Belo Corp. (BLC) Offers Election Candidates Free Airtime for the Seventh Consecutive Election Cycle
Belo Corporation (BLC), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is one of the nation’s largest pure-play, publicly-traded television companies. The company owns and operates 20 television stations reaching more than 14 percent of U.S. television households, including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW and MyNetwork TV affiliates, and their associated Web sites. Belo owns stations in seven of the top 25 markets in the nation, with six stations located in the fast-growing, top-14 markets of Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Seattle/Tacoma and Phoenix. The company, which in 1996 became the first commercial television station group to provide free airtime for congressional and gubernatorial candidates, announced…