Windstream President and CEO Jeff Gardner to Speak at Citi 20th Annual Global Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference

Jeff Gardner, president and chief executive officer of Windstream (NASDAQ: WIN), will speak at 12:30 p.m. CST on Thursday, Jan. 7 at the Citi 20th Annual Global Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications conference in San Francisco.

A live webcast of the event will be available at www.windstream.com/investors on the day of the conference. The webcast will be archived on the Web site for 30 days.

About Windstream

Windstream Corporation is an S&P 500 company that provides phone, high-speed Internet and high-definition digital TV services to customers in 16 states. The company also offers a wide range of IP-based voice and data services and advanced phone systems and equipment to businesses and government agencies. The company has approximately 3 million access lines and about $3.1 billion in annual revenues. Windstream is ranked 4th in the 2009 BusinessWeek 50 ranking of the best performing U.S. companies. For more information about Windstream, visit www.windstream.com.