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Top Honors Recognize Outstanding Work By KING-TV in Seattle/Tacoma, KHOU-TV in Houston, WWL-TV in New Orleans and KVUE-TV in Austin DALLAS, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC) announced today that Belo television stations have won five national Edward R. Murrow Awards for 2006, leading all other station groups nationwide in the total number of awards received. The awards recognize KING-TV in Seattle/Tacoma for Overall Excellence, KHOU-TV in Houston for Investigative Reporting and Feature-Hard News, WWL-TV in New Orleans for Continuing Coverage, and KVUE-TV in Austin for Videography. The Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) presents the Murrow Awards annually to honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism and recognize news organizations that set the standard in the broadcast news profession. "We are extremely proud that Belo stations have been recognized by the RTNDA with more national Murrow Awards than any other station group in the nation this year," said Dunia Shive, Belo president/Media Operations. "This leadership performance reflects the exceptional commitment of our journalists to delivering outstanding content to their local communities." This year's awards bring the total number of national Murrow Awards Belo stations have won to 15 since 2000 and 27 since 1976. Belo's wins at the national level this year follow an impressive showing in regional competitions where 10 Belo stations garnered 33 regional Murrow Awards and led all station groups nationwide. Belo stations competed in seven of 13 Murrow regions this year. Regional award recipients automatically compete for the national awards. Details follow about the national awards given to Belo stations: * In the large-market television category, KING in Seattle/Tacoma received an award for Overall Excellence by consistently demonstrating significant depth, scope and quality in its news coverage, writing and videography. * Also in the large-market category, KHOU in Houston was recognized with two awards. The series of reports entitled, "Playing with Fire," compiled by investigative reporter Mark Greenblatt, investigative executive producer David Raziq, investigative photojournalist Chris Henao and photojournalist Lynn Roder, won an Investigative Reporting award for uncovering widespread public safety failures by the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office at Houston-area schools. The Fire Marshal's Office had not conducted fire code inspections at hundreds of public schools in more than 30 years. The investigation uncovered immediate, life-threatening conditions at many of these schools, including fire alarms or smoke detectors that were not installed and other serious violations. This series of reports prompted widespread reform within the Fire Marshal's Office. * A second award was given to KHOU in the new Feature-Hard News category for "Firefighters: Cancer." This feature by reporter Jeremy Desel and photojournalist Thomas Empey documented the increased cancer risks Houston Fire Department firefighters face when entering burning buildings. Within three weeks after this story reported death rates for firefighters that are four to 30 times higher than the general public for some types of cancers, the Texas legislature passed a law giving firefighters line-of-duty death benefits for cancer. * Also in the large-market television category, WWL in New Orleans was honored with a Continuing Coverage award for its extraordinary coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath as the only local station to stay on the air throughout the crisis. The WWL team demonstrated considerable determination and resourcefulness in providing vital news and information despite difficult and often dangerous situations. Their work has also been recognized with other major industry awards, including a George Foster Peabody Award, Radio- Television News Directors Foundation (RTNDF) First Amendment Leadership Award, National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF) Service to America Samaritan Award and the Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication Manship Prize. * In the small-market television category, KVUE in Austin was recognized with a Videography award for its story, "Le Parkour," reported by photojournalist Todd Rogenthien and anchor Christine Haas. The story focuses on an innovative new sport that involves using the area's Texas landmarks as an obstacle course. The video coverage dramatically follows individuals who have come to Austin from cities across Texas to stay physically fit by running, leaping and tumbling across monument walls, stairs, bridges and other structures. The RTNDA announced a total of 26 national Edward R. Murrow Awards for 24 television stations in the large and small-market television categories this year. The winners in all categories will be honored at the RTNDA Awards Dinner on October 16, 2006, in New York. The Edward R. Murrow Awards have recognized outstanding achievements in electronic journalism since 1971. They promote the spirit of excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the broadcast news profession. About Belo Belo Corp. is one of the nation's largest media companies with a diversified group of market-leading television, newspaper, cable and interactive media assets. A Fortune 1000 company with 7,700 employees and more than $1.5 billion in annual revenues, Belo operates in some of America's most dynamic markets in Texas, the Northwest, the Southwest, the Mid-Atlantic and Rhode Island. Belo owns 19 television stations, six of which are in the 15 largest U.S. broadcast markets. The Company also owns or operates seven cable news channels and manages one television station through a local marketing agreement. Belo's daily newspapers are The Dallas Morning News, The Providence Journal, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) and the Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, TX). The Company also publishes specialty publications targeting young adults and the fast-growing Hispanic market, including Quick and Al Dia in Dallas/Fort Worth, and El D and La Prensa in Riverside. Belo operates more than 30 Web sites associated with its operating companies. Additional information is available at http://www.belo.com/ or by contacting Nancy Del Regno, manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, at 214-977-6825. DATASOURCE: Belo Corp. CONTACT: Nancy Del Regno, manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications of Belo Corp., +1-214-977-6825 Web site: http://www.belo.com/

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