Morris Multimedia

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Morris Multimedia, Inc. is a media company based in Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1970 by Charles H. Morris, whose family published the Savannah Morning News and the late Savannah Evening Press (both published by Morris Communications based in Augusta, Georgia, a company that is part of the same family, but separate from Morris Multimedia).

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[edit] Newspapers

The Morris Newspaper Corporation division owns a chain of five daily newspapers, 31 non-daily newspapers, four alternative weeklies and 29 shoppers, covering nine states and the US Virgin Islands.

[edit] Daily newspapers

[edit] Television

[edit] Current Morris network stations

DMA rank Market Station ... channel (DT) Network Year acquired Notes
64. Lexington WTVQ-TV 36 (40) ABC 2008 Acquired from Media General in Spring 2008. [1]
86. Chattanooga WDEF-TV 12 (47) CBS 2006 Was Chattanooga's first television station. Acquired
from Media General on October 13, 2006 following
their acquisition of stations from NBC Universal.
121. Macon WMGT-TV 41 (40) NBC 1978 Acquired in 1978 as the company's flagship station.
133. Columbus - Tupelo -
West Point
WCBI-TV 4 (35) CBS /
MNTV on DT2 /
The CW on DT3
2003 Was the first licensed television station in Northern
Mississippi. Founded and originally owned by the
Commercial Dispatch newspaper.
135. Wilmington WWAY 3 (46) ABC 2006 Was acquired from Raycom Media since ownership
rules set by the FCC prohibits that company from
owning and operating the station and one other,
NBC affiliate WECT.
160. Biloxi - Gulfport WXXV-TV 25 (48) Fox 2001 Also serves the #168 Hattiesburg - Laurel market.

[edit] Former Morris network stations

DMA rank Market Station Years owned Currently
57. Little Rock - Pine Bluff KARK-TV 4 1988-2003 NBC network affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group.
146. Valdosta - Albany WVGA 44 1986-1994 CBS network affiliate WSWG owned by Gray Television.
Serves as a semi-satellite of Tallahassee affiliate WCTV.
They both also carry MyNetworkTV on a digital subchannel.
172. Dothan - Ozark WDHN 18 1986-2003 ABC network affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group.

[edit] Morris Technology

Morris also owns Morris Technology, a company specialising in infrastructural services for the media industry.

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