BNET Industries

Market Cap:$174.5M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$173.7M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Television & Radio Broadcasting Stations Owner & Operator

Number of Employees 776
Contact Information

100 4th Ave N Ste 510

Seattle, Washington 98109

www.fsci.com

(206) 404-7000

NAICS Code Radio Stations: 515112

Recent Events

  • Fisher TV Revenues Fall 8 Percent

    11/06/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Q3 Radio Revenue Roundup

    11/06/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • SpotCrime Partners with Nexstar Broadcasting

    10/26/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Fisher Communications Selects BoardVantage

    9/29/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Fisher Communications Launches AccuScore Sports Forecasting

    9/15/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Fisher Communications and Zooppa.com Host User-Generated Video Competition

    9/04/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Fisher TV Revenue Slides 26%

    8/06/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Fisher, DISH Network settle broadcast dispute

    6/11/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story

  • Retrans Feuds Ease Up

    6/20/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Settlement gives DISH viewers KATU access

    6/12/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • WorldNow Signs New Client Fisher

    5/27/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Fisher Communications promotes Christopher Bellavia to SVP, general counsel and corporate secretary - Quick Facts

    5/18/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story

News & Analysis

fisher communications inc. - All News and Analysis

  • Fisher Communications, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

    Seeking Alpha - 2008-02-21

    Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Bishop Cheen. Please proceed. Bishop Cheen Collen and Mae, thank you for the very helpful update. How are you? Colleen Brown Good. How are you Bishop? Bishop Cheen I'm okay for a guy, in...

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  • Fisher Communications Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

    Seeking Alpha - 2007-11-01

    Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of Bishop Cheen with Wachovia. Please proceed. Bishop Cheen - Wachovia Thank you for taking the question. Hi, Colleen. Hi, Mae. Colleen Brown Hi, Bishop. Bishop Cheen - Wachovia Thank you for the very comprehensive summary. Let me...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Benjamin W Tucker CEO
Colleen B. Brown CEO
David Hillard CFO, Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary
Joe Lovejoy Acting CFO
Christopher J. Bellavia General Counsel, Secretary & Senior Vice President
Rob Dunlop Senior Vice President, Operations
Hassan N. Natha Principal Accounting Officer & Vice President, Finance
John N. Tamerlano Vice President, Sales
Karen Aliabadi Vice President, HR
Nancy Bruner Vice President, Interactive Networks
Randa Minkarah Vice President, Market Dev
Troy A. McGuire Vice President, News & Programming
Paul A. Bible *
Brian P. McAndrews Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Michael D. Wortsman Chair of Board
David A. Lorber Board of Directors
Deborah L. Bevier Board of Directors
Donald G. Graham Board of Directors
George F. Warren Board of Directors
Richard L. Hawley Board of Directors
William W. Warren Jr. Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. CEO Current
Fisher Communications Inc. President Current
MEDIA2EYE, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Ms. Brown has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Fisher Communications, Inc. since October 2005. She was elected as a director on October 26, 2006. From 2004 to 2005, Ms. Brown was President and owner of Aberdeen Media Corporation, an entrepreneurial venture founded to pursue opportunities in the U.S. television market. Ms. Brown served as Senior Vice President at Belo Corp. from 2000 to 2003 and as President of the broadcast group for Lee Enterprises, Incorporated from 1998 to 2000. Ms. Brown served in various senior management capacities at Gannett Co., Inc.’s broadcasting operations from 1980 to 1998.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. CEO Current
Fisher Communications Inc. President Current
Fisher Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current
Belo Corp. Senior Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. CFO, Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary Current

Mr. Lovejoy was appointed Chief Financial Officer on June 2, 2008. Mr. Lovejoy has been a Sr. Vice President of the Company since December 2006, responsible for strategic planning, financial analysis and business development. He has held positions at the Company including Sr. Vice President Media Operations and Vice President of the 100+ Group and Strategic Planning. From April 2004 to January 2006, Mr. Lovejoy was the Company’s Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Mr. Lovejoy was a Vice President at Duff & Phelps LLC from September 2001 to March 2004. He worked in the financial advisory services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from April 1997 to September 2001.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Acting CFO Current
Fisher Communications Inc. Senior Vice President, Media Operations Current

Before joining Fisher, Mr. Bellavia, a 1994 Cornell Law School graduate, was an attorney with Washington Mutual, Inc. where he worked on corporate governance, securities and transactional matters, and treasury and finance support. Prior to that, he practiced law in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati where he represented large and small technology companies and venture capital firms on corporate and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. General Counsel, Secretary & Senior Vice President Current
Fisher Communications Inc. Secretary & Vice President Former

Mr. Dunlop became Sr. Vice President of Operations on August 31, 2007. Mr. Dunlop has held various positions with the Company since 1991, including Sr. Vice President Developing Media. From 1998 to April 2006, Mr. Dunlop served as Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Seattle radio operations.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Senior Vice President, Operations Current
Fisher Broadcasting Company Vice President & General Manager, FRS Former
Fisher Communications Inc. Vice President, Development Media Former

Mr. Natha joined the Company as Vice President, Finance in November 2008 and was appointed Principal Accounting Officer in December 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Natha served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Jones Soda Co., a beverage company until 2008. Before joining Jones Soda, Mr. Natha served as an associate with COF Selections, a professional CFO services firm from August 2005 to January 2006, a principal of B2BCFO, a CFO professional services firm, from March 2003 to July 2005, and Chief Financial officer of Washington Gaming Inc., a private real estate and gaming company, from January 2002 to December 2002. From October 2000 to December 2001, he served as senior manager of Accenture Inc. Mr. Natha is a Certified Public Accountant and received a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Concordia University and a Graduate Diploma of Public Accountancy from McGill University.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Principal Accounting Officer & Vice President, Finance Current

Mr. Tamerlano was appointed Vice President Sales on August 9, 2007. He is also the Vice President and General Manager of KATU-TV (ABC) and KUNP-TV (Univision) in Portland, Oregon. Throughout Mr. Tamerlano’s 28-year career in broadcasting, he has gained extensive experience in broadcast sales. He has held sales management positions in the Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Portland markets, and had a strong sales career at Emmis, Lee Enterprises, and Gannett. Mr. Tamerlano joined Fisher in 2005.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Vice President, Sales Current

Ms. Aliabadi was appointed Vice President Human Resources of the Company on February 26, 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Aliabadi was the Chief Administrative Officer for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle from 2000 to 2007.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Vice President, HR Current

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Vice President, Interactive Networks Current

Ms. Minkarah became Vice President Business Development on March 1, 2009. Prior to that, she most recently served as the Vice President Market Development for the Company. From August 2002 to September 2007, Ms. Minkarah was the General Sales Manager for KOMO-TV, the Company’s flagship television station. Before joining the Company, she was Director of Sales for KTVX-TV (Salt Lake City), KCPQ/KTWB (Seattle) and WFTC-TV (Minneapolis).

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Vice President, Market Dev Current

Mr. McGuire joined the Company on January 2, 2007 as Vice President News and Programming. He is also the Vice President News and General Manager of Fisher Interactive Network. Mr. McGuire was with “The Daily Buzz”, a national syndicated morning show, from 2004 to December 2006. Prior to that, he was the News Director at KPTV, a Fox affiliate in Portland, Oregon.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Vice President, News & Programming Current

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. * Current
Fisher Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. Wortsman was elected as a director July 26, 2007. Mr. Wortsman is currently a private investor focusing on television content and feature film production. He is Senior Managing Partner of Frontera Productions LLC. He was President of Univision Television Group, the leading Spanish Language Media company in the United States from 1997 until the companies sale in April 2007 to a consortium of five Private Equity firms. Before joining Univision as Executive Vice President corporate Development in 1993, Mr. Wortsman held various Executive Positions at ABC, FOX and NBC owned Television and radio stations.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Chair of Board Current

Organization Position Status
aQuantive, Inc. President & CEO Current
Affiliate 2 President and Chief Executive Officer Current
Nacdnw President and CEO Current
Microsoft Corporation Head, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions (APS) Group Current
Blue Nile, Inc. Board of Directors Current
aQuantive, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Nacdnw Board of Directors Current
Fisher Communications Inc. Director Current
ABC Sports, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
ABC Sports, Inc. General Manager Former
General Mills, Inc. Product Manager Former
Gen Mills, Inc. Former
Blue Nile, Inc. Director Former
aQuantive, Inc. Director Former
Harvard University MBA Former
Stanford University MBA Degree Former
Harvard University BA Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current

Deborah L. Bevier, 55, has been a director of Coinstar since August 2002 and was appointed the Board of Directors’ non-employee chairperson in October 2008. Ms. Bevier has been a principal of D.L. Bevier Consulting LLC (an organizational and management consulting firm) since May 2004. Ms. Bevier also served as president of Waldron Consulting, a division of Waldron & Co. (an organizational and management consulting firm) from July 2004 to April 2006. Prior to that time, from 1996 until 2003, Ms. Bevier served as a director, president, and chief executive officer of Laird Norton Financial Group and its predecessor companies (an independent financial advisory services firm). From 1973 to 1996, Ms. Bevier held numerous leadership positions with KeyCorp (a bank holding company), including chairman and chief executive officer of Key Bank of Washington. Ms. Bevier currently serves on the board of directors of Fisher Communications, Inc. (a media and communications company), F5 Networks, Inc. (an application traffic management software company) and Puget Sound Bank.

Organization Position Status
Coinstar, Inc. Chairman Current
Fisher Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current
Puget Sound Bank Director Current
F5 Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Wentworth, Hauser and Violich CEO Former
Wentworth, Hauser and Violich President Former
Coinstar, Inc. Board of Directors Former
The Stonier Graduate School of Banking Graduate Degree Former
The State University of New York BS In Economics Former
State University of New York at New Paltz B.S. In Economics Former

Mr. Graham has been a director since 1993. He is a member of the Company’s Planning and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Graham owns Cerberus Productions, LLC, a visual advertising production company based in New York City. He has been a Vice President and a Director of the O.D. Fisher Investment Company since 1989.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. Warren has been a director since 1999. He is a member of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Warren has been a director of a private investment company since 1993. He was President of a privately held land development company from 1993 until 2004.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
NICOR NGV Corp. CFO Current
NICOR Energy Services Company Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
Northern Illinois Gas Company Chief Financial Officer Current
D.M. Dykstra & Co Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
Nicor Advanced Energy Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
Nicor Inc. Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Current
Northern Illinois Gas Company Executive Vice President Current
Whitney Equipment Company, Inc. Industrial Division Manager, Secretary, Treasurer Current
Fisher Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Member Current
Belle Vue Chief Financial Officer Former
Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Puget Energy, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
University of Washington Mechanical Engineer Former
University of Washington bachelor's of arts degree in business administration Former
Fisher Communications Inc. member Former

Mr. Warren has been a director since 1992. He serves as Chair of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is also a member of the Executive and Audit Committees. Mr. Warren has been a professor of Physics; Director, W.M. Keck Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Oregon State University since 1991. He has been a director and Vice President of a private investment company since 1999.

Organization Position Status
Fisher Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • Fisher Communications and Zooppa.com Host User-Generated Video Competition

    TMC Net - 9/04/09 - View Story

  • Fisher Communications and Zooppa.com Host User-Generated Video Competition

    TradingMarkets - 9/04/09 - View Story

  • Fisher Communications rolls out 43 hyperlocal Web sites serving Seattle neighborhoods

    Broadcast Engineering Magazine - 9/03/09 - View Story

  • Zooppa and Fisher Communications Take Social Advertising Hyper-Local With Video Block Party

    Reuters - 8/25/09 - View Story

  • Fisher Communications Partners With Zooppa.com to Host

    Market Wire via MSN Money - 8/25/09 - View Story

  • Fisher Communications Partners With Zooppa.com to Host User-Generated Video Competition in Seattle; Videos to Be Posted on KOMO's New Hyperlocal Neighborhood Sites

    Yahoo! Canada - 8/25/09 - View Story

  • Zooppa and Fisher Communications Take Social Advertising

    Market Wire via MSN Money - 8/25/09 - View Story

  • Brier Dudley Former aQuantive CEO opts to stay in Seattle and join Madrona

    Seattle Times - 8/14/09 - View Story

  • Ex aQuantive boss McAndrews joins Madrona Venture Group

    Seattle Times - 8/13/09 - View Story

  • Madrona Hires Microsoft Ace

    Forbes.com - 8/13/09 - View Story

  • Brian McAndrews on Holding Companies' 'People' Problem

    Advertising Age - 8/13/09 - View Story

  • Former aQuantive CEO Brian McAndrews Joins Madrona Venture Group as a Managing Director

    PRWeb - 8/13/09 - View Story

  • Archive Microsoft: the ad agency

    Seattle Times - 8/09/09 - View Story

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     FSCI $19.94 -0.57 (-2.78% )
Average Volume 27,234
Shares Outstanding 8.75M
Market Cap 174.6M
Year High 35.71
Year Low 7.34
Earnings Per Share -2.67
P/E Ratio -7.47
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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