KCRA 3 Announces Winners of 2008 KCRA 3 A-List, Powered by CityVoter; Increases Participating Businesses by 53% During Second-Annual Contest to Discover Sacramento’s Best Local Businesses

The KCRA 3 A-List, powered by CityVoter, continues to grow through user-generated content from local businesses, consumers, and viewers who vote for their favorite local spots

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—May 6, 2008—KCRA 3 announces the winners of the 2008 KCRA 3 A-List, powered by CityVoter, the second-annual competition in which thousands of locals vote online at www.kcra.com/alist for their favorite businesses. Now in its second year, the KCRA 3 A-List has grown to 2,900 local businesses, a 53 percent increase over the first year, rapidly becoming the premier destination for local information, featuring descriptions, photos, maps, and customer comments on Sacramento’s top local businesses.

“The KCRA 3 A-List has proven to be a valuable online information resource for our Sacramento area viewers,” said Elliott Troshinsky, president and general manager of KCRA 3. “This online guide has grown organically through the active participation of local businesses and the local customers who support them through nominations, votes, and comments.”

The KCRA 3 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. Continuing in year two, the KCRA 3 A-List has proven to be an increasingly effective promotional tool for local Sacramento businesses and an ever more valuable information resource for consumers, as the guide’s content is progressively enriched through the ongoing contributions of locals.

“It’s exciting to see the KCRA 3 A-List, powered by CityVoter, take hold in Sacramento,” comments Josh Walker, chief executive officer, CityVoter, Inc. “The level of participation by local businesses and consumers indicates that KCRA 3 has successfully established itself as the local authority on what locals like best about their city.”

During the eight-week-long contest, the KCRA 3 A-List has added over 900 new listings, currently featuring information, photos, and reviews on over 2,900 local businesses. The contest drew roughly 120,000 votes for more than 120 categories such as Burger, Day Spa, Pet Sitting, Motorcycle Shop, Sushi, Art Museum, and Live Music Venue. The complete list of 2008 winners of the KCRA 3 A-List is posted online at www.kcra.com/alist.

About KCRA 3

KCRA 3 and sister station, KQCA, My58 TV are owned by Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. The company owns a total of 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 20 million households, or about 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 one ABC station owned by Hearst Corporation, and is the largest ABC affiliate group. The Company also owns 10 NBC affiliates, making it the second-largest NBC affiliate owner. Hearst-Argyle owns two CBS affiliates.

Also, Hearst-Argyle owns more than 30 Websites and currently multicasts 18 digital weather channels and one digital channel carrying CW Network programming. Hearst-Argyle is an investor in Internet Broadcasting, which operates a nationwide network of local Websites, and Ripe Digital Entertainment, which provides advertising-supported short-form video content on various on-demand video platforms. Hearst-Argyle Series A Common Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HTV.” HTV debt is rated investment grade by Moody’s (Baa3), Standard & Poor’s (BBB-) and Fitch (BBB-); Hearst Corporation, Hearst-Argyle’s majority owner, is an investor in Fitch’s parent Company. Hearst-Argyle’s corporate Web address is www.hearstargyle.com.

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 Hearst-Argyle, Fox, Gazette Communications, McGraw-Hill, 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, visit www.cityvoterinc.com.