Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Continues to Rock Car Stereo Competition Scene with SLAP Partnership

    CANTON, Mass.--Dec. 5, 2002--Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, the nation's premier specialty consumer electronics retailer, today announces its 2003 auto enthusiast event series sponsorship with Sound Looks and Performance Association or SLAP(TM).
    As the premier sponsor of SLAP, the company will host 39 events nationwide at its Tweeter and Sound Advice stores. This is the first year that SLAP will enter the highly competitive Florida market. Tweeter Home Entertainment Group is the parent company of Sound Advice, which dominates Florida car stereo sales.
    Auto enthusiasts can compete at these events to earn points towards qualification for the Sound Looks And Performance Championship event in the Fall of 2003.
    "SLAP provides a unique forum that allows competitors to gain national recognition for their vehicle's sound, as well as its style and appearance," says Dan Jeancola, Vice President of Mobile Electronics for Tweeter Home Entertainment Group. "Last year's event series and championship was an incredible success for Tweeter and SLAP. The level of craftsmanship and pride in the vehicles we saw was amazing. We are looking forward to the 2003 season."
    "We're proud to continue our car show partnership with Tweeter Home Entertainment Group in 2003," says Ray Brooks, Vice President of Operations for SLAP. "Together, SLAP and Tweeter are a driving force nationwide for providing fun, grass roots events for auto enthusiasts."

    2003 Tweeter sponsored SLAP tour dates and cities are as follows:

    February 23, Sound Advice - Pembroke Pines, FL

    March 9, Tweeter - Humble, TX
    March 9, Sound Advice - Tallahassee, FL
    March 16, Tweeter - Charlotte, NC
    March 16, Tweeter - Chino, CA
    March 23, Tweeter - San Diego, CA
    March 30, Tweeter - Houston, TX

    April 6, Tweeter - Charlotte, NC
    April 6, Tweeter - Lewisville, TX
    April 13, Tweeter - Morrow, GA
    April 13, Sound Advice - West Palm Beach, FL
    April 27, Tweeter - Lancaster, PA
    April 27, Tweeter - Frisco, TX

    May 4, Tweeter - Chula Vista, CA
    May 4, Sound Advice - Sarasota, FL
    May 18, Tweeter - Houston, TX
    May 18, Tweeter - Gurnee, IL

    June 1, Tweeter - Fredericksburg, VA
    June 1, Tweeter - Kennesaw, GA
    June 8, Tweeter - Nashua, NH
    June 8, Sound Advice - Jacksonville, FL
    June 22, Tweeter - Waterford, CT
    June 22, Tweeter - Vista, CA
    June 29, Tweeter - Aurora, IL
    June 29, Sound Advice - St. Petersburg, FL
    July 13, Tweeter - Columbia, MD

    July 13, Sound Advice - Tampa, FL
    July 20, Tweeter - Philadelphia, PA
    July 20, Tweeter - Downers Grove, IL
    July 27, Tweeter - Deptford, NJ
    July 27, Tweeter - Chattanooga, TN

    August 3, Tweeter - Auburn, MA
    August 3, Sound Advice - Jacksonville, FL
    August 10, Tweeter - Braintree, MA
    August 10, Tweeter - Chula Vista, CA
    August 17, Tweeter - Wilmington, DE
    August 17, Tweeter - Schaumburg, IL
    August 24, Tweeter - Albany, NY
    August 24, Sound Advice - Tampa, FL

    The Sound Look and Performance Association was formed to provide event-sanctioning standards and judging rules for three types of auto enthusiast events -- car shows, sound pressure level and sound quality competitions. These judging formats are known as SLAPshow-N-Shine(TM), SLAPdB(TM) and SLAPdBq(TM) respectively.
    As a proud sponsor of SLAP, Tweeter Home Entertainment Group is continuing its commitment to supply mobile enthusiasts with the best car stereo equipment available. Tweeter and Sound Advice Car Stereo Center locations are staffed by certified Mobile Electronic Technicians and offer leading products from manufacturers including Alpine, Audiovox, Boston Acoustics, JL Audio, Eclipse, Kenwood and Kicker. All stores with mobile electronics departments feature mobile electronics installation bays, a woodworking facility and a full-time highly trained staff.

    Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc. was founded in 1972 by current Chairman Sandy Bloomberg. Based in Canton, Massachusetts, the company is a specialty retailer of mid- to high-end audio and video consumer electronics products. The company's fiscal 2002 revenues were $796 million. Tweeter was named "Consumer Electronics Retailer of the Year" four out of the past six years by Audio-Video International, "1999 Retail Leader" by TWICE, and awarded Dealerscope's 1999 Dealer's Pride award. The company employs approximately 3,700 associates. Tweeter Home Entertainment Group now operates 175 stores under the Tweeter brand in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, Texas, San Diego and Chicago markets, the HiFi Buys brand in the Georgia market, the Sound Advice brand in the Florida market, the Showcase brand in the Arizona market and the Hillcrest brand in the Dallas market.

    Further information on the Tweeter Home Entertainment Group can be found on the company's Web site, www.tweeter.com.