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Gray Television, Inc. is a television broadcast company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1946 by James Harrison Gray, a New Englander who moved to Southwest Georgia, he formed Gray Communications System (now Gray Television) which has grown since 1993 into a modern-day, successful television group based out of Atlanta, Georgia through a series of acquisitions ranging from 1993-2014. Gray Television owns and/or operates 77 television stations in 44 television markets broadcasting 140 program streams including 76 affiliates of the Big Four networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox). Gray Television'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 combined station group owns and operates the number-one ranked television station in 28 of those 44 markets and the number-one or number-two ranked television station operations in 41 of those 44 markets. The combined TV Station Group reaches approximately 8.1 percent of total United States television households. ==History== 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-owned 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.〔("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〕〔(Who's Really Running Young Broadcasting?" ) from tvnewscheck.com, 2/1/2011〕 On November 4, 2013, Gray Television announced that it would purchase Yellowstone Holdings for $23 million, adding local stations: KGNS-TV, KGWN, KCWY, and KCHY-LP.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/71701/gray-buying-yellowstone-stations )〕 Three weeks later, on November 20, Gray announced it would purchase Hoak Media and Parker Broadcasting for $335 million, and North Dakota's Fox affiliate KNDX/KXND for $7.5 million. In part of the deal, stations KAQY, KHAS-TV, and KXJB, was proposed to be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting and operated by Gray under a "local marketing agreements".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72138/gray-buying-hoak-prime-stations-for-3425m )〕 On December 19, it was announced that stations KREX-TV and WMBB will be sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group, while KFQX will be sold to Mission Broadcasting.〔(Gray Sell Grand Junction Duop To Nexstar ), "TVNewsCheck", 19 December 2013〕 On March 25, 2014, Prime Cities Broadcasting, owner of KNDX/KXND, requested that the FCC dismiss the sale of KNDX/KXND to Excalibur. The sale was completed on June 13, 2014. However, some stations were forced to go off the air and programming being move to a multicast stream on adjacent channels, due to some stations unable to receive regulatory approval, after FCC recent ruling on joint sales agreements. Those silent stations will then be sold off to minority interest, pending FCC approval.〔(Gray closes Hoak deal; completes refinancing. ), rbr.com, Retrieved 13 June 2014.〕〔(Press Release ) from Gray Television, 13 June 2014〕 On July 24, 2014, SJL Broadcasting announced that it would sell WJRT-TV, WTVG and WT05 to Gray, for $128 million. The sale was completed on September 15.〔(Gray Closes on Flint, Toledo Station Buys ), ''TVNewsCheck'', Retrieved 15 September 2014〕 In September 2015, Gray announced that it would acquire the television and radio stations of Schurz Communications for $442.5 million. It also purchased KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from the locally owned Gazette Company, who owned the station from its sign-on in 1953.〔http://gray.tv/index.php?page=press-releases&releaseid=2084226〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gray Television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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