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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MCDERMOTT EDWARD H   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LAMAR ADVERTISING CO/NEW [LAMR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY , SUITE 3215 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/18/2008 (Street) MILL VALLEY, CA 94941 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 09/18/2008   A   557 (1) A $ 0 18,640,071 (2) (3) I See footnotes

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MCDERMOTT EDWARD H 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY , SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941	X	X
SPO ADVISORY CORP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941		X
SPO ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941		X
SF ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY , SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941		X
SPO PARTNERS II LP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941		X
SAN FRANCISCO PARTNERS II LP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941		X
SCULLY JOHN H 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941		X
OBERNDORF WILLIAM E 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941		X
PATTERSON WILLIAM J 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941		X

Signatures

Kim Silva		09/19/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This award of restricted stock was made to Edward H. McDermott ("EHM") as a Director of the Issuer. Pursuant to the partnership agreement governing SPO Partners II, L.P. ("SPO Partners"), these shares may be deemed to be beneficially owned by SPO Partners together with any profits arising therefrom. These shares are in addition to 800 shares owned by EHM in his IRA, which is self-directed, and included in Column 5 above.
(2)	Additionally, 17,902,984 shares of the issuer's common stock are owned directly by SPO Partners II, L.P. ("SPO Partners") and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SPO Advisory Partners, L.P. ("SPO Advisory"), the sole general partners of SPO Partners, (ii) SPO Advisory Corp. ("SPO Corp."), the sole general partner of SPO Advisory, and (iii) John H. Scully ("JHS"), William E. Oberndorf ("WEO"), William J. Patterson ("WJP") and EHM, the four controlling persons of SPO Corp. Additionally, 735,730 shares of the issuer's common stock are owned directly by San Francisco Partners II, L.P. ("SF Partners") and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SF Advisory Partners, L.P. ("SF Advisory"), the sole general partners of SF Partners, (ii) SPO Corp., the sole general partner of SF Advisory, and (iii) JHS, WEO, WJP and EHM, the four controlling persons of SPO Corp.
(3)	Additionally, WEO owns 84,600 shares in his IRA, which is self-directed, JHS owns 18,700 shares in his IRAs, which are self-directed and WJP owns 1,700 shares in his IRA, which is self-directed.
Remarks: The individuals and entities listed in notes above may be deemed to form a "group", as such term is defined in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for purposes of this filing.  This filing shall not be deemed as an admission by any such person that such person is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered by this statement.  Each such person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of such person's pecuniary interest, if any, therein.

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