BAYLISS FOUNDATION AWARDS RADIO SCHOLARSHIPS

(Pacific Grove, CA - August 7, 2006) -- The Board of Directors of The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation has announced that 14 college and graduate-level students at colleges and universities nationwide have each been awarded a $5,000 Bayliss Radio Scholarship for the 2006 - 2007 academic year.

Since 1985, over 300 exceptional candidates have been selected to become Bayliss Broadcasters, our radio scholarship recipients. These ambitious students were selected to receive the Bayliss Radio Scholarship because of their academic achievement and extracurricular radio activities, their passion for radio and their desire to contribute to the overall advancement of the radio industry.

Several past and present scholarship recipients will be introduced at the annual Bayliss Radio Roast to be held Thursday, March 22, 2007. That evening, a renowned radio industry figure will be roasted at the Cipriani 42nd Street venue in New York City. Proceeds from this premiere event benefit the Bayliss Foundation’s scholarship and internship programs.