Jacor: Aquires Five Ohio Radio Stations

  





Contact:        Jacor Communications
                Pam Taylor, Vice President, Communications
                606.655.6523

                Burbach Broadcasting Company
                Nicholas A. Galli, President
                412.263.6716

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                          JACOR TO ACQUIRE FIVE OHIO
                      RADIO STATIONS FOR $14.5 MILLION FROM 
                          BURBACH BROADCASTING COMPANY

COVINGTON, KY., October 23, 1997:   Jacor Communications, Inc. (JCOR: Nasdaq)
today entered into an agreement to purchase WMRN-AM,WMRN-FM and WDIF-FM of 
Marion, Ohio, WQTL-FM of Ottawa, and WHMQ-FM of  North Baltimore, Ohio from
Marion Radio Company, an affiliate of Burbach Broadcasting Company of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Jacor will purchase the northwest Ohio stations for
$14.5 million in cash.  

Burbach Broadcasting, which has been in the radio business for 34 years,
currently operates stations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.  

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 172 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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