Jacor: Enters San Jose with KSJO-FM









Contact:   Pam Taylor
           606.655.6523

                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                        JACOR ENTERS SAN JOSE WITH KSJO-FM

COVINGTON, KY., October 13, 1997:   Jacor Communications, Inc. (JCOR: Nasdaq)
has entered into an agreement to purchase KSJO-FM in San Jose from American
Radio Systems.  KSJO-FM represents Jacor's initial entry into the San Jose
broadcast area.  Jacor will pay $30 million for the central California
station.  

The transaction is subject to regulatory review.  

Jacor is the nation's third largest radio group measured by total revenues. 
Including announced pending acquisitions, Jacor now owns, operates, or
represents 167 radio stations in 36 U.S. broadcast areas, and WKRC-TV in
Cincinnati.  Additionally, Jacor is the country's third largest provider of
syndicated radio programming through Radio-Active Media (formerly EFM), the
syndicator for top radio personalities Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Dean Edell, and
Premiere Radio Networks, the Los Angeles based syndicator of The Dr. Laura
Schlessinger Show and creator of comedy clips, jingles and other programming
and research products.  Jacor also owns a satellite distribution service, NSN,
which provides bi-directional communication among multiple networks.  Jacor
plans to pursue growth through continued acquisitions of complementary radio
stations in its existing broadcast locations, and radio groups or individual
stations with significant presence in other attractive locations. 
Additionally, Jacor has plans to grow in other broadcast-related products and
businesses.

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



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