SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/23/09 -- Fisher Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI) will report its second quarter 2009 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, August 6, 2009. This information will also be available through the Investor Information section of Fisher's Web site, www.fsci.com.

Fisher will hold a quarterly conference call to discuss its second quarter 2009 financial results at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (4:00 p.m. Eastern) on Thursday, August 6, 2009. The call will be accessible through a limited number of dial-in conference lines, and live to the general public via webcast.

There are two ways to participate in this call.

--   Direct dial
     Dial 1-800-561-2718 at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled
     1:00 p.m. PDT start time of the call. International callers should
     dial 1-617-614-3525. The confirmation code for the conference call
     is 42407004.

--   Live webcast
     The live webcast will be accessible through Fisher's Web site,
     www.fsci.com. To listen to the live webcast, go to www.fsci.com,
     click on Investor Information and then click on 2Q Financial Results
     Conference Call. Allow at least 10 minutes to access Fisher's home
     page and complete the links before the webcast begins. Replays of the
     webcast will be available approximately 2 hours after the live event.

     The webcast is also being distributed through Thomson Reuters
     StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors.
     Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com,
     Thomson Reuters' individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents.
     Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson Reuters'
     password-protected event management site, StreetEvents
     (www.streetevents.com).

Replay of the conference call will be available approximately 2 hours after the live call ends on Thursday, August 6. The replay line will be available for 1 week following the call. To access the replay, dial 1-888-286-8010. International callers who want to access the replay should dial 1-617-801-6888. The confirmation code for the replay is 60664924.

About Fisher Communications

Fisher Communications, Inc. is a Seattle-based communications company that owns and operates 13 full power television stations (including a 50%-owned television station), 7 low power television stations and 8 radio stations in the Western United States. The Company owns and operates Fisher Pathways, a satellite and fiber transmission provider; and Fisher Plaza, a media, telecommunications, and data center facility located near downtown Seattle. For more information about Fisher Communications, Inc., go to www.fsci.com.