ACME Communications

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.acmecommunications.com
Employees: 141
Employee growth: (24.2%)

ACME Communications' relationship with Warner Bros. has nothing to do with a wily coyote, rockets, or any other explosives. The company owns and operates a half dozen television stations in midsized markets in five states, most of which are affiliated with The CW Network, a joint venture between Time Warner's Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corporation. It also has one station that is affiliated with MyNetworkTV, a network owned by News Corp. Both networks focus on programming skewed toward younger audiences. In addition to its stations, ACME Communications produces a syndicated morning program called The Daily Buzz that airs on about 140 stations.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2007:
Sales: $32.0M
One year growth: (8.0%)
Net income: $15.3M

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Jamie Kellner
President, COO, and Director: Douglas (Doug) Gealy
EVP, CFO, and Director: Thomas D. (Tom) Allen

Competitors:
LIN TV
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Young Broadcasting

ACME Communications Inc.

Type	Public
Headquarters	Santa Ana, CA, USA
Key people	Jamie Kellner
Industry	Television Broadcasting Stations
Employees	141[1]
Website	www.acmecommunications.com

ACME Communications (Pink Sheets: ACME) is a television broadcasting company that owns six television stations.^[2] Four stations are stand-alone CW Television Network affiliates. The remaining two operate as a duopoly in Albuquerque, New Mexico, pairing a CW station with a MyNetworkTV affiliate in the same market. ACME Communications also produces the national television show The Daily Buzz. The show is currently produced out of a studio inside Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

Contents 1 Name 2 Television Stations 2.1 Currently Owned Stations 2.2 Formerly Owned Stations 2.3 Footnotes 3 References 4 External links

Name

Acme Communications was founded by current Chairman and CEO Jamie Kellner, former FOX executive and founding CEO of The WB Television Network, one of The CW's predecessors. He used the name Acme as a play on the Acme Corporation, featured in Warner Bros.' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner animated film series and other animated Warner media. Tom Allen resides as Chief Financial Officer.

Television Stations

Currently Owned Stations

DMA Rank	Market	Station ... Channel	Network	Acquired
44.	Albuquerque - Sante Fe - Roswell	KWBQ 19 (29) / KRWB-TV 21	The CW	1999
		KASY 50 (45)	MyNetworkTV	2000
59.	Knoxville	WBXX-TV 20 (50)1	The CW	1997
64.	Dayton - Springfield	WBDT 26 (18)	The CW	1999
70.	Green Bay - Appleton - Fox Cities	WIWB 14 (21)	The CW	1999
85.	Madison	WBUW 57 (32)	The CW	2002

Formerly Owned Stations

DMA Rank	Market	Station ... Channel	Years Owned	Currently
21.	St. Louis	KPLR-TV 112	1997-2003	Owned by Tribune Company
22.	Portland - Salem	KWBP 322	1997-2003	KRCW-TV owned by Tribune Company
33.	Salt Lake City - St. George - Provo - Ogden - Orem	KUWB 302	1999-2006	KUCW owned by High Plains Broadcasting (Shared Services Agreement with ABC affiliate KTVX, which is owned by Newport Television)
62.	Fort Myers - Naples	WTVK 462	1990s-2007	WXCW owned by Sun Broadcasting (News Share Agreement with CBS affiliate WINK-TV)
83.	Champaign - Urbana - Decatur - Springfield	WBUI 232	1999-2007	Owned by GOCOM Media of Illinois, LLC, which announced its purchase of WBUI-TV Decatur from ACME Communications on June 20, 2007 .[3]

Footnotes

• ¹WBXX is the only station ever founded by ACME.
• ²All of these stations carry The CW Television Network.

References

1. ^ "Company Profile for ACME Communications Inc (ACME)". http://www.zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=ACME&page=quotesearch. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
2. ^ http://www.acmecommunications.com/pages/stations.html
3. ^ http://www.acmecommunications.com/pages/news_releases.html?d=121667

External links

• Official website

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