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To: SteveG who wrote (53)	4/16/1999 10:33:00 AM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67

Every little bit helps .. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday April 15, 4:24 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release California Microwave to Supply MRC Video Microwave Systems to Hearst-Argyle Stations in Exclusive Agreement SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 1999--California Microwave Inc. (Nasdaq National Market:CMIC - news) announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Hearst-Argyle to supply a wide range of MRC brand long-haul and portable microwave products. The purchase agreement was accompanied by purchase orders totaling over $1 million for digital studio-to-transmitter links (STLs) and electronic newsgathering (ENG) systems. Established reputation ''MRC has been a leader in the broadcast microwave business for many years,'' states Marty Faubell, vice president engineering, Hearst-Argyle Television, ''and worked alongside our WCVB station since the first live ENG microwave shot. Since then, MRC has continued to provide the quality products and service to our company and we have chosen MRC as our partner again for 1999.'' The purchase orders supplied under the agreement specify MRC TwinStream(TM) radios for Hearst Argyle stations implementing or upgrading their digital television facilities, including WCVB-DT, Boston; WESH-DT, Orlando-Daytona; KCRA-DT, Sacramento; and WISN-DT, Milwaukee. In addition, the orders include MRC FLH-DAR microwave systems for WISN-TV, Milwaukee and KSBW-TV, Salinas. ENG systems ordered under the agreement include systems for WPBF, West Palm Beach, and WTAE, Pittsburgh. Hearst-Argyle Agreement with California Microwave Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. owns and/or manages 26 network-affiliated television stations, and owns and/or manages seven radio stations, in geographically diverse U.S. markets. The company's television stations reach about 17.5% of U.S. TV households, making it one of the two largest non-network owned television station groups in the United States, as well as one of the eight largest television groups overall as measured by audience delivered. California Microwave's products include the market-leading MRC and EFData brands. With its new TwinStream and CodeRunner(TM) products, the MRC brand continues to be the leading choice for analog and digital video microwave systems in the U.S. and internationally. EFData is a world-leading brand of satellite modems, including the new SDM-2020 series for digital video transport with a choice of QPSK and 8PSK modulation. California Microwave Inc. (http://www.calmike.com) is a leading supplier of terrestrial wireless and satellite-based systems to support ultra-high speed Internet access, broadcast digital TV transport and worldwide Internet backbones. California Microwave also provides industry-leading solutions for satellite-based data communications and terrestrial wireless telemetry networks. With its emergence as a leading architect of the wireless broadband evolution, California Microwave will change its name to better express this new identity. Effective April 29, 1999, it will become Adaptive Broadband Corporation (ADAP). Contact: California Microwave, Sunnyvale Stephanie M. Day, 408/743-3429 (V.P.-IR/Corp. Comm.) sday@adaptivebroadband.com or Investor Information Line, 888/225-6789 calmike.com EOM----------------------------------------------------------------- Jim in CT .. digital broadcast TV is rolling out !!