Hearst-Argyle Stations Receive Five National Murrow Awards

Hearst-Argyle Stations Receive Five National Murrow Awards

NEW YORK, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WBAL Radio in Baltimore earned awards in the Overall Excellence and News Documentary categories; WBAL-TV, Baltimore, in the News Documentary and News Series categories; and KCCI-TV, Des Moines, in the Sports Reporting category, in national Edward R. Murrow Awards results announced today by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA).

WBAL Radio's Overall Excellence award, its second consecutive, essentially designates it the nation's best large-market radio news provider. Among the stories earning it the honor was its coverage of the May 2007 fire on Baltimore's Cecil Avenue, the city's deadliest fire in 25 years. WBAL Radio's News Documentary award was for the station's special on Orioles legend Cal Ripken.

The national awards follow the regional Murrow competitions, held in April, in which Hearst-Argyle stations received a total 29 regional awards recognizing broadcast and web journalism excellence.

"We once again applaud our stations and their news teams for earning the recognition of their peers for outstanding journalism," said David J. Barrett, Hearst-Argyle Television President and CEO.

A full list of Murrow awards recipients can be found at http://www.rtnda.org/

Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. owns 26 television stations, and manages an additional three television and two radio stations owned by Hearst Corporation, in geographically diverse U.S. markets. The Company's television stations reach approximately 18% of U.S. TV households, making it one of America's largest television station groups. Hearst-Argyle owns 12 ABC-affiliated stations, and manages an additional ABC station owned by Hearst Corporation, and is the largest ABC affiliate group. The Company also owns 10 NBC affiliates, and is the second-largest NBC affiliate owner, and owns two CBS affiliates. Also, Hearst-Argyle owns more than 30 Websites and currently multicasts 18 digital weather channels. The company's Web address is www.hearstargyle.com.

Source: Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.

CONTACT: Thomas W. Campo of Hearst-Argyle Television, +1-212-887-6827,
tcampo@hearst.com

Web site:

http://www.hearstargyle.com/
http://www.rtnda.org/

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