Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (OCTBB: CCMO, the ?Company?) today announced the appointment of Dirk Eller to Chief Financial Officer of Clear Channel International (?CCI?), effective January 10, 2011. In this role, Eller will oversee the financial operations of CCI and work closely with William Eccleshare (CEO of CCI), Jonathan Bevan (COO of CCI), and CCI's Executive Committee on financial, operational, capital, and strategic initiatives. He will be based in London.

?Dirk brings both a wealth of financial management expertise, as well as unique knowledge of the Company as a whole, to this role. It is my pleasure to welcome him to our senior leadership team and we look forward to his contributions to CCI,? said Eccleshare.

As Eller takes on his CFO responsibilities, COO Jonathan Bevan will assume leadership of CCI's growth strategy and line responsibility for the organization's Hub functions of IT and Operations, and will review development resources to ensure that CCI delivers optimal support from the Hub and best harnesses its global experience. CCI's Sales Operations function will also fall under Bevan's leadership and will embrace internal sales initiatives such as CRM, Sales Force Effectiveness and Yield Management.

Eller moves to this position after serving as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategic Planning at Clear Channel Communications for six years. In his former role, he directed the acquisition, divestiture, capital investment, and strategic planning process for the Company's radio and outdoor divisions. The Company has begun a search for his replacement, and until a successor is named, inquiries regarding acquisitions and divestitures can be directed to the Company's Chief Financial Officer, Tom Casey.

Prior to joining Clear Channel, Eller worked with Private Equity Partners in Fort Worth and Bowles Hollowell Conner, a mergers and acquisition firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Eller received a Bachelors of Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

About Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is a global media and entertainment company specializing in mobile and on-demand entertainment and information services for local communities and premiere opportunities for advertisers. Based in San Antonio, Texas, the company's businesses include radio and outdoor displays. More information is available at www.clearchannel.com.

About Clear Channel Outdoor

Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) is the world's largest outdoor advertising company with close to one million displays in 45 countries across 5 continents. In the United States, the company operates over 200,000 advertising displays and has a presence in 48 of the top 50 Designated Market Areas. It also operates airport, rail, and mall advertising businesses worldwide. Its Spectacolor (U.S.) and DEFI (international) divisions are the global market leaders in spectacular sign displays, including in New York's Times Square. Clear Channel Adshel is the company's international street furniture division, which operates over 3,500 municipal advertising contracts worldwide. Clear Channel Outdoor also operates digital displays and networks in most of its divisions. More information may be found by visiting www.clearchanneloutdoor.com.

Certain statements in this release 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 factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

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