KCRG-TV9 Launches the 2008 A-List, Powered by CityVoter

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

Cedar Rapids, Iowa (January 1st, 2008) - KCRG-TV9 today announced that it has launched the A-LIST powered by CityVoter. The 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 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 A-LIST kicks off on January with a "best of" contest inviting visitors to chose Eastern Iowa’s best local businesses. During the A-LIST vote, people can logon to KCRG.com to nominate and vote for their favorite businesses and share photos and reviews. In addition, every voter can enter to win a HDTV. The contest runs January 28th-March 23rd. Winners will be announced and posted the week of March 31st.

The KCRG-TV9 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 A-LIST 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.

"We are very excited to offer such an exciting, interactive and informative way for businesses to reach new customers, " says KCRG-TV9 News Director Becky Lutgen-Gardner. "Even more, the KCRG-TV9 A-LIST is a unique online community, focused on local businesses and attractions, giving KCRG.com users an exclusive, one-stop information source."

"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 KCRG-TV9’s commitment to providing local businesses the recognition they deserve and an effective online presence at no charge."

About KCRG-TV9
KCRG-TV9 is Eastern Iowa’s 24 Hour News and Weather Source. Using a broad and dynamic mix of on-air, online and mobile platforms, KCRG-TV9 is the market’s only locally owned television station and the market’s number 1 source of local news and information. For over 50 years, KCRG-TV9 been an active and involved community partner, growing deeper local roots by developing and championing community service and community improvement projects like KCRG-TV9’s SHOW YOU CARE campaign, the longest running, largest and most recognized partnership of its kind in Eastern Iowa. KCRG-TV9 is also a long-time affiliate of the ABC Television Network and now offers High-Definition programming on KCRG-DT and the only local 24 Hour News and Weather channel in the market, 9.2 LOCAL KCRG, on its digital sub-channel.

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.