CUE TO BROADCAST EMERGENCY WEATHER WARNINGS TO CAR RADIOS

Washington, D.C. – May 2, 2001 –— CUE Corporation announced today it will broadcast National Weather Service weather warnings as a public service across the United States. The emergency messages will be provided free as part of CUE’s nationwide traffic service.

CUE is currently broadcasting real time, route specific traffic information in over 65 markets in Canada and the United States. The emergency weather warnings will be transmitted over CUE’s FM subcarrier network of 600 radio stations to over 3500 communities.

The emergency weather warnings will be broadcasted to the specific area affected by the weather warning. Using coding contained in National Weather Service products, the CUE network can address messages to a single city, county, state, region, or nationwide. The weather warning information will travel on the same FM radio network used to transmit traffic information to navigation systems and car radios.

Gordon Kaiser, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CUE Corporation, stated, “Car radios are becoming more intelligent and will soon receive a broad range of real time data including traffic information. Broadcasting real time emergency weather warnings to car radios in specific areas is an important public service that materially adds to the safety of the traveling public.”

Retired Air Force Brig, Gen. Jack Kelly, Director of NOAA’s National Weather Service, said, “CUE is providing a public service by broadcasting the National Weather Service severe weather warnings through car radios. The National Weather Service’s mission is to protect life and property from severe weather and this public-private-partnership is a great way to reach people where they be vulnerable.”

The emergency weather warning will be transmitted in both voice and data formats. Data messages are broadcasted over CUE’s RDS network of 600 radio stations. The voice version will be sent over the SkySpeed network that delivers data at 48kbs in major markets. This patented technology delivers the voice messages to car radios through the cellular telephone interface. When an emergency message is received, the regular programming is muted and the emergency message plays. On completion, the radio automatically returns to the regular station.

About CUE: Based in Irvine, California, CUE operates the world’s largest radio data network providing messaging and data services throughout North America over the FM subcarrier facilities of more than 600 radio stations. The company’s network covers more than 95% of the population of Canada and the United States with a seamless footprint of more than two million square miles. CUE will also be expanding its network to the United Kingdom in association with The Automobile Association, the largest provider of traffic information in Europe. Navigation systems using CUE traffic data include Clarion, InfoGation, Motorola, STMicroelectronics, BMW, Volvo, Pioneer, Alpine and VDO systems.

CUE also offers a voice version of its traffic service called TrafficRadio©. The new service converts RDS/TMC data into voice files and transmits them over a highspeed subcarrier channel. The new service operates on all car radios with a cellular telephone interface. It is currently operational on Ford, BMW, Pioneer, Alpine, Sony, Becker, and Visteon radios.

About the National Weather Service: The National Weather Service is part of the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA provides critical life saving information through a variety of methods including partnerships with the media and private sector as well as through its own NOAA Weather Radio (NWR), NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS), and Emergency Manager’s Weather Information Network (EMWIN).

CUE Corporation, 5 Corporate Park, Irvine, California, 92606; Phone: (949) 862-8800, X 3068; Fax: (949) 862-8858; www.cue.net. Contact: Phil Hirsch, phirsch@cue.net.

National Weather Service; Phone: (202) 482-0869; Fax: (202) 482-3154; Contact: George T. Wilcox, george.t.wilcox@noaa.gov.