EXHIBIT 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 0F THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


     In connection  with the Annual Report of Westwood One, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form  10-K  for the  period  ending  December  31,  2004 as  filed  with  the
Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Report"),  I, Shane  Coppola,  Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, certify that to my knowledge:

     1.   the Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2.   the  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


/S/ SHANE COPPOLA
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Shane Coppola
March 15,  2005

This statement is being  furnished to the Securities and Exchange  Commission as
an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.