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Gray Television Will Bring Ten New Orleans Pelicans Games To Leading Local Broadcast Television Stations

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Monday, January 1, 2024
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New Orleans, Jan. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) and the New Orleans Pelicans jointly announced that they have reached an innovative new sports rights deal that will make ten of the Pelicans games during the 2023-24 NBA season available to fans on leading local television stations serving audiences throughout Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

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  • New Orleans, Jan. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) and the New Orleans Pelicans jointly announced that they have reached an innovative new sports rights deal that will make ten of the Pelicans games during the 2023-24 NBA season available to fans on leading local television stations serving audiences throughout Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
  • The new distribution agreement with Gray will make Pelicans games available to more than three million households across three states.
  • In addition, Gray will simulcast these games on Louisiana television stations in Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lake Charles, Monroe, and Alexandria.
  • The games listed below will air on Gray stations starting January 12, 2024:

Sandy Breland Named Gray’s Chief Operating Officer

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Monday, May 22, 2023
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ATLANTA, May 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) promoted Sandy Breland from Senior Managing Vice President to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective today.

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  • ATLANTA, May 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) promoted Sandy Breland from Senior Managing Vice President to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective today.
  • Sandy succeeded Bob Smith, who recently retired after a long career with Gray in various capacities.
  • “Sandy has vast talents and experience in leading local news-focused operations that have earned her enormous respect within Gray and throughout our industry,” explained Gray’s Executive Chairman Hilton H. Howell.
  • Sandy has over 30 years of experience in local broadcasting and has received some of the industry's highest honors.

GRAY TELEVISION EXPANDS NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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ATLANTA, Dec. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (Gray) (NYSE: GTN) announced today a significant expansion of its National Investigative Team called InvestigateTV.

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  • ATLANTA, Dec. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (Gray) (NYSE: GTN) announced today a significant expansion of its National Investigative Team called InvestigateTV.
  • The expansion of our National Investigative Unit reinforces our commitment to strong investigative journalism.
  • The National Investigative Team/InvestigateTV produces stories for Grays 113 television stations and the InvestigateTV OTT App on Roku, Amazon Fire, and Apple TV.
  • Gray Television, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the United States.

Gray Promotes Ronna Corrente and Mikel Schaefer to Lead Its Louisville and New Orleans Television Stations

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Thursday, August 19, 2021
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Ronna Corrente started her career in television at the Fox affiliate WDKY-TV in her home state of Kentucky in 1995.

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  • Ronna Corrente started her career in television at the Fox affiliate WDKY-TV in her home state of Kentucky in 1995.
  • Mikel Schaefer started his career in broadcast journalism while still in college in 1984 at the CBS affiliate in New Orleans.
  • Gray Television, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the United States.
  • Upon its anticipated acquisition of the television stations of Meredith Corporation, Gray will become the nations second largest television broadcaster, with television stations serving 113 markets that reach approximately 36 percent of US television households.