ATLANTA, Aug. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray Television,
Inc. ("Gray," "we," "us" or "our") (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) today
announced that it has entered into agreements with Fox Broadcasting
Company that extend and renew the network affiliations for all of
Gray's FOX Network affiliated stations.
"Gray looks forward to continuing its successful relationship
with FOX," said Gray CEO Hilton H. Howell,
Jr. "In addition to the new agreements announced today, we
are also proud to have increased the number of FOX affiliated
stations in our portfolio from five stations in five markets to ten
stations serving eight markets in just the past four months."
The stations covered by the new affiliation agreements are
KNDX/KXND in Bismarck/Minot, North Dakota; KXII in Sherman, Texas; KEVN/KIVV in Rapid City, South Dakota; WSVF in Harrisonburg, Virginia; WBKO in Bowling Green, Kentucky; WCAV in Charlottesville, Virginia; WOVA in
Parkersburg, West Virginia; and
KIIT in North Platte,
Nebraska.
The Company
We are a television broadcast company headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia, that owns and/or
operates television stations and leading digital assets in markets
throughout the United States. Upon completion of all pending
transactions, we will own and/or operate television stations in 44
television markets broadcasting 141 program streams including 76
affiliates of the Big Four networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX).
At that time, our owned and/or operated stations will include
twenty-six channels affiliated with the CBS Network, twenty-four
channels affiliated with the NBC Network, sixteen channels
affiliated with the ABC Network and ten channels affiliated with
the FOX Network. We will then own and/or operate the
number-one ranked television station in 29 of those 44 markets and
the number-one or number-two ranked television station operations
in 40 of those 44 markets. We will reach approximately 8.1
percent of total United States
television households.
www.gray.tv
SOURCE Gray Television, Inc.