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Fred Thompson Show To Debut March 2

NEW YORK -- February 23, 2009: Westwood One is set to launch the new Fred Thompson Show on March 2 in the noon-2 p.m. slot, and it has more than 125 stations already on board, including stations in the DC, Dallas, Houston, and Minneapolis markets.

"Of all the radio talkers out there, how many can say they've debated in the Senate, campaigned for President of the United States, had a successful TV career on Law & Order, and shared the screen with Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Robert De Niro, and Sissy Spacek?" said Westwood One EVP/News & Talk Programming Bart Tessler. "Thompson is as unique as they come, and that will make for exceptional radio."

Westwood One EVP/Affiliate Sales Dennis Green said, "This will be the biggest talk radio launch since Bill O'Reilly. We have not even hit the air, and radio stations from coast to coast are ready for Fred Thompson to speak to their audiences about the issues that matter."

Thompson is a former Senator and was a 2008 Republican presidential candidate, and spent played DA Arthur Branch on NBC's Law & Order from 2002-2007. His Westwood One show will offer political and pop-culture talk, interviews, and listener calls.



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