Morris Multimedia

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Morris Multimedia, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia conglomerate
Founded1970
HeadquartersSavannah, Georgia, US
WebsiteMorrisMultimedia.com

Morris Multimedia, Inc. is a media company based in Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1970 by Charles H. Morris. Morris Multimedia is the parent company of Morris Newspaper Corporation and Morris Network. The company's offices are in the Oliver Sturges House at 27 Abercorn Street in Savannah.[1]

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 411978NBC
Lexington, KY WTVQ-DT 362008
Biloxi–Gulfport, MS WXXV-TV 251997
Columbus–Tupelo–West Point, MS WCBI-TV 42004
  • CBS
  • Fox (DT2)
  • MyTV (DT3)
WLOV-TV 272024[a]CW+
Wilmington, NC WWAY 32006
  • ABC
  • CBS (DT2)
  • CW+ (DT3)
WWAY-LD 42022QVC
Chattanooga, TN WDEF-TV 122006CBS

Former stations

City of license / Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
Dothan–Ozark, AL WDHN 181986–2003ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Little Rock–Pine Bluff, AR KARK-TV 41988–2003NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Valdosta–Albany, GA WVGA 441986–1992CBS affiliate WSWG, owned by Marquee Broadcasting

Morris Technology

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company; Morris Multimedia operates the station under a shared services agreement.

References

  1. ↑ Contact –MorrisMultimedia.com
  2. ↑ "Publishing". Morris Multimedia. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Nexstar In Line?". Talk Business & Politics. July 21, 2003. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ Elkins, Ashley. "Ga. company buys WCBI in Columbus". Daily Journal. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  5. ↑ "MEDIA GENERAL COMPLETES CHATTANOOGA SALE". TV News Check. October 13, 2006. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Media General spins begin | Radio & Television Business Report". RBR. March 9, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Raycom sells WWAY station". Wilmington Star-News. December 30, 2005.