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Gray Television Partners with Revamped Arena Football League to Bring Local Spring Football to Viewers Free Over-The-Air Starting April 27

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

ATLANTA, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) is pleased to announce a multi-year agreement with the Arena Football League to bring Saturday arena football games over-the-air to local audiences in at least thirty-four markets across the United States.

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  • ATLANTA, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) is pleased to announce a multi-year agreement with the Arena Football League to bring Saturday arena football games over-the-air to local audiences in at least thirty-four markets across the United States.
  • The first AFL games on Gray’s television stations will air on Saturday, April 27, 2024, and continue for the ten-week 2024 AFL season.
  • Gray’s local broadcast AFL games primarily focus on in-state teams matched to Gray’s local television station markets.
  • “We’re excited to bring Spring football to local audiences,” said Sandy Breland, Gray’s Chief Operating Officer.

Gray Television Surpasses Major Retrans Renewal Milestone with No Consumer Disruptions

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Monday, March 4, 2024

Gray Television, Inc. is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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  • Gray Television, Inc. is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Gray is the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the United States.
  • Its television stations serve 114 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households.
  • This portfolio includes 79 markets with the top-rated television station and 102 markets with the first and/or second highest rated television station.

Gray Television Partners with Leading Broadcasters to Bring Cleveland Cavaliers Games Back to Free Over-The-Air Television Across Ohio

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Friday, March 1, 2024

“We are excited to share that in addition to airing these five games on Gray’s WUAB in Cleveland and WXIX in Cincinnati, Gray has partnered with local television broadcasters to expand the coverage of Cavaliers basketball throughout the region.

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  • “We are excited to share that in addition to airing these five games on Gray’s WUAB in Cleveland and WXIX in Cincinnati, Gray has partnered with local television broadcasters to expand the coverage of Cavaliers basketball throughout the region.
  • This is a significant victory for the Cavaliers and sports fans throughout the region,” said Matt Moran, Senior Managing Vice President for Gray Television.
  • Serena Winters and Cayleigh Griffin will remain as sideline reporter and co-host of Cavaliers Live, respectively.
  • More information about these games and how to access the games in your market can be found on cavs.com/broadcast and cleveland19.com/free.

Gray Television Stations in Two Texas Markets to Air Ten Dallas Mavericks Regular-Season Games

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Friday, March 1, 2024

These games will not be available on Bally Sports or Bally Sports+ streaming.

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  • These games will not be available on Bally Sports or Bally Sports+ streaming.
  • Aside from these 10 games and games exclusively airing on ABC, ESPN, and TNT, all other remaining Mavericks games this season will be aired and streamed via Bally Sports Southwest and Bally Sports+ as normal.
  • Mark Followill, in his 19th season as the Mavericks play-by-play announcer, Mavericks legends Derek Harper and Devin Harris, along with Jeff “Skin” Wade and Lesley McCaslin, will be on the call for these games, with pre- and post-game coverage from Dana Larson and Brian Dameris.
  • “Gray Television is proud to partner with the Dallas Mavericks to bring the Mavs games to its fans and its future fans through our stations in Lubbock, Texas and Sherman, Texas,” said Sandy Breland, the Chief Operating Officer of Gray Television.

Atlanta Dream and Gray Television Announce Broadcast Partnership

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

ATLANTA, Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream has forged a partnership with Gray Television (NYSE:GTN) to broadcast its games during the 2024 season. All Dream non-national exclusive games will air locally on Peachtree TV (WPCH) and Peachtree Sports Network, giving more fans across the Southeast the opportunity to experience Dream games from their homes than ever before. The 2024 WNBA season spans May – September, and the Dream will tip off this season against the Los Angeles Sparks in LA on May 15.

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  • ATLANTA, Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream has forged a partnership with Gray Television (NYSE:GTN) to broadcast its games during the 2024 season.
  • Through the Gray partnership, Dream games will be available across the Atlanta market on Peachtree TV’s free over-the-air broadcasts along with its carriage on all major cable and satellite pay-tv systems including Xfinity, Spectrum, DirecTV, and DISH Network.
  • “We are thrilled to partner with Gray Television to get the Atlanta Dream into even more households across our state and the Southeast region,” said Dream President and Chief Operating Officer Morgan Shaw Parker.
  • Based in Atlanta, Gray Television has made heavy sports investment in its home city, broadcasting Atlanta Hawks and College Park Skyhawks games, as well as high school football, the Atlanta Hustle, Atlanta Gladiators, Savannah Ghost Pirates and Georgia Swarm.

GRAY ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.08 PER SHARE

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Monday, February 26, 2024

ATLANTA, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share of its common stock and Class A common stock.

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  • ATLANTA, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share of its common stock and Class A common stock.
  • The dividend is payable on March 28, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 2024.

Gray Television Announces CFO Jim Ryan’s Upcoming Retirement and Appointment of Jeff Gignac to Succeed Him

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Gray and Jim have agreed that he will remain with Gray as a Senior Advisor through his retirement to assist with a seamless transition of his duties.

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  • Gray and Jim have agreed that he will remain with Gray as a Senior Advisor through his retirement to assist with a seamless transition of his duties.
  • To succeed Jim as CFO, Gray announced the hiring of Jeff Gignac, who currently serves as a Managing Director and Head of Media & Telecom Investment Banking at Wells Fargo Securities.
  • Jeff has worked closely with Jim and the Company as one of its lead bankers for the past several years.
  • Jim joined Gray as its CFO in 1998 upon our acquisition of Busse Broadcasting, where Jim had also served as CFO.

Gray Announces Closing and Upsizing of Revolving Credit Facility Refinancing and Announces Update on Term Loan and BMI Sale Proceeds

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Friday, February 16, 2024

In addition, Gray announced today that, on February 8, 2024, Gray received approximately $110 million in pre-tax cash proceeds from the closing of the previously announced sale of Broadcast Music, Inc. (“BMI”) to a shareholder group led by New Mountain Capital, LLC.

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  • In addition, Gray announced today that, on February 8, 2024, Gray received approximately $110 million in pre-tax cash proceeds from the closing of the previously announced sale of Broadcast Music, Inc. (“BMI”) to a shareholder group led by New Mountain Capital, LLC.
  • On January 30, 2024, Gray launched a process, subject to market and other conditions, to refinance a portion of its existing senior credit facilities.
  • Despite such developments, Gray’s banking group continued to support the company in amending and extending its $500 million revolving credit facility.
  • In fact, due to strong demand, Gray upsized its revolving credit facilities to $625 million, which includes a new $552.5 million revolving credit facility maturing on December 31, 2027 and $72.5 million facility maturing on December 1, 2026.

Gray Television Launches InvestigateTV+ en Español to Serve Extended Bilingual Audience in 26 Gray-Owned Telemundo Markets

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

ATLANTA, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announces the launch of InvestigateTV+ en Español on February 26, 2024, in 26 of Gray’s Telemundo markets.

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  • ATLANTA, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announces the launch of InvestigateTV+ en Español on February 26, 2024, in 26 of Gray’s Telemundo markets.
  • InvestigateTV+ en Español is hosted by Luis Carlos Mendoza, an award-winning, long-time news anchor of Noticiero Telemundo 20 in Odessa-Midland, Texas.
  • In addition to the weekday InvestigateTV+ en Español series, Gray Telemundo stations will also air the weekend series of InvestigateTV en Español starting March 2.
  • The markets and airtimes for InvestigateTV+ en Español and InvestigateTV en Español are listed below.