Journal Communications to Announce Fourth Quarter 2008 Results on February 12

Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN) will announce fourth quarter 2008 earnings on Thursday, February 12, before the market opens. A conference call to discuss the results will be held that day at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. ET, 8:00 a.m. PT). The full text of the earnings announcement and accompanying financial tables will be available on the Journal Communications’ website, www.journalcommunications.com/investors.

To access the call, dial (888) 680-0890 (domestic) or (617) 213-4857 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled 10:00 a.m. CT start. The access code for the conference call is 77115177. Replays of the conference call will be available February 12 through February 14. 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 72462234.

The live webcast will be accessible through www.journalcommunications.com/investors. An archive of the webcast will be available February 12 through February 26.

Pre-registration for the conference call is now available on the Journal Communications’ website, www.journalcommunications.com/investors.

About Journal Communications

Journal Communications, Inc., headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was founded in 1882. We are a diversified media company with operations in publishing, radio and television broadcasting, interactive media 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 50 community newspapers and shoppers in Wisconsin and Florida. We own and operate 35 radio stations and 12 television stations in 12 states and operate an additional television station under a local marketing agreement. Our interactive media assets include about 120 online enterprises that are associated with our daily and community newspapers and television and radio stations. We also provide a wide range of commercial printing services – including printing of publications, professional journals and documentation material – and operate a direct marketing services business.