When combined with previously completed repurchases of nearly $1 billion this share repurchase authorization, if completed, would represent the remaining balance under the company's strategic realignment plan.

When the electricity didn't work, when television didn't work, when the Internet didn't work, when pay radio didn't work, free radio worked,

We have reduced our inventory capacity approximately 20%, and thus we have to continue to focus on increasing our yield per minute. We are building a new 30-second marketplace, which continues to move forward, albeit more slowly than we would hope. We are also hoping for a more robust radio and advertising environment that has not materialized yet.

We have allowed ourselves as much flexibility as we can. We believe it's in our shareholders' interest for us to have that flexibility.

We continued to make progress in each of our businesses in the third quarter. For the second consecutive quarter Clear Channel Radio experienced sequential financial improvement over the previous quarter.

There was a lot of playing by myself, wearing last year's Halloween costume and wandering around the yard talking to myself - which may account for my fondness for doing different voices.