wapt announces the 2008 winners of the best of the WAPT A-list, powered by cityvoter

Metro Jackson’s Premier Online City Guide Wraps First Annual Viewers’ Choice Contest

JACKSON, Mississippi—May 23, 2008—WAPT announces the winners of the Best of the A-List, powered by CityVoter. The first annual competition invited thousands of locals to vote for their favorite businesses on the A-List at www.wapt.com/alist. This online guide is Metro Jackson’s premier destination for local information, featuring descriptions, photos, maps, and customer comments on the top local businesses. The A-List provides local businesses with a platform to easily build, manage, and promote their own web content and gives consumers the power to create their own city guide by choosing the best businesses and post comments, photos, and more. 

Since launching at the beginning of 2007, the A-List has grown to feature information, photos, and reviews on more than 500 local businesses. The eight-week-long contest drew thousands of votes for more than 80 categories such as Burger, Day Spa, Wedding Photographer, Bakery and Sports Bar. Winners in selected categories will be announced daily starting May 19 on www.wapt.com/alist, with the complete list of 2008 winners available online on May 23, 2008. Winners receive a 2008 A-List Winner’s Certificate to display at their place of business. 

“We are thrilled offer the premier online guide to the best businesses in our city,” said WAPT General Manager Stuart Kellogg. “The A-List is a powerful extension of WAPT’s commitment to provide Jackson with innovative news and information resources.”

“The WAPT A-List is a first in Jackson – delivering a valuable online tool for local businesses and consumers; our advertisers are naturally thrilled to be part of it,” comments Jeff Wolfe, WAPT General Sales Manager.

“We are delighted to see so many local businesses receive the recognition they deserve on the WAPT A-List,” commented Josh Walker, CityVoter CEO. “We are proud to support WAPT’s commitment to giving local businesses a valuable online presence at no charge, enabling them to take advantage of the growing number of customers who go online to search for information on the best local spots before making local buying decisions.”

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 1.4 million page views and 220,000 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, Gazette Communications, Hearst-Argyle, 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 about CityVoter, CityVoter, visit www.cityvoterinc.com.