Morris Multimedia

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Publications

The Morris Newspaper Corporation division owns and operates publications including dailies, shoppers, and specialty magazines in four states:[2]

Georgia

Iowa

  • Clayton County Times Register
  • The Guttenberg Press
  • The Guttenberg Trader

Kansas

  • Ellsworth County Independent Reporter
  • Great Bend Tribune
  • Marquette Tribune

Wisconsin

  • The Boscobel Dial
  • Prairie du Chien Courier Press
  • Crawford County Independent and Kickapoo Scout
  • Fennimore Times
  • Grant County Herald Independent
  • The Monroe Times
  • Muscoda Progressive
  • The Platteville Journal
  • Lancaster Reminder
  • Republican Journal
  • Cuba City Round Up
  • The Richland Observer
  • The Prairie du Chien Trader
  • Cuba City Tri County Press

Television

Morris Multimedia has its own broadcasting division, Morris Network, who owns and operates several television stations. In 2003, Morris Multimedia announced that they would sell KARK in Little Rock, Arkansas and WDHN in Dothan, Alabama to Nexstar Broadcasting Group for an undisclosed price.[3] Later that year, it purchased WCBI in Columbus from Imes Communications for an undisclosed price.[4] Between 2006 and 2008, Morris Multimedia purchased two television stations from Media General. These were WDEF-TV in Chattanooga and WTVQ-DT in Lexington. The former was part of the acquisition that Media General also saw that they would purchase the smaller NBC O&Os, while the latter was to reduce debt flow Media General had invested in.[5][6] Also in 2006, it purchased WWAY from Raycom Media for $18.5 million as part of divestitures regarding Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation.[7]

Current stations

City of license / Market Station Channel Owned since Network affiliation
Macon, GA WMGT-TV 41 1978 NBC
Lexington, KY WTVQ-DT 36 2008 Template:Hlist
Biloxi–Gulfport, MS WXXV-TV 25 1997 Template:Hlist
Columbus–Tupelo–West Point, MS WCBI-TV 4 2004 Template:Hlist
WLOV-TV 27 2024Template:Efn CW+
Wilmington, NC WWAY 3 2006 Template:Hlist
WWAY-LD 4 2022 QVC
Chattanooga, TN WDEF-TV 12 2006 CBS

Former stations

City of license / Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
Dothan–Ozark, AL WDHN 18 1986–2003 ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Little Rock–Pine Bluff, AR KARK-TV 4 1988–2003 NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Valdosta–Albany, GA WVGA 44 1986–1992 CBS affiliate WSWG, owned by Marquee Broadcasting

Morris Technology

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

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