EX-23.1 6 d13209exv23w1.htm CONSENT OF KPMG LLP exv23w1
 

EXHIBIT 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Lamar Advertising Company:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements of Lamar Advertising Company and Lamar Media Corp. on Forms S-8 (Nos. 333-89034, 333-10337, 333-79571, 333-37858 and 333-34840), S-3 (No. 333-108688) and S-4 (No. 333-108689) of (a) our report dated February 9, 2004, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Lamar Advertising Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, and the related financial statement schedule, and (b) our report dated February 9, 2004, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Lamar Media Corp. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholder’s equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, and the related financial schedule statement, which reports appear in the December 31, 2003, annual report on Form 10-K of Lamar Advertising Company.

Our reports refer to (a) the adoption of the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 141, “Business Combinations”, and certain provisions of SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”, as required for goodwill and intangible assets resulting from business combinations consummated after June 30, 2001 and the full adoption of the provisions of SFAS No. 142 on January 1, 2002, and (b) the adoption of the provisions of SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Assets Retirement Obligations” on January 1, 2003.

/s/ KPMG LLP


KPMG LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana
March 8, 2004