| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media conglomerate |
| Headquarters | Savannah, Georgia, US |
| Website | MorrisMultimedia.com |
Morris Multimedia, Inc. is a media company based in Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1970 by Charles H. Morris. Morris Multimedia, among the largest privately held media companies in the United States, is the parent company of Morris Newspaper Corporation and Morris Network.
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The Morris Newspaper Corporation division owns and operates over 65 publications including dailies, shoppers and specialty magazines in nine states and the Caribbean.
| DMA rank | Market | Station ... channel (DT) | Network | Year acquired | Notes |
| 64. | Lexington | WTVQ-TV 36 (40) | ABC MyNetworkTV |
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 MyNetworkTV |
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. |
| 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. |
Morris also owns Morris Technology, a company specialising in infrastructural services for the media industry.
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