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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;30, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FISHER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Washington</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>91-0222175</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>100 4th Avenue N., Suite&nbsp;510</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98109</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Seattle, Washington</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FISHER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Colleen B. Brown<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Fisher Communications, Inc.<BR>
100 4th Avenue N., Suite&nbsp;510<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98109<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</B><BR>
<BR>
<B>(206)&nbsp;404-7000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copy to:<BR>
Andrew Bor<BR>
Perkins Coie LLP<BR>
1201 Third Avenue, 48</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP><b> Floor<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099<BR>
(206)&nbsp;359-8000</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(check one):</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>per share (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $1.25 par value per
share, under the Fisher
Communications, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">300,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$30.38</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$9,114,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$358.18</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers any
additional shares of the Common Stock that may become issuable under
the Fisher Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Equity
Incentive Plan as a result of any future stock splits, stock dividends
or similar adjustments of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act. The
proposed maximum offering price per share is estimated to be $30.38
based on the average of the high sales price ($30.75) and the low
sales price ($30.00) for the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported by
the Nasdaq Global Market on May&nbsp;22, 2008.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No.&nbsp;000-22439) for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on March&nbsp;14, 2008, which contains audited financial statements for the
latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No.&nbsp;000-22439) for the period ended
March&nbsp;31, 2008, filed on May&nbsp;9, 2008, which contains unaudited interim financial statements;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-22439) filed on January&nbsp;4,
2008, April&nbsp;7, 2008, May&nbsp;5, 2008 (except for Items 2.02 and 9.01 thereof) and May&nbsp;23, 2008; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in Pre-Effective Amendment No.
2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (File No.&nbsp;000-22439) filed on June&nbsp;18,
1997, under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters the securities
offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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    <TD><B>Description of Securities.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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    <TD><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;23B.08.510 and 23B.08.570 of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the &#147;WBCA&#148;)
authorize Washington corporations to indemnify directors and officers against expenses and
liabilities incurred in legal proceedings in which they are involved by reason of being a director
or officer, as applicable, if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or in the
case of a criminal proceeding, if they had no reasonable cause to believe that their conduct was
unlawful<B>. </B>Section&nbsp;23B.08.560 of the WBCA authorizes a corporation by provision in a bylaw approved
by its shareholders to indemnify or agree to indemnify a director made a party to a proceeding, or
obligate itself to advance or reimburse expenses incurred in a proceeding, without regard to the
limitations imposed by Sections&nbsp;23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550; provided that no such indemnity
shall indemnify any director from or on account of (a)&nbsp;acts or omissions of the director finally
adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (b)&nbsp;conduct of the director
finally adjudged to be in violation of Section&nbsp;23B.08.310 of the WBCA (which section relates to
unlawful distributions) or (c)&nbsp;any transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that
such director personally received a benefit in money, property or services to which the director
was not legally entitled. Section&nbsp;10 of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provides for indemnification of
the Registrant&#146;s current and former directors and officers against all expense, liability and loss
(including counsel fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid
in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee. Article&nbsp;V of the
Registrant&#146;s Articles of Incorporation (the &#147;Articles&#148;) provides for indemnification of the
Registrant&#146;s current and former
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">directors and officer-directors without regard to the limitations set forth in Sections
23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550 and Section&nbsp;23B.08.560(2) of the WBCA. Indemnification shall not be
granted under the Articles or Bylaws for any of the conduct set forth in (a)&nbsp;through (c)&nbsp;above.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;23B.08.320 of the WBCA authorizes a corporation to eliminate or limit a director&#146;s
liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for acts or omissions as a
director, except in circumstances where the director was involved in intentional misconduct,
knowingly violated the law, violated Section&nbsp;23B.08.310 of the WBCA (which section relates to
unlawful distributions), or personally received a benefit in the form of money, property, or
services to which the director was not legally entitled. Article&nbsp;V, Section&nbsp;1 of the Articles
contains provisions implementing, to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law, such
limitations on a director&#146;s liability to the corporation and its shareholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Authority to indemnify under the WBCA and the Articles and Bylaws is sufficiently broad to
permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act. The Registrant also maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance under which the
Registrant&#146;s directors and officers are insured against loss (as defined in the policy) as a result
of claims brought against them for their wrongful acts in such capacities.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1&#043;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1&#043;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature page)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fisher Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-22439) filed on May&nbsp;23, 2008)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Undertakings.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of Washington, on May&nbsp;30, 2008.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">FISHER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Colleen B. Brown
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;Colleen B. Brown&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Colleen B. Brown and Joseph
J. Lovejoy, or any of them, his or her attorneys-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for him
or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on May&nbsp;30, 2008.
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Colleen B. Brown
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Colleen B. Brown</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph J. Lovejoy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Acting Chief Financial</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Joseph J. Lovejoy</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jodi A. Colligan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President Finance (Principal Accounting</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Jodi A. Colligan</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Officer)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Deborah L. Bevier
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Deborah L. Bevier</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Phelps K. Fisher
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Phelps K. Fisher</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald G. Graham, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Donald G. Graham, III</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard L. Hawley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Richard L. Hawley</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brian P. McAndrews
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Brian P. McAndrews</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jerry A. St. Dennis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Jerry A. St. Dennis</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George F. Warren, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>George F. Warren, Jr.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William W. Warren, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>William W. Warren, Jr.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FISHER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
91-0222175
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 4th Avenue N., Suite 510
98109
Seattle, Washington
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
FISHER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Colleen B. Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer
Fisher Communications, Inc.
100 4th Avenue N., Suite 510
Seattle, Washington 98109
(Name and address of agent for service)
(206) 404-7000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Andrew Bor
Perkins Coie LLP
1201 Third Avenue, 48
th
Floor
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099
(206) 359-8000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
maximum offering
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
price
aggregate offering
registration
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price (2)
fee
Common Stock, $1.25 par value per
share, under the Fisher
Communications, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
300,000
$30.38
$9,114,000
$358.18
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any
additional shares of the Common Stock that may become issuable under
the Fisher Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Equity
Incentive Plan as a result of any future stock splits, stock dividends
or similar adjustments of the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act. The
proposed maximum offering price per share is estimated to be $30.38
based on the average of the high sales price ($30.75) and the low
sales price ($30.00) for the Registrant's Common Stock as reported by
the Nasdaq Global Market on May 22, 2008.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(a) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-22439) for the year ended
December 31, 2007, filed on March 14, 2008, which contains audited financial statements for the
latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
(b) the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-22439) for the period ended
March 31, 2008, filed on May 9, 2008, which contains unaudited interim financial statements;
(c) the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K (File No. 000-22439) filed on January 4,
2008, April 7, 2008, May 5, 2008 (except for Items 2.02 and 9.01 thereof) and May 23, 2008; and
(d) the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in Pre-Effective Amendment No.
2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 000-22439) filed on June 18,
1997, under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters the securities
offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 23B.08.510 and 23B.08.570 of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the "WBCA")
authorize Washington corporations to indemnify directors and officers against expenses and
liabilities incurred in legal proceedings in which they are involved by reason of being a director
or officer, as applicable, if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or in the
case of a criminal proceeding, if they had no reasonable cause to believe that their conduct was
unlawful
.
Section 23B.08.560 of the WBCA authorizes a corporation by provision in a bylaw approved
by its shareholders to indemnify or agree to indemnify a director made a party to a proceeding, or
obligate itself to advance or reimburse expenses incurred in a proceeding, without regard to the
limitations imposed by Sections 23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550; provided that no such indemnity
shall indemnify any director from or on account of (a) acts or omissions of the director finally
adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (b) conduct of the director
finally adjudged to be in violation of Section 23B.08.310 of the WBCA (which section relates to
unlawful distributions) or (c) any transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that
such director personally received a benefit in money, property or services to which the director
was not legally entitled. Section 10 of the Registrant's Bylaws provides for indemnification of
the Registrant's current and former directors and officers against all expense, liability and loss
(including counsel fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid
in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee. Article V of the
Registrant's Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles") provides for indemnification of the
Registrant's current and former
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directors and officer-directors without regard to the limitations set forth in Sections
23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550 and Section 23B.08.560(2) of the WBCA. Indemnification shall not be
granted under the Articles or Bylaws for any of the conduct set forth in (a) through (c) above.
Section 23B.08.320 of the WBCA authorizes a corporation to eliminate or limit a director's
liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for acts or omissions as a
director, except in circumstances where the director was involved in intentional misconduct,
knowingly violated the law, violated Section 23B.08.310 of the WBCA (which section relates to
unlawful distributions), or personally received a benefit in the form of money, property, or
services to which the director was not legally entitled. Article V, Section 1 of the Articles
contains provisions implementing, to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law, such
limitations on a director's liability to the corporation and its shareholders.
Authority to indemnify under the WBCA and the Articles and Bylaws is sufficiently broad to
permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act. The Registrant also maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance under which the
Registrant's directors and officers are insured against loss (as defined in the policy) as a result
of claims brought against them for their wrongful acts in such capacities.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1+
Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered
23.1+
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2+
Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1+
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
99.1*
Fisher Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K (File No. 000-22439) filed on May 23, 2008)
+
Filed herewith.
*
Incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(a) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(b) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement; and
(c) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or
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furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of Washington, on May 30, 2008.
FISHER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
/s/ Colleen B. Brown
By:  Colleen B. Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Colleen B. Brown and Joseph
J. Lovejoy, or any of them, his or her attorneys-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for him
or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on May 30, 2008.
Signature
Title
/s/ Colleen B. Brown
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Colleen B. Brown
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Joseph J. Lovejoy
Senior Vice President and Acting Chief Financial
Joseph J. Lovejoy
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Jodi A. Colligan
Vice President Finance (Principal Accounting
Jodi A. Colligan
Officer)
/s/ Deborah L. Bevier
Director
Deborah L. Bevier
/s/ Phelps K. Fisher
Director
Phelps K. Fisher
/s/ Donald G. Graham, III
Director
Donald G. Graham, III
/s/ Richard L. Hawley
Director
Richard L. Hawley
/s/ Brian P. McAndrews
Director
Brian P. McAndrews
/s/ Jerry A. St. Dennis
Director
Jerry A. St. Dennis
/s/ George F. Warren, Jr.
Director
George F. Warren, Jr.
/s/ William W. Warren, Jr.
Director
William W. Warren, Jr.
/s/ Michael D. Wortsman
Director
Michael D. Wortsman
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1+
Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered
23.1+
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2+
Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1+
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
99.1*
Fisher Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K (File No. 000-22439) filed on May 23, 2008)
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Filed herewith.
*
Incorporated herein by reference.