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Gray Television Stations Raise More Than $225,000 for Hawaii Fire Relief

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

ATLANTA, Sept. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray,” “we,” “us” or “our”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that its stations have raised more than $225,000 for fire relief efforts in Hawaii.

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  • ATLANTA, Sept. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray,” “we,” “us” or “our”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that its stations have raised more than $225,000 for fire relief efforts in Hawaii.
  • As of September 11th, Gray stations have raised $225,800 in partnership with The Salvation Army .
  • In addition to that sum, Gray donated $50,000 to a local organization, Hawaii Community Foundation , during a benefit concert on August 20th.
  • The concert was broadcast and streamed by Gray’s local television stations in Hawaii, which operate as Hawaii News Now , and produced in collaboration with the stations’ production department.

Gray Television’s InvestigateTV+ Announces First Investigations Ahead of Official Launch

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Friday, September 8, 2023

ATLANTA, Sept. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) is excited to announce the official launch of the daily news magazine program InvestigateTV+ on September 11, 2023.

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  • ATLANTA, Sept. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) is excited to announce the official launch of the daily news magazine program InvestigateTV+ on September 11, 2023.
  • Building upon the overwhelming positive response garnered by Gray’s InvestigateTV weekend show, Gray made the strategic decision to extend the reach of impactful journalism through the launch of InvestigateTV+ on weekdays.
  • Moreover, Gray is extending the availability of these programs to non-owned local television stations operating beyond its station footprint.
  • Lee Zurik is Gray’s Vice President of Investigations and a respected anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE in New Orleans.

Gray Promotes Garrett Pope to Senior Vice President

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Friday, August 25, 2023

ATLANTA, Aug. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today its promotion of Garrett Pope to Senior Vice President, Sales Operations, effective September 1st.

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  • ATLANTA, Aug. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today its promotion of Garrett Pope to Senior Vice President, Sales Operations, effective September 1st.
  • For the past three years, Garrett has served as Vice President, Traffic and Sales Systems, where he oversaw all facets of Gray’s traffic and programming hubs that are responsible for inventory management and optimization for nearly 500 program streams across both broadcast and digital platforms.
  • Recently, Garrett built Gray’s sales research hub to provide research insight and strategies for Gray’s sales teams across its portfolio.
  • Throughout his career, Garrett worked in all areas of station and sales support including building and operating centralized workflows for Univision, Raycom Media, and Gray.

GRAY ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.08 PER SHARE

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Friday, August 4, 2023

ATLANTA, Aug. 04, 2023 (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, Aug. 04, 2023 (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 September 29, 2023, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2023.

Brian Daugherty Promoted to General Manager of WCSC in Charleston, South Carolina

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

ATLANTA, Aug. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announced Brian Daugherty today becomes the General Manager of Gray’s WCSC, the local CBS affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina.

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  • ATLANTA, Aug. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announced Brian Daugherty today becomes the General Manager of Gray’s WCSC, the local CBS affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina.
  • Brian began his career in media over 20 years ago in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in print and digital advertising sales.
  • In 2019, WAFB promoted him to Local Sales Manager.
  • In 2022, Brian moved to Charleston to become WCSC’s General Sales Manager.

GRAY SETS DATE FOR SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS RELEASE AND EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

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Monday, July 3, 2023

ATLANTA, July 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- July 3, 2023 .

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  • ATLANTA, July 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- July 3, 2023 .
  • Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN) today announced that it will release its earnings results for the quarter ended, June 30, 2023 on Friday, August 4, 2023.
  • Gray Television, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss its operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, on Friday, August 4, 2023.
  • The taped replay of the conference call will be available at 1-888-556-3470 Passcode: 898476# until September 4, 2023.

Gray Renews CBS Network Affiliations Covering All 54 Existing Markets

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

ATLANTA, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) has entered into a new agreement with Paramount Global that renews all of Gray’s existing CBS network affiliations, encompassing seven markets acquired from Meredith Corporation and 47 legacy markets.

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) has entered into a new agreement with Paramount Global that renews all of Gray’s existing CBS network affiliations, encompassing seven markets acquired from Meredith Corporation and 47 legacy markets.
  • In 2022, according to Comscore, Gray’s CBS affiliated stations had the highest all-day ratings among all local stations in 29 markets and the first or second highest all-day ratings in 45 markets, comprising 83 percent of Gray’s CBS portfolio.
  • Nearly all of Gray’s CBS affiliates have been broadcasting CBS network programming from their very first days on the air.
  • In fact, Gray is now recruiting to fill an additional 74 open positions in those seven CBS markets.

Gray Promotes Joel Swisher to General Manager of WSAZ and WQCW in Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia

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Friday, June 16, 2023

ATLANTA, June 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) today announced the promotion of Joel Swisher as the next General Manager of Gray’s WSAZ (NBC) and WQCW (CW) in Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia.

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  • ATLANTA, June 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) today announced the promotion of Joel Swisher as the next General Manager of Gray’s WSAZ (NBC) and WQCW (CW) in Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia.
  • Joel has held sales management roles at WSAZ and WQCW since 2016.
  • Previously, he spent 14 years in various sales and management positions at other media companies in West Virginia.
  • Joel has been instrumental at WSAZ in expanding the station’s community involvement with events including “The Sternwheel Regatta”, and “Live on the Levee.” Joel assumes his new role on June 26 when the stations’ current leader becomes the General Manager at Gray’s Cleveland television stations.

David Hughes Named General Manager of WOIO and WUAB in Cleveland

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

ATLANTA , June 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) today announced the promotion of David Hughes as the next General Manager of Gray’s WOIO (CBS) and WUAB (CW) in Cleveland, Ohio.

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA , June 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) today announced the promotion of David Hughes as the next General Manager of Gray’s WOIO (CBS) and WUAB (CW) in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • He succeeds Matt Moran, who recently became a Senior Managing Vice President at Gray.
  • David has served as General Manager of Gray’s WSAZ-TV (NBC) and WQCW (CW) in Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia, since December 2021.
  • Previously, he led Gray’s WVIR (NBC) in Charlottesville, Virginia, as General Manager and, prior to that position, he served as the news director at Gray’s WDBJ (CBS) in Roanoke, Virginia.