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American Media Services' J. Daniel Floyd Receives Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) Designation

September 11, 2008

(Charleston, SC) American Media Services (AMS) announces that J. Daniel Floyd has attained the designation as a Certified Valuation Analyst . Given by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (www.nacva.com), the certification will enable Mr. Floyd to prepare credible, comprehensive radio station valuations required in the action of radio station mergers and acquisitions conducted by AMS.

In announcing Mr. Floyd's certification, Edward F. Seeger, Chairman, American Media Services said: "Danny is a valuable member of the AMS team,with this certification our brokerage division, which works daily in the valuation and sale of broadcast properties, will be armed with another valuable tool to serve radio station owners nationwide. "

To attain this designation, Floyd participated in coursework, passed a comprehensive written examination and prepared, submitted and passed a case study. Floyd, a CPA for the past 31 years, is a magna cum laude graduate of Baptist College at Charleston, now Charleston Southern University. He is a member of AICPA, SC Association of CPAs, Florida Institute of CPAs, Federal Communications Bar Association and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. "We are proud of Danny's accomplishment and the opportunity it provides our company as a whole to provide comprehensive services to broadcasters from the all important valuations of radio properties to the technical and marketing services, " said Andrew Guest , Vice Chairman, American Media Services.

Mr. Floyd currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of American Media Services a full-service radio brokerage, engineering and developmental engineering firm. AMS is headquartered in Charleston, SC with regional offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Austin.

For more information about AMS contact Frank G. McCoy, President, American Media Services, at (843) 972-2200.

About American Media Services

American Media Services is a full-service radio brokerage, engineering and developmental engineering firm, and its developmental division leads the country in successfully implementing station upgrades by moving them into larger markets, dramatically increasing their value.  Since its founding in 1997, AMS has increased the value of 22 stations across the country by $212.6 million, with a corresponding increase in population served of some 25 million. More than $200 million in proposed rulemakings are currently pending before the FCC. In December 2006 AMS launched an affiliate company, American Media Services-Internet LLC, to assist radio station owners and operators on setting up and managing streaming radio sites. For additional information, please visit www.americanmediaservices.com.


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