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     Spectra Site
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CONTACT:    Investor Relations Department
            919-466-5492
            INVESTORRELATIONS@SPECTRASITE.COM

         SPECTRASITE ANNOUNCES $150 MILLION ACCELERATED STOCK BUYBACK;
          BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZES INCREASING SHARE REPURCHASE
                           PROGRAM TO $300 MILLION

CARY, NC, NOVEMBER 22, 2004 - SpectraSite, Inc. (NYSE: SSI), one of the
largest wireless tower operators in the United States, announced today that it
has repurchased $150 million of its outstanding common stock under an
accelerated stock buyback agreement ("ASB"). Separately, the Company's Board
of Directors increased the Company's $175 million share repurchase program to
$300 million.

The shares were repurchased from Goldman, Sachs & Co. in a private ASB
transaction. The ASB allows SpectraSite to repurchase and immediately reduce
its outstanding common stock by approximately 2.7 million shares. The shares
were repurchased using cash on hand and borrowings under SpectraSite
Communications' $900 million senior credit facility. The repurchased shares
are subject to a market price adjustment provision which may require a payment
to be made by SpectraSite or to SpectraSite based on the volume weighted
average market trading price of the Company's shares over an agreed upon
period of time.

SpectraSite's Board of Directors also increased the Company's $175 million
share repurchase program to $300 million. The Company intends to utilize the
increased authorization to repurchase shares opportunistically as a method of
returning value to its shareholders. The share repurchase program is subject
to prevailing market conditions and other considerations.

Since the initiation of its share repurchase program in August, 2004, after
giving effect to the ASB, SpectraSite has repurchased more than 3.5 million
shares of common stock for approximately $192 million.

ABOUT SPECTRASITE, INC.

SpectraSite, Inc. (www.spectrasite.com), based in Cary, North Carolina, is one
of the largest wireless tower operators in the United States. At September 30,
2004, SpectraSite owned or operated approximately 10,000 revenue producing
sites, including 7,802 towers and in-building systems primarily in the top 100
markets in the United States. SpectraSite's customers are leading wireless
communications providers, including AT&T Wireless, Cingular, Nextel, Sprint
PCS, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless.

SAFE HARBOR

This press release and oral statements made from time to time by
representatives of the Company may contain "forward-looking statements"
concerning the Company's financial and operating outlook, plans and
strategies, its share repurchase program and the trading markets for its
securities. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks
and uncertainties. The Company wishes to caution readers that certain factors
may impact the Company's actual results and could cause results for subsequent
periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking
statements made by or on behalf of the Company. Such factors include, but are
not limited to (i) market conditions, (ii) the Company's substantial capital
requirements and debt, (iii) the Company's



dependence on demand for wireless communications and related infrastructure,
(iv) competition in the communications tower industry, including the impact of
technological developments, (v) consolidation in the wireless industry, (vi)
future regulatory actions, (vii) conditions in its operating areas and (viii)
management's estimates and assumptions included in the Company's 2005 outlook.
These and other important factors are described in more detail in the "Risk
Factors" and the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations" sections of the Company's SEC filings and public
announcements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

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