TO BENEFIT SALVATION ARMY BEGINNING DEC. 21

CMT Web Site Country.com Offers Items Signed By Country Greats

Nashville, Tenn. - December 18, 2001 - CMT: Country Music Television, in conjunction with its Web site Country.com, continues its support of America's victims of the September 11 disaster with an online benefit auction of autographed items from CMT's live concert special, THE COUNTRY
FREEDOM CONCERT, which raised over $5.1 million for the Salvation Army Disaster Relief Fund. The online auction will be held on Country.com, Friday, Dec. 21 through Monday, Dec. 31.

It's one-click shopping for country music fans, as Country.com will serve as web auctioneer for tee shirts, denim jackets and framed posters signed by country music elite including George Strait, Tim McGraw, Vince Gill, Trisha Yearwood, Hank Williams Jr., Lonestar, Martina McBride, Diamond Rio, Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Eddie Montgomery, Troy Gentry, keith urban and Sara Evans. CMT telecast THE COUNTRY FREEDOM CONCERT live from Nashville on
Oct. 21.

"The volunteers working the Salvation Army's disaster relief efforts have a very long road ahead of them," said Brian Philips, SVP/General Manager, CMT. "The needs are tremendous and the work at Ground Zero alone will continue
well into 2002. Knowing how generous CMT viewers are, we're looking to raise much-needed funds, as well as offer a remembrance from THE COUNTRY FREEDOM CONCERT -- truly one of country music's finest hours that united us all through the music of our land."

Auction items will be on display at Country.com prior to live bidding. To become part of the real-time bidding for the collectible merchandise, log onto the Web site beginning Friday, Dec. 21. The closing offer will be
taken on Monday, Dec. 31.

The Salvation Army Disaster Relief Fund has served millions of meals to rescue workers since Sept. 11 and Salvation Army volunteers have contributed hundreds of thousands of hours of service since the disaster. The Salvation
Army Disaster Relief Fund is also reaching out to families impacted by he tragedy, by loss of life or employment, with emergency financial assistance. Contributions for the ongoing Disaster Relief Fund efforts may still be made
at 1-800-SAL-ARMY.

CMT, America's No. 1 country music network, carries original programming, specials, and live concerts and events, as well as a mix of videos by established country music artists and new cutting-edge acts, including world
premiere exclusive videos. Founded March 6, 1983, the 24-hour network, owned and operated by MTV Networks, reaches more than 54.8 million households in the United States. MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom International Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), owns and operates the following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1,
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