- ACME Communications
ACME Communications (NASDAQ|ACME) is a
television broadcasting company that owns seven television stations. Six stations areCW Television Network affiliates. The seventh, part of aduopoly inAlbuquerque, New Mexico , is aMyNetworkTV affiliate. ACME Communications also produces the national television show "The Daily Buzz ". The show is currently produced out of a studio insideFull Sail Real World Education inWinter Park, Florida .On
June 20 ,2007 GOCOM Media announced their purchase ofWBUI-TV inDecatur, Illinois from ACME Communications. [http://www.acmecommunications.com/pages/news_releases.html?d=121667]Name
Acme Communications was founded by current Chairman and CEO
Jamie Kellner , former FOX executive and founding CEO ofThe WB Television Network , one of The CW's predecessors. He used the name Acme as a play on theAcme Corporation , featured in Warner Bros.'Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner animated film series and other animated Warner media.Television Stations
Currently Owned Stations
Formerly Owned Stations
Footnotes
* 1WBXX is the only station ever founded by ACME.
* 2All of these stations carryThe CW Television Network .External links
* [http://www.acmecommunications.com Official website]
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