Jacor: Expands Presense in Oregon 








Contact:  Pam Taylor
          606.655.6523


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                         JACOR EXPANDS OREGON PRESENCE 
                              WITH FOUR STATIONS

COVINGTON, KY., May 11, 1998:  Jacor Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:  JCOR)
agreed to purchase KRWQ-FM, KMED-AM, KZZE-FM, and KKJJ-FM from Hill Radio,
Inc., Crater Broadcasting Company, Pro Promotions, Inc. and Ashland
Broadcasting LLC, respectively. All four stations are licensed to Medford,
Oregon where Jacor recently announced the pending acquisition of KOPE-FM. 
Total purchase price for the four stations was $12.5 million.  

 The transaction is subject to customary regulatory review.

Jacor is the nation's second largest radio company measured by total stations. 
Including announced pending acquisitions, Jacor now owns, operates or
represents 205 radio stations in 56 broadcast areas and WKRC-TV in Cincinnati. 
Additionally, Jacor's wholly owned subsidiary Premiere Radio Networks is the
country's third largest provider of syndicated radio programming including the
nation's top rated radio talk shows:  The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Dr. Laura
Schlessinger Show, Dr. Dean Edell and Art Bell. Jacor also owns a satellite
distribution service, NSN, which provides bi-directional communications among
multiple networks.  Jacor plans to pursue growth through continued acquisitions
of complementary radio stations in existing broadcast locations, and radio
groups or individual stations with significant presence in other domestic and
international locations.  Additionally, Jacor plans to grow in other broadcast
related products and businesses.

        Visit www.cfonews.com/jcor/ for more information on Jacor
Communications.


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