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MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 2004--Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN) will announce second quarter 2004 earnings on Tuesday, July 20, before the market opens. A conference call to discuss the results will be held that day at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT). The full text of the earnings announcement and accompanying financial tables will be available on the Journal Communications' Web site, www.jc.com/investors.

To access the call, dial (800) 299-9086 (domestic) or (617) 786-2903 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled 10 a.m. CT start. The access code for the conference call is 54961969. Replays of the conference call will be available July 20 through July 22. To hear the replay, dial (888) 286-8010 (domestic) or (617) 801-6888 (international). The access code for the replay is 23308609.

The live webcast will be accessible through www.jc.com/investors and through CCBN at www.ccbn.com. An archive of the webcast will be available July 20 through August 3.

About Journal Communications

Journal Communications, Inc., headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was founded in 1882. We are a diversified media and communications company with operations in publishing, radio and television broadcasting, telecommunications and printing services. We publish the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which serves as the only major daily newspaper for the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and more than 90 community newspapers and shoppers in eight states. We own and operate 38 radio stations and six television stations in 11 states and have signed an agreement to purchase WGBA-TV and to assume an existing local marketing agreement for WACY-TV - both located in the Green Bay/Appleton (Wisconsin) market. Through our telecommunications segment, we own and operate a regional fiber optic network in the upper Midwest, provide integrated data communications solutions for small and mid-size businesses and offer network transmission solutions for other service providers. We also provide a wide range of commercial printing services, including publications, professional journals and documentation material, as well as electronic publishing, kit assembly and fulfillment.

    CONTACT: Journal Communications, Inc.
             Sara Leuchter Wilkins, 414-224-2633
             swilkins@jc.com

    SOURCE: Journal Communications, Inc.