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Windstream COO Brent Whittington to Speak at Goldman Sachs Conference

September 16, 2011

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brent Whittington, chief operating officer of Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq:WIN), will speak at 1:05 p.m. CDT on Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Goldman Sachs 20th Annual Communacopia Conference in New York.

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 website for 90 days.

About Windstream

Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq:WIN), headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., is an S&P 500 communications and technology solutions provider with operations in 29 states and the District of Columbia and about $4 billion in annual revenues. Windstream provides IP-based voice and data services, MPLS networking, data center and managed hosting services and communication systems to businesses and government agencies. The company also delivers broadband, digital phone and high-definition TV services to residential customers primarily located in rural areas and operates a local and long-haul fiber network spanning approximately 60,000 route miles. For more information about Windstream, visit www.windstream.com.

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CONTACT: Investor Relations Contact:
         Mary Michaels, 501-748-7578
         mary.michaels@windstream.com