EARTHWORKS ENTERTAINMENT CEO STEVEN HUMPHRIES said, “This is by far the best Oldies music format available on satellite for broadcast stations in the USA. Along with the nation’s best known radio personalities, HPR will feature a much larger library of music than any other Oldies format and is programmed by one of the nation’s most celebrated radio programmers, JOHN ROOK.”

Scott Gilreath, President of Radio Affiliate Services & Syndication (RASS) who is syndicating the format nationally says “the balance of artists, like Michael Buble and Diane Krall who get limited or no airplay, help to balance the appeal to a younger adult demo allowing Timeless Cool to offer a “wider variety” than existing formats and voids excessive repeats of music found on other radio stations. Since the announcement was made on New Year’s Eve that Timeless Cool would be available for national syndication, response has been strong from broadcasters wanting to do something “different” in 2010. Broadcasters in over 30 markets have expressed interest for both AM and FM stations. Whether they need a format to replace another providers product or they’re just tired of being “another flavor of oldies, AC or country, etc.” duplicated in their marketplace, broadcasters are reacting positively to Timeless Cool.”

“Timeless Cool is the first new radio format since the 80’s, created and targeted to Adults 35-54. A new and truly unique music mix balanced with classic and contemporary timeless vocals featuring artists and songs carefully selected to produce a blend that is not shared or replicated with any existing formats in any market. The “stand-alone” quality of Timeless Cool builds loyalty, passion, and time spent listening among both listeners and advertisers,” said Rob Moore, GM/PD of Timeless Cool Music.

The host line-up: Lara Scott is hosting Mornings (6am-12p). She has worked in Portland, San Francisco and the last 12 years in Los Angeles for both KYSR/Star 98.7 and KFSH/95.9. Her voice has been heard on programs for BRAVO, VH-1, and WE, the Olympic Encore on Universal Sports, national commercials, in-flight programming for Delta Radio and Air Force 1 and she is host of the internationally syndicated World Chart Show. In 2008, Lara won the President’s Volunteer Service Award, which was presented to her by Michael W. Smith on behalf of President George W. Bush. Mike Stoudt, from 104.7 The FISH (Atlanta) is hosting Afternoons (12pm-6pm). Janet Planet, who has been with the Timeless Cool format since its inception will continue hosting Evenings (6pm-12am).

Oklahoma News Network had been using the International Datacasting – SR260/QFR satellite receivers before making the transition to the X-Digital XDS-PRO4. “Our News, Agriculture, and Sports Networks have been delivering great On-Air products to over 150 affiliates for over 4 decades”, said Derrick Nance, Director of Sales for ONN. “Our investment in X-Digital Systems is another way we are committed in providing the best products and service to your station for several decades to come!” The ONN provides content for Oklahoma News Network, Oklahoma Agrinet, Voice of Southwest Agriculture, Ag Producers Radio Network and Sports Distribution Network. Derrick went on to say, “Affiliates will see the benefits like: Store & Forward and File Delivery, Live Audio Record/Playback (Time Shifting), Complete Automation, Automated Affidavit System, plus numerous other features that makes X-Digital the #1 choice of the largest broadcast networks in the world.”

“We had been searching for a reasonably priced replacement for our aging satellite system that would allow us to utilize store and forward technology, X-Digital was the obvious solution.” said Jim Poling, Regional Engineering Manager for Clear Channel Communications.

“One of the nice features of the X-Digital system, it gives the network full control of the content that goes out and to which affiliate they want it to go to,” said Monty Dent, Sales Manager for Clear Channel Satellite. “The affiliates also have the ability to set up their own schedule programs within the receiver and play them back when it works best for their market.”

About Oklahoma News Network.
The Oklahoma News Network has approximately 200+ affiliates with coverage in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico with the Oklahoma Agrinet, Voice of Southwest Agriculture, Ag Producers Radio Network and Sports Distribution.

About X-Digital Systems, Inc.
X-Digital Systems, Inc. (XDS) designs, manufactures satellite and terrestrial multimedia communication systems. Specializing in advanced systems for wireless and wired applications, X-Digital equipment features patent pending technology designed to deliver the reliability, flexibility, automation and quality needed for broadcasters worldwide to deliver next- generation, digital over public and private networks. X-Digital is a privately held, employee-owned company headquartered in San Diego, CA with sales offices in Tokyo, Japan. For more information on the company or its products please visit
X-Digital Systems, Inc at www.xdigital.com

About Clear Channel Satellite
Clear Channel Satellite is a leader in satellite communications for radio networks, television stations, government agencies, large corporations, small to medium size companies and schools. Clear Channel Satellite provides turnkey solutions with a well devised customer service department to support customers’ needs. Its new, state-of-the-art facility is located near Denver, Colorado with geographical redundancy and is manned 24/7/365. The large data center facility is one of the few with redundant connectivity solutions by both fiber and satellite in the US. For more information, please visit www.clearchannelsatellite.com.

Clear Channel Satellite is a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc. a leading global Media and Entertainment Company. More information on the parent company can be found at www.clearchannel.com.

BearCom sells, rents, and services two-way radios, cellular phones, smart phones, mobile broadband cards, automated license plate recognition systems, radio dispatch systems, radio interoperability systems, IP media servers and gateways, IP video surveillance cameras, mesh broadband networks, point-to-point transport systems, remote call boxes, and emergency communications solutions.

BearCom has received a number of awards and accolades over the past 27 years for innovation, customer service, and industry leadership.
BearCom was the recipient of Motorola’s 2006 Pinnacle of Customer Excellence Award. One of Motorola’s most prestigious honors, the award is given to only one channel partner each year. The winner is the partner that best demonstrates its dedication to going above and beyond the expectations of customer advocacy and applying the best customer processes and practices in the industry.

Some of the specific areas that Motorola analyzes during the selection process for the Pinnacle of Customer Excellence Award include customer care and loyalty, customer retention strategies, formalized customer procedures/practices/warranties, dedicated communications conduits to and from customers, regular surveys and customer perception captures, and formal customer referral programs.

It is Motorola’s belief that the customer always comes first, and the Pinnacle of Customer Excellence Award is the company’s way of recognizing those channel partners that embody the same belief. Many dealers apply for this award and usually comment that even if they do not win, they benefit from the application and auditing procedures, which are designed to improve their individual business performance.

BearCom was one of more than 850 Motorola dealers across the nations that were eligible to compete for the award in 2006. The finalists were reviewed by a team of independent consultants before the winner was selected. The award was presented to BearCom in late March at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Offered as a truly managed service, the XtremeSat Plus service takes away the complexity of managing technology enhancements, upgrades and management costs for the customer. The monthly or quarterly pricing structure means that customers do not need to worry about the upfront costs of deploying the solution which offers increased improvements in IT resource and efficiencies while reducing IT costs and therefore saving on CapEx.

Neil Rickard, VP of Service Provider Strategy, Gartner, comments, “We have seen heightened interest amongst service providers for optimizing their offering to better manage the flow of traffic over satellite links, across all of The Americas.”

A major reason for Clear Channel Satellite choosing Expand Networks’ Virtual Accelerator (VACC) solution was its ability to be deployed within the existing virtualized IT infrastructure at the datacentre, running on Clear Channel Satellite’s existing server platforms, therefore eradicating additional IT cost and complexity. Furthermore, the VACC enables Clear Channel Satellite to easily scale its services on-demand by simply adding additional instances of its VACC onto the existing server platform at the datacenter, whilst offering flexible deployment options of physical or virtual appliances at the remote sites.

According to Monty Dent, Sales Manager at Clear Channel Satellite, the addition of Expand Networks’ high speed application delivery will address the specific needs of today’s performance driven, cost-conscious public and private organizations. He explains, “With its ability to dramatically improve application performance, this new enhancement option enables more organizations, users and applications to take advantage of our extensive and powerful satellite reach. The enhanced service delivers increased levels of performance across all business critical applications, ensuring enhanced user productivity at lower costs than previously achievable without optimization.”

Expand’s WAN optimization technology, with integrated Space Communication Protocol Standard (SCPS) technology, mitigates the effect of low bandwidth and high latency obstacles that can traditionally impede the speed and performance of applications over satellite links. Combining SCPS with compression, byte-level caching and layer 7 QoS, Expand’s technology can accelerate critical productivity tools and business applications across ClearChannel’s satellite environments by over 700%. The enhanced XtremeSat service, available now, is helping improve end user productivity at price points that rival traditional “land-based” connections.

Dent explains the benefits of the service, “Any location that can receive satellite reception can now realize high speed application delivery at reasonable costs, enabling and extending other key corporate initiatives to all remote branches. For example, Clear Channel Satellite customers can now implement cost-saving projects like virtualization and branch-office consolidation previously reserved for only terrestrial connectivity.”

“By offering WAN optimization as part of a managed service, customers can extend their communications investment to optimize the productivity benefits at reduced CapEx costs,” comments Andrew Mullen, VP Sales, Americas at Expand Networks. “As demand for optimum satellite performance rises, this is a compelling virtual proposition for service providers operating in this competitive marketplace. It’s not just about superior application performance alone, but coupling this with service investments that make sound economic sense for organizations looking to lower IT support costs.

Mullen concludes, “As a proven technology, Expand’s WAN optimization is adding clear value to Clear Channel Satellite’s managed services. By increase service levels, managed service providers can help organizations to increase efficiency whilst reducing complexity now and into the future, without the need for large upfront investment.”

“With our rapid growth and expansion to a weeknight presence,” said Phil Tower, General Manager of The Allen Hunt Show, “The Allen Hunt show needed a provider that was responsive to our needs, and especially able to offer us and our numerous affiliates a high level of service and reliability. We found that with Clear Channel Satellite Services."

About The Allen Hunt Show

The Allen Hunt Show is about faith and life. According to Gallup, 85% of Americans consider their faith “important” or “fairly important” to their lives. The Allen Hunt Show takes on real life issues, with real life people, to see how faith can have a real impact. The Allen Hunt Show is where real life and faith come together. The weekend show is currently syndicated in over 90 markets and starting September 7, 2009, will be making the switch to Monday – Friday live. For more information, contact Bob Bucci or Steve Downes at 203-431-0790. You can also visit the website (www.allenhuntshow.com).

About Clear Channel Satellite Services

Clear Channel Satellite Services is a leader in satellite communications for radio networks, television stations, government agencies, large corporations, small- to medium-size companies and schools. Clear Channel Satellite Services provides turnkey solutions with a well devised customer service department to support customers’ needs. Its new, state-of-the-art facility is located near Denver, Colorado, with geographical redundancy and is manned 24/7/365. The large data center facility is one of the few with redundant connectivity solutions by both fiber and satellite in the U.S. For more information, please visit (www.clearchannelsatellite.com).

Kentucky News Network (KNN) had been using the International Datacasting – SR260/QFR satellite receivers before making the transition to the X-Digital XDS-PRO4. “The XDS platform allows us to meet all requests with one flexible system. Program selection, time shifting, and copy split functionality were all musts in our consideration for a new platform – all of which are offered by XDS. We feel confident this upgrade will last us for many years,” said Nathan Butler, KNN & Total Traffic Director of Operations and Director of Affiliate Relations. “We are also very pleased to be operating through the Clear Channel Satellite; the CCSS NOC has the latest upgrades to uplink our content, as well as the security and reliability we demand.”

“We had been searching for a reasonably priced replacement for our aging satellite system that would allow us to utilize store and forward technology, X-Digital was the obvious solution,” said Jim Poling, Regional Engineering Manager for Clear Channel Communications.

About Kentucky News Network

The Kentucky News Network has over 85 full-time affiliates with coverage in every county of Kentucky. We provide News, Sports, and Agricultural programming to our affiliates via the state’s only all digital satellite distribution system. In addition to serving our affiliates with content, we also distribute Programming for the University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky University through IMG Communications, University of Louisville though Nelligan Sports Marketing, The Lexington Legends, Horse Racing Radio Network, High School Sweet 16 Radio Network, and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife. www.kentuckynewsnetwork.com

About X-Digital Systems, Inc.

X-Digital Systems, Inc. (XDS) designs and manufactures satellite and terrestrial multimedia communication systems. Specializing in advanced systems for wireless and wired applications, X-Digital equipment features patent-pending technology designed to deliver the reliability, flexibility, automation and quality needed for broadcasters worldwide to deliver next-generation digital over public and private networks. X-Digital is a privately held, employee-owned company headquartered in San Diego, Calif. with sales offices in Tokyo, Japan. For more information on the company or its products, please visit X-Digital Systems, Inc. at www.xdigital.com.

About Clear Channel Satellite

Clear Channel Satellite is a leader in satellite communications for radio networks, television stations, government agencies, large corporations, small- to medium-size companies and schools. Clear Channel Satellite provides turnkey solutions with a well devised customer service department to support customers’ needs. Its new, state-of-the-art facility is located near Denver, Colo. with geographical redundancy and is manned 24/7/365. The large data center facility is one of the few with redundant connectivity solutions by both fiber and satellite in the U.S. For more information, please visit www.clearchannelsatellite.com.

Clear Channel Satellite is a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc. a leading global Media and Entertainment Company. More information on the parent company can be found at www.clearchannel.com.

Virginia News Network had been using the International Datacasting – SR260/QFR satellite receivers before making the transition to the X-Digital XDS-PRO4. “We now have the ability to monitor the health of our affiliate’s receivers” said Mike Fleming, Market Engineering Manager. “It’s also going to give us the ability to localize network spots using the store and forward features.”

“We had been searching for a reasonably priced replacement for our aging satellite system that would allow us to utilize store and forward technology, X-Digital was the obvious solution.” said Jim Poling, Regional Engineering Manager for Clear Channel Communications.

About X-Digital Systems, Inc.

X-Digital Systems, Inc. (XDS) designs, manufactures satellite and terrestrial multimedia communication systems. Specializing in advanced systems for wireless and wired applications, X-Digital equipment features patent pending technology designed to deliver the reliability, flexibility, automation and quality needed for broadcasters worldwide to deliver next- generation, digital over public and private networks. X-Digital is a privately held, employee-owned company headquartered in San Diego, CA with sales offices in Tokyo, Japan. For more information on the company or its products please visit

X-Digital Systems, Inc at www.xdigital.com

About Clear Channel Satellite

Clear Channel Satellite is a leader in satellite communications for radio networks, television stations, government agencies, large corporations, small to medium size companies and schools. Clear Channel Satellite provides turnkey solutions with a well devised customer service department to support customers’ needs. Its new, state-of-the-art facility is located near Denver, Colorado with geographical redundancy and is manned 24/7/365. The large data center facility is one of the few with redundant connectivity solutions by both fiber and satellite in the US. For more information, please visit www.clearchannelsatellite.com.

Clear Channel Satellite is a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc. a leading global Media and Entertainment Company. More information on the parent company can be found at www.clearchannel.com.