16WAPT Launches the 2008 WAPT.com A-List, Powered by CityVoter

Interactive Online Guide Kicks Off with Annual Contest Inviting Viewers to Vote for the Best Central Mississippi Businesses

Jackson, MS (2008) - 16WAPTtoday announced that it has launched the WAPT.Com A-List powered by CityVoter. The WAPT.com A-List is the premier destination for local information, featuring descriptions, photos, videos, maps, and real-life customer comments on the top local businesses. The WAPT.com A-List provides local businesses with a platform to easily create, manage, and promote their own web content and gives consumers the power to choose the best businesses and post comments, photos, and more.

The 2008 WAPT.com A-List kicks off on March 17, 2008 with a "best of" contest inviting visitors to choose Central Mississippi's best local businesses. During the WAPT.com A-List contest people can logon to www.WAPT.com/alist to nominate and vote for their favorite businesses and share photos and reviews. The contest runs March 17th through May 11th. Winners will be announced and posted the week of May 19th.

WAPT.com A-List offers local businesses a free online presence and easy-to-use tools to manage their listings, saving them time and money and connecting them with online customers After the contest, the guide is available all year and offers reviews and photos posted by customers, enhancing the value of a local business listing—both for the business and for those searching for detailed local information.

"People are increasingly exploring their cities online and are looking for more than basic information—they want photos, videos, maps, customer reviews and more," comments Josh Walker, CityVoter CEO We are proud to support 16WAPT's commitment to providing local businesses the recognition they deserve and an effective online presence at no charge."

About 16WAPT-TV
16WAPT-TV, Jackson, Mississippi's ABC Affiliate, is owned by Media Giant Hearst-Argyle Television and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. WAPT.com is where viewers turn to for WAPT-TV online, with up-to-the-minute reporting on News, Weather and Sports, plus comprehensive Entertainment, Health, Technology coverage and much more! WAPT-TV's regional news and information Web site is updated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On-air promotion drives viewers to WAPT.com. WAPT.com receives nearly 1 million page views and over 90,000 unique visitors each month!. ..WAPT.com named "Best TV Website in the State" by the Associated Press.

About CityVoter, Inc.
Founded in 2005, CityVoter, Inc. helps consumers find the best local businesses in their cities. Millions of locals visit CityVoter.com and its partner-branded metro guides daily to search, nominate, vote for, and comment on their favorite businesses. CityVoter builds its image-based metro guides for major media companies like Fox, McGraw-Hill, Hearst-Argyle and Post-Newsweek, to enhance the local relevancy of their websites and strengthen their relationships with their local communities. These guides are the premier destinations for local commercial content, featuring descriptions, photos, videos, maps, and customer comments about the top local businesses. Each partner-branded metro guide features a "best-of" contest to discover the best local businesses, as chosen by the local community. Rich photo galleries give visitors a storefront view of local shops, bars, food, products, clothing and more. The CityVoter.com destination site provides valuable answers to consumer-posted questions that enable visitors to weigh in with their choices for the best their city has to offer. To learn more about CityVoter, CityVoter.com and CityVoter's partner-branded metro guides, visit www.cityvoter.com or corp.cityvoter.com.