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Pappas Television Chooses WorldNow to Launch Sites

    Seventeen station websites sign up for WorldNow's Web publishing and
                              streaming video

    NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldNow, a leading provider of
Internet technology, content and revenue solutions for over 320 local media
websites, announced today that seventeen new station websites for Pappas
Television have recently been launched.
    As part of this new partnership, WorldNow provides Web publishing and
streaming video technology for the following Pappas sites:
    WCWG - Greensboro, NC  http://www.wcwg20.com
    KMPH - Fresno, CA  http://www.kmph.com
    KFRE - Fresno, CA  http://www.kfre.com
    KPTM - Omaha, NE  http://www.kptm.com
    KXVO - Omaha, NE  http://www.kxvo.com
    KCWI - Des Moines, IA  http://www.kcwi23.com
    KDBC - El Paso, TX  http://www.kdbc.com
    NTV/KHGI/KWNB - Kearney, NE  http://www.nebraska.tv
    KSNB/KTVG - Lincoln, NE  http://www.fox417.tv
    KREN - Reno, NV  http://www.kren.com
    WLGA - Columbus,  GA http://www.wlgatv.com
    KCWK - Yakima, WA  http://www.kcwk9.com
    KMEG - Sioux City, IA  http://www.kmeg14.com
    KPTH - Sioux City, IA  http://www.kpth.com
    KSWT - Yuma, AZ  http://www.kswt.com
    "We've always admired the Pappas Television stations and we look
forward to a successful relationship," said Craig Smith, Executive Vice
President, Sales and Distribution of WorldNow. "Our goal is to utilize our
strengths in technology, content and advertising to help Pappas build their
online presence and revenue."
    "We're so impressed with WorldNow's high level of customer service and
strategic support," said Rosemary Danon, Vice President Digital and New
Media Services of Pappas Television. "These core services combined with
their ability to help us generate revenue made it easy for us to partner
with WorldNow."
    About WorldNow
    WorldNow, a New York based technology and sales company, provides a
comprehensive suite of online revenue solutions to over 300 local
broadcasters, newspapers and cable providers. WorldNow enables media
companies to build new businesses on the Internet through five core
products including a proprietary streaming video solution, Web site
publishing platform, online automotive classifieds, local ad sales, and a
national advertising partnership with the ABC owned Television Stations.
Current WorldNow customers include ABC, Cox, Dispatch, Fisher, Gray, LIN
Television, Media General, News Press & Gazette, Raycom Media, The New York
Times, Time Warner Cable, Tribune, and Young. For more information about
our company, please visit, http://www.WorldNow.com and http://www.localmedianetwork.com.
    About Pappas TV
    Pappas Telecasting Companies is the largest privately held, commercial
television broadcast group in the United States in terms of U.S. Household
coverage as defined by Nielsen Media Research. The company owns 27
stations, including market-leading FOX, The CW, ABC, CBS, Azteca America,
and MyNetworkTV affiliates, and operates four other stations pursuant to
local marketing agreements, in most regions of the United States.
Additionally, Pappas owns 16 on-air digital channels, operates three others
under LMAs, and holds construction permits to build 10 additional
television stations. Pappas also is moving KTRB-AM 860 from Modesto to the
San Francisco-San Jose radio market, and recently launched KMPH-AM 840 in
Modesto. According to statistics from Nielsen, Pappas Telecasting
television stations serve more than 16% of all U.S. television households.
In addition, the company owns or operates television stations in markets
reaching nearly 36% of U.S. Hispanic households and 38% of all U.S.
Hispanic persons age 2+. In total, Pappas owns or operates stations in 24
Designated Market Areas. For more information, please visit
http://www.pappastv.com.


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  • http://www.WorldNow.com
  • http://www.localmedianetwork.com
  • http://www.pappastv.com
    CONTACT:
    Amy Dowden, Director of Marketing of
    WorldNow, +1-212-931-1221, adowden@worldnow.com