FORM 10-K/A
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                               AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

   (X)  Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
   Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.
   Commission File Number: 0-7831

                           JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.   
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                Wisconsin               
                                                       39-0382060            
      (State or other jurisdiction of    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
             or organization)
                333 West State Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

               Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
                                 (414) 224-2374

           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
                                      NONE

           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                     Common Stock, Par Value $0.25 Per Share
                                (title of class)

   Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
   required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
   of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that
   the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
   subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes    X     
   No       

   Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
   405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained
   herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge,
   in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in
   Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendments to this Form 10-K. [X]

   State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-
   affiliates of the Registrant:  Not applicable.

   Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes
   of common stock as of March 19, 1998:

        Class                    Outstanding at March 19, 1998
   Common Stock, par value            14,213,607

   Portions of the annual shareholders report for the year ended December 31,
   1997 are incorporated by reference into Parts I and II.  Portions of the
   proxy statement for the annual shareholders meeting to be held June 2,
   1998 are incorporated by reference into Part III.

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                                     PART IV
               ITEM 14.  EXHIBITS.  FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
                             AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

   Item 14 of the Report is amended for the purpose of adding an electronic
   copy of Exhibit 13, which was previously filed in paper pursuant to a
   temporary hardship exemption:

   (a)  1 and 2.
        Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules
        The following consolidated financial statements of the Registrant are
        included in Item 8:


                                                Registrant's Annual Report
                                                     Page Number
        Consolidated Balance Sheets at
             December 31, 1997 and 1996                   23

        Consolidated Statements of Earnings
             for each of the three years in 
             the period ended
             December 31, 1997                            24

        Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
             for each of the three years in the
             period ended December 31, 1997               25

        Consolidated Statements of Retained
             Earnings for each of the three years
             in the period ended December 31, 1997        26

        Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements        26-31

                                                          Registrant's 10-K
                                                          Page Number
        Financial Statement Schedules:
             Consolidated schedules for each of the
             three years in the period ended
             December 31, 1997:
             II - Valuation and qualifying accounts          15

        All other schedules are omitted since the required information is not
        present, or is not present in amounts sufficient to require
        submission of the schedule, or because the information required is
        included in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.

   3.   Exhibits

        The exhibits listed on page 4 are filed as part of this annual
        report.

   (b)  Reports on Form 8-K.
        No report on Form 8-K was required to be filed by the Registrant
        during the quarter ended December 31, 1997.

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                                   SIGNATURES


   Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
   Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to
   Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly
   authorized as of April 8, 1998.

                                 JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.



                            By:  /s/ Paul E. Kritzer
                                 Paul E. Kritzer
                                 Vice President - Legal and Corporate
                                 Secretary


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                          JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                                  (Item 14(a))

     Exhibit                     Description
       No.
     (3.1)     Articles of Association of Journal
               Communications, Inc., as amended (incorporated
               by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Journal
               Communications, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form
               10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995
               (Commission File No. 0-7831).

     (3.2)     Bylaws of Journal Communications, Inc.
               (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
               Journal Communications, Inc.'s Current Report
               For Form 8-K dated March 5, 1996 (Commission
               File No. 0-7831).

     (9.1)     The Journal Employees' Stock Trust Agreement,
               dated May 15, 1937, as amended (incorporated
               by reference to Exhibit 9 of the Annual Report
               on Form 10-K of Journal Communications, Inc.
               for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995
               (Commission File No. 0-7831).

     (9.2)     Further amendment to Stock Trust Agreement as
               approved by unitholders on October 30, 1996
               (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the
               Definitive Proxy Statement of the Journal
               Employees' Stock Trust included in the Trust's
               Schedule 14A filed October 1, 1996 (Commission
               File No. 0-7832))

    (13)       Portions of Registrant's Annual Report, filed
               herewith

    (21)*      Subsidiaries of the Registrant

    (23)*      Consent of Independent Auditors

    (27)*      Financial Data Schedule

   _______________
   *    Previously filed.