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                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

    The undersigned Director of The Ackerley Group, Inc. ("Company") hereby
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 1996 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 12th day of March, 1997.

                                  /s/ Gail A. Ackerley
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                                  Gail A. Ackerley
                                  Director


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                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

    The undersigned Director of The Ackerley Group, Inc. ("Company") hereby
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 1996 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 12th day of March, 1997.

                                  /s/ Richard P. Cooley
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                                  Richard P. Cooley
                                  Director


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                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

    The undersigned Director of The Ackerley Group, Inc. ("Company") hereby
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 1996 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 12th day of March, 1997.

                                  /s/ M. Ian G. Gilchrist
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                                  M. Ian G. Gilchrist
                                  Director


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                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


    The undersigned Director of The Ackerley Group, Inc. ("Company") hereby
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 1996 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 12th day of March, 1997.

                                  /s/ Michel C. Thielen
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                                  Michel C. Thielen
                                  Director