News Release

For more information:
Andre Fernandez
President and Chief Financial Officer
414-224-2884

MILWAUKEE, WI – October 8, 2012 – Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN) will announce third quarter 2012 earnings on Thursday, October 25, before the market opens. A conference call to discuss the results will be held that day at 9:00 a.m. Central Time (10:00 a.m. ET, 7:00 a.m. PT). The full text of the earnings announcement and accompanying financial tables will be available on the Journal Communications’ website, http://www.journalcommunications.com/investors

To access the call, dial (866)700-5192 (domestic) or (617)213-8833 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled 9:00 a.m. CT start. The access code for the conference call is 80278653. Replays of the conference call will be available October 25 through November 25. To hear the replay, dial (888)286-8010 (domestic) or (617)801-6888 (international) at least one hour after the completion of the call. The access code for the replay is 51941612.

The live webcast will be accessible through www.journalcommunications.com/investors An archive of the webcast will be available October 25 through November 25.

About Journal Communications
Journal Communications, Inc., headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was founded in 1882. We are a diversified media company with operations in radio and television broadcasting, publishing and interactive media. We own and operate or provide programming and sales services to 35 radio stations and 14 television stations in 12 states. We publish the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which serves as the only major daily newspaper for the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and several community newspapers and shoppers in Wisconsin. Our interactive media assets build on our strong publishing and broadcasting brands.

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