Exhibit 12.1

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES(1)

The following table sets forth Lamar Advertising’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated.

	YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,															SEPTEMBER 30,
(dollars in thousands)	2003			2004			2005			2006			2007			2008			2007
Net income (loss)		(39,755	)		13,155			41,779			43,899			46,217			16,560			41,744
Income tax (benefit) expense		(23,573	)		11,305			31,899			34,227			37,185			22,876			33,620
Fixed charges		142,545			127,933			147,069			173,889			226,537			173,156			166,455
Earnings		79,217			152,393			220,747			252,015			309,939			212,592			241,819
Interest expense, Net		93,285			75,584			89,160			111,644			159,849			118,556			116,628
Rents under leases representative of an interest factor (1/3)		48,895			51,984			57,544			61,880			66,323			54,327			49,554
Preferred dividends		365			365			365			365			365			273			273
Fixed Charges		142,545			127,933			147,069			173,889			226,537			173,156			166,455
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(2)		0.6	x		1.2	x		1.5	x		1.5	x		1.4	x		1.2	x		1.5	x

(1)

The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is defined as earnings divided by fixed charges. For purposes of this ratio, earnings is defined as net income (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and fixed charges. Fixed charges is defined as the sum of interest expense, preferred stock dividends and the component of rental expense that we believe to be representative of the interest factor for those amounts.

(2)

For the year ended December 31, 2003 earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $63.3 million.