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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 27, 2023 (December 27, 2023)
 
Gray Television, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
 
Georgia
001-13796
58-0285030
  
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
 
 
4370 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia
30319
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
404-504-9828
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
 
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock (no par value)
GTN.A
New York Stock Exchange
common stock (no par value)
GTN
New York Stock Exchange
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 
 
 
Item 8.01. Other Events.
 
On December 27, 2023, Gray Television, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company has reached an agreement in principle with the NBC Network that extends and renews all of the Company’s NBC network affiliations, which otherwise would have expired at year-end 2023.
 
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits.
 
99.1
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Gray Television, Inc.
  
     
December 27, 2023
By:  
/s/ James C. Ryan
  
   
Name:  
James C. Ryan 
  
   
Title:  
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
  
 
 
 

Exhibit 99.1

 

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PRESS RELEASE

 

GRAY TELEVISION REACHES AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE

TO RENEW ALL GRAY NBC AFFILIATIONS NATIONWIDE

 

Atlanta, Georgia – December 27, 2023. . . Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray) (NYSE: GTN) today announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with the NBC Network that extends and renews all of Gray’s NBC network affiliations, which otherwise would have expired at year-end 2023.  Gray owns and operates NBC affiliated television stations serving 56 markets.  In the current 2023-24 television season, NBC is the #1 network and ranks first in all key demos, as well as first in primetime, morning/afternoon news, late night, primetime sports, scripted and alternative program categories.

 

Gray Television, Inc. is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Gray is the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the United States. Its television stations serve 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households.  This portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 102 markets with the first and/or second highest rated television station. It also owns video program companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, as well as the studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios. Gray owns a majority interest in Swirl Films. For more information, please visit www.gray.tv.

 

Gray Contacts

 

Pat LaPlatney, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, 334-206-1400

 

Kevin P. Latek, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Development Officer, 404-266-8333

 

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