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

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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ATLANTA, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN) today announced that it will release its earnings results for the quarter ended, March 31, 2024 on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

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  • ATLANTA, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN) today announced that it will release its earnings results for the quarter ended, March 31, 2024 on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
  • Gray Television, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
  • The call will be webcast live and available for replay at www.gray.tv .
  • The taped replay of the conference call will be available at 1-888-556-3470 Passcode: 898476# until June 6, 2024.

Gray Announces Paydown of Debt

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Friday, April 5, 2024
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Atlanta, Georgia, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that it has completed a series of debt principal payments totaling $53.75 million.

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  • Atlanta, Georgia, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that it has completed a series of debt principal payments totaling $53.75 million.
  • These payments were comprised of a required principal payment of $3.75 million on March 29, 2024, under its Term Loan D (due 2028), a voluntary prepayment of the three remaining 2024 required quarterly principal payments totaling $11.25 million on April 1, 2024, under its Term Loan D (due 2028), and a voluntary principal payment of $38.75 million on April 1, 2024, under Gray’s Term Loan E (due 2026).
  • The Company’s financial results for the first quarter of 2024 have not yet been completed, and that process is ongoing.
  • The Company expects to report its financial results for the first quarter in early May.

Local News Live and Gray Stations to Stream Continuous Live Eclipse Coverage

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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ATLANTA, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that Local News Live, a streaming news network that provides live news coverage from Gray’s 114 television markets and Washington DC Bureau, and Gray stations will stream continuous live coverage of the total solar eclipse on April 8th.

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  • ATLANTA, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that Local News Live, a streaming news network that provides live news coverage from Gray’s 114 television markets and Washington DC Bureau, and Gray stations will stream continuous live coverage of the total solar eclipse on April 8th.
  • Gray stations in the path of totality will also provide complete local coverage to their communities on every screen.
  • Local News Live anchors Debra Alfarone and Rasheeda Kabba will anchor wall-to-wall coverage from Gray’s Washington DC Bureau.
  • In addition to the live coverage, Local News Live produced a half-hour special The Great American Eclipse airing on all Gray affiliates to preview the momentous event.

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
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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.

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

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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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.

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

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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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.

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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.

Gray Television Brings Milwaukee Bucks Games Back to Free Over-The-Air Television this Season In Three Wisconsin Markets from Weigel Broadcasting’s WMLW

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Milwaukee Bucks are returning to broadcast television in Green Bay, Eau Claire-La Crosse, and Wausau, Wisconsin, on television stations owned by Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) as part of the recently announced Bucks broadcast package from Weigel Broadcasting Co.’s WMLW The M in Milwaukee.

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  • GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Milwaukee Bucks are returning to broadcast television in Green Bay, Eau Claire-La Crosse, and Wausau, Wisconsin, on television stations owned by Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) as part of the recently announced Bucks broadcast package from Weigel Broadcasting Co.’s WMLW The M in Milwaukee.
  • Gray’s stations will broadcast 10 Bucks games this season, beginning on Friday, February 23rd, when the Bucks play at the Minnesota Timberwolves.
  • “We are thrilled to offer the Bucks fans in Green Bay, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Wausau, and nearby areas the chance to watch these ten games for free.
  • The games have been made available for local over-the-air distribution as part of the NBA’s agreement with Diamond Sports Group, the owner of Bally Sports Wisconsin.

Gray Television and WUAB 43 to Broadcast Five Cleveland Cavaliers Games Free Over-the-Air

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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The new five-game distribution agreement will make it easier for fans to access Cavaliers’ games, no matter how they watch television.

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  • The new five-game distribution agreement will make it easier for fans to access Cavaliers’ games, no matter how they watch television.
  • The games will be available on WUAB 43 the CW through its free over-the-air broadcasts, as well as through all major cable, satellite, and virtual pay-TV platforms in the Cleveland market.
  • “We are excited to announce that all fans of the Cavaliers will be able to watch five games for free on broadcast television.
  • “The Cavaliers and WUAB 43 have had a broadcasting partnership dating back over 50 years,” said David Hughes, WUAB General Manager.