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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Fisher Communications closes on the sale of its Seattle home, Fisher Plaza

Fisher Plaza in Seattle was sold to Hines Global REIT, Inc. for $160 million in cash. Read More

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Seattle's "Smart Talk" KVI-AM announces new lineup

The countdown clock on now-all-Christmas KVI-AM (570) in Seattle continues with 22 days as of Friday, and they have announced the talk hosts who take over when the holiday music is packed away. Starting January 3, the new "Smart Talk" lineup will include KOMO-TV's Elisa Jaffe with Mark Christopher as hosts of "Sunrise Seattle." The morning show wil… Read More

Friday, November 18, 2011

Fisher's KVI, Seattle (570) to debut "Smart Talk", after Christmas

The Seattle Board of Radio-Info.com has this email to clients:"Beginning January 3, 2012, KVI Greatest Hits will flip to talk radio, called Smart Talk 570 KVI. The positioning will be 'Smart Talk for a Sound Life', featuring lifestyle, health, local and entertainment news. Read More

Friday, November 18, 2011

Seattle's KVI (570) may be turning back toward talk

From today's TRI Newsletter: The 0.3-share KVI may drop oldies for a different flavor of talk, though not the conservative slant that it pioneered in the early 1990s. It was arguably the first major-market station to go conservative talk, 24/7. Read More

Thursday, November 17, 2011

After 3+ years, Fisher Communications sells Fisher Plaza in Seattle

Price, according to the Seattle Times: $160 million. Fisher CEO Colleen Brown said on her latest quarterly call that progress was being made on a process that began in 2008, but then stalled along with the economy. Read More

Monday, November 7, 2011

Fisher Communications' Q3: Radio down 14%, but there was a reason

Since last year, Fisher ended its Joint Sales Agreement with classical KING-FM (98.1), with that station converting to non-commercial status. That affected the topline, with radio revenue falling 14% to $5.3 million. Read More

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Radio stocks follow along with Wall Street's massive selloff

On a day when stocks sold off worldwide and the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged over 500 points at one point and eventually closed down 390 points, radio stocks felt the pressure. However, one radio stock was actually one of of the biggest overall Dow gainers of the day. Read More

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Fisher Communications' proxy fight cost it $1.6 million in the first half of '11

Seattle-based Fisher battled FrontFour Capital to a draw, with each side winning two board seats in the recent election. Now it counts up the costs, which CEO Colleen Brown says were $1.6 million for the first two quarters.Looking just at radio, revenues were down 5% to $5.7 million, but cash flow increased $654,000 to $1.7 million. Read More

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Fisher calculates that the recent proxy fight cost it $1.4 million

Unhappy shareholder FrontFour Capital was pushing Seattle-based Fisher Communications to take some decisive action, though its argument varied between selling the company and complaining that Fisher had overpaid for some acquisitions. The Seattle Times has CEO Colleen Brown's estimate of the eventual cost of the fight: $1.4 million, for a company t… Read More

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Seattle-based Fisher finally sells its cluster in Great Falls, MT

The buyer is Howard Doss-run STARadio, which was previously active in the Great Falls market from 1988 until it sold in 2001. Fisher Communications began a selloff of its Fisher Regional group in 2006 and was mostly successful. Read More

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Fisher Communications elects Paul A. Bible as non-executive Chairman

An attorney who formerly served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Army, Paul Bible currently serves as a non-director member of the independent governance committee of AMERCO, the publicly-traded parent company of U-Haul International. Read More

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Fisher management and dissident shareholder FrontFour each elect two directors

Bottom line: FrontFour Capital wasn't able to take over what will be a nine-member board, adding its own slate of four nominees to current Fisher board member David Lorber. But it was successful in getting enough shareholder support to put Joseph Troy on as a Class 3 director, with a term to expire in 2014, and Matthew Goldfarb as a Class 1 directo… Read More

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Fisher says neither it nor dissident FrontFour elected a full slate

Hedge fund FrontFour Capital led an effort to seat four members on what will be a nine-person board at Fisher Communications. Fisher says the count from last week's vote is continuing, but "it appears that neither party will have elected a full slate of nominees." The slow tally is "due to the application of cumulative voting." The open seats were … Read More

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Fisher Radio revenues dipped 1% in first quarter

Both revenue and cash flow were affected by #1, the re-formatting of Seattle's KVI (570) from conservative talk to oldies, and #2, "the wind-down of the KING-FM Joint Sales Agreement", which is expiring now. Seattle-based Fisher Communications had been handling the ad sales of commercial-classical KING-FM (98.1), which just converted to non-commerc… Read More

Friday, May 6, 2011

Fisher calls the FrontFour plan their "Quest to Mislead You"

With the annual shareholder meeting set for May 11 and the future of Seattle-based Fisher Communications at stake, the current Fisher board of directors has fired back at Connecticut-based FrontFour Capital and its principal, David Lorber. Fisher appeals to shareholders not to vote in favor of FrontFour's four candidates for the board. Read More

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Fisher's biggest shareholder will vote "No" to the company slate

Seattle-based Fisher Communications now finds itself at odds with the company's biggest single shareholder in their fight against a board takeover with FrontFour Capital. Investor Mario Gabelli, who holds over 28% of all Fisher stock, announced he will exercise his collective voting rights and back three of the four nominees proposed by FrontFour, … Read More

Friday, April 22, 2011

Fisher decries "brazen attempt" by investor FrontFour to take it over

Seattle-based Fisher Communications uses perhaps its strongest language to date in the proxy fight for control of its board. It alleges that FrontFour Capital Group wants to take over without paying a "control premium", thus shortchanging other shareholders. Read More

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Fisher CEO faces dissident shareholder at a "forum" in New York

Colleen Brown, the CEO of Seattle-based Fisher Communications, will face off with David Lorber of FrontFour Capital at an unusual forum on Thursday, sponsored by investor Mario Gabelli. FrontFour is offering a slate of four new board members ahead of Fisher's May 11 annual meeting. Read More

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Dissident Fisher stockholder slams "disastrous performance over past 5 years"

In a blistering letter to owners of Seattle-based Fisher Communications stock, FrontFour criticizes the track record of CEO Colleen Brown, while insisting that "we are not seeking to take control of Fisher for ourselves or for Huntingdon" Real Estate. There has been speculation that investor FrontFour's ultimate aim is to force Fisher to spin off i… Read More

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Fisher Communications considers selling its Fisher Plaza

Seattle-based Fisher says in a release that it's hired a firm to "explore alternatives for maximizing the value of Fisher Plaza, its mixed-use facility located near downtown Seattle, which may include a potential financing or sale transaction." Fisher plans to use any possible proceeds of a sale or lease to "redeem the Company's outstanding 8 5/8% … Read More

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