SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No: 961815107
1)NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.
OF ABOVE PERSON: Lazard Asset Management LLC
2)CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A
GROUP (a)o
2)(b)o
3)SEC USE ONLY
4)CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY
EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:
5)SOLE VOTING POWER: 7,802,173
6)SHARED VOTING POWER: -
7)SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: 8,854,727
8)SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: -
9)AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING PERSON: 8,854,727
10)CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES o
11)PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9): 10.02%
12)TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON: IA
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
Westwood One Inc
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
40 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
Lazard Asset Management LLCItem 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office
or, if None, Residence:
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
Item 2(c):Citizenship: Delaware Limited Liability Company
Item 2(d):Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
Item 2(e):CUSIP Number: 961815107
Item 3:If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b),
or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:
o
(a) Broker or Dealer Registered Under Section 15 of the ActItem 4: Ownership.
(a)Amount beneficially owned: 8,854,727
(b)percent of class: 10.02%
(c)Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i)Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 7,802,173
(ii)Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:-
(iii)Sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of: 8,854,727
(iv)Shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of:-
Item 5:Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
Item 6:Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf
of Another Person.
Not ApplicableClients of the Reporting Person have the right to receive dividends
and proceeds of sale of the securities reported on this Schedule.
To the knowledge of the Reporting Person, no such person has an
interest relating to more than five percent of the class of
such securities.
Item 7:Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
Company: Not applicable
Item 8:Identification and Classification of Members
of the Group: Not applicable
Item 9:Notice of Dissolution of Group:Not applicable
Item 10:Certification.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of
and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of
the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection
with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes
or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief
of the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the
information set forth in this Statement is true, complete
and correct.
Date: December 8, 2005
_________________________
John H. Blevins
Senior Vice President