Hearst-Argyle Television Stations Earn 18 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

Hearst-Argyle Television Stations Earn 18 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

NEW YORK, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Eleven Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. stations have been honored with a total of 18 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, given by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA).

Two of the stations -- KCCI-TV, Des Moines, and WMUR-TV, Manchester, N.H. -- were honored with Overall Excellence recognition, in part for their in-depth coverage of the presidential campaigns in their respective states. Hearst-Argyle and its stations also recently were honored with a Peabody Award and a fifth consecutive USC Walter Cronkite Award for political coverage.

KCCI, WMUR and the other Hearst-Argyle recipients also were recognized in part for vital coverage of major weather events impacting their regions.

The Hearst-Argyle honorees, and their categories of recognition, in this year's regional Edward R. Murrow Award competitions are as follows:

KCCI-TV, Des Moines: Overall Excellence, Breaking News, Best Newscast
WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH: Overall Excellence, Breaking News, Best Newscast
WISN-TV, Milwaukee: Breaking News
KETV, Omaha: News Series
WLKY-TV, Louisville: Continuing Coverage, Best Newscast
WXII-TV, Winston-Salem: Feature Reporting
KHBS-TV, Ft. Smith, AR: Best Newscast
WCVB-TV, Boston: Continuing Coverage
WMTW-TV, Portland, ME: Breaking News, Continuing Coverage
WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh: Hard News Feature
WBAL Radio, Baltimore: Continuing Coverage, Sports Reporting

Recipients of regional Murrow Awards are nominees for national awards, to be presented at the annual Murrow Awards dinner in New York in October.

Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. a leading local media company, owns 26 television stations, and manages an additional three television and two radio stations. The Company's television stations reach approximately 18% of U.S. TV households, making it one of America's largest television station groups. It also owns 37 websites and 20 digital multicast channels providing news, weather and entertainment programming. Hearst-Argyle is majority-owned by Hearst Corporation. The Company's Web address is www.hearstargyle.com.

Source: Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.

CONTACT: Tom Campo of Campo Communications, LLC, +1-212-590-2464,
Tom@CampoComm.com

Web Site: http://www.hearstargyle.com/

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