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Dec 1, 2008 10:38 am US/Pacific

CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11pm is #1

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CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11pm is #1

For Immediate Release December 1, 2008

San Jose-Oakland-San Francisco—CBS 5 (KPIX-TV) Eyewitness News at 11pm is #1 for the November 2008 sweep period according to Nielsen Media Research. Dana King and Ken Bastida co-anchor the CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11pm, Monday through Friday, which has consistently ranked as the #1 newscast in either households and/or the key adults 25-54 demographic since February 2003, winning 13 out of the last 16 major sweep periods and 10 out of the last 11 non-Olympic impacted sweep periods.

"Once again we had the #1 newscast at 11pm among total viewers. I am very grateful that viewers continue turning to KPIX for news throughout the day, as well as to The CW44/Cable 12 at 10pm," said Dan Rosenheim, Vice President and News Director of CBS 5.

Household ratings Monday through Friday, 11pm:

CBS 5    4.0

ABC 7    3.9

NBC11    3.0

KRON4 1.3

CBS 5/The CW 44/Cable 12 are part of the CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corporation ( http:// www.cbscorporation.com ).

CBS 5 ( http://www.cbs5.com ) began in 1948 as the first television station in Northern California. The CW 44cable 12( http://www.kbcwtv.com ) began in 1968 as the first UHF station in the Bay area. The two stations became a duopoly in 2002.

Media Contact: Akilah Bolden-Monifa, Director of Communications (415) 765 8842 amonifa@cbs.com .

Source: Nielsen Station Index (October 30 – November 23, 2008 Live+; November 24 –November 26, Live only)