Morris Multimedia

Morris Multimedia
Morris Multimedia
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,[citation needed] is the parent company of Morris Newspaper Corporation and Morris Network.

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Newspapers

The Morris Newspaper Corporation division owns and operates over 65 publications including dailies, shoppers and specialty magazines in nine states and the Caribbean.

Daily newspapers

Television

Current Morris network stations

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.

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.

Morris Technology

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

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