{"id":400931,"date":"2020-12-16T08:56:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=400931"},"modified":"2020-12-16T08:56:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:56:31","slug":"gray-television-has-surpassed-400-million-in-net-political-advertising-revenue-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/gray-television-has-surpassed-400-million-in-net-political-advertising-revenue-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray Television Has Surpassed $400 Million in Net Political Advertising Revenue for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p>\n        <strong>Atlanta, Ga, Dec.  16, 2020  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Gray Television, Inc. (\u201cGray\u201d) (NYSE: GTN) <\/strong>today announced that its local television stations and digital platforms have now run more than $400 million in political advertisements since January 1, 2020, net of commissions and agency fees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since Election Day, November 3rd, Gray\u2019s local television stations and digital platforms serving communities in the State of Georgia have run approximately $20 million (net) in political campaign and political issue advertisements related to the two run-off election races for U.S. Senate seats in Georgia. \u00a0Gray expects political advertisements for these two races will continue running through January 5, 2021, the date of the special elections.\u00a0 As a result, Gray\u2019s total net political revenue for the calendar year 2020 will exceed the $400 million level that was crossed yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Gray owns local television station and leading digital platforms serving the local markets of Savannah, Augusta, Albany, Columbus, and Thomasville, Georgia.\u00a0 In total, Gray owns and\/or operates television stations and leading digital properties across 94 television markets, including the number-one rated television station in 68 markets and the first or second highest rated television station in 86 markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">#\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODExMzI5MyMzODg0NTA0IzIwMDk2MTE=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/c8e3dc02-27b6-4340-b436-ce5cff46a5d6\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\">\n<pre>Gray Contact Information:\u00a0\r\n\r\nWebsite:\u00a0 www.gray.tv\r\n\r\nJim Ryan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, 404-504-9828\r\n\r\nKevin P. Latek, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Development Officer, 404-266-8333<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Gray Television, Inc. (\u201cGray\u201d) (NYSE: GTN) today announced that its local television stations and digital platforms have now run more than $400 million in political advertisements since January 1, 2020, net of commissions and agency fees.\u00a0 Since Election Day, November 3rd, Gray\u2019s local television stations and digital platforms serving communities in the State of Georgia have run approximately $20 million (net) in political campaign and political issue advertisements related to the two run-off election races for U.S. Senate seats in Georgia. \u00a0Gray expects political advertisements for these two races will continue running through January 5, 2021, the date of the special elections.\u00a0 As a result, Gray\u2019s total net political revenue for the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/gray-television-has-surpassed-400-million-in-net-political-advertising-revenue-for-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gray Television Has Surpassed $400 Million in Net Political Advertising Revenue for 2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gray Television Has Surpassed $400 Million in Net Political Advertising Revenue for 2020 - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/gray-television-has-surpassed-400-million-in-net-political-advertising-revenue-for-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gray Television Has Surpassed $400 Million in Net Political Advertising Revenue for 2020 - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Gray Television, Inc. 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