Exhibit 12(a)

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES(1)

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

																Twelve
																Months
											Six Months					Ended
	Year Ended December 31,										Ended June 30,					June 30,
(dollars in thousands)	2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2008		2009(2)			2009
Net income (loss)	$	24,219	$	47,470	$	45,232	$	47,001	$	11,037	$	13,557	$	(31,930	)	$	(34,450	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		11,764		35,488		35,753		38,198		14,914		12,330		(16,946	)		(14,362	)
Fixed charges		116,409		137,889		171,686		224,932		230,078		114,073		124,398			240,403
Earnings		152,392		220,847		252,671		310,131		256,029		139,960		75,522			191,591
Interest expense, net		64,425		80,345		109,806		158,609		156,716		78,633		87,899			165,982
Rent under leases representative of an interest factor (1/3)		51,984		57,544		61,880		66,323		73,362		35,440		36,499			74,421
Preferred dividends		0		0		0		0		0		0		0			0
Fixed Charges		116,409		137,889		171,686		224,932		230,078		114,073		124,398			240,403
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		1.3x		1.6x		1.5x		1.4x		1.1x		1.2x		0.6x			0.8x

(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 expenses, 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 six and twelve months ended June 30, 2009, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $48.9 million and $48.8 million, respectively.