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Rush Limbaugh Renews Long-Term Contract With Premiere Radio Networks and Clear Channel Radio as He Celebrates 20 Years On Air and KOMO 4 Television Wins National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence


City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 07/03/2008 - Broadcasting industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Rush Limbaugh, who's heard weekly by nearly 20 million listeners on about 600 radio stations nationwide, renewed his contract with Premiere Radio Networks and Clear Channel Radio (NYSE: CCU), continuing syndication of The Rush Limbaugh Show many years into the future. The deal also includes continued syndication of The Rush Limbaugh Morning Update, a 90-second commentary that airs Monday through Friday. Furthermore, Premiere Radio, in partnership with Mr. Limbaugh, will continue to oversee The Limbaugh Letter, a monthly newsletter with a subscriber base in the hundreds of thousands, and RushLimbaugh.com, one of the most popular broadcast media websites that incorporates Rush247.com, a subscription service.


WBAL Radio (NYSE: HTV) in Baltimore earned awards in the Overall Excellence and News Documentary categories; WBAL-TV, Baltimore, in the News Documentary and News Series categories; and KCCI-TV, Des Moines, in the Sports Reporting category, in national Edward R. Murrow Awards results announced recently by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). WBAL Radio's Overall Excellence award, its second consecutive, essentially designates it the nation's best large-market radio news provider. Among the stories earning it the honor was its coverage of the May 2007 fire on Baltimore's Cecil Avenue, the city's deadliest fire in 25 years. WBAL Radio's News Documentary award was for the station's special on Orioles legend Cal Ripken.

Fisher Communications (NASDAQ: FSCI) announced recently that the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) awarded KOMO-TV, Fisher's ABC affiliated station in Seattle, Washington, the prestigious national Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence. In the large television market category, KOMO-TV received the Overall Excellence Award for the depth and quality of its news programming, its Problem Solvers investigations, breaking news coverage, and service to the community. Commenting on the announcement, Fisher President and Chief Executive Officer Colleen B. Brown said, "Receiving the national Murrow Award for Overall Excellence is one of the highest achievements in our industry, and I congratulate KOMO 4 Television for their outstanding performance.

247MGI, Inc. (OTC: TOFS) is pleased to announce it has been working to help resolve pending and past legal actions against the company. The Company is pleased to announce the pending issue with Dr. Martin Peskin has been resolved and a settlement agreement has been entered into and filed with the courts. The Company currently does not have any pending legal actions at this time and is working to resolve matters resulting from a prior Stock Purchase Agreement the Company entered into in 2003 to avoid any further legal action. With no pending legal actions 247MGI has been in talks with several candidates to join the Company as Officers and Directors.

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