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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 10-Q

(MARK ONE)

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   /X/     QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                      FOR THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2000

                                       OR

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   / /     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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        FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ______________ TO ______________

                        COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 001-13715

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                              BIG CITY RADIO, INC.

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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                  DELAWARE                                      13-3790661
        (State or other jurisdiction                         (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation or organization)                   Identification Number)
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                  11 SKYLINE DRIVE, HAWTHORNE, NEW YORK 10532
             (Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
                                 (914) 592-1071
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES /X/  NO / /

    The number of shares of the registrant's Class A Common Stock and Class B
Common Stock outstanding as of May 4, 2000 was 6,224,817 and 8,250,458,
respectively.

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                              BIG CITY RADIO, INC.

                         PART 1--FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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Item 1.  Financial Statements

         Consolidated Balance Sheets.................................              2

         Consolidated Statements of Operations.......................              3

         Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity
         (Deficiency)................................................              4

         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.......................              5

         Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements..................            6-8

Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
         Condition and Results of Operations.........................           9-14

                             PART II--OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings...........................................             15

Item 2.  Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds...................             15

Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities.............................             15

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.........             15

Item 5.  Other Information...........................................             15

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K............................             15

Signatures...........................................................             16
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ITEM. 1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                              BIG CITY RADIO, INC.
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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                                                               MARCH 31,     DECEMBER 31,
                                                                  2000           1999
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                                                              (UNAUDITED)     (AUDITED)
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                                         ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents.................................  $  1,169,000   $  2,431,000
  Cash held in escrow.......................................            --        275,000
  Cash held in investment, restricted.......................     1,628,000      1,934,000
  Marketable securities, available for sale.................     7,356,000      7,859,000
  Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $179,000 and
    $235,000 in 2000 and 1999, respectively.................     4,099,000      6,090,000
  Interest receivable.......................................       209,000        526,000
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets.................       932,000        920,000
                                                              ------------   ------------
      Total current assets..................................    15,393,000     20,035,000
Property and equipment, net.................................     7,008,000      7,145,000
Intangibles, net............................................   113,043,000    113,873,000
Deferred financing fees, net................................     3,236,000      3,399,000
Other assets................................................        60,000         59,000
                                                              ------------   ------------
      Total assets..........................................  $138,740,000   $144,511,000
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                    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable..........................................  $    677,000   $    822,000
  Accrued expenses..........................................     2,288,000      3,146,000
  Promissory notes..........................................       587,000        881,000
  Other current liabilities.................................        88,000         93,000
                                                              ------------   ------------
      Total current liabilities.............................     3,640,000      4,942,000
                                                              ------------   ------------
Senior discount notes.......................................   156,782,000    152,596,000
Other long term liabilities.................................       501,000        498,000
Deferred income tax liabilities.............................     2,410,000      2,410,000
Stockholders' equity (deficiency):
  Preferred stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 20,000,000
    shares zero shares issued and outstanding in 2000 and
    1999....................................................            --             --
  Common stock, Class A, $.01 par value. Authorized
    80,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 6,218,817
    shares in 2000 and 1999.................................        62,000         62,000
  Common stock, Class B, $.01 par value. Authorized
    20,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 8,250,458
    shares in 2000 and 1999.................................        83,000         83,000
  Additional paid-in capital................................    29,458,000     29,458,000
  Other comprehensive loss..................................      (151,000)      (149,000)
  Accumulated deficit.......................................   (54,045,000)   (45,389,000)
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  Net stockholders' equity (deficiency).....................   (24,593,000)   (15,935,000)
                                                              ------------   ------------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficiency).....  $138,740,000   $144,511,000
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          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                              BIG CITY RADIO, INC.

                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                   THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1999 AND 2000

                                  (UNAUDITED)

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Gross revenues..............................................  $ 5,259,000   $ 3,754,000
  Less: commissions and fees................................      613,000       393,000
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    Net revenues............................................    4,646,000     3,361,000
Operating expenses:
  Operating expenses:
    Radio stations..........................................    6,111,000     5,251,000
    Internet operations.....................................      231,000            --
  Corporate, general and administrative expenses............      866,000       833,000
  Cost of abandonment of station acquisition agreement......      550,000            --
  Depreciation and amortization.............................    1,212,000       835,000
                                                              -----------   -----------
    Total operating expenses................................    8,970,000     6,919,000
                                                              -----------   -----------
      Operating loss........................................   (4,324,000)   (3,558,000)
Other income (expenses):
  Gain on sale of station...................................           --       663,000
  Interest income...........................................       98,000       772,000
  Interest expense..........................................   (4,369,000)   (3,920,000)
  Other, net................................................      (61,000)     (172,000)
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    Total other income (expenses)...........................   (4,332,000)   (2,657,000)
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Loss before income taxes....................................   (8,656,000)   (6,215,000)
Income tax benefit, net.....................................           --            --
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  Net Loss..................................................  $(8,656,000)  $(6,215,000)
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Basic and diluted loss per share:
  Net loss..................................................  $     (0.60)  $     (0.44)
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Weighted average shares outstanding.........................   14,469,275    14,069,275
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          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                              BIG CITY RADIO, INC.

          CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)

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                                COMMON STOCK        ADDITIONAL        OTHER
                            ---------------------     PAID-IN     COMPREHENSIVE   ACCUMULATED
                              SHARES      AMOUNT      CAPITAL         LOSS          DEFICIT         TOTAL
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Balance at December 31,
  1999 (Audited)..........  14,469,275   $145,000   $29,458,000     $(149,000)    $(45,389,000)  $(15,935,000)
Unrealized loss on
  marketable securities...          --         --            --        (2,000)              --         (2,000)
Net loss..................          --         --            --            --       (8,656,000)    (8,656,000)
                            ----------   --------   -----------     ---------     ------------   ------------
Balance at March 31, 2000
  (Unaudited).............  14,469,275   $145,000   $29,458,000     $(151,000)    $(54,045,000)  $(24,593,000)
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          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                              BIG CITY RADIO, INC.

                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                   THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1999 AND 2000

                                  (UNAUDITED)

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Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net loss..................................................  $(8,656,000)  $ (6,215,000)
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
    operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization...........................    1,212,000        835,000
    Non cash interest.......................................    4,349,000      3,874,000
    Gain on sale of station.................................           --       (663,000)
    Employment stock incentives.............................           --         31,000
    Change in operating assets and liabilities
      (Increase) decrease in assets:
        Accounts receivable.................................    1,991,000        594,000
        Interest receivable.................................      317,000      1,293,000
        Prepaid expenses and other current assets...........      (12,000)      (285,000)
        Other assets........................................       (1,000)       (39,000)
      Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
        Accounts payable....................................     (145,000)       164,000
        Accrued expenses....................................     (858,000)       261,000
        Other liabilities...................................       (2,000)       (17,000)
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          Net cash used in operating activities.............   (1,805,000)      (167,000)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
  Purchase of property and equipment........................     (245,000)      (901,000)
  Purchase of marketable securities.........................           --    (27,509,000)
  Sales of marketable securities............................      501,000     34,204,000
  Cash paid and advanced for assets of radio stations
    acquired................................................           --     (4,458,000)
  Cash held in restricted investment........................      581,000     (1,050,000)
  Cash received for radio station sold......................           --      1,195,000
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          Net cash provided by investing activities.........      837,000      1,481,000
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Cash flows from financing activities:
  Repayment of promissory notes.............................     (294,000)      (294,000)
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          Net cash used in financing activities.............     (294,000)      (294,000)
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          Change in cash and cash equivalents...............   (1,262,000)     1,020,000
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period............    2,431,000      5,285,000
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period..................  $ 1,169,000   $  6,305,000
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          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                              BIG CITY RADIO, INC.

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

    The Company owns and operates radio stations in four of the largest radio
markets in the United States. The Company's radio broadcast properties are
located in or adjacent to major metropolitan markets and utilize innovative
engineering techniques and low-cost, ratings-driven operating strategies to
develop these properties into successful metropolitan radio stations.

    The Company also owns Hispanic Internet Holdings, Inc. which owns
TodoAhora.com, a bilingual Internet portal, which delivers a full range of
Internet programming to the Hispanic community including news, entertainment,
finance, culture and e-commerce opportunities.

    The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
Big City Radio, Inc. and all its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

    The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

    The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements have been
prepared without audit pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally
included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and
regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are
adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and related footnotes included in the Company's Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999 (the "1999 Form 10-K"). In the opinion of
management all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments,
necessary to present fairly in all material respects the financial position of
the Company as of March 31, 2000 and the results of its operations and its cash
flows for the three months ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, have been included.
The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative
of the results which may be realized for the full year.

2. EARNINGS PER SHARE

    Basic earnings per share excludes all dilutive securities. It is based upon
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.
Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that would occur if
securities to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock.
In calculating diluted earnings per share, no potential shares of common stock
are included in the computation when a loss from continuing operations available
to common stockholders exists. For the three months ended March 31, 2000 and
1999 the Company had losses from continuing operations.

3. SENIOR DISCOUNT NOTES

    OFFERING OF SENIOR DISCOUNT NOTES

    The Company completed a private placement of $174.0 million aggregate
principal amount, at maturity, 11 1/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2005 (the
"Notes") on March 17, 1998 (the "Notes Offering"), generating approximately
$125.4 million of gross proceeds for the Company of which the Company used
approximately $32.8 million to repay outstanding indebtedness under its Old
Credit Facility. The Company has used the proceeds of the Notes Offering to
finance the acquisition costs of radio station properties and

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                              BIG CITY RADIO, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

3. SENIOR DISCOUNT NOTES (CONTINUED)
intends to use the remaining proceeds for general working capital purposes. (See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources").

    SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

    Pursuant to the terms of the indenture relating to the Notes due 2005 (the
"Indenture"), the direct subsidiaries of Big City Radio, Inc.--consisting of
Odyssey Traveling Billboards, Inc., Big City Radio-NYC, L.L.C., Big City
Radio-LA, L.L.C., Big City Radio-CHI, L.L.C., and Big City Radio-Phoenix, L.L.C.
(collectively, the "Subsidiary Guarantors")--have, jointly and severally, fully
and unconditionally guaranteed the obligations of Big City Radio, Inc. with
respect to the Notes.

    All of the then existing Subsidiary Guarantors except Odyssey Traveling
Billboards, Inc. (the "Station Subsidiaries"), were created in December 1997 as
special purpose Delaware limited liability companies formed at the request of
the lenders under the Credit Facility for the sole purpose of holding the
Company's Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") radio licenses. Big City
Radio-Phoenix, L.L.C. was created in December 1998 upon signing the intent to
purchase the broadcast radio properties in Phoenix. The operating agreements for
the Station Subsidiaries limit the activities of these companies to owning the
FCC radio licenses. Odyssey Traveling Billboards, Inc. owns and operates certain
vehicles used to advertise for the Company's radio stations. Because the Station
Subsidiaries have entered into assignment and use agreements with the Company
whereby the Company manages and directs the day-to-day operations of the radio
stations, pays all expenses and capital costs incurred in operating the radio
stations, and retains all advertising and other receipts collected in operating
the radio stations, the Station Subsidiaries have no income or expenses other
than the amortization of the FCC licenses. Odyssey Travelling Billboards, Inc.
is similarly a special purpose corporation with no income and only expenses.

    The covenants in the Notes, the Indenture and the Revolving Credit Facility
do not restrict the ability of the Station Subsidiaries to make cash
distributions to the Company.

    Accordingly, set forth below is certain summarized financial information
(within the meaning of Section 1-02(bb) of Regulation S-X) for the Subsidiary
Guarantors, as of March 31, 2000 and December 31, 1999 and for the three months
ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 on an as if pooling basis given the common control
relationship of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

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Current assets.........................................             --                --
Noncurrent assets......................................   $111,581,000      $112,331,000
Current liabilities....................................             --                --
Noncurrent liabilities.................................             --                --
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                                                  THREE MONTHS ENDED,   THREE MONTHS ENDED,
                                                    MARCH 31, 2000        MARCH 31, 1999
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Net sales.......................................              --                    --
Costs and expenses..............................              --                    --
Depreciation and amortization...................       $ 750,000             $ 542,000
Net loss........................................       $(750,000)            $(542,000)
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                              BIG CITY RADIO, INC.

             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

3. SENIOR DISCOUNT NOTES (CONTINUED)
    The summarized financial information for the Subsidiary Guarantors has been
prepared from the books and records maintained by the Subsidiary Guarantors and
the Company. The summarized financial information may not necessarily be
indicative of the results of operations or financial position had the Subsidiary
Guarantors operated as independent entities.

4. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

    On April 12, 2000, the Company sold the operating assets of radio station
WLBK-AM, DeKalb, Illinois to WPW Broadcasting, Inc. for a selling price of
$400,000. No gain or loss was recorded on this transaction.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
        OF OPERATIONS

    Certain statements set forth below under this caption constitute
"Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). See "Special Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements".

GENERAL

    The Company owns and operates radio stations in four of the largest radio
markets in the United States. The Company's radio broadcast properties are
located in or adjacent to major metropolitan markets and utilize innovative
engineering techniques and low-cost, ratings-driven operating strategies to
develop these properties into successful metropolitan radio stations.

    In the Los Angeles area, the Company owns and operates three FM radio
stations, KLYY-FM, KSYY-FM, and KVYY-FM, all trimulcasting on 107.1 FM to form
"Viva 107.1". These stations were acquired in 1996.

    In the New York area, the Company owns and operates four FM radio stations,
WYNY-FM, WWXY-FM, WWZY-FM, and WWYY-FM, all programmed on 107.1 FM to form "New
Country Y-107" (the "New York Stations"). New Country Y-107 began broadcasting
on December 4, 1996. WWXY-FM and WWZY-FM were operated under Local Marketing
Agreements ("LMAs") throughout the periods from December 1996 to April 1, 1997
and June 5, 1997, their effective acquisition dates, respectively, and WWYY-FM
was operated under LMA throughout the period from April 27, 1998 to August 13,
1998, its effective acquisition date. WYNY-FM was acquired on January 1, 1995.

    In the Chicago area, the Company owns five radio stations, WXXY-FM and
WYXX-FM, both simulcasting on 103.1 FM as "The EightiesChannel" and WKIE-FM,
WKIF-FM, and WDEK-FM, trimulcasting as 92 KISS FM (the EightiesChannel and 92
KISS FM are collectively referred to herein as, the "Chicago Stations"). The
103.1 FM stations were acquired on August 8, 1997. The Company operated WXXY-FM
as a stand-alone, brokered-programming FM station and leased WYXX-FM to the
previous owner under a LMA agreement until the Company commenced operation of
this simulcast in early February 1998. The 103.1 simulcast began broadcasting
its current format of "The EightiesChannel" in August 1999. WKIE-FM and WKIF-FM
were acquired on August 4 and 7, 1998, respectively. These stations commenced
operations as 92 KISS FM, a contemporary hit radio format in November 1998. On
February 25, 1999 the Company acquired WDEK-FM and WLBK-AM. The Company added
WDEK-FM to the 92 KISS FM stations and sold the operating assets of WLBK-AM on
April 12, 2000. See "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements--Subsequent
Events".

    In the Phoenix area, the Company owns four radio stations, KEDJ-FM on 106.3
FM, KDDJ-FM on 100.3 FM, and KBZR-FM on 106.5, all trimulcasting the modern rock
format known as "The Edge" with the Howard Stern morning show. KEDJ-FM and
KDDJ-FM were acquired on July 30, 1999. On September 22, 1999 the Company
acquired KBZR-FM and added it to "The Edge" stations to form a trimulcast. On
September 28, 1999, the Company acquired KSSL-FM. In February 2000, the Company
began operating KSSL-FM as a stand-alone radio station broadcasting its Hispanic
contemporary hit radio format (the Edge and KSSL-FM are collectively referred to
herein as, the "Phoenix Stations").

    Through the merger and registration rights agreement (the "Agreement") in
which the Company acquired, on November 1, 1999, in an all stock transaction,
all the issued and outstanding stock of Hispanic Internet Holdings, Inc., a
privately held bilingual Online Service Provider for the U.S. Hispanic and Latin
American markets, the Company owns TodoAhora.com, a bilingual Internet portal,
which delivers a full range of world wide web programming to the Hispanic
community including news, entertainment, finance, culture, and e-commerce
opportunities. TodoAhora.com will serve the Hispanic community both in the

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U.S. and overseas. TodoAhora.com was formally launched on May 5, 2000 and had no
significant operations in the prior year.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

    BACKGROUND

    The Company's financial results are dependent on a number of factors,
including the general strength of the local and national economies, local market
competition, the relative efficiency and effectiveness of internet media and
radio broadcasting compared to other advertising media, government regulation
and policies and the Company's ability to provide popular programming and
high-quality internet content and service.

    The Company's primary source of revenue is the sale of advertising. Each
station's total revenue is determined by the number of advertisements aired by
the station and the advertising rates that the station is able to charge.
Internet revenues will be derived from the sale of various forms of
advertisement, including sponsorships, endorsements and product placements, and
from electronic commerce activities related to its programming on pages
delivered to users of the Company's Internet channel. Internet revenues are not
expected to be a significant revenue stream for the Company in 2000.

    Given the fact that the Company's strategy involves developing brand new
metropolitan area radio stations and a new web portal, the initial revenue base
is zero and subject to factors other than ratings and radio broadcasting
seasonality. After the start-up period, as is typical in the radio broadcasting
industry, the Company's first calendar quarter generally will produce the lowest
revenues for the year, and the fourth quarter generally will produce the highest
revenues for the year. The Company's operating results in any period may be
affected by the incurrence of advertising and promotion expenses that do not
produce commensurate revenues in the period in which the expenses are incurred.

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2000 COMPARED WITH THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
1999

    NET REVENUES for the three months ended March 31, 2000 were $4,646,000
compared with $3,361,000 for the three months ended March 31, 1999 an increase
of $1,285,000 or 38.2%. This increase was due primarily to the increase in net
revenues of the New York Stations and the Chicago Stations and the commencement
of the Phoenix Stations. This increase was partially offset by the absence of
revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2000 for WRKL-AM due to its sale
in 1999 and the decrease in the LA Stations revenues due to its change in format
compared with net revenues during the same period in 1999. The existing radio
stations' revenue growth compared with the corresponding period in the prior
year was $204,000 or 6.0%.

    STATION OPERATING EXPENSES EXCLUDING DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION for the
three months ended March 31, 2000 were $6,111,000 compared with $5,251,000 for
the three months ended March 31, 1999, an increase of $860,000 or 16.4%. This
increase was due principally to the start-up operations of the Phoenix Stations,
partially offset by the reduction in operating expenses for WRKL-AM.

    INTERNET OPERATING EXPENSES EXCLUDING DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION for the
three months ended March 31, 2000 were $231,000, compared with no Internet
operating expenses in the 1999 period due to the start-up operations of
TodoAhora.com since its acquisition in November 1999 and in preparation of its
formal launch on May 5, 2000.

    CORPORATE, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES for the three months ended
March 31, 2000 were $866,000 compared with $833,000 for the three months ended
March 31, 1999, an increase of $33,000, or 4.0%.

    COST OF ABANDONMENT ON STATION ACQUISITION AGREEMENT was the result of the
cancellation of a signed agreement whereby the assets of radio station KLVA-FM,
Casa Grande, Arizona would have been

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exchanged for the assets of radio station KDDJ-FM, Globe, Arizona. On signing of
the acquisition agreement, the Company deposited $275,000 into an escrow account
in April 1999. In February 2000, the Company paid the balance in the escrow
account and an additional amount of $275,000, totaling $550,000 to cancel the
signed KLVA-FM acquisition. The decision to abandon the transaction was made in
response to a change in the engineering enhancement plan for our Phoenix radio
licenses.

    DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION EXPENSES for the three months ended March 31,
2000 were $1,212,000 compared with $835,000 for the three months ended
March 31, 1999, an increase of $377,000, or 45.1%. This increase was due
primarily to the amortization of intangibles and depreciation of capital assets
of the Phoenix Stations which were acquired in July and September 1999 and
Hispanic Internet Holdings, Inc. which was acquired in November 1999.

    INTEREST EXPENSE for the three months ended March 31, 2000 was $4,369,000
compared with $3,920,000 for the three months ended March 31, 1999, an increase
of $449,000, or 11.5%. This increase reflects additional interest resulting from
the accreted principal amount of the Notes for the quarter ended March 31, 2000
when compared to the quarter ended March 31, 1999. In the three months ended
March 31, 2000 and 1999, the average outstanding total debt for the Company was
$156,047,000 and $140,903,000, respectively. The average rate of interest on the
outstanding debt was 11.19% and 11.56%, respectively. Interest income for the
three months ended March 31, 2000 was $98,000 compared with $772,000 for the
three months ended March 31, 1999. This decrease was a result of lower average
balance of investments in marketable securities.

    NET LOSSES for the three months ended March 31, 2000 were $8,656,000
compared with $6,215,000 for the three months ended March 31, 1999. The increase
in net loss of $2,441,000 was primarily attributable to higher station operating
expenses, depreciation and amortization expenses, net interest expense, a
$550,000 cancellation charge related to the KLVA-FM acquisition, and the absence
of the gain on sale of radio station in 2000 offset by the increase in net
revenues in the quarter ended March 31, 2000, compared to the corresponding
quarter in 1999.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

    The Company has reported net losses since inception primarily due to
broadcast cash flow deficits characteristic of the start up of the LA Stations,
the New York Stations, and the Chicago Stations and depreciation and
amortization charges relating to the Company's acquisition of radio stations, as
well as interest charges on its outstanding debt. In addition, because its
broadcast properties are in the early stages of development, the Company expects
to generate significant net losses as it continues to expand its presence in its
markets for the foreseeable future. As a result, working capital needs have been
met by borrowings, including loans from the Principal Stockholders (which
borrowings were contributed to the capital of the Company immediately prior to
the consummation of the Company's initial public offering in December 1997),
borrowings under the Old Credit Facility and the issuance of the Notes. The
Company has entered into various employment contracts with twenty-one
individuals comprised of mainly officers and senior management that provide for
minimum salaries and incentives based upon specified levels of performance. The
minimum payments under these contracts are $2,083,000 in 2000, $970,000 in 2001
and $463,000 in 2002.

    The Company has never paid cash or stock dividends on shares of common
stock. Furthermore, it intends to retain any future earnings for use in its
business and does not anticipate paying dividends on shares of its Common Stock
in the foreseeable future.

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    CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

    In both the three months ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company used
cash in its operations. In the three months ended March 31, 2000, the deficit
was predominantly due to the start-up operating losses of the LA Stations as
Viva 107.1, the Chicago stations and Hispanic Internet Holdings, Inc.

    CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

    Capital expenditures (excluding acquisitions of radio stations) were
$245,000 and $901,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2000 and 1999,
respectively. These expenditures primarily reflect costs associated with the FCC
Power Increases and other technical improvements at the Company's stations, the
upgrade and expansion of the studio and broadcast facilities, and computer
support equipment. In the quarter ended March 31, 2000, the Company sold
$501,000 in marketable securities for general working capital purposes. In the
quarter ended March 31, 1999, the Company purchased $27,509,000 in marketable
securities and sold $34,204,000 to generate cash for the purchase of the radio
stations in DeKalb, Illinois and for general working capital purposes. Cash paid
and advanced for assets of radio stations acquired were $4,458,000 in the
quarter ended March 31, 1999. There were no such acquisitions during the quarter
ended March 31, 2000.

    CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

    The Company completed the Notes offering of $174.0 million aggregate
principal amount at maturity of Notes on March 17, 1998, generating
approximately $125.4 million of gross proceeds for the Company of which the
Company used approximately $32.8 million to repay outstanding indebtedness under
its previous credit facility. The Company has used the proceeds of the Notes
Offering to finance the acquisition costs of radio station properties and
intends to use the remaining proceeds for general working capital purposes.

    The Notes were issued at an original issue discount and will accrete in
value until March 15, 2001 at a rate of 11 1/4% per annum, compounded
semi-annually, to an aggregate principal amount of $174.0 million. Cash interest
will not accrue on the Notes prior to March 15, 2001. Thereafter, interest on
the Notes will accrue at a rate of 11 1/4% per annum and will be payable in cash
semi-annually, commencing September 15, 2001. The Notes will mature on
March 14, 2005 but may be redeemed after March 15, 2001 at the option of the
Company, in whole or in part, at a redemption price of 105.625%, 102.813% or
100.000% if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on March 15, 2002,
2003 and 2004, respectively. In addition, up to 33 1/3% of the original
principal amount of the Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company prior
to March 15, 2001 at a redemption price equal to 111.25% of the accreted value
of the Notes with net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings of the
Company so long as there is a public market for the Class A common stock, par
value $.01 per share, at the time of such redemption and provided that at least
66 2/3% of the original principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding.

    Holders of the Notes have the right to require the Company to repurchase
their Notes upon a "change of control" of the Company, at a price equal to 101%
of the accreted value of the Notes if such repurchase occurs prior to March 15,
2001 or at a price equal to the principal amount of such Notes if such
repurchase occurs thereafter. A "change of control" for purposes of the Notes is
deemed to occur (i) when any person other than the Principal Stockholders, the
management and their affiliates (the "Permitted Holders"), becomes the owner of
more than 35% of the total voting power of the Company's stock and the Permitted
Holders own in the aggregate a lesser percentage of such voting power and do not
have the right or ability to elect a majority of the Company's Board of
Directors, (ii) when the Board of Directors does not consist of a majority of
continuing directors, (iii) upon the occurrence of a sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company taken as a whole, or (iv) upon
the adoption by the stockholders of a plan for the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company.

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    Payments under the Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the
Company's "Restricted Subsidiaries", as defined in the Indenture governing the
Notes; as of May 4, 2000, all of the Company's subsidiaries were Restricted
Subsidiaries. The Notes contain certain financial and operational covenants and
other restrictions with which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries must
comply, including restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness,
investments, payment of dividends on and redemption of capital stock and the
redemption of certain subordinated obligations, sales of assets and the use of
proceeds therefrom, transactions with affiliates, creation and existence of
liens, the types of businesses in which the Company may operate, asset swaps,
restriction on distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries, sales of capital
stock of Restricted Subsidiaries and consolidations, mergers and transfers of
all or substantially all of the Company's assets. The Company is currently in
compliance with all covenants and other restrictions under the Notes and
anticipates that it will continue to meet the requirements of the Notes.

    The Notes contain customary events of default including payment defaults and
default in the performance of other covenants, certain bankruptcy defaults,
judgment and cross defaults, and failure of a subsidiary guarantee to be in full
force and effect.

    On July 6, 1998, the Company completed an exchange offer for the Notes, in
which the holders of substantially all outstanding Notes exchanged their Notes
for newly-issued Notes registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The new
Notes have the same terms as the exchanged Notes, except that the new Notes are
registered. The amount exchanged was $172,500,000 aggregate principal amount at
maturity of the Notes.

    In connection with the consummation of the Notes Offering, the Company
entered into the Revolving Credit Facility with The Chase Manhattan Bank
("Chase") providing for up to $15.0 million of availability, based upon a
multiple of the Company's radio stations' positive rolling four quarter
broadcast cash flow. The Revolving Credit Facility will mature on the fifth
anniversary of March 17, 1998 and amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit
Facility will bear interest at an applicable margin plus, at the Company's
option, Chase's prime rate (in which case the applicable margin will initially
be 2.00% subject to reduction upon achieving performance criteria based on the
Company's leverage ratio) or the London Interbank Borrowing Rate (in which case
the applicable margin will initially be 3.00% subject to reduction upon
achieving performance criteria based on the Company's leverage ratio). The
Company's obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility are secured by a
pledge of substantially all of the Company's and its Station Subsidiaries'
assets. The Company will pay fees of 0.5 percent per annum, on the aggregate
unused portion of the facility.

    The Revolving Credit Facility contains certain financial and operational
covenants and other restrictions with which the Company must comply, including,
among others, limitations on capital expenditures, the incurrence of additional
indebtedness, restrictions on sales of assets, restrictions on the use of
borrowings, limitations on paying cash dividends and redeeming or repurchasing
capital stock of the Company or the Notes, and requirements to maintain certain
minimum interest coverage ratios. The Company is currently in compliance with
all covenants and other restrictions under the Revolving Credit Facility and
anticipates that it will continue to meet the requirements of the Revolving
Credit Facility.

    The Revolving Credit Facility contains customary events of default,
including material misrepresentations, payment defaults and default in the
performance of other covenants, certain bankruptcy and ERISA defaults, judgment
and cross defaults, and defaults upon the revocation of any of the Company's
broadcast licenses. The Revolving Credit Facility also provides that an event of
default will occur upon the occurrence of a "change of control" as defined in
the Revolving Credit Facility. For purposes of the Revolving Credit Facility, a
change of control will occur when (i) any person or group other than the
Principal Stockholders and their affiliates obtains the power to elect a
majority of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Company fails to own 100% of the
capital stock of its subsidiaries owning any of the FCC broadcast licenses, or
(iii) the Board of Directors does not consist of a majority of continuing
directors, as defined.

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    As of the date of this report, the Company has no binding commitments for
any such acquisitions. After giving effect to the Notes Offering and application
of net proceeds therefrom, the Company had available approximately $8.5 million
of cash and cash equivalents on hand and marketable securities at March 31, 2000
and has unused borrowing capacity of $3.0 million under the Revolving Credit
Facility, which can be used for working capital purposes, including financing
any such acquisitions. Cash and cash equivalents on hand, marketable securities,
and amounts available under the Revolving Credit Facility may not be sufficient
to support the Company's growth strategy and as a result the Company may require
additional debt or equity financing in order to acquire additional radio
stations and accomplish its long-term business strategies. There can be no
assurance that any such financing will be available or available on acceptable
terms. In addition, because of the Company's substantial indebtedness, a
significant portion of the Company's broadcast cash flow will be required for
debt service.

    The Company anticipates that the net proceeds of the Notes Offering, its
available borrowing capacity and its broadcast cash flow from operations will be
sufficient to finance its capital expenditure programs, as well as existing
operational and debt service requirements, through March 31, 2001. Management
believes that its long term liquidity needs will be satisfied through a
combination of (i) the Company's successful implementation and execution of its
growth strategy to acquire and build a major market broadcast group; and
(ii) the Company's properties achieving positive operating results and cash
flows through revenue growth and control of operating expenses. If the Company
is unable successfully to implement its strategy, the Company may be required to
obtain additional financing through public or private sale of debt or equity
securities of the Company or otherwise restructure its capitalization.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    Certain statements in this report, including those utilizing phrases "will,"
"expects," "intends," "estimates," "contemplates," and similar phrases, are
"forward-looking" statements (as such term is defined in Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including
statements regarding, among other items, (i) the Company's growth strategy,
(ii) the Company's intention to acquire additional radio stations and to enter
additional markets, including its ability to do so at attractive valuations,
(iii) the Company's expectation of improving the coverage areas of its radio
stations, and (iv) the Company's ability to successfully implement its business
strategy. Certain, but not necessarily all, of such forward-looking statements
can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes,"
"expects," "may," "will," "should," or "anticipates" or the negative thereof or
other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of
strategy that involve risks and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance and achievements of the Company and its subsidiaries to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include,
but are not limited to, the following: (i) changes in the Company's competitors,
(ii) changes in the regulatory framework, (iii) changes in audience tastes,
changes or advances in technology and (iv) changes in the economic conditions of
local markets. Other factors which may materially affect actual results include,
among others, the following: general economic and business conditions, industry
capacity, demographic changes, changes in political, social and economic
conditions and various other factors beyond the Company's control. The Company
does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to release publicly
the results of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements
to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to
reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

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PART II--OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1--LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

    The Company is involved in litigation from time to time in the ordinary
course of its business. In Management's opinion, the outcome of all pending
legal proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company.

ITEM 2--CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

    None.

ITEM 3--DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

    None.

ITEM 4--SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

    No matters were submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders, through
the solicitation of proxies or otherwise, during the first quarter of 2000.

ITEM 5--OTHER INFORMATION.

    None.

ITEM 6--EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

    (a) Exhibits

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    Number   Exhibit
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      27     Financial Data Schedule for the period ended March 31, 2000*
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    (b) Reports on Form 8-K

    No reports were filed during the quarter for which this report was filed.

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*   Filed herewith

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                                   SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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                                                       BIG CITY RADIO, INC.

                                                       By:             /s/ PAUL R. THOMSON
                                                            -----------------------------------------
                                                                         Paul R. Thomson
                                                             VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                                                          AND TREASURER

Dated: May 11, 2000
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