MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2007--Gannett's Broadcast Division today announced its stations had won a total of 28 regional Edward R. Murrow awards in the 2007 annual competition. Three of the awards were for Overall Excellence.

The Edward R. Murrow awards, which honor outstanding achievement in broadcast and Web journalism, were announced by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). Of the 13 regions identified by RTNDA, Gannett won awards in 11 of them.

Recipients of the regional Murrow award automatically compete for the national awards, which are given in October 2007 at a dinner in New York City.

"Professional journalism and the pursuit of excellence thrive at every Gannett station and within every Gannett employee," said Roger Ogden, president and CEO of Gannett Broadcasting. "The recognition that we have received through these Edward R. Murrow awards truly attests to that. I am very proud of our stations' quality work and service to their communities."

    Gannett award recipients are:

    --  WUSA, Sports Reporting

    --  WXIA, Videography

    --  WTSP, Feature Reporting; Sports Reporting; Writing

    --  KARE, Overall Excellence; Feature Reporting; Sports Reporting;
        Videography; Web site (Broadcast-Affiliated); and Writing

    --  WKYC, Overall Excellence

    --  KPNX, Sports Reporting

    --  KUSA, Overall Excellence; Feature Reporting; News Series;
        Videography; Writing

    --  KSDK, Sports Reporting; Videography; Web site
        (Broadcast-Affiliated)

    --  WGRZ, Spot News Coverage

    --  WTLV/WJXX, Feature-Hard News; Web site (Broadcast-Affiliated)

    --  WBIR, Feature Reporting; Videography; Web site
        (Broadcast-Affiliated)

    --  WLTX, Investigative Reporting

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) operates: W*USA, Washington, DC; WXIA and WATL, Atlanta; KARE, Minneapolis; WTSP, Tampa-St. Petersburg; WKYC, Cleveland; KPNX, Phoenix, KNAZ, Flagstaff; K*USA and KTVD, Denver; KXTV, Sacramento; KSDK, St. Louis; WZZM, Grand Rapids, MI; WFMY, Greensboro, NC; WGRZ, Buffalo, NY; WTLV and WJXX, Jacksonville, FL; KTHV, Little Rock; WBIR, Knoxville, TN; WCSH, Portland, ME; WLTX, Columbia, SC; WMAZ, Macon, GA; and WLBZ, Bangor, ME.

Gannett Co., Inc. is a leading international news and information company that publishes 90 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper. The company also owns nearly 1,000 non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest regional newspaper company. Newsquest publishes nearly 300 titles, including 18 daily newspapers, and a network of prize-winning Web sites. Gannett also operates 23 television stations in the United States and is an Internet leader with sites sponsored by its TV stations and newspapers including USATODAY.com, one of the most popular news sites on the Web.

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SOURCE: Gannett Co., Inc.