AUGUSTA, Ga., July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray
Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A), a
leading television broadcast company, today broke ground
on its new 30,000 square foot facility in Augusta, Georgia, for the award-winning
television station and news organizations of WRDW-TV News 12 and
WAGT NBC 26. The new facility will house CBS, NBC, CW, MyNetworkTV,
and Antenna TV affiliates and will be completed in late 2019.
Attending the groundbreaking event were Hilton Howell, President & CEO of Gray
Television; Chris Mossman,
Television Vice President, Gray
Television; Rick Burns, Vice
President of Corporate Relations, Gray Television; Mike Oates, Vice President/General Manager,
WRDW/WAGT; Laura Warren, Anchor,
WRDW/WAGT; Dennis Trotter and
Troy Jordan of Jordan Trotter
Commercial Real Estate; Travis
Darnell, President of CT Darnell Construction; Chris Heard, Principal, Hendrix Interior Design;
Willis Watts of Willis Watts Design;
Sue Parr, President, Augusta Chamber of Commerce; Tiffany Heitzman, Vice President, Columbia County Chamber of Commerce;
Ben Hasan, Augusta-Richmond County Commission; Trey Allen, Columbia
County Commission; Cal Wray,
President of the Augusta Economic Development Authority; and dozens
of other community leaders and business owners.
"Gray Television has been involved in the Augusta community for
well over 20 years. We are so proud to be able to bring the best of
the best in 21st television technology and practices to
this growing area," said Hilton
Howell, President and CEO of Gray TV. "With the finest
facility and technology available, the professional journalists of
WRDW/WAGT will be able to bring the news that matters to our
viewers quicker, with more vibrancy than ever before."
WRDW-TV has operated from the same facility in North Augusta
since its first day of sign-on in 1954, and the completion of the
new facility will mark a 65-year history of delivering news to the
Central Savannah River Area (CSRA). With decades of award-winning
journalism, WRDW-TV has been known as the CSRA's leader in local
news coverage.
"When complete, this will be hands-down the finest television
facility in the country," said Mike
Oates, VP & General Manager of WRDW/WAGT. "There are
technologies now being tested in our Gray Television labs that are
not available to stations anywhere else. By the time we go live in
the fourth quarter of 2019, we will be delivering news using
broadcasting technology that has never been seen in the industry.
WRDW/WAGT will continue being the leading source of news in the
CSRA. This facility illustrates Gray Television's commitment to the
area and the broadcasting industry"
WRDW/WAGT News 12 NBC 26 is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television. The
announcement of WRDW/WAGT's new station facility follows Gray TV's
recently announced acquisition of Raycom Media, a deal that will
give the company the fourth largest portfolio of stations and
markets in the United States.
About Gray TV:
Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN and
GTN.A) 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 each of our
markets, which collectively cover approximately 10.4 percent of
total United States television
households. For further information, please visit www.gray.tv
About WRDW-TV News 12:
WRDW-TV News 12 is an
award-winning television station and news organization located in
Augusta, Georgia, covering the
Central Savannah River Area. WRDW-TV is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television, and is a sister
station to NBC affiliate WAGT-CD (channel 26). Our offices and
studios are located on Georgia Avenue in North Augusta, and our
transmitters are located in Beech Island. Since our first broadcast
day on February 8, 1954, WRDW-TV has
offered the best in news, entertainment, weather, sports, and
investigative reporting. In addition to providing high-quality
programming from both the CBS and NBC television networks, we also
offer programs from the CW, MyNetworkTV, and AntennaTV networks.
For further information, please visit www.wrdw.com
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