ATLANTA, April 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray
Television, Inc. ("Gray," "our") (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A)
announced today, that on the 110th anniversary of broadcasting
pioneer Edward R. Murrow's birth,
the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) named several
Gray Television stations as the winners of a combined 19 regional
Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in journalism.
Today's news follows the recent announcement by the NAB
Educational Foundation (NABBEF) that Gray's WJRT (ABC) in
Flint, Michigan, won the 2018
Service to Community Award for Television – Medium Market. In
addition, Gray's WCTV (CBS) in Tallahassee, Florida, won the 2018 Service to
Community Award for Television – Small Market. NABEF also
named three Gray stations among the eight finalists for both of
these prestigious awards: KWTX-TV (CBS) in Waco, Texas, WMTV (NBC) in Madison, Wisconsin, and WEAU in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The NABEF annual
awards honor the outstanding public service commitment of local
television and radio broadcasters.
The Murrow Awards are among the most respected journalism awards
in the world. This year, RTDNA awarded 785 Regional Edward R.
Murrow Awards in 16 categories after receiving a record 4,400
entries. Gray stations receiving Regional Murrow Awards are
as follows:
- With its record six wins, WKYT (CBS) in Lexington, Kentucky (DMA 63), won more Edward
R. Murrow Awards than any Kentucky
broadcaster and more than all the other television stations in the
state combined. WKYT won in the newscast, website, breaking
news, hard news, feature reporting, and excellence in innovation
categories.
- WBAY (ABC) in Green Bay,
Wisconsin (DMA 69) won a Regional Murrow award for
investigative reporting.
- Winning two awards, KWCH (CBS) in Wichita, Kansas (DMA 67), received honors for
its continuing coverage and news series.
- WJRT (ABC) in Flint, Michigan
(DMA 71), won in the hard news category.
- KKTV (CBS) in Colorado Springs,
Colorado (DMA 87), won two Regional Murrow Awards for
breaking news and news documentary.
- KCRG (ABC) in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa (DMA 91), won in the investigative reporting
category.
- KWQC (NBC) in Davenport, Iowa
(DMA 102), won two awards for its feature and sports
reporting.
- Winning a total of four awards, KTUU (NBC) in Anchorage, Alaska (DMA 147), won honors in the
continuing coverage, hard news, news documentary and excellence in
social media categories.
The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring
outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward
R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow's pursuit of excellence in
journalism embodies the spirit of the awards that carry his name.
Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the excellence that
Edward R. Murrow made a standard for
the electronic news profession.
About Gray:
Gray owns and/or operates over 100
television stations across 57 television markets that collectively
broadcast over 200 program streams including over 100 channels
affiliated with the CBS Network, the NBC Network, the ABC Network
and the FOX Network. Our portfolio includes the number-one and/or
number-two ranked television station operations in essentially all
of our markets, which collectively cover approximately 10.4 percent
of total United States television
households. For further information, please visit www.gray.tv.
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