FSCI Fisher Communications, Inc. (MM)

Fisher Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI), a leader in local media innovation, today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has elected Paul A. Bible, an independent director since 2009, as non-executive Chairman of the Board, effective immediately.

"Over the past several years, Fisher has transformed itself into a diversified local media company by being at the forefront of innovation and leveraging its market leading stations and digital portfolio to drive peer-leading growth and profitability," said Mr. Bible. "In my new role as Chairman, I look forward to working with the Board and management to build on this momentum and to delivering lasting value to our shareholders, advertising partners, viewers and listeners."

A practicing attorney for more than 45 years, Mr. Bible has significant experience in corporate governance and compliance matters. He currently serves as a non-director member of the independent governance committee of AMERCO, the publicly-traded parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., a moving and storage company.

Since 2010, Mr. Bible has been a senior partner in Lewis & Roca LLP, one of the leading business law firms in the Southwest. Previously, he was a principal in Bible Mousel PC, a Nevada law firm specializing in gaming law. He is also a former Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission, the University of Nevada, Reno Foundation, and the Truckee Meadows Community College Foundation.

Mr. Bible earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. After law school, he served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Army and is a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict.

About Fisher Communications

Fisher Communications (FSCI) is an innovative local media company with television, radio, internet and mobile operations throughout the western United States. Fisher owns or operates 13 full power television stations and 7 low power television stations which include network affiliations with ABC, CBS, FOX, Univision and CW that reach 3.5% of U.S. television households, and 10 radio stations targeting a full range of audience demographics. Fisher Interactive Network, its online division, produces more than 125 local and hyper-local websites and delivers comprehensive multiplatform advertising solutions to local businesses. The Company also owns and operates Fisher Plaza, a 300,000 square foot media, telecommunications, and data center facility located near downtown Seattle. The Company is headquartered in Seattle, WA. For more information about Fisher Communications, Inc., go to www.fsci.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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