An urgent plea.

pms laflame at mindspring.com
Wed Sep 26 10:54:54 PDT 2001


If anyone could listen to this broadcast I would much appreciate hearing about it. I wish I could tape it. I'm curious because months ago I was watching this stock on a live one minute chart for many weeks. I watched it plunge for no reason, WAY beyond the decline in the sector in general,without mgrment comment. In fact at one time the owner said that "some people" thought they might be looking bad, balance-sheet wise, end of comment, even though there was no reason to believe that and when earnings come out shortly after, indeed was not the case. Especially CBS MarketWatch would have stories about trouble in the industry, that Radio One wasn't having, but somehow just get their name in there. After the last plunge, every

one or two relatively HUGE volume transactions would go thru, usually doing little to the price movement. I assume those were buys. Usually the individual transactions were small, with an occasional 5000 shares at the high end. Though a big deal is made of the company's owners, Hughs, I think the name is, mother and son, being black, I came to wonder if the creation of a non-voting stock might not be a way to put all the power in the Hugh's hand, maybe so they could sell to ViaCom(CBS) or something. (Then someone, maybe Viacom, bought BET, the Black Entertainment Television group. Also, when I was reading the SEC docs, there seemed to be an awful lot of extra stuff about indemnifying the officiers than I was used to seeing in such company docs. And I started thinking about the power there was in controling the content of this consolidated ever growing group of African-American oriented stations. And it seemed to me that they got an incredibly good deal on the many stations they had just purchased from Clear Channel(or Censorship Channel)though I really don't understand that stuff. When the stock did it's last speedy, dramatic plunge, it occurred that the fall beyond the norm maybe had something to do with racism and confidence. (the Covad guy was sure made to look bad though later telecom disasters rarely focused on the failings of the CEO) It was quite unusual behavior for that time in the market. But I ended up wondering about take-over, by whom I couldn't guess. Only imagine. I would love to hear what reality will be created in the minds of young listeners during this evenings panel discussion of the new war and the past devastation. Radio One will also supply content for new satelite digital radio XM Radio, which is just rolling out this week. Anyway, after a few months, the stock rocketed up to around where it was before that weird looking last plunge.

Monday September 24, 11:28 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Radio One, Inc. Radio One, Inc. Personalities, National Recording Artists, Pentagon Survivor And Others Convene to Discuss Terrorism, Racial Tolerance, the Prospect Of War and the Impact on America's Youth With a 20-City Radio Simulcast Radio Personalities, Russ Parr, Olivia Fox, Ryan Cameron, Egypt, Marc Clarke, And Broadway Joe Team Up With National Recording Artists, Chuck D, Lil' Mo, Fat Joe, Pentagon Survivor, Racquel Kelley, Nationally Syndicated TV Judge, Glenda Hatchett & Others for 'Radio One Roundtable' WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Radio One, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROIAK; ROIA) will pre-empt normal music programming on twenty of the stations it owns, in favor of airing the ``Radio One Roundtable'' (ROR). The ROR will take place Wednesday, September 26, 2001, 6pm-10pm (EDT.), from the studios located at Radio One, Inc.'s Lanham, MD based headquarters and air live on the following radio stations:

WKYS-FM (Washington, DC) KTTB-FM (Minneapolis, MN) WIZF-FM (Cincinnati, OH) WPHI-FM (Philadelphia, PA) WHHH-FM (Indianapolis, IN) WGZB-FM (Louisville, KY) WFUN-FM (St. Louis, MO) WCHH-FM (Charlotte, NC) WERQ-FM (Baltimore, MD) WDTJ-FM (Detroit, MI) WENZ-FM (Cleveland, OH) WCDX-FM (Richmond, VA) WCKX-FM (Columbus, OH) WING-FM (Dayton, OH) WBOT-FM (Boston, MA) WHTA-FM (Atlanta, GA) KKBT-FM (Los Angeles, CA) WQOK-FM (Raleigh-Durham, NC) KBFB-FM (Dallas, TX) KBXX-FM (Houston, TX) The ROR is a provocative, candid dialogue with a focus on the issues of terrorism, racial tolerance, the prospect of war and the effect that last week's tragic events had on America and particularly young people. The commercial-free discussion will be lead by nationally syndicated radio personalities Russ Parr & Olivia Fox, morning radio personality, Ryan Cameron of WHTA-FM in Atlanta, Baltimore's WERQ-FM midday radio personality/national TV personality, Egypt, morning radio personality, Marc Clarke of WERQ-FM in Baltimore and Broadway Joe of KTTB-FM in Minneapolis.

Atlantic Records hip-hop recording artist/actor, Fat Joe, Elektra Records R&B artist, Lil' Mo, hip-hop pioneer/music activist/commentator, Chuck D, and Pentagon attack survivor, Racquel Kelley, will be among the in-studio guests taking part in the ROR. Judge Glenda Hatchett, whose nationally syndicated courtroom TV series airs weekdays in 98% of the country, will be participating via satellite from New York. Hatchett previously worked as a corporate attorney with Delta Airlines and supervised the company's Global Crisis Management and Media Relations departments.

``The Radio One Roundtable is really important, because many young people especially are having a difficult time understanding issues surrounding the recent terrorist attacks such as racial profiling and the threat of war. We hope that listeners will tune-in with an open mind, participate in the conversation and walk away with a positive outlook and a better understanding of how they can play a part in rebuilding our nation,'' said Russ Parr, whose nationally syndicated radio program is based at WKYS-FM in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.

Radio One, Inc. is the nation's seventh largest radio broadcasting company (based on 2000 pro forma revenue) in the United States and the largest primarily targeting African-American and urban listeners. Pro forma for all announced acquisitions and operating agreements, the Company owns and/or operates 65 radio stations located in 22 of the largest markets in the United States.



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