Windstream President and CEO Jeff Gardner to Speak at Citigroup Conference

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jeff Gardner, president and CEO of Windstream , will speak at 3:50 p.m. CST on Jan. 11 at the Citigroup 17th Annual Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference in Las Vegas.

Instructions to access the Webcast of the presentation can be found at http://www.windstream.com/investors . The public can access the presentation via the Investor Relations portion of the Web site on the day of the conference. It also will be archived on the Web site for 90 days.

About Windstream

Windstream Corporation provides voice, broadband and entertainment services to customers in 16 states. The company has approximately 3.3 million access lines and about $3.2 billion in annual revenues. For more information, visit http://www.windstream.com/ .

Investor Relations Contacts: Mary Michaels, 501-748-7578 mary.michaels@windstream.com Rob Clancy, 501-748-5550 rob.clancy@windstream.com