<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
The  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information   extracted  from  the
consolidated  financial  statements  of the  Comapany  for the fiscal year ended
December  31,  1998,  and for the three and six months  ended June 30,  1998 and
1999,  and  is  qualified  in  its  entirety  by  reference  to  such  financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Radio One, Inc.
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