GRAY NAMES CHRIS FEDELE AS GENERAL MANAGER OF WPTA-TV AND WISE-TV IN FT. WAYNE, INDIANA
06/02/2022 - 10:00 AM
Atlanta, June 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray ” ) (NYSE: GTN) announced that veteran broadcaster Chris Fedele became the General Manager of WPTA-TV (ABC/NBC) and WISE-TV (CW) in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, on June 1st.
Mr. Fedele, a native of Northeast Indiana, returns home with this appointment. He spent fourteen years at WPTA-TV, serving at various times as the General Sales Manager, Local Sales Manager, and National Sales Manager before a five-year stint as the station’s General Manager.
Thereafter, he spent ten years as the Director of Sales and Marketing for WLEX-TV (NBC) in Lexington, Kentucky, followed by the past four years as General Manager of Gray’s WTVG-TV (ABC) in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Fedele began his broadcasting career at Blair Television in New York after graduating from Ball State University in 1991.
About Gray :
Gray Television, Inc. is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the United States that serve 113 television markets reaching approximately 36 percent of US television households. This portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second highest rated television station. We also own video program companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Honey, and PowerNation Studios, as well as Third Rail Studios. For further information, please visit www.gray.tv .
Gray Contact: Kevin P. Latek , Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Development Officer, 404-266-8333
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gray television is 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. gray owns and operates television stations in 44 television markets broadcasting 139 program streams including 76 affiliates of the big four networks (abc, cbs, nbc and fox). gray's owned and/or operated stations include 26 channels affiliated with the cbs network, 24 channels affiliated with the nbc network, 16 channels affiliated with the abc network and 10 channels affiliated with the fox network. the company owns and operates 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. gray reaches approximately 8.1 percent of total united states television households.
