Document:

Exhibit 4(f)

Exhibit 4(f)

$97,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of April 27, 2010

among

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC, as Borrower

REGENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC., AS ONE OF THE GUARANTORS

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

and

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT

• • •

GE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,

AS SOLE LEAD ARRANGER AND BOOKRUNNER

CREDIT AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.1 Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.2 UCC Terms
	 	 	27	 
	Section 1.3 Accounting Terms and Principles
	 	 	28	 
	Section 1.4 Payments
	 	 	28	 
	Section 1.5 Interpretation
	 	 	28	 
	ARTICLE 2 THE FACILITIES
	 	 	29	 
	Section 2.1 The Revolving Credit Commitments and Loans
	 	 	29	 
	Section 2.2 Borrowing Procedures
	 	 	29	 
	Section 2.3 Reduction and Termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments
	 	 	30	 
	Section 2.4 Repayment of Loans
	 	 	31	 
	Section 2.5 Optional Prepayments
	 	 	31	 
	Section 2.6 Mandatory Prepayments
	 	 	31	 
	Section 2.7 Interest
	 	 	32	 
	Section 2.8 Conversion and Continuation Options
	 	 	33	 
	Section 2.9 Fees
	 	 	33	 
	Section 2.10 Application of Payments
	 	 	33	 
	Section 2.11 Payments and Computations
	 	 	34	 
	Section 2.12 Evidence of Debt
	 	 	35	 
	Section 2.13 Suspension of Eurodollar Rate Option
	 	 	36	 
	Section 2.14 Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements
	 	 	37	 
	Section 2.15 Taxes
	 	 	38	 
	Section 2.16 Substitution of Lenders
	 	 	40	 
	ARTICLE 3 CONDITIONS TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
	 	 	41	 
	Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness
	 	 	41	 
	Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving Loan
	 	 	43	 
	Section 3.3 Determinations of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent
	 	 	43	 
	ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	44	 
	Section 4.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law
	 	 	44	 
	Section 4.2 Loan and Related Documents
	 	 	44	 
	Section 4.3 Ownership of Group Members
	 	 	45	 
	Section 4.4 Financial Statements
	 	 	45	 
	Section 4.5 Material Adverse Effect
	 	 	45	 
	Section 4.6 Solvency
	 	 	45	 
	Section 4.7 Litigation
	 	 	46	 

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	Section 4.8 Taxes
	 	 	46	 
	Section 4.9 Margin Regulations
	 	 	46	 
	Section 4.10 No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults
	 	 	46	 
	Section 4.11 Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act
	 	 	46	 
	Section 4.12 Labor Matters
	 	 	47	 
	Section 4.13 ERISA
	 	 	47	 
	Section 4.14 Environmental Matters
	 	 	47	 
	Section 4.15 Intellectual Property
	 	 	48	 
	Section 4.16 Title; Real Property
	 	 	48	 
	Section 4.17 Full Disclosure
	 	 	48	 
	Section 4.18 Patriot Act
	 	 	49	 
	Section 4.19 Mortgages
	 	 	49	 
	Section 4.20 Network Affiliation Agreements/Cable Franchise
	 	 	49	 
	Section 4.21 Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses
	 	 	50	 
	Section 4.22 FCC Rules and Regulations
	 	 	50	 
	ARTICLE 5 FINANCIAL COVENANTS
	 	 	52	 
	Section 5.1 Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio
	 	 	52	 
	Section 5.2 Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
	 	 	52	 
	ARTICLE 6 REPORTING COVENANTS
	 	 	53	 
	Section 6.1 Financial Statements
	 	 	53	 
	Section 6.2 Other Events
	 	 	55	 
	Section 6.3 Copies of Notices and Reports
	 	 	55	 
	Section 6.4 Taxes
	 	 	56	 
	Section 6.5 Labor Matters
	 	 	56	 
	Section 6.6 ERISA Matters
	 	 	56	 
	Section 6.7 Environmental Matters
	 	 	56	 
	Section 6.8 Other Information
	 	 	57	 
	ARTICLE 7 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	57	 
	Section 7.1 Maintenance of Corporate Existence
	 	 	57	 
	Section 7.2 Compliance with Laws, Etc
	 	 	57	 
	Section 7.3 Payment of Obligations
	 	 	57	 
	Section 7.4 Maintenance of Property
	 	 	57	 
	Section 7.5 Maintenance of Insurance
	 	 	57	 
	Section 7.6 Keeping of Books
	 	 	58	 
	Section 7.7 Access to Books and Property
	 	 	58	 

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	Section 7.8 Environmental
	 	 	58	 
	Section 7.9 Local Service
	 	 	59	 
	Section 7.10 Additional Collateral and Guaranties
	 	 	59	 
	Section 7.11 Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts and Cash Collateral Accounts
	 	 	60	 
	Section 7.12 License Subsidiaries
	 	 	60	 
	Section 7.13 Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses
	 	 	60	 
	Section 7.14 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	60	 
	ARTICLE 8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	60	 
	Section 8.1 Indebtedness
	 	 	60	 
	Section 8.2 Liens
	 	 	62	 
	Section 8.3 Investments
	 	 	62	 
	Section 8.4 Asset Sales
	 	 	63	 
	Section 8.5 Restricted Payments
	 	 	64	 
	Section 8.6 Prepayment of Indebtedness
	 	 	65	 
	Section 8.7 Fundamental Changes
	 	 	65	 
	Section 8.8 Change in Nature of Business
	 	 	65	 
	Section 8.9 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	66	 
	Section 8.10 Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or
Restricted Payments
	 	 	66	 
	Section 8.11 Modification of Certain Documents
	 	 	66	 
	Section 8.12 Accounting Changes
	 	 	66	 
	Section 8.13 ; Fiscal Year
	 	 	66	 
	Section 8.14 Margin Regulations
	 	 	66	 
	Section 8.15 Compliance with ERISA
	 	 	66	 
	Section 8.16 Hazardous Materials
	 	 	67	 
	Section 8.17 Local Marketing Agreements
	 	 	67	 
	Section 8.18 License Subsidiaries
	 	 	67	 
	Section 8.19 Communication Authorizations
	 	 	67	 
	ARTICLE 9 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	67	 
	Section 9.1 Definition
	 	 	67	 
	Section 9.2 Remedies
	 	 	69	 
	Section 9.3 Governmental Approvals
	 	 	69	 
	ARTICLE 10 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	 	 	70	 
	Section 10.1 Appointment and Duties
	 	 	70	 
	Section 10.2 Binding Effect
	 	 	71	 

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	Section 10.3 Use of Discretion
	 	 	71	 
	Section 10.4 Delegation of Rights and Duties
	 	 	71	 
	Section 10.5 Reliance and Liability
	 	 	71	 
	Section 10.6 Administrative Agent Individually
	 	 	73	 
	Section 10.7 Lender Credit Decision
	 	 	73	 
	Section 10.8 Expenses; Indemnities
	 	 	73	 
	Section 10.9 Resignation of Administrative Agent
	 	 	74	 
	Section 10.10 Release of Collateral or Guarantors
	 	 	74	 
	Section 10.11 Additional Secured Parties
	 	 	75	 
	ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	75	 
	Section 11.1 Amendments, Waivers, Etc.
	 	 	75	 
	Section 11.2 Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect
	 	 	76	 
	Section 11.3 Costs and Expenses
	 	 	79	 
	Section 11.4 Indemnities
	 	 	79	 
	Section 11.5 Survival
	 	 	80	 
	Section 11.6 Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages
	 	 	80	 
	Section 11.7 Lender-Creditor Relationship
	 	 	80	 
	Section 11.8 Right of Setoff
	 	 	80	 
	Section 11.9 Sharing of Payments, Etc
	 	 	81	 
	Section 11.10 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside
	 	 	81	 
	Section 11.11 Notices
	 	 	81	 
	Section 11.12 Electronic Transmissions
	 	 	82	 
	Section 11.13 Governing Law
	 	 	83	 
	Section 11.14 Jurisdiction
	 	 	83	 
	Section 11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	83	 
	Section 11.16 Severability
	 	 	83	 
	Section 11.17 Execution in Counterparts
	 	 	84	 
	Section 11.18 Entire Agreement
	 	 	84	 
	Section 11.19 Use of Name
	 	 	84	 
	Section 11.20 Non-Public Information; Confidentiality
	 	 	84	 
	Section 11.21 Patriot Act Notice
	 	 	85	 

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THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF APRIL 27, 2010, IS ENTERED INTO AMONG REGENT
BROADCASTING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (THE “BORROWER”), REGENT
COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION (“HOLDINGS”), THE LENDERS (AS
HEREINAFTER DEFINED), AND GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION (“GE CAPITAL”), AS
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE LENDERS (IN SUCH CAPACITY, AND TOGETHER WITH ITS
SUCCESSORS AND PERMITTED ASSIGNS, THE “ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings and the Lenders are party to that certain Credit Agreement,
dated as of November 21, 2006, by and among, inter alia, the Borrower, Holdings and Bank of
America, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (as heretofore amended, modified and
supplemented, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, inter alia, loans were made to the
Borrower and the Borrower had certain obligations in respect of certain hedge agreements
(collectively, the “Existing Obligations”);

WHEREAS, on March 1, 2010, Holdings, the Borrower and the other debtors each filed a voluntary
petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the “Initial
Cases”) with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the
“Bankruptcy Court”);

WHEREAS, on April 12, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation
Order”) confirming the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Regent Communications, Inc. and its
debtor affiliates (as in effect on the effective date thereof, the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, the Existing Obligations will be exchanged and substituted for
the New Term Loan, the New PIK Loan and the New Equity of Parent (as each such term is defined in
the Plan);

WHEREAS, the extensions of credit provided for herein at the date hereof constitute the New
Term Loan contemplated by the Plan and the Confirmation Order; and

WHEREAS, Bank of America, N.A. agreed to remain as administrative agent and collateral agent
under the Existing Credit Agreement until the Existing Credit Agreement is terminated and the
Lenders desire to have GE Capital become the administrative agent and collateral agent hereunder
and under the other applicable Loan Documents (as hereinafter defined) in accordance with the terms
hereof;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the following meanings:

“Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

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“Affected Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, each officer, director, general partner
or joint-venturer of such Person and any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, however,
that no Secured Party (other than Oaktree) shall be an Affiliate of the Borrower. For purpose of
this definition, “control” means the possession of either (a) the power to vote, or the
beneficial ownership of, 10% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or (b) the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or
otherwise.

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

“Applicable Margin” means with respect to (a) Loans, a percentage equal to (i) for
Base Rate Loans, three percent (3%) and (ii) for Eurodollar Rate Loans, four percent (4%) and (b)
the Unused Commitment Fee, a percentage equal to one half of one percent (0.50%).

“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person (other than a natural
Person) that (a) is or will be engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in
commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (b) is
advised or managed by (i) such Lender, (ii) any Affiliate of such Lender or (iii) any Person (other
than an individual) or any Affiliate of any Person (other than an individual) that administers or
manages such Lender.

“Assignment” means an assignment agreement entered into by a Lender, as assignor, and
any Person, as assignee, pursuant to the terms and provisions of Section 11.2 (with the
consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.2), accepted by the
Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A, or any other form approved by
the Administrative Agent.

“Bankruptcy Court” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the rate
last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The Wall
Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the
Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates)
as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted
therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve
Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent), (b) the sum of 0.50% per annum and the Federal
Funds Rate, and (c) the sum of (x) the Eurodollar Rate, as defined herein, calculated for each such
day based on an Interest Period of one month determined two (2) Business Days prior to such day,
plus (y) the excess of the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Loans over the Applicable Margin
for Base Rate Loans, in each instance, as of such day. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change
in any of the foregoing shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the “bank prime
loan” rate, the Federal Funds Rate, or the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of three months.

“Base Rate Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

“Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA other than a Multiemployer Plan to which any Group Member sponsors or contributes, or has an
obligation to contribute, to.

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

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“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made on the same day by
the Revolving Credit Lenders according to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments.

“Business” means collectively, (a) the business conducted by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries on and as of the Closing Date and (b) any business involving or reasonably related
to the ownership, management or operation in the United States of any Radio Stations, billboard
assets and other outdoor advertising assets and properties, television stations, cable companies
and cable franchises, including any ancillary digital or other media associated therewith in market
areas in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries operate in as of the Closing Date or in
market areas within a 200 mile radius of such market areas or future market areas the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries operate in which at the time the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
commence operation therein was within a 200 mile radius of an existing market area of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that in no event shall Business
include any business involving the ownership, management or operation of any print publication
assets.

“Business Day” means any day of the year that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on
which banks are required or authorized to close in New York City and, when determined in connection
with notices and determinations in respect of any Eurodollar Rate or Eurodollar Rate Loan or any
funding, conversion, continuation, Interest Period or payment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, that is
also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank market.

“Cable Act” means Title VI of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§
151 et seq., and all other provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, Pub. L. No.
98-549, and the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Pub. L. No.
102-385, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, as such statutes may be
amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the FCC.

“Cable Franchise Agreements” means any agreement in which one or more of the Loan
Parties has been granted a franchise, or otherwise licensed or permitted, to provide cable
television services in a specific geographical location.

“Cable System” means each cable television system operated by Borrower and/or any of
its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Cable Franchise Agreement.

“Capital Expenditures” means, for any Person for any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures, by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period for the acquisition, leasing
(pursuant to a Capital Lease), construction, replacement, repair, substitution or improvement of
fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment, in each case required to be capitalized under
GAAP on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person, excluding (a) interest capitalized during
construction, (b) any expenditure to the extent, for purpose of the definition of Permitted
Acquisition, such expenditure is part of the aggregate amounts payable in connection with, or other
consideration for, any Permitted Acquisition consummated during or prior to such period, (c)
expenditures made with the proceeds of equity contributions made to the Parent and contributed to
Holdings as equity and further contributed to the Borrower as equity, in each case, after the date
hereof and (d) expenditures for assets made in connection with the replacement, substitution,
restoration or repair of assets to the extent financed with insurance proceeds paid on account of
the loss of or damage to the assets being replaced, substituted for, restored or repaired to the
extent permitted hereunder.

“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement
conveying the right to use, any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee
that has been or should be accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, at any time, with respect to any Capital Lease,
any lease entered into as part of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction of any Person or any synthetic
lease, the amount of all obligations of such Person that is (or that would be, if such synthetic
lease or other lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease) capitalized on a balance sheet of such
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Equivalents” means (a) any readily-marketable securities (i) issued by, or
directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States federal government
or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States federal government the obligations of which are
fully backed by the full faith and credit of the United States federal government, (b) any
readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the United States federal
government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least
“P-1” from Moody’s, (c) any commercial paper rated at least “A-1” by S&P or “P-1”
by Moody’s and issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States, (d)
any Dollar-denominated time deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit or
bankers’ acceptance issued or accepted by (i) any Lender or (ii) any commercial bank that is
(A) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
(B) “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking
regulators) and (C) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $250,000,000
and (e) shares of any United States money market fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets
invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (a), (b),
(c) or (d) above with maturities as set forth in the proviso below, (ii) has net assets in
excess of $500,000,000 and (iii) has obtained from either S&P or Moody’s the highest rating
obtainable for money market funds in the United States; provided, however, that the
maturities of all obligations specified in any of clauses (a), (b), (c) and
(d) above shall not exceed 365 days.

“CERCLA” means the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.).

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the Permitted
Investors (other than Parent or its Subsidiaries) shall sell or otherwise transfer 35% or more of
their legal, economical, beneficial voting, or other ownership rights associated with the Stock of
Parent held by the Permitted Investors (other than Parent or its Subsidiaries) on the date hereof
to any Person other than a Permitted Investor (other than Parent or its Subsidiaries), (b) Parent
shall cease to, directly or indirectly, own and control legally and beneficially all of the
economic and voting rights associated with ownership of all outstanding Stock of all classes of
Voting Stock of Holdings (except to the extent such failure results from an exchange of Stock of
the Parent for Stock of Holdings in connection with management equity repurchases of Stock of the
Parent, provided that such Holdings Stock so exchanged is immediately repurchased and retired by
Holdings), (c) Holdings shall cease to own and control legally and beneficially all of the economic
and voting rights associated with ownership of all outstanding Stock of all classes of Stock of the
Borrower or (d) a “Change of Control” or any term of similar effect, as defined in the Subordinated
Notes Agreement or in any other document governing Indebtedness of any Group Member having a
principal amount in excess of $750,000 shall occur.

“Closing Date” means the first date on which the conditions set forth in
Section 3.1 are satisfied.

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

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“Code of Federal Regulations” means the general and permanent rules published in the
federal register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United
States.

“Collateral” means all property and interests in property and proceeds thereof now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party in or upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be
granted pursuant to any Loan Document.

“Communications Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 4.22.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit D.

“Confirmation Order” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Consolidated” means, with respect to any Person, the accounts of such Person and its
Subsidiaries consolidated in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period less the sum (without
duplication) of, in each case to the extent included in the definition of Consolidated Interest
Expense, (a) the amortized amount of debt discount and debt issuance costs, (b) charges relating to
write-ups or write-downs in the book or carrying value of existing Consolidated Total Debt, (c)
interest payable in evidences of Indebtedness or by addition to the principal of the related
Indebtedness and (d) other non-cash interest.

“Consolidated Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person at any date, the total
Consolidated current assets of such Person at such date other than cash, Cash Equivalents and any
Indebtedness owing to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries by Affiliates of such Person.

“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person at any date, all
liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries at such date that should be classified as current
liabilities on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person; provided, however, that
“Consolidated Current Liabilities” shall exclude the principal amount of the Loans then
outstanding.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus (b) the sum of, in each case to
the extent included in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income but without duplication,
(i) any provision for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income,
(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, amortization of debt discount and commissions and other fees
and charges associated with Indebtedness (except amortization and expenses related to execution of
this Agreement on the Closing Date and the Related Transactions and the payment of all fees, costs
and expenses associated with the foregoing), (iii) any loss from extraordinary items, (iv) any
depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, (v) any aggregate net loss on the Sale of
property (other than accounts (as defined under the applicable UCC) and inventory) outside the
ordinary course of business, (vi) any other non-cash expenditure, charge or loss for such period
(other than any non-cash expenditure, charge or loss relating to write-offs, write-downs or
reserves with respect to accounts and inventory), including the amount of any compensation
deduction as the result of any grant of Stock or Stock Equivalents to employees, officers,
directors or consultants, (vii) one-time, non-recurring, cash and non-cash fees and expenses
directly related to the Plan and the transactions contemplated thereby, (viii) restructuring costs,
costs incurred with respect to divestitures, costs incurred with respect to technical upgrades,
charges and expenses in connection with business expansion and business optimization projects,
severance costs and lease termination costs made within 12 months from emergence of bankruptcy in
an aggregate amount reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, (ix) charges and expenses in

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connection with business expansion and business optimization projects and severance costs and lease
termination costs, in each case, made within 12 months of any Permitted Acquisition and related to
such Permitted Acquisition in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 per acquisition, (x) customary,
one-time, non-recurring fees, expenses or charges paid in connection with Permitted Acquisitions,
Permitted Investments and issuance of Permitted Indebtedness, (xi) one-time, non-recurring fees,
expenses or charges owed in connection with unconsummated Permitted Acquisitions not to exceed
$500,000 in the aggregate since the Closing Date, (xii) expenses that have been reimbursed in cash
by a third party (other than a Loan Party or a Permitted Investor) made in the same period not
otherwise reflected in the Consolidated Net Income, (xiii) one-time, non-recurring fees and
expenses in connection with Hedging Agreements permitted under Section 8.1(e), (xiv) fees
and expenses related to the documentation and granting of the Mortgages required to be delivered
hereunder, (xv) Administrative Agent fees, (xvi) fees paid to executive recruiters to find one or
more independent board members not to exceed $300,000 in the aggregate since the Closing Date,
(xvii) fees paid to independent directors in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000, (xviii)
expenses reimbursed and fees paid to trustees under the Independent Trust Agreement and the
Divestiture Trust Agreement as set forth in such agreements but excluding any amounts that may be
payable to such trustees which are variable, and minus (c) the sum of, in each case to the
extent included in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication, (i) any
credit for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (ii) any
interest income, (iii) any gain from extraordinary items and any other non-recurring gain, (iv) any
aggregate net gain from the Sale of property (other than accounts (as defined in the applicable
UCC) and inventory) out of the ordinary course of business by such Person, (v) any other non-cash
gain, including any reversal of a charge referred to in clause (b)(vi) above by reason of a
decrease in the value of any Stock or Stock Equivalent, and (vi) any other cash payment in respect
of expenditures, charges and losses that have been added to Consolidated EBITDA of such Person
pursuant to clause (b)(vi) above in any prior period. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Consolidated EBITDA shall mean $5,655,709 and $2,513,284.55 for the Fiscal Quarters ended December
31, 2009 and March 31, 2010, respectively.

“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period minus Capital
Expenditures of such Person for such period (other than non-cash Capital Expenditures of such
Person made pursuant to one or more barter transactions in the ordinary course of business and
Capital Expenditures which are financed pursuant to Section 8.1(c)) minus the total
liability for United States federal income taxes and other taxes measured by net income actually
payable by such Person in respect of such period to (b) the Consolidated Fixed Charges of such
Person for such period.

“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
sum, determined on a Consolidated basis, of (a) the Consolidated Cash Interest Expense of such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt of
such Person and its Subsidiaries having a scheduled due date during such period, (c) all cash
dividends paid or payable by such Person and its Subsidiaries on Stock in respect of such period to
Persons other than such Person and its Subsidiaries and (d) all commitment fees and other costs,
fees and expenses (other than, to the extent not otherwise included in the calculation of
Consolidated EBITDA, one-time, non-recurring costs, fees, and expenses) payable by such Person and
its Subsidiaries during such period in order to effect, or because of, the incurrence of any
Indebtedness.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any Person for any period, (a) Consolidated
total interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period and including, in any
event, (i) interest capitalized during such period and net costs under Interest Rate Contracts for
such period, (ii) all interest capitalized during such period under the Subordinated Notes, and
(iii) all fees, charges, commissions, discounts and other similar obligations (other than
reimbursement obligations) with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s
acceptances, surety bonds and performance bonds (whether or not matured) payable by such Person and
its Subsidiaries during such period minus (b) the sum of (i) Consolidated net gains of such
Person and its Subsidiaries under Interest Rate Contracts for such period and (ii) Consolidated
interest income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period.

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“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt of such Person outstanding as of such date minus all
Subordinated Debt of such Person outstanding as of such date, to the extent included in the
calculation of consolidated Total Debt to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Person for the last
period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on or before such date.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the
Consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period;
provided, however, that the following shall be excluded: (a) the net income of any
other Person in which such Person or one of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a
third-party (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be Consolidated
into the net income of such Person), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or
distributions paid to such Person or Subsidiary and (b) the net income of any Subsidiary of such
Person that is, on the last day of such period, subject to any restriction or limitation on the
payment of dividends or the making of other distributions, to the extent of such restriction or
limitation, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid to such Person or
Subsidiary which are permitted to be paid to and received by such Person or Subsidiary.

“Consolidated Total Debt” of any Person means all Indebtedness of a type described in
clause (a), (b), (c)(i), or (f) of the definition thereof and all
Guaranty Obligations with respect to any such Indebtedness, in each case of such Person and its
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis.

“Constituent Documents” means, with respect to any Person, collectively and, in each
case, together with any modification of any term thereof, (a) the articles of incorporation,
certificate of incorporation, constitution or certificate of formation of such Person, (b) the
bylaws, operating agreement or joint venture agreement of such Person, (c) any other constitutive,
organizational or governing document of such Person, whether or not equivalent, and (d) any other
document setting forth the manner of election or duties of the directors, officers or managing
members of such Person or the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preferences
of any Stock of such Person.

“Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any
Security issued by such Person or of any document or undertaking (other than a Loan Document) to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which any of its
property is subject.

“Control Agreement” means, with respect to any deposit account, any securities
account, commodity account, securities entitlement or commodity contract, an agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Administrative Agent, the financial
institution or other Person at which such account is maintained or with which such entitlement or
contract is carried and the Loan Party maintaining such account, effective to grant “control” (as
defined under the applicable UCC) over such account to the Administrative Agent.

“Controlled Deposit Account” means each deposit account (including all funds on
deposit therein) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement and that is maintained by
any Loan Party with a financial institution reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
provided, however, that the institutions set forth in Schedule 1.1 shall be
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“Controlled Securities Account” means each securities account or commodity account
(including all financial assets held therein and all certificates and instruments, if any,
representing or evidencing such financial assets) that is the subject of an effective Control
Agreement and that is maintained by any Loan Party with a securities intermediary or commodity
intermediary reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided, however,
that the institutions set forth in Schedule 1.1 shall be acceptable to the Administrative
Agent so long as they have entered into a Control Agreement.

“Copyright Act” means the United States Copyright Act of 1976.

“Copyrights” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary
Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to copyrights and all mask work,
database and design rights, whether or not registered or published, all registrations and
recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.

“Corporate Chart” means a document in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent and setting forth, as of a date set forth therein, for each Person that is a Loan Party, that
is subject to Section 7.10 or that is a Subsidiary or joint venture of any of them, (a) the
full legal name of such Person, (b) the jurisdiction of organization and any organizational number
and tax identification number of such Person, (c) the location of such Person’s chief executive
office (or, if applicable, sole place of business) and (d) the number of shares of each class of
Stock of such Person authorized, the number outstanding and the number and percentage of such
outstanding shares for each such class owned, directly or indirectly, by any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of any of them.

“Customary Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person, any of the following:

(a) Liens (i) with respect to the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges
or (ii) of suppliers, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, workmen or mechanics and other similar
Liens, in each case imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business, and, for each of
the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii) above for amounts that are not yet due or that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect
to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the books of such
Person in accordance with GAAP;

(b) Liens of a collection bank on items in the course of collection arising under Section
4-208 of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York or any similar section under any
applicable UCC or any similar Requirement of Law of any foreign jurisdiction;

(c) pledges or cash deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security benefits (other
than any Lien imposed by ERISA), (ii) to secure the performance of bids, tenders, leases (other
than Capital Leases) sales or other trade contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed
money) or (iii) made in lieu of, or to secure the performance of, surety, customs, reclamation or
performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation);

(d) judgment liens (other than for the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental
charges) securing judgments and other proceedings not constituting an Event of Default under
Section 9.1(f) and pledges or cash deposits made in lieu of, or to secure the performance
of, judgment or appeal bonds in respect of such judgments and proceedings;

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(e) Liens (i) arising by reason of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations,
restrictions, covenants, conditions, restrictions of record, rights-of-way, encroachments, minor
defects or irregularities in title (including leasehold title) and other similar encumbrances on
the use of real property or (ii) consisting of leases, licenses or subleases granted by a lessor,
licensor or sublessor on its property (in each case other than Capital Leases) otherwise permitted
under Section 8.4 that, for each of the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii)
above, do not, in the aggregate, materially (x) impair the value or marketability of such real
property or (y) interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted and proposed to be
conducted at such real property;

(f) Liens resulting from the filing of a precautionary UCC-1 financing statements relating
solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Liens of landlords and mortgagees of landlords (i) arising by statute or under any lease
or related Contractual Obligation entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ii) on fixtures
and movable tangible property located on the real property leased or subleased from such landlord,
(iii) for amounts not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and (iv) for which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are
maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP; and

(h) the title and interest of a lessor or sublessor in and to personal property leased or
subleased (other than through a Capital Lease), in each case extending only to such personal
property.

“Default” means any Event of Default and any event that, with the passing of time or
the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default.

“Divestiture Trust Agreement” means that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of
March 22, 2010, by and among Regent Broadcasting of Fort Collins, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Regent Broadcasting of Lafayette, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Jay Meyers, as trustee, as such
agreement may be amended pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement in the form attached
to the Divestiture Trust Agreement delivered to the Administrative Agent.

“Dollars” and the sign “$” each mean the lawful money of the United States of
America.

“Domestic Person” means any “United States person” under and as defined in
Section 770l(a)(30) of the Code.

“E-Fax” means any system used to receive or transmit faxes electronically.

“Electronic Transmission” means each document, instruction, authorization, file,
information and any other communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by
e-mail or E-Fax, or otherwise to or from an E-System or other equivalent service.

“Environmental Laws” means all Requirements of Law and terms and conditions in Permits
imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of
human health, safety, the environment and natural resources, including CERCLA, the SWDA, the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 651
et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq.), all regulations promulgated
under any of the foregoing, all analogous Requirements of Law and Permits and any environmental
transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes, including the Industrial Site Recovery Act
(N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 13:1K-6 et seq.).

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“Environmental Liabilities” means all Liabilities (including costs of Remedial
Actions, natural resource damages and costs and expenses of investigation and feasibility studies)
that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Group Member as a result of, or related
to, any claim, suit, action, investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in
contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common
law or otherwise, arising under any Environmental Law or in connection with any environmental,
health or safety condition or with any Release and resulting from the ownership, lease, sublease or
other operation or occupation of property by any Group Member, whether on, prior or after the date
hereof.

“ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

“ERISA Affiliate” means, collectively, any Group Member, and any Person under common
control, or treated as a single employer, with any Group Member, within the meaning of
Section 414(b), (c), or, solely for purposes of Section 412 of the Code,
within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.

“ERISA Event” means any of the following: (a) a reportable event described in
Section 4043(b) of ERISA (or, unless the 30-day notice requirement has been duly waived
under the applicable regulations, Section 4043(c) of ERISA) with respect to a Title IV
Plan, (b) the withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section
4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate
from any Multiemployer Plan, (d) with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the filing of a notice of
reorganization, insolvency or termination (or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under
Section 4041A of ERISA, (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan
(or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under Section 4041 of ERISA, (f) the
institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC, (g) the
failure to make any required contribution to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan when due, and
(h) the failure of a Benefit Plan or any trust thereunder intended to qualify for tax exempt status
under Section 401 or 501 of the Code or other Requirements of Law to qualify
thereunder.

“E-Signature” means the process of attaching to or logically associating with an
Electronic Transmission an electronic symbol, encryption, digital signature or process (including
the name or an abbreviation of the name of the party transmitting the Electronic Transmission) with
the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such Electronic Transmission.

“E-System” means any electronic system, including Intralinks® and CleraPar®
and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or
hosted by the Administrative Agent, any of its Related Persons or any other Person, providing for
access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.

“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period for any Eurodollar
Rate Loan, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate for deposits in
Dollars for the applicable Interest Period appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second full Business Day next preceding the first day of each
Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page at
such time, the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other
comparable publicly available service for displaying the offered rate for deposit in Dollars in the
London interbank market as may be selected by the Administrative Agent and, in the absence of
availability, such other method to determine such offered rate as may be selected by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

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“Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period and for any Eurodollar
Rate Loan, the higher of (a) 1.25% and (b) an interest rate per annum determined as the ratio of
(i) the Eurodollar Base Rate with respect to such Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan to
(ii) the difference between the number one and the Eurodollar Reserve Requirements with respect to
such Interest Period and for such Eurodollar Rate Loan.

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Eurodollar
Rate.

“Eurodollar Reserve Requirements” means, with respect to any Interest Period and for
any Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal to the aggregate, without duplication, of the
maximum rates (expressed as a decimal number) of reserve requirements in effect 2 Business Days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and
emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Federal Reserve Board or other Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the
Federal Reserve Board) maintained by a member bank of the United States Federal Reserve System.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.

“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, (a) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings for such
period, minus (b) without duplication and, except with respect to clauses (i), (ii),
(iii), (vii) and (viii) below, to the extent included in the determination of Consolidated
EBITDA, (i) any cash principal payment on the Loans (but only, in the case of payment in respect of
Revolving Loans, to the extent that the Revolving Credit Commitments are permanently reduced by the
amount of such payment) during such period other than any mandatory prepayment required pursuant to
Section 2.6, (ii) any scheduled or other mandatory cash principal payment made by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period on any Capitalized Lease Obligation or other
Indebtedness (provided, however that, if such Indebtedness may be reborrowed such
amounts shall be deducted only to the extent such payment results in a permanent reduction in
commitments thereof), (iii) any Capital Expenditure made by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
during such period to the extent permitted by this Agreement, excluding any such Capital
Expenditure to the extent financed through the incurrence of Capitalized Lease Obligations or any
long-term Indebtedness other than the Obligations and any Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iv) the
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense of such Person for such period, (v) any cash losses from
extraordinary items, (vi) any cash payment made during such period to satisfy obligations for
United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (vii) any increase in the
Working Capital of Holdings during such period (measured as the excess of such Working Capital at
the end of such period over such Working Capital at the beginning of such period), (viii) with
respect to any payments pursuant to Section 2.6(a)(ii), an amount equal to twice the amount
paid under Section 2.6(a)(i) during such Fiscal Year, (ix) the aggregate amount actually
paid by Company and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period on account of any Permitted
Acquisition to the extent such cash payment is made with proceeds from Consolidated Net Income, (x)
one-time, non-recurring fees, expenses or charges paid in cash in connection with Permitted
Acquisitions, Permitted Investments and Permitted Indebtedness, (xi) one-time, non-recurring fees,
expenses or charges paid in cash in connection with unconsummated Permitted Acquisitions, (xii)
one-time, non-recurring cash fees and expenses directly related to the Plan and the transactions
contemplated thereby, (xiii) restructuring costs, costs incurred with respect to divestitures,
costs incurred with respect to technical upgrades, charges and expenses in connection with business
expansion and business optimization projects, severance costs and lease termination costs made
within 12 months from emergence of bankruptcy, (xiv) charges and expenses in connection with
business expansion and business optimization projects and severance costs and lease termination
costs, in each case, made within 12 months of any Permitted Acquisition and related to such
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 Acquisition, (xv) one-time, non-recurring fees and expenses in connection with Hedging
Agreements permitted under Section 8.1(e), (xvi) fees and expenses related to the
documentation and granting of the Mortgages required to be delivered hereunder, (xvii)
Administrative Agent fees, (xviii) fees paid to executive recruiters to find one or more
independent board members, (xix) fees paid to independent directors in an aggregate amount, (xx)
expenses reimbursed and fees paid to trustees under the Independent Trust Agreement and the
Divestiture Trust Agreement as set forth in such agreements but excluding any amounts that may be
payable to such trustees which are variable, and plus (c) without duplication, (i) to the
extent included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (c)(i) of the
definition thereof, any provision for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by
net income, and (ii) any decrease in the Working Capital of Holdings during such period (measured
as the excess of such Working Capital at the beginning of such period over such Working Capital at
the end thereof).

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Existing Obligations” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“FAA” shall mean the Federal Aviation Administration and any successor thereto.

“Facilities” means (a) the Term Loan Facility and (b) the Revolving Credit Facility.

“FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission or any Governmental Authority which
succeeds to the duties and functions presently performed by the Federal Communications Commission.

“FCC License Assets” shall have the meaning specified in the Plan.

“FCC Licenses” means all licenses, Permits, permissions and other authorizations
issued by the FCC for the operation of television stations and community antenna relay service,
earth station, business radio, microwave and special safety radio service facilities.

“FCC Long Form Application” shall have the meaning specified in the Plan.

“Federal Flood Insurance” means Federally backed Flood Insurance available under the
National Flood Insurance Program to owners of real property improvements located in Special Flood
Hazard Areas in a community participating in the National Flood Insurance Program.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal
Reserve System and any successor thereto.

“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of April 27, 2010 addressed to the
Borrower from the Administrative Agent and accepted by the Borrower, with respect to certain fees
to be paid from time to time to the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons.

“FEMA” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a component of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security that administers the National Flood Insurance Program.

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“Financial Statement” means each financial statement delivered pursuant to
Section 4.4 or 6.1.

“FIRREA” means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of
1989, as amended.

“Fiscal Quarter” means each 3 fiscal month period ending on March 31, June 30,
September 30 or December 31.

“Fiscal Year” means the twelve-month period ending on December 31.

“Flood Insurance” means, for any real property located in a Special Flood Hazard Area,
Federal Flood Insurance or private insurance that meets the requirements set forth by FEMA in its
Mandatory Purchase of Flood Insurance Guidelines. Flood Insurance shall be in an amount equal to
the full, unpaid balance of the Loans and any prior liens on the real property up to the maximum
policy limits set under the National Flood Insurance Program, or as otherwise required by the
Administrative Agent, with deductibles not to exceed $50,000.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America,
as in effect from time to time, set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in the statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and in such other statements by such
other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession that are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. Subject to Section 1.3,
all references to “GAAP” shall be to GAAP applied consistently with the principles used in
the preparation of the Financial Statements described in Section 4.4(a).

“GE Capital” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

“Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or
authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, including any central bank, stock exchange, regulatory
body, arbitrator, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the
European Central Bank) and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners).

“Group Members” means, collectively, the Borrower, Holdings and their respective
Subsidiaries.

“Group Members’ Accountants” means Deloitte & Touche LLP or other
nationally-recognized independent registered certified public accountants acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.

“Guarantor” means Holdings, each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on
Schedule 4.3 and each other Person that enters into any Guaranty Obligation with respect to
any Obligation of any Loan Party.

“Guaranty and Security Agreement” means a guaranty and security agreement, in
substantially the form of Exhibit E, among the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the
Guarantors from time to time party thereto.

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“Guaranty Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect
liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other
obligation (the “primary obligation”) of another Person (the “primary obligor”), if
the purpose or intent of such Person in incurring such liability, or the economic effect thereof,
is to guarantee such primary obligation or provide support, assurance or comfort to the holder of
such primary obligation or to protect or indemnify such holder against loss with respect to such
primary obligation, including (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or
sale with recourse by such Person of any primary obligation, (b) the incurrence of reimbursement
obligations with respect to any letter of credit or bank guarantee in support of any primary
obligation, (c) the existence of any Lien, or any right, contingent or otherwise, to receive a
Lien, on the property of such Person securing any part of any primary obligation and (d) any
liability of such Person for a primary obligation through any Contractual Obligation (contingent or
otherwise) or other arrangement (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary
obligation or any security therefor or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such
primary obligation (whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase, capital contribution or
otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency, working capital, equity capital or any balance sheet
item, level of income or cash flow, liquidity or financial condition of any primary obligor, (iii)
to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of non-performance by any other
party to any Contractual Obligation, (iv) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee) any
property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the primary
obligor to satisfy such primary obligation or to protect the holder of such primary obligation
against loss or (v) to supply funds to or in any other manner invest in, such primary obligor
(including to pay for property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or
such services are rendered); provided, however, that “Guaranty Obligations”
shall not include (x) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business and
(y) product warranties given in the ordinary course of business. The outstanding amount of any
Guaranty Obligation shall equal the outstanding amount of the primary obligation so guaranteed or
otherwise supported or, if lower, the stated maximum amount for which such Person may be liable
under such Guaranty Obligation.

“Hazardous Material” means any substance, material or waste that is classified,
regulated or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous, toxic, a contaminant
or a pollutant or by other words of similar meaning or regulatory effect, including petroleum or
any fraction thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and radioactive substances.

“Hedging Agreement” means any Interest Rate Contract, foreign exchange, swap, option
or forward contract, spot, cap, floor or collar transaction, any other derivative instrument and
any other similar speculative transaction and any other similar agreement or arrangement designed
to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in any underlying variable.

“Holdings” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, any of the following, whether
or not matured: (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by notes,
bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all reimbursement and all other obligations with
respect to (i) letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances or (ii) surety, customs,
reclamation or performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation) other than
those entered into in the ordinary course of business, (d) all obligations to pay the deferred
purchase price of property or services, other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course
of business, (e) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, regardless of whether the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under
such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property, (f)
all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (g) all obligations, whether or not contingent, to purchase,
redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any of its own Stock or Stock Equivalents
(or any Stock or Stock Equivalent of a direct or indirect parent entity thereof) prior to the date
that is 180 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date, valued at, in the case of redeemable preferred
Stock, the greater of the voluntary liquidation preference and the involuntary liquidation
preference of such Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) all payments that would be required
to be made in respect of any Hedging Agreement in the event of a termination (including an early
termination) on the date of determination and (i) all Guaranty Obligations for obligations of any
other Person constituting Indebtedness of such other Person; provided, however,
that the items in each of clauses (a) through (i) above shall constitute
“Indebtedness” of such Person solely to the extent, directly or indirectly, (x) such Person
is liable for any part of any such item, (y) any such item is secured by a Lien on such Person’s
property or (z) any other Person has a right, contingent or otherwise, to cause such Person to
become liable for any part of any such item or to grant such a Lien.

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“Indemnified Matter” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4.

“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4.

“Independent Trust Agreement” means that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of March
18, 2010, between Holdings and Jay Meyers, as Trustee as such agreement may be amended pursuant to
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement in the form attached to the Independent Trust Agreement
delivered to the Administrative Agent.

“Initial Cases” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Initial Investors’ Equity Investment” means the substitution and exchange of certain
of the Existing Obligations for the equity of Parent pursuant to, and on the terms provided for, in
the Plan.

“Initial Investors’ Investment Documents” means each document executed in connection
with the Initial Investors’ Equity Investment.

“Initial Projections” means those financial projections, dated March 15, 2010 covering
the Fiscal Years ending in 2010 through 2014 and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower prior to the date hereof.

“Intellectual Property” means all rights, title and interests in or relating to
intellectual property and industrial property arising under any Requirement of Law and all IP
Ancillary Rights relating thereto, including all Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Internet Domain
Names, Trade Secrets and IP Licenses.

“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period
commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is made or converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan as
selected by the Borrower pursuant hereto; or, if such loan is continued, on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period therefor and, in each case, ending three (3) months
thereafter, provided, however, that (a) if any Interest Period would otherwise end
on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day, unless the result of such extension would be to extend such Interest Period into the
next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
Business Day, (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of
such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month, (c) the Borrower may
not select any Interest Period (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, ending after the Scheduled
Revolving Credit Termination Date and (ii) in the case of Term Loans, ending after the Term Loan
Maturity Date, (d) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period in respect of Loans having an
aggregate principal amount of less than (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, $100,000 and (ii) in
the case of Term Loans $1,000,000 and (e) there shall be outstanding at any one time no more than 5
Interest Periods.

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“Interest Rate Contracts” means all interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
agreements, interest rate collar agreements and interest rate insurance.

“Internet Domain Names” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP
Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to Internet domain names.

“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to own,
purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case whether beneficially or otherwise, any investment in,
including any interest in, any Security of any other Person (other than any evidence of any
Obligation), (b) to purchase or otherwise acquire, whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions, all or a significant part of the property of any other Person or a business conducted
by any other Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting the business of a
division, branch, brand or other unit operation of any other Person, (c) to incur, or to remain
liable under, any Guaranty Obligation for Indebtedness of any other Person, to assume the
Indebtedness of any other Person or to make, hold, purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case
directly or indirectly, any deposit, loan, advance, commitment to lend or advance, or other
extension of credit (including by deferring or extending the date of, in each case outside the
ordinary course of business, the payment of the purchase price for Sales of property or services to
any other Person, to the extent such payment obligation constitutes Indebtedness of such other
Person), excluding deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand, prepaid
expenses, accounts receivable and similar items created in the ordinary course of business, (d) to
make, directly or indirectly, any contribution to the capital of any other Person or (e) to Sell
any property for less than fair market value (including a disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents
in exchange for consideration of lesser value); provided, however, that such
Investment shall be valued at the difference between the value of the consideration for such Sale
and the fair market value of the property Sold.

“IP Ancillary Rights” means, with respect to any other Intellectual Property, as
applicable, all foreign counterparts to, and all divisionals, reversions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, renewals and extensions of, such Intellectual
Property and all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted
under or with respect to any of the foregoing or otherwise with respect to such Intellectual
Property, including all rights to sue or recover at law or in equity for any past, present or
future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof, and, in
each case, all rights to obtain any other IP Ancillary Right.

“IP License” means all Contractual Obligations (and all related IP Ancillary Rights),
whether written or oral, granting any right title and interest in or relating to any Intellectual
Property.

“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States and any successor
thereto.

“Lender” means, collectively any financial institution or other Person that (a) is
listed on the signature pages hereof as a “Lender” or (b) from time to time becomes a party
hereto by execution of an Assignment, in each case together with its successors.

“Liabilities” means all claims, actions, suits, judgments, damages, losses, liability,
obligations, responsibilities, fines, penalties, sanctions, costs, fees, taxes, commissions,
charges, disbursements and expenses, in each case of any kind or nature (including interest accrued
thereon or as a result thereto and fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other
advisors and consultants), whether joint or several, whether or not indirect, contingent,
consequential, actual, punitive, treble or otherwise.

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“License Subsidiary” means any special purpose Subsidiary of Borrower that
(i) observes all corporate formalities, maintains separate books and records, does not commingle
assets with any affiliate, holds no assets other than the Radio Station Licenses, FCC Licenses and
PUC Certificates and has no financial obligations other than to the Administrative Agent and
Lenders as a Guarantor and as a Guarantor pursuant to the Subordinated Notes Documents, (ii) is
organized pursuant to organizational documents reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
(iii) is a Guarantor upon or prior to the time of acquiring any Radio Station Licenses, FCC License
and PUC Certificate or is a Guarantor on the Closing Date or becomes a Guarantor in connection with
a Permitted Acquisition and (iv) to the extent not prohibited by any Requirement of Law, has
granted a Lien in its assets to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents.

“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest or other
security arrangement and any other preference, priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the
interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

“LMA” means any joint sales agreement, advertising sales agreement, time brokerage
agreement, local marketing or management agreement or similar arrangement for any broadcast station
to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.

“Loan” means any loan made or deemed made by any Lender hereunder.

“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, any Notes, the Guaranty and
Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Control Agreements, the Subordination Agreement, the Fee
Letter, and, when executed, each document executed by a Loan Party and delivered to the
Administrative Agent or, any Lender in connection with or pursuant to any of the foregoing or the
Obligations, together with any modification of any term, or any waiver with respect to, any of the
foregoing.

“Loan Party” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.

“Local Franchising Authority” means any state, county, local or municipal Governmental
Authority which regulates the provision of cable television service, including the award of
franchises or other permits or authorizations to provide cable television service, and which has
authority over the Cable Systems.

“Material Adverse Effect” means an effect that results in or causes, or could
reasonably be expected to result in or cause, a material adverse change in any of (a) the condition
(financial or otherwise), business, performance, operations or property of the Group Members, taken
as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document
and (c) the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and/or the other Secured Parties under any Loan Document.

“Material Environmental Liabilities” means Environmental Liabilities exceeding
$750,000 in the aggregate.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

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“Mortgage” means any mortgage, deed of trust or other document in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agent executed or required herein to be executed by any Loan Party and
granting a security interest over real property in favor of the Administrative Agent as security
for the Obligations.

“Mortgage Supporting Documents” means, with respect to any Mortgage for a parcel of
real property, each document (including title policies or marked-up unconditional insurance binders
(in each case, together with copies of all documents referred to therein), maps, ALTA (or TLTA, if
applicable) as-built surveys (in form and as to date that is sufficiently acceptable to the title
insurer issuing title insurance to the Administrative Agent for such title insurer to deliver
endorsements to such title insurance as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent),
environmental assessments and reports, appraisals required to comply with FIRREA and evidence
regarding recording and payment of fees, insurance premium and taxes) that the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request, to create, register, perfect, maintain, evidence the existence, substance,
form or validity of or enforce a valid lien on such parcel of real property in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject only to Permitted Liens and
such Liens as the Administrative Agent may approve.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any multiemployer plan, as defined in
Section 400l(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any ERISA Affiliate has or can reasonably be expected
to have an obligation to contribute (including, without limitation, an obligation to pay Withdrawal
Liability).

“National Flood Insurance Program” means the program created by the U.S. Congress
pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
as revised by the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, that mandates the purchase of flood
insurance to cover real property improvements located in Special Flood Hazard Areas in
participating communities and provides protection to property owners through a Federal insurance
program.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means proceeds received in cash from (a) any Sale of, or Property
Loss Event with respect to, property, net of (i) the customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and
expenses paid or required to be paid in connection therewith, (ii) taxes paid or reasonably
estimated to be payable as a result thereof and (iii) any amount required to be paid or prepaid on
Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and Indebtedness owing to any Group Member) secured by the
property subject thereto or (b) any incurrence of Indebtedness, in each case net of brokers’,
advisors’ and investment banking fees and other customary out-of-pocket underwriting discounts,
commissions and other customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and expenses, in each case incurred
in connection with such transaction; provided, however, that any such proceeds
received by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower
shall constitute “Net Cash Proceeds” only to the extent of the aggregate direct and
indirect beneficial ownership interest of the Borrower therein.

“Non-Funding Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(c).

“Non-U.S. Lender Party” means each of the Administrative Agent, each SPV and each
participant, in each case that is not a Domestic Person.

“Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower, in substantially the form of
Exhibit B, payable to the order of a Lender in any Facility in a principal amount
equal to the amount of such Lender’s Commitment under such Facility (or, in the case of the Term
Loan Facility, the aggregate initial principal amount of the Term Loans).

“Notice of Conversion or Continuation” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.8.

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“Oaktree” means OCM Principal Opportunities Fund IV AIF (Delaware) L.P. and it’s
Affiliates and any Person (other than a natural Person) that (a) is or will be engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in
the ordinary course of its business and (b) is advised or managed by (i) OCM Principal
Opportunities Fund IV AIF (Delaware) L.P., (ii) any Affiliate of OCM Principal Opportunities Fund
IV AIF (Delaware) L.P. or (iii) any Person (other than an individual) or any Affiliate of any
Person (other than an individual) that administers or manages OCM Principal Opportunities Fund IV
AIF (Delaware) L.P.

“Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, all amounts, obligations,
liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by such Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender, any other Indemnitee, any participant, or any SPV arising out of,
under, or in connection with, any Loan Document, whether direct or indirect (regardless of whether
acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, whether liquidated or not,
now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired, and whether or not evidenced by any
instrument or for the payment of money, including, without duplication, (a) if such Loan Party is
the Borrower, all Loans, (b) all interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition
in bankruptcy or after the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding,
and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such
proceeding, and (c) all other fees, expenses (including fees, charges and disbursement of counsel),
interest, commissions, charges, costs, disbursements, indemnities and reimbursement of amounts paid
and other sums chargeable to such Loan Party under any Loan Document.

“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c).

“Parent” means Regent Holdings LLC.

“Patents” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights)
arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to letters patent and applications therefor.

“PBGC” means the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor
thereto.

“Permit” means, with respect to any Person, any permit, approval, authorization,
license, registration, certificate, concession, grant, franchise, variance or permission from, and
any other Contractual Obligations with, any Governmental Authority, including without limitation,
the FCC in each case whether or not having the force of law and applicable to or binding upon such
Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

“Permitted Acquisition” means any Proposed Acquisition satisfying each of the
following conditions:

(a) the Proposed Acquisition Target is organized under the laws of a State in the United
States or the District of Columbia and is in the same Business as the Borrower or a Business that
the Borrower or its Subsidiaries are permitted to enter into;

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(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received reasonable advance notice of such Proposed
Acquisition including a reasonably detailed description thereof at least 15 Business Days prior to
the consummation of such Proposed Acquisition (or such later date as may be agreed by the
Administrative Agent) and the Administrative Agent shall have forwarded such notice to the Lenders
within 5 Business Days after receipt thereof and on or prior to the date of such Proposed
Acquisition, the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the acquisition agreement and
related Contractual Obligations and other documents (including financial information and analysis,
environmental assessments and reports, opinions, certificates, lien searches, and FCC approvals)
and information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;

(c) as of the date of consummation of any transaction as part of such Proposed Acquisition and
after giving effect to all transactions to occur on such date as part of such Proposed Acquisition,
the representations and warranties set forth in any Loan Document shall be true and correct in all
material respects pursuant to clause (b) of Article 4 and no Default shall be
continuing, and after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition, Holdings shall be in compliance
with the financial covenants set forth in Article 5 on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day
of the last Fiscal Quarter for which Financial Statements have been delivered hereunder;

(d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including any new Subsidiary) shall execute and deliver
the agreements, instruments and other documents required by Section 7.10 and the
Administrative Agent shall have received, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a collateral
assignment of the seller’s representations, warranties and indemnities to the Borrowers or any of
their Subsidiaries under the acquisition documents; and

(e) for any Proposed Acquisition which is a Radio Swap Transaction, (i) the Station Operating
Income of the Proposed Acquisition Target for the trailing twelve months immediately prior to the
date of such Proposed Acquisition together with the aggregate Station Operating Income pursuant to
this clause (e)(i) associated with all Permitted Acquisitions which were Radio Swap
Transactions does not exceed 15% of the Station Operating Income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
for the trailing twelve months immediately prior to the date of such Proposed Acquisition and (ii)
the aggregate amount of cash payable by the Loan Parties as part of the purchase price or other
consideration of any such Radio Swap Transactions shall not exceed the lesser of (x) 25% of the
Station Operating Income of such Proposed Acquisition Target for the trailing twelve months
immediately prior to the date of such Proposed Acquisitionand (y) $3,000,000.

“Permitted Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of any Group Member that is not
prohibited by Section 8.1 or any other provision of any Loan Document.

“Permitted Investment” means any Investment of any Group Member that is not prohibited
by Section 8.3 or any other provision of any Loan Document.

“Permitted Investors” means, collectively Oaktree.

“Permitted Lien” means any Lien on or with respect to the property of any Group Member
that is not prohibited by Section 8.2 or any other provision of any Loan Document.

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“Permitted Refinancing” means Indebtedness constituting a refinancing or extension of
Permitted Indebtedness that (a) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than the
sum of (x) aggregate principal amount of such Permitted Indebtedness plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon and accrued and unpaid fees and reasonable expenses related thereto outstanding at
the time of such refinancing or extension, plus (y) the amount of any early prepayment
penalties actually paid as a result of such Permitted Refinancing, (b) has a weighted average
maturity (in each case measured as of the date of such refinancing or extension) and maturity no
shorter or earlier, as applicable than that of such Permitted Indebtedness, (c) is not entered into
as part of a Sale and Leaseback transaction, (d) is not secured by any property or any Lien other
than those securing such Permitted Indebtedness, (e) has an interest rate no greater than the
interest rate for such Permitted Indebtedness and has a cash interest cost no greater than the cash
interest cost for such Permitted Indebtedness, and (f) is otherwise on terms no less favorable to
the Group Members, taken as a whole, than those of such Permitted Indebtedness; provided,
however that clauses (e) and (f) shall not apply with respect to a refinancing or
extension of the Subordinated Notes if such refinancing or extension thereof is on terms which are
customary and similar to other issuances of subordinated debt made in the twelve month period
immediately preceding such refinancing or extension and the interest rate with respect thereto is
not greater than 15.5% (without accounting for default interest) and all interest thereunder is
payable only in kind and not in cash (in determining the interest rate applicable thereto,
discounts and upfront fees payable to the holders thereof shall be included as reasonably
determined by the Administrative Agent), and provided, further, however,
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the terms of such Permitted Indebtedness may be modified
as part of such Permitted Refinancing if such modification would have been permitted pursuant to
Section 8.11 and (y) no Guaranty Obligation for such Indebtedness shall constitute part of
such Permitted Refinancing unless similar Guaranty Obligations with respect to such Permitted
Indebtedness existed and constituted Permitted Indebtedness prior to such refinancing or extension.

“Permitted Reinvestment” means, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of any Sale or
Property Loss Event, to acquire (or make Capital Expenditures to finance the acquisition, repair,
improvement or construction of), to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, property useful in
the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (including through a Permitted Acquisition)
or, if such Property Loss Event involves loss or damage to property, to repair such loss or damage
or to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, acquire property useful in the business of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust
and a public benefit corporation), joint stock company, estate, association, firm, enterprise,
trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture and any other entity or
Governmental Authority.

“Plan” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Pro Forma Balance Sheet” has the meaning specified in Section 4.4(d).

“Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any determination for any period and any Pro
Forma Transaction, that such determination shall be made by giving pro forma effect to each such
Pro Forma Transaction, as if each such Pro Forma Transaction had been consummated on the first day
of such period, based on historical results accounted for in accordance with GAAP and, to the
extent applicable, reasonable assumptions that are specified in detail in the relevant Compliance
Certificate, Financial Statement or other document provided to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection herewith in accordance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933.

“Pro Forma Transaction” means any transaction consummated as part of any Permitted
Acquisition (including a Radio Swap Transaction), together with each other transaction relating
thereto and consummated in connection therewith, including any incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness.

“Projections” means, collectively, the Initial Projections and any document delivered
pursuant to Section 6.1(f).

“Property Loss Event” means, with respect to any property, any loss of or damage to
such property or any taking of such property or condemnation thereof.

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“Proposed Acquisition” means (a) any proposed acquisition that is consensual and
approved by the board of directors of such Proposed Acquisition Target, of all or substantially all
of the assets or Stock of or any line of business, division, branch or other operating unit of any
Proposed Acquisition Target by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (or by Holdings to
the extent such assets and Stock of or any line of business, division, branch or other operating
unit are transferred to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower contemporaneously with such
acquisition) or (b) any proposed merger of any Proposed Acquisition Target with or into the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (and, in the case of a merger with the Borrower, with
the Borrower being the surviving corporation).

“Proposed Acquisition Target” means any Person or any brand, line of business,
division, branch, operating division or other unit operation of any Person.

“Pro Rata Outstandings”, of any Lender at any time, means (a) in the case of the Term
Loan Facility, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans owing to such Lender and (b) in
the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, the outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans
owing to such Lender.

“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender at any time (a) in the case of the
Term Loan Facility at any time, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Pro Rata Outstandings
therein of such Lender then in effect by (ii) the Pro Rata Outstandings therein of all Lenders then
in effect; and (b) in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, at any time, the percentage
obtained by dividing (i) the Pro Rata Outstandings therein of such Lender then in effect by (ii)
the Pro Rata Outstandings therein of all Lenders then in effect; provided, however,
that, if there are no Pro Rata Outstandings in any of such Facilities, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share
shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share in such Facility most recently in effect, after
giving effect to any subsequent assignment and any subsequent non-pro rata payments of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.16.

“PUC” means any public utility commission, public service commission or similar
regulatory body with jurisdiction over the Business.

“PUC Certificate” means any certificate of public convenience or necessity or other
authorization issued by a PUC which is necessary for the conduct of the Business.

“Radio Station Licenses” means all licenses, Permits, permissions and other
authorizations issued by the FCC for the operation of any Radio Station.

“Radio Stations” means and includes, collectively, (a) all of the AM and FM radio
stations owned and operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, and
(b) all radio stations from time to time acquired after the Closing Date by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries.

“Radio Swap Transaction” means, in relation to any Person, any transaction, or any
series of related transactions, in which such Person, or any of its Affiliates, shall acquire one
or more Radio Stations and related business assets and properties in exchange (whether in whole or
in part) for one or more Radio Stations and related business assets and properties owned by such
Person.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(b).

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“Reinvestment Prepayment Amount” means, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds on the
Reinvestment Prepayment Date therefor, the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds less any amount
paid or required to be paid by any Group Member to make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash
Proceeds pursuant to a Contractual Obligation entered into prior to such Reinvestment Prepayment
Date with any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower.

“Reinvestment Prepayment Date” means, with respect to any portion of any Net Cash
Proceeds of any Sale or Property Loss Event, the earliest of (a) the 365th day after the
completion of the portion of such Sale or Property Loss Event corresponding to such Net Cash
Proceeds, (b) the date that is 5 Business Days after the date on which the Borrower shall have
notified the Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s determination not to make Permitted
Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds, (c) the occurrence of any Event of Default set forth in
Section 9.1(e)(ii) and (d) 5 Business Days after the delivery of a notice by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower during the continuance of any other
Event of Default.

“Related Documents” means, collectively, the Divestiture Trust Agreement (including,
the form of the proposed Amended and Restated Trust Agreement related thereto), the Independent
Trust Agreement (including, the form of the proposed Amended and Restated Independent Trust
Agreement related thereto), the Subordinated Notes Documents, and the Initial Investors’ Investment
Documents, delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(viii)(C) and
each other document executed with respect to any of the foregoing or any Related Transaction.

“Related Person” means, with respect to any Person, each Affiliate of such Person and
each director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, representative, attorney, accountant and each
insurance, environmental, legal, financial and other advisor (including those retained in
connection with the satisfaction or attempted satisfaction of any condition set forth in
Article 3) and other consultants and agents of or to such Person or any of its Affiliates,
together with, if such Person is the Administrative Agent, each other Person or individual
designated, nominated or otherwise mandated by or helping the Administrative Agent pursuant to and
in accordance with Section 10.4 or any comparable provision of any Loan Document.

“Related Transactions” means, collectively, the substitution and exchange of certain
of the Existing Obligations for the Subordinated Notes and the Stock of Holdings pursuant to the
Plan, the entering into of the Divesture Trust Agreement and the Independent Trust Agreement, the
execution and delivery of all Related Documents and the payment of all related fees, costs and
expenses.

“Release” means any release, threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping,
pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping,
leaching or migration of Hazardous Material into or through the environment.

“Remedial Action” means all actions required to (a) clean up, remove, treat or in any
other way address any Hazardous Material in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or
minimize any Release so that a Hazardous Material does not migrate or endanger or threaten to
endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment or (c) perform pre-remedial
studies and investigations and post-remedial monitoring and care with respect to any Hazardous
Material.

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having at such time in excess of 50% of
the sum of (a) the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if such Revolving Credit Commitments
are terminated, the Pro Rata Outstandings in the Revolving Credit Facility) and (b) the Pro Rata
Outstandings in the Term Loan Facility, in each case, then in effect, ignoring in such calculation,
the amounts held by any Non-Funding Lender; provided, however, that Required
Lenders must consist of at least two Lenders who each hold at least 8% of the aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Term Loans and who are not Affiliates of each other or an Approved Fund
of any such Lender.

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“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having at such time in
excess of 50% of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if such Revolving Credit
Commitments are terminated, the Pro Rata Outstandings in the Revolving Credit Facility) then in
effect, ignoring in such calculation, the amounts held by any Non-Funding Lender.

“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law
and all federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes,
treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs,
injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the
interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or
requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and
that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person
or any of its property is subject.

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any of the president, chief
executive officer, vice president, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller, managing member or
general partner of such Person but, in any event, with respect to financial matters, any such
officer that is responsible for preparing the Financial Statements delivered hereunder and, with
respect to the Corporate Chart and other documents delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(e),
documents delivered on the Closing Date and documents delivered pursuant to Section 7.10,
the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person or any other officer responsible for
maintaining the corporate and similar records of such Person.

“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend, return of capital, distribution or any
other payment or Sale of property for less than fair market value, whether direct or indirect
(including through the use of Hedging Agreements, the making, repayment, cancellation or
forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations) and whether in cash, Securities or
other property, on account of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, in each case now or hereafter outstanding, including with respect to a claim for
rescission of a Sale of such Stock or Stock Equivalent and (b) any redemption, retirement,
termination, defeasance, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition for value, whether direct or
indirect (including through the use of Hedging Agreements, the making, repayment, cancellation or
forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations), of any Stock or Stock Equivalent
of any Group Member or of any direct or indirect parent entity of the Borrower, now or hereafter
outstanding, and any payment or other transfer setting aside funds for any such redemption,
retirement, termination, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition, whether directly or
indirectly and whether to a sinking fund, a similar fund or otherwise.

“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, the
commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans, which commitment is in the amount set forth
opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I under the caption “Revolving Credit
Commitment”, as amended to reflect Assignments and as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments on the date hereof equals
$2,000,000.

“Revolving Credit Facility” means the Revolving Credit Commitments and the provisions
herein related to the Revolving Loans.

“Revolving Credit Lender” means each Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or
holds a Revolving Loan.

“Revolving Credit Termination Date” shall mean the earliest of (a) the Scheduled
Revolving Credit Termination Date, (b) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.3 or 9.2 and (c) the date on which the Obligations become due
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“Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

“Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date” means the 2nd anniversary of the Closing
Date.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Person (the
“obligor”), any Contractual Obligation or other arrangement with any other Person (the
“counterparty”) consisting of a lease by such obligor of any property that, directly or
indirectly, has been or is to be Sold by the obligor to such counterparty or to any other Person to
whom funds have been advanced by such counterparty based on a Lien on, or an assignment of, such
property or any obligations of such obligor under such lease.

“Secured Parties” means the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, each other Indemnitee
and any other holder of any Obligation of any Loan Party.

“Security” means all Stock, Stock Equivalents, voting trust certificates, bonds,
debentures, instruments and other evidence of Indebtedness, whether or not secured, convertible or
subordinated, all certificates of interest, share or participation in, all certificates for the
acquisition of, and all warrants, options and other rights to acquire, any Security.

“Sell” means, with respect to any property, to sell, convey, transfer, assign,
license, lease or otherwise dispose of, any interest therein or to permit any Person to acquire any
such interest, including, in each case, through a Sale and Leaseback Transaction or through a sale,
factoring at maturity, collection of or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or
accounts receivable. Conjugated forms thereof and the noun “Sale” have correlative
meanings.

“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that, as
of such date, (a) the value of the assets of such Person (both at fair value and present fair
saleable value) is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent and
unliquidated liabilities) of such Person, (b) such Person is able to pay all liabilities of such
Person as such liabilities mature and (c) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital. In
computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities shall
be computed at the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time,
represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“Special Flood Hazard Area” means an area that FEMA’s current flood maps indicate has
at least a one percent (1%) chance of a flood equal to or exceeding the base flood elevation (a
100-year flood) in any given year.

“SPV” means any special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in a writing by any
Lender to the Administrative Agent.

“Station Operating Income” means, with respect to any fiscal period, without
duplication, an amount equal to Station Revenue for such period, minus to the extent included in
determining Station Revenue for such period, the sum of, (i) station programming expenses and (ii)
general and administrative expenses at the station level (but not the corporate level).

“Station Revenue” means, for any fiscal period, the revenue of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries derived directly from the operation of Radio Stations during such period, net of any
commissions paid to any third parties with respect to such revenue.

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“Stock” means all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or
preferred stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture
interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of
how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.

“Stock Equivalents” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock or
any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or
otherwise acquire any Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not presently convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable.

“Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the payment in full
of the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
including any Indebtedness under the Subordinated Notes.

“Subordinated Notes” means the 12% Senior Subordinated PIK Notes due October 27, 2014,
governed by the terms of the Subordinated Notes Agreement.

“Subordinated Notes Agent” means GE Capital, in its capacity as subordinated notes
agent under the Subordinated Notes Agreement together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“Subordinated Notes Agreement” means the Subordinated Notes Agreement, dated as of
April 27, 2010, among the Borrower, Holdings, the note purchasers from time to time party thereto
and the Subordinate Notes Agent.

“Subordinated Notes Documents” means, collectively, the Subordinated Notes, the
Subordinated Notes Agreement and any other document related to any of the foregoing.

“Subordination Agreement” means that certain Subordination Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Subordinated Notes Agent.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company, association or other entity, the management of which is,
directly or indirectly, controlled by, or of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding
Voting Stock is, at the time, owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, such Person or one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person.

“Substitute Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).

“SWDA” means the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.).

“Tax Affiliate” means, (a) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) any Affiliate of
the Borrower with which the Borrower files or is eligible to file consolidated, combined or unitary
tax returns.

“Tax Return” has the meaning specified in Section 4.8.

“Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

“Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

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“Term Loan Facility” means the Term Loans and the provisions herein related to the
Term Loans. The aggregate amount of Term Loans on the date hereof equals ninety-five million
dollars ($95,000,000). The Term Loan of each Lender as of the Closing Date is set forth on
Schedule I hereto.

“Term Loan Maturity Date” means the 4th anniversary of the Closing Date.

“Title IV Plan” means a pension plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, other than a
Multiemployer Plan, sponsored by an ERISA Affiliate or to which any ERISA Affiliate has an
obligation to contribute.

“Trademarks” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary
Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trademarks, trade names, corporate
names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos
and other source or business identifiers and, in each case, all goodwill associated therewith, all
registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.

“Trade Secrets” means all right, title and interest (and all related IP Ancillary
Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trade secrets.

“Trust” means the trust formed under the Independent Trust Agreement or any other
trust formed in accordance with the terms of the Plan to hold the Ratio Station Licenses pending
grant of the FCC Long Form Applications.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and, if the
applicable jurisdiction shall not have any Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in the State of New York.

“United States” means the United States of America.

“U.S. Lender Party” means each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each SPV and
each participant, in each case that is a Domestic Person.

“Voting Stock” means Stock of any Person having ordinary power to vote in the election
of members of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other controlling Persons, of such
Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class or classes of such entity
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the occurrence of any contingency).

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person, all of
the Stock of which (other than nominal holdings and director’s qualifying shares) is owned by such
Person, either directly or through one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

“Withdrawal Liability” means, at any time, any liability incurred by any ERISA
Affiliate and not yet satisfied or paid in full at such time with respect to any Multiemployer Plan
pursuant to Section 4201 of ERISA.

“Working Capital” means, for any Person at any date, its Consolidated Current Assets
at such date minus its Consolidated Current Liabilities at such date.

Section 1.2 UCC Terms. The following terms have the meanings given to them in
the applicable UCC: “commodity account”, “commodity contract”, “commodity intermediary”, “deposit
account”, “entitlement holder”, “entitlement order”, “equipment”, “financial asset”, “general
intangible”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “securities account”, “securities intermediary”
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Section 1.3 Accounting Terms and Principles. (a) GAAP. All
accounting determinations required to be made pursuant hereto shall, unless expressly otherwise
provided herein, be made in accordance with GAAP. No change in the accounting principles used in
the preparation of any Financial Statement hereafter adopted by Holdings shall be given effect if
such change would affect a calculation that measures compliance with any provision of
Article 5 or 8 unless the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders agree to modify such provisions to reflect such changes in GAAP and, unless such provisions
are modified, all Financial Statements, Compliance Certificates and similar documents provided
hereunder shall be provided together with a reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set
forth therein before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Notwithstanding any other
provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be
construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to in Article 5 and
Article 8 shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or
effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any
Loan Party at “fair value.”

(b) Pro Forma. All components of financial calculations made to determine compliance
with Article 5 shall be adjusted on a Pro Forma Basis to include or exclude, as the case
may be, without duplication, such components of such calculations attributable to any Pro Forma
Transaction consummated after the first day of the applicable period of determination and prior to
the end of such period, as determined in good faith by the Borrower and in a manner reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, based on assumptions expressed therein and that were
reasonable based on the information available to the Borrower at the time of preparation of the
Compliance Certificate setting forth such calculations.

Section 1.4 Payments. The Administrative Agent may set up standards and
procedures to determine or redetermine the equivalent in Dollars of any amount expressed in any
currency other than Dollars and otherwise may, but shall not be obligated to, rely on any
determination made by any Loan Party. Any such determination or redetermination by the
Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. No
determination or redetermination by any Secured Party or Loan Party and no other currency
conversion shall change or release any obligation of any Loan Party or of any Secured Party (other
than the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons) under any Loan Document, each of which
agrees to pay separately for any shortfall remaining after any conversion and payment of the amount
as converted. The Administrative Agent may round up or down, and may set up appropriate mechanisms
to round up or down, any amount hereunder to nearest higher or lower amounts and may determine
reasonable de minimis payment thresholds.

Section 1.5 Interpretation. (a) Certain Terms. Except as set
forth in any Loan Document, all accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed
in accordance with GAAP (except for the term “property”, which shall be interpreted as
broadly as possible, including, in any case, cash, Securities, other assets, rights under
Contractual Obligations and Permits and any right or interest in any property). The terms
“herein”, “hereof” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole. In the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date in any Loan
Document, the terms “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and
including.” In any other case, the term “including” when used in any Loan Document means
“including without limitation.” The term “documents” means all writings, however evidenced
and whether in physical or electronic form, including all documents, instruments, agreements,
notices, demands, certificates, forms, financial statements, opinions and reports. The term
“incur” means incur, create, make, issue, assume or otherwise become directly or indirectly
liable in respect of or responsible for, in each case whether directly or indirectly, and the terms
“incurrence” and “incurred” and similar derivatives shall have correlative meanings.

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(b) Certain References. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, references (i) in this
Agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Exhibit or
Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in, this Agreement and (ii) in any Loan Document, to (A)
any agreement shall include, without limitation, all exhibits, schedules, appendixes and annexes to
such agreement and, unless the prior consent of any Secured Party required therefor is not
obtained, any modification to any term of such agreement, (B) any statute shall be to such statute
as modified from time to time and to any successor legislation thereto, in each case as in effect
at the time any such reference is operative and (C) any time of day shall be a reference to New
York time. Titles of articles, sections, clauses, exhibits, schedules and annexes contained in any
Loan Document are without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part
of the agreement between the parties hereto. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the meaning of
any term defined (including by reference) in any Loan Document shall be equally applicable to both
the singular and plural forms of such term.

ARTICLE 2

THE FACILITIES

Section 2.1 The Revolving Credit Commitments and Loans. (a)
Revolving Credit Commitments. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this
Agreement, each Revolving Credit Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to make loans in Dollars
(each a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the
period from the date hereof until the Revolving Credit Termination Date in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding for all such loans by such Lender not to exceed such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that at no time shall any Revolving
Credit Lender be obligated to make a Revolving Loan in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the amount by which the then effective Revolving Credit Commitments exceeds the aggregate Revolving
Loans at such time. Within the limits set forth in the first sentence of this clause (a),
amounts of Revolving Loans repaid may be reborrowed under this Section 2.1.

(b) Term Loans. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this
Agreement, the Lenders as contemplated by the Plan shall exchange a portion of their loans under
the Existing Credit Agreement for the term loans hereunder (each a “Term Loan”). Amounts
of Term Loans repaid may not be reborrowed.

Section 2.2 Borrowing Procedures. (a) Notice From the Borrower.
Each Borrowing shall be made on notice given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m. on (i) the first Business Day, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans and
(ii) the third Business Day, in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, prior to the date
of the proposed Borrowing. Each such notice may be made in a writing substantially in the form of
Exhibit C-1 (a “Notice of Borrowing”) duly completed or by telephone if confirmed
promptly, but in any event within one Business Day and prior to such Borrowing, with such a Notice
of Borrowing. Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans unless, outside of a suspension period
pursuant to Section 2.13, the Notice of Borrowing specifies that all or a portion thereof
shall be Eurodollar Rate Loans. Each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $100,000.

(b) Notice to Each Lender. The Administrative Agent shall give to each Revolving
Credit Lender prompt notice of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Notice of Borrowing and, if
Eurodollar Rate Loans are properly requested in such Notice of Borrowing, prompt notice of the
applicable interest rate. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall, before 11:00 a.m. on the date of the
proposed Borrowing, make available to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in
Section 11.11, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such proposed Borrowing. Upon fulfillment
or due waiver (i) on the Closing Date, of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 3.1 and (ii) on the Closing Date and any time thereafter, of the applicable
conditions set forth in Section 3.2, the Administrative Agent shall make such funds
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(c) Non-Funding Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from any Revolving Credit Lender prior to the date such Revolving Credit Lender is required to make
any payment hereunder with respect to any Revolving Loan that such Revolving Credit Lender will not
make such payment (or any portion thereof) available to the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Revolving Credit Lender has made such payment available
to the Administrative Agent on the date such payment is required to be made in accordance with this
Article 2 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. The Borrower agrees to repay to the
Administrative Agent on demand such amount (until repaid by such Revolving Credit Lender) with
interest thereon for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the
date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at the interest rate applicable to the
Obligation that would have been created when the Administrative Agent made available such amount to
the Borrower had such Revolving Credit Lender made a corresponding payment available;
provided, however, that such payment shall not relieve such Revolving Credit Lender
of any obligation it may have to the Borrower. In addition, any Revolving Credit Lender that shall
not have made available to the Administrative Agent any portion of any payment described above (any
such Revolving Credit Lender, a “Non-Funding Lender”) agrees to pay, without duplication,
such amount to the Administrative Agent on demand together with interest thereon, for each day from
the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the
Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for the first Business Day and thereafter at the
interest rate applicable at the time to such Revolving Loan. Such repayment shall then constitute
the funding of the corresponding Revolving Loan (including any Revolving Loan deemed to have been
made hereunder with such payment) or participation. The existence of any Non-Funding Lender shall
not relieve any other Revolving Credit Lender of its obligations under any Loan Document, but no
other Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make any payment
required under any Loan Document.

Section 2.3 Reduction and Termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate in
whole or reduce in part ratably any unused portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments;
provided, however, that each partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount that
is an integral multiple of $100,000 and any reduction which would cause the Revolving Loans
outstanding to exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments as so reduced shall be accompanied by a
repayment of the Revolving Loans in the amount of such excess.

(b) Mandatory. All outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the
Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date.

(c) Reductions for Mandatory Prepayments. The then current Revolving Credit
Commitments shall be reduced ratably on each date on which a prepayment of Revolving Loans is made
pursuant to Section 2.4(a), Section 2.6 or, with respect to any optional
prepayments by the Borrower with the proceeds of any equity issuance or contribution within 6
months of the Closing Date, or would be required to be made had the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Revolving Loans been equal to the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, in
each case in the amount of such prepayment.

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Section 2.4 Repayment of Loans. (a) Revolving Loans. The
Borrower promises to repay the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to $125,000 on each March 31,
June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year. The Borrower promises to repay the Revolving
Loans in full on the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date.

(b) Term Loans. The Borrower promises to repay the Term Loans in an amount equal to
$237,500 on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year. The Borrower
promises to repay the Term Loans in full on the Term Loan Maturity Date.

Section 2.5 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may prepay the outstanding
principal amount of any Loan, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part at any time (together
with any breakage costs that may be owing pursuant to Section 2.14(a) after giving effect
to such prepayment); provided, however, that (i) each partial prepayment of the
Revolving Loan that is not of the entire outstanding amount under the Revolving Credit Facility and
for which the Borrower is not requesting a permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment
pursuant to Section 2.3(a) shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of
$100,000 and (ii) each other partial prepayment that is not of the entire outstanding amount under
any Facility shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000.

Section 2.6 Mandatory Prepayments. (a) Excess Cash Flow. The
Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent, within 5 Business Days after
(i) the last date the Financial Statements for the second Fiscal Quarter can be delivered pursuant
to Section 6.1(b) for any Fiscal Year, 50% of the Excess Cash Flow for the first and second
Fiscal Quarters of such Fiscal Year, and (ii) the last date Financial Statements can be delivered
pursuant to Section 6.1(c) for any Fiscal Year, an amount equal to 50% of the Excess Cash
Flow for such Fiscal Year; provided that for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2010, such
amount shall be equal to 50% of the Excess Cash Flow for the third and fourth Fiscal Quarters of
such Fiscal Year.

(b) Debt Issuances. Upon receipt on or after the Closing Date by any Loan Party or
any of its Subsidiaries of Net Cash Proceeds arising from the incurrence by any Loan Party or any
of its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the type specified in clause (a) or (b) of
the definition thereof (other than any such Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon any
of clauses (a) through (j) of Section 8.1), the Borrower shall immediately
pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash
Proceeds.

(c) Asset Sales and Property Loss Events. Upon receipt on or after the Closing Date
by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Net Cash Proceeds arising from (i) any Sale by any
Group Member of any of its property other than Sales of its own Stock and Sales of property
permitted hereunder in reliance upon any of clauses (a) through (h)(i) of
Section 8.4 or (ii) any Property Loss Event with respect to any property of any Group
Member to the extent resulting, in the aggregate with all other such Property Loss Events, in the
receipt by any of them of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $500,000, the Borrower shall immediately
pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash
Proceeds; provided, however, that, upon any such receipt, as long as no Event of
Default shall be continuing, any Group Member may make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash
Proceeds and the Borrower shall not be required to make or cause such payment to the extent (x)
such Net Cash Proceeds are intended to be used to make Permitted Reinvestments and (y) on each
Reinvestment Prepayment Date for such Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid
to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount applicable to
such Reinvestment Prepayment Date and such Net Cash Proceeds. The Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent within 5 days after it has determined that any portion of any Net Cash
Proceeds will not be used to make Permitted Reinvestments.

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(d) Excess Outstandings. On any date on which the aggregate principal amount of
Revolving Loans exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to such excess.

(e) Application of Payments. Any payments made to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to this Section 2.6 shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with
Section 2.10(b).

Section 2.7 Interest. (a) Rate. All Loans and the outstanding
amount of all other Obligations shall bear interest, in the case of Loans, on the unpaid principal
amount thereof from the date such Loans are made and, in the case of such other Obligations, from
the date such other Obligations are due and payable until, in all cases, paid in full, except as
otherwise provided in clause (c) below, as follows: (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans, at
a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate and the Applicable Margin, each as in effect
from time to time, (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, at a rate per annum equal to the sum
of the Eurodollar Rate and the Applicable Margin, each as in effect for the applicable Interest
Period, and (iii) in the case of other Obligations, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the
Base Rate and the Applicable Margin for Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans, each as in effect from
time to time.

(b) Payments. Interest accrued shall be payable in arrears (i) if accrued on the
principal amount of any Loan, (A) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), (B) upon the
payment or prepayment of the principal amount on which such interest has accrued and (C)(1) if such
Loan is a Base Rate Loan, on June 25, 2010 and thereafter, on the last day of each calendar month
commencing on the first such day following the making of such Loan, (2) if such Loan is a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and (ii) if
accrued on any other Obligation, on demand from and after the time such Obligation is due and
payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).

(c) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the rates of interest specified in
clause (a) above or elsewhere in any Loan Document, effective immediately upon (i) the
occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 9.1(a) or (e) or (ii) the delivery of a
notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower during the continuance of any other Event of
Default and, in each case, for as long as such Event of Default shall be continuing, the principal
balance of all Obligations (including any Obligation that bears interest by reference to the rate
applicable to any other Obligation) then due and payable shall bear interest at a rate that is 2%
per annum in excess of the interest rate applicable to such Obligations from time to time, payable
on demand or, in the absence of demand, on the date that would otherwise be applicable.

(d) Savings Clause. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations
of the Borrower hereunder shall be subject to the limitation that payments of interest shall not be
required, for any period for which interest is computed hereunder, to the extent (but only to the
extent) that contracting for or receiving such payment by the respective Lender would be contrary
to the provisions of any law applicable to such Lender limiting the highest rate of interest which
may be lawfully contracted for, charged or received by such Lender, and in such event the Borrower
shall pay such Lender interest at the highest rate permitted by applicable law (“Maximum Lawful
Rate”); provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the rate of interest
payable hereunder is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, the Borrower shall continue to pay interest
hereunder at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders, is equal to the total interest that would have been
received had the interest payable hereunder been (but for the operation of this paragraph) the
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Section 2.8 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) Option. The
Borrower may elect (i) in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, (A) to continue such Eurodollar
Rate Loan or any portion thereof for an additional Interest Period on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto and (B) to convert such Eurodollar Rate Loan or any portion thereof into
a Base Rate Loan at any time on any Business Day, subject to the payment of any breakage costs
required by Section 2.14(a), and (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans, to convert such Base
Rate Loans or any portion thereof into Eurodollar Rate Loans at any time on any Business Day upon 3
Business Days’ prior notice; provided, however, that, (x) for each Interest Period,
the aggregate amount of Eurodollar Rate Loans having such Interest Period must be an integral
multiple of (A) in the case of Revolving Loans, $100,000 and (B) in the case of Term Loans
$1,000,000 and (y) no conversion in whole or in part of Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans
and no continuation in whole or in part of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be permitted at any time at
which (1) an Event of Default shall be continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders shall have determined in their sole discretion not to permit such conversions or
continuations or (2) such continuation or conversion would be made during a suspension imposed by
Section 2.13. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Loan may be made as or
converted into a Eurodollar Rate Loan until June 26, 2010.

(b) Procedure. Each such election shall be made by giving the Administrative Agent at
least 3 Business Days’ prior notice in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 (a “Notice
of Conversion or Continuation”) duly completed. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Lender of its receipt of a Notice of Conversion or Continuation and of the options selected
therein. If the Administrative Agent does not receive a timely Notice of Conversion or
Continuation from the Borrower containing a permitted election to continue or convert any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, then, upon the expiration of the applicable Interest Period, such Loan shall
be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan. Each partial conversion or continuation shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders in the applicable Facility in accordance with their Pro Rata
Share.

Section 2.9 Fees. (a) Unused Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees
to pay to each Revolving Credit Lender a commitment fee on the actual daily amount by which the
Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender exceeds its Pro Rata Share of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Revolving Loans (the “Unused Commitment Fee”) from the date hereof
through the Revolving Credit Termination Date at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin,
payable in arrears (x) on the last day of each calendar quarter and (y) on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date.

(b) Additional Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and its
Related Persons its reasonable and customary fees and expenses in connection with any payments made
pursuant to Section 2.14(a) and has agreed to pay the additional fees described in the Fee
Letter.

Section 2.10 Application of Payments. (a) Application of Voluntary
Prepayments. Unless otherwise provided in this Section 2.10 or elsewhere in any Loan
Document, all payments and any other amounts received by the Administrative Agent from or for the
benefit of the Borrower shall be applied first to repay the Loans as the Borrower shall so
designate; provided, that any voluntary repayments made by the Borrower with the proceeds
of any equity issuance or contribution within 6 months of the Closing Date shall be made first to
the Revolving Loans with a permanent reduction in the commitments thereunder until the Revolving
Loans have been paid in full and then to the Term Loans; and provided, further,
amounts applied to repay the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans shall be applied
ratably to the Term Loans and then to any other Obligations outstanding.

(b) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. Subject to the provisions of clause
(c) below with respect to the application of payments during the continuance of an Event of
Default, any payment made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 2.6 or any other prepayment of the Obligations required to be applied in accordance
with this clause (b) shall be applied first, to repay to the outstanding principal
balance of the Revolving Loans, second, to repay ratably the outstanding principal balance
of the Term Loans, and, then, any excess shall be retained by the Borrower.

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(c) Application of Payments During an Event of Default. Each of Holdings and the
Borrower hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees to cause each Loan Party and each other Group Member
to waive, the right to direct the application during the continuance of an Event of Default of any
and all payments in respect of any Obligation and any proceeds of Collateral and agrees that,
notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent may, and, upon
either (A) the direction of the Required Lenders or (B) the acceleration of any Obligation pursuant
to Section 9.2, shall, apply all payments in respect of any Obligation and all other
proceeds of Collateral (i) first, to pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense
reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to the Administrative Agent, (ii) second, to
pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to
the Lenders, (iii) third, to pay interest then due and payable in respect of the Revolving
Loans, (iv) fourth, to pay interest then due and payable in respect of the Term Loans, (v)
fifth, to repay the outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans, (v)
sixth, to repay the outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans and (vii)
seventh, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations.

(d) Application of Payments Generally. All repayments of any Revolving Loans or Term
Loans shall be applied first, to repay such Loans outstanding as Base Rate Loans and
then, to repay such Loans outstanding as Eurodollar Rate Loans, with those Eurodollar Rate
Loans having earlier expiring Interest Periods being repaid prior to those having later expiring
Interest Periods. All repayments of (i) Revolving Loans shall be applied in direct order of
maturity and (ii) Term Loans shall be applied pro rata to reduce the remaining installments of such
outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans. If sufficient amounts are not available to repay
all outstanding Obligations described in any priority level set forth in this Section 2.10,
the available amounts shall be applied, unless otherwise expressly specified herein, to such
Obligations ratably based on the proportion of the Secured Parties’ interest in such Obligations.
Any priority level set forth in this Section 2.10 that includes interest shall include all
such interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim
for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding.

Section 2.11 Payments and Computations. (a) Procedure. The
Borrower shall make each payment under any Loan Document not later than 11:00 a.m. on the day when
due to the Administrative Agent by wire transfer or ACH transfer (which shall be the exclusive
means of payment hereunder) to the following account (or at such other account or by such other
means to such other address as the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower in writing
within a reasonable time prior to such payment) in immediately available Dollars and without setoff
or counterclaim:

ABA No. 021-001-033

Account Number 502-797-91

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, New York, New York

Account Name: General Electric Capital Corporation

Reference: CFK1349 Regent Broadcasting, LLC – Senior Debt

The Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter cause to be distributed immediately available
funds relating to the payment of principal, interest or fees to the Lenders, in accordance with the
application of payments set forth in Section 2.10. The Lenders shall make any payment
under any Loan Document in immediately available Dollars and without setoff or counterclaim.

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(b) Computations of Interests and Fees. All computations of interest and of fees
shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days (or, in the case of
Base Rate Loans whose interest rate is calculated based on the rate set forth in clause (a)
of the definition of “Base Rate”, 365/366 days), in each case for the actual number of days
(including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such
interest and fees are payable. Each determination of an interest rate or the amount of a fee
hereunder shall be made by the Administrative Agent (including determinations of a Eurodollar Rate
or Base Rate in accordance with the definitions of “Eurodollar Rate” and “Base Rate”, respectively)
and shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(c) Payment Dates. Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day
other than a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day without any increase in such payment as a result of additional interest or fees;
provided, however, that such interest and fees shall continue accruing as a result
of such extension of time.

(d) Advancing Payments. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from the Borrower to the Lenders prior to the date on which any payment is due hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower
has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an
amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent that the Borrower shall not
have made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to the
Administrative Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest
thereon (at the Federal Funds Rate for the first Business Day and thereafter, at the rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans under the applicable Facility) for each day from the date such amount
is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative
Agent.

Section 2.12 Evidence of Debt. (a) Records of Lenders. Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts evidencing Indebtedness of the
Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this
Agreement. In addition, each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations or
having identified an SPV as such to the Administrative Agent, acting as agent of the Borrower
solely for this purpose and solely for tax purposes, shall establish and maintain at its address
referred to in Section 11.11 (or at such other address as such Lender shall notify the
Borrower) a record of ownership, in which such Lender shall register by book entry (i) the name and
address of each such participant and SPV (and each change thereto, whether by assignment or
otherwise) and (ii) the rights, interest or obligation of each such participant and SPV in any
Obligation and in any right to receive any payment hereunder.

(b) Records of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent, acting as agent of the
Borrower solely for tax purposes and solely with respect to the actions described in this
Section 2.12, shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in
Section 11.11 (or at such other address as the Administrative Agent may notify the
Borrower) (i) a record of ownership (the “Register”) in which the Administrative Agent
agrees to register by book entry the interests (including any rights to receive payment hereunder)
of the Administrative Agent and each Lender in the Term Loans, the Revolving Loans, and each of
their obligations under this Agreement to participate in each Loan, and any assignment of any such
interest, obligation or right and (ii) accounts in the Register in accordance with its usual
practice in which it shall record (A) the names and addresses of the Lenders (and each change
thereto pursuant to Section 2.16 and Section 11.2), (B) the amount of each Loan,
and for Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (C) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or paid, and (D) any other payment received by the
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(c) Registered Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, the Loans (including any Notes evidencing such Loans) are registered obligations,
the right, title and interest of the Lenders and their assignees in and to such Loans shall be
transferable only upon notation of such transfer in the Register and no assignment thereof shall be
effective until recorded therein. This Section 2.12 and Section 11.2 shall be
construed so that the Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the
meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any
related regulations (and any successor provisions).

(d) Prima Facie Evidence. The entries made in the Register and in the accounts
maintained pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable Requirements of Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein; provided, however, that no error in such account and
no failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain any such account shall affect the
obligations of any Loan Party to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms. In addition, the
Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register as a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement. Information contained in
the Register with respect to any Lender shall be available for access by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent or such Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
prior notice. No Lender shall, in such capacity, have access to or be otherwise permitted to
review any information in the Register other than information with respect to such Lender unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.

(e) Notes. Upon any Lender’s request, the Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver
Notes to such Lender evidencing the Loans of such Lender in the applicable Facility and
substantially in the form of Exhibit B; provided, however, that only one
Note for each Facility shall be issued to each Lender, except (i) to an existing Lender exchanging
existing Notes to reflect changes in the Register relating to such Lender, in which case the new
Notes delivered to such Lender shall be dated the date of the original Notes and (ii) in the case
of loss, destruction or mutilation of existing Notes and similar circumstances. Each Note, if
issued, shall only be issued as means to evidence the right, title or interest of a Lender or a
registered assignee in and to the related Loan, as set forth in the Register, and in no event shall
any Note be considered a bearer instrument or obligation.

Section 2.13 Suspension of Eurodollar Rate Option. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary in this Article 2, the following shall apply:

(a) Interest Rate Unascertainable, Inadequate or Unfair. In the event that (i) the
Administrative Agent determines that adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the
applicable interest rates by reference to which the Eurodollar Rate is determined or (ii) the
Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period
will not adequately reflect the cost to the Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans for such
Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower and the Lenders,
whereupon the obligation of each Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be
suspended as provided in clause (c) below until the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrower that the Required Lenders have determined that the circumstances causing such suspension
no longer exist.

(b) Illegality. If any Lender determines that the introduction of, or any change in
or in the interpretation of, any Requirement of Law after the date of this Agreement shall make it
unlawful, or any Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its
applicable lending office to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or to continue to fund or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Loans, then, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to the Borrower
through the Administrative Agent, the obligation of such Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar
Rate Loans shall be suspended as provided in clause (c) below until such Lender shall,
through the Administrative Agent, notify the Borrower that it has determined that it may lawfully
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(c) Effect of Suspension. If the obligation of any Lender to make or to continue
Eurodollar Rate Loans is suspended, (i) the obligation of such Lender to convert Base Rate Loans
into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, (ii) such Lender shall make a Base Rate Loan at any
time such Lender would otherwise be obligated to make a Eurodollar Rate Loan, (iii) the Borrower
may revoke any pending Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation to make or
continue any Eurodollar Rate Loan or to convert any Base Rate Loan into a Eurodollar Rate Loan and
(iv) each Eurodollar Rate Loan of such Lender shall automatically and immediately (or, in the case
of any suspension pursuant to clause (a) above, on the last day of the current Interest
Period thereof) be converted into a Base Rate Loan.

Section 2.14 Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements. (a)
Breakage Costs. The Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon demand from such Lender to
such Borrower (with copy to the Administrative Agent), for all Liabilities (including, in each
case, those incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds
acquired by such Lender to prepare to fund, to fund or to maintain the Eurodollar Rate Loans of
such Lender to the Borrower but excluding any loss of the Applicable Margin on the relevant Loans)
that such Lender may incur (i) to the extent, for any reason other than solely by reason of such
Lender being a Non-Funding Lender, a proposed Borrowing, a conversion into or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or a
Notice of Conversion or Continuation or in a similar request made by telephone by the Borrower,
(ii) to the extent any Eurodollar Rate Loan is paid (whether through a scheduled, optional or
mandatory prepayment) or converted to a Base Rate Loan (including because of Section 2.13)
on a date that is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period or (iii) as a consequence of
any failure by the Borrower to repay Eurodollar Rate Loans when required by the terms hereof. For
purposes of this clause (a), each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar
Rate Loan made by it using a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank market.

(b) Increased Costs. If at any time any Lender determines that, after the date
hereof, the adoption of, or any change in or in the interpretation, application or administration
of, or compliance with, any Requirement of Law (other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar
Reserve Requirements) from any Governmental Authority shall have the effect of (i) increasing the
cost to such Lender of making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan or to agree to do so
or of participating, or agreeing to participate, in extensions of credit or (ii) imposing any other
cost to such Lender with respect to compliance with its obligations under any Loan Document, then,
upon demand by such Lender (with copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender
for such increased cost; provided, that Borrower has received notice of such event within
120 days of such event.

(c) Increased Capital Requirements. If at any time any Lender determines that, after
the date hereof, the adoption of, or any change in or in the interpretation, application or
administration of, or compliance with, any Requirement of Law (other than any imposition or
increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) from any Governmental Authority regarding capital
adequacy, reserves, special deposits, compulsory loans, insurance charges against property of,
deposits with or for the account of, Obligations owing to, or other credit extended or participated
in by, any Lender or any similar requirement (in each case other than any imposition or increase of
Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the
capital of such Lender’s (or any corporation controlling such Lender) as a consequence of its
obligations under or with respect to any Loan Document to a level below that which, taking into
account the capital adequacy policies of such Lender or corporation, such Lender or corporation
could have achieved but for such adoption or change, then, upon demand from time to time by such
Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender
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(d) Compensation Certificate. Each demand for compensation under this
Section 2.14 shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Lender claiming such
compensation, setting forth the amounts to be paid hereunder, which certificate shall be
conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error. In determining such amount,
such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

Section 2.15 Taxes. (a) Payments Free and Clear of Taxes. Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 2.15, each payment by any Loan Party under any Loan
Document shall be made free and clear of all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto (and without deduction for any of
them) (collectively, but excluding the taxes set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)
below, the “Taxes”) other than for (i) taxes measured by net income (including branch
profits taxes) and franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes, in each case imposed on any
Secured Party as a result of a present or former connection between such Secured Party and the
jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein (other than such connection arising solely from any Secured Party
having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced,
any Loan Document) or (ii) taxes that are directly attributable to the failure (other than as a
result of a change in any Requirement of Law including changes to Requirements of Law which are not
in effect until after the Closing Date) by any Secured Party to deliver the documentation required
to be delivered pursuant to clause (f) below.

(b) Gross-Up. If any Taxes shall be required by law to be deducted from or in respect
of any amount payable under any Loan Document to any Secured Party (i) such amount shall be
increased as necessary to ensure that, after all required deductions for Taxes are made (including
deductions applicable to any increases to any amount under this Section 2.15), such Secured
Party receives the amount it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the
relevant Loan Party shall make such deductions, (iii) the relevant Loan Party shall timely pay the
full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with
applicable Requirements of Law and (iv) within 30 days after such payment is made, the relevant
Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an original or certified copy of a receipt
evidencing such payment; provided, however, that no such increase shall be made
with respect to, and no Loan Party shall be required to indemnify any such Secured Party pursuant
to clause (d) below for, withholding taxes to the extent that the obligation to withhold
amounts existed on the date that such Secured Party became a “Secured Party” under this Agreement
in the capacity under which such Secured Party makes a claim under this clause (b), except
in each case to the extent such Secured Party is a direct or indirect assignee (other than pursuant
to Section 2.16) of any other Secured Party that was entitled, at the time the assignment
of such other Secured Party became effective, to receive additional amounts under this clause
(b).

(c) Other Taxes. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay, and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to pay in its name, any stamp, documentary, excise or property tax, charges or
similar levies imposed by any applicable Requirement of Law or Governmental Authority and all
Liabilities with respect thereto (including by reason of any delay in payment thereof), in each
case arising from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any
Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein (collectively, “Other Taxes”).
Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by any Loan Party, the
Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in
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(d) Indemnification. The Borrower shall reimburse and indemnify, within 30 days after
receipt of demand therefor (with copy to the Administrative Agent), each Secured Party for all
Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes and Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts
payable under this Section 2.15) paid by such Secured Party and any Liabilities arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or
legally asserted. A certificate of the Secured Party (or of the Administrative Agent on behalf of
such Secured Party) claiming any compensation under this clause (d), setting forth the
amounts to be paid thereunder and delivered to the Borrower with copy to the Administrative Agent,
shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error. In determining
such amount, the Administrative Agent and such Secured Party may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods.

(e) Mitigation. Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this
Section 2.15 shall use its reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and
Requirements of Law) to change the jurisdiction of its lending office if such a change would reduce
any such additional amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue) and would not, in
the sole determination of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

(f) Tax Forms. (i) Each Non-U.S. Lender Party that, at any of the following
times, is entitled to an exemption from United States withholding tax or, after a change in any
Requirement of Law, is subject to such withholding tax at a reduced rate under an applicable tax
treaty, shall (A) on or prior to the date such Non-U.S. Lender Party becomes a “Non-U.S. Lender
Party” hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or
becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form
or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause (i) and (D) from time
to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant
or SPV, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of
a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender) with two completed originals of each of the following,
as applicable: (1) Forms W-8ECI (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding tax because the income
is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business), W-8BEN (claiming exemption from, or a
reduction of, U.S. withholding tax under an income tax treaty) or any successor forms, (2) in the
case of a Non-U.S. Lender Party claiming exemption under Sections 871(h) or 881(c)
of the Code, Form W-8BEN (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the portfolio interest
exemption) or any successor form and a certificate in form and substance acceptable to the
Administrative Agent that such Non-U.S. Lender Party is not (x) a “bank” within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (y) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (z) a “controlled foreign corporation”
described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code or (3) any other applicable document
prescribed by the IRS certifying as to the entitlement of such Non-U.S. Lender Party to such
exemption from United States withholding tax or reduced rate with respect to all payments to be
made to such Non-U.S. Lender Party under the Loan Documents. Unless the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent have received forms or other documents satisfactory to them indicating that
payments under any Loan Document to or for a Non-U.S. Lender Party are not subject to United States
withholding tax or are subject to such tax at a rate reduced by an applicable tax treaty, the Loan
Parties and the Administrative Agent shall withhold amounts required to be withheld by applicable
Requirements of Law from such payments at the applicable statutory rate.

(ii) Each U.S. Lender Party shall (A) on or prior to the date such U.S. Lender Party becomes a
“U.S. Lender Party” hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification
expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most
recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause (f) and (D)
from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a
participant or SPV, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in
the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender) with two completed originals of Form W-9
(certifying that such U.S. Lender Party is entitled to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding
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(iii) Each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations or identified an SPV
as such to the Administrative Agent shall collect from such participant or SPV the documents
described in this clause (f) and provide them to the Administrative Agent.

Section 2.16 Substitution of Lenders. (a) Substitution Right. In
the event that any Lender in any Facility that is not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent (an
“Affected Lender”), (i) makes a claim under Section 2.14(b) or (c), (ii)
notifies the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.13(b) that it becomes illegal for such Lender
to continue to fund or make any Eurodollar Rate Loan in such Facility, (iii) makes a claim for
payment pursuant to Section 2.15(b), (iv) becomes a Non-Funding Lender with respect to such
Facility or (v) does not consent to any amendment, waiver or consent to any Loan Document for which
the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but that requires the consent of other Lenders in
such Facility, the Borrower may either pay in full such Affected Lender with respect to amounts due
in such Facility with the consent of the Administrative Agent or substitute for such Affected
Lender in such Facility any Lender or any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Lender or any other
Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the
Administrative Agent (in each case, a “Substitute Lender”).

(b) Procedure. To substitute such Affected Lender or pay in full the Obligations owed
to such Affected Lender under such Facility, the Borrower shall deliver a notice to the
Administrative Agent and such Affected Lender. The effectiveness of such payment or substitution
shall be subject to the delivery to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower (or, as may be
applicable in the case of a substitution, by the Substitute Lender) of (i) payment for the account
of such Affected Lender, of, to the extent accrued through, and outstanding on, the effective date
for such payment or substitution, all Obligations owing to such Affected Lender with respect to
such Facility (including those that will be owed because of such payment and all Obligations that
would be owed to such Lender if it was solely a Lender in such Facility), (ii) in the case of a
payment in full of the Obligations owing to such Affected Lender in the Revolving Credit Facility,
payment of any amount that, after giving effect to the termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitment of such Affected Lender, is required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.6(d) and
(iii) in the case of a substitution, (A) payment of the assignment fee set forth in
Section 11.2(c) and (B) an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent whereby the Substitute Lender shall, among other things, agree to be bound by
the terms of the Loan Documents and with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility assume the
Revolving Credit Commitment of the Affected Lender under such Facility.

(c) Effectiveness. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clause
(b) above, the Administrative Agent shall record such substitution or payment in the Register,
whereupon (i) in the case of any payment in full in the Revolving Credit Facility, such Affected
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments in such Facility shall be terminated and (ii) in the case of
any substitution in any Facility, (A) the Affected Lender shall sell and be relieved of, and the
Substitute Lender shall purchase and assume, all rights and claims of such Affected Lender under
the Loan Documents with respect to such Facility, except that the Affected Lender shall retain such
rights expressly providing that they survive the repayment of the Obligations and the termination
of the Revolving Credit Commitments, (B) the Substitute Lender shall become a “Lender”
hereunder and, with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, having a Revolving Credit Commitment
in such Facility in the amount of such Affected Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment in such
Facility and (C) the Affected Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Assignment to evidence such substitution and deliver any Note in its possession with respect to
such Facility; provided, however, that the failure of any Affected Lender to
execute any such Assignment or deliver any such Note shall not render such sale and purchase (or
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ARTICLE 3

CONDITIONS TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. The obligation of each
Lender to exchange a portion of the Existing Obligations owing to it into its Term Loan hereunder
as contemplated by the Plan and to make any Revolving Loan on the Closing Date is subject to the
satisfaction or due waiver of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Approval by Lenders. This Agreement shall have been approved and executed by
Lenders holding, in aggregate, at least 66 2/3% of the Existing Obligations.

(b) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the
following, each dated the Closing Date unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(i) this Agreement duly executed by Holdings and the Borrower and, for the account of each
Lender having requested the same by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower received by
each at least 3 Business Days prior to the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the
Borrower), Notes in each applicable Facility conforming to the requirements set forth in
Section 2.12(e);

(ii) the Guaranty and Security Agreement, duly executed by each Guarantor, together with (A)
copies of UCC, Intellectual Property and other appropriate search reports and of all effective
prior filings listed therein, together with evidence of the termination of such prior filings other
than Permitted Liens and other documents with respect to the priority of the security interest of
the Administrative Agent in the Collateral, in each case as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, (B) all documents representing all Securities being pledged pursuant to such
Guaranty and Security Agreement and related undated powers or endorsements duly executed in blank
and (C) all Control Agreements that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, are
required for the Loan Parties to comply with the Loan Documents as of the Closing Date, each duly
executed by, in addition to the applicable Loan Party, the applicable financial institution;
provided that the condition in this clause (b)(ii)(C) shall be deemed satisfied if
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower enter into a letter agreement setting forth conditions
and terms for such Control Agreement to be executed after the Closing Date on terms satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent;

(iii) Mortgages for each real property of the Loan Parties identified on Schedule 4.19
(except as may be reasonably agreed to by the Administrative Agent), together with all Mortgage
Supporting Documents relating thereto; provided that the condition in this clause
(c)(iii) shall be deemed satisfied if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower enter into the
letter agreement referred to in Section 4.19;

(iv) the Subordination Agreement duly executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and
the Subordinated Notes Agent;

(v) duly executed favorable opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties in New York, California,
Illinois and Minnesota, each addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and addressing
such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; provided, however that
subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent, opinions with respected to Minnesota law may be
given by New York counsel on a limited and qualified basis so long as the Borrower agrees to
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(vi) a copy of each Constituent Document of each Loan Party that is on file with any
Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction, certified as of a recent date by such Governmental
Authority, together with, if applicable, certificates attesting to the good standing of such Loan
Party in such jurisdiction and each other jurisdiction where such Loan Party is qualified to do
business as a foreign entity or where such qualification is necessary (and, if appropriate in any
such jurisdiction, related tax certificates);

(vii) a certificate of the secretary or other officer of each Loan Party in charge of
maintaining books and records of such Loan Party certifying as to (A) the names and signatures of
each officer of such Loan Party authorized to execute and deliver any Loan Document, (B) the
Constituent Documents of such Loan Party attached to such certificate are complete and correct
copies of such Constituent Documents as in effect on the date of such certification (or, for any
such Constituent Document delivered pursuant to clause (vi) above, that there have been no
changes from such Constituent Document so delivered) and (C) the resolutions of such Loan Party’s
board of directors or other appropriate governing body approving and authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which such Loan Party is a party;

(viii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (A) each
condition set forth in Sections 3.1(d) and (f) has been satisfied, (B) both the
Loan Parties taken as a whole and the Borrower are Solvent after giving effect to the Loans, the
consummation of the Related Transactions and the payment of all estimated legal, accounting and
other fees and expenses related hereto and thereto and (C) attached thereto are complete and
correct copies of each Related Document;

(ix) insurance certificates in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
demonstrating that the insurance policies required by Section 7.5 are in full force and
effect and have all endorsements required by such Section 7.5; and

(x) such other documents and information as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.

(c) Fee and Expenses. There shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the Administrative Agent, its Related Persons or any Lender, as the case may be, all
fees and all reimbursements of costs or expenses, in each case due and payable under any Loan
Document on or before the Closing Date.

(d) Consents. Each Group Member shall have received all consents and authorizations
required pursuant to any material Contractual Obligation with any other Person and shall have
obtained all Permits of, and effected all notices to and filings with, any Governmental Authority
including, without limitation, the FCC, in each case, as may be necessary in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in any Loan Document or Related Document (including
the Related Transactions).

(e) Confirmation Order and Related Transactions. The Administrative Agent shall have
received evidence that the Confirmation Order is effective, in full force and effect, and is a
“final order” as such term is defined in the Plan (which evidence shall include delivery of a
certified copy of the Confirmation Order and the docket in the Initial Cases), and the Loan Parties
party to such Initial Cases shall have emerged (or be simultaneously emerging) from such Initial
Cases and have consummated (or shall be simultaneously consummating) the Plan in accordance with
the terms thereof, and evidence that the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Plan have
been (or are concurrently being) satisfied. The Related Transactions shall have been consummated
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(f) Representations and Warranties; No Defaults. The representations and warranties
set forth in any Loan Document shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or, to the
extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, on and as of such
earlier date and no Default shall be continuing.

(g) Additional Matters. The Administrative Agent shall have received such additional
documents and information as the Required Lenders, through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably
request.

Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving Loan. The obligation of
each Revolving Credit Lender on any date (including the Closing Date) to make any Revolving Loan is
subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Request. The Administrative Agent shall have received, to the extent required by
Article II, a written, timely and duly executed and completed Notice of Borrowing.

(b) Representations and Warranties; No Defaults. The following statements shall be
true on such date, both before and after giving effect to such Revolving Loan: (i) the
representations and warranties set forth in any Loan Document shall be true and correct (A) if such
date is the Closing Date, on and as of such date and (B) otherwise, in all material respects on and
as of such date or, to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier date, on and as of such earlier date and (ii) no Default shall be continuing.

The representations and warranties set forth in any Notice of Borrowing (or any certificate
delivered in connection therewith) shall be deemed to be made again on and as of the date of the
relevant Revolving Loan and the acceptance of the proceeds thereof.

Section 3.3 Determinations of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent. For
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.1, each
Lender shall be deemed to be satisfied with each document and each other matter required to be
satisfactory to such Lender unless, prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent receives
notice from such Lender specifying such Lender’s objections and such Lender has not made available
its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing scheduled to be made on the Closing Date.

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ARTICLE 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Loan Documents, each of
Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan
Party) represents and warrants to each of them each of the following: (a) on and as of the Closing
Date (it being understood and agreed that the representations and warranties made on the Closing
Date are deemed to be made concurrently with the consummation of the Related Transactions), (b) on
and as of the date of consummation of any Permitted Acquisition, but in the instance under this
clause (b), only with respect to the Proposed Acquisition Target (other than in respect of
Sections 4.1, 4.2(a) and 4.22 which shall be made with respect to the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition); provided
that with respect to this clause (b), the Borrower shall be permitted to amend any Schedule
as may be necessary to make the applicable representation and warranty true and correct as of such
date and (c) as required pursuant to Section 3.2:

Section 4.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Group Member (a)
is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, (b) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and in good standing under
the laws of each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to be
so qualified or in good standing would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
(c) has all requisite power and authority and the legal right to own, pledge, mortgage and operate
its property, to lease or sublease any property it operates under lease or sublease and to conduct
its business as now or currently proposed to be conducted except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) is in compliance with its Constituent Documents,
(e) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law except where the failure to be in
compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) has all necessary Permits from or by,
has made all necessary filings with, and has given all necessary notices to, each Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership, lease, sublease,
operation, occupation or conduct of business, except where the failure to obtain such Permits, make
such filings or give such notices would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.2 Loan and Related Documents. (a) Power and Authority.
The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents and Related
Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the Related Transactions and other
transactions contemplated therein (i) are within such Loan Party’s corporate or similar powers and,
at the time of execution thereof, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and similar
action (including, if applicable, consent of holders of its Securities), (ii) do not (A) contravene
such Loan Party’s Constituent Documents, (B) violate any applicable material Requirement of Law,
(C) conflict with, contravene, constitute a default or breach under, or result in or permit the
termination or acceleration of, any material Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries (including other Related Documents or Loan Documents) other than those that would not,
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and are not created or caused by, or a conflict,
breach, default or termination or acceleration event under, any Loan Document or (D) result in the
imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any property of any Loan Party or any of
its Subsidiaries and (iii) do not require any Permit of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority
or any consent of, or notice to, any Person, other than (A) with respect to the Loan Documents and
the filings required to perfect the Liens created by the Loan Documents and (B) those listed on
Schedule 4.2 and that have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, obtained or made,
copies of which have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, delivered to the Administrative
Agent, and each of which on the Closing Date will be in full force and effect.

(b) Due Execution and Delivery. From and after its delivery to the Administrative
Agent, each Loan Document and Related Document has been duly executed and delivered to the other
parties thereto by each Loan Party party thereto, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of
such Loan Party and is enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms except as
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization moratorium or similar laws limiting
creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

(c) Related Documents. Each representation and warranty in each Related Document is
true and correct in all material respects and no default, or event that, with the giving of notice
or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default, has occurred thereunder.

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Section 4.3 Ownership of Group Members. Set forth on Schedule 4.3 is
a complete and accurate list showing, as of the Closing Date, for each Group Member and each
Subsidiary of any Group Member and each joint venture of any of them, its jurisdiction of
organization, the number of shares of each class of Stock authorized (if applicable) on the Closing
Date, the number outstanding and the number and percentage of the outstanding shares of each such
class owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower or Holdings. All outstanding Stock of each of
them has been validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable) and,
except in the case of Holdings, is owned beneficially and of record by a Group Member (or, in the
case of the Borrower, by Holdings or, in the case of Holdings, by Parent) free and clear of all
Liens other than the security interests created by the Loan Documents and, in the case of joint
ventures, Permitted Liens. There are no Stock Equivalents with respect to the Stock of any Group
Member or any Subsidiary of any Group Member or any joint venture of any of them. There are no
Contractual Obligations or other understandings to which any Group Member, any Subsidiary of any
Group Member or any joint venture of any of them is a party with respect to (including any
restriction on) the issuance, voting, Sale or pledge of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Group
Member or any such Subsidiary or joint venture.

Section 4.4 Financial Statements. (a) The Company has, to its knowledge,
furnished the Administrative Agent, to its knowledge, true copies of the unaudited Consolidated
balance sheets of Holdings as of March 31, 2010, and the related Consolidated statements of income,
retained earnings and cash flows of Holdings for the three months then ended (i) subject to the
absence of footnote disclosure and normal recurring year-end audit adjustments, the unaudited
Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as at December 31, 2009 and the related Consolidated
statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of Holdings for the Fiscal Year then ended,
and (ii) subject to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal recurring year-end audit
adjustments.

(b) Prior to the Closing Date, except as set forth in Schedule 4.4(b), Holdings had no
property (other than, the Stock of the Borrower and Regent Broadcasting Management, LLC),
liabilities or Contractual Obligations other than the Loan Documents and the Related Documents,
liabilities or Contractual Obligations related to the Existing Obligations and immaterial
liabilities or Contractual Obligations not to exceed $250,000, individually or in the aggregate.

(c) The Initial Projections have been prepared by the Borrower in light of the past operations
of the Business and reflect projections for the five year period beginning on January 1, 2010 on a
quarterly basis for the first year and on a year-by-year basis thereafter. As of the Closing Date,
the Initial Projections are based upon estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which the
Borrower believes to be reasonable and fair in light of conditions and facts known to the Borrower
as of the Closing Date and reflect the good faith, reasonable and fair estimates by the Borrower of
the future Consolidated financial performance of Holdings and the other information projected
therein for the periods set forth therein.

(d) The unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings (the “Pro Forma Balance
Sheet”) delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof, has been prepared as of
March 31, 2010 and reflects as of such date, on a Pro Forma Basis for the Related Transactions and
the other transactions contemplated herein to occur on the Closing Date, the Consolidated financial
condition of Holdings, and the assumptions expressed therein are reasonable based on the
information available to Holdings and the Borrower at such date and on the Closing Date.

Section 4.5 Material Adverse Effect. Since the Closing Date, there have been
no events, circumstances, developments or other changes in facts that would, in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.6 Solvency. After giving effect to (a) the Loans, (b) the
consummation of the Related Transactions and the exchange of the Existing Obligations for the
Loans, the Subordinated Notes and the Stock of Parent in each case as contemplated by the Plan and
(c) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, both the
Loan Parties taken as a whole and the Borrower are Solvent.

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Section 4.7 Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.7 there are
no pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations, suits,
proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries with, by or before any Governmental Authority other than those that cannot reasonably
be expected to affect the Obligations, the Loan Documents, the Related Documents, the Related
Transactions and the other transactions contemplated therein and would not, in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.8 Taxes. All federal income tax returns and material federal
non-income, state, local and foreign income and franchise and other material tax returns, reports
and statements (collectively, the “Tax Returns”) required to be filed by any Tax Affiliate
have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions in which such
Tax Returns are required to be filed, all such Tax Returns are true and correct in all material
respects, and all taxes, charges and other impositions reflected therein or otherwise due and
payable have been paid prior to the date on which any Liability may be added thereto for
non-payment thereof except for those contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and for which adequate reserves are maintained on the books of the appropriate Tax
Affiliate in accordance with GAAP. Except as provided on Schedule 4.8, no Tax Return is
under audit or examination by any Governmental Authority and no notice of such an audit or
examination or any assertion of any claim for Taxes has been given or made by any Governmental
Authority. Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by each Tax Affiliate from their
respective employees for all periods in full and complete compliance with the tax, social security
and unemployment withholding provisions of applicable Requirements of Law and such withholdings
have been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities. No Tax Affiliate has
participated in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.6011-4(b) or, except as provided on Schedule 4.8, has been a member of an
affiliated, combined or unitary group other than the group of which a Tax Affiliate is the common
parent.

Section 4.9 Margin Regulations. The Borrower is not engaged in the business
of extending credit for the purpose of, and no proceeds of any Loan or other extensions of credit
hereunder will be used for the purpose of, buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) or extending credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any such margin stock, in each case in contravention of Regulation T, U or X
of the Federal Reserve Board.

Section 4.10 No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults. No Group Member is a
party to any Contractual Obligation, no Group Member has Constituent Documents containing
obligations, and, to the knowledge of any Group Member, there are no applicable Requirements of
Law, in each case the compliance with which would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect. No Group Member (and, to the knowledge of each Group Member, no other party thereto) is in
default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member, other than those
that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.11 Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act. No
Group Member is (a) an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or
“principal underwriter” for, an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or (b) a “holding company” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, as each such term is defined and used in the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.

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Section 4.12 Labor Matters. There are no strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns
or lockouts existing, pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) against or
involving any Group Member, except, for those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12, and except for changes that occur
after the Closing Date from time to time and disclosed by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent
in writing (a) there is no collective bargaining or similar agreement with any union, labor
organization, works council or similar representative covering any employee of any Group Member,
(b) no petition for certification or election of any such representative is existing or pending
with respect to any employee of any Group Member and (c) no such representative has sought
certification or recognition with respect to any employee of any Group Member.

Section 4.13 ERISA. As of the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition, the
schedule provided by the Borrower that separately identifies, (a) all Title IV Plans and (b) all
Multiemployer Plans is a true and correct list. Except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, each Benefit Plan, and each trust thereunder, intended to qualify for tax exempt status
under Section 401 or 501 of the Code so qualifies. Except for those that would
not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (w) each Benefit Plan is in compliance with
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Requirements of Law, (x) there are no existing
or pending (or to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) claims (other than routine claims
for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions, lawsuits or other proceedings or
investigation involving any Benefit Plan to which any Group Member incurs or otherwise has or could
have an obligation or any Liability, (y) no ERISA Event has occurred as of the Closing Date or is
reasonably expected to occur and (z) no ERISA Affiliate would have any Withdrawal Liability as a
result of a complete withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan on the date this representation is
made.

Section 4.14 Environmental Matters. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.14, (a) the operations of each Group Member are and have been in compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining, maintaining and complying with all Permits
required by any applicable Environmental Law, other than non-compliances that, in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) no Group Member is
party to, and no Group Member and no real property currently (or to the knowledge of any Group
Member previously) owned, leased, subleased, operated or otherwise occupied by or for any Group
Member is subject to or the subject of, any Contractual Obligation or any pending (or, to the
knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) order, action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit,
claim, demand, dispute or notice of violation or of potential liability or similar notice under or
pursuant to any Environmental Law other than those that, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (c) no Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority
securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Liabilities has attached to any property of any Group
Member and, to the knowledge of any Group Member, no facts, circumstances or conditions exist that
could reasonably be expected to result in any such Lien attaching to any such property, (d) no
Group Member has caused or suffered to occur a Release of Hazardous Materials at, to or from any
real property of any Group Member and each such real property is free of contamination by any
Hazardous Materials except for such Release or contamination that would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (e) no Group Member (i) is or has been engaged in, or has
permitted any current or former tenant to engage in, operations, or (ii) knows of any facts,
circumstances or conditions, including receipt of any information request or notice of potential
responsibility under CERCLA or similar Environmental Laws, that, in the aggregate, would reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (f) each Group Member has made available to
the Administrative Agent copies of all existing environmental reports, reviews and audits and all
documents pertaining to actual or potential material Environmental Liabilities, in each case to the
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Section 4.15 Intellectual Property. Each Group Member owns or licenses all
Intellectual Property that is necessary for the operations of its businesses. To the knowledge of
each Group Member, (a) the conduct and operations of the businesses of each Group Member does not
infringe, misappropriate, dilute, violate or otherwise impair any Intellectual Property owned by
any other Person and (b) no other Person has contested any right, title or interest of any Group
Member in, or relating to, any Intellectual Property, other than, in each case, as cannot
reasonably be expected to affect the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein and
would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. In addition, (x) there are no pending
(or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings,
audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting any Group Member with respect to, (y) no
judgment or order regarding any such claim has been rendered by any competent Governmental
Authority, no settlement agreement or similar Contractual Obligation has been entered into by any
Group Member, with respect to and (z) no Group Member knows or has any reason to know of any valid
basis for any claim based on, any such infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or
impairment or contest, other than, in each case, as cannot reasonably be expected to affect the
Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein and would not, in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.16 Title; Real Property. (a) Each Group Member has good and
marketable fee simple title to all owned real property and valid leasehold interests in all leased
real property, and owns all personal property, in each case that is purported to be owned or leased
by it, including those reflected on the most recent Financial Statements delivered by the Borrower,
and none of such property is subject to any Lien except Permitted Liens and such Liens as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably approve.

(b) Except for changes that occur after the Closing Date from time to time as disclosed by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing, set forth on Schedule 4.16 is, (i) a
complete and accurate list of all real property owned in fee simple by any Group Member or in which
any Group Member owns a leasehold interest setting forth, for each such real property, the current
street address (including, where applicable, county, state and other relevant jurisdictions), the
record owner thereof and, where applicable, each lessee and sublessee thereof, (ii) any lease,
sublease, license or sublicense of such real property by any Group Member and (iii) for each such
real property that the Administrative Agent has requested be subject to a Mortgage or that is
otherwise material to the business of any Group Member, each Contractual Obligation by any Group
Member, whether contingent or otherwise, to Sell such real property.

Section 4.17 Full Disclosure. The information prepared or furnished by or on
behalf of any Group Member in connection with any Loan Document or Related Document (including the
information contained in any Financial Statement) or the consummation of any Related Transaction or
any other transaction contemplated therein, does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light
of the circumstances when made, not misleading; provided, however, that projections
contained therein are not to be viewed as factual and that actual results during the periods
covered thereby may differ from the results set forth in such projections by a material amount.
All projections that are part of such information (including those set forth in any Projections
delivered subsequent to the Closing Date) are based upon good faith estimates and stated
assumptions believed to be reasonable and fair as of the date made in light of conditions and facts
then known and, as of such date, reflect good faith, reasonable and fair estimates of the
information projected for the periods set forth therein. All facts known to any Group Member and
material to an understanding of the financial condition, business, property or prospects of the
Group Member taken as one enterprise have been disclosed to the Lenders.

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Section 4.18 Patriot Act. No Group Member (and, to the knowledge of each
Group Member, no joint venture or subsidiary thereof) is in violation in any material respects of
any United States Requirements of Law relating to terrorism, sanctions or money laundering (the
“Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including the United States Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist
Financing (the “Anti-Terrorism Order”) and the Patriot Act.

Section 4.19 Mortgages. Except for changes that may be agreed to by the
Administrative Agent, each Loan Party has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent,
Mortgages on the real estate set forth on Schedule 4.19 (in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent) or, with respect to representations and warranties made on the Closing Date, a letter
agreement setting forth conditions and terms for such Mortgages to be delivered together with all
Mortgage Supporting Documents relating thereto within ninety days after the Closing Date on terms
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Section 4.20 Network Affiliation Agreements/Cable Franchise. (a) All
Network Affiliation Agreements and Cable Franchise Agreements are set forth on Schedule
4.20 and each such Network Affiliation Agreement and Cable Franchise Agreement is in full force
and effect and the Borrower has no knowledge of any pending amendments or threatened termination of
any of the Network Affiliation Agreements or the Cable Franchise Agreements. The Cable Franchise
Agreements set forth on Schedule 4.20 are all of the licenses, permits, permissions and
other authorizations used or necessary for the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries to operate the
Cable Systems, and the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries hold no licenses, permits, permissions
or other authorizations issued by the FCC other than the Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses.

(b) The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have filed all cable television registration
statements for the community units listed on Schedule 4.20, annual cumulative signal
leakage index reports on FCC Form 320 and annual employment reports on FCC Form 395-A which are
required to be filed by such Loan Parties and Subsidiaries under the Communications Laws, the Cable
Act and other relevant communications laws and are in material compliance with such laws.

(c) To the extent that Borrower or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, all
frequencies used on the Cable Systems are within such restricted aeronautical and navigational
bands (108-137 MHz and 225-400 MHz) have been authorized for such use by the FCC.

(d) To the extent that Borrower or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, the
Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have paid all franchise, license, regulatory or other fees and
charges which they have calculated in good faith as due to any Local Franchising Authority pursuant
to any Cable Franchise Agreement and to the FCC pursuant to the Communications Laws. There is no
inquiry, claim, action or demand pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries, threatened before any Local Franchising Authority or the FCC which questions the
amounts that may be due under this subsection paid by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries
pursuant to such Cable Franchise Agreements or the Communications Laws, as the case may be.

(e) To the extent that Borrower or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable System, the
Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office all statements of
account and other documents and instruments and have paid to the extent due under this subsection
all royalties, supplemental royalties, fees, interest assessments and other sums which they have
calculated in good faith as due to the U.S. Copyright Office under the Copyright Act with respect
to the ownership and operation of the Cable Systems as are required for such Loan Parties and
Subsidiaries to obtain, hold and maintain the compulsory license for cable television systems
prescribed in Section 111 of the Copyright Act. There is no inquiry, claim, action or demand
pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, threatened before the U.S.
Copyright Office or from any other Person which questions the copyright filings or payments made by
the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries with respect to the Cable Systems.

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(f) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.20, each Cable System is in compliance with the
provisions of the Cable Act as such provisions relate to the rates and other charges of the Cable
Systems. The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are not subject to rate regulation by any
Governmental Authority and have not received any correspondence indicating that this status may
change in the future. The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have not made and are not bound by
any election with respect to any cost of service proceeding conducted in accordance with Part
76.922 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations or any similar proceeding with respect to any
of the Cable Systems.

(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.20, (i) no written notices or demands have been
received from the FCC, from any television station, or from any other Person or Governmental
Authority (A) challenging the right of the Cable Systems to carry the signal of any television
broadcast station currently being carried by such Cable System or (B) claiming that any Cable
System has failed to carry a television broadcast station required to be carried pursuant to the
Cable Act, has failed to carry a television broadcast station on a channel designated by such
station consistent with the requirements of the Cable Act, or has failed to negotiate in good faith
with a television station pursuant to the FCC’s retransmission consent provisions; (ii) all
necessary FAA and FCC approvals and registrations have been obtained with respect to the height and
location of towers used in connection with the operation of the Cable Systems, and such towers are
being operated in material compliance with the applicable FCC and FAA rules; and (iii) the Loan
Parties and their Subsidiaries have not received, nor are the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries
bound by, any notice from any Governmental Authority with respect to an intention to enforce
customer service standards pursuant to the Cable Act.

(h) Except with respect to general rulemakings and similar proceedings relating generally to
the cable television industry, (i) there is no adverse judgment, decree or order issued against any
of the Cable Systems or the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries by the FCC or a Local Franchising
Authority and (ii) there is no action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of
any Loan Party, threatened by or before the FCC or any Local Franchising Authority against any of
the Cable Systems, any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries.

Section 4.21 Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses. Except for changes that
occur after the Closing Date from time to time as disclosed by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent in writing, Schedule 4.21 lists all Radio Station Licenses and the Loan Party that is
the licensee of each such Station License. With respect to any Permitted Acquisition, as of the
closing date of such Permitted Acquisition the applicable schedule delivered to the Administrative
Agent lists all Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses, if any, of which the Proposed Acquisition
Target is a licensee.

Section 4.22 FCC Rules and Regulations. (a) Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.22, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, and after giving effect to any
Permitted Acquisition, the operation of the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
complies and has complied in all material respects with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules, orders, regulations and other applicable requirements of the FCC (including without
limitation the FCC’s rules, regulations and published policies relating to the operation of
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(b) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that from the Closing Date until the
grant and consummation of the FCC Long Form Applications, the Radio Station Licenses may be held by
the Trust. The Radio Station Licenses are all of the material licenses, Permits, permissions and
other authorizations used or necessary to operate the Radio Stations as currently operated by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and, following the grant and consummation of the FCC Long-Form
Applications, all Radio Station Licenses shall be validly held in the name of the Borrower or one
of its Subsidiaries or, in the case of those Radio Station Licenses or FCC Licenses being acquired
in any Permitted Acquisition, an application has been made and is pending with the FCC for the
granting of all necessary consents to the assignment of such Radio Station Licenses or FCC Licenses
to the Borrower or certain of its Subsidiaries. Copies of all such Radio Station Licenses have
been provided to the Administrative Agent and, to the extent acquired in a Permitted Acquisition
all acquired Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses have been provided to the Administrative Agent
prior to the consummation thereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.22, the Radio Station
Licenses and FCC Licenses that have been issued are in full force and effect, are valid for the
balance of the current license term, are unimpaired by any act or omissions of the Borrower, its
Subsidiaries or any of their employees, agents, officers, directors or stockholders or to the best
knowledge of Borrower, the current holders of licenses that are to be acquired in connection with
any Permitted Acquisition, and are free and clear of any material restrictions that might limit the
full operation of the Radio Stations or the Business operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
and have been so unimpaired for the full current license term. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.22, there are no applications, proceedings or complaints pending or, to the Borrower’s best
knowledge, threatened that may have a material adverse effect on the Business or operation of such
Radio Stations (other than proceedings that apply to the communications industry generally). The
Borrower is not aware of any reason why those of the Radio Station Licenses or FCC Licenses subject
to expiration might not be renewed in the ordinary course or of any reason why any of the Radio
Station Licenses or FCC Licenses might be revoked. No renewal of any Radio Station License or FCC
Licenses would constitute a major federal action having a significant effect on the human
environment under Section 1.1305 or 1.1307(b) of the FCC’s rules. All information
contained in any pending applications for modification, extension or renewal of the Radio Station
Licenses, FCC Licenses or other applications filed with the FCC by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is true, complete and accurate in all material respects. All information contained in
any application for consent to assignment of licenses, an application for consent to transfer
control of licenses or substantially similar applications filed with the FCC in connection with any
Permitted Acquisition is true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

(c) None of the Loan Parties owns a daily newspaper or conducts any business other than the
ownership, management, or operation of the Business.

(d) To the extent that Borrower or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, except
as set forth in Schedule 4.22, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the
FCC’s requirements for construction of digital television facilities for each of the television
stations owned and operated by Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

(e) To the extent that Borrower or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have elected must-carry or retransmission consent for carriage of the
television stations owned and operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on cable and DBS
systems (“MVPDs”) during the election cycle ending on October 1, 2008, and the television
stations are carried by such MVPD in accordance with such elections except where the failure to do
so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) To the extent that Borrower or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, no
MVPD has (i) advised the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of any signal quality or copyright indemnity
or other obstacle to carriage of the television stations, (ii) declined or threatened to decline
such carriage or failed to respond to a request for carriage or sought any form of relief from
carriage from the FCC, or (iii) sought or obtained a modification to the geographic area in which
any television station is eligible for must-carry or retransmission consent rights under the Cable
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ARTICLE 5

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document,
each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to each of the
following, as long as any Obligation remains outstanding (other than contingent indemnification
obligations for claims not yet asserted):

Section 5.1 Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Holdings shall not have, on
the last day of each Fiscal Quarter set forth below, a Consolidated Leverage Ratio greater than the
maximum ratio set forth opposite such Fiscal Quarter:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MAXIMUM CONSOLIDATED	 
	FISCAL QUARTER ENDING	 	LEVERAGE RATIO	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	December 31, 2010
	 	 	6.40 to 1	 
	March 31, 2011
	 	 	5.90 to 1	 
	June 30, 2011
	 	 	5.30 to 1	 
	September 30, 2011
	 	 	4.90 to 1	 
	December 31, 2011
	 	 	4.80 to 1	 
	March 31, 2012
	 	 	4.90 to 1	 
	June 30, 2012
	 	 	4.80 to 1	 
	September 30, 2012
	 	 	4.80 to 1	 
	December 31, 2012
	 	 	4.70 to 1	 
	March 31, 2013
	 	 	4.60 to 1	 
	June 30, 2013 and thereafter
	 	 	4.50 to 1	 

Section 5.2 Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Holdings shall
not have, on the last day of each Fiscal Quarter set forth below, a Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the 4 Fiscal Quarter period ending on such day less than the minimum ratio set
forth opposite such Fiscal Quarter:

	 	 	 	 	 
	FISCAL QUARTER ENDING	 	MINIMUM CONSOLIDATED FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	December 31, 2010
	 	 	1.75 to 1	 
	March 31, 2011
and thereafter
	 	 	1.85 to 1	 

Calculations under Sections 5.1 and Section 5.2 shall be made in accordance with
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ARTICLE 6

REPORTING COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document,
each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to each of the
following, as long as any Obligation remains outstanding (other than contingent indemnification
obligations for claims not yet asserted):

Section 6.1 Financial Statements. The Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Lenders within 5 Business
Days after receipt thereof, each of the following:

(a) Monthly Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the
end of each of the first two fiscal months in each Fiscal Quarter and the month of December, the
Consolidated unaudited balance sheet of Holdings as of the close of such fiscal month and related
Consolidated statements of income and cash flow for such fiscal month and that portion of the
Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such fiscal month, setting forth in comparative form the
figures for the corresponding period in the prior Fiscal Year, in each case certified by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the Consolidated
financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and
for the periods indicated in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnote disclosure
and normal year-end audit adjustments).

(b) Quarterly Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after
the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year commencing with the Fiscal
Quarter ending June 30, 2010, the Consolidated unaudited balance sheet of Holdings as of the close
of such Fiscal Quarter and related Consolidated statements of income and cash flow for such Fiscal
Quarter and that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter, setting
forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the prior Fiscal Year and the
figures contained in the latest Projections, in each case certified by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results
of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated in
accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal year-end audit
adjustments) and together with the delivery of the Quarterly Report as provided for in this
clause (b) for the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2010, a Quarterly Report for the Borrower
for the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2010 as the Borrower existed prior to the consummation of
the Plan. Notwithstanding anything in the Loan Documents to the contrary, no Loan Party shall be
deemed to have made any representation or warranty with respect to the Quarterly Report for the
Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2010 or the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2010.

(c) Annual Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the
end of each Fiscal Year, the Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of the end of such year and
related Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow for such Fiscal Year,
each prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certification by the Group Members’
Accountants that (i) such Consolidated Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects
the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the
dates indicated and for the periods indicated therein in accordance with GAAP without qualification
or explanatory paragraphs as to the scope of the audit or as to going concern and without any other
similar qualification and (ii) in the course of the regular audit of the businesses of the Group
Members, which audit was conducted in accordance with the standards of the United States’ Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (or any successor entity), such Group Members’ Accountants have
obtained no knowledge that a Default in respect of any financial covenant contained in
Article 5 is continuing or, if in the opinion of the Group Members’ Accountants such a
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(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of any Financial Statement
pursuant to clause (b) or (c) above, a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower that, among other things, (i) if delivered together with any
Financial Statement pursuant to clause (b) above with respect to the second Fiscal Quarter
of each Fiscal Year (other than the Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2010) or clause (c)
above, the calculations used in determining the applicable Excess Cash Flow, (ii) demonstrates
compliance with each financial covenant contained in Article 5 to the extent applicable and
(iii) states that no Default is continuing as of the date of delivery of such Compliance
Certificate or, if a Default is continuing, states the nature thereof and the action that the
Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.

(e) Corporate Chart and Other Collateral Updates. As part of the Compliance
Certificate delivered pursuant to clause (d) above, each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, a certificate by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
that (i) the Corporate Chart attached thereto (or the last Corporate Chart delivered pursuant to
this clause (e)) is correct and complete as of the date of such Compliance Certificate,
(ii) the Loan Parties have delivered all documents (including updated schedules as to locations of
Collateral and acquisition of Intellectual Property or real property) they are required to deliver
pursuant to any Loan Document on or prior to the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate
and (iii) complete and correct copies of all documents modifying any term of any Constituent
Document of any Group Member or any Subsidiary or joint venture thereof on or prior to the date of
delivery of such Compliance Certificate have been delivered to the Administrative Agent or are
attached to such certificate.

(f) Additional Projections. As soon as available and in any event not later than 30
days after the end of each Fiscal Year, any significant revisions to, (i) the annual business plan
of the Group Members for the Fiscal Year next succeeding such Fiscal Year and (ii) forecasts
prepared by management of the Borrower for each Fiscal Quarter in such next succeeding Fiscal Year
including in such forecasts (A) a projected year-end Consolidated balance sheet, income statement
and statement of cash flows, (B) a statement of all of the material assumptions on which such
forecasts are based and (C) substantially the same type of financial information as that contained
in the Initial Projections.

(g) Management Discussion and Analysis. Together with each delivery of any monthly
report pursuant to clause (a) above and any Compliance Certificate pursuant to clause
(d) above, a discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of
the Group Members for the portion of the Fiscal Year then elapsed and discussing the reasons for
any significant variations from the Projections for such period and the figures for the
corresponding period in the previous Fiscal Year.

(h) Intercompany Loan Balances. Together with each delivery of any Compliance
Certificate pursuant to clause (d) above, a summary of the outstanding balances of all
intercompany Indebtedness (other than intra day intercompany Indebtedness occurring as a result of
automatic transfers) as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter covered by such Financial Statement,
certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as part of the
Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial Statements.

(i) Audit Reports, Management Letters, Etc. Together with each delivery of any
Financial Statement for any Fiscal Year pursuant to clause (c) above, copies of each
management letter, audit report or similar letter or report received by any Group Member from any
independent registered certified public accountant (including the Group Members’ Accountants) in
connection with such Financial Statements or any audit thereof, each certified to be complete and
correct copies by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as part of the Compliance Certificate
delivered in connection with such Financial Statements.

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(j) Insurance. Within 10 days after the delivery of any Financial Statement for any
Fiscal Year pursuant to clause (c) above, each in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
as part of the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial Statements, a
summary of all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date thereof by any Group Member,
together with such other related documents and information as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require.

Section 6.2 Other Events. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing)
promptly after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it:
(a)(i) any Default and (ii) any event that would have a Material Adverse Effect, specifying, in
each case, the nature and anticipated effect thereof and any action proposed to be taken in
connection therewith, (b) any event (other than any event involving loss or damage to property)
reasonably expected to result in a mandatory payment of the Obligations pursuant to
Section 2.6, stating the material terms and conditions of such transaction and estimating
the Net Cash Proceeds thereof, (c) the commencement of, or any material developments in, any
action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, order or dispute with, by or before
any Governmental Authority affecting any Group Member or any property of any Group Member that
(i) seeks injunctive or similar relief, (ii) in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, exposes
any Group Member to liability in an aggregate amount in excess of $750,000 or (iii) if adversely
determined would have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) the acquisition of any material real
property or the entering into any material lease.

Section 6.3 Copies of Notices and Reports. The Borrower shall promptly
deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of each of the following: (a) all reports that Holdings
transmits to its security holders generally, (b) all documents that any Group Member files with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., any
securities exchange or any Governmental Authority exercising similar functions, (c) all press
releases not made available directly to the general public, (d) all documents transmitted or
received pursuant to, or in connection with, any Related Document and (e) any material document
transmitted or received pursuant to, or in connection with, any Contractual Obligation governing
Indebtedness of any Group Member.

In addition to the above, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, or instruct
the Trust to deliver to the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, as soon as practicable, and
in any event (a) within ten (10) days after the issuance, filing or receipt thereof, (i) copies of
any order or notice of the FCC, any Governmental Authority or a court of competent jurisdiction
which designates any Radio Station License or FCC License, or any application therefor, for a
hearing or which refuses renewal or extension of, or revokes or suspends the authority of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to operate a broadcast station or the authority of any
broadcast station to which the Borrower or any Subsidiaries provides services under a local
marketing agreement to operate, and (ii) any citation, Notice of Violation or Order to Show Cause
issued by the FCC or other Governmental Authority or any material complaint filed by or with the
FCC or other Governmental Authority, or a petition to deny any application, in each case with
respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) a copy of any notice or application by
the Borrower of any of its Subsidiaries requesting authority to cease broadcasting on any broadcast
station for any period in excess of five (5) days and (iv) a copy of each Cumulative Leakage Report
filed by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries to the extent applicable; (b) within 30 days of
its due date for filing with the FCC, duplicate copies of each FCC form 323 (or any comparable form
which may be substitute therefor by the FCC) filed with the FCC with respect to each broadcast
station owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and (c) within two (2) Business Days
after receipt thereof, (i) copies of all Network Affiliation Agreements and amendments thereto and
(ii) copies of all Cable Franchise Agreements and amendments thereto.

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Section 6.4 Taxes. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent notice of
each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) promptly
after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it: (a) the
creation, or filing with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority, of any Contractual Obligation
or other document extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for assessment or
collection of any taxes with respect to any Tax Affiliate and (b) the creation of any Contractual
Obligation of any Tax Affiliate, or the receipt of any request directed to any Tax Affiliate, to
make any adjustment under Section 481(a) of the Code, by reason of a change in accounting
method or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.5 Labor Matters. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing),
promptly after, and in any event within 30 days after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member
knows or has reason to know of it: (a) the commencement of any material labor dispute to which any
Group Member is or may become a party, including any strikes, lockouts or other disputes relating
to any of such Person’s plants and other facilities and (b) the incurrence by any Group Member of
any Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or related or similar liability incurred with
respect to the closing of any plant or other facility of any such Person (other than, in the case
of this clause (b), those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect).

Section 6.6 ERISA Matters. To the extent any of the following would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent (a) on or prior to any filing by any ERISA Affiliate of any notice of intent
to terminate any Title IV Plan, a copy of such notice and (b) promptly, and in any event within 10
days, after any Responsible Officer of any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that a
request for a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code has been filed with
respect to any Title IV Plan, a notice (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in
writing) describing such waiver request and any action that any ERISA Affiliate proposes to take
with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice filed with the PBGC or the IRS pertaining
thereto.

Section 6.7 Environmental Matters. (a) The Borrower shall provide the
Administrative Agent notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly
confirmed by the Administrative Agent in writing) promptly after any Responsible Officer of any
Group Member knows or has reason to know of it (and, upon reasonable request of the Administrative
Agent, documents and information in connection therewith): (i)(A) unpermitted Releases, (B) the
receipt by any Group Member of any notice of violation of or potential liability or similar notice
under, or the existence of any condition that could reasonably be expected to result in violations
of or liabilities under, any Environmental Law or (C) the commencement of, or any material change
to, any action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, dispute alleging a violation
of or liability under any Environmental Law, that, for each of clauses (A), (B) and
(C) above (and, in the case of clause (C), if adversely determined), in the
aggregate for each such clause, could reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities
in excess of $500,000, (ii) the receipt by any Group Member of notification that any property of
any Group Member is subject to any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole
or in part, Environmental Liabilities and (iii) any proposed acquisition or lease of real property
(except as part of any Permitted Acquisition) if such acquisition or lease would have a reasonable
likelihood of resulting in aggregate Environmental Liabilities in excess of $500,000.

(b) Upon request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative
Agent a report containing an update as to the status of any environmental, health or safety
compliance, hazard or liability issue identified in any document delivered to any Secured Party
pursuant to any Loan Document or as to any condition reasonably believed by the Administrative
Agent to result in Material Environmental Liabilities.

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Section 6.8 Other Information. The Borrower shall provide the Administrative
Agent with such other documents and information with respect to the business, property, condition
(financial or otherwise), legal, financial or corporate or similar affairs or operations of any
Group Member as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from
time to time reasonably request.

ARTICLE 7

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document,
each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to each of the
following, as long as any Obligation remains outstanding (other than contingent indemnification
obligations for claims not yet asserted):

Section 7.1 Maintenance of Corporate Existence. Each Group Member shall
(a) preserve and maintain its legal existence, except in the consummation of transactions expressly
permitted by Sections 8.4 and 8.7, and (b) preserve and maintain it rights (charter
and statutory), privileges franchises and Permits necessary or desirable in the conduct of its
business, except, in the case of this clause (b), where the failure to do so would not, in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.2 Compliance with Laws, Etc. Each Group Member shall comply with
all applicable Requirements of Law, Contractual Obligations and Permits, except for such failures
to comply that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.3 Payment of Obligations. Each Group Member shall pay or discharge
before they become delinquent (a) all material claims, taxes, assessments, charges and levies
imposed by any Governmental Authority and (b) all other lawful claims that if unpaid would, by the
operation of applicable Requirements of Law, become a Lien upon any property of any Group Member,
except, in each case, for those whose amount or validity is being contested in good faith by proper
proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are maintained on the books of the
appropriate Group Member in accordance with GAAP.

Section 7.4 Maintenance of Property. Each Group Member shall maintain and
preserve (a) in good working order and condition all of its property necessary in the conduct of
its business and (b) all rights, permits, licenses, approvals and privileges (including all
Permits) necessary, used or useful, whether because of its ownership, lease, sublease or other
operation or occupation of property or other conduct of its business, and shall make all necessary
or appropriate filings with, and give all required notices to, Government Authorities, except for
such failures to maintain and preserve the items set forth in clauses (a) and (b)
above that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.5 Maintenance of Insurance. Each Group Member shall (a) maintain or
cause to be maintained in full force and effect all policies of insurance of any kind with respect
to the property and businesses of the Group Members (including policies of life, fire, theft,
product liability, public liability, Flood Insurance, property damage, other casualty, employee
fidelity, workers’ compensation, business interruption and employee health and welfare insurance
(it being understood and agreed that the Group Members shall be permitted to self-insure for
medical and dental benefits) with financially sound and reputable insurance companies or
associations (in each case that are not Affiliates of the Borrower) of a nature and providing such
coverage as is sufficient and as is customarily carried by businesses of the size and character of
the business of the Group Members and (b) cause all such insurance relating to any property or
business of any Loan Party to name the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as
additional insured or loss payee, as appropriate, and to provide that no cancellation, material
addition in amount or material change in coverage shall be effective until after 45 days’ notice
(or such shorter time period as maybe agreed to by the Administrative Agent) thereof to the
Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the requirement in clause (a) above, Federal Flood
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Section 7.6 Keeping of Books. The Group Members shall keep proper books of
record and account, in which full, true and correct entries shall be made in accordance with GAAP
and all other applicable Requirements of Law of all financial transactions and the assets and
business of each Group Member.

Section 7.7 Access to Books and Property. Each Group Member shall permit the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any Related Person of any of them, as often as reasonably
requested (but not more than two times during any calendar year unless there has occurred a
default); and provided, however, (a) the Group Member shall not be required to pay
the expenses of more than two such visits and inspections in the aggregate during any calendar year
unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) each Lender shall at all times
coordinate with the Administrative Agent the frequency and timing of any such visits and
inspections so as to reasonably minimize the burden imposed on the Group Member), at any reasonable
time during normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice (except that, during the
continuance of an Event of Default, no such notice shall be required) to (i) visit and inspect the
property of each Group Member and examine and make copies of and abstracts from, the corporate (and
similar), financial, operating and other books and records of each Group Member, (ii) discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts of each Group Member with any officer or director of any Group
Member and (iii) communicate directly with any registered certified public accountants (including
the Group Members’ Accountants) of any Group Member. Each Group Member shall authorize their
respective registered certified public accountants (including the Group Members’ Accountants) to
communicate directly with the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Related Persons and to
disclose to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Related Persons all financial
statements and other documents and information as they might have and the Administrative Agent or
any Lender reasonably requests with respect to any Group Member.

Section 7.8 Environmental. Each Group Member shall comply with, and maintain
its real property, whether owned, leased, subleased or otherwise operated or occupied, in
compliance with, all applicable Environmental Laws (including by implementing any Remedial Action
necessary to achieve such compliance or that is required by orders and directives of any
Governmental Authority) except for failures to comply that would not, in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, if an Event of Default is continuing or
if the Administrative Agent at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there exist
violations of Environmental Laws by any Group Member or that there exist any Environmental
Liabilities, in each case, that would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, then each
Group Member shall, promptly upon receipt of request from the Administrative Agent, cause the
performance of, and allow the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons access to such real
property for the purpose of conducting, such environmental audits and assessments, including
subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater, and cause the preparation of such reports, in each
case as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request. Such audits,
assessments and reports, to the extent not conducted by the Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Persons, shall be conducted and prepared by reputable environmental consulting firms
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably
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Section 7.9 Local Service. If for any reason, upon commencement by a DBS
provider of “local-into-local” service within the geographic market served by any of Borrower’s or
its Subsidiaries’ television stations, such television station is not automatically entitled to
carriage, pursuant to an agreement with a DBS provider, then Borrower and the appropriate
Subsidiary shall timely elect carriage on such DBS system.

Section 7.10 Additional Collateral and Guaranties. To the extent not
delivered to the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date (including in respect of
after-acquired property and Persons that become Subsidiaries of any Loan Party after the Closing
Date), each Group Member shall, promptly, do each of the following, unless otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent:

(a) deliver to the Administrative Agent such modifications to the terms of the Loan Documents
(or, to the extent applicable as determined by the Administrative Agent, such other documents), in
each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and as the
Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to ensure the following:

(i) (A) each Subsidiary of any Loan Party that has entered into Guaranty Obligations with
respect to any Indebtedness of the Borrower and (B) each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Loan Party
shall guaranty, as primary obligor and not as surety, the payment of the Obligations of the
Borrower; and

(ii) each Loan Party (including any Person required to become a Guarantor pursuant to
clause (i) above) shall effectively grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in all of its property, including
all of its Stock and Stock Equivalents and other Securities, as security for the Obligations of
such Loan Party;

provided, however, that, unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise
agree, in no event shall a security interest be required to be granted on any personal property of
the type (including Radio Station Licenses or FCC Licenses) not required to be granted on the
Closing Date;

(b) deliver to the Administrative Agent all documents representing all Stock, Stock
Equivalents and other Securities pledged pursuant to the documents delivered pursuant to clause
(a) above, together with undated powers or endorsements duly executed in blank;

(c) upon request of the Administrative Agent, deliver to it (i) an appraisal complying with
FIRREA, (ii) within forty-five days of receipt of notice from Agent that real property of the Loan
Parties is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, Federal Flood Insurance or private flood
insurance, as applicable as required by Section 7.5, and (iii) a Mortgage on any real
property towers owned by any Loan Party which has Station Revenues of $1,000,000 or more (unless
otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent), together with all Mortgage Supporting Documents
relating thereto (or, if such real property is located in a jurisdiction outside the United States,
similar documents deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent to obtain the equivalent in such
jurisdiction of a first-priority mortgage on such real property);

(d) to take all other actions necessary or advisable to ensure the validity or continuing
validity of any guaranty for any Obligation or any Lien securing any Obligation, to perfect,
maintain, evidence or enforce any Lien securing any Obligation or to ensure such Liens have the
same priority as that of the Liens on similar Collateral set forth in the Loan Documents executed
on the Closing Date (or, for Collateral located outside the United States, a similar priority
acceptable to the Administrative Agent), including the filing of UCC financing statements in such
jurisdictions as may be required by the Loan Documents or applicable Requirements of Law or as the
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(e) deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described in
this Section 7.10, which opinions shall be as reasonably required by, and in form and
substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent.

Section 7.11 Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts and Cash Collateral
Accounts. Each Group Member shall (a) deposit all of its cash in deposit accounts that are
Controlled Deposit Accounts, provided, however, that each Group Member may maintain
zero-balance accounts for the purpose of managing local disbursements and may maintain payroll,
withholding tax and other fiduciary accounts; and (b) deposit all of its Cash Equivalents in
securities accounts that are Controlled Securities Accounts, in each case except for cash and Cash
Equivalents the aggregate value of which does not exceed $1,000,000 at any time.

Section 7.12 License Subsidiaries. All Radio Station Licenses and FCC
Licenses currently held by a License Subsidiary or acquired after the date hereof through a
Permitted Acquisition or otherwise shall be held by one or more License Subsidiaries (and any
License Subsidiary may own more than one Radio Station License or FCC License). Borrower shall
cause each License Subsidiary to (a) observe all customary corporate, company or partnership
formalities regarding its legal existence, (b) not commingle its properties with those of its
Affiliates or any other Person, (c) accurately maintain its own bank accounts and separate books
and records in accordance with GAAP, (d) pay its own liabilities from its own separate assets, (e)
not make loans to or assume or guaranty the obligations of any Person (other than pursuant to the
Guaranties) and (f) otherwise be operated in such a manner that the separate legal existence of
such License Subsidiary will not be disregarded in any insolvency or other legal proceeding.

Section 7.13 Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses. Borrower and each of
its Subsidiaries shall at all times maintain the Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses and all
other licenses, Permits, permissions and other authorizations used or necessary to operate the
Radio Stations or Business as operated from time to time by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

Section 7.14 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of Revolving Loans shall be used
by the Borrower (and, to the extent distributed to them by the Borrower, each other Group Member)
solely (a) to consummate the Related Transactions and for the payment of related transaction costs,
fees and expenses, (b) for the payment of transaction costs, fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein and (c) for working
capital and general corporate and similar purposes.

ARTICLE 8

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document,
each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to each of the
following, as long as any Obligation remains outstanding (other than contingent indemnification
obligations for claims not yet asserted):

Section 8.1 Indebtedness. No Group Member shall, directly or indirectly,
incur or otherwise remain liable with respect to or responsible for, any Indebtedness except for
the following:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.1, together
with any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon this
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(c) Indebtedness consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations (other than with respect to a
lease entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) and purchase money Indebtedness, in
each case incurred by any Group Member (other than Holdings) to finance the acquisition, repair,
improvement or construction of fixed or capital assets of such Group Member, together with any
Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon this clause
(c); provided, however, that (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all such Indebtedness does not exceed $1,000,000 at any time and (ii) the principal amount of such
Indebtedness does not exceed the lower of the cost or fair market value of the property so acquired
or built or of such repairs or improvements financed, whether directly or through a Permitted
Refinancing, with such Indebtedness (each measured at the time such acquisition, repair,
improvement or construction is made);

(d) intercompany loans owing to any Group Member and constituting Permitted Investments of
such Group Member;

(e) obligations under Hedging Agreements which are rate cap agreements (for legitimate
business purposes that are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) for a maximum notional amount
of 50% of the Term Loans and having maturity dates not later than the Term Loan Maturity Date;

(f) Guaranty Obligations of any Group Member with respect to Indebtedness of any Group Member
other than Holdings (other than Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon clause
(b) or (c) above, for which Guaranty Obligations may be permitted to the extent set
forth in such clauses);

(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower owing under the Subordinated Notes pursuant to the
Subordinated Notes Agreement and Permitted Refinancings thereof; provided, however,
that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness shall not exceed
$25,000,000 (excluding the amount of any capitalized interest thereon) at any time and
provided, further, that if the Permitted Investors provide any such Permitted
Refinancing, they shall offer to all Lenders in a reasonable time frame and manner, an opportunity
to participate in such Permitted Refinancing in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share
multiplied by the aggregate principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing. Nothing herein shall
obligate any Lender to participate in such Permitted Refinancing and any Lender participation shall
be at the sole discretion of such Lender;

(h) Indebtedness that is acquired in a Permitted Acquisition; provided, that such
Indebtedness existed at the time such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, and Permitted Refinancings
thereof; and provided, further that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
permitted under this Section 8.1(h) shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;

(i) contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligation, adjustment of
purchase price or similar obligation of the applicable Loan Party incurred in connection with the
consummation of a Permitted Acquisition; and

(j) any unsecured Indebtedness of any Group Member; provided, however, that
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such unsecured Indebtedness shall not exceed
$500,000 at any time.

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Section 8.2 Liens. No Group Member shall incur, maintain or otherwise suffer
to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, or assign any right to receive income or profits, except for the following:

(a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Customary Permitted Liens of Group Members;

(c) Liens existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.2;

(d) Liens on the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness
permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.1(c); provided, however,
that (i) such Liens exist prior to the acquisition of, or attach substantially simultaneously with,
or within 90 days after, the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of, such property
financed, whether directly or through a Permitted Refinancing, by such Indebtedness and (ii) such
Liens do not extend to any property of any Group Member other than the property (and proceeds
thereof) acquired or built, or the improvements, repairs, additions, attachments, accessions and
accessions thereto and replacements and substitutions therefor financed, whether directly or
through a Permitted Refinancing, by such Indebtedness; and

(e) Liens on the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries securing the Permitted
Refinancing of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien on such property permitted hereunder in
reliance upon clause (c) or (d) above or this clause (e) without any change
in the property subject to such Liens.

Section 8.3 Investments. No Group Member shall make or maintain, directly or
indirectly, any Investment except for the following:

(a) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.3;

(b) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

(c) (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, (ii) extensions of trade credit (other than to Affiliates of the Borrower)
arising or acquired in the ordinary course of business and (iii) Investments received in
settlements in the ordinary course of business of such extensions of trade credit or owing to any
Group Member as a result of insolvency proceedings involving an account debtor or upon foreclosure
or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Group Member;

(d) Investments made as part of a Permitted Acquisition;

(e) Investments by (i) any Loan Party (other than Holdings), in any other Loan Party (other
than Holdings) and (ii) any Group Member that is not a Loan Party in any Group Member (other than
Holdings) or in any joint venture provided that any Investment consisting of loans or advances to
any Loan Party pursuant to clause (ii) above, shall be subordinated in full to the payment
of the Obligations of such Loan Party on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent);

(f) loans or advances to employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance
travel, entertainment and relocation expenses and other ordinary business purposes in the ordinary
course of business as presently conducted; provided, however, that the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all loans and advances permitted pursuant to this clause
(f) shall not exceed $100,000 at any time;

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(g) Investments by the applicable Group Members in the assets of the Trust pursuant to and in
accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Independent Trust Agreement;

(h) Investments in the form of advances or prepayments to suppliers or other vendors made in
the ordinary course of business consistent with the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ prior
customary business practices;

(i) Investments required, if any, pursuant to the terms of the Divestiture Trust Agreement;
and

(j) any other Investment by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that the aggregate outstanding amount of all such Investments shall not exceed
$1,000,000 at any time.

Section 8.4 Asset Sales. No Group Member shall Sell any of its property
(other than cash) or issue shares of its own Stock, except for the following:

(a) In each case to the extent entered into in the ordinary course of business and made to a
Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower, (i) Sales of Cash Equivalents, inventory or
property that has become obsolete or worn out and (ii) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual
Property;

(b) a true lease or sublease of real property not constituting Indebtedness and not entered
into as part of a Sale Leaseback Transaction;

(c) (i) any Sale of any property (other than their own Stock or Stock Equivalents) by any
Group Member (other than Holdings) to any other Group Member (other than Holdings) to the extent
any resulting Investment constitutes a Permitted Investment, (ii) any Restricted Payment by any
Group Member (other than Holdings) permitted pursuant to Section 8.5 and (iii) any
distribution by Holdings of the proceeds of Restricted Payments from any other Group Member to the
extent permitted in Section 8.5;

(d) (i) any Sale or issuance by Holdings of its own Stock to Parent, (ii) any Sale or issuance
by the Borrower of its own Stock to Holdings, (iii) any Sale or issuance by any Subsidiary of the
Borrower of its own Stock to any Group Member (other than Holdings), provided,
however, that the proportion of such Stock and of each class of such Stock (both on an
outstanding and fully-diluted basis) held by the Loan Parties (other than Holdings), taken as a
whole, does not change as a result of such Sale or issuance and (iv) to the extent necessary to
satisfy any Requirement of Law in the jurisdiction of incorporation of any Subsidiary of the
Borrower, any Sale or issuance by such Subsidiary of its own Stock constituting directors’
qualifying shares or nominal holdings;

(e) transfer of the Radio Station Licenses, FCC Licenses and PUC Certificates to a License
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.12;

(f) pursuant to the terms of the Independent Trust Agreement, the assignment of the Trust
Assets (as defined in the Independent Trust Agreement) to the independent trust and any Sale,
assignment or transfer of such Trust Assets out of such independent trust to any qualified third
party or to the divestiture trust pursuant to the terms of the Independent Trust Agreement;

(g) pursuant to the terms of the Divestiture Trust Agreement, the assignment of the Station
Assets (as defined in the Divestiture Trust Agreement) to such divestiture trust, and any sale,
assignment or transfer of such Station Assets out of the divestiture trust to any qualified third
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(h) as long as no Default is continuing or would result therefrom, (i) Radio Swap Transactions
and (ii) any other Sale of property (other than as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of, or
Sale or issuance of its own Stock by, any Group Member (other than Holdings) for fair market value
payable in cash upon such sale; provided, however, that the aggregate consideration
received for all Sales pursuant to clause (ii) shall not exceed $10,000,000.

Section 8.5 Restricted Payments. No Group Member shall directly or
indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Payment except for
the following:

(a) (i) Restricted Payments (A) by any Group Member that is a Loan Party to any Loan Party and
(B) by any Group Member that is not a Loan Party to any Group Member and (ii) dividends and
distributions by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party to any holder of its
Stock, to the extent made to all such holders ratably according to their ownership interests in
such Stock;

(b) dividends and distributions declared and paid on the common Stock of any Group Member
ratably to the holders of such common Stock and payable only in common Stock of such Group Member;
and

(c) cash dividends on the Stock of Holdings to Parent paid and declared solely for the purpose
of funding the following:

(i) without duplication payments by Parent in respect of taxes owing by Parent in respect of
the Group Members, payments by Parent in respect of premiums for director and officer liability
insurance to the extent attributable and allocable to Holdings and its Subsidiaries and not to any
other Subsidiaries of Parent, and payments by Parent in respect of indemnity payments permitted
hereunder, relating to claims directly attributable to Holdings and its Subsidiaries and not to any
other Subsidiaries of Parent but only to the extent not covered by insurance;

(ii) ordinary operating expenses of Parent; provided, however, that the amount
of such cash dividends paid in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $750,000 in the aggregate; and

(iii) the redemption, purchase or other acquisition or retirement for value by Parent of its
common Stock (or Stock Equivalents with respect to its common Stock) (A) from any present or former
employee, director or officer (or the assigns, estate, heirs or current or former spouses thereof)
of any Group Member upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such employee,
director or officer; provided, however, that the amount of such cash dividends,
distributions or other cash payments paid in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $500,000 in the
aggregate or (B) from any other Person; provided, however, that the amount of such
cash dividends, distributions or other cash payments paid in any Fiscal Year in reliance upon this
clause (B) shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;

provided, however, that no action that would otherwise be permitted hereunder in
reliance upon this clause (c)(iii) shall be permitted if (A) a Default is then continuing
or would result therefrom or (B) such action is otherwise prohibited under any Loan Document or
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Section 8.6 Prepayment of Indebtedness. No Group Member shall (x) prepay,
redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof any
Indebtedness, (y) set apart any property for such purpose, whether directly or indirectly and
whether to a sinking fund, a similar fund or otherwise, or (z) make any payment in violation of any
subordination terms of any Indebtedness; provided, however, that each Group Member
may, to the extent otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents, do each of the following:

(a) (i) prepay the Obligations and (ii) consummate a Permitted Refinancing;

(b) prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity
thereof (or set apart any property for such purpose) (i) in the case of any Group Member that is
not a Loan Party, any Indebtedness owing by such Group Member to any other Group Member (other than
Holdings) and (ii) otherwise, any Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party (other than Holdings); and

(c) make regularly scheduled or otherwise required repayments or redemptions of Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness owing to any Affiliate of the Borrower) but only, in the case of
Subordinated Debt, to the extent permitted by the subordination provisions thereof, including,
without limitation, the terms of the Subordination Agreement.

Section 8.7 Fundamental Changes. No Group Member shall (a) merge, consolidate
or amalgamate with any Person, (b) create any new Subsidiary or acquire all or substantially all of
the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Person or (c) acquire any brand or all or substantially all
of the assets of any Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting any line of
business, division, branch, operating division or other unit operation of any Person, in each case
except for the following: (i) to consummate any Permitted Acquisition, (ii) the merger,
consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary of the Borrower into any Loan Party (other than
Holdings) and (iii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Group Member (other than
Holdings) for the sole purpose, and with the sole material effect, of changing its State of
organization within the United States; provided, however, that (A) in the case of
any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the
surviving Person and (B) in the case of any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving any
other Loan Party, a Loan Party shall be the surviving corporation and all actions required to
maintain the perfection of the Lien of the Administrative Agent on the Stock or property of such
Loan Party shall have been made.

Section 8.8 Change in Nature of Business. (a) No Group Member (other than
Holdings) shall carry on any business, operations or activities (whether directly, through a joint
venture, in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or otherwise) other than the Business.

(b) Holdings shall not engage in any business, operations or activity, or hold any property,
other than (i) holding Stock and Stock Equivalents of the Borrower and Regent Broadcasting
Management, LLC (ii) issuing, selling and redeeming its own Stock, (ii) paying taxes, (iii) holding
directors’ and shareholders’ meetings, preparing corporate and similar records and other activities
required to maintain its separate corporate or other legal structure, (iv) preparing reports to,
and preparing and making notices to and filings with, Governmental Authorities and to its holders
of Stock and Stock Equivalents, (v) receiving, and holding proceeds of, Restricted Payments from
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and distributing the proceeds thereof to the extent permitted in
Section 8.5, (vi) as necessary to consummate any Permitted Acquisition, (vii) as disclosed
on Schedule 4.4(b) and (viii) immaterial liabilities or Contractual Obligations not covered
in clauses (i)-(vii) above, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, individually or in the
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Section 8.9 Transactions with Affiliates. No Group Member shall, except as
otherwise expressly permitted herein, enter into any other transaction directly or indirectly with,
or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party (including Guaranty
Obligations with respect to any obligation of any such Affiliate), except for (a) transactions in
the ordinary course of business on a basis no less favorable to such Group Member as would be
obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Borrower,
(b) Restricted Payments, the proceeds of which, if received by Parent, are used as required by
Section 8.5, (c) reasonable salaries and other reasonable director or employee compensation
to officers and directors of any Group Member other than directors who are Affiliates of Oaktree,
and customary indemnification of officers and directors of any Group Member and (d) Investments
permitted by Section 8.3(g) or (i), transactions permitted by Section
8.4(e), (f) or (g), and (e) the Related Transactions and the other transactions
specifically set forth in the Plan.

Section 8.10 Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or
Restricted Payments. No Group Member shall incur or otherwise suffer to exist or become
effective or remain liable on or responsible for any Contractual Obligation limiting the ability of
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower to make Restricted Payments to, or Investments in, or repay
Indebtedness or otherwise Sell property to, any Group Member (other than Holdings) or (b) any Group
Member to incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property of any Group Member, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, securing any of its Obligations (including any “equal and ratable”
clause and any similar Contractual Obligation requiring, when a Lien is granted on any property,
another Lien to be granted on such property or any other property), except, for each of clauses
(a) and (b) above, (i) pursuant to the Loan Documents and (ii) limitations on Liens
(other than those securing any Obligation) on any property whose acquisition, repair, improvement
or construction is financed by purchase money Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or
Permitted Refinancings permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.1(b) or (c)
set forth in the Contractual Obligations governing such Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations
or Permitted Refinancing or Guaranty Obligations with respect thereto.

Section 8.11 Modification of Certain Documents. No Group Member shall do any
of the following:

(a) waive or otherwise modify any term of any Related Document (other than any Subordinated
Notes Document or the terms of any Subordinated Debt) or any Constituent Document of, or otherwise
change the capital structure of, any Group Member (including the terms of any of their outstanding
Stock or Stock Equivalents), in each case except for those modifications and waivers that (i) do
not elect, or permit the election, to treat the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any limited liability
company (or similar entity) as certificated and (ii) do not materially adversely affect the rights
and privileges of any Group Member and do not materially adversely affect the interests of any
Secured Party under the Loan Documents or in the Collateral; and

(b) waive or otherwise modify any term of any Subordinated Notes Document or any term of any
Subordinated Debt except for those modifications and waivers not prohibited by the terms of the
Subordination Agreement or any applicable subordination agreement.

Section 8.12
Accounting Changes 

Section 8.13 ; Fiscal Year. No Group
Member shall change its (a) accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP
or any Requirement of Law, or (b) its fiscal year or its method for determining fiscal quarters or
fiscal months.

Section 8.14 Margin Regulations. No Group Member shall use all or any portion
of the proceeds of any credit extended hereunder to purchase or carry margin stock (within the
meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) in contravention of Regulation U of the
Federal Reserve Board.

Section 8.15 Compliance with ERISA. No ERISA Affiliate shall cause or suffer
to exist (a) any event that would reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien on
the assets of a Group Member with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (b) any
other ERISA Event, that would reasonably be expected, in the case of clauses (a) and
(b), in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 8.16 Hazardous Materials. No Group Member shall cause or suffer to
exist any Release of any Hazardous Material at, to or from any real property owned, leased,
subleased or otherwise operated or occupied by any Group Member that would violate any
Environmental Law, form the basis for any Environmental Liabilities or otherwise adversely affect
the value or marketability of any real property (whether or not owned by any Group Member), other
than such violations, Environmental Liabilities and effects that would not, in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 8.17 Local Marketing Agreements. Without the prior written consent of
the Requisite Lenders, no Loan Party shall enter into any LMA under which any television or radio
station owned or operated by one or more of the Loan Parties is the brokered station (i.e., the
station whose time is sold or the station which receives, rather than provides, programming,
management, technical or other services under such LMA).  Such written consent shall not be
required for a Loan Party to enter into an LMA with an Affiliate of such Loan Party in compliance
with Section 8.9 or under which such Loan Party acts as the broker, provides programming,
sells time on or provides management, technical or other services to a radio station not owned by
any Loan Party, including LMAs with the Trust pending grant and consummation of the FCC Long-Form
Applications.

Section 8.18 License Subsidiaries. No License Subsidiary shall (a) engage in
any business (other than (i) the holding of the Radio Station Licenses, the FCC Licenses and the
PUC Certificates, (ii) actions required to maintain such Radio Station License, FCC License and PUC
Certificate in full force and effect, and (iii) actions required to maintain its separate
corporate, company, partnership or other legal existence or to perform its obligations under any of
the Loan Documents to which it is a party), (b) own any assets (other than Radio Station Licenses,
FCC Licenses and PUC Certificate), (c) create or permit to exist any Liens on any of its assets
except Liens granted in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, or (d) incur any
obligations or incur any other Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the
Obligations). No Loan Party, other than a License Subsidiary, shall hold any Radio Station
License, FCC License or PUC Certificate material to the operation of the Business except to the
extent so held by such Loan Party on the Closing Date.

Section 8.19 Communication Authorizations. No Loan Party shall operate its
businesses other than in accordance with the Communications Laws and the terms and conditions of
the Radio Station Licenses, FCC Licenses, the PUC Certificates and other Permits under the
Communications Laws. No Loan Party shall fail to file any report or application or pay any
regulatory, filing or franchise fee pertaining to the Business which is required to be filed with
or paid to the FCC or PUC. No Loan Party shall take any action that would or could cause the FCC
or PUC to institute any proceedings for the cancellation, revocation, non-renewal, short-term
renewal or adverse modification of any of the FCC Licenses, Radio Station Licenses, and other
Permits under the Communications Laws or take or permit to be taken any other action within its
control that would or could result in material non-compliance with the requirements of the
Communications Laws.

ARTICLE 9

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 9.1 Definition. Each of the following shall be an Event of Default:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan when the same becomes due and
payable or (ii) any interest on any Loan, any fee under any Loan Document or any other Obligation
(other than those set forth in clause (i) above) and, in the case of this clause
(ii), such non-payment continues for a period of five (5) Business Days after the due date
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(b) any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or on behalf of any
Loan Party in any Loan Document or by or on behalf of any Loan Party (or any Responsible Officer
thereof) in connection with any Loan Document (including in any document delivered in connection
with any Loan Document) shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or
deemed made; or

(c) any Loan Party shall fail to comply with (i) any provision of Article 5 (Financial
Covenants), Section 6.1 (Financial Statements), 6.2(a)(i) (Other Events),
7.1 (Maintenance of Corporate Existence), 7.14 (Use of Proceeds) or
Article 8 (Negative Covenants) or (ii) any other provision of any Loan Document if, in the
case of this clause (ii), such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after the
earlier of (A) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Borrower becomes aware of such
failure and (B) the date on which notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

(d) (i) any Group Member shall fail to make any payment when due (whether due because of
scheduled maturity, required prepayment provisions, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on any
Indebtedness of any Group Member (other than the Obligations) and, in each case, such failure
relates to Indebtedness having a principal amount of $750,000 or more, (ii) any other event shall
occur or condition shall exist under any Contractual Obligation relating to any such Indebtedness,
if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the
maturity of such Indebtedness, (iii) any such Indebtedness shall become or be declared to be due
and payable, or be required to be prepaid, redeemed, defeased or repurchased (other than by a
regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity thereof or (iv) there shall
occur any default under the Subordinated Note Documents; or

(e) (i) any Group Member shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, shall
admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally or shall make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Group Member
seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, composition of it or its debts or any
similar order, in each case under any Requirement of Law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment
of a custodian, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidating agent, liquidator, other similar
official or other official with similar powers, in each case for it or for any substantial part of
its property and, in the case of any such proceedings instituted against (but not by or with the
consent of) any Group Member, either such proceedings shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a
period of 60 days or more or any action sought in such proceedings shall occur or (iii) any Group
Member shall take any corporate or similar action or any other action to authorize any action
described in clause (i) or (ii) above; or

(f) one or more judgments, orders or decrees (or other similar process) shall be rendered
against any Group Member (i)(A) in the case of money judgments, orders and decrees, involving an
aggregate amount (excluding amounts adequately covered by insurance payable to any Group Member, to
the extent the relevant insurer has not denied coverage therefor) in excess of $750,000 or (B)
otherwise, that would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (ii)(A) enforcement
proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgment, order or decree or
(B) such judgment, order or decree shall not have been vacated or discharged for a period of 30
consecutive days and there shall not be in effect (by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise) any
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(g) except pursuant to a valid, binding and enforceable termination or release permitted under
the Loan Documents and executed by the Administrative Agent or as otherwise expressly permitted
under any Loan Document, (i) any provision of any Loan Document shall, at any time after the
delivery of such Loan Document, fail to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, any Loan
Party party thereto, (ii) any Loan Document purporting to grant a Lien to secure any Obligation
shall, at any time after the delivery of such Loan Document, fail to create a valid and enforceable
Lien on any Collateral purported to be covered thereby or such Lien shall fail or cease to be a
perfected Lien with the priority required in the relevant Loan Document or (iii) any subordination
provision set forth in any Subordinated Notes Document, including the Subordination Agreement,
shall, in whole or in part, terminate or otherwise fail or cease to be valid and binding on, or
enforceable against, the Subordinate Notes Agent or any holder of the Subordinated Notes (or the
Subordinate Notes Agent or any such holder shall so state in writing), or any Group Member shall
state in writing that any of the events described in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) above shall have occurred; or

(h) there shall occur any Change of Control; or

(i) the FCC Long Form Applications are denied by the FCC by Final Order, the FCC Long Form
Applications have not been granted by the FCC by March 1, 2011 or the FCC Long Form Applications
have been granted with conditions which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. For purposes of this subsection, a “Final Order” shall be deemed to have occurred
on the date upon which the FCC shall have issued its denial to the FCC Long Form Applications,
which denial as of the date thereof shall not have been reversed, stayed, enjoined or set aside and
with respect to which no timely request for stay, reconsideration, review, rehearing or notice of
appeal or determination to reconsider or review shall be pending, and as to which the time for
filing any such request, petition, or notice of appeal or for review by the FCC, and for any
reconsideration, stay or setting aside by the FCC on its own motion or initiative, shall have
expired.

Section 9.2 Remedies. During the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent may, and, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, in each case by
notice to the Borrower and in addition to any other right or remedy provided under any Loan
Document or by any applicable Requirement of Law, do each of the following: declare immediately
due and payable all or part of any Obligation (including any accrued but unpaid interest thereon),
whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or further notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent provided in any other Loan Document, other Loan
Parties); provided, however, that, effective immediately upon the occurrence of the
Events of Default specified in Section 9.1(e)(ii), each Obligation (including in each case
any accrued but unpaid interest thereon) shall automatically become and be due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirement of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent provided in any other Loan
Document, any other Loan Party).

Section 9.3 Governmental Approvals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein or in any other Loan Document, any foreclosure on, sale, transfer or other
disposition of any Collateral or any other action taken or proposed to be taken hereunder that
would affect the operational, voting, or other control of any Loan Party or affect the ownership of
the Radio Station Licenses or FCC Licenses shall be pursuant to the Communications Laws and, if and
to the extent required thereby, subject to the prior consent of the FCC and any other applicable
Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not take any action pursuant hereto that would
constitute or result in any assignment of the Radio Station Licenses or transfer of control of any
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 transfer of control would require, under then existing law
(including the Communications Laws), the prior approval of the FCC, without first obtaining such
approval of the FCC and notifying the FCC of the consummation of such assignment or transfer of
control (to the extent required to do so). Each Loan Party agrees to take any lawful action which
the Administrative Agent may request in order to obtain and enjoy the full rights and benefits
granted to the Administrative Agent and Lenders by this Agreement, including specifically, after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the use of such Loan Party’s best
efforts to assist in obtaining any approval of the FCC and any other Governmental Authority that is
then required under the Communications Laws or under any other law for any action or transaction
contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the sale or transfer of Collateral.
Such efforts shall include, without limitation, sharing with the Administrative Agent any FCC
registration numbers, account numbers and passwords for the FCC’s CDBS or COALS Systems and
preparing, certifying and filing (or causing to be prepared, certified and filed) with the FCC any
portion of any application or applications for consent to the assignment of the Radio Station
Licenses or FCC Licenses or transfer of control of any Loan Party required to be filed under the
Communications Laws for approval of any sale or transfer of Collateral and/or the Radio Station
Licenses or FCC Licenses.

ARTICLE 10

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 10.1 Appointment and Duties. (a) Appointment of
Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby appoints GE Capital (together with any successor
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.9) as the Administrative Agent hereunder and
authorizes the Administrative Agent to (i) execute and deliver the Loan Documents (including,
without limitation the Subordination Agreement) and accept delivery thereof on its behalf from any
Group Member, (ii) take such action on its behalf and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies
and perform the duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent under such Loan
Documents and (iii) exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

(b) Duties as Collateral and Disbursing Agent. Without limiting the generality of
clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and
authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursing
and collecting agent for the Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in
connection with the Loan Documents (including in any proceeding described in
Section 9.1(e)(ii) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding), and each
Person making any payment in connection with any Loan Document to any Secured Party is hereby
authorized to make such payment to the Administrative Agent, (ii) file and prove claims and file
other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of the Secured Parties with respect to
any Obligation in any proceeding described in Section 9.1(e)(ii) or any other bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar proceeding (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf of such
Secured Party), (iii) act as collateral agent for each Secured Party for purposes of the perfection
of all Liens created by such agreements and all other purposes stated therein, (iv) manage,
supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take such other action as is necessary or
desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the Liens created or purported to be created
by the Loan Documents, (vi) except as may be otherwise specified in any Loan Document, exercise all
remedies given to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the
Collateral, whether under the Loan Documents, applicable Requirements of Law or otherwise and (vii)
execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Loan Documents on behalf of any Lender that has
consented in writing to such amendment, consent or waiver; provided, however, that
the Administrative Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral
sub-agent for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for purposes of the perfection of all Liens
with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Loan Party with, and
cash and Cash Equivalents held by such Lender and may further authorize and direct the Lenders to
take further actions as collateral sub-agents as are reasonably requested for purposes of enforcing
such Liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to the Administrative Agent, and
each Lender hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so
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(c) Limited Duties. Under the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent (i) is acting
solely on behalf of the Lenders (except to the limited extent provided in Section 2.12(b)
with respect to the Register and in Section 10.11), with duties that are entirely
administrative in nature, notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent”, the
terms “agent”, “administrative agent” and “collateral agent” and similar terms in any Loan Document
to refer to the Administrative Agent, which terms are used for title purposes only, (ii) is not
assuming any obligation under any Loan Document other than as expressly set forth therein or any
role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender or any other Secured Party and (iii) shall
have no implied functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or other liabilities under any
Loan Document, and each Lender hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the
Administrative Agent based on the roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in
clauses (i) through (iii) above.

Section 10.2 Binding Effect. Each Lender agrees that (a) any action taken by
the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if expressly required hereby, a greater
proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, (b) any action
taken by the Administrative Agent in reliance upon the instructions of Required Lenders (or, where
so required, such greater proportion) and (c) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth herein or
therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized
and binding upon all of the Secured Parties.

Section 10.3 Use of Discretion. (a) No Action without
Instructions. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or
take, or to omit to take, any action, including with respect to enforcement or collection, except
any action it is required to take or omit to take (i) under any Loan Document or (ii) pursuant to
instructions from the Required Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this
Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders).

(b) Right Not to Follow Certain Instructions. Notwithstanding clause (a)
above, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take, or to omit to take, any action
(i) unless, upon demand, the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification satisfactory to it
from the Lenders (or, to the extent applicable and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, any
other Secured Party) against all Liabilities that, by reason of such action or omission, may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or any Related Person thereof
or (ii) that is, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent or its counsel, contrary to any Loan
Document or applicable Requirement of Law.

Section 10.4 Delegation of Rights and Duties. The Administrative Agent may,
upon any term or condition it specifies, delegate or exercise any of its rights, powers and
remedies under, and delegate or perform any of its duties or any other action with respect to, any
Loan Document by or through any trustee, co-agent, employee, attorney-in-fact and any other Person
(including any Secured Party). Any such Person shall benefit from this Article 10 to the
extent provided by the Administrative Agent.

Section 10.5 Reliance and Liability. (a) The Administrative Agent may,
without incurring any liability hereunder, (i) treat the payee of any Note as its holder until such
Note has been assigned in accordance with Section 11.2(e), (ii) rely on the Register to the
extent set forth in Section 2.12, (iii) consult with any of its Related Persons and,
whether or not selected by it, any other advisors, accountants and other experts (including
advisors to, and accountants and experts engaged by, any Loan Party) and (iv) rely and act upon any
document and information (including those transmitted by Electronic Transmission) and any telephone
message or conversation, in each case believed by it to be genuine and transmitted, signed or
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(b) None of the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons shall be liable for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with any Loan Document, and each
Lender, Holdings and the Borrower hereby waive and shall not assert (and each of Holdings and the
Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to waive and agree not to assert) any right, claim or
cause of action based thereon, except to the extent of liabilities resulting primarily from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, such
Related Person (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction) in connection with the duties expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

(i) shall not be responsible or otherwise incur liability for any action or omission taken in
reliance upon the instructions of the Required Lenders or for the actions or omissions of any of
its Related Persons selected with reasonable care (other than employees, officers and directors of
the Administrative Agent, when acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent);

(ii) shall not be responsible to any Secured Party for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, effectiveness, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the attachment, perfection
or priority of any Lien created or purported to be created under or in connection with, any Loan
Document;

(iii) makes no warranty or representation, and shall not be responsible, to any Secured Party
for any statement, document, information, representation or warranty made or furnished by or on
behalf of any Related Person or any Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document or any
transaction contemplated therein or any other document or information with respect to any Loan
Party, whether or not transmitted or (except for documents expressly required under any Loan
Document to be transmitted to the Lenders) omitted to be transmitted by the Administrative Agent,
including as to completeness, accuracy, scope or adequacy thereof, or for the scope, nature or
results of any due diligence performed by the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan
Documents; and

(iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of
any provision of any Loan Document, whether any condition set forth in any Loan Document is
satisfied or waived, as to the financial condition of any Loan Party or as to the existence or
continuation or possible occurrence or continuation of any Default or Event of Default and shall
not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of such occurrence or continuation unless it has received
a notice from the Borrower or any Lender describing such Default or Event of Default clearly
labeled “notice of default” (in which case the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice of
such receipt to all Lenders);

and, for each of the items set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, each
Lender, Holdings and the Borrower hereby waives and agrees not to assert (and each of Holdings and
the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to waive and agree not to assert) any right, claim
or cause of action it might have against the Administrative Agent based thereon.

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Section 10.6 Administrative Agent Individually. The Administrative Agent and
its Affiliates may make loans and other extensions of credit to, acquire Stock and Stock
Equivalents of, engage in any kind of business with, any Loan Party or Affiliate thereof as though
it were not acting as Administrative Agent and may receive separate fees and other payments
therefor. Specifically, and without limitation, the Lenders hereby acknowledge and consent to GE
Capital acting as Subordinated Notes Agent. Except as may be specifically required under the
Subordination Agreement, the Administrative Agent is not under any obligation to disclose any
information it or its Affiliates may obtain in its capacity as Subordinated Notes Agent or as a
holder of any Subordinated Notes.  Each Lender hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims such Lender has, or may have, against GE Capital or its
Affiliates with respect to (i) any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary or other duty, or (ii) any
conflict of interest arising from such activities.  To the extent the Administrative Agent or any
of its Affiliates makes any Loan or otherwise becomes a Lender hereunder, it shall have and may
exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and shall be subject to the same obligations and
liabilities as any other Lender and the terms “Lender”, “Revolving Credit Lender”, “Required
Lender”, “Required Revolving Credit Lender” and any similar terms shall, except where otherwise
expressly provided in any Loan Document, include, without limitation, the Administrative Agent or
such Affiliate, as the case may be, in its individual capacity as Lender, Revolving Credit Lender,
or as one of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders respectively.

Section 10.7 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it shall,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their
Related Persons or upon any document solely or in part because such document was transmitted by the
Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons, conduct its own independent investigation of
the financial condition and affairs of each Loan Party and make and continue to make its own credit
decisions in connection with entering into, and taking or not taking any action under, any Loan
Document or with respect to any transaction contemplated in any Loan Document, in each case based
on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate. Except for documents expressly
required by any Loan Document to be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any
credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and
other condition or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party that may
come in to the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons.

Section 10.8 Expenses; Indemnities. (a) Each Lender agrees to reimburse
the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Loan
Party) promptly upon demand for such Lender’s Pro Rata Share with respect to the Facilities of any
costs and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other
advisors and Other Taxes paid in the name of, or on behalf of, any Loan Party) that may be incurred
by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons in connection with the preparation,
syndication, execution, delivery, administration, modification, consent, waiver or enforcement
(whether through negotiations, through any work-out, bankruptcy, restructuring or other legal or
other proceeding or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of its rights or responsibilities
under, any Loan Document.

(b) Each Lender further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each of its Related
Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Loan Party), from and against such Lender’s aggregate
Pro Rata Share with respect to the Facilities of the Liabilities (including taxes, interests and
penalties imposed for not properly withholding or backup withholding on payments made to on or for
the account of any Lender) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons in any matter relating to or arising out of, in
connection with or as a result of any Loan Document, any Related Document or any other act, event
or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any such document, or, in each case, any
action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons under
or with respect to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that no Lender shall be
liable to the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons to the extent such liability has
resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or,
as the case may be, such Related Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a
final non-appealable judgment or order.

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Section 10.9 Resignation of Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative
Agent may resign at any time by delivering notice of such resignation to the Lenders and the
Borrower, effective on the date set forth in such notice or, if not such date is set forth therein,
upon the date such notice shall be effective. If the Administrative Agent delivers any such
notice, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If,
within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent having given notice of resignation, no
successor Administrative Agent has been appointed by the Required Lenders that has accepted such
appointment, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent from among the Lenders. Each appointment under this clause
(a) shall be subject to the prior consent of the Borrower, which may not be unreasonably
withheld but shall not be required during the continuance of a Default.

(b) Effective immediately upon its resignation, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) the Lenders shall assume
and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent until a successor Administrative Agent
shall have accepted a valid appointment hereunder, (iii) the retiring Administrative Agent and its
Related Persons shall no longer have the benefit of any provision of any Loan Document other than
with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken while such retiring Administrative Agent
was, or because such Administrative Agent had been, validly acting as Administrative Agent under
the Loan Documents and (iv) subject to its rights under Section 10.3, the retiring
Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the
successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.
Effective immediately upon its acceptance of a valid appointment as Administrative Agent, a
successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

Section 10.10 Release of Collateral or Guarantors. Each Lender hereby
consents to the release and hereby directs the Administrative Agent to release (or, in the case of
clause (b)(ii) below, release or subordinate) the following:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower from its guaranty of any Obligation of any Loan Party if
all of the Securities of such Subsidiary owned by any Group Member are Sold in a Sale permitted
under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a waiver or consent), to the extent that, after
giving effect to such Sale, such Subsidiary would not be required to guaranty any Obligations
pursuant to Section 7.10; and

(b) any Lien held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against
(i) any Collateral that is Sold by a Loan Party in a Sale permitted by the Loan Documents
(including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent), to the extent all Liens required to be granted
in such Collateral pursuant to Section 7.10 after giving effect to such Sale have been
granted, (ii) any property subject to a Lien permitted hereunder in reliance upon
Section 8.2(d) or (e) and (iii) all of the Collateral and all Loan Parties, upon
(A) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans and all other Obligations that the Administrative
Agent has been notified in writing are then due and payable by the holder of such Obligation, (B)
deposit of cash collateral with respect to all contingent Obligations, in amounts and on terms and
conditions and with parties satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Indemnitee that is
owed such Obligations and (C) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the
Secured Parties of liability releases from the Loan Parties each in form and substance acceptable
to the Administrative Agent.

Each Lender hereby directs the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees,
upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the Borrower, to execute and deliver or file such
documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary to release the guaranties and Liens
when and as directed in this Section 10.10.

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Section 10.11 Additional Secured Parties. The benefit of the provisions of
the Loan Documents directly relating to the Collateral or any Lien granted thereunder shall extend
to and be available to any Secured Party that is not a Lender as long as, by accepting such
benefits, such Secured Party agrees, as among the Administrative Agent and all other Secured
Parties, that such Secured Party is bound by (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, shall
confirm such agreement in a writing in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent)
this Article 10, Section 11.8, Section 11.9 and Section 11.20 and
the decisions and actions of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (or, where expressly
required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders) to the same extent a
Lender is bound; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) such
Secured Party shall be bound by Section 10.8 only to the extent of Liabilities, costs and
expenses with respect to or otherwise relating to the Collateral held for the benefit of such
Secured Party, in which case the obligations of such Secured Party thereunder shall not be limited
by any concept of Pro Rata Share or similar concept, (b) except as set forth specifically herein,
each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion,
without regard to the interest of such Secured Party, regardless of whether any Obligation to such
Secured Party thereafter remains outstanding, is deprived of the benefit of the Collateral, becomes
unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby, and without any duty or liability to
such Secured Party or any such Obligation and (c) except as set forth specifically herein, such
Secured Party shall not have any right to be notified of, consent to, direct, require or be heard
with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under any Loan
Document.

ARTICLE 11

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.1 Amendments, Waivers, Etc. (a) No amendment or waiver of any
provision of any Loan Document (other than the Fee Letter and the Control Agreements) and no
consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed (1) in the case of an amendment, consent or waiver to cure any ambiguity,
omission, defect or inconsistency or granting a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties or
extending an existing Lien over additional property, by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower,
(2) in the case of any other waiver or consent, by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative
Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and (3) in the case of any other amendment, by the
Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the
Borrower; provided, however, that no amendment, consent or waiver described in
clause (2) or (4) above shall, unless in writing and signed by each Lender directly
affected thereby (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of such Lender), in addition to
any other Person the signature of which is otherwise required pursuant to any Loan Document, do any
of the following:

(i) [reserved];

(ii) subject such Lender to any increase in commitments or funding obligations;

(iii) reduce (including through release, forgiveness, assignment or otherwise) (A) the
principal amount of, the interest rate on, or any obligation of the Borrower to repay (whether or
not on a fixed date), any outstanding Loan owing to such Lender or (B) any fee or accrued interest
payable to such Lender; provided, however, that this clause (iii) does not
apply to (x) any change to any provision increasing any interest rate or fee during the continuance
of an Event of Default or to any payment of any such increase or (y) any modification to any
financial covenant set forth in Article 5 or in any definition set forth therein or
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(iv) waive or postpone any scheduled maturity date or other scheduled date fixed for the
payment, in whole or in part, of principal of or interest on any Loan or fee owing to such Lender;
provided, however, that this clause (iv) does not apply to any change to
mandatory prepayments, including those required under Section 2.6, or to the application of
any payment, including as set forth in Section 2.6;

(v) except as provided in Section 10.10, release all or substantially all of the
Collateral or any Guarantor from its guaranty of any Obligation of the Borrower, subordinate the
Liens securing the Obligations to any other Liens or subordinate the Obligations to any other
Indebtedness (other than a subordination of Liens or the Obligations pursuant to a financing
provided pursuant to Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”);

(vi) reduce or increase the proportion of Lenders required for the Lenders (or any subset
thereof) to take any action hereunder or change the definition of the terms “Required Lenders”,
“Pro Rata Share” or “Pro Rata Outstandings”; or

(vii) amend Section 2.10(c)(B) (Application of Payments During an Event of Default),
Section 10.10 (Release of Collateral or Guarantor), Section 11.9 (Sharing of
Payments) or this Section 11.1;

and provided, further, that (x)(A) any waiver of any payment applied pursuant to
Section 2.10(a) (with respect to repayments with the proceeds of any equity issuance or
contribution within 6 months of the Closing Date) or Section 2.10(b), and any modification
of the application of any such payment to the Revolving Loans shall require the consent of the
Required Revolving Credit Lenders, and (B) any change to the definition of the term “Required
Revolving Credit Lender” shall require the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, (y) no
amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties under any Loan Document of, or any
payment to, the Administrative Agent (or otherwise modify any provision of Article 10 or
the application thereof), or any SPV that has been granted an option pursuant to
Section 11.2(f) unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent or, as the case
may be, such SPV in addition to any signature otherwise required and (z) the consent of the
Borrower shall not be required to change any order of priority set forth in Section 2.10.

(b) Each waiver or consent under any Loan Document shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan
Party shall entitle any Loan Party to any notice or demand in the same, similar or other
circumstances. No failure on the part of any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right.

Section 11.2 Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect. (a)
Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by
Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have
been notified by each Lender that such Lender has executed it. Thereafter, it shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of, but only to the benefit of, Holdings, the Borrower (in each case
except for Article 10), the Administrative Agent, each Lender and, to the extent provided
in Section 10.11, each other Indemnitee and Secured Party and, in each case, their
respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as expressly provided in any Loan Document
(including in Section 10.9), none of Holdings, the Borrower, or the Administrative Agent
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(b) Right to Assign. Each Lender may sell, transfer, negotiate or assign all or a
portion of its rights and obligations hereunder (including all or a portion of its rights and
obligations with respect to the Loans) to (i) any existing Lender, (ii) any Affiliate or Approved
Fund of any existing Lender or (iii) any other Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent and, as long as no Event of Default
is continuing, the Borrower; provided, however, that (A) such Sales do not have to
be ratable between the Facilities but must be ratable among the obligations owing to and owed by
such Lender with respect to a Facility and (B) the aggregate outstanding principal amount
(determined as of the effective date of the applicable Assignment) of the Loans and Revolving
Credit Commitments subject to any such Sale for (x) the Term Loan Facility, shall be in a minimum
amount of $1,000,000 (x) Revolving Credit Facility, shall be in a minimum amount of $100,000,
unless such Sale is made to an existing Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of any existing
Lender, is of the assignor’s (together with its Affiliates and Approved Funds) entire interest in
such Facility or is made with the prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(c) Procedure. The parties to each Sale made in reliance on clause (b) above
(other than those described in clause (e) or (f) below) shall execute and deliver
to the Administrative Agent an Assignment via an electronic settlement system designated by the
Administrative Agent (or if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, via a manual execution
and delivery of the assignment) evidencing such Sale, together with any existing Note subject to
such Sale (or any affidavit of loss therefor acceptable to the Administrative Agent), any tax forms
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.15(f) and payment of an assignment fee in
the amount of $3,500; provided that (i) if a Sale by a Lender is made to an Affiliate or an
Approved Fund of such assigning Lender, then no assignment fee shall be due in connection with such
Sale, and (ii) if a Sale by a Lender is made to an assignee that is not an Affiliate or Approved
Fund of such assignor Lender, and concurrently to one or more Affiliates or Approved Funds of such
assignee, then only one assignment fee of $3,500 shall be due in connection with such Sale. Upon
receipt of all the foregoing, and conditioned upon such receipt and, if such assignment is made in
accordance with Section 11.2(b)(iii), upon the Administrative Agent (and the Borrower, if
applicable) consenting to such Assignment, from and after the effective date specified in such
Assignment, the Administrative Agent shall record or cause to be recorded in the Register the
information contained in such Assignment.

(d) Effectiveness. Subject to the recording of an Assignment by the Administrative
Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.12(b), (i) the assignee thereunder shall become
a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations under the Loan Documents have been
assigned to such assignee pursuant to such Assignment, shall have the rights and obligations of a
Lender, (ii) any applicable Note shall be transferred to such assignee through such entry and (iii)
the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations under this Agreement have
been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment, relinquish its rights (except for those surviving
the payment in full of the Obligations) and be released from its obligations under the Loan
Documents, other than those relating to events or circumstances occurring prior to such assignment
(and, in the case of an Assignment covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s
rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto
except that each Lender agrees to remain bound by Article 10, Section 11.8 and
Section 11.9 to the extent provided in Section 10.11).

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(e) Grant of Security Interests. In addition to the other rights provided in this
Section 11.2, each Lender may grant a security interest in, or otherwise assign as
collateral, any of its rights under this Agreement, whether now owned or hereafter acquired
(including rights to payments of principal or interest on the Loans), to (i) any federal reserve
bank (pursuant to Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board), without notice to the Administrative
Agent or (ii) any holder of, or trustee for the benefit of the holders of, such Lender’s Securities
by notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that no such holder or
trustee, whether because of such grant or assignment or any foreclosure thereon (unless such
foreclosure is made through an assignment in accordance with clause (b) above), shall be
entitled to any rights of such Lender hereunder and no such Lender shall be relieved of any of its
obligations hereunder.

(f) Participants and SPVs. In addition to the other rights provided in this
Section 11.2, each Lender may, (i) with notice to the Administrative Agent, grant to an SPV
the option to make all or any part of any Loan that such Lender would otherwise be required to make
hereunder (and the exercise of such option by such SPV and the making of Loans pursuant thereto
shall satisfy the obligation of such Lender to make such Loans hereunder) and such SPV may assign
to such Lender the right to receive payment with respect to any Obligation and (ii) without notice
to or consent from the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more
Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents (including
all its rights and obligations with respect to the Term Loans and Revolving Loans);
provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Loan Document or of
such grant or participation, (A) no such SPV or participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed
to have made an offer to commit, to make Loans hereunder, and, except as provided in the applicable
option agreement, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (B) such
Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Loan Parties and the Secured
Parties towards such Lender, under any Loan Document shall remain unchanged and each other party
hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the
Obligations in the Register, except that (x) each such participant and SPV shall be entitled to the
benefit of Sections 2.14 and 2.15, but only to the extent such participant or SPV
delivers the tax forms such Lender is required to collect pursuant to Section 2.15(f) and
then only to the extent of any amount to which such Lender would be entitled in the absence of any
such grant or participation and (y) each such SPV may receive other payments that would otherwise
be made to such Lender with respect to Loans funded by such SPV to the extent provided in the
applicable option agreement and set forth in a notice provided to the Administrative Agent by such
SPV and such Lender, provided, however, that in no case (including pursuant to
clauses (x) or (y) above) shall an SPV or participant have the right to enforce any
of the terms of any Loan Document, and (C) the consent of such SPV or participant shall not be
required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or
otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Loan Document or to exercise
or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the
Loan Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations), except
for those described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 11.1(a) with
respect to amounts, or dates fixed for payment of amounts, to which such participant or SPV would
otherwise be entitled and, in the case of participants, except for those described in
Section 11.1(a)(v) (or amendments, consents and waivers with respect to
Section 10.10 to release all or substantially all of the Collateral). No party hereto
shall institute (and each of the Borrower and Holdings shall cause each other Loan Party not to
institute) against any SPV grantee of an option pursuant to this clause (f) any bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, liquidation or similar proceeding, prior to the date that is one year
and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper of such SPV;
provided, however, that each Lender having designated an SPV as such agrees to
indemnify each Indemnitee against any Liability that may be incurred by, or asserted against, such
Indemnitee as a result of failing to institute such proceeding (including a failure to get
reimbursed by such SPV for any such Liability). The agreement in the preceding sentence shall
survive the payment in full of the Obligations.

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Section 11.3 Costs and Expenses. Any action taken by any Loan Party under or
with respect to any Loan Document, even if required under any Loan Document or at the request of
any Secured Party, shall be at the expense of such Loan Party, and no Secured Party shall be
required under any Loan Document to reimburse any Loan Party or Group Member therefor except as
expressly provided therein. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse, within 10 days
after receipt of a written invoice therefore, (a) the Administrative Agent for all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by it or any of its Related Persons in connection with
the investigation, development, preparation, negotiation, syndication, execution, interpretation or
administration of, any modification of any term of or termination of, any Loan Document, any
commitment or proposal letter therefor, any other document prepared in connection therewith or the
consummation and administration of any transaction contemplated therein (including periodic audits
in connection therewith and environmental audits and assessments), in each case including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of legal counsel to the Administrative Agent or such
Related Persons, fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with Intralinks® or any
other E-System and allocated to the Facilities by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion
and fees, charges and disbursements of the auditors, appraisers, printers and other of their
Related Persons retained by or on behalf of any of them or any of their Related Persons, (b) the
Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by it or any of its Related
Persons in connection with internal audit reviews, field examinations and Collateral examinations
(which shall be reimbursed, in addition to the out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such examiners,
at the per diem rate per individual charged by the Administrative Agent for its examiners);
provided that, unless Event of Default has occurred, the Borrower shall only be required to
reimburse the Administrative Agent for two such examinations in any calendar year and (c) each of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective Related Persons for all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with (i) any refinancing or restructuring of the credit
arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work-out”, (ii) the enforcement or preservation
of any right or remedy under any Loan Document, any Obligation, with respect to the Collateral or
any other related right or remedy or (iii) the commencement, defense, conduct of, intervention in,
or the taking of any other action with respect to, any proceeding (including any bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding) related to any Group Member, Loan Document, Obligation or Related
Transaction (or the response to and preparation for any subpoena or request for document production
relating thereto), including fees and disbursements of counsel (including allocated costs of
internal counsel); provided, that the Borrower shall only be responsible for the
reimbursement of one counsel for the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons and one counsel
for the Lenders and their Related Persons as a group unless there is an actual conflict among such
group members (as reasonably determined by such Person) and then the Borrower shall be responsible
for the additional reimbursement of counsel for such conflicted group member.

Section 11.4 Indemnities. (a) The Borrower agrees to indemnify, hold
harmless and defend the Administrative Agent, each Lender, and each of their respective Related
Persons (each such Person being an “Indemnitee”) from and against all Liabilities
(including brokerage commissions, fees and other compensation) that may be imposed on, incurred by
or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any matter relating to or arising out of, in connection
with or as a result of any action, investigation, proceeding or other claim arising from or related
to (i) any Loan Document, any Obligation (or the repayment thereof), the use or intended use of the
proceeds of any Loan, any Related Transaction, or any securities filing of, or with respect to, any
Group Member, (ii) Contractual Obligation entered into in connection with any E-Systems or other
Electronic Transmissions, (iii) any actual or prospective investigation, litigation or other
proceeding, whether or not brought by any such Indemnitee or any of its Related Persons, any
holders of Securities or creditors (and including attorneys’ fees in any case), whether or not any
such Indemnitee, Related Person, holder or creditor is a party thereto, and whether or not based on
any securities or commercial law or regulation or any other Requirement of Law or theory thereof,
including common law, equity, contract, tort or otherwise, or (iv) any other act, event or
transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any of the foregoing (collectively, the
“Indemnified Matters”); provided, however, that the Borrower shall not have
any liability under this Section 11.4 to any Indemnitee with respect to any Indemnified
Matter, and no Indemnitee shall have any liability with respect to any Indemnified Matter other
than (to the extent otherwise liable), to the extent such liability has resulted primarily from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order. Furthermore, each of Holdings and the
Borrower waives and agrees not to assert against any Indemnitee, and shall cause each other Loan
Party to waive and not assert against any Indemnitee, any right of contribution with respect to any
Liabilities that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Related Person.

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(b) Without limiting the foregoing, “Indemnified Matters” includes all Environmental
Liabilities, including those arising from, or otherwise involving, any property of any Related
Person or any actual, alleged or prospective damage to property or natural resources or harm or
injury alleged to have resulted from any Release of Hazardous Materials on, upon or into such
property or natural resource or any property on or contiguous to any real property of any Related
Person, whether or not, with respect to any such Environmental Liabilities, any Indemnitee is a
mortgagee pursuant to any leasehold mortgage, a mortgagee in possession, the successor-in-interest
to any Related Person or the owner, lessee or operator of any property of any Related Person
through any foreclosure action, in each case except to the extent such Environmental Liabilities
(i) are incurred solely following foreclosure by any Secured Party or following any Secured Party
having become the successor-in-interest to any Loan Party and (ii) are attributable primarily to
acts of such Indemnitee.

Section 11.5 Survival. Any indemnification or other protection provided to
any Indemnitee pursuant to any Loan Document (including pursuant to Section 2.14,
Section 2.15, Article 10, Section 11.3, Section 11.4 or this
Section 11.5) and all representations and warranties made in any Loan Document shall
(i) survive the payment in full of other Obligations and (ii) inure to the benefit of any Person
that at any time held a right thereunder (as an Indemnitee or otherwise) and, thereafter, its
successors and permitted assigns.

Section 11.6 Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages. In no event shall
any Indemnitee be liable on any theory of liability for any special, indirect, consequential or
punitive damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings). Each of
Holdings and the Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees (and shall cause each other Loan Party
to waive, release and agree) not to sue upon any such claim for any special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to
exist in its favor.

Section 11.7 Lender-Creditor Relationship. The relationship between the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is
solely that of lender and creditor. No Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship or duty to any
Loan Party arising out of or in connection with, and there is no agency, tenancy or joint venture
relationship between the Secured Parties and the Loan Parties by virtue of, any Loan Document or
any transaction contemplated therein.

Section 11.8 Right of Setoff. Each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender
and each Affiliate (including each branch office thereof) of any of them is hereby authorized,
without notice or demand (each of which is hereby waived by Holdings and the Borrower), at any time
and from time to time during the continuance of any Event of Default and to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (whether
general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other Indebtedness,
claims or other obligations at any time owing by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or any of
their respective Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of Holdings or the Borrower against
any Obligation of any Loan Party now or hereafter existing, whether or not any demand was made
under any Loan Document with respect to such Obligation and even though such Obligation may be
unmatured. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender or its
Affiliates; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights under this Section 11.8 are
in addition to any other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the
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Section 11.9 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender, directly or through an
Affiliate or branch office thereof, obtains any payment of any Obligation of any Loan Party
(whether voluntary, involuntary or through the exercise of any right of setoff or the receipt of
any Collateral or “proceeds” (as defined under the applicable UCC) of Collateral) other
than pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16) and such payment exceeds the
amount such Lender would have been entitled to receive if all payments had gone to, and been
distributed by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents,
such Lender shall purchase for cash from other Secured Parties such participations in their
Obligations as necessary for such Lender to share such excess payment with such Secured Parties to
ensure such payment is applied as though it had been received by the Administrative Agent and
applied in accordance with this Agreement (or, if such application would then be at the discretion
of the Borrower, applied to repay the Obligations in accordance herewith); provided,
however, that (a) if such payment is rescinded or otherwise recovered from such Lender in
whole or in part, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price therefor shall be
returned to such Lender without interest and (b) such Lender shall, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable Requirements of Law, be able to exercise all its rights of payment (including the
right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct
creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

Section 11.10 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside. No Secured Party shall be under
any obligation to marshal any property in favor of any Loan Party or any other party or against or
in payment of any Obligation. To the extent that any Secured Party receives a payment from the
Borrower, from the proceeds of the Collateral, from the exercise of its rights of setoff, any
enforcement action or otherwise, and such payment is subsequently, in whole or in part,
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a
trustee, receiver or any other party, then to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part
thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not occurred.

Section 11.11 Notices. (a) Addresses. All notices, demands,
requests, directions and other communications required or expressly authorized to be made by this
Agreement shall, whether or not specified to be in writing but unless otherwise expressly specified
to be given by any other means, be given in writing and (i) addressed to (A) if to Holdings or the
Borrower, to Regent Broadcasting, LLC, 100 East River Center Boulevard, 9th Floor Covington, KY
41011, Attention: Anthony Vasconcellos/Bob Allen, Tel: 859-814-0105/859-814-0125, Fax:
859-814-0136/859-814-0136, with copy to Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles,
CA 90071, Attention: Samantha Good, Fax: 213-808-8104, (B) if to the Administrative Agent, to
General Electric Capital Corporation, 2325 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 700, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004,
Attention: Tom Mangum, Tel: 678-624-7992, Fax: 678-624-7903, with copy to Finn Dixon & Herling
LLP, Attention: Christopher H. Craig, Esq., Tel: 203-325-5013, Fax: 203-325-5001 and (C)
otherwise to the party to be notified at its address specified opposite its name on
Schedule II or on the signature page of any applicable Assignment, (ii) posted to
Intralinks® (to the extent such system is available and set up by or at the direction of
the Administrative Agent prior to posting) in an appropriate location by uploading such notice,
demand, request, direction or other communication to www.intralinks.com, faxing it to 866-545-6600
with an appropriate bar-coded fax coversheet or using such other means of posting to
Intralinks® as may be available and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
prior to such posting, (iii) posted to any other E-System set up by or at the direction of the
Administrative Agent in an appropriate location or (iv) addressed to such other address as shall be
notified in writing (A) in the case of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and to the other
parties hereto and (B) in the case of all other parties, to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent. Transmission by electronic mail (including E-Fax, even if transmitted to the fax numbers
set forth in clause (i) above) shall not be sufficient or effective to transmit any such
notice under this clause (a) unless such transmission is an available means to post to any
E-System.

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(b) Effectiveness. All communications described in clause (a) above and all
other notices, demands, requests and other communications made in connection with this Agreement
shall be effective and be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered by hand, upon personal
delivery, (ii) if delivered by overnight courier service, one Business Day after delivery to such
courier service, (iii) if delivered by mail, when deposited in the mails, (iv) if delivered by
facsimile (other than to post to an E-System pursuant to clause (a)(ii) or (a)(iii)
above), upon sender’s receipt of confirmation of proper transmission, and (v) if delivered by
posting to any E-System, on the later of the date of such posting in an appropriate location and
the date access to such posting is given to the recipient thereof in accordance with the standard
procedures applicable to such E-System; provided, however, that no communications
to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article 2 or Article 10 shall be effective
until received by the Administrative Agent.

Section 11.12 Electronic Transmissions. (a) Authorization.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.11(a), each of the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower, the Lenders, and each of their Related Persons is authorized (but not required) to
transmit, post or otherwise make or communicate, in its sole discretion, Electronic Transmissions
in connection with any Loan Document and the transactions contemplated therein. Each of Holdings,
the Borrower and each Secured Party hereby acknowledges and agrees, and each of Holdings and the
Borrower shall cause each other Group Member to acknowledge and agree, that the use of Electronic
Transmissions is not necessarily secure and that there are risks associated with such use,
including risks of interception, disclosure and abuse and each indicates it assumes and accepts
such risks by hereby authorizing the transmission of Electronic Transmissions.

(b) Signatures. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.11(a), (i)(A) no
posting to any E-System shall be denied legal effect merely because it is made electronically,
(B) each E-Signature on any such posting shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for
a “signature” and (C) each such posting shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a
“writing”, in each case including pursuant to any Loan Document, any applicable provision of any
UCC, the federal Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act and any substantive or procedural Requirement of Law governing such subject
matter, (ii) each such posting that is not readily capable of bearing either a signature or a
reproduction of a signature may be signed, and shall be deemed signed, by attaching to, or
logically associating with such posting, an E-Signature, upon which each Secured Party and Loan
Party may rely and assume the authenticity thereof, (iii) each such posting containing a signature,
a reproduction of a signature or an E-Signature shall, for all intents and purposes, have the same
effect and weight as a signed paper original and (iv) each party hereto or beneficiary hereto
agrees not to contest the validity or enforceability of any posting on any E-System or E-Signature
on any such posting under the provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law requiring certain
documents to be in writing or signed; provided, however, that nothing herein shall
limit such party’s or beneficiary’s right to contest whether any posting to any E-System or
E-Signature has been altered after transmission.

(c) Separate Agreements. All uses of an E-System shall be governed by and subject to,
in addition to Section 11.11 and this Section 11.12, separate terms and conditions
posted or referenced in such E-System and related Contractual Obligations executed by Secured
Parties and Group Members in connection with the use of such E-System.

(d) Limitation of Liability. All E-Systems and Electronic Transmissions shall be
provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Administrative Agent or any of its Related
Persons warrants the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any E-Systems or Electronic
Transmission, and each disclaims all liability for errors or omissions therein. No Warranty of any
kind is made by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons in connection with any
E-Systems or Electronic Communication, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code
defects. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Secured Party agrees (and each of Holdings and
the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to agree) that the Administrative Agent has no
responsibility for maintaining or providing any equipment, software, services or any testing
required in connection with any Electronic Transmission or otherwise required for any E-System.

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Section 11.13 Governing Law. This Agreement, each other Loan Document that
does not expressly set forth its applicable law, and the rights and obligations of the parties
hereto and thereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law
of the State of New York.

Section 11.14 Jurisdiction. (a) Submission to Jurisdiction. Any
legal action or proceeding with respect to any Loan Document shall be brought exclusively in the
courts of the State of New York located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or of the
United States of America for the Southern District of New York and, by execution and delivery of
this Agreement, each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its
property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts; provided
that nothing in this Agreement shall limit the right of the Administrative Agent to commence any
proceeding in the federal or state courts of any other jurisdiction to the extent the
Administrative Agent determines that such action is necessary or appropriate to exercise its rights
or remedies under the Loan Documents. The parties hereto (and, to the extent set forth in any
other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any
objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them
may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such jurisdictions.

(b) Service of Process. Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set
forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) hereby irrevocably waives personal service
of any and all legal process, summons, notices and other documents and other service of process of
any kind and consents to such service in any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United
States of America with respect to or otherwise arising out of or in connection with any Loan
Document by any means permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, including by the mailing thereof
(by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) to the address of the Borrower specified in
Section 11.11 (and shall be effective when such mailing shall be effective, as provided
therein). Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan
Document, each other Loan Party) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any
other manner provided by law.

(c) Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this Section 11.14 shall
affect the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to serve process in any other manner
permitted by applicable Requirements of Law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed
against any Loan Party in any other jurisdiction.

Section 11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
waives trial by jury in any suit, action or proceeding with respect to, or directly or indirectly
arising out of, under or in connection with, any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated
therein or related thereto (whether founded in contract, tort or any other theory). Each party
hereto (a) certifies that no other party and no Related Person of any other party has represented,
expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to
enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been
induced to enter into the Loan Documents, as applicable, by the mutual waivers and certifications
in this Section 11.15.

Section 11.16 Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document being held
illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such provision
not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of any Loan Document or any part of
such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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Section 11.17 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and
attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by
facsimile transmission or Electronic Transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart hereof.

Section 11.18 Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents embody the entire
agreement of the parties and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the
subject matter thereof and any prior letter of interest, commitment letter, fee letter,
confidentiality and similar agreements involving any Loan Party and any of the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates relating to a financing of substantially
similar form, purpose or effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement
and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall govern (unless such terms of such
other Loan Documents are necessary to comply with applicable Requirements of Law, in which case
such terms shall govern to the extent necessary to comply therewith).

Section 11.19 Use of Name. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agrees, and
shall cause each other Loan Party to agree, that it shall not, and none of its Affiliates shall,
issue any press release or other public disclosure (other than any document filed with any
Governmental Authority relating to a public offering of the Securities of any Loan Party) using the
name, logo or otherwise referring to GE Capital or of any of its Affiliates, the Loan Documents or
any transaction contemplated therein to which the Secured Parties are party without at least
2 Business Days’ prior notice to GE Capital and without the prior consent of GE Capital except to
the extent required to do so under applicable Requirements of Law and then, only after consulting
with GE Capital prior thereto.

Section 11.20 Non-Public Information; Confidentiality. (a) Each Lender
acknowledges and agrees that it may receive material non-public information hereunder concerning
the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and Securities and agrees to use such information in
compliance with all relevant policies, procedures and Contractual Obligations and applicable
Requirements of Laws (including United States federal and state security laws and regulations).

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(b) Each Lender and the Administrative Agent agrees to use all reasonable efforts to maintain,
in accordance with its customary practices, the confidentiality of information obtained by it
pursuant to any Loan Document and designated in writing by any Loan Party as confidential, except
that such information may be disclosed (i) with the Borrower’s consent, (ii) to Related Persons of
such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, that are advised of the confidential
nature of such information and are instructed to keep such information confidential, (iii) to the
extent such information presently is or hereafter becomes available to such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, on a non-confidential basis from a source other than any
Loan Party, (iv) to the extent disclosure is required by applicable Requirements of Law or other
legal process or requested or demanded by any Governmental Authority, (v) to the extent necessary
or customary for inclusion in league table measurements or in any tombstone or other advertising
materials (and the Loan Parties consent to the publication of such tombstone or other advertising
materials by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their Related Persons), (vi) to the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, any examiner or any
nationally recognized rating agency or otherwise to the extent consisting of general portfolio
information that does not identify borrowers, (vii) to current or prospective assignees, SPVs
grantees of any option described in Section 11.2(f) or participants, direct or contractual
counterparties to any Hedging Agreement permitted hereunder and to their respective Related
Persons, in each case to the extent such assignees, participants, counterparties or Related Persons
agree to be bound by provisions substantially similar to the provisions of this
Section 11.20 and (viii) in connection with the exercise of any remedy under any Loan
Document. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Section 11.20 and those
of any other Contractual Obligation entered into with any Loan Party (whether or not a Loan
Document), the terms of this Section 11.20 shall govern.

Section 11.21 Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender subject to the USA Patriot Act
of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5318 et seq.) hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to Section 326
thereof, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower,
including the name and address of the Borrower and other information allowing such Lender to
identify the Borrower in accordance with such act.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

AS BORROWER	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	REGENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

AS HOLDINGS	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION	 	 
	 

	 	AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,

COLLATERAL AGENT AND LENDER	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Duly Authorized Signatory	 	 

CREDIT AGREEMENT FOR

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OTHER LENDERS:

CREDIT AGREEMENT FOR

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Exhibit A

to

Credit Agreement

Form of Assignment

This ASSIGNMENT, dated as of the Effective Date, is entered into between the Assignor and the
Assignee (each as defined below).

The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

	 	 	 
	Borrower:

	 	Regent Broadcasting, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Borrower”)

	 
	 	 
	Administrative Agent:

	 	General Electric Capital Corporation, as
administrative agent and collateral agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity and together with its
successors and permitted assigns, the
“Administrative Agent”)

	 
	 	 
	Credit Agreement:

	 	Credit Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2010 among
the Borrower, Regent Communications, Inc., as one of
the Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and the
Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized
terms used herein without definition are used as
defined in the Credit Agreement)

	 
	 	 
	[Trade Date:

	 	                    ,           ]1
	 
	 	 
	Effective Date:

	 	                    ,           2

 

	 	 	 
	1	 	Insert for informational purposes only if needed to determine other arrangements between the assignor and the assignee.

	 
	2	 	To be filled out by Administrative Agent upon entry in the Register.

ASSIGNMENT FOR CREDIT AGREEMENT

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

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	 	 	Aggregate principal amount of	 	 	Aggregate principal amount of	 	 	 	 
	Facility Assigned3	 	Loans for all Lenders	 	 	Loans Assigned4	 	 	Percentage Assigned5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	$	 	 	 	$		 	 	 	     .                    	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	$	 	 	 	$	 	 	 	 	     .                    	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	$	 	 	 	$	 	 	 	 	     .                    	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

1. Assignment. Assignor hereby sells and assigns to Assignee, and Assignee hereby
purchases and assumes from Assignor, Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as Lender
under the Credit Agreement (including Liabilities owing to or by Assignor thereunder) and the other
Loan Documents, in each case to the extent related to the amounts identified above (the
“Assigned Interest”).

2. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Assignors. Assignor (a) represents
and warrants to Assignee and the Administrative Agent that (i) it has full power and authority, and
has taken all actions necessary for it, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) it is the legal and beneficial owner of its Assigned
Interest and that such Assigned Interest is free and clear of any Lien and other adverse claims,
and (iii) by executing, signing and delivering this Assignment via ClearPar® or any other
electronic settlement system designated by the Administrative Agent, the Person signing, executing
and delivering this Assignment on behalf of the Assignor is an authorized signer for the Assignor
and is authorized to execute, sign and deliver this Agreement, (b) makes no other representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility, including with respect to the aggregate amount of the
Facilities, the percentage of the Facilities represented by the amounts assigned, any statements,
representations and warranties made in or in connection with any Loan Document or any other
document or information furnished pursuant thereto, the execution, legality, validity,
enforceability or genuineness of any Loan Document or any document or information provided in
connection therewith and the existence, nature or value of any Collateral, (c) assumes no
responsibility (and makes no representation or warranty) with respect to the financial condition of
any Group Member or Loan Party or the performance or nonperformance by any Loan Party of any
obligation under any Loan Document or any document provided in connection therewith and (d)
attaches any Notes held by it evidencing at least in part the Assigned Interest of such Assignor
(or, if applicable, an affidavit of loss or similar affidavit therefor) and requests that the
Administrative Agent exchange such Notes for new Notes in accordance with Section 2.12(e)
of the Credit Agreement.

 

	 	 	 
	3	 	Fill in the appropriate defined term for the type of facilities under the Credit
Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment. (e.g., “Revolving Credit
Facility”, “Term Loan Facility”, etc.)

	 
	4	 	Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account
any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date. The aggregate amounts
are inserted for informational purposes only to help in calculating the percentages assigned which, themselves, are for informational purposes only.

	 
	5	 	Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, the Assigned Interest as a percentage of the aggregate
Loans in the Facility. This percentage is set forth for informational purposes only and is not intended to be
binding. The assignments are based on the amounts assigned not on the percentages listed in this column.

ASSIGNMENT FOR CREDIT AGREEMENT

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

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3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Assignees. Assignee (a) represents
and warrants to Assignor and the Administrative Agent that (i) it has full power and authority, and
has taken all actions necessary for Assignee, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) to the extent indicated above, is an
Affiliate or an Approved Fund of the Lender set forth above, (iii) it is sophisticated with respect
to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest assigned to it
hereunder and either such Assignee or the Person exercising discretion in making the decision for
such assignment is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, and (iv) by executing, signing and
delivering this Assignment via ClearPar® or any other electronic settlement system designated by
the Administrative Agent, the Person signing, executing and delivering this Assignment on behalf of
the Assignee is an authorized signer for the Assignee and is authorized to execute, sign and
deliver this Agreement, (b) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as
administrative agent and collateral agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan
Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (c) shall perform in accordance with their terms all
obligations that, by the terms of the Loan Documents, are required to be performed by it as a
Lender, (d) confirms it has received such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to
make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and shall continue to make
its own credit decisions in taking or not taking any action under any Loan Document independently
and without reliance upon any Secured Party and based on such documents and information as it shall
deem appropriate at the time, (e) acknowledges and agrees that, as a Lender, it may receive
material non-public information and confidential information concerning the Loan Parties and their
Affiliates and Securities and agrees to use such information in accordance with Section
11.20 of the Credit Agreement, (f) specifies as its applicable lending offices (and addresses
for notices) the offices at the addresses set forth beneath its name on the signature pages hereof,
(g) shall pay to the Administrative Agent an assignment fee in the amount of $3,500 to the extent
such fee is required to be paid under Section 11.2(c) of the Credit Agreement and (h) to
the extent required pursuant to Section 2.15(f) of the Credit Agreement, attaches two
completed originals of Forms W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-9.

4. Determination of Effective Date; Register. Following the due execution and
delivery of this Assignment by Assignor, Assignee and, to the extent required by Section
11.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower, this Assignment (including its attachments) will
be delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register. The
effective date of this Assignment (the “Effective Date”) shall be the later of (i) the
acceptance of this Assignment by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the recording of this Assignment
in the Register. The Administrative Agent shall insert the Effective Date when known in the space
provided therefor at the beginning of this Assignment.

5. Effect. As of the Effective Date, (a) Assignee shall be a party to the Credit
Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under the Credit Agreement and (b) Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this
Assignment, relinquish its rights (except those surviving the payment in full of the Obligations)
and be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents other than those obligations relating
to events and circumstances occurring prior to the Effective Date.

6. Distribution of Payments. On and after the Effective Date, the Administrative
Agent shall make all payments under the Loan Documents in respect of each Assigned Interest (a) in
the case of amounts accrued to but excluding the Effective Date, to Assignor and (b) otherwise, to
the Assignee.

ASSIGNMENT FOR CREDIT AGREEMENT

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

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7. Miscellaneous. This Assignment is a Loan Document and, as such, is subject to
certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, including Sections 1.5
(Interpretation), 11.14(a) (Submission to Jurisdiction) and 11.15
(Waiver of Jury Trial) thereof. On and after the Effective Date, this Assignment shall be
binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Assignors, Assignees, the Administrative Agent and
their Related Persons and their successors and assigns. This Assignment shall be governed by, and
be construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. This Assignment
may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple
separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page
of this Assignment by facsimile transmission or Electronic Transmission shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment.

[Signature Pages Follow]

ASSIGNMENT FOR CREDIT AGREEMENT

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

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[GE — REGENT CREDIT AGREEMENT

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]	 	 
	 

	 	as Assignor	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]	 	 
	 

	 	as Assignee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Lending Office for Eurodollar Rate Loans:6	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Insert Address (including contact name, fax	 	 
	 

	 	number and e-mail address)]	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Lending Office (and address for notices)	 	 
	 

	 	for any other purpose:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Insert Address (including contact name, fax	 	 
	 

	 	number and e-mail address)]	 	 

 

	 	 	 
	6	 	Insert for each Assignee.

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR ASSIGNMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ACCEPTED and AGREED

this     day of                      :
	 
	 	 	 	 
	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

as Administrative Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC7
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

 

	 	 	 
	7	 	Include only if required pursuant to Section 11.2(b) of the Credit Agreement.

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR ASSIGNMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

 

Exhibit B

to

Credit Agreement

Form of [Revolving Loan] [Term Loan] Note

	 	 	 
	Lender: [NAME OF LENDER]

	 	New York, New York
	Principal Amount: $                    

	 	[                    ] [     ], 2010

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Regent Broadcasting, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of the Lender set forth above (the
“Lender”) the Principal Amount set forth above, or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the [all Revolving Loans] [the Term Loans] (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred
to below) of the Lender to the Borrower, payable at such times and in such amounts as are specified
in the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the [Revolving Loans] [Term
Loans] from the date made until such principal amount is paid in full, payable at such times and at
such interest rates as are specified in the Credit Agreement. Demand, diligence, presentment,
protest and notice of non-payment and protest are hereby waived by the Borrower.

Both principal and interest are payable in Dollars to General Electric Capital Corporation, as
Administrative Agent, at [                                        ], in immediately available funds.

This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit
Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2010 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Regent
Communications, Inc., as one of the Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and General Electric
Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders. Capitalized
terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement, among other things, (a) provides for the making of [Revolving Loans] [a Term
Loan] by the Lender to the Borrower in an aggregate amount [not to exceed at any time
outstanding][equal to] to the Principal Amount set forth above, the indebtedness of the Borrower
resulting from such [Revolving Loans] [Term Loans] being evidenced by this Note and (b) contains
provisions for acceleration of the maturity of the unpaid principal amount of this Note upon the
happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of the principal hereof
prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions specified therein.

This Note is a Loan Document, is entitled to the benefits of the Loan Documents and is subject to
certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, including Sections 1.5
(Interpretation), 11.14(a) (Submission to Jurisdiction) and 11.15
(Waiver of Jury Trial) thereof.

This Note is a registered obligation, transferable only upon notation in the Register, and no
assignment hereof shall be effective until recorded therein.

This Note shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the
State of New York.

[$                    ] PROMISSORY NOTE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

B-1

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be executed and delivered by its
duly authorized officer as of the day and year and at the place set forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Duly Authorized Signatory 	 
	 

SIGNATURE PAGE FROM, PROMISSORY NOTE

OF REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

 

Exhibit C-1 to

Credit Agreement

Form of Notice of Borrowing

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

as Administrative Agent under the

Credit Agreement referred to below

                        ,      

Attention:

Re: Regent Broadcasting LLC (the “Borrower”)

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2010 (as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”),
among the Borrower, Regent Communications, Inc., as one of the Guarantors, the Lenders party
thereto and General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent for
the Lenders. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as
defined in the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower hereby gives you irrevocable notice, pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Credit
Agreement of its request of a Borrowing (the “Proposed Borrowing”) under the Credit
Agreement and, in that connection, sets forth the following information:

1. The date of the Proposed Borrowing is                     ,       (the “Funding
Date”).

2. The aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans is $                    , of which $                    
consists of Base Rate Loans and $                     consists of Eurodollar Rate Loans having an
initial Interest Period of three months.

The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, both
before and after giving effect to the Proposed Borrowing and any other Loan to be made on or before
the Funding Date:

(i) the representations and warranties set forth in Article IV of the Credit
Agreement and elsewhere in the Loan Documents are true and correct [in all material
respects]8 [as though made on and as of such Funding Date],9 except
to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in
which case such representations and warranties were true and correct as of such date; and

(ii) no Default is continuing.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

	 	 	 
	8	 	Insert for any Proposed Borrowing after the Closing Date.

	 
	9	 	Delete for Borrowings on the Closing Date.

 

C-1

 

Exhibit C-2

to

Credit Agreement

Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation

	 
	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
as Administrative Agent under the
Credit Agreement referred to below

                        ,      

Attention:

Re: Regent Broadcasting, LLC (the “Borrower”)

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2010 (as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”),
among the Borrower, Regent Communications, Inc., as one of the Guarantors, the Lenders party
thereto and General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent for
the Lenders. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as
defined in the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower hereby gives you irrevocable notice, pursuant to Section 2.8 of the Credit
Agreement of its request for the following:

(i) a continuation, on                     ,    , as Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest
Period of one month of [Term Loans] [Revolving Loans] in an aggregate outstanding principal
amount of $                     having an Interest Period ending on the proposed date for such
continuation;

(ii) a conversion, on                     ,    , to Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest
Period of one month of [Term Loans] [Revolving Loans] in an aggregate outstanding principal
amount of $                    ; and

(iii) a conversion, on                     ,    , to Base Rate Loans, of [Term Loans] [Revolving
Loans] in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $                    .

In connection herewith, the undersigned hereby certifies that no Default is continuing on the date
hereof or before any date for any proposed conversion or continuation set forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

 

C-2

 

Exhibit D

to

Credit Agreement

Form of Compliance Certificate

                    ,      10

This certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(d) of, and in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in, the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2010
(as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”), among Regent Broadcasting, LLC (the “Borrower”), Regent
Communications, Inc., as one of the Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and General Electric
Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (the
“Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

The undersigned, a duly authorized Responsible Officer of the Borrower having the name and title
set forth below under his signature, hereby certifies, on behalf of the Borrower for the benefit of
the Secured Parties and pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement that such
Responsible Officer of the Borrower is familiar with the Credit Agreement and that, in accordance
with each of the following sections of the Credit Agreement, each of the following is true on the
date hereof:

3. In accordance with Section 6.1[(a)/(b)/(c)] of the Credit Agreement,
attached hereto as Annex A are the Financial Statements for the [fiscal month/Fiscal
Quarter/Fiscal Year] ended                     ,            required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1[(a)/(b)/(c)] of the Credit Agreement. Such Financial Statements fairly
present in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations
and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated therein and for the periods indicated
therein in accordance with GAAP [(subject to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal
year-end audit adjustments)]11 [without qualification as to the scope of the
audit or as to going concern and without any other similar qualification, together with the
certificate from the Group Members’ Accountants with respect to such Consolidated Financial
Statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(c) of the Credit
Agreement. The examination by the Borrower’s Accountants in connection with such Financial
Statements has been made in accordance with the standards of the United States’ Public
Company accounting Oversight Board (or any successor entity).]12

4. In accordance with Section 6.1(d) of the Credit Agreement, attached hereto
as Annex B are the calculations used to determine the Consolidated Leverage Ratio,
to determine compliance with each financial covenant contained in Article 5 of the
Credit Agreement [that are tested on a quarterly basis]13. [and the calculations
used in determining Excess Cash Flow]14.

5. In accordance with Section 6.1(d) of the Credit Agreement, no Default is
continuing as of the date hereof[, except as provided for on Annex C attached
hereto, with respect to each of which the Borrower proposes to take the actions set forth on
Annex C].

 

	 	 	 
	10	 	Insert date of delivery of certificate.

	 
	11	 	Insert language in brackets only for monthly and
quarterly reports.

	 
	12	 	Insert language in brackets only for annual
certifications.

	 
	13	 	Insert bracketed language only for quarterly
certifications.

	 
	14	 	Insert if Consolidated Financial Statements are
delivered with Certificate.

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

D-1

 

6. In accordance with Section 6.1(e) of the Credit Agreement, (i) the
[Corporate Chart attached hereto as Annex D[-1]] [last Corporate Chart delivered
pursuant to such Section)], is correct and complete as of the date hereof, (ii) all
documents (including updated schedules as to locations of Collateral and acquisition of
Intellectual Property or real property) required to be delivered pursuant to the Loan
Documents by any Loan Party in the preceding Fiscal Quarter have been delivered thereunder
(or such delivery requirement was otherwise duly waived or extended) and (iii) complete and
correct copies of all documents modifying any term of any Constituent Document of any Group
Member or any Subsidiary or joint venture thereof on or prior to the date hereof have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent [or are attached hereto as Annex D[-2]].

7. In accordance with Section 6.1(g) of the Credit Agreement, attached hereto
as Annex E is a discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of
operations of the Group Members for the portion of the Fiscal Year elapsed on or prior to
the date hereof discussing the reasons for any significant variations from the Projections
for such period and the figures for the corresponding period in the previous Fiscal Year.

8. [In accordance with Section 6.1(h) of the Credit Agreement, attached hereto
as Annex F is a correct and complete summary of the outstanding balances of all
intercompany Indebtedness as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter covered by the Financial
Statements attached hereto as Annex A15].

9. [In accordance with Sections 6.1(i) and (j) of the Credit Agreement,
attached hereto as Annexes F and G are complete and correct (i) copies of
each management letter, audit report or similar letter or report received by any Group
Member from any independent registered certified public accountant (including the Group
Members’ Accountants) in connection with such Financial Statements or any audit thereof and
(ii) a summary of all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date thereof by any
Group Member16].17

10. [In accordance with Section 5.7(a) and Section 5.11 of the Guaranty
and Security Agreement, attached hereto as Annexes H and I are all changes
to Schedule 6 and Schedule 7 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement since
[the Closing Date] [the date of the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate]

[Signature Page Follows]

 

	 	 	 
	15	 	Insert bracketed language only for quarterly reports.

	 
	16	 	Insert other information reasonably required by the
Administrative Agent.

	 
	17	 	Insert bracketed language only for annual reports.

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

D-2

 

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has executed this certificate on the date first
written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC]

 

 

 

ANNEX A

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                         

DATED                     ,      

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Annex A-1

 

ANNEX B

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                         

DATED                     ,      

FINANCIAL CALCULATIONS

 

Annex B-1

 

[ANNEX C

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                         

DATED                     ,      

CONTINUING DEFAULTS]18

 

	 	 	 
	18	 	Delete if not used in the text of the certificate.

 

Annex C-1

 

ANNEX D[-1]

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                         

DATED                     ,      

CORPORATE CHART

 

Annex D-1-1

 

ANNEX D[-2]

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                         

DATED                     ,      

MODIFICATIONS TO CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS

 

Annex D-2-1

 

ANNEX E

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                         

DATED                     ,      

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

Annex E-1

 

ANNEX F

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                         

DATED                     ,      

[INTERCOMPANY INDEBTEDNESS][MANAGEMENT LETTERS]

 

Annex F-1

 

ANNEX G

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                         

DATED                     ,      

SUMMARY OF MATERIAL INSURANCE COVERAGES

 

Annex G-1Exhibit 4(g)

Exhibit 4(g)

$25,000,000

SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT

Dated as of April 27, 2010

among

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC, as Company

REGENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC., AS ONE OF THE GUARANTORS

THE SUBORDINATED NOTEHOLDERS HERETO

and

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

AS SUBORDINATED NOTES AGENT

“This agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder are subordinate in the manner and to the
extent set forth in that certain Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordination Agreement”) dated
as of April 27, 2010, among General Electric Capital Corporation, as Subordinated Notes Agent,
Regent Broadcasting, LLC (the “Company”) and General Electric Capital Corporation, as
Administrative Agent, to the indebtedness (including interest) owed by the Company pursuant to that
certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2010 among the Company, Regent Communications, Inc.,
as one of the Guarantors, General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent for the
lenders from time to time party thereto and such lenders, as such Credit Agreement has been and
hereafter may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and to
indebtedness refinancing the indebtedness under that agreement as contemplated by the Subordination
Agreement; and each holder of this instrument, by its acceptance hereof, irrevocably agrees to be
bound by the provisions of the Subordination Agreement.”

SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.1 Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.2 [Reserved]
	 	 	21	 
	Section 1.3 Accounting Terms and Principles: GAAP
	 	 	21	 
	Section 1.4 Payments
	 	 	21	 
	Section 1.5 Interpretation
	 	 	21	 
	ARTICLE 2 THE LOAN
	 	 	22	 
	Section 2.1 The Notes
	 	 	22	 
	Section 2.2 [Reserved].
	 	 	22	 
	Section 2.3 Optional Prepayments
	 	 	22	 
	Section 2.4 Mandatory Prepayments
	 	 	22	 
	Section 2.5 Interest
	 	 	23	 
	Section 2.6 [Reserved]
	 	 	24	 
	Section 2.7 Fees
	 	 	24	 
	Section 2.8 Application of Payments
	 	 	24	 
	Section 2.9 Payments and Computations
	 	 	24	 
	Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt
	 	 	25	 
	Section 2.11 [Reserved]
	 	 	26	 
	Section 2.12 [Reserved]
	 	 	26	 
	Section 2.13 Taxes
	 	 	26	 
	Section 2.14 Substitution of Noteholders
	 	 	28	 
	ARTICLE 3 CONDITIONS TO SUBORDINATED NOTES
	 	 	29	 
	Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness
	 	 	29	 
	Section 3.2 Determinations of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent
	 	 	31	 
	ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	31	 
	Section 4.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law
	 	 	31	 
	Section 4.2 Subordinated Notes and Related Documents
	 	 	32	 
	Section 4.3 Ownership of Group Members
	 	 	32	 
	Section 4.4 Financial Statements
	 	 	33	 
	Section 4.5 Material Adverse Effect
	 	 	33	 
	Section 4.6 Solvency
	 	 	33	 
	Section 4.7 Litigation
	 	 	33	 
	Section 4.8 Taxes
	 	 	34	 
	Section 4.9 Margin Regulations
	 	 	34	 
	Section 4.10 No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults
	 	 	34	 

SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

(i)

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.11 Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act
	 	 	34	 
	Section 4.12 Labor Matters
	 	 	34	 
	Section 4.13 ERISA
	 	 	35	 
	Section 4.14 Environmental Matters
	 	 	35	 
	Section 4.15 Intellectual Property
	 	 	35	 
	Section 4.16 Title; Real Property
	 	 	36	 
	Section 4.17 Full Disclosure
	 	 	36	 
	Section 4.18 Patriot Act
	 	 	36	 
	Section 4.19 [Reserved].
	 	 	36	 
	Section 4.20 Network Affiliation Agreements/Cable Franchise
	 	 	36	 
	Section 4.21 Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses
	 	 	38	 
	Section 4.22 FCC Rules and Regulations
	 	 	38	 
	ARTICLE 5 [RESERVED]
	 	 	39	 
	ARTICLE 6 REPORTING COVENANTS
	 	 	39	 
	Section 6.1 Financial Statements
	 	 	39	 
	Section 6.2 Other Events
	 	 	41	 
	Section 6.3 Copies of Notices and Reports
	 	 	42	 
	Section 6.4 Taxes
	 	 	42	 
	Section 6.5 Labor Matters
	 	 	42	 
	Section 6.6 ERISA Matters
	 	 	43	 
	Section 6.7 Environmental Matters
	 	 	43	 
	Section 6.8 Other Information
	 	 	43	 
	ARTICLE 7 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	43	 
	Section 7.1 Maintenance of Corporate Existence
	 	 	43	 
	Section 7.2 Compliance with Laws, Etc
	 	 	44	 
	Section 7.3 Payment of Obligations
	 	 	44	 
	Section 7.4 Maintenance of Property
	 	 	44	 
	Section 7.5 Maintenance of Insurance
	 	 	44	 
	Section 7.6 Keeping of Books
	 	 	44	 
	Section 7.7 Access to Books and Property
	 	 	45	 
	Section 7.8 Environmental
	 	 	45	 
	Section 7.9 Local Service
	 	 	45	 
	Section 7.10 Additional Guaranties
	 	 	45	 
	Section 7.11 [Reserved]
	 	 	46	 
	Section 7.12 License Subsidiaries
	 	 	46	 
	Section 7.13 Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses
	 	 	46	 

SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

(ii)

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	46	 
	Section 8.1 Indebtedness
	 	 	46	 
	Section 8.2 Liens
	 	 	47	 
	Section 8.3 Investments
	 	 	48	 
	Section 8.4 Asset Sales
	 	 	48	 
	Section 8.5 Restricted Payments
	 	 	49	 
	Section 8.6 Prepayment of Indebtedness
	 	 	50	 
	Section 8.7 Fundamental Changes
	 	 	51	 
	Section 8.8 Change in Nature of Business
	 	 	51	 
	Section 8.9 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	51	 
	Section 8.10 Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or
Restricted Payments
	 	 	51	 
	Section 8.11 Modification of Certain Documents
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.12 Accounting Changes; Fiscal Year
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.13 Margin Regulations
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.14 Compliance with ERISA
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.15 Hazardous Materials
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.16 Local Marketing Agreements
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.17 License Subsidiaries
	 	 	53	 
	Section 8.18 Communication Authorizations
	 	 	53	 
	ARTICLE 9 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	 	 	53	 
	Section 9.1 Definition
	 	 	53	 
	Section 9.2 Remedies
	 	 	55	 
	Section 9.3 Governmental Approvals
	 	 	55	 
	ARTICLE 10 THE SUBORDINATED NOTES AGENT
	 	 	56	 
	Section 10.1 Appointment and Duties
	 	 	56	 
	Section 10.2 Binding Effect
	 	 	56	 
	Section 10.3 Use of Discretion
	 	 	56	 
	Section 10.4 Delegation of Rights and Duties
	 	 	57	 
	Section 10.5 Reliance and Liability
	 	 	57	 
	Section 10.6 Subordinated Notes Agent Individually
	 	 	58	 
	Section 10.7 Noteholder Credit Decision
	 	 	58	 
	Section 10.8 Expenses; Indemnities
	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.9 Resignation of Subordinated Notes Agent
	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.10 Release of Guarantors
	 	 	60	 

SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

(iii)

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	60	 
	Section 11.1 Amendments, Waivers, Etc
	 	 	60	 
	Section 11.2 Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect
	 	 	61	 
	Section 11.3 Costs and Expenses
	 	 	63	 
	Section 11.4 Indemnities
	 	 	64	 
	Section 11.5 Survival
	 	 	65	 
	Section 11.6 Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages
	 	 	65	 
	Section 11.7 Noteholder-Creditor Relationship
	 	 	65	 
	Section 11.8 Right of Setoff
	 	 	65	 
	Section 11.9 Sharing of Payments, Etc.
	 	 	65	 
	Section 11.10 [Reserved]
	 	 	66	 
	Section 11.11 Notices
	 	 	66	 
	Section 11.12 Electronic Transmissions
	 	 	66	 
	Section 11.13 Governing Law
	 	 	67	 
	Section 11.14 Jurisdiction
	 	 	67	 
	Section 11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	68	 
	Section 11.16 Severability
	 	 	68	 
	Section 11.17 Execution in Counterparts
	 	 	68	 
	Section 11.18 Entire Agreement
	 	 	68	 
	Section 11.19 Use of Name
	 	 	69	 
	Section 11.20 Non-Public Information; Confidentiality
	 	 	69	 
	Section 11.21 Patriot Act Notice
	 	 	69	 
	Section 11.22 Subordination Agreement
	 	 	69	 

SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

(iv)

 

THIS SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF APRIL 27, 2010, IS ENTERED INTO AMONG
REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (THE “COMPANY”),
REGENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION (“HOLDINGS”), THE
NOTEHOLDERS (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED), AND GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION (“GE
CAPITAL”), AS SUBORDINATED NOTES AGENT FOR THE NOTEHOLDERS (IN SUCH CAPACITY, AND TOGETHER WITH
ITS SUCCESSORS AND PERMITTED ASSIGNS, THE “SUBORDINATED NOTES AGENT”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company, Holdings and initial Noteholders are party to that certain Credit
Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2006, by and among, inter alia, Company, Holdings and Bank of
America, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (as defined therein) (as heretofore amended,
modified and supplemented, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, inter alia, loans were made to the Company
and the Company had certain obligations in respect of certain hedge agreements (collectively, the
“Existing Obligations”);

WHEREAS, on March 1, 2010, Holdings, the Company and the other debtors each filed a voluntary
petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the “Initial
Cases”) with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the
“Bankruptcy Court”);

WHEREAS, on April 12, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation
Order”) confirming the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Regent Communications, Inc. and its
debtor affiliates (as in effect on the effective date thereof, the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, the Existing Obligations will be exchanged and substituted for
the New Term Loan, the New PIK Loan and the New Equity of Parent (as each such term is defined in
the Plan); and

WHEREAS, the extensions of credit provided for herein at the date hereof constitute the New
PIK Loan contemplated by the Plan and the Confirmation Order;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the following meanings:

“Affected Noteholder” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, each officer, director, general partner
or joint-venturer of such Person and any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, however,
that no Noteholder (other than Oaktree) shall be an Affiliate of the Company. For purpose of this
definition, “control” means the possession of either (a) the power to vote, or the
beneficial ownership of, 10% or more of the Voting Stock of such
Person or (b) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

1

 

“Agreement” means this Subordinated Notes Agreement.

“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Noteholder, any Person (other than a
natural Person) that (a) is or will be engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its
business and (b) is advised or managed by (i) such Noteholder, (ii) any Affiliate of such
Noteholder or (iii) any Person (other than an individual) or any Affiliate of any Person (other
than an individual) that administers or manages such Noteholder.

“Assignment” means an assignment agreement entered into by a Noteholder, as assignor,
and any Person, as assignee, pursuant to the terms and provisions of Section 11.2 (with the
consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.2), accepted by the
Subordinated Notes Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A, or any other form
approved by the Subordinated Notes Agent.

“Bankruptcy Court” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA other than a Multiemployer Plan to which any Group Member sponsors or contributes, or has an
obligation to contribute, to.

“Business” means collectively, (a) the business conducted by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries on and as of the Closing Date and (b) any business involving or reasonably related to
the ownership, management or operation in the United States of any Radio Stations, billboard assets
and other outdoor advertising assets and properties, television stations, cable companies and cable
franchises, including any ancillary digital or other media associated therewith in market areas in
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operate in as of the Closing Date or in market areas
within a 200 mile radius of such market areas or future market areas the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries operate in which at the time the Company or any of its Subsidiaries commence operation
therein was within a 200 mile radius of an existing market area of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; provided, however, that in no event shall Business include any
business involving the ownership, management or operation of any print publication assets.

“Business Day” means any day of the year that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on
which banks are required or authorized to close in New York City.

“Cable Act” means Title VI of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§
151 et seq., and all other provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, Pub. L. No.
98-549, and the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Pub. L. No.
102-385, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, as such statutes may be
amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the FCC.

“Cable Franchise Agreements” means any agreement in which one or more of the Credit
Parties has been granted a franchise, or otherwise licensed or permitted, to provide cable
television services in a specific geographical location.

“Cable System” means each cable television system operated by Company and/or any of
its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Cable Franchise Agreement.

SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

2

 

“Capital Expenditures” means, for any Person for any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures, by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period for the acquisition, leasing
(pursuant to a Capital Lease), construction, replacement, repair, substitution or improvement of
fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment, in each case required to be capitalized under
GAAP on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person, excluding (a) interest capitalized during
construction, (b) any expenditure to the extent, for purpose of the definition of Permitted
Acquisition, such expenditure is part of the aggregate amounts payable in connection with, or other
consideration for, any Permitted Acquisition consummated during or prior to such period, (c)
expenditures made with the proceeds of equity contributions made to the Parent and contributed to
Holdings as equity and further contributed to the Company as equity, in each case, after the date
hereof and (d) expenditures for assets made in connection with the replacement, substitution,
restoration or repair of assets to the extent financed with insurance proceeds paid on account of
the loss of or damage to the assets being replaced, substituted for, restored or repaired to the
extent permitted hereunder.

“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement
conveying the right to use, any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee
that has been or should be accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(b).

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, at any time, with respect to any Capital Lease,
any lease entered into as part of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction of any Person or any synthetic
lease, the amount of all obligations of such Person that is (or that would be, if such synthetic
lease or other lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease) capitalized on a balance sheet of such
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Equivalents” means (a) any readily-marketable securities (i) issued by, or
directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States federal government
or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States federal government the obligations of which are
fully backed by the full faith and credit of the United States federal government, (b) any
readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the United States federal
government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least
“P-1” from Moody’s, (c) any commercial paper rated at least “A-1” by S&P or “P-1”
by Moody’s and issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States, (d)
any Dollar-denominated time deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit or
bankers’ acceptance issued or accepted by (i) any Noteholder or (ii) any commercial bank that is
(A) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
(B) “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking
regulators) and (C) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $250,000,000
and (e) shares of any United States money market fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets
invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (a), (b),
(c) or (d) above with maturities as set forth in the proviso below, (ii) has net assets in
excess of $500,000,000 and (iii) has obtained from either S&P or Moody’s the highest rating
obtainable for money market funds in the United States; provided, however, that the
maturities of all obligations specified in any of clauses (a), (b), (c) and
(d) above shall not exceed 365 days.

“CERCLA” means the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.).

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“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the Permitted
Investors (other than Parent or its Subsidiaries) shall sell or otherwise transfer 35% or more of
their legal, economical, beneficial voting, or other ownership rights associated with the Stock of
Parent held by the Permitted Investors (other than Parent or its Subsidiaries) on the date hereof
to any Person other than a Permitted Investor (other than Parent or its Subsidiaries), (b) Parent
shall cease to, directly or indirectly, own and control legally and beneficially all of the
economic and voting rights associated with ownership of all outstanding Stock of all classes of
Voting Stock of Holdings (except to the extent such failure results from an exchange of Stock of
the Parent for Stock of Holdings in connection with management equity repurchases of Stock of the
Parent, provided that such Holdings Stock so exchanged is immediately repurchased and retired by
Holdings, (c) Holdings shall cease to own and control legally and beneficially all of the economic
and voting rights associated with ownership of all outstanding Stock of all classes of Stock of the
Company or (d) a “Change of Control” or any term of similar effect, as defined in the Subordinated
Notes Agreement or in any other document governing Indebtedness of any Group Member having a
principal amount in excess of $750,000 shall occur.

“Closing Date” means the first date on which the conditions set forth in
Section 3.1 are satisfied.

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“Code of Federal Regulations” means the general and permanent rules published in the
federal register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United
States.

“Communications Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 4.22.

“Company” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit C.

“Confirmation Order” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Consolidated” means, with respect to any Person, the accounts of such Person and its
Subsidiaries consolidated in accordance with GAAP.

“Constituent Documents” means, with respect to any Person, collectively and, in each
case, together with any modification of any term thereof, (a) the articles of incorporation,
certificate of incorporation, constitution or certificate of formation of such Person, (b) the
bylaws, operating agreement or joint venture agreement of such Person, (c) any other constitutive,
organizational or governing document of such Person, whether or not equivalent, and (d) any other
document setting forth the manner of election or duties of the directors, officers or managing
members of such Person or the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preferences
of any Stock of such Person.

“Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any
Security issued by such Person or of any document or undertaking (other than a Subordinated Notes
Document) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to
which any of its property is subject.

“Copyright Act” means the United States Copyright Act of 1976.

“Copyrights” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary
Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to copyrights and all mask work,
database and design
rights, whether or not registered or published, all registrations and recordations thereof and
all applications in connection therewith.

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“Corporate Chart” means a document in form reasonably acceptable to the Subordinated
Notes Agent and setting forth, as of a date set forth therein, for each Person that is a Credit
Party, that is subject to Section 7.10 or that is a Subsidiary or joint venture of any of
them, (a) the full legal name of such Person, (b) the jurisdiction of organization and any
organizational number and tax identification number of such Person, (c) the location of such
Person’s chief executive office (or, if applicable, sole place of business) and (d) the number of
shares of each class of Stock of such Person authorized, the number outstanding and the number and
percentage of such outstanding shares for each such class owned, directly or indirectly, by any
Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any of them.

“Credit Party” means the Company and each Guarantor.

“Customary Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person, any of the following:

(a) Liens (i) with respect to the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges
or (ii) of suppliers, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, workmen or mechanics and other similar
Liens, in each case imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business, and, for each of
the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii) above for amounts that are not yet due or that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect
to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the books of such
Person in accordance with GAAP;

(b) Liens of a collection bank on items in the course of collection arising under Section
4-208 of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York or any similar section under any
applicable UCC or any similar Requirement of Law of any foreign jurisdiction;

(c) pledges or cash deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security benefits (other
than any Lien imposed by ERISA), (ii) to secure the performance of bids, tenders, leases (other
than Capital Leases) sales or other trade contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed
money) or (iii) made in lieu of, or to secure the performance of, surety, customs, reclamation or
performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation);

(d) judgment liens (other than for the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental
charges) securing judgments and other proceedings not constituting an Event of Default under
Section 9.1(f) and pledges or cash deposits made in lieu of, or to secure the performance
of, judgment or appeal bonds in respect of such judgments and proceedings;

(e) Liens (i) arising by reason of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations,
restrictions, covenants, conditions, restrictions of record, rights-of-way, encroachments, minor
defects or irregularities in title (including leasehold title) and other similar encumbrances on
the use of real property or (ii) consisting of leases, licenses or subleases granted by a lessor,
licensor or sublessor on its property (in each case other than Capital Leases) otherwise permitted
under Section 8.4 that, for each of the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii)
above, do not, in the aggregate, materially (x) impair the value or marketability of such real
property or (y) interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted and proposed to be
conducted at such real property;

(f) Liens resulting from the filing of a precautionary UCC-1 financing statements relating
solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;

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(g) Liens of landlords and mortgagees of landlords (i) arising by statute or under any lease
or related Contractual Obligation entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ii) on fixtures
and movable tangible property located on the real property leased or subleased from such landlord,
(iii) for amounts not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and (iv) for which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are
maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP; and

(h) the title and interest of a lessor or sublessor in and to personal property leased or
subleased (other than through a Capital Lease), in each case extending only to such personal
property.

“Default” means any Event of Default and any event that, with the passing of time or
the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default.

“Divestiture Trust Agreement” means that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of
March 22, 2010, by and among Regent Broadcasting of Fort Collins, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Regent Broadcasting of Lafayette, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Jay Meyers, as trustee, as such
agreement may be amended pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement in the form attached
to the Divestiture Trust Agreement delivered to the Administrative Agent.

“Dollars” and the sign “$” each mean the lawful money of the United States of
America.

“Domestic Person” means any “United States person” under and as defined in
Section 770l(a)(30) of the Code.

“E-Fax” means any system used to receive or transmit faxes electronically.

“Electronic Transmission” means each document, instruction, authorization, file,
information and any other communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by
e-mail or E-Fax, or otherwise to or from an E-System or other equivalent service.

“Environmental Laws” means all Requirements of Law and terms and conditions in Permits
imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of
human health, safety, the environment and natural resources, including CERCLA, the SWDA, the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 651
et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq.), all regulations promulgated
under any of the foregoing, all analogous Requirements of Law and Permits and any environmental
transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes, including the Industrial Site Recovery Act
(N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 13:1K-6 et seq.).

“Environmental Liabilities” means all Liabilities (including costs of Remedial
Actions, natural resource damages and costs and expenses of investigation and feasibility studies)
that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Group Member as a result of, or related
to, any claim, suit, action, investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in
contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common
law or otherwise, arising under any Environmental Law or in connection with any environmental,
health or safety condition or with any Release and resulting from the ownership, lease, sublease or
other operation or occupation of property by any Group Member, whether on, prior or after the date
hereof.

“ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

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“ERISA Affiliate” means, collectively, any Group Member, and any Person under common
control, or treated as a single employer, with any Group Member, within the meaning of
Section 414(b), (c), or, solely for purposes of Section 412 of the Code,
within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.

“ERISA Event” means any of the following: (a) a reportable event described in
Section 4043(b) of ERISA (or, unless the 30-day notice requirement has been duly waived
under the applicable regulations, Section 4043(c) of ERISA) with respect to a Title IV
Plan, (b) the withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section
4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate
from any Multiemployer Plan, (d) with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the filing of a notice of
reorganization, insolvency or termination (or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under
Section 4041A of ERISA, (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan
(or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under Section 4041 of ERISA, (f) the
institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC, (g) the
failure to make any required contribution to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan when due, and
(h) the failure of a Benefit Plan or any trust thereunder intended to qualify for tax exempt status
under Section 401 or 501 of the Code or other Requirements of Law to qualify
thereunder.

“E-Signature” means the process of attaching to or logically associating with an
Electronic Transmission an electronic symbol, encryption, digital signature or process (including
the name or an abbreviation of the name of the party transmitting the Electronic Transmission) with
the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such Electronic Transmission.

“E-System” means any electronic system, including Intralinks® and CleraPar®
and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or
hosted by the Subordinated Notes Agent, any of its Related Persons or any other Person, providing
for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Existing Obligations” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“FAA” shall mean the Federal Aviation Administration and any successor thereto.

“FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission or any Governmental Authority which
succeeds to the duties and functions presently performed by the Federal Communications Commission.

“FCC License Assets” shall have the meaning specified in the Plan.

“FCC Licenses” means all licenses, Permits, permissions and other authorizations
issued by the FCC for the operation of television stations and community antenna relay service,
earth station, business radio, microwave and special safety radio service facilities.

“FCC Long Form Application” shall have the meaning specified in the Plan.

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“Federal Flood Insurance” means Federally backed Flood Insurance available under the
National Flood Insurance Program to owners of real property improvements located in Special Flood
Hazard Areas in a community participating in the National Flood Insurance Program.

“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal
Reserve System and any successor thereto.

“FEMA” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a component of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security that administers the National Flood Insurance Program.

“Financial Statement” means each financial statement delivered pursuant to
Section 4.4 or 6.1.

“Fiscal Quarter” means each 3 fiscal month period ending on March 31, June 30,
September 30 or December 31.

“Fiscal Year” means the twelve-month period ending on December 31.

“Flood Insurance” means, for any real property located in a Special Flood Hazard Area,
Federal Flood Insurance or private insurance that meets the requirements set forth by FEMA in its
Mandatory Purchase of Flood Insurance Guidelines. Flood Insurance shall be in an amount equal to
(a) so long as the unpaid balance of the debt under the Senior Credit Agreement is greater than the
full unpaid balance of the debt under the Subordinated Notes, the full, unpaid balance of the debt
under the Senior Credit Agreement and (b) thereafter, the full, unpaid balance of the debt under
the Senior Credit Agreement and the Subordinated Notes and, in each case, any prior liens on the
real property up to the maximum policy limits set under the National Flood Insurance Program, or as
otherwise required by the Subordinated Notes Agent, with deductibles not to exceed $50,000.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America,
as in effect from time to time, set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in the statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and in such other statements by such
other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession that are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. Subject to Section 1.3,
all references to “GAAP” shall be to GAAP applied consistently with the principles used in
the preparation of the Financial Statements described in Section 4.4(a).

“GE Capital” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

“Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or
authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, including any central bank, stock exchange, regulatory
body, arbitrator, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the
European Central Bank) and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners).

“Group Members” means, collectively, the Company, Holdings and their respective
Subsidiaries.

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“Group Members’ Accountants” means Deloitte & Touche LLP or other
nationally-recognized independent registered certified public accountants acceptable to the
Subordinated Notes Agent.

“Guarantor” means Holdings, each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company listed on
Schedule 4.3 and each other Person that enters into any Guaranty Obligation with respect to
any Obligation of any Credit Party.

“Guaranty Agreement” means a guaranty agreement, in substantially the form of
Exhibit E, among the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Guarantors from time to time
party thereto.

“Guaranty Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect
liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other
obligation (the “primary obligation”) of another Person (the “primary obligor”), if
the purpose or intent of such Person in incurring such liability, or the economic effect thereof,
is to guarantee such primary obligation or provide support, assurance or comfort to the holder of
such primary obligation or to protect or indemnify such holder against loss with respect to such
primary obligation, including (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or
sale with recourse by such Person of any primary obligation, (b) the incurrence of reimbursement
obligations with respect to any letter of credit or bank guarantee in support of any primary
obligation, (c) the existence of any Lien, or any right, contingent or otherwise, to receive a
Lien, on the property of such Person securing any part of any primary obligation and (d) any
liability of such Person for a primary obligation through any Contractual Obligation (contingent or
otherwise) or other arrangement (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary
obligation or any security therefor or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such
primary obligation (whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase, capital contribution or
otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency, working capital, equity capital or any balance sheet
item, level of income or cash flow, liquidity or financial condition of any primary obligor, (iii)
to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of non-performance by any other
party to any Contractual Obligation, (iv) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee) any
property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the primary
obligor to satisfy such primary obligation or to protect the holder of such primary obligation
against loss or (v) to supply funds to or in any other manner invest in, such primary obligor
(including to pay for property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or
such services are rendered); provided, however, that “Guaranty Obligations”
shall not include (x) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business and
(y) product warranties given in the ordinary course of business. The outstanding amount of any
Guaranty Obligation shall equal the outstanding amount of the primary obligation so guaranteed or
otherwise supported or, if lower, the stated maximum amount for which such Person may be liable
under such Guaranty Obligation.

“Hazardous Material” means any substance, material or waste that is classified,
regulated or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous, toxic, a contaminant
or a pollutant or by other words of similar meaning or regulatory effect, including petroleum or
any fraction thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and radioactive substances.

“Hedging Agreement” means any Interest Rate Contract, foreign exchange, swap, option
or forward contract, spot, cap, floor or collar transaction, any other derivative instrument and
any other similar speculative transaction and any other similar agreement or arrangement designed
to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in any underlying variable.

“Holdings” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

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“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, any of the following, whether
or not matured: (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by notes,
bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all reimbursement and all other obligations with
respect to (i) letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances or (ii) surety, customs,
reclamation or performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation) other than
those entered into in the ordinary course of business, (d) all obligations to pay the deferred
purchase price of property or services, other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course
of business, (e) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, regardless of whether the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under
such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property, (f)
all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (g) all obligations, whether or not contingent, to purchase,
redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any of its own Stock or Stock Equivalents
(or any Stock or Stock Equivalent of a direct or indirect parent entity thereof) prior to the date
that is 180 days after the Maturity Date, valued at, in the case of redeemable preferred Stock, the
greater of the voluntary liquidation preference and the involuntary liquidation preference of such
Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) all payments that would be required to be made in
respect of any Hedging Agreement in the event of a termination (including an early termination) on
the date of determination and (i) all Guaranty Obligations for obligations of any other Person
constituting Indebtedness of such other Person; provided, however, that the items
in each of clauses (a) through (i) above shall constitute “Indebtedness” of
such Person solely to the extent, directly or indirectly, (x) such Person is liable for any part of
any such item, (y) any such item is secured by a Lien on such Person’s property or (z) any other
Person has a right, contingent or otherwise, to cause such Person to become liable for any part of
any such item or to grant such a Lien.

“Indemnified Matter” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4.

“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4.

“Independent Trust Agreement” means that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of March
18, 2010, between Holdings and Jay Meyers, as Trustee, as such agreement may be amended pursuant to
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement in the form attached to the Independent Trust Agreement
delivered to the Administrative Agent.

“Initial Cases” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Initial Investors’ Equity Investment” means the substitution and exchange of certain
of the Existing Obligations for the equity of Parent pursuant to, and on the terms provided for, in
the Plan.

“Initial Investors’ Investment Documents” means each document executed in connection
with the Initial Investors’ Equity Investment.

“Initial Projections” means those financial projections, dated March 15, 2010 covering
the Fiscal Years ending in 2010 through 2014 and delivered to the Subordinated Notes Agent by the
Company prior to the date hereof.

“Intellectual Property” means all rights, title and interests in or relating to
intellectual property and industrial property arising under any Requirement of Law and all IP
Ancillary Rights relating thereto, including all Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Internet Domain
Names, Trade Secrets and IP Licenses.

“Internet Domain Names” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP
Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to Internet domain names.

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“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to own,
purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case whether beneficially or otherwise, any investment in,
including any interest in, any Security of any other Person (other than any evidence of any
Obligation), (b) to purchase or otherwise acquire, whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions, all or a significant part of the property of any other Person or a business conducted
by any other Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting the business of a
division, branch, brand or other unit operation of any other Person, (c) to incur, or to remain
liable under, any Guaranty Obligation for Indebtedness of any other Person, to assume the
Indebtedness of any other Person or to make, hold, purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case
directly or indirectly, any deposit, loan, advance, commitment to lend or advance, or other
extension of credit (including by deferring or extending the date of, in each case outside the
ordinary course of business, the payment of the purchase price for Sales of property or services to
any other Person, to the extent such payment obligation constitutes Indebtedness of such other
Person), excluding deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand, prepaid
expenses, accounts receivable and similar items created in the ordinary course of business, (d) to
make, directly or indirectly, any contribution to the capital of any other Person or (e) to Sell
any property for less than fair market value (including a disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents
in exchange for consideration of lesser value); provided, however, that such
Investment shall be valued at the difference between the value of the consideration for such Sale
and the fair market value of the property Sold.

“IP Ancillary Rights” means, with respect to any other Intellectual Property, as
applicable, all foreign counterparts to, and all divisionals, reversions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, renewals and extensions of, such Intellectual
Property and all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted
under or with respect to any of the foregoing or otherwise with respect to such Intellectual
Property, including all rights to sue or recover at law or in equity for any past, present or
future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof, and, in
each case, all rights to obtain any other IP Ancillary Right.

“IP License” means all Contractual Obligations (and all related IP Ancillary Rights),
whether written or oral, granting any right title and interest in or relating to any Intellectual
Property.

“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States and any successor
thereto.

“Liabilities” means all claims, actions, suits, judgments, damages, losses, liability,
obligations, responsibilities, fines, penalties, sanctions, costs, fees, taxes, commissions,
charges, disbursements and expenses, in each case of any kind or nature (including interest accrued
thereon or as a result thereto and fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other
advisors and consultants), whether joint or several, whether or not indirect, contingent,
consequential, actual, punitive, treble or otherwise.

“License Subsidiary” means any special purpose Subsidiary of Company that (i) observes
all corporate formalities, maintains separate books and records, does not commingle assets with any
affiliate, holds no assets other than the Radio Station Licenses, FCC Licenses and PUC
Certificates, and has no financial obligations other than to the Subordinated Notes Agent and
Noteholders as a Guarantor and as a Guarantor under the Senior Loan Documents, (ii) is organized
pursuant to organizational documents reasonably satisfactory to the Subordinated Notes Agent and
(iii) is a Guarantor upon or prior to the time of acquiring any Radio Station Licenses, FCC License
and PUC Certificate or is a Guarantor on the Closing Date or becomes a Guarantor in connection with
a Permitted Acquisition.

“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest or other
security arrangement and any other preference, priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the
interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

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“LMA” means any joint sales agreement, advertising sales agreement, time brokerage
agreement, local marketing or management agreement or similar arrangement for any broadcast station
to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.

“Local Franchising Authority” means any state, county, local or municipal Governmental
Authority which regulates the provision of cable television service, including the award of
franchises or other permits or authorizations to provide cable television service, and which has
authority over the Cable Systems.

“Material Adverse Effect” means an effect that results in or causes, or could
reasonably be expected to result in or cause, a material adverse change in any of (a) the condition
(financial or otherwise), business, performance, operations or property of the Group Members, taken
as a whole, (b) the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Subordinated
Notes Document and (c) the validity or enforceability of any Subordinated Notes Document or the
rights and remedies of the Subordinated Notes Agent and/or the Noteholders under any Subordinated
Notes Document.

“Material Environmental Liabilities” means Environmental Liabilities exceeding
$750,000 in the aggregate.

“Maturity Date” means October 27, 2014.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any multiemployer plan, as defined in
Section 400l(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any ERISA Affiliate has or can reasonably be expected
to have an obligation to contribute (including, without limitation, an obligation to pay Withdrawal
Liability).

“National Flood Insurance Program” means the program created by the U.S. Congress
pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
as revised by the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, that mandates the purchase of flood
insurance to cover real property improvements located in Special Flood Hazard Areas in
participating communities and provides protection to property owners through a Federal insurance
program.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means proceeds received in cash from (a) any Sale of, or Property
Loss Event with respect to, property, net of (i) the customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and
expenses paid or required to be paid in connection therewith, (ii) taxes paid or reasonably
estimated to be payable as a result thereof and (iii) any amount required to be paid or prepaid on
Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and Indebtedness owing to any Group Member) secured by the
property subject thereto or (b) any incurrence of Indebtedness, in each case net of brokers’,
advisors’ and investment banking fees and other customary out-of-pocket underwriting discounts,
commissions and other customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and expenses, in each case incurred
in connection with such transaction; provided, however, that any such proceeds
received by any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company
shall constitute “Net Cash Proceeds” only to the extent of the aggregate direct and
indirect beneficial ownership interest of the Company therein.

“Non-U.S. Noteholder Party” means each of the Subordinated Notes Agent, each SPV and
each participant, in each case that is not a Domestic Person.

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“Noteholder” means, collectively any financial institution or other Person that (a) is
listed on the signature pages hereof as a “Noteholder” or (b) from time to time becomes a
party hereto by execution of an Assignment, in each case together with its successors.

“Oaktree” means OCM Principal Opportunities Fund IV AIF (Delaware) L.P. and it’s
Affiliates and any Person (other than a natural Person) that (a) is or will be engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in
the ordinary course of its business and (b) is advised or managed by (i) OCM Principal
Opportunities Fund IV AIF (Delaware) L.P., (ii) any Affiliate of OCM Principal Opportunities Fund
IV AIF (Delaware) L.P. or (iii) any Person (other than an individual) or any Affiliate of any
Person (other than an individual) that administers or manages OCM Principal Opportunities Fund IV
AIF (Delaware) L.P.

“Obligations” means, with respect to any Credit Party, all amounts, obligations,
liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by such Credit Party to the
Subordinated Notes Agent, any Noteholder, any other Indemnitee, any participant, or any SPV arising
out of, under, or in connection with, any Subordinated Notes Document, whether direct or indirect
(regardless of whether acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due,
whether liquidated or not, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired, and whether or
not evidenced by any instrument or for the payment of money, including, without duplication, (a) if
such Credit Party is the Company, all Subordinated Notes, (b) all interest, whether or not accruing
after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or after the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in any such proceeding, and (c) all other fees, expenses (including fees,
charges and disbursement of counsel), interest, commissions, charges, costs, disbursements,
indemnities and reimbursement of amounts paid and other sums chargeable to such Credit Party under
any Subordinated Notes Document.

“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(c).

“Parent” means Regent Holdings LLC.

“Patents” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights)
arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to letters patent and applications therefor.

“PBGC” means the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor
thereto.

“Permit” means, with respect to any Person, any permit, approval, authorization,
license, registration, certificate, concession, grant, franchise, variance or permission from, and
any other Contractual Obligations with, any Governmental Authority, including without limitation,
the FCC in each case whether or not having the force of law and applicable to or binding upon such
Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

“Permitted Acquisition” means any Proposed Acquisition satisfying each of the
following conditions:

(a) the Proposed Acquisition Target is organized under the laws of a State in the United
States or the District of Columbia and is in the same Business as the Company or a Business that
the Company or its Subsidiaries are permitted to enter into;

(b) the Subordinated Notes Agent shall have received reasonable advance notice of such
Proposed Acquisition including a reasonably detailed description thereof at least 15 Business Days
prior to the consummation of such Proposed Acquisition (or such later date as may be agreed by
the Subordinated Notes Agent) and the Subordinated Notes Agent shall have forwarded such notice to
the Noteholders within 5 Business Days after receipt thereof and on or prior to the date of such
Proposed Acquisition, the Subordinated Notes Agent shall have received copies of the acquisition
agreement and related Contractual Obligations and other documents (including financial information
and analysis, environmental assessments and reports, opinions, certificates, lien searches and FCC
approvals) and information reasonably requested by the Subordinated Notes Agent;

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(c) as of the date of consummation of any transaction as part of such Proposed Acquisition and
after giving effect to all transactions to occur on such date as part of such Proposed Acquisition,
the representations and warranties set forth in any Subordinated Notes Document shall be true and
correct in all material respects pursuant to clause (b) of Article 4 and no Default
shall be continuing, and after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition;

(d) the Company and its Subsidiaries (including any new Subsidiary) shall execute and deliver
the agreements, instruments and other documents required by Section 7.10; and

(e) for any Proposed Acquisition which is a Radio Swap Transaction, (i) the Station Operating
Income of the Proposed Acquisition Target for the trailing twelve months immediately prior to the
date of such Proposed Acquisition together with the aggregate Station Operating Income pursuant to
this clause (e)(i) associated with all Permitted Acquisitions which were Radio Swap
Transactions does not exceed 15%, of the Station Operating Income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
for the trailing twelve months immediately prior to the date of such Proposed Acquisition and (ii)
the aggregate amount of cash payable by the Credit Parties as part of the purchase price or other
consideration of any such Radio Swap Transactions shall not exceed the lesser of (x) 25% of the
Station Operating Income of such Proposed Acquisition Target for the trailing twelve months
immediately prior to the date of such Proposed Acquisition and (y) $3,000,000.

“Permitted Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of any Group Member that is not
prohibited by Section 8.1 or any other provision of any Subordinated Notes Document.

“Permitted Investment” means any Investment of any Group Member that is not prohibited
by Section 8.3 or any other provision of any Subordinated Notes Document.

“Permitted Investors” means, collectively Oaktree.

“Permitted Lien” means any Lien on or with respect to the property of any Group Member
that is not prohibited by Section 8.2 or any other provision of any Subordinated Notes
Document.

“Permitted Refinancing” means Indebtedness constituting a refinancing or extension of
Permitted Indebtedness that (a) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than the
sum of (x) aggregate principal amount of such Permitted Indebtedness plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon and accrued and unpaid fees and reasonable expenses related thereto outstanding at
the time of such refinancing or extension, plus (y) the amount of any early prepayment
penalties actually paid as a result of such Permitted Refinancing, (b) has a weighted average
maturity (in each case, measured as of the date of such refinancing or extension) and maturity no
shorter or earlier, as applicable than that of such Permitted Indebtedness, (c) is not entered into
as part of a Sale and Leaseback transaction, (d) is not secured by any property or any Lien other
than those securing such Permitted Indebtedness, (e) has an interest rate no greater than the
interest rate for such Permitted Indebtedness and has a cash interest cost no greater than the cash
interest cost for such Permitted Indebtedness, and (f) is otherwise on terms no less favorable to
the Group Members, taken as a whole, than those of such Permitted Indebtedness;
provided, however that clauses (a)-(f) shall not apply with respect to a
refinancing or extension of the Senior Debt to the extent such refinancing or extension would have
been a “Permitted Refinancing” under the Subordination Agreement; provided,
further, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the terms of such
Permitted Indebtedness may be modified as part of such Permitted Refinancing if such modification
would have been permitted pursuant to Section 8.11 and (y) no Guaranty Obligation for such
Indebtedness shall constitute part of such Permitted Refinancing unless similar Guaranty
Obligations with respect to such Permitted Indebtedness existed and constituted Permitted
Indebtedness prior to such refinancing or extension.

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“Permitted Reinvestment” means, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of any Sale or
Property Loss Event, to acquire (or make Capital Expenditures to finance the acquisition, repair,
improvement or construction of), to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, property useful in
the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including through a Permitted Acquisition)
or, if such Property Loss Event involves loss or damage to property, to repair such loss or damage
or to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, acquire property useful in the business of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust
and a public benefit corporation), joint stock company, estate, association, firm, enterprise,
trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture and any other entity or
Governmental Authority.

“Plan” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Pro Forma Balance Sheet” has the meaning specified in Section 4.4(d).

“Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any determination for any period and any Pro
Forma Transaction, that such determination shall be made by giving pro forma effect to each such
Pro Forma Transaction, as if each such Pro Forma Transaction had been consummated on the first day
of such period, based on historical results accounted for in accordance with GAAP and, to the
extent applicable, reasonable assumptions that are specified in detail in the relevant Compliance
Certificate, Financial Statement or other document provided to the Subordinated Notes Agent or any
Noteholder in connection herewith in accordance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933.

“Pro Forma Transaction” means any transaction consummated as part of any Permitted
Acquisition (including a Radio Swap Transaction), together with each other transaction relating
thereto and consummated in connection therewith, including any incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness.

“Projections” means, collectively, the Initial Projections and any document delivered
pursuant to Section 6.1(f).

“Property Loss Event” means, with respect to any property, any loss of or damage to
such property or any taking of such property or condemnation thereof.

“Proposed Acquisition” means (a) any proposed acquisition that is consensual and
approved by the board of directors of such Proposed Acquisition Target, of all or substantially all
of the assets or Stock of or any line of business, division, branch or other operating unit of any
Proposed Acquisition Target by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (or by Holdings to the
extent such assets and Stock of or any line of business, division, branch or other operating unit
are transferred to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company contemporaneously with such
acquisition) or (b) any
proposed merger of any Proposed Acquisition Target with or into the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company (and, in the case of a merger with the Company, with the Company being the surviving
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“Proposed Acquisition Target” means any Person or any brand, line of business,
division, branch, operating division or other unit operation of any Person.

“Pro Rata Outstandings” of any Noteholder at any time, means the outstanding principal
amount of the Subordinated Notes owing to such Noteholder.

“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Noteholder at any time, the percentage
obtained by dividing (a) the Pro Rata Outstandings therein of such Noteholder then in effect by (b)
the Pro Rata Outstandings therein of all Noteholders then in effect; provided,
however, that, if there are no Pro Rata Outstandings, such Noteholder’s Pro Rata Share
shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share in the Subordinated Notes most recently in effect,
after giving effect to any subsequent assignment and any subsequent non-pro rata payments of any
Noteholder pursuant to Section 2.14.

“PUC” means any public utility commission, public service commission or similar
regulatory body with jurisdiction over the Business.

“PUC Certificate” means any certificate of public convenience or necessity or other
authorization issued by a PUC which is necessary for the conduct of the Business.

“Radio Station Licenses” means all licenses, Permits, permissions and other
authorizations issued by the FCC for the operation of any Radio Station.

“Radio Stations” means and includes, collectively, (a) all of the AM and FM radio
stations owned and operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, and
(b) all radio stations from time to time acquired after the Closing Date by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.

“Radio Swap Transaction” means, in relation to any Person, any transaction, or any
series of related transactions, in which such Person, or any of its Affiliates, shall acquire one
or more Radio Stations and related business assets and properties in exchange (whether in whole or
in part) for one or more Radio Stations and related business assets and properties owned by such
Person.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(b).

“Reinvestment Prepayment Amount” means, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds on the
Reinvestment Prepayment Date therefor, the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds less any amount
paid or required to be paid by any Group Member to make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash
Proceeds pursuant to a Contractual Obligation entered into prior to such Reinvestment Prepayment
Date with any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company.

“Reinvestment Prepayment Date” means, with respect to any portion of any Net Cash
Proceeds of any Sale or Property Loss Event, the earliest of (a) the 365th day after the
completion of the portion of such Sale or Property Loss Event corresponding to such Net Cash
Proceeds, (b) the date that is 5 Business Days after the date on which the Company shall have
notified the Subordinated Notes Agent of the Company’s determination not to make Permitted
Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds, (c) the occurrence of any Event of Default set forth in
Section 9.1(e)(ii) and (d) 5 Business Days after the
delivery of a notice by the Subordinated Notes Agent or the Required Noteholders to the
Company during the continuance of any other Event of Default.

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“Related Documents” means, collectively, the Divestiture Trust Agreement (including,
the form of the proposed Amended and Restated Trust Agreement related thereto), the Independent
Trust Agreement (including, the form of the proposed Amended and Restated Independent Trust
Agreement related thereto), the Senior Loan Documents, and the Initial Investors’ Investment
Documents, delivered to the Subordinated Notes Agent pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(viii)(C)
and each other document executed with respect to any of the foregoing or any Related Transaction.

“Related Person” means, with respect to any Person, each Affiliate of such Person and
each director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, representative, attorney, accountant and each
insurance, environmental, legal, financial and other advisor (including those retained in
connection with the satisfaction or attempted satisfaction of any condition set forth in
Article 3) and other consultants and agents of or to such Person or any of its Affiliates,
together with, if such Person is the Subordinated Notes Agent, each other Person or individual
designated, nominated or otherwise mandated by or helping the Subordinated Notes Agent pursuant to
and in accordance with Section 10.4 or any comparable provision of any Subordinated Notes
Document.

“Related Transactions” means, collectively, the substitution and exchange of certain
of the Existing Obligations for the Senior Loans and the Stock of Holdings pursuant to the Plan,
the entering into of the Divesture Trust Agreement and the Independent Trust Agreement, the
execution and delivery of all Related Documents and the payment of all related fees, costs and
expenses.

“Release” means any release, threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping,
pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping,
leaching or migration of Hazardous Material into or through the environment.

“Remedial Action” means all actions required to (a) clean up, remove, treat or in any
other way address any Hazardous Material in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or
minimize any Release so that a Hazardous Material does not migrate or endanger or threaten to
endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment or (c) perform pre-remedial
studies and investigations and post-remedial monitoring and care with respect to any Hazardous
Material.

“Required Noteholders” means, at any time, Noteholders having at such time in excess
of 50% of the Pro Rata Outstandings; provided, however, that Required Noteholders
must consist of at least two Noteholders who are not Affiliates of each other or an Approved Fund
of any such Noteholder.

“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law
and all federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes,
treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs,
injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the
interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or
requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and
that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person
or any of its property is subject.

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any of the president, chief
executive officer, vice president, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller, managing member or
general partner of such Person but, in any event, with respect to financial matters, any such
officer that is responsible for preparing the Financial Statements delivered hereunder and, with
respect to the Corporate Chart and other documents delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(e),
documents delivered on the Closing Date
and documents delivered pursuant to Section 7.10, the secretary or assistant secretary
of such Person or any other officer responsible for maintaining the corporate and similar records
of such Person.

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“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend, return of capital, distribution or any
other payment or Sale of property for less than fair market value, whether direct or indirect
(including through the use of Hedging Agreements, the making, repayment, cancellation or
forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations) and whether in cash, Securities or
other property, on account of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, in each case now or hereafter outstanding, including with respect to a claim for
rescission of a Sale of such Stock or Stock Equivalent and (b) any redemption, retirement,
termination, defeasance, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition for value, whether direct or
indirect (including through the use of Hedging Agreements, the making, repayment, cancellation or
forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations), of any Stock or Stock Equivalent
of any Group Member or of any direct or indirect parent entity of the Company, now or hereafter
outstanding, and any payment or other transfer setting aside funds for any such redemption,
retirement, termination, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition, whether directly or
indirectly and whether to a sinking fund, a similar fund or otherwise.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Person (the
“obligor”), any Contractual Obligation or other arrangement with any other Person (the
“counterparty”) consisting of a lease by such obligor of any property that, directly or
indirectly, has been or is to be Sold by the obligor to such counterparty or to any other Person to
whom funds have been advanced by such counterparty based on a Lien on, or an assignment of, such
property or any obligations of such obligor under such lease.

“Security” means all Stock, Stock Equivalents, voting trust certificates, bonds,
debentures, instruments and other evidence of Indebtedness, whether or not secured, convertible or
subordinated, all certificates of interest, share or participation in, all certificates for the
acquisition of, and all warrants, options and other rights to acquire, any Security.

“Sell” means, with respect to any property, to sell, convey, transfer, assign,
license, lease or otherwise dispose of, any interest therein or to permit any Person to acquire any
such interest, including, in each case, through a Sale and Leaseback Transaction or through a sale,
factoring at maturity, collection of or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or
accounts receivable. Conjugated forms thereof and the noun “Sale” have correlative
meanings.

“Senior Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated the date hereof, between
the Company, Holdings, GE Capital, as administrative agent and collateral agent, GE Capital Markets
Inc., as sole lead arranger and bookrunner and the lenders from time to time party thereto, as such
agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or replaced (including by refinancing) from time
to time.

“Senior Debt” has the meaning specified in the Subordination Agreement.

“Senior Loans” means the loans made under the Senior Credit Agreement on the date
hereof.

“Senior Loan Documents” means, collectively, the Senior Credit Agreement and any other
document related thereto.

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“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that, as
of such date, (a) the value of the assets of such Person (both at fair value and present fair
saleable value) is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent and
unliquidated liabilities) of such Person, (b) such Person is able to pay all liabilities of such
Person as such liabilities mature and (c) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital. In
computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities shall
be computed at the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time,
represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“Special Flood Hazard Area” means an area that FEMA’s current flood maps indicate has
at least a one percent (1%) chance of a flood equal to or exceeding the base flood elevation (a
100-year flood) in any given year.

“SPV” means any special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in a writing by any
Noteholder to the Subordinated Notes Agent.

“Station Operating Income” means, with respect to any fiscal period, without
duplication, an amount equal to Station Revenue for such period, minus to the extent included in
determining Station Revenue for such period, the sum of, (i) station programming expenses and (ii)
general and administrative expenses at the station level (but not the corporate level).

“Station Revenue” means, for any fiscal period, the revenue of Company and its
Subsidiaries derived directly from the operation of Radio Stations during such period, net of any
commissions paid to any third parties with respect to such revenue.

“Stock” means all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or
preferred stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture
interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of
how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.

“Stock Equivalents” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock or
any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or
otherwise acquire any Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not presently convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable.

“Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the payment in full
of the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Subordinated Notes Agent.

“Subordinated Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1. The amount of
Subordinated Notes held by each Noteholder as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule I
hereto.

“Subordinated Notes Agent” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

“Subordinated Notes Documents” means, collectively, the Subordinated Notes, the
Subordinated Notes Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement and any other document related to any of the
foregoing.

“Subordination Agreement” means that certain Subordination Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, among the Company, the administrative agent under the Senior Credit Agreement and the
Subordinated Notes Agent.

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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company, association or other entity, the management of which is,
directly or indirectly, controlled by, or of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding
Voting Stock is, at the time, owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, such Person or one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person.

“Substitute Noteholder” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).

“SWDA” means the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.).

“Tax Affiliate” means, (a) the Company and its Subsidiaries and (b) any Affiliate of
the Company with which the Company files or is eligible to file consolidated, combined or unitary
tax returns.

“Tax Return” has the meaning specified in Section 4.8.

“Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(a).

“Title IV Plan” means a pension plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, other than a
Multiemployer Plan, sponsored by an ERISA Affiliate or to which any ERISA Affiliate has an
obligation to contribute.

“Trademarks” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary
Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trademarks, trade names, corporate
names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos
and other source or business identifiers and, in each case, all goodwill associated therewith, all
registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.

“Trade Secrets” means all right, title and interest (and all related IP Ancillary
Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trade secrets.

“Trust” means the trust formed under the Independent Trust Agreement or any other
trust formed in accordance with the terms of the Plan to hold the Ratio Station Licenses pending
grant of the FCC Long Form Applications.

“United States” means the United States of America.

“U.S. Noteholder Party” means each of the Subordinated Notes Agent, each Noteholder,
each SPV and each participant, in each case that is a Domestic Person.

“Voting Stock” means Stock of any Person having ordinary power to vote in the election
of members of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other controlling Persons, of such
Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class or classes of such entity
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the occurrence of any contingency).

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person, all of
the Stock of which (other than nominal holdings and director’s qualifying shares) is owned by such
Person, either directly or through one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

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“Withdrawal Liability” means, at any time, any liability incurred by any ERISA
Affiliate and not yet satisfied or paid in full at such time with respect to any Multiemployer Plan
pursuant to Section 4201 of ERISA.

Section 1.2 [Reserved]

Section 1.3 Accounting Terms and Principles: GAAPAll accounting determinations
required to be made pursuant hereto shall, unless expressly otherwise provided herein, be made in
accordance with GAAP. No change in the accounting principles used in the preparation of any
Financial Statement hereafter adopted by Holdings shall be given effect if such change would affect
a calculation that measures compliance with any provision of Article 8 unless the Company,
the Subordinated Notes Agent and the Required Noteholders agree to modify such provisions to
reflect such changes in GAAP and, unless such provisions are modified, all Financial Statements,
Compliance Certificates and similar documents provided hereunder shall be provided together with a
reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set forth therein before and after giving
effect to such change in GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of
an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts
and ratios referred to in Article 8 shall be made, without giving effect to any election
under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard
having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Credit
Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party at “fair value.”

Section 1.4 Payments. The Subordinated Notes Agent may set up standards and
procedures to determine or redetermine the equivalent in Dollars of any amount expressed in any
currency other than Dollars and otherwise may, but shall not be obligated to, rely on any
determination made by any Credit Party. Any such determination or redetermination by the
Subordinated Notes Agent shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
No determination or redetermination by any Noteholder or Party and no other currency conversion
shall change or release any obligation of any Credit Party or Noteholder (other than the
Subordinated Notes Agent and its Related Persons) under any Subordinated Notes Document, each of
which agrees to pay separately for any shortfall remaining after any conversion and payment of the
amount as converted. The Subordinated Notes Agent may round up or down, and may set up appropriate
mechanisms to round up or down, any amount hereunder to nearest higher or lower amounts and may
determine reasonable de minimis payment thresholds.

Section 1.5 Interpretation. (a) Certain Terms. Except as set
forth in any Subordinated Notes Document, all accounting terms not specifically defined herein
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP (except for the term “property”, which shall be
interpreted as broadly as possible, including, in any case, cash, Securities, other assets, rights
under Contractual Obligations and Permits and any right or interest in any property). The terms
“herein”, “hereof” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole. In the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date in any Subordinated
Notes Document, the terms “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and
including.” In any other case, the term “including” when used in any Subordinated Notes
Document means “including without limitation.” The term “documents” means all writings,
however evidenced and whether in physical or electronic form, including all documents, instruments,
agreements, notices, demands, certificates, forms, financial statements, opinions and reports. The
term “incur” means incur, create, make, issue, assume or otherwise become directly or
indirectly liable in respect of or responsible for, in each case whether directly or indirectly,
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(b) Certain References. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, references (i) in this
Agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Exhibit or
Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in, this Agreement and (ii) in any Subordinated Notes
Document, to (A) any agreement shall include, without limitation, all exhibits, schedules,
appendixes and annexes to such agreement and, unless the prior consent of any Noteholder required
therefor is not obtained, any modification to any term of such agreement, (B) any statute shall be
to such statute as modified from time to time and to any successor legislation thereto, in each
case as in effect at the time any such reference is operative and (C) any time of day shall be a
reference to New York time. Titles of articles, sections, clauses, exhibits, schedules and annexes
contained in any Subordinated Notes Document are without substantive meaning or content of any kind
whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto. Unless otherwise
expressly indicated, the meaning of any term defined (including by reference) in any Subordinated
Notes Document shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such term.

ARTICLE 2

THE LOAN

Section 2.1 The Notes. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained
in this Agreement, the Noteholders as contemplated by the Plan have exchanged a portion of their
loans under the Existing Credit Agreement for the 12% Senior Subordinated PIK Notes to be issued
hereunder and to be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (all such Notes
originally issued pursuant to this Agreement, or delivered in substitution, transfer, replacement
or exchange for any thereof, being collectively called the “Subordinated Notes” and
individually a “Subordinated Note”).

Section 2.2 [Reserved].

Section 2.3 Optional Prepayments. The Company may prepay the outstanding
principal amount of any Subordinated Note, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part at any
time; provided, however, that each partial prepayment that is not of the entire
outstanding amount under the Subordinated Notes shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $500,000.

Section 2.4 Mandatory Prepayments (a) [Reserved]

(b) Debt Issuances. Subject to Section 2.4(d), upon receipt on or after the
Closing Date by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Net Cash Proceeds arising from the
incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the type specified in
clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof (other than any such Indebtedness
permitted hereunder in reliance upon any of clauses (a) through (j) of
Section 8.1), the Company shall immediately pay or cause to be paid to the Subordinated
Notes Agent an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.

(c) Asset Sales and Property Loss Events. Subject to Section 2.4(d), upon
receipt on or after the Closing Date by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Net Cash
Proceeds arising from (i) any Sale by any Group Member of any of its property other than Sales of
its own Stock and Sales of property permitted hereunder in reliance upon any of clauses (a)
through (h) (i) of Section 8.4 or (ii) any Property Loss Event with respect
to any property of any Group Member to the extent resulting, in the aggregate with all other such
Property Loss Events, in the receipt by any of them of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $500,000, the
Company shall, after the application of any such Net Cash Proceeds to the Senior Debt required by
the Senior Credit Agreement, pay or cause to be paid to the Subordinated Notes Agent an amount
equal to the remaining Net Cash Proceeds; provided, however, that, upon any such
receipt, as long as no Event of Default shall be continuing, any Group Member may make Permitted
Reinvestments with such remaining Net Cash Proceeds and the Company shall not be required to make
or cause such
payment to the extent (x) such remaining Net Cash Proceeds are intended to be used to make
Permitted Reinvestments and (y) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date for such remaining Net Cash
Proceeds, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the Subordinated Notes Agent an amount equal
to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount applicable to such Reinvestment Prepayment Date and such
remaining Net Cash Proceeds. The Company shall notify the Subordinated Notes Agent within 5 days
after it has determined that any portion of any Net Cash Proceeds will not be used to make
Permitted Reinvestments.

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(d) Limitation and Application of Payments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, no payments shall be required or made pursuant to this Section 2.4 until such
time as all the Senior Debt has been paid in full and the Subordination Agreement has been
terminated. Any payments made to the Subordinated Notes Agent pursuant to this Section 2.4
shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.8(b).

Section 2.5 Interest (a) PIK Interest. Subject to Section
2.5(c) below, the entire unpaid principal balance of the Subordinated Notes outstanding from
time to time shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to twelve percent (12%) and, until such
time as the Senior Debt has been paid in full and the Subordination Agreement has been terminated,
such interest shall only be paid-in-kind. Upon payment in full in cash of the Senior Debt interest
shall thereafter be paid in cash.

(b) Payments. Interest accrued on the unpaid principal balance hereof that is
paid-in-kind (“Capitalized Interest”) shall be compounded quarterly on each March 31, June
30, September 30, and December 31, shall be added to (for all purposes including without limitation
for purposes of calculating (and accruing) interest) principal, and thereafter shall be deemed to
be, principal outstanding under the Subordinated Notes.

(c) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the rate of interest specified in
clause (a) above or elsewhere in any Subordinated Notes Document, effective immediately
upon (i) the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 9.1(a) or (e) or (ii) the
delivery of a notice by the Subordinated Notes Agent to the Company during the continuance of any
other Event of Default and, in each case, for as long as such Event of Default shall be continuing,
the principal balance of all Obligations (including any Obligation that bears interest by reference
to the rate applicable to any other Obligation) then due and payable shall bear interest at a rate
that is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate applicable to such Obligations from time to
time, payable on demand, paid-in-kind (unless and until such time as the Senior Debt has been paid
in full and the Subordination Agreement has been terminated, at which time such interest shall be
payable in cash) or, in the absence of demand, on the date that would otherwise be applicable.

(d) Savings Clause. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations
of the Company hereunder shall be subject to the limitation that payments of interest shall not be
required, for any period for which interest is computed hereunder, to the extent (but only to the
extent) that contracting for or receiving such payment by the respective Noteholder would be
contrary to the provisions of any law applicable to such Noteholder limiting the highest rate of
interest which may be lawfully contracted for, charged or received by such Noteholder, and in such
event the Company shall pay such Noteholder interest at the highest rate permitted by applicable
law (“Maximum Lawful Rate”); provided, however, that if at any time
thereafter the rate of interest payable hereunder is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, the Company
shall continue to pay interest hereunder at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total
interest received by the Subordinated Notes Agent, on behalf of Noteholders, is equal to the total
interest that would have been received had the interest payable hereunder been (but for the
operation of this paragraph) the interest rate payable since the Closing Date as otherwise provided
in this Agreement.

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Section 2.6 [Reserved]

Section 2.7 Fees. The Company shall not be required to pay to the
Subordinated Notes Agent any administrative fees so long as the Subordinated Notes Agent is acting
as administrative agent under the Senior Credit Agreement. If the Subordinated Notes Agent ceases
to act as administrative agent under the Senior Credit Agreement, the Company shall pay to the
Subordinated Notes Agent customary administrative agent fees.

Section 2.8 Application of Payments (a) Application of Voluntary
Prepayments. Unless otherwise provided in this Section 2.8 or elsewhere in any
Subordinated Notes Document, all payments and any other amounts received by the Subordinated Notes
Agent from or for the benefit of the Company shall be applied to repay ratably the outstanding
principal balance of the Subordinated Notes and then to any other Obligations outstanding.

(b) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. Subject to the provisions of clause
(c) below with respect to the application of payments during the continuance of an Event of
Default, any payment made by the Company to the Subordinated Notes Agent pursuant to
Section 2.4 or any other prepayment of the Obligations required to be applied in accordance
with this clause (b) shall be applied to repay ratably the outstanding principal balance of
the Subordinated Notes, and, then, any excess shall be retained by the Company.

(c) Application of Payments During an Event of Default. Each of Holdings and the
Company hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees to cause each Credit Party and each other Group
Member to waive, the right to direct the application during the continuance of an Event of Default
of any and all payments in respect of any Obligation and agrees that, notwithstanding the
provisions of clause (a) above, the Subordinated Notes Agent may, and, upon either (A) the
direction of the Required Noteholders or (B) the acceleration of any Obligation pursuant to
Section 9.2, shall, apply all payments in respect of any Obligation (i) first, to
pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to
the Subordinated Notes Agent, (ii) second, to pay Obligations in respect of any cost or
expense reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to the Noteholders, (iii) third, to
pay interest then due and payable in respect of the Subordinated Notes, (iv) fourth, to
repay the outstanding principal amounts of the Subordinated Notes and (v) fifth, to the
ratable payment of all other Obligations.

Section 2.9 Payments and Computations (a) Procedure. (i) The
Company shall make each cash payment under any Subordinated Notes Document not later than
11:00 a.m. on the day when due to the Subordinated Notes Agent by wire transfer or ACH transfer
(which shall be the exclusive means of payment hereunder) to the following account (or at such
other account or by such other means to such other address as the Subordinated Notes Agent shall
have notified the Company in writing within a reasonable time prior to such payment) in immediately
available Dollars and without setoff or counterclaim:

ABA No. 021-001-033

Account Number 502-797-91

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, New York, New York

Account Name: General Electric Capital Corporation

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The Subordinated Notes Agent shall promptly thereafter cause to be distributed immediately
available funds relating to the payment of principal, interest or fees to the Noteholders, in
accordance with the
application of payments set forth in Section 2.8. The Noteholders shall make any payment
under any Subordinated Notes Document in immediately available Dollars and without setoff or
counterclaim.

(ii) The Company shall not be required to issue additional Subordinated Notes in payment of
any interest payable pursuant to Section 2.5(a) unless requested by any Lender. Amounts
payable under Section 2.5(a), shall be evidenced as provided for in Section 2.10.

(b) Computations of Interests and Fees. All computations of interest and of fees
shall be made by the Subordinated Notes Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for
the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the
period for which such interest and fees are payable. Each determination of an interest rate or the
amount of a fee hereunder shall be made by the Subordinated Notes Agent and shall be conclusive,
binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(c) Payment Dates. Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day
other than a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day without any increase in such payment as a result of additional interest or fees;
provided, however, that such interest and fees shall continue accruing as a result
of such extension of time.

(d) Advancing Payments. Unless the Subordinated Notes Agent shall have received
notice from the Company to the Noteholders prior to the date on which any payment is due hereunder
that the Company will not make such payment in full, the Subordinated Notes Agent may assume that
the Company has made such payment in full to the Subordinated Notes Agent on such date and the
Subordinated Notes Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each
Noteholder on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Noteholder. If and to the
extent that the Company shall not have made such payment in full to the Subordinated Notes Agent,
each Noteholder shall repay to the Subordinated Notes Agent on demand such amount distributed to
such Noteholder together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the rate set forth in Section
2.5(a) for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Noteholder until the date
such Noteholder repays such amount to the Subordinated Notes Agent.

Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt (a) Records of Noteholders. Each
Noteholder shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts evidencing Indebtedness of
the Company to such Noteholder resulting from each Subordinated Note of such Noteholder from time
to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Noteholder from
time to time under this Agreement. In addition, each Noteholder having sold a participation in any
of its Obligations or having identified an SPV as such to the Subordinated Notes Agent, acting as
agent of the Company solely for this purpose and solely for tax purposes, shall establish and
maintain at its address referred to in Section 11.11 (or at such other address as such
Noteholder shall notify the Company) a record of ownership, in which such Noteholder shall register
by book entry (i) the name and address of each such participant and SPV (and each change thereto,
whether by assignment or otherwise) and (ii) the rights, interest or obligation of each such
participant and SPV in any Obligation and in any right to receive any payment hereunder.

(b) Records of Subordinated Notes Agent. The Subordinated Notes Agent, acting as
agent of the Company solely for tax purposes and solely with respect to the actions described in
this Section 2.10, shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in
Section 11.11 (or at such other address as the Subordinated Notes Agent may notify the
Company) (i) a record of ownership (the “Register”) in which the Subordinated Notes Agent
agrees to register by book entry the interests (including any rights to receive payment hereunder)
of the Subordinated Notes Agent and each Noteholder in the Subordinated Notes, and any assignment
of any such interest, obligation or right and (ii) accounts in the Register in accordance with its
usual practice in which it shall record (A) the names
and addresses of the Noteholders (and each change thereto pursuant to Section 2.14 and
Section 11.2), (B) the amount of each Subordinated Note, (C) the amount of any principal or
interest due and payable or paid, and (D) any other payment received by the Subordinated Notes
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(c) Registered Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, the Subordinated Notes are registered obligations, the right, title and interest of
the Noteholders and their assignees in and to such Subordinated Notes shall be transferable only
upon notation of such transfer in the Register and no assignment thereof shall be effective until
recorded therein. This Section 2.10 and Section 11.2 shall be construed so that
the Subordinated Notes are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning
of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related
regulations (and any successor provisions).

(d) Prima Facie Evidence. The entries made in the Register and in the accounts
maintained pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable Requirements of Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein; provided, however, that no error in such account and
no failure of any Noteholder or the Subordinated Notes Agent to maintain any such account shall
affect the obligations of any Credit Party to repay the Subordinated Notes in accordance with their
terms. In addition, the Credit Parties, the Subordinated Notes Agent, and the Noteholders shall
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Noteholder for all purposes of this
Agreement. Information contained in the Register with respect to any Noteholder shall be available
for access by the Company, the Subordinated Notes Agent or such Noteholder at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No Noteholder shall, in such capacity, have
access to or be otherwise permitted to review any information in the Register other than
information with respect to such Noteholder unless otherwise agreed by the Subordinated Notes
Agent.

(e) Subordinated Notes. Upon any Noteholder’s request, the Company shall promptly
execute and deliver Subordinated Notes to such Noteholder evidencing the indebtedness owing to such
Noteholder and substantially in the form of Exhibit B; provided, however,
that only one Note shall be issued to each Noteholder, except (i) to an existing Noteholder
exchanging existing Subordinated Notes to reflect changes in the Register relating to such
Noteholder, in which case the new Subordinated Notes delivered to such Noteholder shall be dated
the date of the original Subordinated Notes and (ii) in the case of loss, destruction or mutilation
of existing Subordinated Notes and similar circumstances. Each Subordinated Note, if issued, shall
only be issued as means to evidence the right, title or interest of a Noteholder or a registered
assignee in and to the related Subordinated Note, as set forth in the Register, and in no event
shall any Subordinated Note be considered a bearer instrument or obligation.

Section 2.11 [Reserved]

Section 2.12 [Reserved]

Section 2.13 Taxes (a) Payments Free and Clear of Taxes. Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 2.13, each payment by any Credit Party under any
Subordinated Notes Document shall be made free and clear of all present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto (and without
deduction for any of them) (collectively, but excluding the taxes set forth in clauses (i)
and (ii) below, the “Taxes”) other than for (i) taxes measured by net income
(including branch profits taxes) and franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes, in each
case imposed on any Noteholder as a result of a present or former connection between such
Noteholder and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than such connection arising solely from
any Noteholder having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment
under, or enforced, any Subordinated Notes Document) or (ii) taxes that are directly attributable
to the failure (other than as a result of a change in any Requirement of Law) by any Noteholder to
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(b) Gross-Up. If any Taxes shall be required by law to be deducted from or in respect
of any amount payable under any Subordinated Notes Document to any Noteholder (i) such amount shall
be increased as necessary to ensure that, after all required deductions for Taxes are made
(including deductions applicable to any increases to any amount under this Section 2.13),
such Noteholder receives the amount it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii)
the relevant Noteholder shall make such deductions, (iii) the relevant Noteholder shall timely pay
the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with
applicable Requirements of Law and (iv) within 30 days after such payment is made, the relevant
Noteholder shall deliver to the Subordinated Notes Agent an original or certified copy of a receipt
evidencing such payment; provided, however, that no such increase shall be made
with respect to, and no Noteholder shall be required to indemnify any such Noteholder pursuant to
clause (d) below for, withholding taxes to the extent that the obligation to withhold
amounts existed on the date that such Noteholder became a “Noteholder” under this Agreement in the
capacity under which such Noteholder makes a claim under this clause (b), except in each
case to the extent such Noteholder is a direct or indirect assignee (other than pursuant to
Section 2.14) of any other Noteholder that was entitled, at the time the assignment of such
other Noteholder became effective, to receive additional amounts under this clause (b).

(c) Other Taxes. In addition, the Company agrees to pay, and authorizes the
Subordinated Notes Agent to pay in its name, any stamp, documentary, excise or property tax,
charges or similar levies imposed by any applicable Requirement of Law or Governmental Authority
and all Liabilities with respect thereto (including by reason of any delay in payment thereof), in
each case arising from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to,
any Subordinated Notes Document or any transaction contemplated therein (collectively, “Other
Taxes”). Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by any
Noteholder, the Company shall furnish to the Subordinated Notes Agent, at its address referred to
in Section 11.11, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

(d) Indemnification. The Company shall reimburse and indemnify, within 30 days after
receipt of demand therefor (with copy to the Subordinated Notes Agent), each Noteholder for all
Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes and Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts
payable under this Section 2.13) paid by such Noteholder and any Liabilities arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or
legally asserted. A certificate of the Noteholder (or of the Subordinated Notes Agent on behalf of
such Noteholder) claiming any compensation under this clause (d), setting forth the amounts
to be paid thereunder and delivered to the Company with copy to the Subordinated Notes Agent, shall
be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error. In determining such
amount, the Subordinated Notes Agent and such Noteholder may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods.

(e) Mitigation. Any Noteholder claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to
this Section 2.13 shall use its reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies
and Requirements of Law) to change the jurisdiction of its lending office if such a change would
reduce any such additional amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue) and would
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(f) Tax Forms. (i) Each Non-U.S. Noteholder Party that, at any of the following
times, is entitled to an exemption from United States withholding tax or, after a change in any
Requirement of Law, is subject to such withholding tax at a reduced rate under an applicable
tax treaty, shall (A) on or prior to the date such Non-U.S. Noteholder Party becomes a “Non-U.S.
Noteholder Party” hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification
expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most
recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause (i) and (D)
from time to time if requested by the Company or the Subordinated Notes Agent (or, in the case of a
participant or SPV, the relevant Noteholder), provide the Subordinated Notes Agent and the Company
(or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Noteholder) with two completed originals of
each of the following, as applicable: (1) Forms W-8ECI (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding
tax because the income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business), W-8BEN (claiming
exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. withholding tax under an income tax treaty) or any
successor forms, (2) in the case of a Non-U.S. Noteholder Party claiming exemption under
Sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, Form W-8BEN (claiming exemption from U.S.
withholding tax under the portfolio interest exemption) or any successor form and a certificate in
form and substance acceptable to the Subordinated Notes Agent that such Non-U.S. Noteholder Party
is not (x) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (y) a “10
percent shareholder” of the Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code
or (z) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code or
(3) any other applicable document prescribed by the IRS certifying as to the entitlement of such
Non-U.S. Noteholder Party to such exemption from United States withholding tax or reduced rate with
respect to all payments to be made to such Non-U.S. Noteholder Party under the Subordinated Notes
Documents. Unless the Company and the Subordinated Notes Agent have received forms or other
documents satisfactory to them indicating that payments under any Subordinated Notes Document to or
for a Non-U.S. Noteholder Party are not subject to United States withholding tax or are subject to
such tax at a rate reduced by an applicable tax treaty, the Credit Parties and the Subordinated
Notes Agent shall withhold amounts required to be withheld by applicable Requirements of Law from
such payments at the applicable statutory rate.

(ii) Each U.S. Noteholder Party shall (A) on or prior to the date such U.S. Noteholder Party
becomes a “U.S. Noteholder Party” hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or
certification expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change
in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause
(f) and (D) from time to time if requested by the Company or the Subordinated Notes Agent (or,
in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Noteholder), provide the Subordinated Notes Agent
and the Company (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Noteholder) with two
completed originals of Form W-9 (certifying that such U.S. Noteholder Party is entitled to an
exemption from U.S. backup withholding tax) or any successor form.

(iii) Each Noteholder having sold a participation in any of its Obligations or identified an
SPV as such to the Subordinated Notes Agent shall collect from such participant or SPV the
documents described in this clause (f) and provide them to the Subordinated Notes Agent.

Section 2.14 Substitution of Noteholders (a) Substitution Right.
In the event that any Noteholder that is not an Affiliate of the Subordinated Notes Agent (an
“Affected Noteholder”) (i) makes a claim for payment pursuant to Section 2.13(b),
or (ii) does not consent to any amendment, waiver or consent to any Subordinated Notes Document for
which the consent of the Required Noteholders is obtained but that requires the consent of other
Noteholders, the Company may either pay in full such Affected Noteholder with respect to amounts
due with the consent of the Subordinated Notes Agent or substitute for such Affected Noteholder any
Noteholder or any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Noteholder or any other Person acceptable
(which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Subordinated Notes Agent
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(b) Procedure. To substitute such Affected Noteholder or pay in full the Obligations
owed to such Affected Noteholder, the Company shall deliver a notice to the Subordinated Notes
Agent and such Affected Noteholder. The effectiveness of such payment or substitution shall be
subject to the delivery to the Subordinated Notes Agent by the Company (or, as may be applicable in
the case of a substitution, by the Substitute Noteholder) of (i) payment for the account of such
Affected Noteholder, of, to the extent accrued through, and outstanding on, the effective date for
such payment or substitution, all Obligations owing to such Affected Noteholder (including those
that will be owed because of such payment) and (ii) in the case of a substitution, (A) payment of
the assignment fee set forth in Section 11.2(c) and (B) an assumption agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Subordinated Notes Agent whereby the Substitute Noteholder shall,
among other things, agree to be bound by the terms of the Subordinated Notes Documents.

(c) Effectiveness. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clause
(b) above, the Subordinated Notes Agent shall record such substitution or payment in the
Register, whereupon (i) the Affected Noteholder shall sell and be relieved of, and the Substitute
Noteholder shall purchase and assume, all rights and claims of such Affected Noteholder under the
Subordinated Notes Documents, except that the Affected Noteholder shall retain such rights
expressly providing that they survive the repayment of the Obligations, (ii) the Substitute
Noteholder shall become a “Noteholder” hereunder and (iii) the Affected Noteholder shall
execute and deliver to the Subordinated Notes Agent an Assignment to evidence such substitution and
deliver any Subordinated Note in its possession; provided, however, that the
failure of any Affected Noteholder to execute any such Assignment or deliver any such Subordinated
Note shall not render such sale and purchase (or the corresponding assignment) invalid.

ARTICLE 3

CONDITIONS TO SUBORDINATED NOTES

Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. The obligation of each
Noteholder to exchange a portion of the Existing Obligations owing to it into its Subordinated Note
hereunder as contemplated by the Plan is subject to the satisfaction or due waiver of each of the
following conditions precedent:

(a) Approval by Noteholders. This Agreement shall have been approved and executed by
Noteholders holding, in aggregate, at least 66 2/3% of the Existing Obligations.

(b) Certain Documents. The Subordinated Notes Agent shall have received each of the
following, each dated the Closing Date unless otherwise agreed by the Subordinated Notes Agent, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Subordinated Notes Agent and the Required Noteholders:

(i) this Agreement duly executed by Holdings and the Company and, for the account of each
Noteholder having requested the same by notice to the Subordinated Notes Agent and the Company
received by each at least 3 Business Days prior to the Closing Date (or such later date as may be
agreed by the Company), Subordinated Notes referred to in Section 2.1 duly executed by the
Company to the order of each such Noteholder;

(ii) [Reserved]

(iii) the Guaranty Agreement, duly executed by each Guarantor,

(iv) the Subordination Agreement duly executed by the Company, the administrative agent under
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(v) duly executed favorable opinions of counsel to the Credit Parties in New York, California,
Illinois and Minnesota, each addressed to the Subordinated Notes Agent and the Noteholders and
addressing such matters as the Subordinated Notes Agent may reasonably request; provided,
however that subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent, opinions with respected to
Minnesota law may be given by New York counsel on a limited and qualified basis so long as the
Borrower agrees to deliver Minnesota counsel opinion within 5 Business Days of the Closing Date;

(vi) a copy of each Constituent Document of each Credit Party that is on file with any
Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction, certified as of a recent date by such Governmental
Authority, together with, if applicable, certificates attesting to the good standing of such Credit
Party in such jurisdiction and each other jurisdiction where such Credit Party is qualified to do
business as a foreign entity or where such qualification is necessary (and, if appropriate in any
such jurisdiction, related tax certificates);

(vii) a certificate of the secretary or other officer of each Credit Party in charge of
maintaining books and records of such Credit Party certifying as to (A) the names and signatures of
each officer of such Credit Party authorized to execute and deliver any Subordinated Notes
Document, (B) the Constituent Documents of such Credit Party attached to such certificate are
complete and correct copies of such Constituent Documents as in effect on the date of such
certification (or, for any such Constituent Document delivered pursuant to clause (vi)
above, that there have been no changes from such Constituent Document so delivered) and (C) the
resolutions of such Credit Party’s board of directors or other appropriate governing body approving
and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Subordinated Notes Document to
which such Credit Party is a party;

(viii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company to the effect that (A) each
condition set forth in Sections 3.1(d) and (f) has been satisfied, (B) both the
Credit Parties taken as a whole and the Company are Solvent after giving effect to the Subordinated
Notes, the consummation of the Related Transactions and the payment of all estimated legal,
accounting and other fees and expenses related hereto and thereto and (C) attached thereto are
complete and correct copies of each Related Document;

(ix) insurance certificates in form and substance satisfactory to the Subordinated Notes Agent
demonstrating that the insurance policies required by Section 7.5 are in full force and
effect and have all endorsements required by such Section 7.5; and

(x) such other documents and information as any Noteholder through the Subordinated Notes
Agent may reasonably request.

(c) Fee and Expenses. There shall have been paid to the Subordinated Notes Agent, for
the account of the Subordinated Notes Agent, its Related Persons or any Noteholder, as the case may
be, all fees and all reimbursements of costs or expenses, in each case due and payable under any
Subordinated Notes Document on or before the Closing Date.

(d) Consents. Each Group Member shall have received all consents and authorizations
required pursuant to any material Contractual Obligation with any other Person and shall have
obtained all Permits of, and effected all notices to and filings with, any Governmental Authority
including, without limitation, the FCC, in each case, as may be necessary in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in any Subordinated Notes Document or Related
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(e) Confirmation Order and Related Transactions. The Subordinated Notes Agent shall
have received evidence that the Confirmation Order is effective, in full force and effect, and is a
“final order” as such term is defined in the Plan (which evidence shall include delivery of a
certified copy of the Confirmation Order and the docket in the Initial Cases), and the Credit
Parties party to such Initial Cases shall have emerged (or be simultaneously emerging) from such
Initial Cases and have consummated (or shall be simultaneously consummating) the Plan in accordance
with the terms thereof, and evidence that the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Plan
have been (or are concurrently being) satisfied. The Related Transactions shall have been
consummated (or shall simultaneously be consummated).

(f) Representations and Warranties; No Defaults. The representations and warranties
set forth in any Subordinated Notes Document shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing
Date or, to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, on
and as of such earlier date and no Default shall be continuing.

(g) Additional Matters. The Subordinated Notes Agent shall have received such
additional documents and information as the Required Noteholders, through the Subordinated Notes
Agent, may reasonably request.

Section 3.2 Determinations of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent. For
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.1, each
Noteholder shall be deemed to be satisfied with each document and each other matter required to be
satisfactory to such Noteholder unless, prior to the Closing Date, the Subordinated Notes Agent
receives notice from such Noteholder specifying such Noteholder’s objections.

ARTICLE 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Noteholders and the Subordinated Notes Agent to enter into the Subordinated
Notes Documents, each of Holdings and the Company (and, to the extent set forth in any other
Subordinated Notes Document, each other Credit Party) represents and warrants to each of them each
of the following: (a) on and as of the Closing Date (it being understood and agreed that the
representations and warranties made on the Closing Date are deemed to be made concurrently with the
consummation of the Related Transactions) and (b) on and as of the date of consummation of any
Permitted Acquisition, but in the instance under this clause (b), only with respect to the
Proposed Acquisition Target (other than in respect of Sections 4.1, 4.2(a) and
4.22 which shall be made with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries after giving
effect to such Permitted Acquisition); provided that with respect to clause (b)
above, the Company shall be permitted to amend any Schedule as may be necessary to make the
applicable representation and warranty true and correct as of such date:

Section 4.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Group Member (a)
is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, (b) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and in good standing under
the laws of each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to be
so qualified or in good standing would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect,
(c) has all requisite power and authority and the legal right to own, pledge, mortgage and operate
its property, to lease or sublease any property it operates under lease or sublease and to conduct
its business as now or currently proposed to be conducted except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) is in compliance with its Constituent Documents,
(e) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law except where the failure to be in
compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) has all necessary Permits from or by,
has made all necessary filings with, and has given all necessary notices to,
each Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership,
lease, sublease, operation, occupation or conduct of business, except where the failure to obtain
such Permits, make such filings or give such notices would not, in the aggregate, have a Material
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Section 4.2 Subordinated Notes and Related Documents (a) Power and
Authority. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Subordinated
Notes Documents and Related Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the Related
Transactions and other transactions contemplated therein (i) are within such Credit Party’s
corporate or similar powers and, at the time of execution thereof, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate and similar action (including, if applicable, consent of holders of its
Securities), (ii) do not (A) contravene such Credit Party’s Constituent Documents, (B) violate any
applicable material Requirement of Law, (C) conflict with, contravene, constitute a default or
breach under, or result in or permit the termination or acceleration of, any material Contractual
Obligation of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (including other Related Documents or
Subordinated Notes Documents) other than those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect and are not created or caused by, or a conflict, breach, default or termination or
acceleration event under, any Subordinated Notes Documents or (D) result in the imposition of any
Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any property of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries
and (iii) do not require any Permit of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any consent
of, or notice to, any Person, other than (A) with respect to the Subordinated Notes Documents and
the filings required to perfect the Liens created by the Subordinated Notes Documents and (B) those
listed on Schedule 4.2 and that have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, obtained
or made, copies of which have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, delivered to the
Subordinated Notes Agent, and each of which on the Closing Date will be in full force and effect.

(b) Due Execution and Delivery. From and after its delivery to the Subordinated Notes
Agent, each Subordinated Notes Document and Related Document has been duly executed and delivered
to the other parties thereto by each Credit Party party thereto, is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Credit Party and is enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its
terms except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization moratorium or similar laws
limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

(c) Related Documents. Each representation and warranty in each Related Document is
true and correct in all material respects and no default, or event that, with the giving of notice
or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default, has occurred thereunder.

Section 4.3 Ownership of Group Members. Set forth on Schedule 4.3 is
a complete and accurate list showing, as of the Closing Date, for each Group Member and each
Subsidiary of any Group Member and each joint venture of any of them, its jurisdiction of
organization, the number of shares of each class of Stock authorized (if applicable), the number
outstanding and the number and percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned
(directly or indirectly) by the Company or Holdings. All outstanding Stock of each of them has
been validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable) and, except in the
case of Holdings, is owned beneficially and of record by a Group Member (or, in the case of the
Company, by Holdings or, in the case of Holdings, by Parent) free and clear of all Liens other than
the security interests created by the Senior Loan Documents and, in the case of joint ventures,
Permitted Liens. There are no Stock Equivalents with respect to the Stock of any Group Member or
any Subsidiary of any Group Member or any joint venture of any of them. There are no Contractual
Obligations or other understandings to which any Group Member, any Subsidiary of any Group Member
or any joint venture of any of them is a party with respect to (including any restriction on) the
issuance, voting, Sale or pledge of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Group Member or any such
Subsidiary or joint venture.

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Section 4.4 Financial Statements (a) The Company has, to its knowledge,
furnished the Subordinated Notes Agent, true copies of the unaudited Consolidated balance sheets of
Holdings as of March 31, 2010, and the related Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings
and cash flows of Holdings for the three months then ended (i) subject to the absence of footnote
disclosure and normal recurring year-end audit adjustments, the unaudited Consolidated balance
sheet of Holdings as at December 31, 2009 and the related Consolidated statements of income,
retained earnings and cash flows of Holdings for the Fiscal Year then ended, and (ii) subject to
the absence of footnote disclosure and normal recurring year-end audit adjustments.

(b) Prior to the Closing Date, except as set forth in Schedule 4.4(b), Holdings had no
property (other than, the Stock of the Company and Regent Broadcasting Management, LLC),
liabilities or Contractual Obligations other than the Subordinated Notes Documents and the Related
Documents, liabilities or Contractual Obligations related to the Existing Obligations and
immaterial liabilities or Contractual Obligations not to exceed $250,000, individually or in the
aggregate.

(c) The Initial Projections have been prepared by the Company in light of the past operations
of the Business and reflect projections for the five year period beginning on January 1, 2010 on a
quarterly basis for the first year and on a year-by-year basis thereafter. As of the Closing Date,
the Initial Projections are based upon estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which the
Company believes to be reasonable and fair in light of conditions and facts known to the Company as
of the Closing Date and reflect the good faith, reasonable and fair estimates by the Company of the
future Consolidated financial performance of Holdings and the other information projected therein
for the periods set forth therein.

(d) The unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings (the “Pro Forma Balance
Sheet”) delivered to the Subordinated Notes Agent prior to the date hereof, has been prepared
as of March 31, 2010 and reflects as of such date, on a Pro Forma Basis for the Related
Transactions and the other transactions contemplated herein to occur on the Closing Date, the
Consolidated financial condition of Holdings, and the assumptions expressed therein are reasonable
based on the information available to Holdings and the Company at such date and on the Closing
Date.

Section 4.5 Material Adverse Effect. Since the Closing Date, there have been
no events, circumstances, developments or other changes in facts that would, in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.6 Solvency. After giving effect to (a) the issuance of the
Subordinated Notes, (b) the consummation of the Related Transactions and the exchange of the
Existing Obligations for the Senior Debt, the Subordinated Notes and the Stock of Parent in each
case as contemplated by the Plan and (c) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in
connection with the foregoing, both the Credit Parties taken as a whole and the Company are
Solvent.

Section 4.7 Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.7 there are
no pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations, suits,
proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with, by or before any Governmental Authority other than those that cannot reasonably
be expected to affect the Obligations, the Subordinated Notes Documents, the Related Documents, the
Related Transactions and the other transactions contemplated therein and would not, in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 4.8 Taxes. All federal income tax returns and material federal
non-income, state, local and foreign income and franchise and other material tax returns, reports
and statements (collectively, the “Tax Returns”) required to be filed by any Tax Affiliate have been
filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns
are required to be filed, all such Tax Returns are true and correct in all material respects, and
all taxes, charges and other impositions reflected therein or otherwise due and payable have been
paid prior to the date on which any Liability may be added thereto for non-payment thereof except
for those contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which
adequate reserves are maintained on the books of the appropriate Tax Affiliate in accordance with
GAAP. Except as provided on Schedule 4.8, no Tax Return is under audit or examination by
any Governmental Authority and no notice of such an audit or examination or any assertion of any
claim for Taxes has been given or made by any Governmental Authority. Proper and accurate amounts
have been withheld by each Tax Affiliate from their respective employees for all periods in full
and complete compliance with the tax, social security and unemployment withholding provisions of
applicable Requirements of Law and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective
Governmental Authorities. No Tax Affiliate has participated in a “listed transaction” within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b) or, except as provided on Schedule
4.8, has been a member of an affiliated, combined or unitary group other than the group of
which a Tax Affiliate is the common parent.

Section 4.9 Margin Regulations. The Company is not engaged in the business of
extending credit for the purpose of, and no proceeds of any Subordinated Note or other extensions
of credit hereunder will be used for the purpose of, buying or carrying margin stock (within the
meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) or extending credit to others for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock, in each case in contravention of Regulation T, U
or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

Section 4.10 No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults. No Group Member is a
party to any Contractual Obligation, no Group Member has Constituent Documents containing
obligations, and, to the knowledge of any Group Member, there are no applicable Requirements of
Law, in each case the compliance with which would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect. No Group Member (and, to the knowledge of each Group Member, no other party thereto) is in
default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member, other than those
that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.11 Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act. No
Group Member is (a) an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or
“principal underwriter” for, an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or (b) a “holding company” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, as each such term is defined and used in the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.

Section 4.12 Labor Matters. There are no strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns
or lockouts existing, pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) against or
involving any Group Member, except, for those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12 and except as may occur after the
Closing Date from time to time and disclosed by the Company to the Subordinated Notes Agent in
writing, (a) there is no collective bargaining or similar agreement with any union, labor
organization, works council or similar representative covering any employee of any Group Member,
(b) no petition for certification or election of any such representative is existing or pending
with respect to any employee of any Group Member and (c) no such representative has sought
certification or recognition with respect to any employee of any Group Member.

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Section 4.13 ERISA. As of the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition, the
schedule provided by the Company that separately identifies, (a) all Title IV Plans and (b) all
Multiemployer Plans is a true and correct list. Except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, each Benefit Plan, and each trust thereunder, intended to qualify for tax exempt status
under Section 401 or 501 of the Code so qualifies. Except for those that would
not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (w) each Benefit Plan is in compliance with
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Requirements of Law, (x) there are no existing
or pending (or to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) claims (other than routine claims
for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions, lawsuits or other proceedings or
investigation involving any Benefit Plan to which any Group Member incurs or otherwise has or could
have an obligation or any Liability, (y) no ERISA Event has occurred as of the Closing Date or is
reasonably expected to occur and (z) no ERISA Affiliate would have any Withdrawal Liability as a
result of a complete withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan on the date this representation is
made.

Section 4.14 Environmental Matters. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.14, (a) the operations of each Group Member are and have been in compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining, maintaining and complying with all Permits
required by any applicable Environmental Law, other than non-compliances that, in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) no Group Member is
party to, and no Group Member and no real property currently (or to the knowledge of any Group
Member previously) owned, leased, subleased, operated or otherwise occupied by or for any Group
Member is subject to or the subject of, any Contractual Obligation or any pending (or, to the
knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) order, action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit,
claim, demand, dispute or notice of violation or of potential liability or similar notice under or
pursuant to any Environmental Law other than those that, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (c) no Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority
securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Liabilities has attached to any property of any Group
Member and, to the knowledge of any Group Member, no facts, circumstances or conditions exist that
could reasonably be expected to result in any such Lien attaching to any such property, (d) no
Group Member has caused or suffered to occur a Release of Hazardous Materials at, to or from any
real property of any Group Member and each such real property is free of contamination by any
Hazardous Materials except for such Release or contamination that would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (e) no Group Member (i) is or has been engaged in, or has
permitted any current or former tenant to engage in, operations, or (ii) knows of any facts,
circumstances or conditions, including receipt of any information request or notice of potential
responsibility under CERCLA or similar Environmental Laws, that, in the aggregate, would reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (f) each Group Member has made available to
the Subordinated Notes Agent copies of all existing environmental reports, reviews and audits and
all documents pertaining to actual or potential material Environmental Liabilities, in each case to
the extent such reports, reviews, audits and documents are in their possession, custody or control.

Section 4.15 Intellectual Property. Each Group Member owns or licenses all
Intellectual Property that is necessary for the operations of its businesses. To the knowledge of
each Group Member, (a) the conduct and operations of the businesses of each Group Member does not
infringe, misappropriate, dilute, violate or otherwise impair any Intellectual Property owned by
any other Person and (b) no other Person has contested any right, title or interest of any Group
Member in, or relating to, any Intellectual Property, other than, in each case, as cannot
reasonably be expected to affect the Subordinated Notes Documents and the transactions contemplated
therein and would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. In addition, (x) there
are no pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations,
suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting any Group Member with
respect to, (y) no judgment or order regarding any such claim has been rendered by any competent
Governmental Authority, no settlement agreement or
similar Contractual Obligation has been entered into by any Group Member, with respect to and
(z) no Group Member knows or has any reason to know of any valid basis for any claim based on, any
such infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or impairment or contest, other than, in
each case, as cannot reasonably be expected to affect the Subordinated Notes Documents and the
transactions contemplated therein and would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 4.16 Title; Real Property (a) Each Group Member has good and
marketable fee simple title to all owned real property and valid leasehold interests in all leased
real property, and owns all personal property, in each case that is purported to be owned or leased
by it, including those reflected on the most recent Financial Statements delivered by the Company,
and none of such property is subject to any Lien except Permitted Liens and such Liens as the
Subordinated Notes Agent may reasonably approve.

(b) Except for changes that occur after the Closing Date from time to time as disclosed by the
Company to the Subordinated Notes Agent in writing, set forth on Schedule 4.16 is (i) a
complete and accurate list of all real property owned in fee simple by any Group Member or in which
any Group Member owns a leasehold interest setting forth, for each such real property, the current
street address (including, where applicable, county, state and other relevant jurisdictions), the
record owner thereof and, where applicable, each lessee and sublessee thereof, (ii) any lease,
sublease, license or sublicense of such real property by any Group Member and (iii) for each such
real property that is material to the business of any Group Member, each Contractual Obligation by
any Group Member, whether contingent or otherwise, to Sell such real property.

Section 4.17 Full Disclosure. The information prepared or furnished by or on
behalf of any Group Member in connection with any Subordinated Notes Document or Related Document
(including the information contained in any Financial Statement) or the consummation of any Related
Transaction or any other transaction contemplated therein, does not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances when made, not misleading; provided,
however, that projections contained therein are not to be viewed as factual and that actual
results during the periods covered thereby may differ from the results set forth in such
projections by a material amount. All projections that are part of such information (including
those set forth in any Projections delivered subsequent to the Closing Date) are based upon good
faith estimates and stated assumptions believed to be reasonable and fair as of the date made in
light of conditions and facts then known and, as of such date, reflect good faith, reasonable and
fair estimates of the information projected for the periods set forth therein. All facts known to
any Group Member and material to an understanding of the financial condition, business, property or
prospects of the Group Member taken as one enterprise have been disclosed to the Noteholders.

Section 4.18 Patriot Act. No Group Member (and, to the knowledge of each
Group Member, no joint venture or subsidiary thereof) is in violation in any material respects of
any United States Requirements of Law relating to terrorism, sanctions or money laundering (the
“Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including the United States Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist
Financing (the “Anti-Terrorism Order”) and the Patriot Act.

Section 4.19 [Reserved].

Section 4.20
Network Affiliation Agreements/Cable Franchise (a) All
Network Affiliation Agreements and Cable Franchise Agreements are set forth on Schedule
4.20 and each such Network Affiliation Agreement and Cable Franchise Agreement is in full force
and effect and the Company has no knowledge of any pending amendments or threatened termination of
any of the Network Affiliation Agreements or the Cable Franchise Agreements. The Cable Franchise
Agreements set forth on Schedule 4.20 are all of the licenses, permits, permissions and other authorizations
used or necessary for the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries to operate the Cable Systems, and
the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries hold no licenses, permits, permissions or other
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(b) The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have filed all cable television registration
statements for the community units listed on Schedule 4.20, annual cumulative signal
leakage index reports on FCC Form 320 and annual employment reports on FCC Form 395-A which are
required to be filed by such Credit Parties and Subsidiaries under the Communications Laws, the
Cable Act and other relevant communications laws and are in material compliance with such laws.

(c) To the extent that Company or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, all
frequencies used on the Cable Systems are within such restricted aeronautical and navigational
bands (108-137 MHz and 225-400 MHz) have been authorized for such use by the FCC.

(d) To the extent that Company or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, the
Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have paid all franchise, license, regulatory or other fees
and charges which they have calculated in good faith as due to any Local Franchising Authority
pursuant to any Cable Franchise Agreement and to the FCC pursuant to the Communications Laws.
There is no inquiry, claim, action or demand pending or, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties and
their Subsidiaries, threatened before any Local Franchising Authority or the FCC which questions
the amounts that may be due under this subsection paid by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries
pursuant to such Cable Franchise Agreements or the Communications Laws, as the case may be.

(e) To the extent that Company or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, the
Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office all statements
of account and other documents and instruments and have paid to the extent due under this
subsection all royalties, supplemental royalties, fees, interest assessments and other sums which
they have calculated in good faith as due to the U.S. Copyright Office under the Copyright Act with
respect to the ownership and operation of the Cable Systems as are required for such Credit Parties
and Subsidiaries to obtain, hold and maintain the compulsory license for cable television systems
prescribed in Section 111 of the Copyright Act. There is no inquiry, claim, action or demand
pending or, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, threatened before the
U.S. Copyright Office or from any other Person which questions the copyright filings or payments
made by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries with respect to the Cable Systems.

(f) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.20, each Cable System is in compliance with the
provisions of the Cable Act as such provisions relate to the rates and other charges of the Cable
Systems. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are not subject to rate regulation by any
Governmental Authority and have not received any correspondence indicating that this status may
change in the future. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have not made and are not bound by
any election with respect to any cost of service proceeding conducted in accordance with Part
76.922 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations or any similar proceeding with respect to any
of the Cable Systems.

(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.20, (i) no written notices or demands have been
received from the FCC, from any television station, or from any other Person or Governmental
Authority (A) challenging the right of the Cable Systems to carry the signal of any television
broadcast station currently being carried by such Cable System or (B) claiming that any Cable
System has failed to carry a television broadcast station required to be carried pursuant to the
Cable Act, has failed to carry a television broadcast station on a channel designated by such
station consistent with the requirements of the Cable Act, or has failed to negotiate in good faith
with a television station pursuant to the FCC’s
retransmission consent provisions; (ii) all necessary FAA and FCC approvals and registrations
have been obtained with respect to the height and location of towers used in connection with the
operation of the Cable Systems, and such towers are being operated in material compliance with the
applicable FCC and FAA rules; and (iii) the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have not
received, nor are the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries bound by, any notice from any
Governmental Authority with respect to an intention to enforce customer service standards pursuant
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(h) Except with respect to general rulemakings and similar proceedings relating generally to
the cable television industry, (i) there is no adverse judgment, decree or order issued against any
of the Cable Systems or the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries by the FCC or a Local
Franchising Authority; and (ii) there is no action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the
knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened by or before the FCC or any Local Franchising Authority
against any of the Cable Systems, any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries.

Section 4.21 Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses. Except for changes that
may occur after the Closing Date from time to time as disclosed by the Company to the Subordinated
Notes Agent in writing, Schedule 4.21 lists all Radio Station Licenses and the Credit
Party that is the licensee of each such Station License. With respect to any Permitted
Acquisition, as of the closing date of such Permitted Acquisition the applicable schedule delivered
to the Subordinated Notes Agent lists all Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses, if any, of which
the Proposed Acquisition Target is a licensee.

Section 4.22 FCC Rules and Regulations (a) Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.22, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, and after giving effect to any
Permitted Acquisition, the operation of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries complies
and has complied in all material respects with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules, orders, regulations and other applicable requirements of the FCC (including without
limitation the FCC’s rules, regulations and published policies relating to the operation of
transmitting and studio equipment) (collectively, the “Communications Laws”).

(b) The Subordinated Notes Agent and the Noteholders acknowledge that from the Closing Date
until the grant and consummation of the FCC Long Form Applications, the Radio Station Licenses may
be held by the Trust. The Radio Station Licenses are all of the material licenses, Permits,
permissions and other authorizations used or necessary to operate the Radio Stations as currently
operated by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and, following the grant and consummation of the FCC
Long-Form Applications, all Radio Station Licenses shall be validly held in the name of the Company
or one of its Subsidiaries or, in the case of those Radio Station Licenses or FCC Licenses being
acquired in any Permitted Acquisition, an application has been made and is pending with the FCC for
the granting of all necessary consents to the assignment of such Radio Station Licenses or FCC
Licenses to the Company or certain of its Subsidiaries. Copies of all such Radio Station Licenses
have been provided to the Subordinated Notes Agent and, to the extent acquired in a Permitted
Acquisition all acquired Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses have been provided to the
Subordinated Notes Agent prior to the consummation thereof. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.22, the Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses that have been issued are in full force and
effect, are valid for the balance of the current license term, are unimpaired by any act or
omissions of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their employees, agents, officers, directors
or stockholders or to the best knowledge of Company, the current holders of licenses that are to be
acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, and are free and clear of any material
restrictions that might limit the full operation of the Radio Stations or the Business operated by
the Company and its Subsidiaries, and have been so unimpaired for the full current license term.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.22, there are no applications, proceedings or complaints
pending or, to the Company’s best knowledge, threatened that may have a material adverse effect on
the Business or operation of such Radio Stations (other than proceedings that apply to the
communications industry
generally). The Company is not aware of any reason why those of the Radio Station Licenses or
FCC Licenses subject to expiration might not be renewed in the ordinary course or of any reason why
any of the Radio Station Licenses or FCC Licenses might be revoked. No renewal of any Radio
Station License or FCC Licenses would constitute a major federal action having a significant effect
on the human environment under Section 1.1305 or 1.1307(b) of the FCC’s rules. All
information contained in any pending applications for modification, extension or renewal of the
Radio Station Licenses, FCC Licenses or other applications filed with the FCC by Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is true, complete and accurate in all material respects. All information
contained in any application for consent to assignment of licenses, an application for consent to
transfer control of licenses or substantially similar applications filed with the FCC in connection
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(c) None of the Credit Parties owns a daily newspaper or conducts any business other than the
ownership, management, or operation of the Business.

(d) To the extent that Company or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, except
as set forth in Schedule 4.22, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the
FCC’s requirements for construction of digital television facilities for each of the television
stations owned and operated by Company and its Subsidiaries.

(e) To the extent that Company or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, the
Company and its Subsidiaries have elected must-carry or retransmission consent for carriage of the
television stations owned and operated by the Company and its Subsidiaries on cable and DBS systems
(“MVPDs”) during the election cycle ending on October 1, 2008, and the television stations
are carried by such MVPD in accordance with such elections except where the failure to do so would
not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) To the extent that Company or its Subsidiaries owns or operates any Cable Systems, no MVPD
has (i) advised the Company and its Subsidiaries of any signal quality or copyright indemnity or
other obstacle to carriage of the television stations, (ii) declined or threatened to decline such
carriage or failed to respond to a request for carriage or sought any form of relief from carriage
from the FCC, or (iii) sought or obtained a modification to the geographic area in which any
television station is eligible for must-carry or retransmission consent rights under the Cable Act.

ARTICLE 5

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ARTICLE 6

REPORTING COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Company (and, to the extent set forth in any other Subordinated Notes
Document, each other Credit Party) agrees with the Noteholders and the Subordinated Notes Agent to
each of the following, as long as any Obligation remains outstanding (other than contingent
indemnification obligations for claims not yet asserted):

Section 6.1 Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to the
Subordinated Notes Agent and the Subordinated Notes Agent shall deliver to the Noteholders within 5
Business Days after receipt thereof, each of the following:

(a) Monthly Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the
end of each of the first two fiscal months in each Fiscal Quarter and the month of December, the
Consolidated unaudited balance sheet of Holdings as of the close of such fiscal month and
related Consolidated statements of income and cash flow for such fiscal month and that portion of
the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such fiscal month, setting forth in comparative form the
figures for the corresponding period in the prior Fiscal Year, in each case certified by a
Responsible Officer of the Company as fairly presenting in all material respects the Consolidated
financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and
for the periods indicated in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnote disclosure
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(b) Quarterly Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after
the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year commencing with the Fiscal
Quarter ending June 30, 2010, the Consolidated unaudited balance sheet of Holdings as of the close
of such Fiscal Quarter and related Consolidated statements of income and cash flow for such Fiscal
Quarter and that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter, setting
forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the prior Fiscal Year and the
figures contained in the latest Projections, in each case certified by a Responsible Officer of the
Company as fairly presenting in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results
of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated in
accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal year-end audit
adjustments) and together with the delivery of the Quarterly Report as provided for in this
clause (b) for the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2010, a Quarterly Report for the Company
for the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2010 as the Company existed prior to the consummation of
the Plan. Notwithstanding anything in the Subordinated Notes Documents to the contrary, no Credit
Party shall be deemed to have made any representation or warranty with respect to the Quarterly
Report for the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2010 or the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2010.

(c) Annual Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the
end of each Fiscal Year, the Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of the end of such year and
related Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow for such Fiscal Year,
each prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certification by the Group Members’
Accountants that such Consolidated Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the
Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates
indicated and for the periods indicated therein in accordance with GAAP without qualification or
explanatory paragraphs as to the scope of the audit or as to going concern and without any other
similar qualification.

(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of any Financial Statement
pursuant to clause (b) or (c) above, a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a
Responsible Officer of the Company that, among other things, states that no Default is continuing
as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or, if a Default is continuing, states
the nature thereof and the action that the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

(e) Corporate Chart and Other Updates. As part of the Compliance Certificate
delivered pursuant to clause (d) above, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Subordinated Notes Agent, a certificate by a Responsible Officer of the Company that (i) the
Corporate Chart attached thereto (or the last Corporate Chart delivered pursuant to this clause
(e)) is correct and complete as of the date of such Compliance Certificate, (ii) the Credit
Parties have delivered all documents they are required to deliver pursuant to any Subordinated
Notes Document on or prior to the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate and
(iii) complete and correct copies of all documents modifying any term of any Constituent Document
of any Group Member or any Subsidiary or joint venture thereof on or prior to the date of delivery
of such Compliance Certificate have been delivered to the Subordinated Notes Agent or are attached
to such certificate.

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(f) Additional Projections. As soon as available and in any event not later than 30
days after the end of each Fiscal Year, any significant revisions to, (i) the annual business plan
of the Group Members for the Fiscal Year next succeeding such Fiscal Year and (ii) forecasts
prepared by management of the Company for each Fiscal Quarter in such next succeeding Fiscal Year
including in such forecasts (A) a projected year-end Consolidated balance sheet, income statement
and statement of cash flows, (B) a statement of all of the material assumptions on which such
forecasts are based and (C) substantially the same type of financial information as that contained
in the Initial Projections.

(g) Management Discussion and Analysis. Together with each delivery of any monthly
report pursuant to clause (a) above and any Compliance Certificate pursuant to clause
(d) above, a discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of
the Group Members for the portion of the Fiscal Year then elapsed and discussing the reasons for
any significant variations from the Projections for such period and the figures for the
corresponding period in the previous Fiscal Year.

(h) Intercompany Loan Balances. Together with each delivery of any Compliance
Certificate pursuant to clause (d) above, a summary of the outstanding balances of all
intercompany Indebtedness (other than intra day intercompany Indebtedness occurring as a result of
automatic transfers) as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter covered by such Financial Statement,
certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Company as part of the Compliance
Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial Statements.

(i) Audit Reports, Management Letters, Etc. Together with each delivery of any
Financial Statement for any Fiscal Year pursuant to clause (c) above, copies of each
management letter, audit report or similar letter or report received by any Group Member from any
independent registered certified public accountant (including the Group Members’ Accountants) in
connection with such Financial Statements or any audit thereof, each certified to be complete and
correct copies by a Responsible Officer of the Company as part of the Compliance Certificate
delivered in connection with such Financial Statements.

(j) Insurance. Within 10 days after the delivery of any Financial Statement for any
Fiscal Year pursuant to clause (c) above, each in form and substance satisfactory to the
Subordinated Notes Agent and certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the
Company as part of the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial
Statements, a summary of all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date thereof by any
Group Member, together with such other related documents and information as the Subordinated Notes
Agent may reasonably require.

Section 6.2 Other Events. The Company shall give the Subordinated Notes Agent
notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing)
promptly after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it:
(a)(i) any Default and (ii) any event that would have a Material Adverse Effect, specifying, in
each case, the nature and anticipated effect thereof and any action proposed to be taken in
connection therewith, (b) any event (other than any event involving loss or damage to property)
reasonably expected to result in a mandatory payment of the Obligations pursuant to
Section 2.4, stating the material terms and conditions of such transaction and estimating
the Net Cash Proceeds thereof, (c) the commencement of, or any material developments in, any
action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, order or dispute with, by or before
any Governmental Authority affecting any Group Member or any property of any Group Member that
(i) seeks injunctive or similar relief, (ii) in the reasonable judgment of the Company, exposes any
Group Member to liability in an aggregate amount in excess of $750,000 or (iii) if adversely
determined would have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) the acquisition of any material real
property or the entering into any material lease.

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Section 6.3 Copies of Notices and Reports. The Company shall promptly deliver
to the Subordinated Notes Agent copies of each of the following: (a) all reports that Holdings
transmits to its security holders generally, (b) all documents that any Group Member files with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., any
securities exchange or any Governmental Authority exercising similar functions, (c) all press
releases not made available directly to the general public, (d) all documents transmitted or
received pursuant to, or in connection with, any Related Document and (e) any material document
transmitted or received pursuant to, or in connection with, any Contractual Obligation governing
Indebtedness of any Group Member.

In addition to the above, the Company shall deliver to the Subordinated Notes Agent, or
instruct the Trust to deliver to the Subordinated Notes Agent, as the case may be, as soon as
practicable, and in any event (a) within ten (10) days after the issuance, filing or receipt
thereof, (i) copies of any order or notice of the FCC, any Governmental Authority or a court of
competent jurisdiction which designates any Radio Station License or FCC License, or any
application therefor, for a hearing or which refuses renewal or extension of, or revokes or
suspends the authority of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to operate a broadcast station or
the authority of any broadcast station to which the Company or any Subsidiaries provides services
under a local marketing agreement to operate, and (ii) any citation, Notice of Violation or Order
to Show Cause issued by the FCC or other Governmental Authority or any material complaint filed by
or with the FCC or other Governmental Authority, or a petition to deny any application, in each
case with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) a copy of any notice or
application by the Company of any of its Subsidiaries requesting authority to cease broadcasting on
any broadcast station for any period in excess of five (5) days and (iv) a copy of each Cumulative
Leakage Report filed by the Company or any of their Subsidiaries to the extent applicable;
(b) within 30 days of its due date for filing with the FCC, duplicate copies of each FCC form 323
(or any comparable form which may be substitute therefor by the FCC) filed with the FCC with
respect to each broadcast station owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (c) within
two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof, (i) copies of all Network Affiliation Agreements and
amendments thereto and (ii) copies of all Cable Franchise Agreements and amendments thereto.

Section 6.4 Taxes. The Company shall give the Subordinated Notes Agent notice
of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) promptly
after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it: (a) the
creation, or filing with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority, of any Contractual Obligation
or other document extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for assessment or
collection of any taxes with respect to any Tax Affiliate and (b) the creation of any Contractual
Obligation of any Tax Affiliate, or the receipt of any request directed to any Tax Affiliate, to
make any adjustment under Section 481(a) of the Code, by reason of a change in accounting
method or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.5 Labor Matters. The Company shall give the Subordinated Notes
Agent notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in
writing), promptly after, and in any event within 30 days after any Responsible Officer of any
Group Member knows or has reason to know of it: (a) the commencement of any material labor dispute
to which any Group Member is or may become a party, including any strikes, lockouts or other
disputes relating to any of such Person’s plants and other facilities and (b) the incurrence by any
Group Member of any Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or related or similar
liability incurred with respect to the closing of any plant or other facility of any such Person
(other than, in the case of this clause (b), those that would not, in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect).

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Section 6.6 ERISA Matters. To the extent any of the following would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company shall give the Subordinated
Notes Agent (a) on
or prior to any filing by any ERISA Affiliate of any notice of intent to terminate any
Title IV Plan, a copy of such notice and (b) promptly, and in any event within 10 days, after any
Responsible Officer of any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that a request for a minimum
funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code has been filed with respect to any Title IV
Plan, a notice (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) describing such
waiver request and any action that any ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto,
together with a copy of any notice filed with the PBGC or the IRS pertaining thereto.

Section 6.7 Environmental Matters (a) The Company shall provide the
Subordinated Notes Agent notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if
promptly confirmed by the Subordinated Notes Agent in writing) promptly after any Responsible
Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it (and, upon reasonable request of the
Subordinated Notes Agent, documents and information in connection therewith): (i)(A) unpermitted
Releases, (B) the receipt by any Group Member of any notice of violation of or potential liability
or similar notice under, or the existence of any condition that could reasonably be expected to
result in violations of or liabilities under, any Environmental Law or (C) the commencement of, or
any material change to, any action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, dispute
alleging a violation of or liability under any Environmental Law, that, for each of clauses
(A), (B) and (C) above (and, in the case of clause (C), if adversely
determined), in the aggregate for each such clause, could reasonably be expected to result in
Environmental Liabilities in excess of $500,000, (ii) the receipt by any Group Member of
notification that any property of any Group Member is subject to any Lien in favor of any
Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Liabilities and (iii) any
proposed acquisition or lease of real property (except as part of any Permitted Acquisition) if
such acquisition or lease would have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in aggregate
Environmental Liabilities in excess of $500,000.

(b) Upon request of the Subordinated Notes Agent, the Company shall provide the Subordinated
Notes Agent a report containing an update as to the status of any environmental, health or safety
compliance, hazard or liability issue identified in any document delivered to any Credit Party
pursuant to any Subordinated Notes Document or as to any condition reasonably believed by the
Subordinated Notes Agent to result in Material Environmental Liabilities.

Section 6.8 Other Information. The Company shall provide the Subordinated
Notes Agent with such other documents and information with respect to the business, property,
condition (financial or otherwise), legal, financial or corporate or similar affairs or operations
of any Group Member as the Subordinated Notes Agent or such Noteholder through the Subordinated
Notes Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

ARTICLE 7

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Company (and, to the extent set forth in any other Subordinated Notes
Document, each other Credit Party) agrees with the Noteholders and the Subordinated Notes Agent to
each of the following, as long as any Obligation remains outstanding (other than contingent
indemnification obligations for claims not yet asserted):

Section 7.1 Maintenance of Corporate Existence. Each Group Member shall
(a) preserve and maintain its legal existence, except in the consummation of transactions expressly
permitted by Sections 8.4 and 8.7, and (b) preserve and maintain it rights (charter
and statutory), privileges franchises and Permits necessary or desirable in the conduct of its
business, except, in the case of this clause (b), where the failure to do so would not, in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 7.2 Compliance with Laws, Etc. Each Group Member shall comply with
all applicable Requirements of Law, Contractual Obligations and Permits, except for such failures
to comply that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.3 Payment of Obligations. Each Group Member shall pay or discharge
before they become delinquent (a) all material claims, taxes, assessments, charges and levies
imposed by any Governmental Authority and (b) all other lawful claims that if unpaid would, by the
operation of applicable Requirements of Law, become a Lien upon any property of any Group Member,
except, in each case, for those whose amount or validity is being contested in good faith by proper
proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are maintained on the books of the
appropriate Group Member in accordance with GAAP.

Section 7.4 Maintenance of Property. Each Group Member shall maintain and
preserve (a) in good working order and condition all of its property necessary in the conduct of
its business and (b) all rights, permits, licenses, approvals and privileges (including all
Permits) necessary, used or useful, whether because of its ownership, lease, sublease or other
operation or occupation of property or other conduct of its business, and shall make all necessary
or appropriate filings with, and give all required notices to, Government Authorities, except for
such failures to maintain and preserve the items set forth in clauses (a) and (b)
above that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.5 Maintenance of Insurance. Each Group Member shall (a) maintain or
cause to be maintained in full force and effect all policies of insurance of any kind with respect
to the property and businesses of the Group Members (including policies of life, fire, theft,
product liability, public liability, Flood Insurance, property damage, other casualty, employee
fidelity, workers’ compensation, business interruption and employee health and welfare insurance
(it being understood and agreed that the Group Members shall be permitted to self-insure for
medical and dental benefits) with financially sound and reputable insurance companies or
associations (in each case that are not Affiliates of the Company) of a nature and providing such
coverage as is sufficient and as is customarily carried by businesses of the size and character of
the business of the Group Members and (b) cause all such insurance relating to any property or
business of any Credit Party to name the Subordinated Notes Agent on behalf of the Noteholders as
additional insured and to provide that no cancellation, material addition in amount or material
change in coverage shall be effective until after 45 days’ notice (or such shorter time period as
maybe agreed to by the Subordinated Notes Agent) thereof to the Subordinated Notes Agent.
Notwithstanding the requirement in clause (a) above, Federal Flood Insurance shall not be
required for real property not located in a Special Flood Hazard Area.

Section 7.6 Keeping of Books. The Group Members shall keep proper books of
record and account, in which full, true and correct entries shall be made in accordance with GAAP
and all other applicable Requirements of Law of all financial transactions and the assets and
business of each Group Member.

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Section 7.7 Access to Books and Property. Each Group Member shall permit the
Subordinated Notes Agent, the Noteholders and any Related Person of any of them, as often as
reasonably requested (but not more than two times during any calendar year unless there has
occurred a default); and provided, however, (a) the Group Member shall not be
required to pay the expenses of more than two such visits and inspections in the aggregate during
any calendar year unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) each Noteholder
shall at all times coordinate with the Subordinated Notes Agent the frequency and timing of any
such visits and inspections so as to reasonably minimize the burden imposed on the Group Member),
at any reasonable time during normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice (except
that, during the continuance of an Event of Default, no such notice
shall be required) to (i) visit and inspect the property of each Group Member and examine and
make copies of and abstracts from, the corporate (and similar), financial, operating and other
books and records of each Group Member, (ii) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of each
Group Member with any officer or director of any Group Member and (iii) communicate directly with
any registered certified public accountants (including the Group Members’ Accountants) of any Group
Member. Each Group Member shall authorize their respective registered certified public accountants
(including the Group Members’ Accountants) to communicate directly with the Subordinated Notes
Agent, the Noteholders and their Related Persons and to disclose to the Subordinated Notes Agent,
the Noteholders and their Related Persons all financial statements and other documents and
information as they might have and the Subordinated Notes Agent or any Noteholder reasonably
requests with respect to any Group Member.

Section 7.8 Environmental. Each Group Member shall comply with, and maintain
its real property, whether owned, leased, subleased or otherwise operated or occupied, in
compliance with, all applicable Environmental Laws (including by implementing any Remedial Action
necessary to achieve such compliance or that is required by orders and directives of any
Governmental Authority) except for failures to comply that would not, in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, if an Event of Default is continuing or
if the Subordinated Notes Agent at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there exist
violations of Environmental Laws by any Group Member or that there exist any Environmental
Liabilities, in each case, that would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, then each
Group Member shall, promptly upon receipt of request from the Subordinated Notes Agent, cause the
performance of, and allow the Subordinated Notes Agent and its Related Persons access to such real
property for the purpose of conducting, such environmental audits and assessments, including
subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater, and cause the preparation of such reports, in each
case as the Subordinated Notes Agent may from time to time reasonably request. Such audits,
assessments and reports, to the extent not conducted by the Subordinated Notes Agent or any of its
Related Persons, shall be conducted and prepared by reputable environmental consulting firms
reasonably acceptable to the Subordinated Notes Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Subordinated Notes Agent.

Section 7.9 Local Service. If for any reason, upon commencement by a DBS
provider of “local-into-local” service within the geographic market served by any of Company’s or
its Subsidiaries’ television stations, such television station is not automatically entitled to
carriage, pursuant to an agreement with a DBS provider, then Company and the appropriate Subsidiary
shall timely elect carriage on such DBS system.

Section 7.10 Additional Guaranties. To the extent not delivered to the
Subordinated Notes Agent on or before the Closing Date (including in respect of after-acquired
property and Persons that become Subsidiaries of any Credit Party after the Closing Date), each
Group Member shall, promptly, do each of the following, unless otherwise agreed by the Subordinated
Notes Agent:

(a) deliver to the Subordinated Notes Agent such modifications to the terms of the
Subordinated Notes Documents (or, to the extent applicable as determined by the Subordinated Notes
Agent, such other documents), in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Subordinated Notes Agent and as the Subordinated Notes Agent deems necessary or advisable in order
to ensure each Subsidiary of any Credit Party that has entered into Guaranty Obligations with
respect to any Indebtedness of the Company and (B) each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Credit Party
shall guaranty, as primary obligor and not as surety, the payment of the Obligations of the
Company.

(b) [Reserved];

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(d) to take all other actions necessary or advisable to ensure the validity or continuing
validity of any guaranty for any Obligation; and

(e) deliver to the Subordinated Notes Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described
in this Section 7.10, which opinions shall be as reasonably required by, and in form and
substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to, the Subordinated Notes Agent.

Section 7.11 [Reserved]

Section 7.12 License Subsidiaries. All Radio Station Licenses and FCC
Licenses currently held by a License Subsidiary or acquired after the date hereof through a
Permitted Acquisition or otherwise shall be held by one or more License Subsidiaries (and any
License Subsidiary may own more than one Radio Station License or FCC License). Company shall
cause each License Subsidiary to (a) observe all customary corporate, company or partnership
formalities regarding its legal existence, (b) not commingle its properties with those of its
Affiliates or any other Person, (c) accurately maintain its own bank accounts and separate books
and records in accordance with GAAP, (d) pay its own liabilities from its own separate assets, (e)
not make loans to or assume or guaranty the obligations of any Person (other than pursuant to the
Guaranties) and (f) otherwise be operated in such a manner that the separate legal existence of
such License Subsidiary will not be disregarded in any insolvency or other legal proceeding.

Section 7.13 Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses. Company and each of its
Subsidiaries shall at all times maintain the Radio Station Licenses and FCC Licenses and all other
licenses, Permits, permissions and other authorizations used or necessary to operate the Radio
Stations or Business as operated from time to time by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

ARTICLE 8

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Company (and, to the extent set forth in any other Subordinated Notes
Document, each other Credit Party) agrees with the Noteholders and the Subordinated Notes Agent to
each of the following, as long as any Obligation remains outstanding (other than contingent
indemnification obligations for claims not yet asserted):

Section 8.1 Indebtedness. No Group Member shall, directly or indirectly,
incur or otherwise remain liable with respect to or responsible for, any Indebtedness except for
the following:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.1, together
with any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon this
clause (b);

(c) Indebtedness consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations (other than with respect to a
lease entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) and purchase money Indebtedness, in
each case incurred by any Group Member (other than Holdings) to finance the acquisition, repair,
improvement or construction of fixed or capital assets of such Group Member, together with any
Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon this clause
(c); provided, however, that (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all such Indebtedness does not exceed $1,000,000 at any time and (ii) the principal amount of such
Indebtedness does not exceed the lower of the cost or fair market value of the property so acquired
or built or of such repairs or improvements
financed, whether directly or through a Permitted Refinancing, with such Indebtedness (each
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(d) intercompany loans owing to any Group Member and constituting Permitted Investments of
such Group Member;

(e) obligations under Hedging Agreements for the Senior Debt which are rate cap agreements for
a maximum notional amount of 50% of the Senior Debt and having maturity dates not later than the
Maturity Date;

(f) Guaranty Obligations of any Group Member with respect to Indebtedness of any Group Member
other than Holdings (other than Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon clause
(b) or (c) above, for which Guaranty Obligations may be permitted to the extent set
forth in such clauses);

(g) Senior Debt and Permitted Refinancings thereof;

(h) Indebtedness that is acquired in a Permitted Acquisition; provided, that such
Indebtedness existed at the time such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, and Permitted Refinancings
thereof; and provided further that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
permitted under this Section 8.1(h) shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;

(i) contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligation, adjustment of
purchase price or similar obligation of the applicable Credit Party incurred in connection with the
consummation of a Permitted Acquisition; and

(j) any unsecured Indebtedness of any Group Member; provided, however, that
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such unsecured Indebtedness shall not exceed
$500,000 at any time.

Section 8.2 Liens. No Group Member shall incur, maintain or otherwise suffer
to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, or assign any right to receive income or profits, except for the following:

(a) Liens created pursuant to any Senior Loan Document;

(b) Customary Permitted Liens of Group Members;

(c) Liens existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.2;

(d) Liens on the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness
permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.1(c); provided, however,
that (i) such Liens exist prior to the acquisition of, or attach substantially simultaneously with,
or within 90 days after, the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of, such property
financed, whether directly or through a Permitted Refinancing, by such Indebtedness and (ii) such
Liens do not extend to any property of any Group Member other than the property (and proceeds
thereof) acquired or built, or the improvements, repairs, additions, attachments, accessions and
accessions thereto and replacements and substitutions therefor financed, whether directly or
through a Permitted Refinancing, by such Indebtedness; and

(e) Liens on the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries securing the Permitted
Refinancing of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien on such property permitted hereunder in
reliance upon clauses (a), (c) or (d) above or this clause (e)
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Section 8.3 Investments. No Group Member shall make or maintain, directly or
indirectly, any Investment except for the following:

(a) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.3;

(b) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

(c) (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, (ii) extensions of trade credit (other than to Affiliates of the Company)
arising or acquired in the ordinary course of business and (iii) Investments received in
settlements in the ordinary course of business of such extensions of trade credit or owing to any
Group Member as a result of insolvency proceedings involving an account debtor or upon foreclosure
or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Group Member;

(d) Investments made as part of a Permitted Acquisition;

(e) Investments by (i) any Credit Party (other than Holdings), in any other Credit Party
(other than Holdings) and (ii) any Group Member that is not a Credit Party in any Group Member
(other than Holdings) or in any joint venture provided that any Investment consisting of loans or
advances to any Credit Party pursuant to clause (ii) above, shall be subordinated in full
to the payment of the Obligations of such Credit Party on terms and conditions satisfactory to the
Subordinated Notes Agent);

(f) loans or advances to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to finance
travel, entertainment and relocation expenses and other ordinary business purposes in the ordinary
course of business as presently conducted; provided, however, that the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all loans and advances permitted pursuant to this clause
(f) shall not exceed $100,000 at any time;

(g) Investments by the applicable Group Members in the assets of the Trust pursuant to and in
accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Independent Trust Agreement;

(h) Investments in the form of advances or prepayments to suppliers or other vendors made in
the ordinary course of business consistent with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ prior customary
business practices;

(i) Investments required, if any, pursuant to the terms of the Divestiture Trust Agreement;
and

(j) any other Investment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that the aggregate outstanding amount of all such Investments shall not exceed
$1,000,000 at any time.

Section 8.4 Asset Sales. No Group Member shall Sell any of its property
(other than cash) or issue shares of its own Stock, except for the following:

(a) In each case to the extent entered into in the ordinary course of business and made to a
Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, (i) Sales of Cash Equivalents, inventory or
property that has become obsolete or worn out and (ii) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual
Property;

(b) a true lease or sublease of real property not constituting Indebtedness and not entered
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(c) (i) any Sale of any property (other than their own Stock or Stock Equivalents) by any
Group Member (other than Holdings) to any other Group Member (other than Holdings) to the extent
any resulting Investment constitutes a Permitted Investment, (ii) any Restricted Payment by any
Group Member (other than Holdings) permitted pursuant to Section 8.5 and (iii) any
distribution by Holdings of the proceeds of Restricted Payments from any other Group Member to the
extent permitted in Section 8.5;

(d) (i) any Sale or issuance by Holdings of its own Stock to Parent, (ii) any Sale or issuance
by the Company of its own Stock to Holdings, (iii) any Sale or issuance by any Subsidiary of the
Company of its own Stock to any Group Member (other than Holdings), provided,
however, that the proportion of such Stock and of each class of such Stock (both on an
outstanding and fully-diluted basis) held by the Credit Parties (other than Holdings), taken as a
whole, does not change as a result of such Sale or issuance and (iv) to the extent necessary to
satisfy any Requirement of Law in the jurisdiction of incorporation of any Subsidiary of the
Company, any Sale or issuance by such Subsidiary of its own Stock constituting directors’
qualifying shares or nominal holdings;

(e) transfer of the Radio Station Licenses, FCC Licenses and PUC Certificates to a License
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.12;

(f) pursuant to the terms of the Independent Trust Agreement, the assignment of the Trust
Assets (as defined in the Independent Trust Agreement) to the independent trust and any Sale,
assignment or transfer of such Trust Assets out of such independent trust to any qualified third
party or to the divestiture trust pursuant to the terms of the Independent Trust Agreement;

(g) pursuant to the terms of the Divestiture Trust Agreement, the assignment of the Station
Assets (as defined in the Divestiture Trust Agreement) to such divestiture trust, and any sale,
assignment or transfer of such Station Assets out of the divestiture trust to any qualified third
party; and

(h) as long as no Default is continuing or would result therefrom, (i) Radio Swap Transactions
and (ii) any other Sale of property (other than as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of, or
Sale or issuance of its own Stock by, any Group Member (other than Holdings) for fair market value
payable in cash upon such sale; provided, however, that the aggregate consideration
received for all Sales pursuant to clause (ii) shall not exceed $10,000,000.

Section 8.5 Restricted Payments. No Group Member shall directly or
indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Payment except for
the following:

(a) (i) Restricted Payments (A) by any Group Member that is a Credit Party to any Credit Party
and (B) by any Group Member that is not a Credit Party to any Group Member and (ii) dividends and
distributions by any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Credit Party to any holder of its
Stock, to the extent made to all such holders ratably according to their ownership interests in
such Stock;

(b) dividends and distributions declared and paid on the common Stock of any Group Member
ratably to the holders of such common Stock and payable only in common Stock of such Group Member;
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(c) cash dividends on the Stock of Holdings to Parent paid and declared solely for the purpose
of funding the following:

(i) without duplication payments by Parent in respect of taxes owing by Parent in respect of
the Group Members, payments by Parent in respect of premiums for director and officer liability
insurance to the extent attributable and allocable to Holdings and its Subsidiaries and not to any
other Subsidiaries of Parent, and payments by Parent in respect of indemnity payments permitted
hereunder, relating to claims directly attributable to Holdings and its Subsidiaries and not to any
other Subsidiaries of Parent but only to the extent not covered by insurance;

(ii) ordinary operating expenses of Parent; provided, however, that the amount
of such cash dividends paid in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $750,000 in the aggregate; and

(iii) the redemption, purchase or other acquisition or retirement for value by Parent of its
common Stock (or Stock Equivalents with respect to its common Stock) (A) from any present or former
employee, director or officer (or the assigns, estate, heirs or current or former spouses thereof)
of any Group Member upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such employee,
director or officer; provided, however, that the amount of such cash dividends,
distributions or other cash payments paid in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $500,000 in the
aggregate or (B) from any other Person; provided, however, that the amount of such
cash dividends, distributions or other cash payments paid in any Fiscal Year in reliance upon this
clause (B) shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;

provided, however, that no action that would otherwise be permitted hereunder in
reliance upon this clause (c)(iii) shall be permitted if (A) a Default is then continuing
or would result therefrom or (B) such action is otherwise prohibited under any Subordinated Notes
Document or under the terms of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Group Member.

Section 8.6 Prepayment of Indebtedness. No Group Member shall (x) prepay,
redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof any
Indebtedness, (y) set apart any property for such purpose, whether directly or indirectly and
whether to a sinking fund, a similar fund or otherwise, or (z) make any payment in violation of any
subordination terms of any Indebtedness; provided, however, that each Group Member
may, to the extent otherwise permitted by the Subordinated Notes Documents, do each of the
following:

(a) (i) prepay the Obligations and (ii) consummate a Permitted Refinancing;

(b) prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity
thereof (or set apart any property for such purpose) (i) in the case of any Group Member that is
not a Credit Party, any Indebtedness owing by such Group Member to any other Group Member (other
than Holdings) and (ii) otherwise, any Indebtedness owing to any Credit Party (other than
Holdings);

(c) prepay the Senior Debt; and

(d) make regularly scheduled or otherwise required repayments or redemptions of Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness owing to any Affiliate of the Company) but only, in the case of
Subordinated Debt hereunder, to the extent permitted by the subordination provisions thereof,
including, without limitation, the terms of the Subordination Agreement.

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Section 8.7 Fundamental Changes. No Group Member shall (a) merge, consolidate
or amalgamate with any Person, (b) create any new Subsidiary or acquire all or substantially all of
the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Person or (c) acquire any brand or all or substantially all
of the assets of any Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting any line of
business, division, branch, operating division or other unit operation of any Person, in each case
except for the following: (x) to consummate any Permitted Acquisition, (y) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any
Subsidiary of the Company into any Credit Party (other than Holdings) and (z) the merger,
consolidation or amalgamation of any Group Member (other than Holdings) for the sole purpose, and
with the sole material effect, of changing its State of organization within the United States;
provided, however, that (A) in the case of any merger, consolidation or
amalgamation involving the Company, the Company shall be the surviving Person and (B) in the case
of any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving any other Credit Party, a Credit Party shall
be the surviving corporation and all actions required to maintain the perfection of the Lien of the
Subordinated Notes Agent on the Stock or property of such Credit Party shall have been made.

Section 8.8 Change in Nature of Business (a) No Group Member (other than
Holdings) shall carry on any business, operations or activities (whether directly, through a joint
venture, in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or otherwise) other than the Business.

(b) Holdings shall not engage in any business, operations or activity, or hold any property,
other than (i) holding Stock and Stock Equivalents of the Company and Regent Broadcasting
Management, LLC (ii) issuing, selling and redeeming its own Stock, (ii) paying taxes, (iii) holding
directors’ and shareholders’ meetings, preparing corporate and similar records and other activities
required to maintain its separate corporate or other legal structure, (iv) preparing reports to,
and preparing and making notices to and filings with, Governmental Authorities and to its holders
of Stock and Stock Equivalents, (v) receiving, and holding proceeds of, Restricted Payments from
the Company, and its Subsidiaries and distributing the proceeds thereof to the extent permitted in
Section 8.5,(vi) as necessary to consummate any Permitted Acquisition, (vii) as disclosed
on Schedule 4.4(b) and (viii) immaterial liabilities or Contractual Obligations not covered
in clauses (i)-(vii) above, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, individually or in the
aggregate.

Section 8.9 Transactions with Affiliates. No Group Member shall, except as
otherwise expressly permitted herein, enter into any other transaction directly or indirectly with,
or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company that is not a Credit Party (including Guaranty
Obligations with respect to any obligation of any such Affiliate), except for (a) transactions in
the ordinary course of business on a basis no less favorable to such Group Member as would be
obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Company,
(b) Restricted Payments, the proceeds of which, if received by Parent, are used as required by
Section 8.5, (c) reasonable salaries and other reasonable director or employee compensation
to officers and directors of any Group Member other than directors who are Affiliates of Oaktree,
and customary indemnification of officers and directors of any Group Member and (d) Investments
permitted by Section 8.3(g) or (i), transactions permitted by Section
8.4(e), (f) or (g), and (e) the Related Transactions and the other transactions
specifically set forth in the Plan.

Section 8.10 Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or
Restricted Payments. No Group Member shall incur or otherwise suffer to exist or become
effective or remain liable on or responsible for any Contractual Obligation limiting the ability of
(a) any Subsidiary of the Company to make Restricted Payments to, or Investments in, or repay
Indebtedness or otherwise Sell property to, any Group Member (other than Holdings) or (b) any Group
Member to incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property of any Group Member, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, securing any of its Obligations (including any “equal and ratable”
clause and any similar Contractual Obligation requiring, when a Lien is granted on any property,
another Lien to be granted on such property or any other property), except, for each of clauses
(a) and (b) above, (x) pursuant to the Subordinated Notes Documents and (y) limitations
on Liens (other than those securing any Obligation) on any property whose acquisition, repair,
improvement or construction is financed by purchase money Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease
Obligations or Permitted Refinancings permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.1(b)
or (c) set forth in the Contractual Obligations governing such Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease
Obligations or Permitted Refinancing or Guaranty Obligations with respect thereto.

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Section 8.11 Modification of Certain Documents. No Group Member shall do any
of the following:

(a) waive or otherwise modify any term of any Related Document (other than any Senior Loan
Document or the terms of any Senior Debt) or any Constituent Document of, or otherwise change the
capital structure of, any Group Member (including the terms of any of their outstanding Stock or
Stock Equivalents), in each case except for those modifications and waivers that (i) do not elect,
or permit the election, to treat the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any limited liability company
(or similar entity) as certificated and (ii) do not materially adversely affect the rights and
privileges of any Group Member and do not materially adversely affect the interests of any
Noteholder under the Subordinated Notes Documents; and

(b) waive or otherwise modify any term of any Senior Debt or any term of any Senior Loan
Document except for those modifications and waivers not prohibited by the terms of the
Subordination Agreement.

Section 8.12 Accounting Changes; Fiscal Year. No Group Member shall change
its (a) accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP or any Requirement
of Law, or (b) its fiscal year or its method for determining fiscal quarters or fiscal months.

Section 8.13 Margin Regulations. No Group Member shall use all or any portion
of the proceeds of any credit extended hereunder to purchase or carry margin stock (within the
meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) in contravention of Regulation U of the
Federal Reserve Board.

Section 8.14 Compliance with ERISA. No ERISA Affiliate shall cause or suffer
to exist (a) any event that would reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien on
the assets of a Group Member with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (b) any
other ERISA Event, that would reasonably be expected, in the case of clauses (a) and
(b), in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 8.15 Hazardous Materials. No Group Member shall cause or suffer to
exist any Release of any Hazardous Material at, to or from any real property owned, leased,
subleased or otherwise operated or occupied by any Group Member that would violate any
Environmental Law, form the basis for any Environmental Liabilities or otherwise adversely affect
the value or marketability of any real property (whether or not owned by any Group Member), other
than such violations, Environmental Liabilities and effects that would not, in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 8.16 Local Marketing Agreements. Without the prior written consent of
the Requisite Noteholders, no Credit Party shall enter into any LMA under which any television or
radio station owned or operated by one or more of the Credit Parties is the brokered station (i.e.,
the station whose time is sold or the station which receives, rather than provides, programming,
management, technical or other services under such LMA).  Such written consent shall not be
required for a Credit Party to enter into an LMA with an Affiliate of such Credit Party in
compliance with Section 8.9 or under which such Credit Party acts as the broker, provides
programming, sells time on or provides management, technical or other services to a radio station
not owned by any Credit Party, including LMAs with the Trust pending grant and consummation of the
FCC Long-Form Applications.

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Section 8.17 License Subsidiaries. No License Subsidiary shall (a) engage in
any business (other than (i) the holding of the Radio Station Licenses, the FCC Licenses and the
PUC Certificates, (ii) actions required to maintain such Radio Station License, FCC License and PUC
Certificate in full force and effect, and (iii) actions required to maintain its separate
corporate, company, partnership or other legal existence or to perform its obligations under any of
the Subordinated Notes Documents to which it is a party), (b) own any assets (other than Radio
Station Licenses, FCC Licenses and PUC Certificate), (c) create or permit to exist any Liens on any
of its assets except Liens granted in favor of the administrative agent under the Senior Credit
Agreement for the benefit of the Lenders, or (d) incur any obligations or incur any other
Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the Obligations). No Credit Party, other than
a License Subsidiary, shall hold any Radio Station License, FCC License or PUC Certificate material
to the operation of the Business except to the extent so held by such Credit Party on the Closing
Date.

Section 8.18 Communication Authorizations. No Credit Party shall operate its
businesses other than in accordance with the Communications Laws and the terms and conditions of
the Radio Station Licenses, FCC Licenses, the PUC Certificates and other Permits under the
Communications Laws. No Credit Party shall fail to file any report or application or pay any
regulatory, filing or franchise fee pertaining to the Business which is required to be filed with
or paid to the FCC or PUC. No Credit Party shall take any action that would or could cause the FCC
or PUC to institute any proceedings for the cancellation, revocation, non-renewal, short-term
renewal or adverse modification of any of the FCC Licenses, Radio Station Licenses, and other
Permits under the Communications Laws or take or permit to be taken any other action within its
control that would or could result in material non-compliance with the requirements of the
Communications Laws.

ARTICLE 9

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 9.1 Definition. Each of the following shall be an Event of Default:

(a) the Company shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Subordinated Note (including
Capitalized Interest) when the same becomes due and payable (ii) any interest on any Subordinated
Note, any fee under any Subordinated Notes Document or any other Obligation (other than those set
forth in clause (i) above) and, in the case of this clause (ii), such non-payment
continues for a period of five (5) Business Days after the due date therefor; or

(b) any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or on behalf of any
Credit Party in any Subordinated Notes Document or by or on behalf of any Credit Party (or any
Responsible Officer thereof) in connection with any Subordinated Notes Document (including in any
document delivered in connection with any Subordinated Notes Document) shall prove to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

(c) any Credit Party shall fail to comply with (i) any provision of Section 6.1
(Financial Statements), 6.2(a)(i) (Other Events), 7.1 (Maintenance of Corporate
Existence) or Article 8 (Negative Covenants) or (ii) any other provision of any
Subordinated Notes Document if, in the case of this clause (ii), such failure shall remain
unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of (A) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the
Company becomes aware of such failure and (B) the date on which notice thereof shall have been
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(d) (i) any Group Member shall fail to make any payment when due (whether due because of
scheduled maturity, required prepayment provisions, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on
any Indebtedness of any Group Member (other than the Obligations and the Senior Debt) and, in
each case, such failure relates to Indebtedness having a principal amount of $750,000 or more, (ii)
any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any Contractual Obligation relating to
any such Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and the Senior Debt), if the effect of such event
or condition is to accelerate, or (except solely as a result of a default under the Senior Debt) to
permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness, (iii) any such Indebtedness shall
become or be declared to be due and payable, or be required to be prepaid, redeemed, defeased or
repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity
thereof or (iv) there shall occur a payment default under the Senior Loan Documents or there shall
occur any other default under the Senior Loan Documents, if the effect of such default is to
accelerate the maturity of the Indebtedness thereunder; or

(e) (i) any Group Member shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, shall
admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally or shall make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Group Member
seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, composition of it or its debts or any
similar order, in each case under any Requirement of Law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment
of a custodian, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidating agent, liquidator, other similar
official or other official with similar powers, in each case for it or for any substantial part of
its property and, in the case of any such proceedings instituted against (but not by or with the
consent of) any Group Member, either such proceedings shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a
period of 60 days or more or any action sought in such proceedings shall occur or (iii) any Group
Member shall take any corporate or similar action or any other action to authorize any action
described in clause (i) or (ii) above; or

(f) one or more judgments, orders or decrees (or other similar process) shall be rendered
against any Group Member (i)(A) in the case of money judgments, orders and decrees, involving an
aggregate amount (excluding amounts adequately covered by insurance payable to any Group Member, to
the extent the relevant insurer has not denied coverage therefor) in excess of $750,000 or (B)
otherwise, that would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (ii)(A) enforcement
proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgment, order or decree or
(B) such judgment, order or decree shall not have been vacated or discharged for a period of 30
consecutive days and there shall not be in effect (by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise) any
stay of enforcement thereof; or

(g) except pursuant to a valid, binding and enforceable termination or release permitted under
the Subordinated Notes Documents and executed by the Subordinated Notes Agent or as otherwise
expressly permitted under any Subordinated Notes Document, (i) any provision of any Subordinated
Notes Document shall, at any time after the delivery of such Subordinated Notes Document, fail to
be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, any Credit Party party thereto or (ii) any
subordination provision set forth in any Subordinated Notes Document, including the Subordination
Agreement, shall, in whole or in part, terminate or otherwise fail or cease to be valid and binding
on, or enforceable against, the Subordinate Notes Agent or any Noteholder (or the Subordinated
Notes Agent or any such Noteholder shall so state in writing), or any Group Member shall state in
writing that any of the events described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above
shall have occurred; or

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(i) the FCC Long Form Applications are denied by the FCC by Final Order, the FCC Long Form
Applications have not been granted by the FCC by March 1, 2011 or the FCC Long Form Applications
have been granted with conditions which would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this subsection, a “Final Order” shall be
deemed to have occurred on the date upon which the FCC shall have issued its denial to the FCC Long
Form Applications, which denial as of the date thereof shall not have been reversed, stayed,
enjoined or set aside and with respect to which no timely request for stay, reconsideration,
review, rehearing or notice of appeal or determination to reconsider or review shall be pending,
and as to which the time for filing any such request, petition, or notice of appeal or for review
by the FCC, and for any reconsideration, stay or setting aside by the FCC on its own motion or
initiative, shall have expired.

Section 9.2 Remedies. During the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Subordinated Notes Agent may, and, at the request of the Required Noteholders, shall, in each case
by notice to the Company and in addition to any other right or remedy provided under any
Subordinated Notes Document or by any applicable Requirement of Law, do each of the following:
declare immediately due and payable all or part of any Obligation (including any accrued but unpaid
interest thereon), whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by Holdings and the Company (and, to the extent provided in any other
Subordinated Notes Document, other Credit Parties); provided, however, that,
effective immediately upon the occurrence of the Events of Default specified in
Section 9.1(e)(ii), each Obligation (including in each case any accrued but unpaid interest
thereon) shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or
further notice or other requirement of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
Holdings and the Company (and, to the extent provided in any other Subordinated Notes Document, any
other Credit Party).

Section 9.3 Governmental Approvals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein or in any other Subordinated Notes Document, any action taken or proposed to be
taken hereunder that would affect the operational, voting, or other control of any Credit Party or
affect the ownership of the Radio Station Licenses or FCC Licenses shall be pursuant to the
Communications Laws and, if and to the extent required thereby, subject to the prior consent of the
FCC and any other applicable Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Subordinated Notes Agent and the Noteholders shall not take any action
pursuant hereto that would constitute or result in any assignment of the Radio Station Licenses or
transfer of control of any Credit Party if such assignment or transfer of control would require,
under then existing law (including the Communications Laws), the prior approval of the FCC, without
first obtaining such approval of the FCC and notifying the FCC of the consummation of such
assignment or transfer of control (to the extent required to do so). Each Credit Party agrees to
take any lawful action which the Subordinated Notes Agent may request in order to obtain and enjoy
the full rights and benefits granted to the Subordinated Notes Agent and Noteholders by this
Agreement, including specifically, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the use of such Credit Party’s best efforts to assist in obtaining any approval of the FCC
and any other Governmental Authority that is then required under the Communications Laws or under
any other law for any action or transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Such efforts shall
include, without limitation, sharing with the Subordinated Notes Agent any FCC registration
numbers, account numbers and passwords for the FCC’s CDBS or COALS Systems and preparing,
certifying and filing (or causing to be prepared, certified and filed) with the FCC any portion of
any application or applications for consent to the assignment of the Radio Station Licenses or FCC
Licenses or transfer of control of any Credit Party required to be filed under the Communications
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ARTICLE 10

THE SUBORDINATED NOTES AGENT

Section 10.1 Appointment and Duties (a) Appointment of Subordinated
Notes Agent. Each Noteholder hereby appoints GE Capital (together with any successor
Subordinated Notes Agent pursuant to Section 10.9) as the Subordinated Notes Agent
hereunder and authorizes the Subordinated Notes Agent to (i) execute and deliver the Subordinated
Notes Documents (including, without limitation the Subordination Agreement) and accept delivery
thereof on its behalf from any Group Member, (ii) take such action on its behalf and to exercise
all rights, powers and remedies and perform the duties as are expressly delegated to the
Subordinated Notes Agent under such Subordinated Notes Documents and (iii) exercise such powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto.

(b) Duties as Disbursing Agent. Without limiting the generality of clause (a)
above, the Subordinated Notes Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the
exclusion of the Noteholders), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursing and
collecting agent for the Noteholders with respect to all payments and collections arising in
connection with the Subordinated Notes Documents (including in any proceeding described in
Section 9.1(e)(ii) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding), and each
Person making any payment in connection with any Subordinated Notes Document to any Noteholder is
hereby authorized to make such payment to the Subordinated Notes Agent, (ii) file and prove claims
and file other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of the Noteholders with respect
to any Obligation in any proceeding described in Section 9.1(e)(ii) or any other
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf
of such Noteholder) and (iii) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Subordinated Notes
Documents on behalf of any Noteholder that has consented in writing to such amendment, consent or
waiver.

(c) Limited Duties. Under the Subordinated Notes Documents, the Subordinated Notes
Agent (i) is acting solely on behalf of the Noteholders (except to the limited extent provided in
Section 2.10(b) with respect to the Register and in Section 10.11), with duties
that are entirely administrative in nature, notwithstanding the use of the defined term
“Subordinated Notes Agent”, the terms “agent” and “subordinated notes agent” and similar terms in
any Subordinated Notes Document to refer to the Subordinated Notes Agent, which terms are used for
title purposes only, (ii) is not assuming any obligation under any Subordinated Notes Document
other than as expressly set forth therein or any role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any
Noteholder or any other Credit Party and (iii) shall have no implied functions, responsibilities,
duties, obligations or other liabilities under any Subordinated Notes Document, and each Noteholder
hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the Subordinated Notes Agent based on the
roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in clauses (i) through
(iii) above.

Section 10.2 Binding Effect. Each Noteholder agrees that (a) any action taken
by the Subordinated Notes Agent or the Required Noteholders (or, if expressly required hereby, a
greater proportion of the Noteholders) in accordance with the provisions of the Subordinated Notes
Documents, (b) any action taken by the Subordinated Notes Agent in reliance upon the instructions
of Required Noteholders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) and (c) the exercise by
the Subordinated Notes Agent or the Required Noteholders (or, where so required, such greater
proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Noteholders.

Section 10.3 Use of Discretion (a) No Action without
Instructions. The Subordinated Notes Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or
take, or to omit to take, any action, including with respect to enforcement or collection, except
any action it is required to take or omit
to take (i) under any Subordinated Notes Document or (ii) pursuant to instructions from the
Required Noteholders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater
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(b) Right Not to Follow Certain Instructions. Notwithstanding clause (a)
above, the Subordinated Notes Agent shall not be required to take, or to omit to take, any action
(i) unless, upon demand, the Subordinated Notes Agent receives an indemnification satisfactory to
it from the Noteholders (or, to the extent applicable and acceptable to the Subordinated Notes
Agent, any other Noteholder) against all Liabilities that, by reason of such action or omission,
may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Subordinated Notes Agent or any Related
Person thereof or (ii) that is, in the opinion of the Subordinated Notes Agent or its counsel,
contrary to any Subordinated Notes Document or applicable Requirement of Law.

Section 10.4 Delegation of Rights and Duties. The Subordinated Notes Agent
may, upon any term or condition it specifies, delegate or exercise any of its rights, powers and
remedies under, and delegate or perform any of its duties or any other action with respect to, any
Subordinated Notes Document by or through any trustee, co-agent, employee, attorney-in-fact and any
other Person (including any Noteholder). Any such Person shall benefit from this
Article 10 to the extent provided by the Subordinated Notes Agent.

Section 10.5 Reliance and Liability (a) The Subordinated Notes Agent may,
without incurring any liability hereunder, (i) treat the payee of any Subordinated Note as its
holder until such Subordinated Note has been assigned in accordance with Section 11.2(d),
(ii) rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 2.10, (iii) consult with any
of its Related Persons and, whether or not selected by it, any other advisors, accountants and
other experts (including advisors to, and accountants and experts engaged by, any Credit Party) and
(iv) rely and act upon any document and information (including those transmitted by Electronic
Transmission) and any telephone message or conversation, in each case believed by it to be genuine
and transmitted, signed or otherwise authenticated by the appropriate parties.

(b) None of the Subordinated Notes Agent and its Related Persons shall be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with any Subordinated
Notes Document, and each Noteholder, Holdings and the Company hereby waive and shall not assert
(and each of Holdings and the Company shall cause each other Credit Party to waive and agree not to
assert) any right, claim or cause of action based thereon, except to the extent of liabilities
resulting primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Subordinated Notes Agent
or, as the case may be, such Related Person (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment
by a court of competent jurisdiction) in connection with the duties expressly set forth herein.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Subordinated Notes Agent:

(i) shall not be responsible or otherwise incur liability for any action or omission taken in
reliance upon the instructions of the Required Noteholders or for the actions or omissions of any
of its Related Persons selected with reasonable care (other than employees, officers and directors
of the Subordinated Notes Agent, when acting on behalf of the Subordinated Notes Agent);

(ii) [Reserved]

(iii) makes no warranty or representation, and shall not be responsible, to any Noteholder for
any statement, document, information, representation or warranty made or furnished by or on behalf
of any Related Person or any Credit Party in connection with any Subordinated Notes Document or any
transaction contemplated therein or any other document or information with respect to
any Credit Party, whether or not transmitted or (except for documents expressly required under
any Subordinated Notes Document to be transmitted to the Noteholders) omitted to be transmitted by
the Subordinated Notes Agent, including as to completeness, accuracy, scope or adequacy thereof, or
for the scope, nature or results of any due diligence performed by the Subordinated Notes Agent in
connection with the Subordinated Notes Documents; and

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(iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of
any provision of any Subordinated Notes Document, whether any condition set forth in any
Subordinated Notes Document is satisfied or waived, as to the financial condition of any Credit
Party or as to the existence or continuation or possible occurrence or continuation of any Default
or Event of Default and shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of such occurrence or
continuation unless it has received a notice from the Company or any Noteholder describing such
Default or Event of Default clearly labeled “notice of default” (in which case the Subordinated
Notes Agent shall promptly give notice of such receipt to all Noteholders);

and, for each of the items set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, each
Noteholder, Holdings and the Company hereby waives and agrees not to assert (and each of Holdings
and the Company shall cause each other Credit Party to waive and agree not to assert) any right,
claim or cause of action it might have against the Subordinated Notes Agent based thereon.

Section 10.6 Subordinated Notes Agent Individually. The Subordinated Notes
Agent and its Affiliates may make loans and other extensions of credit to, acquire Stock and Stock
Equivalents of, engage in any kind of business with, any Credit Party or Affiliate thereof as
though it were not acting as Subordinated Notes Agent and may receive separate fees and other
payments therefor. Specifically, and without limitation, the Noteholders hereby acknowledge and
consent to GE Capital acting as Administrative Agent under (and as such term is defined in) the
Senior Loan Documents. Except as may be specifically required under the Subordination Agreement,
the Subordinated Notes Agent is not under any obligation to disclose any information it or its
Affiliates may obtain in its capacity as Administrative Agent under (and as such term is defined
in) the Senior Loan Documents or as a holder of any Senior Debt.  Each Noteholder hereby waives and
releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims such Noteholder has, or may have,
against GE Capital or its Affiliates with respect to (i) any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary
or other duty, or (ii) any conflict of interest arising from such activities.  To the extent the
Subordinated Notes Agent or any of its Affiliates becomes a Noteholder hereunder, it shall have and
may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and shall be subject to the same obligations and
liabilities as any other Noteholder and the terms “Noteholder”, “Required Noteholder”, and any
similar terms shall, except where otherwise expressly provided in any Subordinated Notes Document,
include, without limitation, the Subordinated Notes Agent or such Affiliate, as the case may be, in
its individual capacity as Noteholder, or as one of the Required Noteholders respectively.

Section 10.7 Noteholder Credit Decision. Each Noteholder acknowledges that it
shall, independently and without reliance upon the Subordinated Notes Agent, any Noteholder or any
of their Related Persons or upon any document solely or in part because such document was
transmitted by the Subordinated Notes Agent or any of its Related Persons, conduct its own
independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of each Credit Party and make and
continue to make its own credit decisions in connection with entering into, and taking or not
taking any action under, any Subordinated Notes Document or with respect to any transaction
contemplated in any Subordinated Notes Document, in each case based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate. Except for documents expressly required by any
Subordinated Notes Document to be transmitted by the Subordinated Notes Agent to the Noteholders,
the Subordinated Notes Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Noteholder
with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property,
financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Credit Party or any Affiliate
of any Credit Party that may come in to the possession of the Subordinated Notes Agent or any
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Section 10.8 Expenses; Indemnities (a) Each Noteholder agrees to
reimburse the Subordinated Notes Agent and each of its Related Persons (to the extent not
reimbursed by any Credit Party) promptly upon demand for such Noteholder’s Pro Rata Share of any
costs and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other
advisors and Other Taxes paid in the name of, or on behalf of, any Credit Party) that may be
incurred by the Subordinated Notes Agent or any of its Related Persons in connection with the
preparation, syndication, execution, delivery, administration, modification, consent, waiver or
enforcement (whether through negotiations, through any work-out, bankruptcy, restructuring or other
legal or other proceeding or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of its rights or
responsibilities under, any Subordinated Notes Document.

(b) Each Noteholder further agrees to indemnify the Subordinated Notes Agent and each of its
Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Credit Party), from and against such
Noteholder’s aggregate Pro Rata Share of the Liabilities (including taxes, interests and penalties
imposed for not properly withholding or backup withholding on payments made to on or for the
account of any Noteholder) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Subordinated
Notes Agent or any of its Related Persons in any matter relating to or arising out of, in
connection with or as a result of any Subordinated Notes Document, any Related Document or any
other act, event or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any such document, or, in
each case, any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Subordinated Notes Agent or any of its
Related Persons under or with respect to any of the foregoing; provided, however,
that no Noteholder shall be liable to the Subordinated Notes Agent or any of its Related Persons to
the extent such liability has resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Subordinated Notes Agent or, as the case may be, such Related Person, as determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order.

Section 10.9 Resignation of Subordinated Notes Agent (a) The Subordinated
Notes Agent may resign at any time by delivering notice of such resignation to the Noteholders and
the Company, effective on the date set forth in such notice or, if not such date is set forth
therein, upon the date such notice shall be effective. If the Subordinated Notes Agent delivers
any such notice, the Required Noteholders shall have the right to appoint a successor Subordinated
Notes Agent. If, within 30 days after the retiring Subordinated Notes Agent having given notice of
resignation, no successor Subordinated Notes Agent has been appointed by the Required Noteholders
that has accepted such appointment, then the retiring Subordinated Notes Agent may, on behalf of
the Noteholders, appoint a successor Subordinated Notes Agent from among the Noteholders. Each
appointment under this clause (a) shall be subject to the prior consent of the Company,
which may not be unreasonably withheld but shall not be required during the continuance of a
Default.

(b) Effective immediately upon its resignation, (i) the retiring Subordinated Notes Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Subordinated Notes Documents, (ii)
the Noteholders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Subordinated Notes Agent until a
successor Subordinated Notes Agent shall have accepted a valid appointment hereunder, (iii) the
retiring Subordinated Notes Agent and its Related Persons shall no longer have the benefit of any
provision of any Subordinated Notes Document other than with respect to any actions taken or
omitted to be taken while such retiring Subordinated Notes Agent was, or because such Subordinated
Notes Agent had been, validly acting as Subordinated Notes Agent under the Subordinated Notes
Documents and (iv) subject to its rights under Section 10.3, the retiring Subordinated
Notes Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor
Subordinated Notes Agent its rights as Subordinated Notes Agent under the Subordinated Notes
Documents. The Company shall pay a customary annual administrative agent fee to any successor
agent which amount shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Company and such successor agent. Effective immediately upon its acceptance of a valid
appointment as Subordinated Notes Agent, a successor Subordinated Notes Agent shall succeed to, and
become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Subordinated
Notes Agent under the Subordinated Notes Documents.

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Section 10.10 Release of Guarantors. Each Noteholder hereby consents to the
release and hereby directs the Subordinated Notes Agent to release any Subsidiary of the Company
from its guaranty of any Obligation of any Credit Party if all of the Securities of such Subsidiary
owned by any Group Member are Sold in a Sale permitted under the Subordinated Notes Documents
(including pursuant to a waiver or consent), to the extent that, after giving effect to such Sale,
such Subsidiary would not be required to guaranty any Obligations pursuant to Section 7.10.

Each Noteholder hereby directs the Subordinated Notes Agent, and the Subordinated Notes Agent
hereby agrees, upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the Company, to execute and deliver
or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary to release the guaranties
when and as directed in this Section 10.10.

ARTICLE 11

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.1 Amendments, Waivers, Etc (a) No amendment or waiver of any
provision of any Subordinated Notes Document (other than the Fee Letter) and no consent to any
departure by any Credit Party therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and
signed (1) in the case of an amendment, consent or waiver to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect
or inconsistency or granting a new Lien for the benefit of the Noteholders or extending an existing
Lien over additional property, by the Subordinated Notes Agent and the Company, (2) in the case of
any other waiver or consent, by the Required Noteholders (or by the Subordinated Notes Agent with
the consent of the Required Noteholders) and (3) in the case of any other amendment, by the
Required Noteholders (or by the Subordinated Notes Agent with the consent of the Required
Noteholders) and the Company; provided, however, that no amendment, consent or
waiver described in clause (2) or (3) above shall, unless in writing and signed by
each Noteholder directly affected thereby (or by the Subordinated Notes Agent with the consent of
such Noteholder), in addition to any other Person the signature of which is otherwise required
pursuant to any Subordinated Notes Document, do any of the following:

(i) [reserved];

(ii) subject such Noteholder to any increase in funding obligations;

(iii) reduce (including through release, forgiveness, assignment or otherwise) (A) the
principal amount of, the interest rate on, or any obligation of the Company to repay (whether or
not on a fixed date), any outstanding Subordinated Note owing to such Noteholder or (B) any fee or
accrued interest payable to such Noteholder; provided, however, that this
clause (iii) does not apply to any change to any provision increasing any interest rate or
fee during the continuance of an Event of Default or to any payment of any such increase;

(iv) waive or postpone any scheduled maturity date or other scheduled date fixed for the
payment, in whole or in part, of principal of or interest on any Subordinated Note or fee owing to
such Noteholder; provided, however, that this clause (iv) does not apply to
any change to mandatory prepayments, including those required under Section 2.4, or to the
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(v) except as provided in Section 10.10, release any Guarantor from its guaranty of
any Obligation of the Company, or subordinate the Obligations to any other Indebtedness (other than
a subordination of the Obligations pursuant to a financing provided pursuant to Section 364 of
Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”);

(vi) reduce or increase the proportion of Noteholders required for the Noteholders (or any
subset thereof) to take any action hereunder or change the definition of the terms “Required
Noteholders”, “Pro Rata Share” or “Pro Rata Outstandings”; or

(vii) amend Section 2.8(c)(B) (Application of Payments During an Event of Default),
Section 10.10 (Release of Guarantor), Section 11.9 (Sharing of Payments) or this
Section 11.1;

and provided, further, that (x) no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the
rights or duties under any Subordinated Notes Document of, or any payment to, the Subordinated
Notes Agent (or otherwise modify any provision of Article 10 or the application thereof),
or any SPV that has been granted an option pursuant to Section 11.2(f) unless in writing
and signed by the Subordinated Notes Agent or, as the case may be, such SPV in addition to any
signature otherwise required and (y) the consent of the Company shall not be required to change any
order of priority set forth in Section 2.8.

(b) Each waiver or consent under any Subordinated Notes Document shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand
on any Credit Party shall entitle any Credit Party to any notice or demand in the same, similar or
other circumstances. No failure on the part of any Credit Party to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right.

Section 11.2 Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect (a)
Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by
Holdings, the Company and the Subordinated Notes Agent and when the Subordinated Notes Agent shall
have been notified by each Noteholder that such Noteholder has executed it. Thereafter, it shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, but only to the benefit of, Holdings, the Company (in
each case except for Article 10), the Subordinated Notes Agent, each Noteholder and, to the
extent provided in Section 10.11, and each other Indemnitee, and, in each case, their
respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as expressly provided in any Subordinated
Notes Document (including in Section 10.9), none of Holdings, the Company, or the
Subordinated Notes Agent shall have the right to assign any rights or obligations hereunder or any
interest herein.

(b) Right to Assign. Subject to Section 2.7 of the Subordination Agreement,
each Noteholder may sell, transfer, negotiate or assign all or a portion of its rights and
obligations hereunder (including all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to the
Subordinated Notes) to (i) any existing Noteholder, (ii) any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any
existing Noteholder or (iii) any other Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Subordinated Notes Agent and, as long as no Event of
Default is continuing, the Company; provided, however, that (A) such Sales must be
ratable among the obligations owing to and owed by such Noteholder with respect to the Subordinated
Notes and (B) the aggregate outstanding principal amount (determined as of the effective date of
the applicable Assignment) of the Subordinated Notes subject to any such Sale shall be in a minimum
amount of $1,000,000, unless such Sale is made to an existing Noteholder or an Affiliate or
Approved Fund of any existing Noteholder, is of the assignor’s (together with its Affiliates and
Approved Funds) entire interest or is made with the prior consent of the Company and the
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(c) Procedure. The parties to each Sale made in reliance on clause (b) above
(other than those described in clause (e) or (f) below) shall execute and deliver
to the Subordinated Notes Agent an Assignment via an electronic settlement system designated by the
Subordinated Notes Agent (or if previously agreed with the Subordinated Notes Agent, via a manual
execution and delivery of the assignment) evidencing such Sale, together with any existing
Subordinated Note subject to such Sale (or any affidavit of loss therefor acceptable to the
Subordinated Notes Agent), any tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 2.13(f) and payment of an assignment fee in the amount of $3,500; provided
that (i) if a Sale by a Noteholder is made to an Affiliate or an Approved Fund of such assigning
Noteholder, then no assignment fee shall be due in connection with such Sale, and (ii) if a Sale by
a Noteholder is made to an assignee that is not an Affiliate or Approved Fund of such assignor
Noteholder, and concurrently to one or more Affiliates or Approved Funds of such assignee, then
only one assignment fee of $3,500 shall be due in connection with such Sale. Upon receipt of all
the foregoing, and conditioned upon such receipt and, if such assignment is made in accordance with
Section 11.2(b)(iii), upon the Subordinated Notes Agent (and the Company, if applicable)
consenting to such Assignment, from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment, the
Subordinated Notes Agent shall record or cause to be recorded in the Register the information
contained in such Assignment.

(d) Effectiveness. Subject to the recording of an Assignment by the Subordinated
Notes Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.10(b), (i) the assignee thereunder shall
become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations under the Subordinated Notes
Documents have been assigned to such assignee pursuant to such Assignment, shall have the rights
and obligations of a Noteholder, (ii) any applicable Subordinated Note shall be transferred to such
assignee through such entry and (iii) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and
obligations under this Agreement have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment, relinquish
its rights (except for those surviving the payment in full of the Obligations) and be released from
its obligations under the Subordinated Notes Documents, other than those relating to events or
circumstances occurring prior to such assignment (and, in the case of an Assignment covering all or
the remaining portion of an assigning Noteholder’s rights and obligations under the Subordinated
Notes Documents, such Noteholder shall cease to be a party hereto except that each Noteholder
agrees to remain bound by Article 10, Section 11.8 and Section 11.9.

(e) Grant of Security Interests. In addition to the other rights provided in this
Section 11.2, each Noteholder may grant a security interest in, or otherwise assign as
collateral, any of its rights under this Agreement, whether now owned or hereafter acquired
(including rights to payments of principal or interest on the Subordinated Notes), to (i) any
federal reserve bank (pursuant to Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board), without notice to the
Subordinated Notes Agent or (ii) any holder of, or trustee for the benefit of the holders of, such
Noteholder’s Securities by notice to the Subordinated Notes Agent; provided,
however, that no such holder or trustee, whether because of such grant or assignment or any
foreclosure thereon (unless such foreclosure is made through an assignment in accordance with
clause (b) above), shall be entitled to any rights of such Noteholder hereunder and no such
Noteholder shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder.

(f) Participants and SPVs. In addition to the other rights provided in this
Section 11.2, each Noteholder may, (i) with notice to the Subordinated Notes Agent, such
SPV may assign to such Noteholder the right to receive payment with respect to any Obligation and
(ii) without notice to or consent from the Subordinated Notes Agent or the Company, sell
participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
the Subordinated Notes Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the
Subordinated Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of
any Subordinated Notes Document or of such grant or participation, (A) no such SPV or participant,
except as provided in the applicable option agreement, shall be liable for any obligation of such
Noteholder hereunder, (B) such Noteholder’s rights and

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 obligations, and the rights and obligations
of the Credit Parties and the Credit Parties towards such Noteholder, under any Subordinated Notes Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall
continue to deal solely with such Noteholder, which shall remain the holder of the Obligations in
the Register, except that (x) each such participant and SPV shall be entitled to the benefit of
Sections 2.12 and 2.13, but only to the extent such participant or SPV delivers the
tax forms such Noteholder is required to collect pursuant to Section 2.13(f) and then only
to the extent of any amount to which such Noteholder would be entitled in the absence of any such
grant or participation and (y) each such SPV may receive other payments that would otherwise be
made to such Noteholder with respect to Subordinated Notes funded by such SPV to the extent
provided in the applicable option agreement and set forth in a notice provided to the Subordinated
Notes Agent by such SPV and such Noteholder, provided, however, that in no case
(including pursuant to clause (x) or (y) above) shall an SPV or participant have
the right to enforce any of the terms of any Subordinated Notes Document, and (c) the consent of
such SPV or participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Noteholder’s
ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to
any Subordinated Notes Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such
Noteholder may have under or in respect of the Subordinated Notes Documents (including the right to
enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations), except for those described in
clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 11.1(a) with respect to amounts, or dates
fixed for payment of amounts, to which such participant or SPV would otherwise be entitled and, in
the case of participants, except for those described in Section 11.1(a)(v). No party
hereto shall institute (and each of the Company and Holdings shall cause each other Credit Party
not to institute) against any SPV grantee of an option pursuant to this clause (f) any
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation or similar proceeding, prior to the date that
is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper of such SPV;
provided, however, that each Noteholder having designated an SPV as such agrees to
indemnify each Indemnitee against any Liability that may be incurred by, or asserted against, such
Indemnitee as a result of failing to institute such proceeding (including a failure to get
reimbursed by such SPV for any such Liability). The agreement in the preceding sentence shall
survive the payment in full of the Obligations.

Section 11.3 Costs and Expenses. Any action taken by any Credit Party under
or with respect to any Subordinated Notes Document, even if required under any Subordinated Notes
Document or at the request of any Noteholder, shall be at the expense of such Credit Party, and no
Noteholder shall be required under any Subordinated Notes Document to reimburse any Credit Party or
Group Member therefor except as expressly provided therein. In addition, the Company agrees to pay
or reimburse, within 10 days after receipt of a written invoice therefore, (a) the Subordinated
Notes Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by it or any of its
Related Persons in connection with the investigation, development, preparation, negotiation,
syndication, execution, interpretation or administration of, any modification of any term of or
termination of, any Subordinated Notes Document, any commitment or proposal letter therefor, any
other document prepared in connection therewith or the consummation and administration of any
transaction contemplated therein (including periodic audits in connection therewith and
environmental audits and assessments), in each case including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of legal counsel to the Subordinated Notes Agent or such Related Persons, fees, costs
and expenses incurred in connection with Intralinks® or any other E-System and allocated
to the Subordinated Notes by the Subordinated Notes Agent in its sole discretion and fees, charges
and disbursements of the auditors, appraisers, printers and other of their Related Persons retained
by or on behalf of any of them or any of their Related Persons, (b) the Subordinated Notes Agent
for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by it or any of its Related Persons in connection
with internal audit reviews and field examinations (which shall be reimbursed, in addition to the
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such examiners, at the per diem rate per individual charged by
the Subordinated Notes Agent for its examiners); provided that, unless Event of Default has
occurred, the Company shall only be required to reimburse the Subordinated Notes Agent for two such
examinations in any calendar year and (c) each of the Subordinated Notes Agent and the Noteholders
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with (i) any
refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work-out”, (ii) the enforcement or preservation of any
right or remedy under any Subordinated Notes Document, any Obligation, or any other related right
or remedy or (iii) the commencement, defense, conduct of, intervention in, or the taking of any
other action with respect to, any proceeding (including any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding)
related to any Group Member, Subordinated Notes Document, Obligation or Related Transaction (or the
response to and preparation for any subpoena or request for document production relating thereto),
including fees and disbursements of counsel (including allocated costs of internal counsel);
provided, that the Company shall only be responsible for the reimbursement of one counsel
for the Subordinated Notes Agent and its Related Persons and one counsel for the Noteholders and
their Related Persons as a group unless there is an actual conflict among such group members (as
reasonably determined by such Person) and then the Company shall be responsible for the additional
reimbursement of counsel for such conflicted group member.

Section 11.4 Indemnities (a) The Company agrees to indemnify, hold
harmless and defend the Subordinated Notes Agent, each Noteholder, and each of their respective
Related Persons (each such Person being an “Indemnitee”) from and against all Liabilities
(including brokerage commissions, fees and other compensation) that may be imposed on, incurred by
or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any matter relating to or arising out of, in connection
with or as a result of any action, investigation, proceeding or other claim arising from or related
to (i) any Subordinated Notes Document, any Obligation (or the repayment thereof), the use or
intended use of the proceeds of any Subordinated Note, any Related Transaction, or any securities
filing of, or with respect to, any Group Member, (ii) Contractual Obligation entered into in
connection with any E-Systems or other Electronic Transmissions, (iii) any actual or prospective
investigation, litigation or other proceeding, whether or not brought by any such Indemnitee or any
of its Related Persons, any holders of Securities or creditors (and including attorneys’ fees in
any case), whether or not any such Indemnitee, Related Person, holder or creditor is a party
thereto, and whether or not based on any securities or commercial law or regulation or any other
Requirement of Law or theory thereof, including common law, equity, contract, tort or otherwise, or
(iv) any other act, event or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any of the
foregoing (collectively, the “Indemnified Matters”); provided, however,
that the Company shall not have any liability under this Section 11.4 to any Indemnitee
with respect to any Indemnified Matter, and no Indemnitee shall have any liability with respect to
any Indemnified Matter other than (to the extent otherwise liable), to the extent such liability
has resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order.
Furthermore, each of Holdings and the Company waives and agrees not to assert against any
Indemnitee, and shall cause each other Credit Party to waive and not assert against any Indemnitee,
any right of contribution with respect to any Liabilities that may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against any Related Person.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing, “Indemnified Matters” includes all Environmental
Liabilities, including those arising from, or otherwise involving, any property of any Related
Person or any actual, alleged or prospective damage to property or natural resources or harm or
injury alleged to have resulted from any Release of Hazardous Materials on, upon or into such
property or natural resource or any property on or contiguous to any real property of any Related
Person, whether or not, with respect to any such Environmental Liabilities, any Indemnitee is a
mortgagee pursuant to any leasehold mortgage, a mortgagee in possession, the successor-in-interest
to any Related Person or the owner, lessee or operator of any property of any Related Person
through any foreclosure action, in each case except to the extent such Environmental Liabilities
(i) are incurred solely following foreclosure by any Noteholder or following any Noteholder having
become the successor-in-interest to any Credit Party and (ii) are attributable primarily to acts of
such Indemnitee.

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Section 11.5 Survival. Any indemnification or other protection provided to
any Indemnitee pursuant to any Subordinated Notes Document (including pursuant to
Section 2.13, Section 2.12, Article 10), Section 11.3,
Section 11.4 or this Section 11.5) and all representations and warranties made in
any Subordinated Notes Document shall (i) survive the payment in full of other Obligations and (ii)
inure to the benefit of any Person that at any time held a right thereunder (as an Indemnitee or
otherwise) and, thereafter, its successors and permitted assigns.

Section 11.6 Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages. In no event shall
any Indemnitee be liable on any theory of liability for any special, indirect, consequential or
punitive damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings). Each of
Holdings and the Company hereby waives, releases and agrees (and shall cause each other Credit
Party to waive, release and agree) not to sue upon any such claim for any special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to
exist in its favor.

Section 11.7 Noteholder-Creditor Relationship. The relationship between the
Noteholders and the Subordinated Notes Agent, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other
hand, is solely that of lender and creditor. No Credit Party has any fiduciary relationship or
duty to any Credit Party arising out of or in connection with, and there is no agency, tenancy or
joint venture relationship between the Credit Parties and the Credit Parties by virtue of, any
Subordinated Notes Document or any transaction contemplated therein.

Section 11.8 Right of Setoff. Each of the Subordinated Notes Agent, each
Noteholder and each Affiliate (including each branch office thereof) of any of them is hereby
authorized, without notice or demand (each of which is hereby waived by Holdings and the Company),
at any time and from time to time during the continuance of any Event of Default and to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(whether general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other
Indebtedness, claims or other obligations at any time owing by the Subordinated Notes Agent, such
Noteholder or any of their respective Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of Holdings or
the Company against any Obligation of any Credit Party now or hereafter existing, whether or not
any demand was made under any Subordinated Notes Document with respect to such Obligation and even
though such Obligation may be unmatured. Each of the Subordinated Notes Agent and each Noteholder
agrees promptly to notify the Company and the Subordinated Notes Agent after any such setoff and
application made by such Noteholder or its Affiliates; provided, however, that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The
rights under this Section 11.8 are in addition to any other rights and remedies (including
other rights of setoff) that the Subordinated Notes Agent, the Noteholders and their Affiliates and
other Credit Parties may have.

Section 11.9 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Noteholder, directly or through
an Affiliate or branch office thereof, obtains any payment of any Obligation of any Credit Party
(whether voluntary, involuntary or through the exercise of any right of setoff) other than pursuant
to Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14) and such payment exceeds the amount such
Noteholder would have been entitled to receive if all payments had gone to, and been distributed
by, the Subordinated Notes Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Subordinated Notes
Documents, such Noteholder shall purchase for cash from other Noteholders such participations in
their Obligations as necessary for such Noteholder to share such excess payment with such
Noteholders to ensure such payment is applied as though it had been received by the Subordinated
Notes Agent and applied in accordance with this Agreement (or, if such application would then be at
the discretion of the Company, applied to repay the Obligations in accordance herewith);
provided, however, that (a) if such payment is rescinded or otherwise recovered
from such Noteholder in whole or in part, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price
therefor shall be returned to such Noteholder without interest and (b) such Noteholder shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Requirements of Law, be able to exercise all its rights of payment (including the
right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Noteholder were the direct
creditor of the Company in the amount of such participation.

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Section 11.10 [Reserved]

Section 11.11 Notices (a) Addresses. All notices, demands,
requests, directions and other communications required or expressly authorized to be made by this
Agreement shall, whether or not specified to be in writing but unless otherwise expressly specified
to be given by any other means, be given in writing and (i) addressed to (A) if to Holdings or the
Company, to Regent Broadcasting, LLC, 100 East River Center Boulevard, 9th Floor Covington, KY
41011, Attention: Anthony Vasconcellos/Bob Allen, Tel: 859-814-0105/859-814-0125, Fax:
859-814-0136/859-814-0136, with copy to Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles,
CA 90071, Attention: Samantha Good, Fax: 213-808-8104, (B) if to the Subordinated Notes Agent, to
General Electric Capital Corporation, 2325 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 700, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004,
Attention: Tom Mangum, Tel: 678-624-7992, Fax: 678-624-7903, with copy to Finn Dixon & Herling
LLP, Attention: Christopher H. Craig, Esq., Tel: 203-325-5013, Fax: 203-325-5001 and (C)
otherwise to the party to be notified at its address specified opposite its name on
Schedule II or on the signature page of any applicable Assignment, (ii) posted to
Intralinks® (to the extent such system is available and set up by or at the direction of
the Subordinated Notes Agent prior to posting) in an appropriate location by uploading such notice,
demand, request, direction or other communication to www.intralinks.com, faxing it to 866-545-6600
with an appropriate bar-coded fax coversheet or using such other means of posting to
Intralinks® as may be available and reasonably acceptable to the Subordinated Notes
Agent prior to such posting, (iii) posted to any other E-System set up by or at the direction of
the Subordinated Notes Agent in an appropriate location or (iv) addressed to such other address as
shall be notified in writing (A) in the case of the Company, the Subordinated Notes Agent and to
the other parties hereto and (B) in the case of all other parties, to the Company and the
Subordinated Notes Agent. Transmission by electronic mail (including E-Fax, even if transmitted to
the fax numbers set forth in clause (i) above) shall not be sufficient or effective to
transmit any such notice under this clause (a) unless such transmission is an available
means to post to any E-System.

(b) Effectiveness. All communications described in clause (a) above and all
other notices, demands, requests and other communications made in connection with this Agreement
shall be effective and be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered by hand, upon personal
delivery, (ii) if delivered by overnight courier service, one Business Day after delivery to such
courier service, (iii) if delivered by mail, when deposited in the mails, (iv) if delivered by
facsimile (other than to post to an E-System pursuant to clause (a)(ii) or (a)(iii)
above), upon sender’s receipt of confirmation of proper transmission, and (v) if delivered by
posting to any E-System, on the later of the date of such posting in an appropriate location and
the date access to such posting is given to the recipient thereof in accordance with the standard
procedures applicable to such E-System; provided, however, that no communications
to the Subordinated Notes Agent pursuant to Article 2 or Article 10 shall be
effective until received by the Subordinated Notes Agent.

Section 11.12 Electronic Transmissions (a) Authorization.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.11(a), each of the Subordinated Notes Agent, the
Company, the Noteholders, and each of their Related Persons is authorized (but not required) to
transmit, post or otherwise make or communicate, in its sole discretion, Electronic Transmissions
in connection with any Subordinated Notes Document and the transactions contemplated therein. Each
of Holdings, the Company and each Noteholder hereby acknowledges and agrees, and each of Holdings
and the Company shall cause each other Group Member to acknowledge and agree, that the use of
Electronic Transmissions is not necessarily secure and that there are risks associated with such
use, including risks of interception, disclosure and abuse and each
indicates it assumes and accepts such risks by hereby authorizing the transmission of
Electronic Transmissions.

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(b) Signatures. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.11(a), (i)(A) no
posting to any E-System shall be denied legal effect merely because it is made electronically,
(B) each E-Signature on any such posting shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for
a “signature” and (C) each such posting shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a
“writing”, in each case including pursuant to any Subordinated Notes Document, any applicable
provision of any UCC, the federal Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures in
Global and National Commerce Act and any substantive or procedural Requirement of Law governing
such subject matter, (ii) each such posting that is not readily capable of bearing either a
signature or a reproduction of a signature may be signed, and shall be deemed signed, by attaching
to, or logically associating with such posting, an E-Signature, upon which each Noteholder and
Credit Party may rely and assume the authenticity thereof, (iii) each such posting containing a
signature, a reproduction of a signature or an E-Signature shall, for all intents and purposes,
have the same effect and weight as a signed paper original and (iv) each party hereto or
beneficiary hereto agrees not to contest the validity or enforceability of any posting on any
E-System or E-Signature on any such posting under the provisions of any applicable Requirement of
Law requiring certain documents to be in writing or signed; provided, however, that
nothing herein shall limit such party’s or beneficiary’s right to contest whether any posting to
any E-System or E-Signature has been altered after transmission.

(c) Separate Agreements. All uses of an E-System shall be governed by and subject to,
in addition to Section 11.11 and this Section 11.12, separate terms and conditions
posted or referenced in such E-System and related Contractual Obligations executed by Noteholders
and Group Members in connection with the use of such E-System.

(d) Limitation of Liability. All E-Systems and Electronic Transmissions shall be
provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Subordinated Notes Agent or any of its Related
Persons warrants the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any E-Systems or Electronic
Transmission, and each disclaims all liability for errors or omissions therein. No Warranty of any
kind is made by the Subordinated Notes Agent or any of its Related Persons in connection with any
E-Systems or Electronic Communication, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code
defects. Each of Holdings, the Company and each Noteholder agrees (and each of Holdings and the
Company shall cause each other Credit Party to agree) that the Subordinated Notes Agent has no
responsibility for maintaining or providing any equipment, software, services or any testing
required in connection with any Electronic Transmission or otherwise required for any E-System.

Section 11.13 Governing Law. This Agreement, each other Subordinated Notes
Document that does not expressly set forth its applicable law, and the rights and obligations of
the parties hereto and thereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance
with, the law of the State of New York.

Section 11.14 Jurisdiction (a) Submission to Jurisdiction. Any
legal action or proceeding with respect to any Subordinated Notes Document shall be brought
exclusively in the courts of the State of New York located in the City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan, or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and, by
execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of Holdings and the Company hereby accepts for
itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the
aforesaid courts; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall limit the right of the Subordinated
Notes Agent to commence any proceeding in the federal or state courts of any other jurisdiction to
the extent the Subordinated Notes Agent determines that such action is
necessary or appropriate to exercise its rights or remedies under the Subordinated Notes
Documents. The parties hereto (and, to the extent set forth in any other Subordinated Notes
Document, each other Credit Party) hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection
to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or
hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such jurisdictions.

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(b) Service of Process. Each of Holdings and the Company (and, to the extent set
forth in any other Subordinated Notes Document, each other Credit Party) hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and other documents and other
service of process of any kind and consents to such service in any suit, action or proceeding
brought in the United States of America with respect to or otherwise arising out of or in
connection with any Subordinated Notes Document by any means permitted by applicable Requirements
of Law, including by the mailing thereof (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) to the
address of the Company specified in Section 11.11 (and shall be effective when such mailing
shall be effective, as provided therein). Each of Holdings and the Company (and, to the extent set
forth in any other Subordinated Notes Document, each other Credit Party) agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

(c) Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this Section 11.14 shall
affect the right of the Subordinated Notes Agent or any Noteholder to serve process in any other
manner permitted by applicable Requirements of Law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise
proceed against any Credit Party in any other jurisdiction.

Section 11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
waives trial by jury in any suit, action or proceeding with respect to, or directly or indirectly
arising out of, under or in connection with, any Subordinated Notes Document or the transactions
contemplated therein or related thereto (whether founded in contract, tort or any other theory).
Each party hereto (a) certifies that no other party and no Related Person of any other party has
represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation,
seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have
been induced to enter into the Subordinated Notes Documents, as applicable, by the mutual waivers
and certifications in this Section 11.15.

Section 11.16 Severability. Any provision of any Subordinated Notes Document
being held illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such
provision not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of any Subordinated Notes
Document or any part of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 11.17 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and
attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by
facsimile transmission or Electronic Transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart hereof.

Section 11.18 Entire Agreement. The Subordinated Notes Documents embody the
entire agreement of the parties and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to
the subject matter thereof and any prior letter of interest, commitment letter, fee letter,
confidentiality and similar agreements involving any Credit Party and any of the Subordinated Notes
Agent, any Noteholder or any of their respective Affiliates relating to a financing of
substantially similar form, purpose or effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms of
this Agreement and any other Subordinated Notes Document, the terms of this Agreement shall govern
(unless such terms of such other Subordinated Notes
Documents are necessary to comply with applicable Requirements of Law, in which case such
terms shall govern to the extent necessary to comply therewith).

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Section 11.19 Use of Name. Each of Holdings and the Company agrees, and shall
cause each other Credit Party to agree, that it shall not, and none of its Affiliates shall, issue
any press release or other public disclosure (other than any document filed with any Governmental
Authority relating to a public offering of the Securities of any Credit Party) using the name, logo
or otherwise referring to GE Capital or of any of its Affiliates, the Subordinated Notes Documents
or any transaction contemplated therein to which the Noteholders are party without at least
2 Business Days’ prior notice to GE Capital and without the prior consent of GE Capital except to
the extent required to do so under applicable Requirements of Law and then, only after consulting
with GE Capital prior thereto.

Section 11.20 Non-Public Information; Confidentiality (a) Each
Noteholder acknowledges and agrees that it may receive material non-public information hereunder
concerning the Credit Parties and their Affiliates and Securities and agrees to use such
information in compliance with all relevant policies, procedures and Contractual Obligations and
applicable Requirements of Laws (including United States federal and state security laws and
regulations).

(b) Each Noteholder and the Subordinated Notes Agent agrees to use all reasonable efforts to
maintain, in accordance with its customary practices, the confidentiality of information obtained
by it pursuant to any Subordinated Notes Document and designated in writing by any Credit Party as
confidential, except that such information may be disclosed (i) with the Company’s consent, (ii) to
Related Persons of such Noteholder or the Subordinated Notes Agent, as the case may be, that are
advised of the confidential nature of such information and are instructed to keep such information
confidential, (iii) to the extent such information presently is or hereafter becomes available to
such Noteholder or the Subordinated Notes Agent, as the case may be, on a non-confidential basis
from a source other than any Credit Party, (iv) to the extent disclosure is required by applicable
Requirements of Law or other legal process or requested or demanded by any Governmental Authority,
(v) to the extent necessary or customary for inclusion in league table measurements or in any
tombstone or other advertising materials (and the Credit Parties consent to the publication of such
tombstone or other advertising materials by the Subordinated Notes Agent, any Noteholder or any of
their Related Persons), (vi) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar
organization, any examiner or any nationally recognized rating agency or otherwise to the extent
consisting of general portfolio information that does not identify the Company, (vii) to current or
prospective assignees, SPVs grantees of any option described in Section 11.2(f) or
participants, direct or contractual counterparties to any Hedging Agreement permitted hereunder and
to their respective Related Persons, in each case to the extent such assignees, participants,
counterparties or Related Persons agree to be bound by provisions substantially similar to the
provisions of this Section 11.20 and (viii) in connection with the exercise of any remedy
under any Subordinated Notes Document. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this
Section 11.20 and those of any other Contractual Obligation entered into with any Credit
Party (whether or not a Subordinated Notes Document), the terms of this Section 11.20 shall
govern.

Section 11.21 Patriot Act Notice. Each Noteholder subject to the USA Patriot
Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5318 et seq.) hereby notifies the Company that, pursuant to Section
326 thereof, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Company, including the name and address of the Company and other information allowing such
Noteholder to identify the Company in accordance with such act.

Section 11.22 Subordination Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the
Subordination Agreement. The obligations of the Credit Parties under the Subordinated Notes and
this Agreement and the other Subordinated Note Documents are subordinated to the Senior Debt under
the terms of the Subordination Agreement and the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
other Subordinated Note Documents are subject to the terms and conditions of the Subordination
Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

AS COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	REGENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

AS HOLDINGS

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

AS SUBORDINATED NOTES AGENT AND

NOTEHOLDER

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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	 	OTHER NOTEHOLDERS:

[OAKTREE CAPITAL]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	[NAME OF NOTEHOLDER]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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Exhibit A

to

Subordinated Notes Agreement

Form of Assignment

This ASSIGNMENT, dated as of the Effective Date, is entered into between the Assignor and the
Assignee (each as defined below).

The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

	 	 	 
	Company:

	 	Regent Broadcasting, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”)

	 
	 	 
	Subordinated Notes Agent:

	 	General Electric Capital Corporation, as
subordinated notes agent for the
Noteholders (in such capacity and
together with its successors and
permitted assigns, the “Subordinated
Notes Agent”)

	 
	 	 
	Subordinated Notes Agreement:

	 	Subordinated Notes Agreement, dated as
of April 27, 2010 among the Company,
Regent Communications, Inc., as one of
the Guarantors, the Noteholders party
thereto and the Subordinated Notes Agent
(as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “Subordinated Notes
Agreement”; capitalized terms used
herein without definition are used as
defined in the Subordinated Notes
Agreement)

	 
	 	 
	[Trade Date:

	 	
_____, _____]1
	 
	 	 
	Effective Date:

	 	
_____, _____2

 

	 	 	 
	1	 	Insert for informational purposes only if needed to
determine other arrangements between the assignor and the assignee.

	 
	2	 	To be filled out by Subordinated Notes Agent upon entry
in the Register.

ASSIGNMENT FOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

A-1

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Aggregate principal amount of	 	 	 	 	 
	Subordinated Notes for all	 	Aggregate principal amount of	 	 	 
	Noteholders	 	Subordinated Notes Assigned3	 	Percentage Assigned4	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$	 
	 	$	 	 	 	__.                    	%
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$	 
	 	$	 	 	 	__.                    	%
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	$	 
	 	$	 	 	 	__.                    	%
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

1. Assignment. Assignor hereby sells and assigns to Assignee, and Assignee hereby
purchases and assumes from Assignor, Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as
Noteholder under the Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement (including Liabilities owing to or by
Assignor thereunder) and the other Subordinated Notes Documents, in each case to the extent related
to the amounts identified above (the “Assigned Interest”).

2. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Assignors. Assignor (a) represents
and warrants to Assignee and the Subordinated Notes Agent that (i) it has full power and authority,
and has taken all actions necessary for it, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) it is the legal and beneficial owner of
its Assigned Interest and that such Assigned Interest is free and clear of any Lien and other
adverse claims, and (iii) by executing, signing and delivering this Assignment via ClearPar® or any
other electronic settlement system designated by the Subordinated Notes Agent, the Person signing,
executing and delivering this Assignment on behalf of the Assignor is an authorized signer for the
Assignor and is authorized to execute, sign and deliver this Agreement, (b) makes no other
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility, including with respect to the aggregate
amount of the Subordinated Notes, the percentage of the Subordinated Notes represented by the
amounts assigned, any statements, representations and warranties made in or in connection with any
Subordinated Notes Document or any other document or information furnished pursuant thereto, the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability or genuineness of any Subordinated Notes Document or
any document or information provided in connection therewith, (c) assumes no responsibility (and
makes no representation or warranty) with respect to the financial condition of any Group Member or
Credit Party or the performance or nonperformance by any Credit Party of any obligation under any
Subordinated Notes Document or any document provided in connection therewith and (d) attaches any
Subordinated Notes held by it evidencing at least in part the Assigned Interest of such Assignor
(or, if applicable, an affidavit of loss or similar affidavit therefor) and requests that the
Subordinated Notes Agent exchange such Subordinated Notes for new Subordinated Notes in accordance
with Section 2.10(e) of the Credit Agreement.

 

	 	 	 
	3	 	Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take
into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the
Effective Date. The aggregate amounts are inserted for informational purposes
only to help in calculating the percentages assigned which, themselves, are for
informational purposes only.

	 
	4	 	Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, the Assigned
Interest as a percentage of the aggregate Loans in the Facility. This
percentage is set forth for informational purposes only and is not intended to
be binding. The assignments are based on the amounts assigned not on the
percentages listed in this column.

ASSIGNMENT FOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

A-2

 

3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Assignees. Assignee (a) represents
and warrants to Assignor and the Subordinated Notes Agent that (i) it has full power and authority,
and has taken all actions necessary for Assignee, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) to the extent indicated above, is an Affiliate or an
Approved Fund of the Noteholder set forth above, (iii) it is sophisticated with respect to
decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest assigned to it
hereunder and either such Assignee or the Person exercising discretion in making the decision for
such assignment is experienced in acquiring assets of such type and (iv) by executing, signing and
delivering this Assignment via ClearPar® or any other electronic settlement system designated by
the Subordinated Notes Agent, the Person signing, executing and delivering this Assignment on
behalf of the Assignee is an authorized signer for the Assignee and is authorized to execute, sign
and deliver this Agreement, (b) appoints and authorizes the Subordinated Notes Agent to take such
action as administrative agent and collateral agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under
the Subordinated Notes Documents as are delegated to the Subordinated Notes Agent by the terms
thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (c) shall perform in
accordance with their terms all obligations that, by the terms of the Subordinated Notes Documents,
are required to be performed by it as a Noteholder, (d) confirms it has received such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this Assignment and shall continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking any
action under any Subordinated Notes Document independently and without reliance upon any Credit
Party and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, (e)
acknowledges and agrees that, as a Noteholder, it may receive material non-public information and
confidential information concerning the Credit Parties and their Affiliates and Securities and
agrees to use such information in accordance with Section 11.20 of the Subordinated Notes
Agreement, (f) specifies as its applicable lending offices (and addresses for notices) the offices
at the addresses set forth beneath its name on the signature pages hereof, (g) shall pay to the
Subordinated Notes Agent an assignment fee in the amount of $3,500 to the extent such fee is
required to be paid under Section 11.2(c) of the Subordinated Notes Agreement, (h) to the
extent required pursuant to Section 2.13(f) of the Subordinated Notes Agreement, attaches
two completed originals of Forms W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-9; and (i) acknowledges and agrees in favor of
the Administrative Agent and the Senior Creditors (as each such term is defined in the
Subordination Agreement), that the Subordinated Notes and the Obligations under the Subordinated
Notes Document are subject to the Subordination Agreement, are subordinate in right of payment to
the Senior Debt as defined in and on the terms set forth in the Subordination Agreement, and agrees
to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth therein.

4. Determination of Effective Date; Register. Following the due execution and
delivery of this Assignment by Assignor, Assignee and, to the extent required by Section
11.2(b) of the Subordinated Notes Agreement, the Company, this Assignment (including its
attachments) will be delivered to the Subordinated Notes Agent for its acceptance and recording in
the Register. The effective date of this Assignment (the “Effective Date”) shall be the
later of (i) the acceptance of this Assignment by the Subordinated Notes Agent and (ii) the
recording of this Assignment in the Register. The Subordinated Notes Agent shall insert the
Effective Date when known in the space provided therefor at the beginning of this Assignment.

5. Effect. As of the Effective Date, (a) Assignee shall be a party to the
Subordinated Notes Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment, have the rights and
obligations of a Noteholder under the Subordinated Notes Agreement and (b) Assignor shall, to the
extent provided in this Assignment, relinquish its rights (except those surviving the payment in
full of the Obligations) and be released from its obligations under the Subordinated Notes
Documents other than those obligations relating to events and circumstances occurring prior to the
Effective Date.

6. Distribution of Payments. On and after the Effective Date, the Subordinated Notes
Agent shall make all payments under the Subordinated Notes Documents in respect of each Assigned
Interest (a) in the case of amounts accrued to but excluding the Effective Date, to Assignor and
(b) otherwise, to the Assignee.

ASSIGNMENT FOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

A-3

 

7. Miscellaneous. This Assignment is a Subordinated Notes Document and, as such, is
subject to certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, including Sections 1.5
(Interpretation), 11.14(a) (Submission to Jurisdiction) and 11.15
(Waiver of Jury Trial) thereof. On and after the Effective Date, this Assignment shall be
binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Assignors, Assignees, the Subordinated Notes Agent
and their Related Persons and their successors and assigns. This Assignment shall be governed by,
and be construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. This
Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from
multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed
signature page of this Assignment by facsimile transmission or Electronic Transmission shall be as
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment.

[Signature Pages Follow]

ASSIGNMENT FOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AGREEMENT

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

A-4

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

as Assignor

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

as Assignee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	Lending Office (and address for notices)

for any other purpose:

 	 
	 	[Insert Address (including contact name, fax

number and e-mail address)]
 	 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	ACCEPTED and AGREED

this
 _____ 
day of
 _____:

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

as Subordinated Notes Agent

 	 	 
	By:  	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 	 
	 
	REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC5

 	 	 
	By:  	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 	 

 

	 	 	 
	5	 	Include only if required pursuant to Section
11.2(b) of the Credit Agreement.

SIGNATURE PAGE TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT FOR

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

Exhibit B

to

Subordinated Notes Agreement

Form of Subordinated Note

“This Subordinated Note and the rights and obligations hereunder are subordinate in the manner and
to the extent set forth in that certain Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordination
Agreement”) dated as of April 27, 2010, among General Electric Capital Corporation, as
Subordinated Notes Agent, Regent Broadcasting, LLC (the “Company”) and General Electric
Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent, to the indebtedness (including interest) owed by the
Company pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2010 among the Company,
Regent Communications, Inc., as one of the Guarantors, General Electric Capital Corporation, as
Administrative Agent for the lenders from time to time party thereto and such lenders, as such
Credit Agreement has been and hereafter may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time and to indebtedness refinancing the indebtedness under that agreement as
contemplated by the Subordination Agreement; and each holder of this instrument, by its acceptance
hereof, irrevocably agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Subordination Agreement.”

			
	 	 	 
	Noteholder: [NAME OF NOTEHOLDER]
	 	New York, New York
	Principal Amount: $_____	 	[_____] [_____], 2010

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Regent Broadcasting, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of the Noteholder set forth above (the
“Noteholder”) the Principal Amount set forth above, or, if less, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Subordinated Note (as defined in the Subordinated Notes Agreement referred
to below) of the Noteholder to the Company, payable at such times and in such amounts as are
specified in the Subordinated Notes Agreement.

The Company promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Subordinated Notes from
the date made until such principal amount is paid in full, payable at such times and at such
interest rates as are specified in the Subordinated Notes Agreement. Demand, diligence,
presentment, protest and notice of non-payment and protest are hereby waived by the Company.

Both principal and interest are payable in Dollars to General Electric Capital Corporation, as
Subordinated Notes Agent, at [                                        ], in immediately available funds.

This Subordinated Note is one of the Subordinated Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Subordinated Notes Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2010 (as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordinated
Notes Agreement”), among the Company, Regent Communications, Inc., as one of the Guarantors,
the Noteholders party thereto and General Electric Capital Corporation, as subordinated notes agent
for the Noteholders. Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the
Subordinated Notes Agreement.

[$                    ] SUBORDINATED NOTE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

B-1

 

The Subordinated Notes Agreement, among other things, (a) provides for the issuance of this
Subordinated Note in an aggregate amount equal to the Principal Amount set forth above, the
indebtedness of the Company being evidenced by this Subordinated Note and (b) contains provisions
for acceleration of the maturity of the unpaid principal amount of this Subordinated Note upon the
happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of the principal hereof
prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions specified therein.

This Subordinated Note is a Subordinated Notes Document, is entitled to the benefits of the
Subordinated Notes Documents and is subject to certain provisions of the Subordinated Notes
Agreement, including Sections 1.5 (Interpretation), 11.14(a)
(Submission to Jurisdiction) and 11.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial) thereof.

This Subordinated Note is a registered obligation, transferable only upon notation in the Register,
and no assignment hereof shall be effective until recorded therein.

This Subordinated Note shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the
law of the State of New York.

[$                    ] SUBORDINATED NOTE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

B-2

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Subordinated Note to be executed and delivered by
its duly authorized officer as of the day and year and at the place set forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

[$                    ] SUBORDINATED NOTE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

Exhibit C

to

Subordinated Notes Agreement

Form of Compliance Certificate

                    ,
_____6

This certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(d) of, and in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in, the Subordinated Notes Agreement, dated as of
[                    ] [
_____], 2010 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Subordinated Notes Agreement”), among Regent Broadcasting, LLC (the
“Company”), Regent Communications, Inc., as one of the Guarantors, the Noteholders party
thereto and General Electric Capital Corporation, as subordinated notes agent for the Noteholders
(the “Subordinated Notes Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein are used herein as defined in the Subordinated Notes Agreement.

The undersigned, a duly authorized Responsible Officer of the Company having the name and title set
forth below under his signature, hereby certifies, on behalf of the Company for the benefit of the
Credit Parties and pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Subordinated Notes Agreement that such
Responsible Officer of the Company is familiar with the Subordinated Notes Agreement and that, in
accordance with each of the following sections of the Subordinated Notes Agreement, each of the
following is true on the date hereof:

1. In accordance with Section 6.1[(a)/(b)/(c)] of the Subordinated Notes
Agreement, attached hereto as Annex A are the Financial Statements for the [fiscal
month/Fiscal Quarter/Fiscal Year] ended                     ,
 _____ 
required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1[(a)/(b)/(c)] of the Subordinated Notes Agreement. Such Financial
Statements fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial position,
results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated therein and for
the periods indicated therein in accordance with GAAP [(subject to the absence of footnote
disclosure and normal year-end audit adjustments)]7 [without qualification as to
the scope of the audit or as to going concern and without any other similar qualification,
together with the certificate from the Group Members’ Accountants with respect to such
Consolidated Financial Statements required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1(c) of the Subordinated Notes Agreement. The examination by the
Company’s Accountants in connection with such Financial Statements has been made in
accordance with the standards of the United States’ Public Company accounting Oversight
Board (or any successor entity).]8

2. [Reserved]

3. In accordance with Section 6.1(d) of the Subordinated Notes Agreement, no
Default is continuing as of the date hereof[, except as provided for on Annex C
attached hereto, with respect to each of which the Company proposes to take the actions set
forth on Annex C].

 

	 	 	 
	6	 	Insert date of delivery of certificate.

	 
	7	 	Insert language in brackets only for monthly and
quarterly reports.

	 
	8	 	Insert language in brackets only for annual
certifications.

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

D-1

 

4. In accordance with Section 6.1(e) of the Subordinated Notes Agreement, (i)
the [Corporate Chart attached hereto as Annex D[-1]] [last Corporate Chart delivered
pursuant to such Section)], is correct and complete as of the date hereof, (ii) all documents
required to be delivered pursuant to the Subordinated Notes Documents by any Credit Party in
the preceding Fiscal Quarter have been delivered thereunder (or such delivery requirement
was otherwise duly waived or extended) and (iii) complete and correct copies of all
documents modifying any term of any Constituent Document of any Group Member or any
Subsidiary or joint venture thereof on or prior to the date hereof have been delivered to
the Subordinated Notes Agent [or are attached hereto as Annex D[-2]].

5. In accordance with Section 6.1(g) of the Subordinated Notes Agreement,
attached hereto as Annex E is a discussion and analysis of the financial condition
and results of operations of the Group Members for the portion of the Fiscal Year elapsed on
or prior to the date hereof discussing the reasons for any significant variations from the
Projections for such period and the figures for the corresponding period in the previous
Fiscal Year.

6. [In accordance with Section 6.1(h) of the Subordinated Notes Agreement,
attached hereto as Annex F is a correct and complete summary of the outstanding
balances of all intercompany Indebtedness as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter covered
by the Financial Statements attached hereto as Annex A9].

7. [In accordance with Sections 6.1(i) and (j) of the Subordinated
Notes Agreement, attached hereto as Annexes F and G are complete and correct
(i) copies of each management letter, audit report or similar letter or report received by
any Group Member from any independent registered certified public accountant (including the
Group Members’ Accountants) in connection with such Financial Statements or any audit
thereof and (ii) a summary of all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date
thereof by any Group Member10].11

[Signature Page Follows]

 

	 	 	 
	9	 	Insert bracketed language only for quarterly reports.

	 
	10	 	Insert other information reasonably required by the
Subordinated Notes Agent.

	 
	11	 	Insert bracketed language only for annual reports.

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

D-2

 

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has executed this certificate on the date first
written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF

REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

 

ANNEX A

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                                             

DATED _____, _____

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Annex A-1

 

ANNEX B

[Intentionally Omitted]

 

Annex B-1

 

[ANNEX C

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                                             

DATED                     , ____

CONTINUING DEFAULTS]12

 

	 	 	 
	12	 	Delete if not used in the text of the certificate.

 

Annex C-1

 

ANNEX D[-1]

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                                             

DATED                     , ____

CORPORATE CHART 

 

Annex D-1-1

 

ANNEX D[-2]

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                                             

DATED                     ,
 _____ 

MODIFICATIONS TO CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS

 

Annex D-2-1

 

ANNEX E

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                                             

DATED                     ,
 _____ 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

Annex E-1

 

ANNEX F

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                                             

DATED                     , ____

[INTERCOMPANY INDEBTEDNESS][MANAGEMENT LETTERS]

 

Annex F-1

 

ANNEX G

to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF                                                             

DATED                     ,
 _____ 

SUMMARY OF MATERIAL INSURANCE COVERAGES

 

Annex G-1

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