HARDDRIVE CELEBRATES 7th ANNUAL NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY AND YEAR-END PROGRAMMING

Shows To Feature Guests, Giveaways And Listener Interaction

New York, NY – December 6th, 2004 – United Stations Radio Networks, Inc., (USRN) an independent leader in original network radio programming, today announced plans for holiday and year-end programming for its current-based Rock series, hardDrive.The Nightmare Before Christmas, Year End/Rear End Revue and Listener All-Request program are two-hour editions of the Active/Alt Rock show hosted by Lou Brutus, and will feature holiday music, interviews, giveaways and more holiday fun than you can cram down a chimney.

The Nightmare Before Christmas, airing December 17-18, features some of the most outrageous holiday memories from today’s biggest Rock artists, as well as “sick and twisted” holiday music. hardDrive will also do it’s part to spread holiday cheer with the hottest giveaway of the year – a Fender guitar signed by Metallica , Godsmack , Foo Fighters , Damageplan , Drowning Pool , Lostprophets , Crossfade and tons of other bands. A special email address will be revealed on the show and the 666 th message will be drawn to determine the lucky winner. Special guests appearing on the show include Metallica , Godsmack , Nickelback , Collective Soul , Breaking Benjamin , Slipknot and Puddle of Mudd . December 17-18.

Then, to help close out 2004 in style, for the weekend of December 25-26, hardDrive’s Year End/Rear End Revue takes a look back at 2004’s biggest stories and events in rock. Guests helping reflect on the year include U2, A Perfect Circle, Velvet Revolver, Green Day, Metallica and Nirvana. The show will also cover the biggest tours of 2004, Rock The Vote, the break-up of Creed and much more.

And to kick off 2005, for the first weekend of the New Year, January 2-3, hardDrive will present the Listener All-Request show compiled from listener email requests. It's hardDrive’s payback to all the kind words from listeners and fans around the country.

hardDrive is America’s leading current-based rock music program broadcasting two hours weekly of new rock and exclusive interviews with today’s most sought-after musicians. The show, which is hosted and produced by Rock veterans Lou Brutus and Roxy Myzal respectively, airs on over 100 affiliates nationally and has been on the air nearly a decade.

United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. is the nation’s largest independently owned and operated radio network. The company services an array of format specific programming to over 4000 rated radio stations across the country and maintains sales offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas. The New York-based company was founded in 1994 by radio pioneers Dick Clark and Nick Verbitsky.

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