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Local broadcast scale defines Gray Media, Inc. as a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and described by the company as the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets. Its news cycle is shaped by quarterly financial results across core advertising, political advertising, retransmission consent revenue and production companies; station acquisitions that expand its local television portfolio; and capital-return announcements through common and Class A common stock dividends.
Investor attention should center on how Gray’s advertising mix, retransmission economics, network affiliation fees, and debt-related updates interact with its station transactions. Sports distribution through Raycom Sports and digital streaming deployments add another lens for evaluating how the company extends local television content beyond traditional broadcast channels.
Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) will participate in three upcoming investor conferences: the 21st Annual Needham Technology, Media & Consumer Conference on May 14, 2026 (virtual), the Eleventh Annual Goldman Sachs Leveraged Finance Conference on May 27, 2026 in Dana Point, CA, and the Gabelli 18th Annual Sports & Media Symposium on June 4, 2026 in New York City.
Gray is a multimedia company owning top-rated local television stations and digital assets across 120 markets, reaching about 37% of US TV households.
Gray Media (NYSE: GTN) promoted news industry veteran James Finch to Senior Vice President of News Services, recognizing three decades of service and expanded responsibilities supporting journalists, local stations, and multi-platform news programming.
Gray operates top-rated local TV and digital assets in 120 markets, reaching about 37% of US TV households.
Gray (NYSE: GTN) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share on common and Class A common stock. The dividend is payable on June 30, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 15, 2026.
Gray Media (NYSE: GTN) reported Q1 2026 results: Total revenue $768 million (at high end of guidance). Core advertising was $352 million (+2% YoY)/b); Net retransmission revenue was
Gray Media (NYSE: GTN) closed its previously announced purchase from Block Communications for a $80 million total purchase price on May 6, 2026. The acquisition adds television stations in Louisville, KY; Springfield-Decatur, IL; and Lima, OH, expanding Gray's local station portfolio and market coverage.
According to Gray Media, the company reaches approximately 37% of US television households, operates in 120 full-power markets, and holds top-rated stations in 81 markets.
Gray Media (NYSE: GTN) named Nicole Lewis as General Manager/Director of Sales for KBTX in Bryan-College Station, Texas, effective May 4, 2026. Lewis brings 30+ years of broadcast and digital sales experience, including recent roles at WKMG Orlando and Fox Houston.
Her background highlights linear and digital revenue growth, pricing strategy, forecasting, and multi-platform go-to-market execution.
Gray Media (NYSE: GTN) and Allen Media Group closed two previously announced station transactions for a combined purchase price of $171 million plus working capital adjustments.
Gray acquired stations in three new markets for Gray on March 26, 2026 and acquired stations in seven overlap markets on May 1, 2026.
Gray Media (NYSE: GTN) launched the Star-Spangled Sing-Off contest on May 1, 2026, inviting solo a cappella performances of The Star-Spangled Banner.
Entrants submit videos on participating local Gray station websites by May 31, 2026. Viewers vote; a final winner is announced July 2 and will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Nashville and a performance airing across Gray markets.
Quickplay unveiled AI-driven product and partner news at NAB 2026, including Social Signals inside Quickplay AI Studio, Smart Verticalizer, new Visible Things partnership, and major customer deployments.
Notable deployments: consolidated 1,300 digital touchpoints for Gray Media (NYSE: GTN), managing 269 live and 123 FAST channels reaching 37% of U.S. TV households; and a 12‑month cloud-native transformation of TVNZ+ reaching over 2 million daily viewers.
Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) deployed a Google Cloud AI–powered streaming platform across its 113 legacy TV markets on April 16, 2026, consolidating 1,300 digital touchpoints into a single cloud-native architecture.
The rollout supports 269 live channels, 123 FAST channels and reaches 37% of US TV households, enabling faster news delivery and AI-driven personalization.