Granite Broadcasting Corporation Schedules Third Quarter 2005 Earnings Release and Teleconference

Granite Broadcasting Corporation Schedules Third Quarter 2005 Earnings Release and Teleconference

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Granite Broadcasting Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: GBTVK) announced today that it will release third quarter 2005 financial results before market hours on Thursday, November 10, 2005.

Granite will host a teleconference to discuss its third quarter 2005 financial results on Thursday, November 10th at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. To access the teleconference, please dial 415-537-1919 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 November 17, 2005 that can be accessed by dialing 800-633-8284 (US callers) or 402-977-9140 (International callers), passcode: 21264842. 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 channels 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 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 Contact: W. Don Cornwell, or Analyst Contact: Larry Wills, both of Granite Broadcasting Corporation, +1-212-826-2530

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

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