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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WESTWOOD ONE, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-3980449</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>40 West 57</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP><B> Street, 5</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP><B> Floor</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New York, New York</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>10019</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement for Thomas F.X. Beusse</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>David Hillman, Esq.</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Chief Administrative Officer; EVP, Business Affairs;</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Andrea S. Rattner, Esq.</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>General Counsel and Secretary</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Proskauer Rose LLP</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Westwood One, Inc.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1585 Broadway</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>40 West 57</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP><B> Street, 5</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP><B> Floor</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New York, New York 10036</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New York, New York 10019</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(212)&nbsp;969-3000</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(212)&nbsp;641-2000</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For<BR>Service)</DIV>






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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Large accelerated filer
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#120;</FONT> Accelerated filer
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Non-accelerated filer
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$<B>1.56</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$<B>780,000</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$<B>30.65</B></TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement covers 500,000 shares available for issuance under the
Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;8, 2008, by and between the Registrant
and Thomas F.X. Beusse. This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock that become issuable under such agreement, by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number
of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Registrant.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of
common stock of the Registrant on March&nbsp;10, 2008, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 and the statement of
availability of information required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form S-8 and information relating to the
Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;8, 2008, by and between the Westwood One,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), and Thomas F.X. Beusse and other
information required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form S-8 have previously been, or will be, sent or given to
Thomas F.X. Beusse as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Such
documents are not required to be and are not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Form S-8, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated by reference
herein:
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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed
with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>the Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;10, 2008; January&nbsp;15,
2008; February&nbsp;27, 2008; February&nbsp;29, 2008; March&nbsp;5, 2008, March&nbsp;6, 2008 and March&nbsp;12, 2008;
and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock set forth in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, dated December&nbsp;11, 1998.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. In no event, however, will any information that the Registrant discloses
under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Registrant may from time to
time furnish to the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of,
this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section&nbsp;145
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a Delaware
corporation may indemnify any person who is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by
reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation
or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests except that no indemnification is permitted
without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a
present or former officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of
any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 further provides that the indemnification provisions of Section&nbsp;145 shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under
any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to
action in such person&#146;s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office. The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision eliminating the
liability of a director to the Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of
fiduciary duty as a director. However, neither the DGCL nor the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of
Incorporation currently allows such provision to limit the liability of a director for: (i)&nbsp;any
breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; (ii)&nbsp;acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(iii)&nbsp;payment of dividends, stock purchases or redemptions that violate the DGCL; or (iv)&nbsp;any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Such limitation of
liability also does not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or
rescission.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s By-Laws provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it
exists or may in the future be amended, the Registrant will indemnify and hold harmless any officer
or director who is or was made a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
Registrant or a director or officer of a predecessor corporation of the Registrant, and may
indemnify any employee or agent of the Registrant and any person serving at the request of the
Registrant as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, or other enterprise. The Registrant&#146;s By-Laws also state that such indemnification
is not exclusive of any other rights of the indemnified party, including rights under any
indemnification agreements, insurance policy, vote of the directors or stockholders of the
Registrant, or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted
against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, arising out of such person&#146;s
status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such
person under Section&nbsp;145.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to an employment agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;29, 1998, between the Registrant and
Norman J. Pattiz, as amended on October&nbsp;27, 2003, November&nbsp;28, 2005 and January&nbsp;8, 2008, the
Registrant will indemnify Mr.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pattiz to the fullest extent provided by Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL and Article&nbsp;V of the Registrant&#146;s
By-Laws, as well as for expenses in any proceeding involving the Registrant (whether or not brought
by or in the Registrant&#146;s name) subject to certain conditions and limitations depending on the
circumstances of the proceeding and the conduct of Mr.&nbsp;Pattiz. In addition, Mr.&nbsp;Pattiz is entitled
to be advanced expenses in connection with any such proceeding upon his request, subject to certain
conditions.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="85%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Instruments Defining Rights of Stockholders. Description of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock set forth in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated December&nbsp;11, 1998, is
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and consent of David Hillman, Esq.*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;8, 2008,
by and between Westwood One, Inc. and Thomas F.X. Beusse, filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 on the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;10, 2008 and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of David Hillman, Esq. (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><I>Provided, however, </I>that (A)&nbsp;paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement; and (B)&nbsp;paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii)
do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on this 14<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day
of March, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>WESTWOOD ONE, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ David Hillman, Esq.
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">David Hillman, Esq.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Administrative Officer; EVP,<BR>
Business Affairs; General Counsel and<BR>
Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitute and appoint, David Hillman, Esq., such person&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in such person&#146;s name, place and
stead, in the capacities indicated below, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Westwood
One, Inc. and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file or
cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might, or could,
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Norman J. Pattiz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Norman J. Pattiz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Thomas F.X. Beusse
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas F.X. Beusse</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and President<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gary Yusko
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary Yusko</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Albert Carnesale
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Albert Carnesale</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 10, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ David L. Dennis
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David L. Dennis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gerald Greenberg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gerald Greenberg</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 9, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Grant F. Little, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Grant F. Little, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ H. Melvin Ming
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
H. Melvin Ming</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Joseph B. Smith
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph B. Smith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 14, 2008</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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Registrant&#146;s common stock set forth in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated December&nbsp;11, 1998, is
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;8, 2008,
by and between Westwood One, Inc. and Thomas F.X. Beusse, filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 on the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;10, 2008 and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
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S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2008
Registration No. 333-
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WESTWOOD ONE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
95-3980449
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
40 West 57
th
Street, 5
th
Floor
New York, New York
10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement for Thomas F.X. Beusse
(Full Title of the Plan)
David Hillman, Esq.
Copy to:
Chief Administrative Officer; EVP, Business Affairs;
Andrea S. Rattner, Esq.
General Counsel and Secretary
Proskauer Rose LLP
Westwood One, Inc.
1585 Broadway
40 West 57
th
Street, 5
th
Floor
New York, New York 10036
New York, New York 10019
(212) 969-3000
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(212) 641-2000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For
Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
o
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount
Title Of Each Class Of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Of
To Be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
500,000
$
1.56
(2)
$
780,000
(2)
$
30.65
(1)
This Registration Statement covers 500,000 shares available for issuance under the
Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January 8, 2008, by and between the Registrant
and Thomas F.X. Beusse. This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock that become issuable under such agreement, by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number
of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Registrant.
(2)
Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of
common stock of the Registrant on March 10, 2008, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5: OPINION AND CONSENT OF DAVID HILLMAN, ESQ.
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 and the statement of
availability of information required by Item 2 of Form S-8 and information relating to the
Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January 8, 2008, by and between the Westwood One,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), and Thomas F.X. Beusse and other
information required by Item 2 of Form S-8 have previously been, or will be, sent or given to
Thomas F.X. Beusse as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Such
documents are not required to be and are not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated by reference
herein:
(a)
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed
with the Commission on March 14, 2008;
(b)
the Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008; January 15,
2008; February 27, 2008; February 29, 2008; March 5, 2008, March 6, 2008 and March 12, 2008;
and
(d)
the description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, dated December 11, 1998.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. In no event, however, will any information that the Registrant discloses
under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Registrant may from time to
time furnish to the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of,
this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL") provides that a Delaware
corporation may indemnify any person who is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by
reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation
or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorney's fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests except that no indemnification is permitted
without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a
present or former officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of
any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses
(including attorneys' fees) which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
Section 145 further provides that the indemnification provisions of Section 145 shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under
any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to
action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office. The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision eliminating the
liability of a director to the Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of
fiduciary duty as a director. However, neither the DGCL nor the Registrant's Certificate of
Incorporation currently allows such provision to limit the liability of a director for: (i) any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; (ii) acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(iii) payment of dividends, stock purchases or redemptions that violate the DGCL; or (iv) any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Such limitation of
liability also does not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or
rescission.
The Registrant's By-Laws provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it
exists or may in the future be amended, the Registrant will indemnify and hold harmless any officer
or director who is or was made a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
Registrant or a director or officer of a predecessor corporation of the Registrant, and may
indemnify any employee or agent of the Registrant and any person serving at the request of the
Registrant as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, or other enterprise. The Registrant's By-Laws also state that such indemnification
is not exclusive of any other rights of the indemnified party, including rights under any
indemnification agreements, insurance policy, vote of the directors or stockholders of the
Registrant, or otherwise.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted
against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, arising out of such person's
status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such
person under Section 145.
Pursuant to an employment agreement, dated as of April 29, 1998, between the Registrant and
Norman J. Pattiz, as amended on October 27, 2003, November 28, 2005 and January 8, 2008, the
Registrant will indemnify Mr.
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Pattiz to the fullest extent provided by Section 145 of the DGCL and Article V of the Registrant's
By-Laws, as well as for expenses in any proceeding involving the Registrant (whether or not brought
by or in the Registrant's name) subject to certain conditions and limitations depending on the
circumstances of the proceeding and the conduct of Mr. Pattiz. In addition, Mr. Pattiz is entitled
to be advanced expenses in connection with any such proceeding upon his request, subject to certain
conditions.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Instruments Defining Rights of Stockholders. Description of the
Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated December 11, 1998, is
incorporated herein by reference.
5
Opinion and consent of David Hillman, Esq.*
10
Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January 8, 2008,
by and between Westwood One, Inc. and Thomas F.X. Beusse, filed
as Exhibit 10.3 on the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008 and incorporated
herein by reference.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
23.2
Consent of David Hillman, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto).*
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*
*
Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)     to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)     to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective Registration Statement;
(iii)     to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
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Provided, however,
that (A) paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement; and (B) paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii)
do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement.
(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(h)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on this 14
th
day
of March, 2008.
WESTWOOD ONE, INC.
By:
/s/ David Hillman, Esq.
Name:
David Hillman, Esq.
Title:
Chief Administrative Officer; EVP,
Business Affairs; General Counsel and
Secretary
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitute and appoint, David Hillman, Esq., such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in such person's name, place and
stead, in the capacities indicated below, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Westwood
One, Inc. and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file or
cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might, or could,
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Norman J. Pattiz
Norman J. Pattiz
Chairman of the Board
March 14, 2008
/s/ Thomas F.X. Beusse
Thomas F.X. Beusse
Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 14, 2008
/s/ Gary Yusko
Gary Yusko
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 14, 2008
/s/ Albert Carnesale
Albert Carnesale
Director
March 10, 2008
/s/ David L. Dennis
David L. Dennis
Director
March 14, 2008
/s/ Gerald Greenberg
Gerald Greenberg
Director
March 9, 2008
/s/ Grant F. Little, III
Grant F. Little, III
Director
March 14, 2008
/s/ H. Melvin Ming
H. Melvin Ming
Director
March 14, 2008
/s/ Joseph B. Smith
Joseph B. Smith
Director
March 14, 2008
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Instruments Defining Rights of Stockholders. Description of the
Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated December 11, 1998, is
incorporated herein by reference.
5
Opinion and consent of David Hillman, Esq.*
10
Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January 8, 2008,
by and between Westwood One, Inc. and Thomas F.X. Beusse, filed
as Exhibit 10.3 on the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008 and incorporated
herein by reference.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*
23.2
Consent of David Hillman, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto).*
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*
*
Filed herewith