KING 5 Chooses CityVoter to Power Evening Magazine's 16th Annual Best of Western Washington and Build KING 5's Best Guide

KING 5 Chooses CityVoter to Power Evening Magazine's 16th Annual Best of Western Washington and Build KING 5's Best Guide

KING 5 amplifies Evening Magazine's Best of Western Washington and announces KING 5's Best Guide, powered by CityVoter, giving locals even more power to discover the 'Best Places to Go, People to Meet and Things To Do'

SEATTLE, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- KING 5 announces the 16th Annual Evening Magazine's Best of Western Washington contest and the launch of KING 5's Best Guide, powered by CityVoter. CityVoter welcomes KING 5 to the growing CityVoter client community, which includes leading media companies in more than 30 percent of the top 50 DMAs.

KING 5's Best guide (www.king5.com/best) will feature descriptions, photos, maps and comments on Pacific Northwest treasures. The guide is kicking off with the 2008 Evening Magazine Best of Western Washington competition which invites people to nominate, vote and comment on their favorite spots, locals and businesses. In addition, businesses can now log in to the guide to easily create, manage, and promote their own web profile, at no charge.

Beginning September 15, visitors to www.king5.com/best can vote, nominate and comment on their choices for the best in Western Washington. The four-week contest ends October 13; winners will be announced online and featured on Evening Magazine the week of October 27. After voting ends, all the winners and nominees will be featured on KING 5's Best Guide, offering visitors the inside scoop on Western Washington's finest.

"Evening Magazine's Best of Western Washington has always been a great way for people to recognize the folks and places that make the Pacific Northwest unique," commented KING 5 President and General Manager Ray Heacox. "CityVoter's technology and innovative approach is the perfect complement to our long running tradition and commitment to providing our community with information to enhance their daily lives."

"As the first television station in the Northwest, KING 5 is considered one of the strongest in the country," said Josh Walker, CityVoter's founder and CEO. "We are thrilled to partner with them to support their contest and develop KING 5's Best, a year-round guide to the best of Western Washington."

About Belo Corp.

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; nine George Foster Peabody Awards; and 23 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 created regional cable news channels in Texas and the Northwest increasing its impact in those regions.

Additional information is available at www.belo.com or by contacting Paul Fry, vice president/Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, at 214-977-6835.

About CityVoter, Inc.

CityVoter.com is the leading social platform for the insider's scoop. It allows insiders who know a city best to share their insight with information, ratings, and reviews on everyday decisions. By eliminating the guesswork from daily life, CityVoter.com helps people make the best decisions in all aspects of their lives, not just around the big events. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, CityVoter.com helps leading media companies like FOX, Gazette Communications, Hearst-Argyle, McGraw-Hill, Post-Newsweek, and the San Francisco Chronicle, a division of Hearst Corporation to engage and monetize their local audience, successfully converge with digital media, and immerse their brands into the local social experience. For more information, visit www.CityVoter.com.

Source: CityVoter

CONTACT: Caralyn Quigley Stern, Director of Marketing of CityVoter,
+1-617-741-3100 ext. 150, cstern@cityvoter.com; or Lisa Thompson, Director of
Community Relations and Communications of KING 5, +1-206-448-3989,
lthompson@king5.com

Web site: http://www.cityvoter.com/
http://www.king5.com/best
http://www.belo.com/

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