Exhibit 12(b)

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.

	YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
(dollars in thousands)	2003			2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Net (loss) income	$	(22,168	)	$	24,219	$	47,470	$	45,232	$	47,001		11,037
Income tax (benefit) expense		(12,338	)		11,764		35,488		35,753		38,198		14,914
Fixed charges		126,245			116,409		137,889		171,686		224,932		230,078
Earnings		91,739			152,392		220,847		252,671		310,131		256,029
Interest expense, net		77,350			64,425		80,345		109,806		158,609		156,716
Rent under leases representative of an interest factor		48,895			51,984		57,544		61,880		66,323		73,362
Preferred dividends		0			0		0		0		0		0
Fixed charges		126,245			116,409		137,889		171,686		224,932		230,078
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(2)		0.7x			1.3x		1.6x		1.5x		1.4x		1.1x

(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 year ended December 31, 2003, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $34.5 million.