CUMULUS NEWS RELEASE

Richard S. Denning joins Cumulus as Vice President and General Counsel

ATLANTA, GA February 7, 2002 -- Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ: CMLS), announced today that effective February 4, 2002, Richard S. Denning has joined the Company as Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Denning was an attorney with Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC ("DL&A") within DL&A's corporate practice group in Atlanta, advising a number of media and communications companies on a variety of corporate and transactional matters.

Mr. Denning also spent four years in DL&A's Washington, D.C. office and has extensive experience in regulatory proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Denning has been a member of the Pennsylvania Bar since 1991, the District of Columbia Bar since 1993, and the Georgia Bar since 2000. He is a graduate of The National Law Center, George Washington University.

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.

For any additional information, or to receive future Company news announcements, contact Dan O'Donnell at dan@cumulus.com.

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For further information please contact: 


Lew Dickey (404) 949-0700, 

Marty Gausvik (404) 949-0700


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