EXHIBIT 99.1

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

       LAMAR MEDIA CORP. PRICES $125 MILLION IN SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES

Baton Rouge, LA - Friday, May 30, 2003 - Lamar Media Corp., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR), announced that it has
agreed to sell an aggregate principal amount of $125 million of 7 1/4% senior
subordinated notes due 2013 in an institutional private placement, as previously
announced. The issue price is 103.661% to yield 6 5/8%, resulting in net
proceeds of approximately $127.7 million. The notes will have the same terms and
conditions as the 7 1/4% senior subordinated notes due 2013 issued by Lamar
Media in December 2002. The net proceeds of the offering will be used to redeem
$100 million of the outstanding $199 million principal amount of Lamar Media's 8
5/8% senior subordinated notes due 2007 and to prepay a portion of outstanding
loans under the Company's credit facility. The closing of the offering is
expected in mid June and is subject to customary terms and conditions. On May
29, 2003, Lamar Media called for redemption on June 28, 2003 $100 million
principal amount of the outstanding 8 5/8% notes at the mandatory call price of
104.313% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.

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, and 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.

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