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Veteran Atlanta Broadcaster Jeff Hullinger Joins GPB

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Monday, October 2, 2023
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Atlanta, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) President and CEO Bert Wesley Huffman announced today that veteran Atlanta broadcaster Jeff Hullinger is joining the network as Executive Producer for Local Content working across platforms.

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  • Atlanta, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) President and CEO Bert Wesley Huffman announced today that veteran Atlanta broadcaster Jeff Hullinger is joining the network as Executive Producer for Local Content working across platforms.
  • Hullinger began his career in KOAA TV Pueblo/Colorado Springs and first came to Atlanta in 1984, where he served as a weeknight sports anchor and sports director at WAGA TV.
  • In recent years, Hullinger has focused on telling stories of Atlanta history and newsmakers on social media, often receiving at least one million views.
  • Hullinger further added that joining GPB provides the opportunity to explore topics through long-form storytelling, where public media excels.

FOX TELEVISION STATIONS AND AMAZON ANNOUNCE NEW CONTENT DISTRIBUTION DEAL

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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NEW YORK, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FOX Television Stations (FTS) and Amazon have jointly announced they are teaming up to distribute FTS's local news content across Amazon's devices. Effective immediately, FTS will provide seventeen 24/7 local, free, ad-supported television (FAST) channels, one from each market covered by the FOX Television Stations, through the Amazon News app on Fire TV and Alexa on Echo Show devices. 

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  • "This important collaboration with Amazon further solidifies our commitment to bring FTS's powerhouse local news content to as many people as possible," said Jeff Zellmer, Senior Vice President, Digital Operations, FOX Television Stations.
  • This collaboration began in March 2022 with the initial distribution of LiveNOW from FOX and FOX Soul FAST channels.
  • In December 2022, FTS's local news content debuted across Amazon products with the distribution of the first five stations: WTXF FOX 29 Philadelphia, KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco, KSAZ FOX 10 Phoenix, WJBK FOX 2 Detroit, and KMSP FOX 9 Minneapolis.
  • The remaining twelve, WNYW FOX 5 New York, KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles, WFLD FOX 32 Chicago, KDFW FOX 4 Dallas, WAGA FOX 5 Atlanta, KRIV FOX 26 Houston, WTTG FOX 5 DC, KCPQ FOX 13 Seattle, WTVT FOX 13 Tampa Bay, WOFL FOX 35 Orlando, KTBC FOX 7 Austin and WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee, are now available across Amazon products, such as Fire TV and Echo Show devices.

Blanca Esparza Pap and Micheal Smith Become Gray’s Newest Corporate Officers

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Thursday, March 30, 2023
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ATLANTA, March 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) today announced that it has appointed Blanca Esparza Pap and Micheal Smith as Assistant Vice Presidents of Gray Media Group, Inc., effective April 1, 2023.

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  • ATLANTA, March 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) today announced that it has appointed Blanca Esparza Pap and Micheal Smith as Assistant Vice Presidents of Gray Media Group, Inc., effective April 1, 2023.
  • Blanca Esparza Pap has served as the Station Manager for Arizona’s Family 3TV (KTVK) and CBS5 (KPHO) in Phoenix, Arizona, since 2019.
  • In early 2022, Gray promoted Micheal Smith to serve as the first Station Manager for Gray’s independent station PeachtreeTV (WPCH) in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Micheal Smith has been in the broadcast arena for more than 25 years in both radio and television at the local and national levels.

Tanzanian Entrepreneur Recycles Laptop Batteries to Provide Reliable and Affordable Power for Businesses and Homes

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As the world increasingly shifts from fossil fuel power to emissions-free electrification, recycling batteries is considered a key strategy in the fight against climate change.

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  • In the new Net Zero show, Climate Activist, Entrepreneur and Innovator Gibson Kawago discusses his sustainable solution to Tanzania's unreliable electricity supply.
  • NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As the world increasingly shifts from fossil fuel power to emissions-free electrification, recycling batteries is considered a key strategy in the fight against climate change.
  • In the new Net Zero show, Net Zero Speaks With Gibson Kawago, Climate Activist Chibeze Ezekiel interviews Kawago, the Founder and Chief Technical Officer of WAGA.
  • WAGA aims to reuse laptop batteries and provide affordable, reliable and durable lithium-ion battery solutions.

Gray Announces Promotion of Micheal Smith to Station Manager of PeachtreeTV in Atlanta

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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ATLANTA, Feb. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (Gray) (NYSE: GTN) announced today the promotion of Micheal Smith to serve in the newly created position of Station Manager for Grays independent station PeachtreeTV (WPCH-TV) in Atlanta, Georgia.

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  • ATLANTA, Feb. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (Gray) (NYSE: GTN) announced today the promotion of Micheal Smith to serve in the newly created position of Station Manager for Grays independent station PeachtreeTV (WPCH-TV) in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • For the past several years, he has served as the marketing manager for both WGCL CBS 46 and PeachtreeTV.
  • Micheal Smith has been in the broadcast arena for more than 25 years in both radio and television at the local and national levels.
  • Micheal is the right person at the right time to take Peachtree TV to the next level for our viewers.

Five Atlanta Television Stations Launch NEXTGEN TV Broadcasts

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021
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ATLANTA, Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta television viewers can now experience the future of broadcast television as five local TV stations join together to launch NEXTGEN TV.

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  • ATLANTA, Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta television viewers can now experience the future of broadcast television as five local TV stations join together to launch NEXTGEN TV.
  • Atlanta will now get the most out of live news, events, and sports programming with NEXTGEN TV broadcasts.
  • "NEXTGEN TV merges over-the-air TV with internet content, creating a personalized, interactive experience for viewers and their home screens," added Anne Schelle, managing director of Pearl TV, the broadcaster business group that is coordinating NEXTGEN TV station launches.
  • FOX Television Stations owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S.