Burli powers Dallas all-news radio
March 28, 2003

KRLD NewsRadio 1080 installs Burli newsroom computer system

DALLAS, TEXAS -- A leading all-news radio station in one of America's largest radio markets has begun producing its news with Burli's newsroom software.

KRLD NewsRadio 1080 today began using Burli for its demanding schedule of all-news programming. Reporters, editors and anchors use Burli to gather, produce and broadcast the news 24-hours a day in an all-digital newsroom. Burli replaces KRLD's separate text and audio editing systems with a single, integrated desktop application.

"Burli is a highly intuitive system and we're very happy to have it," says Tyler Cox, KRLD's Director of Operations. Cox and his news team chose Burli partly because it is both full-featured and easy to use. "After twenty minutes in front of it, you are already producing news," Cox says. "Burli is a very user-friendly piece of software."

The Infinity-owned CBS afillitate KRLD broadcasts to the Dallas/Fort-Worth area from studios in Arlington. Market research firm Arbitron currently ranks Dallas/Fort Worth's 4.4-million listeners as America's fifth-largest radio market.

"We are delighted to be helping produce radio news in one of America's most important radio markets," says Stefan Ellis, President of Burli Software Inc. "KRLD takes the quality of its news very seriously and we're honoured that in Burli the station saw an opportunity to make excellent news even better."

About KRLD

KRLD 1080 has been broadcasting to the Dallas area since 1926. Since the late 1970s it has concentrated on news and information and has won a number of awards for its high-quality programming. KRLD is owned by Infinity Broadcasting, one of America's largest radio companies with about 180 stations in the country's largest markets.

About Burli

Burli is a news editing system that runs on Windows computers. It allows journalists to capture news wire feeds, write scripts, organize run-downs, digitally record and edit radio news reports, plan news assignments and much more at their desks. Burli also harnesses the latest mobile networking technology to create virtual newsrooms across the world. Reporters anywhere can use Burli to connect to their main newsroom, file stories, and access the industry-leading editing tools they have on their desktops.

Burli Software Inc. is a private software company with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada. Burli's newsroom editing software is used by journalists in about a dozen different languages across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

For more information, contact:

BURLI

Ian Gunn, Director of Communications

Tel: +1.604.684.3140 (ext 244)

E-mail: communications@burli.com

Web: www.burli.com

KRLD NewsRadio 1080

Tyler Cox

Director of Operations

Tel: +1.817.543.5469

E-mail: tdcox@cbs.com

Web: www.krld.com

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