PRESS RELEASE
July 31, 2006

Greater Media and Nassau Broadcasting to Exchange Stations in Boston and Philadelphia Markets; Classical format to remain on Boston airwaves

Greater Media and Charles River Broadcasting Sign
Definitive Agreement for WCRB-FM

Greater Media, Inc. and Nassau Broadcasting Partners, L.P. announced today that they have signed an exchange agreement by which Greater Media will acquire Nassau_s 97.5 FM frequency licensed to Burlington, NJ, and Nassau will acquire Greater Media_s 99.5 FM frequency licensed to Lowell, MA.  Nassau will also receive cash and classical music assets including the format of WCRB FM in Boston.

In a separate transaction, Greater Media and Charles River Broadcasting Company have signed a definitive agreement for Greater Media to acquire Boston_s 102.5 WCRB-FM.  All of the transactions are subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Greater Media will incorporate 97.5 FM into its Philadelphia cluster, which currently includes 93.3 WMMR-FM, 95.7 BEN FM, 102.9 WMGK-FM and Sports Talk 950/WPEN-AM.  The call letters and format of the new station have not yet been determined.  In Boston, Greater Media plans to move its WKLB country music format to the 102.5 frequency.

Nassau Broadcasting will incorporate 99.5 FM into its existing New England holdings including its other Massachusetts radio stations _Pixy 103_ WPXC-FM in Hyannis and _Frank FM_ WFQR/WFRQ-FM in Harwich Port/Mashpee.  Nassau plans to continue to broadcast the WCRB classical music format in Boston on the 99.5 FM frequency with the heritage WCRB call letters.  WCRB 99.5 FM will also add to Nassau_s existing classical music network of radio stations, the WBACH network that broadcasts in coastal Maine. 

“We worked very hard to identify a company that would protect the classical music format in Boston,_ said Peter Smyth, Greater Media’s President and CEO.  I am both happy and proud that classical music will continue to have a home on the Boston airwaves. This is a great deal for all three companies, and for Boston’s radio listeners and advertisers.”

_Nassau has spent the last three years building a network of 37 radio stations in New England and we are extremely pleased to be able to add WCRB in Boston on its new home at 99.5 FM to our growing family of stations,_ said Lou Mercatanti, Nassau_s Chairman and President.  _WCRB has a heritage of broadcasting one of the premiere classical radio formats in the US and we welcome WCRB as the new flagship of our classical network of stations throughout New England._

_We are delighted that Greater Media and Nassau Broadcasting have reached an agreement under which Nassau will continue to broadcast classical music in Boston,_ added Mary L. Marshall, Chairman of the Board, Charles River Broadcasting.  _We wish both companies tremendous success and would like to congratulate Peter Smyth and Lou Mercatanti for working together to achieve a great result._

Nassau_s Mercatanti added, _This transaction is also bittersweet for us as the 97.5 FM frequency was the first radio station that Nassau acquired in 1986 from local radio pioneer Herb Hobler.  97.5 FM was originally our station WPST and in anticipation of the potential to move the 97.5 frequency into Philadelphia, we migrated our heritage format of WPST to 94.5 FM in early 2005.  Having the ability to create a full market Philadelphia radio station while preserving WPST in New Jersey represented a truly unique opportunity for the Company.  WPST on 94.5 FM, which now has a superior New Jersey based signal, continues to lead the market both locally and regionally.  We congratulate both Charles River Broadcasting on their heritage of success and Greater Media on the addition to their portfolio of 97.5 FM as a new radio station for the Philadelphia market._

Both transactions are expected to close in the fall.

Greater Media, a family-owned company based in Braintree, Massachusetts, is the ultimate parent company of 19 AM and FM radio stations in Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia and New Jersey.  The company, through its subsidiaries, also owns a modern printing plant and a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey, and several telecommunications towers throughout the United States.

Nassau Broadcasting, a privately held firm in Princeton, New Jersey, currently owns and/or operates 53 radio stations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine.  It is the 15th largest broadcaster in the United States in terms of the number of radio stations it owns.  The Company’s web site is www.nassaubroadcasting.com.

Charles River Broadcasting Company owns WCRB in Boston, WFCC and WKPE on Cape Cod, WCRI and WCNX in Rhode Island, along with the World Classical Network and various real estate holdings.  WCRB has been broadcasting classical music in Boston since 1950. 

Tom McKinley and George Reed exclusively represented Charles River Broadcasting in the sale of WCRB-FM to Greater Media, Inc., and represented Greater Media, Inc. in the exchange with Nassau.

Media Contacts:

Greater Media, Inc.
Heidi Raphael
Director of Corporate Communication
Phone: 248-591-6864
E-mail: [email protected]

Nassau Broadcasting Partners, L.P.
Tristram E. Collins
Sr. Executive Vice President
Phone: 609-452-9696
E-mail: [email protected]

Charles River Broadcasting Company
Mary L. Marshall
Chairman of the Board
Phone 781-235-4855

Media Services Group
Tom McKinley
Phone: 973-631-6612
E-mail: [email protected]

George Reed
Phone: 904-285-3239
E-mail: [email protected]