Belo's Texas-Based Operations to Host and Air 2006 Gubernatorial Debate
October 05 2006 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Debate Will Be the Only One to Include the Four Leading Candidates
DALLAS, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC)
announced that The Dallas Morning News and the Company's
Texas-based television stations, which include WFAA-TV in
Dallas/Fort Worth, KHOU-TV in Houston, KENS-TV in San Antonio and
KVUE-TV in Austin, will host the 2006 Texas gubernatorial debate on
Friday, October 6, in Dallas at 7:00 p.m. CDT. This will be the
only gubernatorial debate to include the four leading candidates:
Democratic nominee Chris Bell, independent candidate Kinky
Friedman, current Republican Governor Rick Perry and independent
candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn. In addition to being aired by
Belo television stations in the state's four largest markets, the
debate will be broadcast on The Dallas Morning News' Web site,
http://www.dallasnews.com/ , host television stations' associated
Web sites and Texas Cable News (TXCN). Belo has also made the
broadcast available in English to all television stations across
Texas outside of Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and
Austin, and in Spanish to television stations in all markets. PBS
stations in Belo markets may air the debate on a tape- delayed
basis. Additionally, all radio stations across Texas were given the
opportunity to air the debate. In total, the debate is expected to
be aired on television stations reaching approximately 90 percent
of the state's television households. Dunia Shive, Belo's
president/Media Operations, said, "We are pleased to host the 2006
Texas gubernatorial debate and provide viewers with a deeper
understanding of candidates' views and positions so they can make
informed decisions on election day. Belo has a longstanding
commitment to providing free airtime to political candidates in an
effort to keep citizens aware of political matters of local and
statewide importance." In 1996, Belo became the first commercial
television station group to provide free airtime for congressional
and gubernatorial candidates. Belo was also one of the first
broadcasters to commit voluntarily to televise at least one hour of
political coverage each week in the six weeks prior to the general
election. This year, the Company's election coverage includes
debates, issue- and ad-watch programming and interviews with local,
state and federal candidates. Belo stations expect to broadcast
more than 200 hours of election coverage from mid-September through
election day in November. Additionally, Belo Web sites provide
real-time information to voters in each of Belo's markets by
posting information and statements from the candidates as well as
hosting e-town meetings for voters to express their own opinions
and gather information on relevant local issues. Concurrently,
Belo's regional and local cable news channels offer a variety of
programming including candidate interviews and single-issue
debates. 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 other daily
newspapers are The Providence Journal, The Press-Enterprise
(Riverside, California) and the Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton,
Texas). The company also publishes specialty publications targeting
young adults and the fast-growing Hispanic market, including Quick
and Al Dia in Dallas/Fort Worth. Belo operates more than 30 Web
sites associated with its operating companies. Additional
information is available at http://www.belo.com/ or by contacting
Carey Hendrickson, vice president/Investor Relations &
Corporate Communications, at 214-977-6626. DATASOURCE: Belo Corp.
CONTACT: Carey Hendrickson, vice president-Investor Relations &
Corporate Communications of Belo Corp., +1-214-977-6626 Web site:
http://www.belo.com/ http://www.dallasnews.com/
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