NEW YORK, NY -- Eleven Seven Partners, LLC, a media and entertainment marketing and producing company, today announced that it will hold its first Audio Entertainment Symposium on Tuesday May 9th, 2006, at the Grand Hyatt (Grand Central) in New York City. The symposium, entitled Next Generation Audio: Blowing Up Sound, will explore the world of emerging audio technologies and will highlight growing consumer control of audio entertainment and its impact on traditional marketing models. Interep, a sales and marketing company specializing in Radio, the Internet, Hispanic Television and complementary services, and Bank of America's Media, Telecommunications & Technology Equity Research Team, are the co-sponsors for the event.

The day-long event will feature panels of leading experts in audio technology, marketing executives, consumer research visionaries and financial analysts and will be relevant to any professional working in the fields of marketing, advertising, radio, audio technologies, as well as investors in the media, telecom and entertainment sectors. Notable panel participants will be announced at a later date.

Bank of America analysts slated to moderate the day's event include:
- Keith Bachman (Enterprise Hardware)
- Jonathan A. Jacoby (Radio & TV Broadcasting)
- Tim Long (Data Networking & Wireline Equipment, Wireless Equipment)
- Douglas Shapiro (Cable & Satellite TV, Entertainment)

On-line registration for the event will available beginning Monday, April 17th at www.audiosymposium.com. Additional information about the event, including a detailed agenda, will be released at that time. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Victor Lirio at 212-309-9031 or victor@elevensevenpartners.com.

Eleven Seven Partners, LLC, is a media and entertainment marketing and producing company that presents multi-media conferences and theatrical events. Founded by Victor Lirio, it has conceived, produced and directed several media conferences such as Interep's annual Radio Symposium with keynotes and panelists from leading broadcasting, research, investment banking and advertising companies including Arbitron, Banc of America Securities, Bear Stearns, CBS Radio, Clear Channel, Cumulus, Deutsche Bank Securities, Emmis Broadcasting, iBiquity, ICBC Broadcast Holdings, Omnicom, Radio One, Spanish Broadcasting System and Westwood One. In addition, it produced The Power of Urban Radio, The Power of Hispanic Radio and the "National Radio & Repping Breakfast" conferences. Eleven Seven also presented the critically acclaimed debut of Tony Award® winner Lea Salonga at Carnegie Hall. For more information, please visit www.elevensevenpartners.com.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is one of the world's leading financial services companies. The company's Global Corporate & Investment Banking group (GCIB) provides investment banking, equity and debt capital raising, research, trading, risk management, treasury management and financial advisory services. Through offices in more than 30 countries, GCIB serves domestic and international corporations, institutional investors, financial institutions and government entities. Many of the bank's services to corporate and institutional clients are provided through its U.S. and UK subsidiaries, Banc of America Securities LLC and Banc of America Securities Limited. For additional information, visit www.bankofamerica.com.

Interep (IREP.PK) is the nation's largest independent advertising sales and marketing company specializing in radio, the Internet, television and complementary media, with offices in 17 cities. Interep is the parent company to the following radio representation firms: ABC Radio Sales, D&R Radio, CBS Radio Sales, McGavren Guild Radio, SBS/Interep and Susquehanna Radio Sales. Interep is also parent to Azteca America Spot Television Sales and Interep Interactive, including Winstar Interactive, the place for Internet brands. Interep divisions benefiting our clients and customers include our "unwired" Network Division; Interep Innovations, our business development division, including the Interep Marketing Group (IMG) and Promotion Marketing; The Event Shop; and Morrison and Abraham, a sales consulting firm. For more information, visit the company's website at www.interep.com.

Eleven Seven Partners, LLC
Victor Lirio
(p) 212-309-9031
(e) victor@elevensevenpartners.com

Banc of America Securities
Jennifer Robinson
(p) 646-366-4597
(e) jennifer.robinson@bofasecurities.com

Interep
Michele Skettino
(p) 212-916-0536
(e) michele_skettino@interep.com

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