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                                  EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




     The undersigned Director of Ackerley Communications, Inc. (the "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 1995 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 4th day of March, 1996.






                                        /s/ Gail A. Ackerley     
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                                        Gail A. Ackerley
                                        Director
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                                  EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




     The undersigned Director of Ackerley Communications, Inc. (the "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 1995 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 4th day of March, 1996.






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

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                                  EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




     The undersigned Director of Ackerley Communications, Inc. (the "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 1995 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 4th day of March, 1996.






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

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                                  EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




     The undersigned Director of Ackerley Communications, Inc. (the "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 1995 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 4th day of March, 1996.






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