UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 11, 2005

WESTWOOD ONE, INC.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 641-2000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Table of Contents

Section 5 Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On July 11, 2005, Maria D. Hummer, a director of Westwood One, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company that she was resigning as a director of the Company, effective July 13, 2005. Ms. Hummer resigned due to the appointment of her husband, Robert Holmes Tuttle, as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

     Ms. Hummer served on the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Section 9 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.