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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 indicated.

	Year Ended December 31,												Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007		2008		2009(2)			2010			2011		2011(2)			2012(2)
(dollars in thousands)													(unaudited)
Net income (loss)	$	45,551	$	10,360	$	(55,823	)	$	(40,198	)	$	8,612	$	(13,164	)	$	(22,825	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		37,283		14,487		(36,146	)		(23,213	)		6,919		(4,745	)		(21,117	)
Fixed charges		224,932		230,078		263,011			253,569			239,477		60,992			57,529
Earnings		307,766		254,925		171,042			190,158			255,008		43,083			13,587
Interest expense, net		158,609		156,716		191,455			185,517			170,524		43,588			39,856
Rent under leases representative of an interest factor ( 1/3)		66,323		73,362		71,556			68,052			68,953		17,404			17,673
Preferred dividends		0		0		0			0			0		0			0
Fixed Charges		224,932		230,078		263,011			253,569			239,477		60,992			57,529
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		1.4x		1.1x		0.7x			0.7x			1.1x		0.7 x			0.2x

(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, 2010 and 2009 and the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $63.4 million and $92.0 million and $43.9 million and $17.9 million, respectively.