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MYERS TAPPED FOR JOINT MASTER CONTROL PROJECT BY PBS AFFILIATES WCVE & WVPT

PROTRACK TO UNIFY OPERATIONS FOR THE RICHMOND & STATIONS

Northampton, MA (December 11, 2013) Myers – the highly respected developer of broadcast traffic, business, and content management software – today announced the award of a contract from Virginia PBS members WCVE and WVPT to consolidate their ProTrack-based infrastructure into a unified, collaborative workflow. When completed, the Joint Master Control (JMC) will streamline the two station's operations, reduce costs and enhance service to their viewers throughout central Virginia and bordering areas of .

The multi-station partnership will take full advantage of existing content workflows, yet maintain independent sales and schedule rights processes for each. The stations will benefit from a unified ProTrack database environment with centralized metadata and content library management, plus shared master control services integrated with real and non-realtime automation, PSIP and content delivery systems. ProTrack will also facilitate program schedule sharing across channels and stations. The Myers team will implement the project in conjunction with Snell, the facility's chosen automation partner.

"Myers proven, reliable, business and technical solutions have served the diverse needs of WCVE and WVPT well for many years," said Mark Spiller, WCVE's vice president for broadcast operations. "It's imperative that our partners in this collaborative undertaking fully appreciate the complexities of our file-based workflow and provide the necessary integration to make it succeed. We have full confidence in the experience and expertise of the Myers team."

"We are uniquely positioned to lay the foundation for a variety of collaborative station models," said Crist Myers, company CEO and president. "ProTrack's operational flexibility – from an individual station to a complex, geographically dispersed hub & spoke configuration – gives our clients a wide range of options to strengthen and grow their business models. Shared infrastructure projects like these provide efficiencies and a seamless workflow while offering a sustainable model for the future."

ProTrack, Myers' proven flagship suite, is available in both radio and television editions. It offers comprehensive scheduling and business management for individual, multichannel and multi-station facilities. Actively used by more than 226 media outlets, supporting more than 1,300 channels, ProTrack provides a high-level of structure, scalability, and systems integration for today's rapidly evolving media environments.

ABOUT MYERS Formerly known as Myers Information Systems, Inc., the company has been developing broadcast management software since 1989. Myers provides technology and services for television, radio and other digital media providers designed to improve every aspect of their operations, from contracting to invoicing, media management to scheduling, and from trafficking to reconciliation. For more information, please visit: www.myersinfosys.com

ABOUT WCVE and WVPT WCVE-TV, a PBS member station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, first signed on in 1964 and is owned by Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation. Its programming is carried by satellite WHTJ in Charlottesville, Virginia. For further information, please visit: ideastations.org/tv

WVPT-TV, a PBS member station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, is located on the campus of in Harrisonburg. It first signed on in 1968 and is owned by Shenandoah Valley Educational Television Corporation. The state's smallest PBS station, it serves 22 counties and cities in Virginia and nine counties of West Virginia. For further information, please visit: www.WVPT.net

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