SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/31/08 -- Fisher Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI) today issued the following statement after reaching an agreement in principle on a carriage agreement with Comcast Corporation:

"Fisher Communications, Inc. and Comcast Corporation are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement in principle for continued carriage of Fisher's television stations on Comcast systems."

About Fisher Communications

Fisher Communications, Inc. is a Seattle-based communications company that owns and operates 13 full power television stations (including a 50%-owned television station), 7 low power television stations and 8 radio stations in the Western United States. The Company owns and operates Fisher Pathways, a satellite and fiber transmission provider; Fisher Plaza, a media, telecommunications, and data center facility located near downtown Seattle; and Pegasus News, an online start-up and hyper-local media pioneer based in Dallas. For more information about Fisher Communications, Inc., go to www.fsci.com.