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Before they were in broadcasting, the Fisher fortune rested on the Fisher Flour Mill on Seattle's Harbor Island, founded 1910.

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Fisher Plaza, the company's headquarters.

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.

History

See also KNWN (AM)

Fisher Companies, Inc.'s Fisher Communications by 1998 owned 25 radio stations and 2 TV stations. Fisher Companies also owned a flour milling and food distribution company and real estate development subsidiary.

In 1999 Retlaw Enterprises (a company owned by the relatives of Walt Disney) sold its remaining 11 television stations to Fisher Communications, including all of the related assets to those properties for $215 million in cash. Its broadcasting unit, until the 2000s, was Fisher Broadcasting. Also that year, Fisher is launching its own entertainment division, Fisher Entertainment, to be headed by Alan Winters, a syndication executive.

Fisher began to sell many of its properties in the mid-2000s, including real estate, its longtime flour milling operation, and its stake in Safeco. By 2011, Fisher Communications was down to 10 radio stations. On April 11, 2013, Fisher (which by then owned 20 television stations and only three radio stations) announced that it would be acquired by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. However, the deal was subject to financial scrutiny; the law firm Levi & Korsinsky notified Fisher shareholders with accusations that Fisher's board of directors were breaching fiduciary duties by "failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into the transaction", and Sinclair was underpaying for Fisher's stock. Shortly after the announcement, a lawsuit was filed by a Fisher shareholder; the suit was settled in July 2013, on August 6 Fisher's shareholders approved the merger. The FCC granted its approval of the sale of August 7. On August 8, Sinclair announced that the sale was completed.

Final stations

Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.

• (**) - Indicates a station built and signed-on by Fisher.

Radio

AM Station	FM Station

City of license / Market	Station	Years owned	Current status
Billings, MT	KBLG 910	1994–2006	Owned by Desert Mountain Broadcasting
	KYYA 93.3	1994–2006	KURL, owned by Elenbaas Media, Inc
	KRKX 94.1	1994–2006	Owned by Desert Mountain Broadcasting
	KRZN 96.3 **	1998–2006	Owned by Desert Mountain Broadcasting
Butte, MT	KXTL 1370	1994–2006	Owned by Townsquare Media
	KAAR 92.5	1994–2006	Owned by Townsquare Media
	KMBR 95.5	1994–2006	Owned by Townsquare Media
Great Falls, MT	KXGF 1400	1994–2011	Owned by STARadio Corporation
	KQDI 1450	–2011	Owned by STARadio Corporation
	KAAK 98.9	1994–2011	Owned by Townsquare Media
	KIKF 104.9 **	2001–2011	Owned by STARadio Corporation
	KQDI-FM 106.1	–2011	Owned by STARadio Corporation
	KINX 107.3 **	2002–2011	KIMO, owned by Montana Radio Company
Missoula, MT	KYLT 1340	–2006	Owned by Townsquare Media
	KGRZ 1450	1994–2006	Owned by Townsquare Media
	KGGL 93.3	1994–2006	Owned by Townsquare Media
	KXDR 98.7	–2006	KHKM, owned by Legacy Broadcasting, Inc.
	KZOQ-FM 100.1	–2006	Owned by Townsquare Media
	KBQQ 106.7	2003–2006	KXDR, owned by Cherry Creek Radio
Portland, OR	KOTK 1090	1996–2003	KFXX, owned by Audacy, Inc.
	KWJJ-FM 99.5	1996–2003	Owned by Audacy, Inc.
Seattle–Tacoma, WA	KVI 570	1994–2013	Owned by Lotus Communications
	KOMO 1000 **	1926–2013	KNWN, owned by Lotus Communications
	KOMO-FM 97.7	Шаблон:Efn	KNWN-FM, owned by Lotus Communications
	KPLZ-FM 101.5	1994–2013	Owned by Lotus Communications
Wenatchee, WA	KWWX 1340	–2006	KYSP, owned by Townsquare Media
	KWWW-FM 96.7	–2006	Owned by Townsquare Media
	KYSN 97.7	1994–2006	Owned by Townsquare Media
	KXAA/KAPP 99.5	1994–2006	KAPL-FM, owned by Townsquare Media
	KZPH 106.7	1997–2006	KKWN, owned by Townsquare Media

Television

City of license / Market	Station	Channel	Years owned	Current status
Bakersfield, CA	KBAK-TV	29	2008–2013	CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KBFX-CD	58	2008–2013	Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Fresno–Visalia, CA	KJEO	47	1999–2000Шаблон:Efn	CBS affiliate KGPE, owned by Nexstar Media Group
Augusta, GA	WFXG	54	1999–2003Шаблон:Efn	Fox affiliate owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group
Columbus, GA	WXTX	54	1999–2003Шаблон:Efn	Fox affiliate owned by American Spirit MediaШаблон:Efn
Boise, ID	KBOI-TV	2	1999–2013Шаблон:Efn	CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KYUU-LD	35	2006–2013	The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Idaho Falls–Pocatello, ID	KIDK	3	1999–2013Шаблон:Efn	Dabl affiliate owned by VistaWest Media, LLCШаблон:Efn
	KXPI-LD	34	2006–2013	Fox affiliate owned by News-Press & Gazette Company
Lewiston, ID–Spokane, WA	KLEW-TVШаблон:Efn-ua	3	1999–2013Шаблон:Efn	CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Bend, OR	KABH-CAШаблон:Efn-ua	15	Шаблон:Efn	Defunct, license cancelled in 2015
Eugene–Coos Bay–Roseburg, OR	KVAL-TV	13	1999–2013Шаблон:Efn	CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KCBY-TVШаблон:Efn-ua	11	1999–2013Шаблон:Efn	CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KPICШаблон:Efn-ua	4	1999–2013Шаблон:Efn	CBS affiliate owned by South West Oregon TV BroadcastingШаблон:Efn
	KMTR	16	2013Шаблон:Efn	NBC affiliate owned by Roberts Media, LLCШаблон:Efn
	KMCBШаблон:Efn-ua	23	2013Шаблон:Efn	NBC affiliate owned by Roberts Media, LLCШаблон:Efn
	KTCWШаблон:Efn-ua	46	2013Шаблон:Efn	NBC affiliate owned by Roberts Media, LLCШаблон:Efn
Portland, OR–Vancouver, WA	KATU **	2	1962–2013	ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KUNP	16	2006–2013	Univision affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Seattle–Tacoma, WA	KOMO-TV **	4	1953–2013	ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KUNS-TV	51	2006–2013	The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Yakima–Walla Walla, WA	KIMA-TV	29	1999–2013Шаблон:Efn	CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KEPR-TVШаблон:Efn-ua	19	1999–2013Шаблон:Efn	CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KUNW-CD	2	2007–2013	Univision affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KVVK-CDШаблон:Efn-ua	15	2007–2013	Univision affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KORX-CAШаблон:Efn-ua	16	2007–2013	Univision affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
	KWWA-CAШаблон:Efn-ua	49	2007–2008	Defunct, ceased operations in 2008

Contract Dispute

On December 17, 2008, Fisher Communications' contract expired with Dish Network. As a result of this contract dispute, stations owned by Fisher Communications were no longer available to Dish Network subscribers. Dish Network claimed that Fisher is asking for over an 80% increase. The Fisher stations that returned to Dish Network are: KOMO and KUNS in Seattle.; KATU and KUNP in Portland.; KIMA in Yakima, Washington.; KVAL in Eugene, Oregon.; KBCI (now KBOI) in Boise, Idaho; KIDK in Idaho Falls, Idaho; and KBAK and KBFX in Bakersfield, California. Dish Network restored the service to their customers at 10:25 p.m. PST on June 10.