KCRG-TV9 Announces 2008 A-List Winners

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.

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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  

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CONTACT: 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

Web site: http://www.cityvoter.com/
http://corp.cityvoter.com/
http://www.kcrg.com/alist

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