Belo Presents at Bear Stearns 21st Annual Media Conference

Belo Presents at Bear Stearns 21st Annual Media Conference

DALLAS, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC) presented today at the Bear Stearns 21st Annual Media Conference held in Palm Beach, Florida. During the presentation Dunia Shive, Belo's president and Chief Executive Officer, and Dennis Williamson, Belo's executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer, provided a brief overview of the Company's strategy as a pure-play television business.

Discussing first quarter, Shive said, "While we will likely finish first quarter with approximately $5 million in political revenue, we've also experienced softness in certain major categories, most notably automotive, which offset the increase in political. In addition, we aired the Super Bowl on our single FOX affiliate in the first quarter of 2008 versus our five CBS affiliates in the first quarter of 2007. Total revenues for first quarter 2008 are currently pacing down low-single digits."

Shive also said full year revenue will depend upon the strength of political revenue in the Company's markets and, importantly, the stability of the economy. The Company also expects Internet revenue growth to be less than the rate experienced in 2007 but still up strong double-digits.

The full text of the presentation and a replay of the Webcast are available on Belo's Web site on the Investor Relations page at http://www.belo.com/.

About Belo

Belo Corp. is one of the nation's largest pure-play publicly-traded television companies, with annual revenue of approximately $775 million. The Company owns and operates 20 television stations reaching more than 14 percent of U.S. television households, including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW and MyNetwork TV affiliates, and their associated Web sites, in 15 highly-attractive markets across the United States. Belo stations consistently deliver distinguished journalism for which they have received significant industry recognition including nine Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Awards; eight George Foster Peabody Awards; and 19 national Edward R. Murrow Awards -- all since 2000, and in each case more than any other commercial station group in the nation. Nearly all Belo stations rank first or second in their local market. Belo owns stations in seven of the top 25 markets in the nation, with six stations located in the fast-growing, top-14 markets of Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Seattle/Tacoma and Phoenix. Additionally, the Company has leveraged its local television assets to create regional cable news channels in Texas and the Northwest increasing its impact in those regions. Additional information is available at http://www.belo.com/ or by contacting Paul Fry, vice president/Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, at 214-977-6835.

Statements in this communication concerning Belo's business outlook or future economic performance, anticipated profitability, revenue, expenses, dividends, capital expenditures, investments, future financings, or other financial and non-financial items that are not historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" as the term is defined under applicable federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements.

Such risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to, uncertainties regarding the costs, consequences (including tax consequences) and other effects of the distribution of the newspaper businesses and related assets of Belo; changes in capital market conditions and prospects, and other factors such as changes in advertising demand, interest rates and programming and production costs; changes in viewership patterns and demography, and actions by Nielsen; changes in the network-affiliate business model for broadcast television; technological changes, including the transition to digital television and the development of new systems to distribute television and other audio-visual content; changes in the ability to secure, and in the terms of, carriage of Belo programming on cable, satellite and other program distribution methods; development of Internet commerce; industry cycles; changes in pricing or other actions by competitors and suppliers; Federal Communications Commission and other regulatory, tax and legal changes; adoption of new accounting standards or changes in existing accounting standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting standard-setting bodies or authorities; the effects of Company acquisitions, dispositions and co-owned ventures; general economic conditions; and significant armed conflict, as well as other risks detailed in Belo's other public disclosures and filings with the SEC including Belo's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

First Call Analyst: Carey P. Hendrickson
FCMN Contact: mmackey@belo.com

Source: Belo Corp.

CONTACT: Paul Fry, vice president, Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications of Belo Corp., +1-214-977-6835

Web site:

http://www.belo.com/

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