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Major Broadcasters Launch NextGen TV on Seven Local Television Stations in Birmingham, AL

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Monday, December 5, 2022
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The leading television stations serving the Birmingham television market today began broadcasting with NextGen TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology.

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  • The leading television stations serving the Birmingham television market today began broadcasting with NextGen TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology.
  • Features available on NextGen TV will vary by device and station as broadcasters roll out service across the country.
  • Todays launch in Birmingham follows a decade of development and months of planning and preparation by the local stations.
  • Those stations will broadcast their own programming, as well as the programming of the other participating stations, in NextGen TV format.

Veteran Content Creator Helen Swenson Becomes AccuWeather's Chief Content Officer

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Friday, June 24, 2022
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AccuWeather, the most accurate and most used source of global weather forecasts and warnings, today announced the addition of veteran content creator Helen Swenson to its dynamic leadership team as Chief Content Officer effective June 13, 2022. Swenson comes to AccuWeather from her previous role as Vice President of Content at NY1 Spectrum News.

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  • Swenson brings more than two decades of experience in content development, strategic programming and production to AccuWeather's award-winning weather platforms.
  • STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AccuWeather, the most accurate and most used source of global weather forecasts and warnings, today announced the addition of veteran content creator Helen Swenson to its dynamic leadership team as Chief Content Officer effective June 13, 2022.
  • Swenson comes to AccuWeather from her previous role as Vice President of Content at NY1 Spectrum News.
  • Swenson's content, strategic programming and production career spans several decades of leading various content teams.

Gray Television Announces New General Managers for Certain Meredith Markets

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Monday, November 15, 2021
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Grays senior leadership appreciates the loyal service that these stations current General Managers have provided to these Meredith television stations and their local communities.

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  • Grays senior leadership appreciates the loyal service that these stations current General Managers have provided to these Meredith television stations and their local communities.
  • Nevertheless, after careful consideration and extensive analysis over the past several months, Gray concluded that immediate changes in certain Meredith markets would facilitate the prompt integration of these stations into the Gray portfolio of leading local television stations and local digital platforms.
  • Prior to that, she was the General Manager of (then-Raycom, now Gray) television stations KOLD in Tucson, Arizona, and WFIE in Evansville, Indiana.
  • 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.