ATLANTA, Sept. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray
Television, Inc. ("Gray," "we," "us" or "our") (NYSE: GTN and
GTN.A) today announced that its Board of Directors unanimously
voted to expand the Board by one seat and elected Richard B. Hare as a Director to fill that
position. Like all Directors, Mr. Hare's term will run through
our next Annual Meeting.
For over ten years, Mr. Hare has served as Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ:CKEC),
one of the nation's largest motion picture exhibitors with 273
theatres in 41 states. Mr. Hare has over 25 years of financial
management experience and joined Carmike as its Chief Financial
Officer in March 2006. Mr. Hare served as Chief Accounting
Officer and Controller for Greenfuels Holding Company, LLC, an
energy development and management services company, and its
affiliates from August 2002 to
March 2006. From October 2000 until June
2002, Mr. Hare served as Assistant Treasurer for Sanmina-SCI
Corporation, a manufacturer of electronic components. From 1997
until October 2000, Mr. Hare served
as Treasurer of Wolverine Tube, Inc., a manufacturer of copper and
copper alloy products.
Mr. Hare, a Certified Public Accountant, began his career in
1989 at Coopers & Lybrand, a public accounting firm. In
addition to his corporate responsibilities, he currently serves on
the Board of Trustees for Chatham Hall
School in Chatham,
Virginia, and the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in
Columbus, Georgia. He is also an
Emeritus member of Dean's Advisory Council at The Raymond J.
Harbert College of Business at Auburn University. He holds an
M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University and a
B.S. (Accounting) from Auburn
University. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management
Program.
Gray Chairman, President and CEO Hilton
H. Howell, Jr. said, "We are excited to have Richard Hare join our growing company at this
time. After a deliberate search process, the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee unanimously decided upon and
recommended Mr. Hare. The addition of this new independent
director will deepen the financial and public company expertise of
our Board."
About Gray Television:
Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) is a television
broadcast company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that owns and operates
television stations and leading digital assets in markets
throughout the United States. We currently own and/or operate
television stations across 51 television markets that collectively
broadcast over 190 program streams including 36 channels affiliated
with the CBS Network, 27 channels affiliated with the NBC Network,
19 channels affiliated with the ABC Network and 14 channels
affiliated with the FOX Network. We own and/or operate the
number-one or number-two ranked television station operations in
essentially all of our markets, which collectively cover
approximately 9.5 percent of total United
States television households.
www.gray.tv
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