non-assessable shares of Class A Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion
Price.

         The Issuer covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock which may
be issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be duly and validly
issued and fully paid and non-assessable by the Issuer and free of preemptive
rights and that, if the Class A Common Stock is then listed on any national
securities exchange, the shares of Class A Common Stock which may be issued
upon conversion of Securities will be similarly listed at the time of such
issuance.

         The Issuer covenants that, upon conversion of Securities as herein
provided, there will be credited to Class A Common Stock par capital from the
consideration for which the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion are issued an amount per share of Class A Common Stock so issued as
determined by the Board of Directors, which amount shall not be less than the
amount required by law and by the Issuer's certificate of incorporation, as
amended, as in effect on the date of such conversion. For the purposes of this
covenant the net proceeds received by the Issuer from the issuance and sale of
the Securities converted, less any cash paid in respect of fractional share
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upon such conversion, shall be deemed to be the amount of consideration for
which the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such conversion are
issued.

         SECTION 13.09. Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain Matters.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent or agent of the Trustee shall at
any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities to
determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the
Conversion Price, or with respect to the Officers' Certificate referred to in
Section 13.04(g) or 13.05, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such
adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in
any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. Neither
the Trustee nor any conversion agent nor any agent of the Trustee shall be
accountable with respect to the validity, registration, listing, or value (or
the kind or amount) of any shares of Class A Common Stock, or of any securities
or cash or other property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon
the conversion of any Security; and neither the Trustee nor any agent of the
Trustee nor any conversion agent makes any representation with respect thereto.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent nor any agent of the Trustee shall
be responsible for any failure of the Issuer to make any cash payment or to
issue, register the transfer of or deliver any shares of Class A Common Stock
or stock certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any
Security for the purpose of conversion or, subject to Sections 5.01 and 5.02,
to comply with any of the covenants of the Issuer contained in this Article.

         SECTION 13.10. Return of Funds Deposited for Redemption of Converted
Securities. Any funds which at any time shall have been deposited by the Issuer
or on its behalf with the Trustee or any other paying agent for the purpose of
paying the principal of and interest on any of the Securities and which shall
not be required for such purposes because of the conversion of such Securities,
as provided in this Article, shall after such conversion, upon the written
request of the Issuer, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee or such other
paying agent.


                                   ARTICLE 14
                          RIGHT TO REQUIRE REDEMPTION

         SECTION 14.01. Right to Require Redemption. If at any time there shall
occur any Change in Control (as defined below) of the Issuer, then each Holder
shall have the right, at such Holder's option, to require the Issuer to redeem,
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the exercise of such right the Issuer shall redeem, all or any part of such
Holder's Securities that is $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof on a date
(the "Repurchase Date") that is no earlier than 30 days nor later than 45 days
from the date of the Issuer Notice (as defined below), other than as required
by law, at a redemption price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Repurchase Date (the
"Repurchase Price").

         SECTION 14.02. Notices; Method of Exercising Redemption Right, etc.
(a) Unless the Issuer shall have theretofore called for redemption all the
Securities then Outstanding pursuant to Article 11 of the Indenture, on or
before the 30th day after the date upon which the Issuer becomes aware that a
Change in Control has occurred, the Issuer or, at the request of the Issuer,
the Trustee, shall mail to all holders of record of the Securities a notice
(the "Issuer Notice"), in the manner provided in Section 10.04, of the
occurrence of the Change in Control and of the redemption right set forth
herein arising as a result thereof, which notice shall govern the terms of the
Change of Control Offer. The Issuer shall also deliver a copy of the Issuer
Notice to the Trustee prior to or promptly after the mailing of such Issuer
Notice.

         Each notice of a redemption right shall state:

                                (1) the Repurchase Date;

                                (2) the date by which the Securities with
                           respect to which such right is being exercised and
                           the irrevocable written notice referred to in
                           Section 14.02(b) must be delivered to the Trustee;

                                (3) the Repurchase Price;

                                (4) a description of the procedure which a
                           Holder must follow to exercise a redemption right
                           including a form of the irrevocable written notice
                           referred to in Section 14.02(b); and

                                (5) the Conversion Price (as defined in Section
                           13.04 of the Indenture) then in effect, the date on
                           which the right to convert the principal amount of
                           the Securities to be redeemed will terminate and the
                           place or places where such Securities may be
                           surrendered for conversion.






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          No failure of the Issuer to give the foregoing notices or any defect
therein shall limit any Holder's right to exercise a redemption right or affect
the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of Securities.

          (b) To exercise a redemption right, a Holder shall deliver to the
Trustee prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the
Repurchase Date (i) irrevocable written notice of the Holder's exercise of such
right, which notice shall set forth the name of the Holder, the amount of the
Securities to be redeemed, a statement that an election to exercise the
redemption right is being made thereby, and (ii) the Securities with respect to
which the redemption right is being exercised, duly endorsed for transfer to
the Issuer, together with such other customary documents as the Issuer may
reasonably request. Securities held by a securities depositary may be delivered
in such other manner as may be agreed to by such securities depositary and the
Issuer or the Trustee. Such written notice shall be irrevocable. Subject to the
provisions of paragraph (d) below, Securities surrendered for redemption
together with such irrevocable written notice shall cease to be convertible
from the date of delivery of such notice. If the Repurchase Date falls after
the record date and before the following interest payment date, any Securities
to be redeemed must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the
interest thereon which the registered Holder thereof is to receive on such
interest payment date, and, notwithstanding such redemption, such interest
payment will be made by the Issuer to the registered Holder thereof on the
applicable record date.

          (c) In the event a redemption right shall be exercised in accordance
with the terms hereof, the Issuer shall on the Repurchase Date, to the extent
lawful, (1) accept for payment all Securities or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) deposit with the paying
agent an amount equal to the Repurchase Price in respect of all Securities or
portions thereof so tendered and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions thereof being
purchased by the Issuer. The paying agent will promptly mail to each holder of
Securities so tendered the Repurchase Price for such Securities, and the
Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book
entry) to each Holder new Securities equal in aggregate principal amount to any
unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered, if any.

          (d) If any Security surrendered for redemption shall not be so
redeemed on the Repurchase Date, such Security shall be convertible at any time
from the Repurchase Date until redeemed and, until redeemed, shall continue to
bear interest to the extent permitted by applicable law from the Repurchase
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same rate borne by such Security. The Issuer shall pay to the Holder of such
Security the additional amounts arising from this Section 14.02(d) at the same
time that it pays the Repurchase Price, and if applicable such Security shall
remain convertible into Class A Common Stock until the Repurchase Price plus
any additional amounts owing on such Security shall have been paid or duly
provided for.

          (e) Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at any office or agency of the Issuer designated for that purpose
pursuant to Section 2.03 (with due endorsement by, or a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by,
the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuer
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the Security so
surrendered.

          SECTION 14.03. Definitions. (a) A "Change in Control" means the
occurrence of one or more of the following events: (i) any sale, lease,
exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer to any
Person or group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act, (a "Group") other than to the Permitted Holders (as defined
below); (ii) a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall consist
of Persons who are not Continuing Directors (as defined below); or (iii) the
acquisition by any Person or Group (other than the Permitted Holders) of the
power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of securities
having more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors
of the Issuer.

          (b) "Continuing Director" means, as of the date of determination, any
Person who (i) was a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer on June 10,
1997 or becomes a director upon consummation of the Chancellor Merger, (ii) was
nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors with the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of
such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election, or (iii) is
a representative of a Permitted Holder.

         (c) "Permitted Holder" means (i) if the Chancellor Merger is not
consummated, Scott K. Ginsburg and (ii) if the Chancellor Merger is
consummated, from and after the effective date thereof, Scott K. Ginsburg,
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, Inc. or any of its Affiliates, officers and
directors, and Steven Dinetz.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of June 16, 1997.

                                        EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION




                                         By
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:


[CORPORATE SEAL]

Attest:


By 
  -------------------------------------
  Name:
  Title:



                                         THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                           as Trustee



                                         By
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:


[CORPORATE SEAL]


Attest:

By 
  -------------------------------------
  Name:
  Title:





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                                                                      EXHIBIT A




                           [FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]


No.                                                              $
                                                                 [CUSIP NO.]


                          Evergreen Media Corporation

                6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2012


         Evergreen Media Corporation, (the "Issuer"), for value received hereby
promises to pay to _________________ or registered assigns the principal sum of
Dollars at the Issuer's office or agency for said purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, on June 15, 2012, in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, quarterly on
March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year and at maturity,
on said principal sum in like coin or currency at the rate per annum set forth
above beginning on the March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, as the
case may be, next succeeding the date on which the Securities are issued in
exchange for shares of the Issuer's $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred
Stock (the "Preferred Stock") from the time of exchange of the Securities for
the Preferred Stock (the "Securities Exchange Date") or from the most recent
date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Securities.
The interest so payable on any March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15
will, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof, be paid to the person in whose name this Security is registered at the
close of business on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 preceding such
March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, whether or not such day is a
business day; provided that interest may be paid, at the option of the Issuer,
by mailing a check therefor payable to the registered Holder entitled thereto
at his last address as it appears on the Security register. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360- day year of twelve 30-day months.

         Reference is made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse
hereof, including without limitation provisions subordinating the payment of
principal of, 


<PAGE>   85

premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to the payment in full of all
Senior Debt as defined in said Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof) and
provisions giving the Holder hereof the right to convert this Security into
Class A Common Stock of the Issuer on the terms and subject to the conditions
and limitations referred to on the reverse hereof, as more fully specified in
said Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.

         This Security shall not be valid or obligatory until the certificate
of authentication hereon shall have been duly signed by the Trustee acting
under the Indenture.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

[Seal]


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




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<PAGE>   86

                         [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

                          Evergreen Media Corporation

                6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2012


         This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of
the Issuer, limited to up to the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000
(except as otherwise provided in the Indenture defined below), issued or to be
issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of June 16, 1997 (the "Indenture"),
duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to The Bank of New York, Trustee (the
"Trustee"). Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto for a description of the rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and
the Holders (the words "Holders" or "Holder" meaning the registered Holders or
registered Holder) of the Securities.

         In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities and interest
accrued thereon may be declared due and payable, in the manner and with the
effect, and subject to the conditions, provided in the Indenture. The Indenture
provides that in certain events a declaration of default, a default, or the
consequences of either of them may be waived by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding except a default
in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Securities or in respect of the conversion of any of the Securities. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in
the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders and owners of this Security and any Security which may be issued
in exchange or substitution hereof, whether or not any notation thereof is made
upon this Security or such other Securities.

         The Indenture permits the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to
execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
the Securities; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) extend
the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or
premium, if any, thereon, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest thereof, or 


                                       3
<PAGE>   87

any premium payable on the redemption thereof, or change the place of payment
where, or the coin or currency in which, any principal, premium or interest is
payable, or reduce or alter the method of computation of any amount payable on
redemption thereof (or the time at which such redemption may be made), or
impair or affect the right of any Securityholder to institute suit for the
payment or conversion thereof or materially and adversely affect the right to
convert the Securities into Class A Common Stock of the Issuer or the right of
the Holders of Securities to require redemption of the Securities, in each
case, without the consent of the Holder of the Security so affected; or (b)
reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the consent of the Holders of
which is required for any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of
the Holders of each Security so affected, or (c) reduce the percentage of
Securities necessary to consent to waive any past default under the Indenture
to less than a majority, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so
affected, or (d) modify the provisions of the Indenture relating to
subordination of the Securities in any manner adverse to the Securityholders
without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, or (e) modify
any of the provisions of the Indenture relating to supplemental indentures or
waivers of past defaults, except to increase any such percentage or to provide
that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby.

         The indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is, to the extent and in
the manner provided in the Indenture, expressly subordinate and subject in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt of the Issuer
as defined in the Indenture, whether outstanding at the date of the Indenture
or thereafter incurred, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions
of the Indenture with respect to such subordination. Each Holder of this
Security, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions and authorizes the Trustee in his behalf to take such action as may
be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for such purpose.

         Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Security has the right, at his option, at any time until and including, but not
after the close of business on, June 15, 2012 (except that, in case this
Security or a portion hereof shall be called for redemption and the Issuer
shall not thereafter default in making due provision for the payment of the
redemption price, such right shall terminate with respect to this Security or
such portion hereof at the close of business on the Business Day prior to the
date fixed for redemption), to convert the principal of this Security, or any
portion thereof which is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000, into fully
paid and non-assessable shares of Class A Common Stock of 




                                       4
<PAGE>   88


the Issuer, as said shares shall be constituted at the date of conversion, at
the conversion price of $ * in principal amount of Securities for each share of
such Class A Common Stock, or at the adjusted conversion price in effect at the
date of conversion if an adjustment has been made, determined as provided in
the Indenture, upon surrender of this Security to the Issuer at the office or
agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, together with a fully executed notice substantially in
the form set forth at the foot hereof that the Holder elects so to convert this
Security (or any portion hereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000) and,
if this Security is surrendered for conversion during the period between the
close of business on March 1, June 1, September 1 or December 1 in any year and
the opening of business on the following March 15, June 15, September 15 or
December 15 and has not been called for redemption on a redemption date within
such period (or on such March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 or
within five days after such period), accompanied by payment of an amount equal
to the interest payable on such March 15, June 15, September 15 or December 15
on the principal amount of the Security being surrendered for conversion.
Except as provided in the preceding sentence or as otherwise expressly provided
in the Indenture, no payment or adjustment shall be made on account of interest
accrued on this Security (or portion thereof) so converted or on account of any
dividend or distribution on any such Common Stock issued upon conversion, but
the Holder of record of this Security on March 1, June 1, September 1 or
December 1 shall be entitled to receive interest on such Security on the
succeeding March 15, June 15, September 15 or December 15 notwithstanding the
conversion of such Security prior to such March 15, June 15, September 15 or
December 15. Upon surrender for conversion as aforesaid, this Security shall be
duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form
satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee, duly executed by, the Holder or by
his duly authorized attorney. The conversion price from time to time in effect
is subject to adjustment as provided in the Indenture. No fractions of shares
will be issued on conversion, but an adjustment in cash will be made for any
fractional interest as provided in the Indenture.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Security at the place, times, and rate, and in the currency,
herein prescribed.


- ----------------
        (1) The conversion price will be the conversion price in effect for the
Convertible Preferred Stock on the date of the exchange.




                                       5
<PAGE>   89

         The Securities are issuable only as registered Securities without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.

         In the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the
Indenture, this Security may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of other authorized denominations.

         Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at
the above-mentioned office or agency of the Issuer, a new Security or
Securities of authorized denominations, for a like aggregate principal amount,
will be issued to the transferee as provided in the Indenture. No service
charge shall be made for any such transfer, but the Issuer may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto.

         The Securities may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer as a whole,
or from time to time in part, on any date prior to maturity, upon mailing a
notice of such redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed, all as
provided in the Indenture, at the following redemption prices (expressed in
percentages of the principal amount) together in each case with accrued
interest to the date fixed for redemption:

         If redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning immediately after
September 15 of each year indicated,


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
           YEAR                   REDEMPTION PRICE
           ----                   ----------------
    <S>                               <C>
           2000                       104.20%
           2001                       103.60%
           2002                       103.00%
           2003                       102.40%
           2004                       101.80%
           2005                       101.20%
           2006                       100.60%
    2007 and thereafter               100.00%
</TABLE>

         If at any time there shall occur any Change of Control as defined in
the Indenture with respect to the Issuer, each Holder of Securities shall have
the right, at such Holder's option but subject to the conditions set forth in
the Indenture, to require the Issuer to redeem on the Repurchase Date as
defined in the Indenture all or any part of such Holder's Securities that is
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof at a redemption price equal to 101% of
the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Repurchase
Date.





                                       6
<PAGE>   90

         Subject to payment by the Issuer of a sum sufficient to pay the amount
due on redemption, interest on this Security (or portion hereof if this
Security is redeemed in part) shall cease to accrue upon the date duly fixed
for redemption of this Security (or portion hereof if this Security is redeemed
in part).

         The Issuer, the Trustee, and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee, may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner
of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and
notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by
anyone other than the Issuer or the Trustee or any authorized agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account
of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and, subject to the provisions on
the face hereof, interest hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the
Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

         No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or the interest on this Security, for any claim based hereon,
or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or
any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder,
officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Issuer or of any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such
liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for
the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

         This Security shall be construed for all purposes in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law
principles.


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<PAGE>   91



               [FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]



Dated:

         This is one of the Securities described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

                                             The Bank of New York, as Trustee



                                             ----------------------------------
                                                   Authorized Signatory


                          [FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE]


         To: Evergreen Media Corporation

         The undersigned owner of this Security hereby: (i) irrevocably
exercises the option to convert this Security, or the portion hereof below
designated, for shares of Class A Common Stock of Evergreen Media Corporation
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security and
(ii) directs that such shares of Class A Common Stock deliverable upon the
conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares and any
Security(ies) representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued
and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been
indicated below. If shares are to be delivered registered in the name of a
person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes
payable with respect thereto. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned
on account of interest accompanies this Security.

Dated

                                             ----------------------------------
                                                           Signature




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<PAGE>   92


Fill in for registration of shares if to be delivered, and of Securities if to
be issued, otherwise than to and in the name of the registered Holder.



                                             ----------------------------------
                                                  Social Security or Other
                                                 Taxpayer Identifying Number


- ----------------------------------
            (Name)


- ----------------------------------
       (Street Address)


- ----------------------------------
    (City, State and Zip Code)
 (Please print name and address)

                                              Principal Amount to be Converted:
                                                      (if less than all)


                                             $
                                              ---------------------------------



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<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.1
 
                          CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION
 
         COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND
                           PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                  PRO FORMA
                                                                                       ACTUAL SIX   ACTUAL SIX     COMBINED
                                                                                         MONTHS       MONTHS         YEAR
                                                YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,                  ENDED        ENDED         ENDED
                                   -------------------------------------------------    JUNE 30,     JUNE 30,    DECEMBER 31,
                                    1992       1993      1994      1995       1996        1996         1997          1996
                                   -------   --------   -------   -------   --------   ----------   ----------   ------------
<S>                                <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>
Earnings:
  Income (loss) before income
    taxes........................  $(4,989)  $(20,749)  $    39   $(5,658)  $(19,090)   $(20,200)    $ 8,118      $(213,486)
  Fixed charges..................   11,030     15,086    15,252    20,854     40,461      20,124      24,413        235,506
                                   -------   --------   -------   -------   --------    --------     -------      ---------
  Less: Dividends on preferred
    stock of subsidiary..........       --         --        --        --         --          --          --        (59,077)
                                   -------   --------   -------   -------   --------    --------     -------      ---------
  Earnings as adjusted(A)........    6,041     (5,663)   15,291    15,196     21,371         (76)     32,531        (37,057)
                                   =======   ========   =======   =======   ========    ========     =======      =========
Fixed Charges:
  Interest expense...............   10,112     13,878    13,809    19,199     37,527      19,039      22,741      $ 171,326
  Amortization of deferred
    financing costs..............      398        728       712       631      1,113         316         590          1,113
  Dividends on preferred stock of
    subsidiary(1)................       --         --        --        --         --          --          --         59,077
  Rents under leases
    representative of an interest
    factor(2)....................      520        480       731     1,024      1,821         769       1,082          3,990
                                   -------   --------   -------   -------   --------    --------     -------      ---------
Fixed charges as adjusted........   11,030     15,086    15,252    20,854     40,461      20,124      24,413        235,506
Preferred stock dividends(1).....    1,140      7,317     7,431     7,431      5,877       3,715       1,075         39,492
                                   -------   --------   -------   -------   --------    --------     -------      ---------
Total fixed charges and preferred
  stock dividends(B).............   12,170     22,403    22,683    28,285     46,338      23,839      25,488        274,998
                                   =======   ========   =======   =======   ========    ========     =======      =========
Ratio of earnings to combined
  fixed charges and preferred
  stock dividends (A) divided by
  (B)............................       --         --        --        --         --          --        1.28             --
Deficiency of earnings to
  combined fixed charges and
  preferred stock dividends (B)
  minus (A)......................  $ 6,129   $ 28,066   $ 7,392   $13,089   $ 24,967    $ 23,915     $    --      $ 312,055
 
<CAPTION>
                                   PRO FORMA
                                    COMBINED
                                   SIX MONTHS
                                     ENDED
                                    JUNE 30,
                                      1997
                                   ----------
<S>                                <C>
Earnings:
  Income (loss) before income
    taxes........................   $(81,934)
  Fixed charges..................    118,679
                                    --------
  Less: Dividends on preferred
    stock of subsidiary..........    (30,194)
                                    --------
  Earnings as adjusted(A)........      6,551
                                    ========
Fixed Charges:
  Interest expense...............   $ 85,847
  Amortization of deferred
    financing costs..............        558
  Dividends on preferred stock of
    subsidiary(1)................     30,194
  Rents under leases
    representative of an interest
    factor(2)....................      2,080
                                    --------
Fixed charges as adjusted........    118,679
Preferred stock dividends(1).....     19,748
                                    --------
Total fixed charges and preferred
  stock dividends(B).............    138,427
                                    ========
Ratio of earnings to combined
  fixed charges and preferred
  stock dividends (A) divided by
  (B)............................         --
Deficiency of earnings to
  combined fixed charges and
  preferred stock dividends (B)
  minus (A)......................   $131,876
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
 
(1) Represents pretax earnings required to cover preferred stock dividends.
 
(2) Management of Chancellor Media believes approximately one-third of rental
    and lease expense is representative of the interest component of rent
    expense.

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
Chancellor Media Corporation:
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our reports on the
following financial statements: 1) the consolidated balance sheets of Evergreen
Media Corporation as of December 31, 1995 and 1996 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholder's equity and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996; 2) the combined balance
sheets of WMZQ Inc. and Viacom Broadcasting East, Inc. as of December 31, 1995
and 1996 and the related combined statements of earnings and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996; 3) the combined
balance sheets of Riverside Broadcasting Co., Inc. and WAXQ Inc. as of December
31, 1995 and 1996 and the related combined statements of earnings and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996; 4) the
balance sheets of KKSF-FM/KDFC-FM and AM (A Division of the Brown Organization)
as of December 31, 1995 and 1996 and the related statements of earnings and
division equity and cash flows for the years then ended; (5) the balance sheets
of WLIT Inc. as of December 31, 1995 and 1996 and the related statements of
earnings and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1996; (6) the combined balance sheets of KYSR Inc. and KIBB Inc. as
of December 31, 1995 and 1996 and the related combined statements of operations
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1996; and (7) the balance sheets of WDRQ Inc. as of December 31, 1995 and 1996
and the related statements of earnings and cash flows for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 1996. We also consent to the reference
of our firm under the headings "Experts" in the Registration Statement.
 
                                            KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Dallas, Texas
September 29, 1997

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
Chancellor Media Corporation:
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our report relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of WDAS-AM/FM (station owned and operated by
Beasley FM Acquisition Corp.) as of December 31, 1996 and the related combined
statements of earnings and station equity and cash flows for the year ended
December 31, 1996, and the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in
the Registration Statement.
 
                                            KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
St. Petersburg, Florida
September 29, 1997

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Chancellor Media
Corporation of our report dated May 2, 1997 relating to the financial statements
of Century Chicago Broadcasting, L.P., which appears in the Current Report on
Form 8-K of Evergreen Media Corporation dated May 30, 1997 and filed June 4,
1997. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.
 
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
 
Chicago, Illinois
September 29, 1997

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Chancellor Media
Corporation of our report dated May 8, 1997, (and to all references to our Firm)
included in Evergreen Media Corporation's previously filed Form 8-K dated May
30, 1997 and filed June 4, 1997.
 
                                            Arthur Andersen LLP
 
Chicago, Illinois
September 29, 1997

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.6
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors
Chancellor Media Corporation:
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of Chancellor Media Corporation of our reports dated February 13, 1997,
except for Note 15 as to which the date is February 19, 1997, on our audits of
the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules of
Chancellor Broadcasting Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and
1996 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996,
which reports appear in the Form 10-K dated March 28, 1997 filed by Chancellor
Broadcasting Company. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the
caption "Experts".
 
                                            Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Dallas, Texas
September 29, 1997

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.7
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors
Chancellor Media Corporation:
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of Chancellor Media Corporation of our reports dated February 13, 1997,
except for Note 15 as to which the date is February 19, 1997, on our audits of
the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of
Chancellor Radio Broadcasting Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995
and 1996 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996,
which reports appear in the Form 10-K dated March 28, 1997 filed by Chancellor
Radio Broadcasting Company. We also consent to the reference to our firm under
the caption "Experts".
 
                                            Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Dallas, Texas
September 29, 1997

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.8
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors
Chancellor Media Corporation:
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of Chancellor Media Corporation of our reports dated March 24, 1997, on
our audits of the consolidated statements of operations, changes in common
stockholders' equity, cash flows and financial statement schedule of Trefoil
Communications, Inc. and Subsidiaries for the period January 1, 1996 through
February 13, 1996, which reports appear in the Form 10-K dated March 28, 1997
filed by Chancellor Broadcasting Company. We also consent to the reference to
our firm under the caption "Experts".
 
                                            Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Dallas, Texas
September 29, 1997

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.9
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Chancellor Media
Corporation of our report dated February 14, 1996 relating to the consolidated
financial statements of Trefoil Communications, Inc., which appears on page 41
of the 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Chancellor Broadcasting Company. We
also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial
Statement Schedule, which appears on page S-10 of such Annual Report on Form
10-K. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.
 
Price Waterhouse LLP
 
Los Angeles, California
September 29, 1997

<PAGE>   1
 
                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.10
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors
Chancellor Media Corporation:
 
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report dated March 31, 1997 (and to all references to our Firm)
in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated September 30, 1997 of
Chancellor Media Corporation.
 
                                            Arthur Andersen LLP
 
Washington, D.C.
September 29, 1997


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