Gray Media Names Stephanie Plant as General Manager of WTAP in Parkersburg, West Virginia
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Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) has announced the appointment of Stephanie Plant as the new General Manager of WTAP, the NBC affiliate in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Plant, who will assume her role on July 2, 2025, will also oversee FOX affiliate WOVA-LD and CBS affiliate WIYE-LD.
A Parkersburg native with nearly 20 years of sales experience, Plant has served as WTAP's Local Sales Manager for the past 8 years after joining as an Account Manager in 2016. She succeeds Ken Long, who is retiring after 44 years in the media industry.
Plant brings significant community involvement experience, serving on the Board of Directors for Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Foundation and as Race Director for Thriving Beyond Breast Cancer.
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ATLANTA, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Media has named Stephanie Plant as the next General Manager of WTAP, the NBC affiliate in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She will also oversee 2 local low-power stations: FOX affiliate WOVA-LD and CBS affiliate WIYE-LD. She succeeds Ken Long, who is retiring after 44 years in the media industry. Stephanie assumes her new role effective July 2, 2025.
Stephanie is a Parkersburg native and has nearly 20 years of sales experience in the market. She joined WTAP as an Account Manager in 2016 and served for the last 8 years as Local Sales Manager. Previously, she was a Sales Manager for a Parkersburg radio group.
Stephanie is committed to community service, currently serving on the Board of Directors for Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Foundation, as Race Director for Thriving Beyond Breast Cancer, and she previously served on the board for the Boys and Girls Club.
About Gray Media:
Gray Media, Inc. (NYSE: GTN) is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 37 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 78 markets with the top-rated television station and 99 markets with the first and/or second highest rated television station during 2024, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 44 markets. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray’s additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios. For more information, please visit www.graymedia.com.
Gray Contact:
Sandy Breland, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, 404-266-8333
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