KCRG-TV9 Announces 2008 A-List Winners

Online Guide, Powered by CityVoter, Closes First Annual Contest to Allow
Viewers to Acknowledge their Favorite Eastern Iowa Businesses

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- KCRG-TV9 announces the
winners of the A-List, sponsored by Community Savings Bank and powered by
CityVoter. The first annual competition invited thousands of locals to vote
for their favorite businesses on the A-List at http://www.kcrg.com/alist. This
online guide is the 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.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070628/NETH083 )
In just over nine weeks, the A-List more than doubled in size, currently
featuring information, photos, and reviews on nearly 900 local businesses. The
eight-week-long contest drew roughly 60,000 votes for more than 70 categories
such as Burger, Day Spa, Wedding Photographer, Sushi, Bakery and Live Music
Venue. Winners in selected categories will be announced daily through April 4
on KCRG-TV9 News and posted online on http://www.kcrg.com/alist, with the
complete list of 2008 winners available online on April 4. Winning businesses
receive a 2008 A-List Winner's Certificate.
"It's exciting to see how well the A-List is being received," said KCRG-
TV9 General Manager John Phelan. "It is a tremendous addition to the growing
number of on-air and online resources we have providing local news and
information to our viewers and users."
"When we saw just how great a resource the A-List is to businesses and
consumers, we knew it was a natural fit for Community Savings Bank," said
Community Savings Bank President Steve Brady, who is thrilled to be the A-List
presenting sponsor.
"We are delighted to see so many local businesses receive the recognition
they deserve on the KCRG-TV9 A-List," commented Josh Walker, CityVoter CEO.
"We are proud to support KCRG-TV9's commitment to providing 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 KCRG-TV9
KCRG-TV9 is Eastern Iowa's 24 Hour News and Weather Source. Using a broad
and dynamic mix of on-air, online and mobile platforms, KCRG-TV9 is the
market's only locally owned television station and the market's number one
source of local news and information. For over 50 years, KCRG-TV9 has been an
active and involved community partner, growing deeper local roots by
developing and championing community service and community improvement
projects like KCRG-TV9's SHOW YOU CARE campaign, the longest running, largest
and most recognized partnership of its kind in Eastern Iowa. KCRG-TV9 is also
a long-time affiliate of the ABC Television Network and now offers High-
Definition programming on KCRG-DT and the only local 24 Hour News and Weather
channel in the market, 9.2 LOCAL KCRG, on its digital sub-channel.
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.com and CityVoter's partner-branded
metro guides, visit http://www.cityvoter.com or http://corp.cityvoter.com.
Contacts:

Caralyn Quigley
CityVoter, Inc.
617-741-3100 ext 150
cquigley@cityvoter.com

David M. Welsh
KCRG-TV9
319-398-8360
david.welsh@kcrg.com

SOURCE

Caralyn Quigley of CityVoter, Inc., +1-617-741-3100 ext. 150,
cquigley@cityvoter.com, or David M. Welsh of KCRG-TV9, +1-319-398-8360,
david.welsh@kcrg.com