CUMULUS NEWS RELEASE

CUMULUS MEDIA INC. Conference Call

ATLANTA, GA November 19, 2001 - Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ: CMLS), will host a conference call on Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 2:00 PM E.S.T to discuss its announced acquisitions of 1) Aurora Communications, LLC, a radio station operator with eighteen stations in Connecticut and New York, and 2) DBBC, LLC, an entity which operates three stations in Nashville, TN.

The call will be open to the public on a listen only basis. The details for conference call are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2001

Call-In Time: 2:00 P.M. EST

Conference Call Number: (888) 604-9361

Passcode: Cumulus

Call Host: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., Chairman and CEO

Replay Number: (800) 873-2086 for domestic callers and (402) 220-5060 for international callers

Replay Available Through: November 23 until 4:30 p.m. EST

Cumulus Media Inc. is the parent company of Cumulus Broadcasting Inc., which along with its other subsidiaries, owns and operates station clusters in mid-size markets. Cumulus is the second largest U.S. radio operating company based upon the number of stations owned or operated.

We hope you will be able to join the conference call. For any additional information, or to receive future Company news announcements, contact Bettina Martin at (678) 732-2071.

Securities Law Legends: Cumulus Media will be filing a proxy statement and other relevant documents concerning these transactions with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). We urge investors to read the proxy statement and any other relevant documents that will be filed with the SEC, because they will contain important information about the proposed transactions. Investors will be able to obtain the documents (when available) free of charge at the SEC's web site, www.sec.gov. In addition, documents filed with the SEC by Cumulus Media will be available free of charge by requesting them in writing from Cumulus Media Inc., 3535 Piedmont Road, NE, Building 14, 14th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Attention: Secretary, or by telephone at (404) 949-0700. Cumulus Media and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Cumulus Media shareholders. You can obtain more information about Cumulus Media's directors and executive officers, and their beneficial interests in Cumulus Media's common stock, from filings made with the SEC, which are available at the SEC's web site, www.sec.gov. Information about the interests of the directors and executive officers in these transactions will be contained in the proxy statement when it becomes available.

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For further information please contact: 


Lew Dickey (404) 949-0700, 

Marty Gausvik (404) 949-0700


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