EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, ______________________________, hereby authorizes and appoints
William W. Krippaehne, Jr., Warren J. Spector and David D. Hillard, and each of
them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act
without the other, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in
his name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of him,
individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, the Annual Report
of Fisher Communications, Inc. on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2001 (the "Annual Report"), any and all amendments to the Annual Report, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing, ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their and his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.



Date:  March __, 2002
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