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, 2002 (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 ___, 2003                          ________________________________
                                                Signature