WAFF.com wins National Award for Best Small Market TV Web Site
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldNow, a leading provider of
Internet technology, content and revenue solutions for over 320 local media
Web sites, announced today that WAFF.com won the National Edward R. Murrow
Award for Best Small Market TV Web site. WorldNow powers WAFF.com's Web
site, video and auto classifieds with their technology platforms. In
addition, WorldNow also helps WAFF.com build substantial online revenue
with their national ad sales programs.
"WAFF is a truly outstanding station and we enjoy helping them build
and maintain the many facets of their online presence," said Melissa
Hatter, Senior Vice President, Client Services of WorldNow. "They are
dedicated to driving their online business as much as their on-air efforts
and we are so happy they have been recognized with the National Murrow
Award."
"WorldNow's technology and advertising has helped us build some amazing
sites and WAFF.com is clearly one of our best," said Wayne Daugherty, COO
of Raycom Media. "We know the value of having a partner in our online
efforts and WorldNow has been with us every step of the way."
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 Broadcasting. For more
information about our company, please visit, http://www.WorldNow.com.
About Raycom Media
Raycom Media, Inc. was created in 1996 with the purchase of 12
television stations, two radio stations, and a sports marketing,
production, events management, and distribution company. Shortly after this
first acquisition, Raycom Media quickly acquired two other companies and
began an unheard of growth in the media business. Raycom, an employee-owned
company, is now one of the nation's largest broadcasters and currently owns
and/or operates 42 television stations in 18 states. Raycom stations cover
more than 10.6% of U.S. television households and employ 3500 individuals
in full and part-time positions. Raycom Media businesses go beyond just
broadcasting and include event management, distribution of syndicated
television programming, information systems support, and design and hosting
of Alabama's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail website http://www.rtjgolf.com/.
The company, through Raycom Sports, owns and operates the Continental Tire
Bowl in Charlotte and two LPGA golf tournaments, as well as produces
pre-season NFL football games for non-owned stations. In a partnership, it
owns all television and marketing rights to the Atlantic Coast Conference
basketball. With a strong belief in community, Raycom Media television
stations take editorial positions on key community issues. It is the vision
of the company that it be involved in the communities its broadcast
properties serve. By editorializing on local issues and seeking out
divergent points of view, Raycom Media television stations create an
atmosphere of community dialog.
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Related links:
http://www.WorldNow.com
http://www.rtjgolf.com http://WAFF.com
CONTACT:
Amy Dowden, Director of Marketing of
WorldNow, +1-212-931-1221, adowden@worldnow.com
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