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Windstream President and CEO Jeff Gardner to Speak at Morgan Stanley Conference

March 1, 2011

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jeff Gardner, president and chief executive officer of Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq:WIN), will speak at 4:45 p.m. CST on Wednesday, March 2 at the Morgan Stanley 2011 Technology, Media & Telecom 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 website for 30 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