Scripps Company's
broadcast television station group made 1,682 minutes of free airtime
available to 198 candidates for local, state and federal offices during the
2004 election campaigns.

Bill Peterson, senior vice president/broadcast for Scripps, said that
based on the interest raised by Democracy 2004, the company has decided to
sponsor a similar initiative during the 2006 election campaigns. Scripps Networks brands include Home + Garden
Television, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living, Great American Country
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"Scripps television stations place a high priority on providing vibrant
forums for public discourse during election campaigns," Peterson said.

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Democracy 2004
Results by Station

Station City Free airtime (minutes) Number of candidates
KJRH Tulsa 143 16
KNXV Phoenix 80 8
KSHB Kansas City 162 27
WCPO Cincinnati 135 27
WEWS Cleveland 85 17
WFTS Tampa Bay 190 38
WMAR Baltimore 70 14
WPTV West Palm Beach 297 26
WXYZ Detroit 520 25

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Highlights of the group's free airtime
coverage included:

* WCPO-TV in Cincinnati taped viewer questions that were addressed
directly to candidates in 13 races in the station's Ohio, Kentucky and
Indiana coverage area. The five-minute question and answer segments
aired daily from Sept.
Other key elements of Democracy 2004 included:

* Election-related content on Internet sites operated by the Scripps
stations, including candidate positions on issues, voter registration
information, information on the offices being sought and descriptions
of political jurisdictional boundaries.
In addition to the broadcast television station group, Scripps is
organized into the following operating divisions.

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* Editorial concentration by the Scripps stations on key local issues
during the 30 days leading up to the general election.

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* KNXV-TV in Phoenix aired an innovative segment in which candidates in
two hotly contested local races answered questions directly from
members of a family who had identified themselves as undecided voters.
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* Priority clearance in public service announcement inventories for "get
out the vote" announcements during the 30-day period prior to the
primary and general elections.
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debates within its "Spotlight on the News" public affairs program.

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* WXYZ-TV in Detroit ran 20 five-minute free airtime segments during the
7 p., aired four debates between local and
state candidates totaling 3. and 11:35 p.
Participating in Democracy 2004 were the company 's six ABC affiliated
stations, WXYZ-TV, Detroit; WCPO-TV, Cincinnati; WEWS-TV, Cleveland; WFTS-TV ,
Tampa, Fla. Politics Today is a resource for political professionals and tracks
the latest news about every member of Congress, every member of the Bush
cabinet and inner circle, every federal agency, every governor, the political
happenings in every state, the most important campaigns and campaign issues,
and much more. "On the other end of the spectrum, companies such as Lexis-Nexis
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20 through Oct. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) is a diverse media concern with
interests in national lifestyle television networks, newspaper publishing,
broadcast television, television retailing, interactive media and licensing
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The free airtime was made available to the candidates in a variety of
formats and aired during regularly scheduled newscasts as well as special
Democracy 2004 public affairs programs. All of the company's media businesses provide content and
advertising services via the Internet.S. See:

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WCPO also produced and aired
a debate between candidates for the U.S. The company
first offered candidates free airtime during the 2000 election campaigns."
As part of the Democracy 2004 project, Scripps stations provided five
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The station also produced and hosted the U.m. Scripps Networks
programming can be seen in 86 countries.

Scripps Newspapers, including daily and community newspapers in 19 markets
and the Washington-based Scripps Media Center, home to the Scripps Howard News
Service. Politics Today
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The free airtime was made available as part of the company's Democracy
2004 project, a public discourse initiative that was created to enhance the
political process in communities served by the nine network -affiliated Scripps
stations. The debate
aired statewide on ABC affiliates, C-Span and National Public Radio
affiliated radio stations. Senate
Democratic primary debate which was aired statewide on all Florida NBC
stations. The stations also provided free
airtime as needed during the 30 days preceding primary elections. News coverage
was developed through an interactive process with local citizens and
citizen groups. Also participating were
the company's three NBC affiliated stations, WPTV-TV, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Shop at Home Network , the company's television retailing subsidiary, which
markets a growing range of consumer goods directly to television viewers and
visitors to the Shop At Home Web site, shopathometv.

United Media, a leading licensing and syndication company.

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