-- Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason, Mark Malone, James Lofton, Jim Gray and Scott Graham with Contributions from Larry Fitzgerald and Phil Simms –

New York, NY – January 31, 2012 – Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL), the exclusive network radio home of Westwood One Sports and the National Football League (NFL), is proud to announce the all-pro broadcast team for Super Bowl XLVI featuring: Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason, Mark Malone, James Lofton, Jim Gray and Scott Graham.

Super Bowl XLVI airs live from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN on Sunday, February 5, 2012 as the New York Giants take on the New England Patriots. Super Bowl XLVI will be heard on over 650 radio stations across America, on SiriusXM, on Verizon mobile devices and online audiopass.nfl.com.

Beginning at 5:00 p.m. ET, the Monday Night Football broadcast team of Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason will call their second Super Bowl together. Hall of Fame Packers receiver James Lofton will patrol the Patriot's sidelines and former Steelers quarterback Mark Malone will report from the Giants' sidelines. Jim Gray hosts the pregame and halftime shows, as well as provides interviews and insight from athletes and celebrities in attendance, and Scott Graham kicks off the coverage hosting Super Bowl Preview at 3:00 p.m. ET, followed by Super Sunday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Pro Bowl wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald will contribute to the pregame coverage and CBS Sports Lead Analyst and former Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms will once again contribute to the halftime coverage.

"We are honored and excited to present America's biggest game to listeners nationwide for the 25th consecutive year and 39th time overall," said Howard Deneroff, Executive Producer and SVP of Westwood One/Dial Global Sports. "Our crew is eagerly anticipating the kickoff of the first ever Super Bowl in Indianapolis. If this game is anything like the last time these two teams met in the Super Bowl we are all in for an amazing Sunday."

Multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY Award-winning artist, Darius Rucker, will commence Westwood One/Dial Global Sports broadcast of Super Bowl Sunday with his tailor-made NFL tune, "Kick-Off." Being a passionate football fan, Rucker jumped at the opportunity to create a song for the league. "I wasn't good enough to ever be on the field with these guys, so this is the closest I get to the pros, but man, I love it!" shares Rucker. "Looking forward to the rematch – it ought to be a great game." Since it's October 2010 debut, Rucker's latest release, Charleston, SC 1966, has garnered two #1 hits with "Come Back Song" and "This." His chart-topping 2008 release, Learn to Live produced three consecutive No. 1 singles and the Top 5 smash, "History in the Making." Darius is currently a special guest on Lady Antebellum's Own the Night Tour and working on his third solo country album. For more information, please visit www.dariusrucker.com.

Super Bowl XLVI will also be heard on American Forces Radio Network which provides programming to America's military forces around the globe. The American Forces Radio Network serves over one million men and women in uniform, Department of Defense personnel, American Embassies and Consulates in over 175 countries and territories as well as on more than 250 U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command ships at sea. Fans looking for the station in their area airing the broadcast can visit www.dialglobalsports.com. The website will feature a nationwide station finder, announcer bios, and exclusive analysis from the broadcast crew throughout the week from Indianapolis.

As the exclusive radio partner of the NFL, the Westwood One Sports 2011-2012 NFL broadcast schedule featured 58 national games, including: Opening Kickoff game, 17 Monday Night games, including one doubleheader, 17 Sunday Night games (including Christmas Night), 7 Thursday Night games (including Thanksgiving Night), one Saturday Night game, a Thanksgiving Day doubleheader, 12 Postseason games, including the NFL Playoffs, the AFC and NFC Championship Games, the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl and Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. Additionally, Westwood One/Dial Global Sports also broadcast a Sunday afternoon doubleheader each week, as well as delivered specialty programs throughout the season, including: The NFL Today, NFL Preview, NFL Insider, NFL Sunday, and NFL Fantasy Football Forecast.

Dial Global is the leader in play-by-play sports broadcasts on radio. Dial Global's lineup includes regular and post season NFL football, including the playoffs and the Super Bowl, NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball and The Final Four, The Masters Tournament, MRN/NASCAR Radio and the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London.

About Dial Global
Dial Global (NASDAQ: DIAL) is a diverse radio programming and advertising sales company that provides vital content and services to more than 7,000 radio stations throughout the United States. Dial Global produces and/or distributes over 200 news, sports, music, talk and entertainment radio programs, services and digital applications, as well as audio content from live events. The company also produces the Dial Global 24/7 turnkey music formats as well as prep services, jingles and imaging. In addition, Dial Global serves as the largest sales representative for independent third party providers of audio content. For more information, visit www.dialglobal.com.

WESTWOOD ONE/DIAL GLOBAL SPORTS SUPER BOWL BROADCAST TEAM

Kevin Harlan, in his second season as the full-time voice of Monday Night Football on Westwood One/Dial Global, will call his second straight Super Bowl for the network. Harlan previously broadcast Super Bowl XXXV for CBS HDTV and also currently calls play-by-play for CBS Sports' coverage of both the NFL and NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Harlan joined CBS Sports in 1998 as an NFL play-by-play announcer, after having served in the same capacity for Fox Sports since 1994. This was his 27th consecutive season broadcasting the NFL and with his additional role as play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT, this also marks his 24th season broadcasting the NBA. Harlan spent nine seasons (1985-93) as the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs and was the voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves for nine seasons as well. Harlan also called the Final Four on Westwood One from 2003-2007.

Boomer Esiason, the lead analyst for Westwood One/Dial Global's coverage of the NFL, has been part of the Monday Night Football broadcast team for more than a decade and this marks his 12th Super Bowl broadcast for the network, and 13th overall. Esiason co-host's The NFL Today for CBS Sports and also served as the Monday Night Football analyst for ABC Sports for two seasons before joining Westwood One. Boomer also co-hosts the #1 rated morning radio show in New York, daily on WFAN, and co-hosts the weekly show, NFL Preview with Scott Graham on Westwood One/Dial Global as well. Prior to embarking on a broadcasting career, Esiason was one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history. He spent 14 years in the NFL and quarterbacked the Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII. In 1988, Esiason was named NFL MVP by the Pro Football Writers of America and the Associated Press.

Mark Malone, analyst for Westwood One/Dial Global's Sunday afternoon NFL package, and sideline reporter for Monday Night Football, will be working his fourth consecutive Super Bowl for the network. Malone, who also hosts NFL Insider each week, will patrol the sidelines at Lucas Oil Stadium. Malone is most well-known for the decade he spent with ESPN, where he hosted many NFL shows including NFL Tonight, Edge NFL Match-up and Monday Night Countdown. Prior to joining Westwood One, he served as Sports Director for WBBM-TV in Chicago, where he garnered four Emmys for his work. Malone, an All-American quarterback at Arizona State and first-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers, played for 10 years in the NFL, quarterbacking the Steelers to the 1984 AFC Championship Game.

James Lofton, analyst for Sunday Night Football on Westwood One/Dial Global, will work his fifth Super Bowl for Westwood One as sideline reporter, previously having served in that capacity for Super Bowls XXXV, XXXVI, XLIV and XLV. In between broadcasting stints with the network, Lofton coached with the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders for seven years. He was the No. 1 draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1978, beginning a long career as an NFL wide receiver. In 16 seasons playing for Green Bay, the Los Angeles Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, and the Philadelphia Eagles, Lofton caught 764 passes for 14,004 yards, which was the most in NFL history at the time of his retirement. In 13 playoff games, Lofton caught 41 passes for 759 yards and eight touchdowns, including a seven-reception game in Super Bowl XXVI. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

Jim Gray, host of the network's Monday Night Football pre-game and halftime shows since 2001, will fulfill the same role for the Super Bowl, his 11th consecutive with the network. Gray also serves as a reporter for Westwood One's coverage of both the Final Four, and The Masters. A prominent network television reporter for over two decades, Gray currently covers boxing for Showtime, has been a contributor to the Golf Channel, and also has served as a courtside reporter for the NBA on CBS, NBC, ABC and most recently ESPN. Gray's numerous credits include: seven Olympic Games, 23 Masters, 14 Super Bowls, seven World Series and 15 NBA Finals. Gray has won 11 Emmy Awards and also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Scott Graham, the pregame, halftime and postgame host for the network's Sunday NFL coverage, will be working his third straight Super Bowl for Westwood One/Dial Global. Graham has spent over twenty years as a radio and television sportscaster including play-by-play for both the NFL and NFL Europe on FOX. On the radio side, Graham served as the play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Phillies for eight seasons from 1999-2006. For nearly a decade prior to that, he hosted the pregame and postgame shows for the Phillies on CBS Radio in Philadelphia. Since 2003, Graham has narrated a variety of programs, commercials, and features produced by NFL Films. His voice has most often been heard on NFL Game of the Week, in weekly game previews on NFL.com, and in various season highlight films for NFL teams. He also currently co-hosts Westwood One/Dial Global's weekly feature program, NFL Preview with Boomer Esiason.

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