ACME Communications Schedules First Quarter 2003 Earnings Conference Call and Teleconference

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- April 11, 2003 -- ACME Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACME) announced today that it will release its first quarter 2003 financial results prior to market hours on Friday, May 2, 2003. The Company will also host a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2003 results on May 2nd at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the conference call, please dial 973-582-2706 ten minutes prior to the start time. The conference call will also be available via live webcast on the investor relations portion of the Company's website, located at www.acmecommunications.com. If you cannot listen to the conference call at its scheduled time, there will be a replay available through Friday, May 9, 2003, which can be accessed by dialing 877-519-4471 (U.S.), 973-341-3080 (Int'l), passcode 3870905. The webcast will also be archived on the Company's website for one week.

About ACME Communications, Inc.

ACME Communications, Inc. owns and operates 9 television stations serving markets covering 3.7% of the nation's television households. The Company is the fourth largest affiliate group of The WB Television Network. ACME's stations are: KUWB-TV, Salt Lake City, UT; KWBQ-TV and KASY-TV, Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM; WBDT-TV, Dayton, OH; WBXX-TV, Knoxville, TN; WIWB-TV, Green Bay-Appleton, WI; WBUI-TV, Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, IL; WTVK-TV, Ft. Myers-Naples, FL.; WBUW-TV, Madison, WI. All of the Company's stations, except KASY-TV, a UPN affiliate, are WB Network affiliates. ACME's Chairman and CEO is also a founder of and the Chairman and CEO of The WB Television Network. ACME's shares are traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol: ACME.

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           Brainerd Communicators, Inc.
           Todd St. Onge
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