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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Gray Hires Rob Folliard As Deputy General Counsel

Gray Hires Rob Folliard As Deputy General Counsel

ATLANTA, Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray Television, Inc. ("Gray" or "we" or "our") (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) announced today that Robert J. Folliard, III, will join the Company as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel on September 21, 2014. In his new role, Rob will serve as the lead lawyer for station operations, and he also will manage Gray's retransmission consent negotiations.

Mr. Folliard currently is a communications lawyer with Cooley LLP in its Washington, DC, office, where he specializes in retransmission consent matters and FCC regulatory compliance for local television affiliates. His clients range from large affiliate groups in top-20 DMAs to family-owned broadcasters in small markets.

"We are incredibly fortunate to have Rob join our growing company," said Kevin Latek, Gray's Senior Vice President of Business Affairs. "I am thrilled to be joining such a top-quality company. Gray's stations are the gold standards in their local markets, and I look forward to working with the many dedicated and talented professionals at Gray," added Mr. Folliard. Messrs. Latek and Folliard worked together for many years at Cooley's predecessor law firm, Dow Lohnes, beginning in 1997.

The Company

We are 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. Upon completion of all pending transactions, we will own and/or operate television stations in 44 television markets broadcasting 141 program streams including 76 affiliates of the Big Four networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX). At that time, our owned and/or operated stations will include twenty-six channels affiliated with the CBS Network, twenty-four channels affiliated with the NBC Network, sixteen channels affiliated with the ABC Network and ten channels affiliated with the FOX Network. We will then own and/or operate 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. We will reach approximately 8.1 percent of total United States television households.

www.gray.tv

SOURCE Gray Television, Inc.

Gray Television, Inc.

CONTACT: Hilton H. Howell, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, 404-266-5512, Kevin P. Latek, Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, 404-266-8333

Web Site: http://www.gray.tv


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