Fisher Communications
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Fisher Communications was a media company in the United States. Based in Seattle, Washington, the company primarily owned a number of radio and television stations in the Western United States. It was the last company in the Seattle area to own a local TV station before being acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Fisher was acquired the same year KOMO-TV's competitor KING-TV's owner, Belo, was acquired by the Gannett Company.
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Company type | Public |
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NASDAQ: FSCI | |
Industry | Broadcasting, Television, Radio |
Founded | 1910; 114 years ago (1910) |
Defunct | August 8, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-08-08) |
Fate | Acquired by Sinclair |
Successor | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States |
Area served | Northwestern United States |
Key people | Colleen Brown (President) & (CEO) Michael D. Wortsman (Chair) Robert I. (Rob) Dunlop (EVP) (Ops)[1] |
Revenue | $164.0M ( 6.8%) 2011[1] |
$36.4M ( 273.8%) 2011[1] | |
Number of employees | 784 (5.3%) 2011[1] |
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