LAMAR MEDIA CORP.
                            5551 CORPORATE BOULEVARD
                              BATON ROUGE, LA 70808

      LAMAR MEDIA CORP. TO OFFER $260 MILLION IN SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES

Baton Rouge, LA - Friday, December 13, 2002 - Lamar Media Corp., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR), today announced that it
intends to offer $260 million in senior subordinated notes in a private
placement, subject to market and other conditions. The net proceeds of the
offering will be used, together with available cash, to redeem all of the
outstanding $255 million principal amount of Lamar Media's 9 5/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2006.

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy any of
the notes.

The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any state securities laws, are being offered only to qualified institutional
buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside of the
United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. Unless
so registered, the notes may not be sold in the United States except pursuant to
an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws.

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding Lamar Media's
ability to complete the offering and redeem its 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2006. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Among important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements are
uncertainties relating to market conditions for corporate debt securities in
general and our notes in particular.