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).

1 Newspapers
- 1.1 Daily newspapers
2 Television
- 2.1 Current Morris network stations
- 2.2 Former Morris network stations
3 Morris Technology
4 External links

[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

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas
Manteca Bulletin - Manteca, California
The Signal (Santa Clarita Valley) - Valencia, California
Statesboro Herald - Statesboro, Georgia
The Times (Gainesville) - Gainesville, Georgia

[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.