GRAY TELEVISION OPENS NEWLY RENOVATED FACILITY FOR KNOE-TV
December 11 2018 - 5:45PM
Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN), a leading television
broadcast company, today celebrated the grand-reopening of the
award-winning television station KNOE-TV. The station completed a
$4 million renovation project with a major overhaul of the
building, including updated studios, control room and
newsroom.
KNOE-TV has been the dominant news station in the ArkLaMiss area
for more than a half a century, winning numerous state, regional
and national journalism awards. The completion of the project marks
a 65-year history of delivering news to the area. The station
invited community business owners and leaders, lawmakers, and law
enforcement officials throughout Northeast Louisiana to tour the
new facility and celebrate 65 years of broadcasting.
“The KNOE station has a long history of delivering quality news
for viewers in the local communities in which it operates,” said
Hilton Howell, President and CEO of Gray Television. “We’re excited
about the impact the renovation will have on a station that means
so much to its employees and the community.”
“While the exterior of our Oliver Road studios displays a
vintage salute to our past, inside you will find a modern broadcast
facility, fully equipped with the latest technology,” said Laura
Long, General Manager of KNOE. “No one knows for certain where
technology will lead us in the next 65 years, but I’m certain KNOE
and Gray will remain on the forefront of the latest innovations,
with a deep respect for where we started and those who made it
possible.”
The station first went on the air in 1953 with a 774-foot tower,
the most powerful tower in the American South at the time. It was
the second television station in the state of Louisiana, behind
WDSU in New Orleans. James A. Noe, Sr. a former governor of
Louisiana, owned the television station, and it was his desire to
serve the community. “When you take out a license you’re not
serving yourself, you’re serving the people,” said Linda Noe Laine,
daughter of James A. Noe, Sr. “That was the essence of my father’s
dream and it came true in his lifetime.”
Noe died in 1976, and he passed the station to his son, James
"Jimmie" Noe, Jr. The Noes continued to own the station until 2007,
when it was sold to Dallas-based Hoak Media. Gray Television
acquired Hoak Media in 2014 and has continued KNOE’s legacy of
serving the people of northeast Louisiana and southern
Arkansas.
“KNOE is committed as ever to serving the needs of our
communities and being a partner in efforts to make the ArkLaMiss a
better place to call home,” said Long. “This is our home, and with
that comes the responsibility to take care of the families who have
invited us into their homes for so many years. We realize your
trust is earned through solid, factual and fair reporting, as well
as a visibility and recognition within our communities that is not
earned overnight.”
The announcement of the combined facility follows Gray
Television’s recently announced acquisition of Raycom Media, a deal
that will give the company the third-largest portfolio of local
network affiliated news stations and markets in the United
States.
About KNOE-TV: KNOE-TV 8 News is an
award-winning television station and news organization located in
Monroe, Louisiana, covering northeast Louisiana, Union and Ashley
Counties in Arkansas, and Warren and Adams Counties in Mississippi.
KNOE-TV is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television. Our offices and
studios are located on Oliver Road in Monroe, and our transmitter
is located in the town of Columbia in Caldwell, Parish. Since our
first broadcast day on September 27, 1953, KNOE-TV has offered the
best in the news, entertainment, weather, sports, and investigative
reporting. In addition to providing high-quality programming from
both the CBS and ABC television networks, we also offer
programs from the CW network. For further information, please visit
www.knoe.com. About Gray TV:
Currently, Gray owns and/or operates over 100 television stations
across 57 television markets that collectively broadcast nearly 250
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 all of our
markets. Gray has entered into an agreement to combine with
Raycom Media, Inc. in a transformational transaction. The
combined company will own leading television stations and digital
platforms serving 92 markets. It also will include video
program production, marketing, and digital businesses including
Raycom Sports, Tupelo-Raycom, and RTM Studios, the producer of
PowerNation programs and content. For further information,
please visit www.gray.tv.
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KNOE Contact:
Laura Long, General Manager of KNOE, laura.long@knoe.com
Gray TV Contact:
Rick Burns, Vice President, Corporate Relations, rick.burns@gray.tv
Media Contact:
Chelsea Bonner, chelsea.bonner@edelman.com
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