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April 25, 2013

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Mr. Larry Spirgel

Re:		Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
		Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2012
		Filed February 19, 2013
		File No. 1-32663

Dear Mr. Spirgel:

This letter is in response to the Staff’s comments to the Company by its letter dated April 15, 2013 relating to the above-referenced Form 10-K. Our responses are referenced to the applicable Staff comment and the paragraph numbering used for each response set forth below corresponds to the paragraph numbering used in the Staff’s comment letter.

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 28

Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 38

1. Since your foreign operations are significant, please address the following in future filings:

●	Disclose the amount of foreign cash and cash equivalents as compared to your total amount of cash and cash equivalents as of year-end;

●	Quantify the amount of cash held in foreign countries where the funds are not readily convertible into other foreign currencies, including U.S. dollars. Please also explain the implications of any such restrictions upon your liquidity; and

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Discuss the fact that if the foreign cash and cash equivalents are needed for your operations in the U.S., you would be required to accrue and pay U.S. taxes to repatriate these funds. Disclose if it is your intent is to permanently reinvest these foreign amounts outside the U.S. and whether your current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate the foreign amounts to fund your U.S. operations.

Refer to Item 303(a)(1) of Regulation S-K, SEC Release 33-8350 Section IV and Financial Reporting Codification 501.06.a.

As of December 31, 2012, we had $562 million of cash on our balance sheet including $359.4 million in cash held outside the U.S. by our subsidiaries, all of which is readily convertible into other foreign currencies including the U.S. dollar. In our future filings, we will expand our disclosure to include comparable information regarding our cash held outside of the U.S.

We intend to include the following disclosure under the heading “Anticipated Cash Requirements” in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013:

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Our primary source of liquidity is cash on hand, cash flow from operations and the revolving promissory note with Clear Channel Communications. Based on our current and anticipated levels of operations and conditions in our markets, we believe that cash on hand, cash flows from operations and borrowing capacity under or repayment of amounts outstanding under the revolving promissory note with Clear Channel Communications will enable us to meet our working capital, capital expenditure, debt service and other funding requirements, including the debt service on the CCWH Senior Notes and the CCWH Subordinated Notes, for at least the next 12 months. In addition, we were in compliance with the covenants contained in our material financing agreements as of March 31, 2013. We believe our long-term plans, which include promoting outdoor media spending and capitalizing on our diverse geographic and product opportunities, including the continued deployment of digital displays, will enable us to continue generating cash flows from operations sufficient to meet our liquidity and funding requirements long term. However, our anticipated results are subject to significant uncertainty and there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain compliance with these covenants. In addition, our ability to comply with these covenants may be affected by events beyond our control, including prevailing economic, financial and industry conditions. At March 31, 2013, we had $547.3 million of cash on our balance sheet, with $335.4 million in consolidated cash balances held outside the U.S. by our subsidiaries, all of which is readily convertible into other foreign currencies including the U.S. dollar. We disclose in Item 8 of our Form 10-K within Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, that our policy is to permanently reinvest the earnings of our non-U.S. subsidiaries as these earnings are generally redeployed in those jurisdictions for operating needs and continued functioning of their businesses. We have the ability and intent to indefinitely reinvest the undistributed earnings of consolidated subsidiaries based outside of the United States. If any excess cash held by our foreign subsidiaries were needed to fund operations in the United States, we could presently repatriate available funds without a requirement to accrue or pay U.S. taxes. This is a result of significant current and historic deficits in our foreign earnings and profits, which gives us flexibility to make future cash distributions as non-taxable returns of capital.

2.	Please reconcile consolidated EBITDA as defined in your debt agreements to the most comparable GAAP liquidity measure, cash flows from operating activities.

In our future filings, we will reconcile EBITDA as defined in our debt agreements to cash flows from operating activities.

We intend to include the following disclosure under the heading “Sources of Capital—Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Senior Notes” in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013:

Consolidated leverage ratio, defined as total debt divided by EBITDA for the preceding four quarters was 6.3:1 at March 31, 2013, and senior leverage ratio, defined as senior debt divided by EBITDA for the preceding four quarters was 3.5:1 at March 31, 2013. As required by the CCWH Senior Notes indentures, our EBITDA for the preceding four quarters of $788.9 million is calculated as operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization, impairment charges and other operating income (expense), net, plus share-based compensation, and is further adjusted for the following: (i) costs incurred in connection with severance, the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, retention charges, consulting fees and other permitted activities; (ii) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses or expenses; (iii) non-cash charges; and (iv) various other items.

The following table reflects a reconciliation of EBITDA to operating income and net cash provided by operating activities for the four quarters ended March 31, 2013:

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	Four Quarters Ended
(In Millions)	March 31, 2013
EBITDA	$	788.9
Less adjustments to EBITDA:
Cost incurred in connection with severance, the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, retention charges, consulting fees, and other permitted activities		(49.2	)
Extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses or expenses (as referenced in the definition of EBITDA in the CCWH Senior Notes indentures)		(41.8	)
Non-cash charges		(11.2	)
Other items		(7.8	)
Less: Depreciation and amortization, Impairment charges, Other operating income (expense), net, and Share-based compensation expense		(404.9	)
Operating income		274.0
Plus: Depreciation and amortization, Impairment charges, Other operating income (expense), net, and Share-based compensation expense		404.9
Less: Interest expense		(394.1	)
Plus: Interest income on Due from Clear Channel Communications		59.7
Less: Current income tax benefit		(68.1	)
Plus: Other income (expense), net		(0.8	)
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net loss to net cash provided by operating activities (including Provision for doubtful accounts, Amortization of deferred financing charges and note discounts, net and Other reconciling items, net)		19.4
Change in assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired and liabilities assumed		(2.0	)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	293.0

Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies, page 97

With regard to your Los Angeles Litigation, if there is at least a reasonable possibility that a loss exceeding amounts already recognized may have been incurred, in your next periodic filing, please either disclose an estimate (or, if true, state that the estimate is immaterial in lieu of providing quantified amounts) of the additional loss or range of loss, or state that such an estimate cannot be made. Please refer to ASC 450-20-50.

If you conclude that you cannot estimate the reasonably possible additional loss or range of loss, please supplementally: (1) explain to us the procedures you undertake on a quarterly basis to attempt to develop a range of reasonably possible loss for disclosure and (2) for each material matter, what specific factors are causing the inability to estimate and when you expect those factors to be alleviated. We recognize that there are a number of uncertainties and potential outcomes associated with loss contingencies. Nonetheless, an effort should be made to develop estimates for purposes of disclosure, including determining which of the potential outcomes are reasonably possible and what the reasonably possible range of losses would be for those reasonably possible outcomes.

You may provide your disclosures on an aggregated basis. Please include your proposed disclosures in your response.

With regard to the Los Angeles Litigation referenced in our Form 10-K, the plaintiff challenged the validity of a Stipulated Judgment that was entered into in November 2006 with respect to certain digital displays. However, the plaintiff did not seek any monetary damages. If the plaintiff makes a monetary demand, we will determine the likelihood of loss and, if appropriate, determine whether we can reasonably estimate the amount of such loss.

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In connection with responding to the Staff's comments, the Company acknowledges that:

●	the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;

●	Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and

●	the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

If you have any questions regarding these responses, please contact Scott Hamilton or Tom Casey at (210) 832-3700.

	Very truly yours,

	/s/ Scott D. Hamilton
	Scott D. Hamilton
	Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary