Belo Television Stations Win 33 Regional Murrow Awards, Leading All Media Companies Nationwide; Web Sites Receive Top Award in Six of Seven Regions

Belo Television Stations Win 33 Regional Murrow Awards, Leading All Media Companies Nationwide; Web Sites Receive Top Award in Six of Seven Regions

DALLAS, April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC) announced today that 10 of its television stations earned 33 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for 2006, leading all other media companies nationwide in the total number of awards received. The Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) presents the Murrow Awards to honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism and recognize news organizations for continuing to set the standard in the broadcast news profession.

"We are extremely proud of our television news professionals who have distinguished themselves again this year in regional Murrow competitions," said Dunia Shive, president/Media Operations. "By consistently holding to the highest journalistic standards, they have provided vital, award-winning content for their local communities. These outstanding results illustrate why Belo stations hold the #1 or #2 ranking in 14 of our 15 broadcast markets."

Belo stations competed in seven of the 13 Murrow regions this year and received awards in categories ranging from overall excellence to newscast, spot news coverage and investigative reporting. In six of the seven regions, the Company's television stations won awards for the best broadcast-affiliated Web site (KGW-TV in Portland, KTVB in Boise, KMOV-TV in St. Louis, KHOU-TV in Houston, WWL-TV in New Orleans and WVEC-TV in Hampton/Norfolk). In Region 6, KHOU-TV in Houston won the newest Murrow Award category -- feature: hard news -- as well as five other awards. Also in Region 6, KVUE-TV in Austin won three awards, bringing to nine the total number of awards won by these two Belo stations out of 26 possible awards in this region. WWL-TV in New Orleans received six of 10 possible awards in the Region 9 large-market category, including an award for continuing coverage. KMOV-TV in St. Louis won five of 13 possible awards in the Region 5 large-market category.

In Region 1, Belo stations won eight of 23 awards in the categories in which they competed. KING-TV in Seattle/Tacoma won four awards, KGW-TV in Portland won two awards, and KREM-TV in Spokane and KTVB in Boise each received one award. In Region 8, WCNC-TV in Charlotte won three awards. In Region 12, WVEC-TV in Hampton/Norfolk received two awards in the large-market category.

A complete list follows of Belo's regional Murrow Award winners:

Market
Region Station Size Categories

1 KGW-TV --
Portland, Or. Large Spot News Coverage, Web site
(broadcast-affiliated)

1 KING-TV --
Seattle/Tacoma Large Continuing Coverage, Overall
Excellence, Videography, Writing

1 KREM-TV --
Spokane Small Videography

1 KTVB -- Boise Small Web site (broadcast-affiliated)

5 KMOV-TV --
St. Louis Large Feature Reporting, News Series,
Newscast, Spot News Coverage, Web site
(broadcast-affiliated)

6 KHOU-TV --
Houston Large Feature: Hard News*, Investigative
Reporting, News Documentary,
Videography, Web site
(broadcast-affiliated), Writing

6 KVUE-TV --
Austin Small News Series, Overall Excellence,
Videography

8 WCNC-TV --
Charlotte Large Investigative Reporting, News Series,
Newscast

9 WWL-TV --
New Orleans Large Continuing Coverage, Investigative
Reporting, Overall Excellence, Spot
News Coverage, Videography, Web site
(broadcast-affiliated)

12 WVEC-TV --
Hampton/Norfolk Large Newscast, Web site
(broadcast-affiliated)

* New category in 2006

The RTNDA presented a total of 306 regional awards to 159 television stations this year, and has recognized outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the broadcast news profession. Regional winners are eligible for national awards that will be announced later this year.

About Belo

Belo Corp. is one of the nation's largest media companies with a diversified group of market-leading television, newspaper, cable and interactive media assets. A Fortune 1000 company with 7,700 employees and more than $1.5 billion in annual revenues, Belo operates in some of America's most dynamic markets in Texas, the Northwest, the Southwest, Rhode Island, and the Mid-Atlantic. Belo owns 19 television stations, six of which are in the 15 largest U.S. broadcast markets. The Company also owns or operates seven cable news channels and manages one television station through a local marketing agreement. Belo's daily newspapers are The Dallas Morning News, The Providence Journal, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) and the Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, TX). The Company also publishes specialty publications targeting young adults and the fast-growing Hispanic market, including Quick and Al Dia in Dallas/Fort Worth, and El D and La Prensa in Riverside. Belo operates more than 30 Web sites associated with its operating companies. Additional information is available at http://www.belo.com/ or by contacting Carey Hendrickson, vice president/Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, at 214-977-6626.

Source: Belo Corp.

CONTACT: Carey Hendrickson, vice president-Investor Relations &
Corporate Communications of Belo Corp., +1-214-977-6626

Web site: http://www.belo.com/

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