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                                IRREVOCABLE PROXY
                                     TO VOTE
                BHC CLASS A COMMON STOCK AND CLASS B COMMON STOCK

                  The undersigned stockholder (the "Stockholder") of BHC
Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby irrevocably
(to the fullest extent permitted by Section 212 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law) appoints David F. DeVoe Sr. and Arthur Siskind and each of
them, as the sole and exclusive attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote and exercise all voting
and related rights (to the full extent that the undersigned is entitled to do
so) with respect to all of the shares of Class A common stock, par value $.01
per share, of the company (the "Class A Common Stock") and Class B common stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the "Class B Common Stock" and
together with the Class A Common Stock, the "Common Stock") beneficially owned
by the undersigned, together with any shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B
Common Stock directly or indirectly acquired by the undersigned (whether by
acquisition or by other means, such as a stock split, stock dividend,
reorganization, recapitalization or other reclassification, merger, exchange or
distribution) or any shares to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires
voting power prior to the termination of the Voting Agreement (as defined
below), being referred to herein as the "Shares") in accordance with the terms
of this Irrevocable Proxy. The Shares beneficially owned by the undersigned
stockholder of the Company as of the date of this Irrevocable Proxy are listed
on the final page of this Irrevocable Proxy. Upon the undersigned's execution of
this Irrevocable Proxy, any and all prior proxies given by the undersigned with
respect to any Shares that are inconsistent with this Irrevocable Proxy are
hereby revoked and the undersigned agrees not to grant any subsequent proxies
with respect to the Shares that are inconsistent with this Irrevocable Proxy
until after the Expiration Date (as defined below).

                  This Proxy is irrevocable (to the extent provided in Section
212 of the Delaware General Corporation Law), is granted pursuant to the Voting
Agreement dated as of August 13, 2000, among The News Corporation Limited, a
South Australian corporation ("Buyer"), News Publishing Australia Limited, a
Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of Buyer ("Acquisition Sub"), and the
undersigned, (the "Voting Agreement"), and is granted in consideration of Buyer
entering into the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 13, 2000,
among Buyer, Acquisition Sub and the Company (the "BHC Merger Agreement"). The
BHC Merger Agreement provides for the merger of the Company and Acquisition Sub
(or another direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer) in accordance
with its
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terms (the "BHC Merger"). As used herein, the term "Expiration Date" shall mean
the earlier to occur of (i) the termination of the BHC Merger Agreement in
accordance with its terms and (ii) the Effective Time (as defined in the BHC
Merger Agreement). This Irrevocable Proxy is intended to bind the undersigned
stockholder as a stockholder of the Company only with respect to the specific
matters set forth herein and shall not prohibit the undersigned stockholder from
acting in accordance with his or her fiduciary duties, if applicable, as an
officer or director of the Company.

                  The attorneys and proxies named above, and each of them, are
hereby authorized and empowered by the undersigned, at any time prior to the
Expiration Date, to act as the undersigned's attorney and proxy to vote the
Shares, and to exercise all voting and other rights of the undersigned with
respect to the Shares (including, without limitation, the power to execute and
deliver written consents pursuant to Section 228 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law), at every annual, special or adjourned meeting of the
stockholders of the Company and in every written consent in lieu of such meeting
(i) in favor of the adoption of the BHC Merger Agreement and the approval of the
BHC Merger, (ii) against any action, proposal or agreement that could be
reasonably expected to (a) result in a breach in any material respect of any
covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation of the undersigned
under this Agreement or the BHC Merger Agreement, (b) materially impede,
interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the BHC Merger or (c) result
in a failure to fulfill any one of the conditions to the BHC Merger Agreement)
and (iii) against any Competing Transaction or Superior Proposal (both, as
defined in the BHC Merger Agreement). The attorneys and proxies named above may
not exercise this Irrevocable Proxy on any other matter except as provided
above. The undersigned stockholder may vote the Shares on all other matters.

                  Any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding
upon the successors and assigns of the undersigned.




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                  This proxy is irrevocable (to the extent provided in Section
212 of the Delaware General Corporation Law).

Dated:  August 13, 2000                 CHRIS CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.


                                        By:  /s/  Herbert J. Siegel
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                                           Name:  Herbert J. Siegel
                                           Title: Chairman and President


                                        Shares beneficially owned:

                         10,000         shares of Class A Common Stock
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                         18,000,000     shares of Class B Common Stock
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