EXHIBIT 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



     The undersigned  Director of The Ackerley Group, Inc.  ("Company") appoints
each of Barry A.  Ackerley and Denis M. Curley her true and lawful  attorney and
agent,  in name and on  behalf  of the  undersigned,  to do any and all acts and
things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem
necessary or advisable to cause the 1997 Annual  Report on Form 10-K to be filed
with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and likewise to sign any and all
amendments  (the signing of any such  instrument to be conclusive  evidence that
the attorney  considers such  instrument  necessary or  desirable),  without the
other and with full power of substitution  and revocation,  and hereby ratifying
all that any such attorney or his substitute may do by virtue hereby.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the  following  person in the capacity
indicated on this 11th day of March, 1998.



                                                            /s/ Gail A. Ackerley



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



     The undersigned  Director of The Ackerley Group, Inc.  ("Company") appoints
each of Barry A.  Ackerley and Denis M. Curley his true and lawful  attorney and
agent,  in name and on  behalf  of the  undersigned,  to do any and all acts and
things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem
necessary or advisable to cause the 1997 Annual  Report on Form 10-K to be filed
with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and likewise to sign any and all
amendments  (the signing of any such  instrument to be conclusive  evidence that
the attorney  considers such  instrument  necessary or  desirable),  without the
other and with full power of substitution  and revocation,  and hereby ratifying
all that any such attorney or his substitute may do by virtue hereby.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the  following  person in the capacity
indicated on this 11th day of March, 1998.



                                                           /s/ Richard P. Cooley



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



     The undersigned  Director of The Ackerley Group, Inc.  ("Company") appoints
each of Barry A.  Ackerley and Denis M. Curley his true and lawful  attorney and
agent,  in name and on  behalf  of the  undersigned,  to do any and all acts and
things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem
necessary or advisable to cause the 1997 Annual  Report on Form 10-K to be filed
with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and likewise to sign any and all
amendments  (the signing of any such  instrument to be conclusive  evidence that
the attorney  considers such  instrument  necessary or  desirable),  without the
other and with full power of substitution  and revocation,  and hereby ratifying
all that any such attorney or his substitute may do by virtue hereby.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the  following  person in the capacity
indicated on this 11th day of March, 1998.



                                                         /s/ M. Ian G. Gilchrist



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



     The undersigned  Director of The Ackerley Group, Inc.  ("Company") appoints
each of Barry A.  Ackerley and Denis M. Curley his true and lawful  attorney and
agent,  in name and on  behalf  of the  undersigned,  to do any and all acts and
things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem
necessary or advisable to cause the 1997 Annual  Report on Form 10-K to be filed
with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and likewise to sign any and all
amendments  (the signing of any such  instrument to be conclusive  evidence that
the attorney  considers such  instrument  necessary or  desirable),  without the
other and with full power of substitution  and revocation,  and hereby ratifying
all that any such attorney or his substitute may do by virtue hereby.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the  following  person in the capacity
indicated on this 11th day of March, 1998.



                                                           /s/ Michel C. Thielen