Benwin Increases Charitable Support; Santa Monica Public Radio Station KCRW to Be Recipient.

Business Editors

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2002

Benwin, the leader in multimedia speaker design and technology, announced today a generous level of support for Santa Monica-based public radio station KCRW, 89.9 FM and KCRW.com, Southern California's #1 National Public Radio affiliate, during their Winter On-Air Subscription Drive currently underway through February 11, 2002.

"KCRW's listenership is eclectic, diverse, and progressive -- they truly mesh with our innovative product offerings that focus on cutting-edge design and breakthrough technology," said Michael Murray, Benwin's Vice President of Marketing. "In our view, today's digital lifestyle includes the use of technology as a means to promote social responsibility," Murray concluded. KCRW.com, the station's content-rich website, is rated in Arbitron's Top Ten and MeasureCast's Top Dozen internet radio stations.

Benwin continues to support local and national charities as part of its Corporate Citizenship program; the company will be donating its award-winning line of multimedia speaker systems to KCRW's Winter Sign-Up. As a member-supported, non-commercial station, KCRW's 50,000 subscribers provide the station with its largest single source of financial support. In turn, KCRW and other member stations provide National Public Radio (NPR) with more than half of its operating budget.

About Benwin

Benwin products continue to receive prestigious design awards including Business Week's Industrial Design Society of America's Best Product of the Year Award, the Consumer Electronic Show's Innovations 2000 Award, the Popular Mechanics Editor's Choice Award, and the Chicago Athenaeum Museum's Good Design Award for 1999 and 2000. There truly is a new shape of sound, and Benwin has delivered it in style.

Benwin products are merchandised though traditional computer resellers and consumer electronics chains, in addition to on-line merchants and catalogers. Toll free sales information is available by calling 888-9BENWIN. Benwin products can be seen at the company's website: http://www.benwin.com.

The Benwin brand, established in 1995, is marketed under Kwong Quest, LLC, headquartered in the City of Industry, California.

About KCRW

KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, provides more than 450,000 listeners each week with an eclectic schedule of news, locally and nationally produced music, public affairs, political analysis and cultural programs. The station broadcasts throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties on its primary frequency 89.9 FM, and provides service to the greater Palm Springs area at 89.3 FM on KCRI/Indio-Palm Springs, and Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties at 89.1 FM on KCRU/Oxnard-Ventura, and to Mojave, California City and the Antelope Valley at 88.1 FM on KCRY/Mojave-Antelope Valley. Translators also carry the signals to Palmdale/Lancaster at 88.3 FM, Ridgecrest at 107.1 FM, Gorman at 89.7 FM, Santa Paula/Moorpark at 102.3 FM, Ojai at 102.1 FM, Banning at 90.9 FM, Twenty-nine Palms and Yucca Valley at 90.7 FM. Our newest translator carries KCRW to Lemon Grove and Spring Valley at 89.9 FM.