Granite Broadcasting Corporation Schedules Second Quarter 2005 Earnings Release and Teleconference

Granite Broadcasting Corporation Schedules Second Quarter 2005 Earnings Release and Teleconference

NEW YORK, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Granite Broadcasting Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: GBTVK) announced today that it will release second quarter 2005 financial results before market hours on Wednesday, August 3, 2005.

Granite will host a teleconference to discuss its second quarter 2005 financial results on Wednesday, August 3rd at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To access the teleconference, please dial 212-231-6030 ten minutes prior to the start time. The teleconference will also be available via live webcast on the investor relations portion of the Company's website, located at http://www.granitetv.com/ .

If you cannot listen to the teleconference at its normal time, there will be a replay available through August 10, 2005 that can be accessed by dialing 800-633-8284 (US callers) or +1-402-977-9140 (International callers), passcode: 21250779. The webcast will also be archived on the Company's website for 30 days.

Granite Broadcasting Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: GBTVK) owns and operates, or provides programming, sales and other services to 13 television stations in the following 8 markets: San Francisco, California, Detroit, Michigan, Buffalo, New York, Fresno, California, Syracuse, New York, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Peoria, Illinois, and Duluth, Minnesota-Superior, Wisconsin. The Company's television station group includes affiliates of the NBC, CBS, ABC, WB and UPN networks, and reaches approximately 6% of all U.S. television households.

Source: Granite Broadcasting Corporation

CONTACT: Press: W. Don Cornwell, or Analyst: Larry Wills, +1-212-826-2530, both of Granite Broadcasting Corporation

Web site: http://www.granitetv.com/

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