Gray Television
Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN) is a communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with administrative offices in Albany, Georgia. Established in 1946 by James H. Gray a naturalized New Englander who moved to Southwest Georgia to form Gray Communications System (now Gray Television Group) which has grown since 1993 into a modern day, successful television group based out of Atlanta, Georgia through a series of acquisitions ranging from 1993-2002.
Gray Television currently owns 36 television stations serving 30 mainly mid-size and small-size media markets. (The highest-ranked market Gray serves is Knoxville, Tennessee, the 59th ranked market in 2008.) One of the stations is affiliated with FOX, 6 are with ABC, 10 are with NBC, and 17 are affiliated with CBS (making Gray the largest independent owner of CBS affiliates in the country).
Among their stations, Gray also operates a total of 38 digital subchannels. Eleven of the subchannels are affiliated with MyNetworkTV, 7 are with The CW, 5 are with FOX, 1 carries Universal Sports, 1 repeats a cable-only ABC station, and 5 broadcast weather information exclusively.
The combined station group has 21 stations ranked #1 in local news audience and 21 stations ranked #1 in overall audience within their respective markets based on the results of the average of the Nielsen February, May, and July and 2008 ratings reports. The combined TV station group reached approximately 6.1% of total U.S. TV households.
In 2006, the company spun off its five daily newspapers and wireless messaging business into the newly formed Triple Crown Media, which subsequently merged with Host Communications.
On July 30, 2009, Gray Television was awarded a contract to manage seven Young Broadcasting stations. Through December 31, 2012 Gray will earn $2.2 million and an opportunity to earn additional specified incentive fees if certain performance targets are exceeded.[1][2][3]
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[edit] Television stations owned and operated by Gray Television
| Station | PSIP / DT |
Affiliation (Branding)
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| WVLT-TV | 8 / 30 | Knoxville, TN | 8 & 8.1: CBS (Volunteer TV) 8.2: MyNetworkTV (My VLT2) |
| WKYT-TV | 27 / 13 | Lexington, KY | 27 & 27.1: CBS (27 NewsFirst) 27.2: The CW (CWKYT) |
| WYMT-TV | 57 / 12 | Hazard, KY | 57 & 57.1: CBS (57 Mountain News) 57.2: Simulcast of WKYT-TV |
| WSAZ-TV | 3 / 23 | Huntington/Charleston, WV | 3 & 3.1: NBC (WSAZ NewsChannel 3) 3.2: MyNetworkTV (My Z TV)This TV |
| KAKE-TV | 10 / 21 | Wichita, KS | ABC (KAKE 10) |
| WOWT-TV | 6 / 22 | Omaha, NE | 6 & 6.1: NBC 6.2: Universal Sports (62O) |
| WMTV | 15 / 19 | Madison, WI | 15 & 15.1: NBC (NBC 15) 15.2: The AccuWeather Channel (NBC 15 Weather Authority) |
| KBTX-TV | 3 / 50 | Bryan/College Station, TX | 3 & 3.1: CBS (News 3) 3.2: The CW (CW BCS) |
| KWTX-TV | 10 / 53 | Waco/Temple/Killeen, TX | 10 & 10.1: CBS (News 10) 10.2: The CW (CW Waco) |
| KKTV | 11 / 10 | Colorado Springs/Pueblo, CO | 11 & 11.1: CBS (KKTV 11) 11.2: MyNetworkTV (My KKTV) |
| WNDU-TV | 16 / 42 | South Bend, IN | NBC (NewsCenter 16) |
| WITN | 7 / 32 | Washington/Greenville/New Bern, NC | 7 & 7.1: NBC (WITN) 7.2: MyNetworkTV (My TV - Eastern Carolina) |
| WCTV | 6 / 46 | Thomasville, GA/Tallahassee, FL | 6 & 6.1: CBS (WCTV Eyewitness News) 6.2: MyNetworkTV This TV |
| WSWG(1) | 44 / 43 | Albany, Georgia/Valdosta, Georgia | 44.1: CBS (Southwest Georgia’s CBS) 44.2: MyNetworkTV |
| KOLN KGIN |
10 / 25 11 / 32 |
Lincoln, NE Grand Island, NE |
10/11 & 10.1/11.1: CBS (10/11) 10.2/11.2: MyNetworkTV (My Nebraska) |
| KOLO-TV | 8 / 9 | Reno/Carson City, NV | ABC (KOLO 8) |
| WRDW-TV | 12 / 31 | Augusta, GA | 12 & 12.1: CBS (News 12) 12.2: MyNetworkTV (My 12) |
| WILX-TV | 10 / 10 | Onondaga/Lansing/Jackson, MI | 10 & 10.1: NBC 10.2: The AccuWeather Channel |
| WEAU-TV | 13 / 39 | Eau Claire, WI | 13 & 13.1:NBC (TV-13) 13.2: 24/7 Weather (off air due to tower collapse) |
| WIFR | 23 / 41 | Freeport/Rockford, IL | 23 & 23.1: CBS (23 WIFR) 23.2: The AccuWeather Channel |
| WSAW-TV | 7 / 40 | Wausau, WI | 7 & 7.1: CBS (NewsChannel 7) 7.2: MyNetworkTV |
| WIBW-TV | 13 / 44 | Topeka, KS | 13 & 13.1: CBS (WIBW-TV 13) 13.2: MyNetworkTV "(MY Topeka)" |
| WJHG-TV | 7 / 8 | Panama City, FL | 7 & 7.1: NBC (NewsChannel 7) 7.2: The CW (CW Panama City) 7.3: MyNetworkTV (My7) |
| KXII | 12 / 20 | Sherman, TX/Ada, OK | 12 & 12.1: CBS (KXII 12) 12.2: MyNetworkTV (My Texoma) 12.3: FOX (FOX Texoma) |
| WTVY | 4 / 36 | Dothan, AL | 4 & 4.1: CBS (WTVY News 4) 4.2: MyNetworkTV (My 4) 4.3: The CW (Dothan’s CW) |
| WHSV-TV | 3 / 49 | Harrisonburg, VA | 3 & 3.1: ABC This TV (WHSV-TV3) 3.2: FOX (The Valley’s Fox) 3.3: ABC (TV3 Winchester)(2) 3.4: MyNetworkTV (My Valley) First Alert 24/7 AccuWeather.com |
| WBKO | 13 / 33 | Bowling Green, KY | 13 & 13.1: ABC (WBKO 13) 13.2: FOX (WBKO FOX) 13.3: The CW (WBKO CW) |
| WVAW-LD | 16 / 16.1 | Charlottesville, VA | ABC (ABC 16) |
| WCAV | 19 / 19.1 | Charlottesville, VA | 19 & 19.1: CBS (CBS 19) 19.2: Weather Now |
| WAHU-CD | 27 / 40 | Charlottesville, VA | 27 & 27.1: FOX (WAHU FOX 27) 27.2: MyNetworkTV (My C ‘Ville TV) |
| KKCO | 11 / 12 | Grand Junction, CO | NBC (11 News) |
| WTOK-TV | 11 / 49 | Meridian, MS | 11 & 11.1: ABC (ABC 11) 11.2: FOX (FOX Meridian) 11.3: The CW (Meridian’s CW) |
| WTAP-TV | 15 / 49 | Parkersburg, WV/Marietta, OH | 15 & 15.1: NBC (WTAP) 15.2: FOX (FOX Parkersburg) 15.3: MyNetworkTV (My 5) |
- (1) Semi-satellite of WCTV
- (2) TV3 Winchester is Winchester, Virginia's ABC affiliate. The station is a joint operation of WHSV and Shenandoah University, and appears on cable systems located only in the northern Shenandoah Valley counties.
[edit] Management of Young Broadcasting stations
On July 22, 2009, a New York bankruptcy judge approved a plan transferring ownership of Young Broadcasting and its stations to the company's secured lenders. The plan included Gray Television coming in as an outside party and advise on operations of Young-owned stations in seven markets through December 2012. (The new Young Broadcasting still has final word on the stations' operations, including programming and personnel.)[1][3]
The Young-owned stations managed by Gray Television include:
- WKRN-TV in Nashville, TN
- WTEN in Albany, NY and translator WCDC-TV in Adams, MA
- WRIC-TV in Richmond, VA
- WBAY-TV in Green Bay, WI
- KWQC-TV in Davenport, IA
- KELO-TV in Sioux Falls, SD and its translators throughout South Dakota
- KLFY in Lafayette, LA
Young Broadcasting would retain ownership of all of its stations, including three stations that Gray would not operate: KRON-TV in San Francisco, CA, WATE-TV in Knoxville, TN, and WLNS-TV in Lansing, MI, the latter two due to Gray already owning stations in those markets. Gray has considered the possibility of purchasing the Young stations if they go on the market.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Banks' Bid on Young Stations Clears Hurdle", from broadcastingcable.com, 7/22/2009
- ^ "Gray to manage most Young stations", from rbr.com, 7/22/2009
- ^ a b Who's Really Running Young Broadcasting?" from tvnewscheck.com, 2/1/2011
- ^ "Gray Sees Young Stations As Possible Buy", from tvnewscheck.com, 3/1/2011
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