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74-667: He founded the manufacturing company Sarkes Tarzian Enterprises in 1944, and was involved in early experiments in VHF audio broadcasting in 1946. In May of that year, he began operating a 200-watt experimental AM station, W9XHZ, on 87.75 MHz in Bloomington. He used the station to provide programming to the local community, including Indiana University and Bloomington High School Football games, special events, and live band music from local high schools. Because standard AM radios could not tune to his station's high frequency, Tarzian modified

148-671: A Southeast regional media company, expanding its focus beyond the state of Georgia. Gray purchased two TV stations ( WKYT-TV and WYMT-TV ) from the failed and government-seized Kentucky Central Insurance Company in September 1994 after a court challenge to the sale by Kentucky Central builder Garvice Kincaid. In 1994 and 1995, Gray purchased two newspapers, the Rockdale Citizen (acquired May 31, 1994) and Gwinnett Post-Tribune (acquired January 1995; quickly renamed Gwinnett Daily Post ) and seven advertising weeklies. In 1995,

222-439: A basket purchase from First American Media, Inc. earned the company two more TV stations, ( WCTV and WVLT-TV ), Satellite and Production Business Services, which was renamed Lynqx Communications and PortaPhone paging business. In August and September 1996, Gray raised additional operating funds by various means. On August 20, KTVE was sold for cash and accounts receivable. The company issued and sold Class B common stock (through

296-615: A documentary about the water crisis, and Coast & Climate , a series about the impact of climate change in Louisiana. Howell is a donor to the Republican Party . Gray Television has an investment in broadcasting company Sarkes Tarzian , Inc. On July 22, 2009, a New York bankruptcy judge approved a plan transferring ownership of Young Broadcasting and its stations to the company's secured lenders. The plan included Gray Television coming in as an outside party to advise on

370-558: A lawsuit against Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, founders of the Found Footage Festival , for fraud and copyright infringement, after having booked an appearance on the morning show of a Gray station as a fake strongman act, "Chop and Steele", and utilizing the footage during their show. The parties later agreed to a settlement. On May 21, 2018, Gray Television entered into an agreement to acquire KNHL from Legacy Broadcasting for $ 475,000. Gray intended to turn KNHL into

444-401: A national team and Gray local investigations to a national audience. The program draws from an investigative unit formed at WVUE under Raycom ownership. On September 28, 2022, Gray announced its intent to purchase WBQC-LD for $ 2.5 million. The sale was completed on November 21, making WBQC-LD a sister station to WXIX-TV . On September 11, 2023, InvestigateTV+ , a weekday expansion of

518-1361: A partial stake in Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. Tarzian was married to Mary Mangigian Tarzian ; they had two children. The Sarkes and Mary Tarzian Nature Preserve in Bloomington , Indiana , commemorates their names. Lake Tarzian located within the Hoosier National Forest is named after him. Lake Tarzian is named after Tarzian who led the capital campaign to build the camp. Currently Sarkes Tarzian Inc. owns two television stations, 4 FM radio stations, and one AM radio station. Indianapolis / Bloomington, Indiana WTTS -HD1 (FM)- Adult Album Alternative , HD-2/96.1 W241CD (Bloomington)- Mainstream Rock (original owner) Bloomington, Indiana WGCL (AM)/98.7 W254DP- News/Talk (original owner) Ft. Wayne, Indiana WAJI -HD1 (FM)- Adult contemporary , HD-2/99.5 W258BY CHR WGBJ (FM)- Alternative (purchased from Three Amigos Broadcasting in 2019) WLDE (FM)- Classic Hits Indianapolis, Indiana Purchased WIGO (AM) from Luke Walton in 1966; changed call sign to WATI ; sold in 1984 to Continental Broadcast Group, LLC, which changed call sign to WGRT; now WSYW VHF Very high frequency ( VHF )

592-502: A process to move these stations to UHF bands to free up valuable VHF spectrum for its original purpose of FM radio. In addition, by 1985 the federal government decided new TV stations are to be broadcast on the UHF band. Two new VHF channels, 9A and 12, have since been made available and are being used primarily for digital services (e.g. ABC in capital cities) but also for some new analogue services in regional areas. Because channel 9A

666-669: A proposed transmitter station. VHF is the first band at which wavelengths are small enough that efficient transmitting antennas are short enough to mount on vehicles and handheld devices, a quarter wave whip antenna at VHF frequencies is 25 cm to 2.5 meter (10 inches to 8 feet) long. So the VHF and UHF wavelengths are used for two-way radios in vehicles, aircraft, and handheld transceivers and walkie-talkies . Portable radios usually use whips or rubber ducky antennas , while base stations usually use larger fiberglass whips or collinear arrays of vertical dipoles. For directional antennas,

740-715: A public offering), senior subordinated notes and preferred stock in September. Also, a new bank credit facility was arranged. This brought the company total to $ 534.5 million in available funds with $ 409.5 million directly available. Also in September 1996, Ralph Gabbard, the newly named president and CEO, died from a heart attack at age 50. Robinson, Bull Run's chair, took over as interim CEO and president with Bull Run CEO Robert Prather as interim executive vice-president, acquisitions. With its additional funds, Gray continued purchasing in 1997 with two announcements in January and February. The company bought Gulflink Communications, Inc.,

814-515: A result, FM radio receivers such as those found in automobiles which are designed to tune into this frequency range could receive the audio for analog-mode programming on the local TV channel 6 while in North America. The practice largely ended with the DTV transition in 2009, although some still exist. The FM broadcast channel at 87.9 MHz is normally off-limits for FM audio broadcasting; it

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888-462: A satellite of its NBC affiliate KSNB-TV . On June 25, 2018, Gray Television announced its intent to acquire Raycom Media for $ 3.65 billion, pending regulatory approval. The combined company would be led by Raycom's current president and CEO Pat LaPlatney, with current Gray CEO Hilton Howell acting as executive chairman and co-CEO. The acquisition, which Gray expected to close in late 2018, would give Gray 142 stations in 92 markets , making Gray

962-622: A small number of sets himself and distributed them throughout the community. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had recently established the FM radio band on 88.1-107.9 MHz, but FM receivers were expensive purchases. After two years of successful operation of what he referred to as his "HIFAM" station, in 1948 Tarzian proposed that the FCC allocate a small high-frequency HIFAM broadcast band, saying that an affordable $ 5.95 converter could be added to existing AM radios to make them capable of receiving

1036-628: A transportable satellite uplink business based in Baton Rouge , Louisiana, in April 1997 to go along with Lynqx. With Raycom Media acquiring a station from AFLAC Broadcast Group, Inc. , forcing them to sell WITN-TV to Gray, which was finalized on August 1, 1997. The Gwinnett Daily Post increased circulation in 1997 through a deal with Genesis Cable Communications to provide the paper to its metro Atlanta subscribers at Genesis's expense. In 1998, Gray started to expand beyond its Southeast region. As

1110-528: Is a radio band which, in most of the world, is used for FM broadcasting . In North America , however, this bandwidth is allocated to VHF television channel 6 (82–88 MHz). The analog audio for TV channel 6 is broadcast at 87.75 MHz (adjustable down to 87.74). Several stations, known as Frankenstations , most notably those joining the Pulse 87 franchise, have operated on this frequency as radio stations, though they use television licenses. As

1184-550: Is an American publicly traded television broadcasting company based in Atlanta . Founded in 1946 by James Harrison Gray as Gray Communications Systems , the company owns or operates 180 stations across the United States in 113 markets. Its station base consists of media markets ranging from as large as Atlanta to one of the smallest markets, North Platte, Nebraska . James H. Gray started his communication business with

1258-1012: Is available in the FM broadcast band for purposes such as micro-broadcasting and sending output from CD or digital media players to radios without auxiliary-in jacks, though this is illegal in some other countries. This practice was legalised in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2006. ELF 3 Hz/100 Mm 30 Hz/10 Mm SLF 30 Hz/10 Mm 300 Hz/1 Mm ULF 300 Hz/1 Mm 3 kHz/100 km VLF 3 kHz/100 km 30 kHz/10 km LF 30 kHz/10 km 300 kHz/1 km MF 300 kHz/1 km 3 MHz/100 m HF 3 MHz/100 m 30 MHz/10 m VHF 30 MHz/10 m 300 MHz/1 m UHF 300 MHz/1 m 3 GHz/100 mm SHF 3 GHz/100 mm 30 GHz/10 mm EHF 30 GHz/10 mm 300 GHz/1 mm THF 300 GHz/1 mm 3 THz/0.1 mm Gray Television Gray Television, Inc.

1332-558: Is less of a problem in this and higher frequency bands than at lower frequencies. The VHF band is the first band at which efficient transmitting antennas are small enough that they can be mounted on vehicles and portable devices, so the band is used for two-way land mobile radio systems , such as walkie-talkies , and two way radio communication with aircraft ( Airband ) and ships ( marine radio ). Occasionally, when conditions are right, VHF waves can travel long distances by tropospheric ducting due to refraction by temperature gradients in

1406-478: Is located at the NBC News Capitol Hill bureau, 400 N. Capitol Street. In February 2019, Gray announced that journalist Greta Van Susteren joined the company as its Chief National Political Analyst. Gray then announced in April 2019 Greta Van Susteren as host of a Sunday morning syndicated show, Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren , which was launched in September 2019. Van Susteren departed

1480-469: Is not used for television services in or near Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth, digital radio in those cities are broadcast on DAB frequencies blocks 9A, 9B and 9C. VHF radio is also used for marine Radio as per its long-distance reachability comparing UHF frequencies. Example allocation of VHF–UHF frequencies: Until 2013, the four main free-to-air TV stations in New Zealand used

1554-549: Is reserved for displaced class D stations which have no other frequencies in the normal 88.1–107.9 MHz subband to move to. So far, only two stations have qualified to operate on 87.9 MHz: 10–watt KSFH in Mountain View, California and 34–watt translator K200AA in Sun Valley, Nevada . In some countries, particularly the United States and Canada, limited low-power license-free operation

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1628-544: Is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves ( radio waves ) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), with corresponding wavelengths of ten meters to one meter. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted high frequency (HF), and the next higher frequencies are known as ultra high frequency (UHF). VHF radio waves propagate mainly by line-of-sight , so they are blocked by hills and mountains, although due to refraction they can travel somewhat beyond

1702-709: The Great Recession . Advertising revenues dropped. The twin problems caused its shares to trade at its lowest at 16 cents in 2008, thus the NYSE indicated they might delist the company. Loan covenants could have forced the company into default. Robinson stepped down with Howell replacing him in 2008. On July 30, 2009, Gray was awarded a contract to manage seven Young Broadcasting -owned stations. Through December 31, 2012, Gray would earn $ 2.2 million and an opportunity to earn additional specified incentive fees if certain performance targets were exceeded. Prather left

1776-742: The HF band there is only some reflection at lower frequencies from the ionosphere ( skywave propagation). They do not follow the contour of the Earth as ground waves and so are blocked by hills and mountains, although because they are weakly refracted (bent) by the atmosphere they can travel somewhat beyond the visual horizon out to about 160 km (100 miles). They can penetrate building walls and be received indoors, although in urban areas reflections from buildings cause multipath propagation , which can interfere with television reception. Atmospheric radio noise and interference ( RFI ) from electrical equipment

1850-716: The InvestigateTV franchise, launched on all Gray television stations and is syndicated to stations outside of a Gray market. On October 1, 2023, the Peachtree Sports Network will launch in Georgia, focusing on live, local sports programming all year long. The broadcast network will launch in Atlanta but will soon air on Gray-owned over-the-air channels in Albany, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, and Savannah in

1924-619: The Yagi antenna is the most widely used as a high gain or "beam" antenna. For television reception, the Yagi is used, as well as the log-periodic antenna due to its wider bandwidth. Helical and turnstile antennas are used for satellite communication since they employ circular polarization . For even higher gain, multiple Yagis or helicals can be mounted together to make array antennas . Vertical collinear arrays of dipoles can be used to make high gain omnidirectional antennas , in which more of

1998-597: The visual horizon out to about 160 km (100 miles). Common uses for radio waves in the VHF band are Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and FM radio broadcasting, television broadcasting , two-way land mobile radio systems (emergency, business, private use and military), long range data communication up to several tens of kilometers with radio modems , amateur radio , and marine communications . Air traffic control communications and air navigation systems (e.g. VOR and ILS ) work at distances of 100 kilometres (62 miles) or more to aircraft at cruising altitude. In

2072-435: The 10 VHF channels were insufficient to support the growth of television services. This was rectified by the addition of three additional frequencies-channels 0, 5A and 11. Older television sets using rotary dial tuners required adjustment to receive these new channels. Most TVs of that era were not equipped to receive these broadcasts, and so were modified at the owners' expense to be able to tune into these bands; otherwise

2146-512: The 2nd quarter 1992. The price per share dropped to $ 8. The company put itself-or any part up-for sale by the end of 1992. While the board of directors received about 40 offers, Bull Run Corporation eventually stepped in and purchased the remaining shares of the Gray siblings, who as part of the deal resigned from the board. New management took over all three TV stations. Bull Run Corporation, primarily owned by J. Mack Robinson , decided to make Gray

2220-541: The 625-line colour signal), with the exception of BBC2 (which had always broadcast solely on UHF). The last British VHF TV transmitters closed down on January 3, 1985. VHF band III is now used in the UK for digital audio broadcasting , and VHF band II is used for FM radio , as it is in most of the world. Unusually, the UK has an amateur radio allocation at 4 metres , 70–70.5 MHz. Frequency assignments between US and Canadian users are closely coordinated since much of

2294-458: The Americas and many other parts of the world, VHF Band I was used for the transmission of analog television . As part of the worldwide transition to digital terrestrial television most countries require broadcasters to air television in the VHF range using digital, rather than analog encoding. Radio waves in the VHF band propagate mainly by line-of-sight and ground-bounce paths; unlike in

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2368-557: The Canadian population is within VHF radio range of the US border. Certain discrete frequencies are reserved for radio astronomy . The general services in the VHF band are: Cable television , though not transmitted aerially, uses a spectrum of frequencies overlapping VHF. The U.S. FCC allocated television broadcasting to a channelized roster as early as 1938 with 19 channels. That changed three more times: in 1940 when Channel 19

2442-565: 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 their programming was moved to a multicast stream on adjacent channels, due to some stations being unable to receive regulatory approval, after the FCC's ruling on joint sales agreements . Those silent stations would then be sold off to minority interest, pending FCC approval. On July 24, 2014, SJL Broadcasting announced that it would sell WJRT-TV and WTVG to Gray, for $ 128 million. The sale

2516-513: The HIFAM stations. (This idea was essentially a revival of the " Apex band ", which had been discontinued in 1941.) Tarzian continued to operate his experimental station, which eventually became KS2XAP, until 1950, although by then its transmitting hours were greatly restricted, as the FCC required the station to remain off the air whenever nearby WFBM-TV in Indianapolis was broadcasting, because

2590-644: The Richmond market when it bought WWBT in 2019, following its merger with Raycom Media , and would also re-enter the Nashville market in 2021 with WSMV-TV after acquiring the television assets of Meredith Corporation . By January 20, 2016, Gray had set up their Washington news bureau by Jacqueline Policastro to enable stations to get interviews with U.S. Senators and Representatives serving their communities. The bureau cooperates with Lilly Broadcasting 's Washington bureau, previously started by Policastro, and

2664-454: The TV station's audio transmitter used the same frequency as Tarzian's station. Moreover, after the station's final license expired on June 1, 1950, the FCC denied Tarzian any further renewals. In 1949 he started television station WTTV in Bloomington, which at various times under Sarkes Tarzian ownership operated as a DuMont , NBC and ABC affiliate and as an independent station . The station

2738-471: The VHF television bands ( Band I and Band III ) to transmit to New Zealand households. Other stations, including a variety of pay and regional free-to-air stations, were forced to broadcast in the UHF band, since the VHF band had been very overloaded with four stations sharing a very small frequency band, which was so overcrowded that one or more channels would not be available in some smaller towns. However, at

2812-460: The antenna's power is radiated in horizontal directions. Television and FM broadcasting stations use collinear arrays of specialized dipole antennas such as batwing antennas . Certain subparts of the VHF band have the same use around the world. Some national uses are detailed below. The VHF TV band in Australia was originally allocated channels 1 to 10-with channels 2, 7 and 9 assigned for

2886-427: The atmosphere. VHF transmission range is a function of transmitter power, receiver sensitivity, and distance to the horizon, since VHF signals propagate under normal conditions as a near line-of-sight phenomenon. The distance to the radio horizon is slightly extended over the geometric line of sight to the horizon, as radio waves are weakly bent back toward the Earth by the atmosphere. An approximation to calculate

2960-480: The coming months. On November 7, 2023, Gray, Warner Bros. Discovery and Lionsgate teamed up to form Free TV Networks , a new company to be led by broadcasting veteran Jonathan Katz, with presence in both broadcast networks and FAST streaming channels. The company will launch broadcast and FAST streaming versions of The365, a channel for African-American audiences, and Outlaw, a network for Western programming, as well as FAST channels VCR Action and VCR Haha, under

3034-782: The company agreed to purchase the Busse Broadcasting Corporation, which owned KOLN , KGIN-TV and WEAU . Gray's ownership of a newspaper and TV station in Albany, Georgia, while grandfathered was examined under the Media cross-ownership rule of the FCC due to this potential purchase. WALB was thus sold to Liberty Corp.'s Cosmos Broadcasting in August 1998. In 2002, Robinson became chairman and CEO, his son-in-law Hilton Howell vice chairman, Prather president/COO and Jim Ryan senior vice president. They had Gray purchase 14 Benedek Broadcasting stations while that company

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3108-543: The company for Newsmax TV in late 2022. Originating from Gray's Washington bureau is Local News Live , a hosted service of live breaking news and events from the 113 Gray television markets across the country, similar to LiveNOW from Fox (produced by Fox Television Stations ) and The National Desk (produced by Sinclair Broadcast Group ). The channel operates from 7 a.m. to midnight Eastern, (with paid programing vacating their spots), features live newscasts at 7 a.m., 2 p.m., and 8 p.m. Eastern time, and repeats throughout

3182-448: The company in 2013 and Howell took over the president title. 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 . 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. As part of

3256-659: The company moved its stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange . By this time, Robinson, directly or through Bull Run, owned 44% of the company's stock. Gray had started to focus on its TV station segment over the newspaper holding while TV produced more income and the newspapers' income were declining. Just months after doubling the Daily Post ' s staff, one third were laid off and a quarter of The Albany Herald ' s staff followed in January 1996. Newspaper leaders resigned during this period–from

3330-458: The corporate president in late 1995 to the Citizen' s editor and publisher. In 1996, Gray added additional TV stations while entering additional communication industry segments. In 1996, Fortune considered the company the nation's 81st fastest growing company, with a 48% percent growth rate, and as if to prove the point, Gray purchased WRDW-TV in January 1996. In September of the same year,

3404-708: The day when no breaking news is occurring. In addition to live events, the anchors interview reporters and use footage not otherwise seen on broadcast. Local News Live airs on Gray television live streams between local newscasts and as a separate option on Gray station websites. Since 2023, Gray has created several over-the-air regional sports networks ; including Arizona's Family Sports , Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network , Matrix Midwest , Peachtree Sports Network and Silver State Sports & Entertainment Network , Palmetto Sports & Entertainment and Rock Entertainment Sports Network (a joint venture with Rock Entertainment Group ). Nationally, Gray holds

3478-411: The deal, stations KAQY , KHAS-TV , and KXJB , were proposed to be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting and operated by Gray under a "local marketing agreements". On December 19, it was announced that stations KREX-TV and WMBB would be sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group , while KFQX would be sold to Mission Broadcasting . On March 25, 2014, Prime Cities Broadcasting, owner of KNDX/KXND, requested that

3552-595: The direction of executive chairman and CEO Hilton Howell, Gray Television was one of the first broadcasters to implement a COVID-19 vaccination mandate . He has said he is "proud" of the corporate culture he has helped create. Howell says he supports media consolidation and opposes an FCC cap on ownership. In their 2022 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report, Howell noted he was committed to "improving our gender and racial diversity in leadership, our business ethics and compliance policies, our training and development, and our responsible energy use". According to

3626-473: The end of 2013 , all television channels stopped broadcasting on the VHF bands, as New Zealand moved to digital television broadcasting, requiring all stations to either broadcast on UHF or satellite (where UHF was unavailable) utilising the Freeview service. Refer to Australasian television frequencies for more information. British television originally used VHF band I and band III . Television on VHF

3700-565: The initial services in Sydney and Melbourne , and later the same channels were assigned in Brisbane , Adelaide and Perth . Other capital cities and regional areas used a combination of these and other frequencies as available. The initial commercial services in Hobart and Darwin were respectively allocated channels 6 and 8 rather than 7 or 9. By the early 1960s it became apparent that

3774-573: The joint venture on January 1, 2024. Later, on November 10, 2023, it was announced that Circle would cease its broadcast operations on December 31, 2023, with plans on transitioning to FAST streaming and other avenues, as well as a likely chance for the broadcast operations of Circle to be replaced by one of two channels of the new Free TV Networks company. On February 1, 2024, it was announced that Marquee and Gray Television had reached agreements to swap television stations in Wyoming and Utah. As part of

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3848-641: The last two due to Gray already owning stations in those markets. Gray considered the possibility of purchasing the Young stations if the group went on the market. The agreement ended without any further extensions on December 31, 2012, and Young agreed to a merger with Media General in mid-2013. Gray would eventually purchase KWQC and WBAY outright when Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired Media General in 2017, as Nexstar already owned WHBF-TV and WFRV-TV in each market. At that time, Gray had already acquired Sioux Falls rival station KSFY . Gray would also re-enter

3922-408: The line-of-sight horizon distance (on Earth) is: These approximations are only valid for antennas at heights that are small compared to the radius of the Earth. They may not necessarily be accurate in mountainous areas, since the landscape may not be transparent enough for radio waves. In engineered communications systems, more complex calculations are required to assess the probable coverage area of

3996-634: The locally owned Gazette Company , who owned the station from its sign-on in 1953. In January 2016, Gray Television opened a national news bureau in Washington, D.C., led by former APTV journalist Jacqueline Policastro. The bureau was designed to provide enhanced coverage of national political issues for Gray's local stations. On May 13, 2016, Gray announced that it would acquire WDTV and WVFX in Clarksburg, West Virginia , from Withers Broadcasting for $ 26.5 million. On June 3, 2016, it

4070-689: The operations of Young-owned stations in seven markets through December 2012. The new Young Broadcasting still held the final say on overall operations for their stations, including programming and personnel. The former Young-owned stations managed by Gray Television include: Young Broadcasting would retain ownership of all its stations, including three stations that Gray would not operate: KRON-TV in San Francisco, California , WATE-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee , and WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan ,

4144-526: The owner had to buy a new TV. Several TV stations were allocated to VHF channels 3, 4 and 5, which were within the FM radio bands although not yet used for that purpose. A couple of notable examples were NBN-3 Newcastle , WIN-4 Wollongong and ABC Newcastle on channel 5. While some Channel 5 stations were moved to 5A in the 1970s and 80s, beginning in the 1990s, the Australian Broadcasting Authority began

4218-455: The permit in 1959. The station is now WBKO . In 1957, Sarkes Tarzian founded WPTA , serving Fort Wayne, Indiana , taking an affiliation with ABC; in 1973, the station was sold to Combined Communications for $ 3.6 million. In 1959, Sarkes Tarzian purchased dark WFAM-TV, channel 59, in Lafayette, Indiana from its owner, Henry Rosenthal. Sarkes Tarzian was able to get FCC approval to move

4292-538: The purchase of The Herald Publishing Company (a company founded in 1897 to promote The Albany Herald, a newspaper that started publication in 1891), in 1946 after he returned from World War II. The purchase included WALB radio. Gray launched WALB-TV in 1954. In 1960, Gray purchased WJHG-TV in Panama City, Florida , and followed it later in the decade with KTVE serving Monroe, Louisiana and southern Arkansas . In 1986 Gray died, leaving his 50.5% share of

4366-643: The report, under Howell's leadership, the company aired a six-month series on health and wellness in Appalachia, known as "Bridging the Great Health Divide", expanded their relationship with Telemundo to provide additional Spanish-language content in the United States, highlighted stories about historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), aired and produced content about Pride Month and Hispanic Heritage Month in local markets, and aired and produced two climate change series, Troubled Water ,

4440-645: The station to channel 18, which Rosenthal had been attempting since his purchase of the station in 1957. In 1967, the station's call sign was changed to the current WLFI-TV . In 1979, the station was sold to Block Communications . It is currently owned by Allen Media Broadcasting . In 1980, Sarkes Tarzian bought television station KTVN in Reno, Nevada from Washoe Empire for $ 12.5 million. In 1982, Sarkes Tarzian bought television station WRCB in Chattanooga, Tennessee from Ziff Davis . The Sarkes Tarzian company

4514-418: The stock in a trust for his children with stipulation that they run the business together, sell their stock with each other or sell out together. It caused difficulties as two of the three wanted to sell, but the third was against the purchase. In 1991, to break the stalemate, the board of directors had the company purchase 25% of their shares. The company was then taken public on NASDAQ's small-cap market in

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4588-762: The swap Marquee will end up with KCWY-DT in Casper, Wyoming; KGWN-TV in Cheyenne, Wyoming; KSTF in Scottsbluff, Nebraska; and KNEP in Sydney, Nebraska. At the same time Gray will get Marquee’s FCC permit authorizing construction of a new and currently unbuilt TV station KCBU in Salt Lake City. On February 14, 2024, Gray Television and Syncbak launched Zeam, a free ad-supported steaming service that features local news, local sports, and local weather. Under

4662-453: The television division of Meredith Corporation for $ 2.7 billion. If approved, Gray would sell WJRT-TV to acquire competing station WNEM-TV , owned by Meredith. It is revealed that Allen Media Group would purchase WJRT-TV in Flint for $ 70 million. The sale was completed on December 1. On September 18, 2021, Gray launched InvestigateTV , a weekly program featuring investigative stories from

4736-511: The third-largest owner of television stations in the United States, with a total market share of 24%. Although Gray foresaw that the acquisition would receive regulatory approval quickly, due to limited market overlap between the two companies and its still-relatively low total market reach post-acquisition. Gray would divest nine stations in markets where Gray and Raycom both already owned stations, including WTNZ , WTOL , KXXV , WTXL , WFXG , KWES-TV , WPGX , WSWG , and WDFX-TV . The sale

4810-420: Was an important manufacturer of radio and television equipment, television tuners, and components. Its FM radio receivers helped to popularize the broadcast medium. Sarkes Tarzian manufactured studio color TV cameras in the mid-1960s. The manufacturing operations were spun off in the 1970s and today the company still exists as a broadcaster, owning several television and radio stations. Gray Television has owned

4884-916: Was announced that Gray would acquire two stations that were spun-off from the Nexstar - Media General merger; KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa , and WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin , for $ 270 million. On February 16, 2017, Gray announced that it would acquire WABI-TV in Bangor, Maine , and WCJB-TV in Gainesville, Florida , from Diversified Communications for $ 85 million. On May 4, 2017, Gray announced its intent to acquire WCAX-TV in Burlington, Vermont , from Mount Mansfield Television for $ 29 million. In April 2017, Gray Television filed

4958-1119: Was approved by the FCC on December 20, 2018. The deal was completed on January 2, 2019. Gray announced on April 24, 2019, a joint venture with Grand Ole Opry Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of Ryman Hospitality Properties , a former owner of The Nashville Network . The services would consist of a broadcast diginet and an OTT streaming platform. The joint venture is based in Nashville under general manager Drew Riefenberger. Gray contributed distribution and marketing capabilities, multicast knowledge and affiliate Gray TV stations. The Circle TV network made its launch on January 1, 2020. On February 1, 2021, Gray Television announced its intent to acquire all Quincy Media 's broadcasting properties for $ 925 million in cash. To comply with federal regulators, Gray would divest Quincy stations in Tucson ; Harrisburg, Illinois ; Waterloo/Cedar Rapids, Iowa ; and Madison , La Crosse , and Wausau in Wisconsin over to Allen Media Group . Gray's acquisition of Quincy Media

5032-535: Was completed on August 2. In March 2021, Gray Television revealed plans to purchase a shuttered General Motors plant in Atlanta suburb Doraville, Georgia , and transform the site into a media production community called Assembly. The "studio city" is set to include multiple film studios, as well as apartments, townhomes, a hotel, corporate offices, restaurants and retail space. In September 2021, Gray Television purchased Doraville-based Third Rail Studios for $ 27.5 million. On May 3, 2021, Gray announced plans to buy

5106-483: Was completed on September 15. In July 2015, Gray closed its accounting and human resources offices in Albany (housed in the same building as The Albany Herald), combining them with the corporate offices in Atlanta. 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

5180-406: Was deleted and several channels changed frequencies, then in 1946 with television going from 18 channels to 13 channels, again with different frequencies, and finally in 1948 with the removal of Channel 1 (analog channels 2–13 remain as they were, even on cable television ). Channels 14–19 later appeared on the UHF band, while channel 1 remains unused. 87.5–87.9 MHz

5254-413: Was in bankruptcy. In 2006, the company spun off its five daily newspapers and wireless messaging business into the newly formed Triple Crown Media, later (in 2010) renamed Southern Community Newspapers. A new strategy of purchasing stations in college towns or capitals was put into place by. The company had overpaid for a pair of stations and was over leveraged like many other station groups entering

5328-399: Was in black and white with 405-line format (although there were experiments with all three colour systems- NTSC , PAL , and SECAM -adapted for the 405-line system in the late 1950s and early 1960s). British colour television was broadcast on UHF (channels 21–69), beginning in the late 1960s. From then on, TV was broadcast on both VHF and UHF (VHF being a monochromatic downconversion from

5402-406: Was not until February 1957 that the commission designated the applications against each other for hearing, and it took another 18 months for a hearing examiner to give the initial nod for the channel to Tarzian, citing its superior programming plans and broadcast experience as a factor that outweighed the local ownership represented by Brown. Brown appealed the initial decision, and the FCC granted him

5476-538: Was sold by Tarzian to Teleco Corporation in 1978. In 1956, two groups filed with the FCC to build a television station on channel 13 in Bowling Green, Kentucky , the only allotted VHF channel for southern Kentucky. The first group to file was Sarkes Tarzian. A second application followed shortly thereafter, from George A. Brown, Jr., the Kentucky representative for Nashville -based General Shoe Corporation . It

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