EXHIBIT 32.a

                            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  Quarterly  Report  of  Westwood  One,  Inc.  (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ending March 31, 2005 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
May 10, 2005

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

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