Gray Television and its Stations Honored by Service to America, National Headliner, and Several Other Prestigious Awards - Seite 2

In addition, WVUE received a National Headliner Award for Investigative Reporting for its series “Outside the Office.” The judges’ comments also praised the results-oriented investigative efforts. “Just astonishing: The mayor of New Orleans and her bodyguard disappear into a city-owned apartment for hours at a time; no work gets logged and the mayor attacks the station’s reporter as disrespectful when the story comes out.  But the station’s intrepid use of public surveillance tapes tell the story with devastating authority.”

In addition to these honors, Gray’s stations have received other recognitions and awards received for extraordinary efforts and achievements by Gray’s dedicated local teams. A few examples include:

• Gray’s television stations took home 55 awards during the recent Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Awards gala. WSAW in Wausau won Station of the Year for the sixth year in a row, News Operation of the Year, plus 26 additional awards, including seven first-place awards. Sister station WZAW claimed one award. Madison’s WMTV won the honor of News Operation of the Year for the fourth year in a row, plus 21 other awards. WBAY in Green Bay won seven awards during the event.
• The Michigan Association of Broadcasters awarded 36 best or merit awards to Gray’s television stations. WLUC in Marquette won TV Station of the Year for Market 4, plus 23 other honors. Lansing’s WILX won nine best or merit honors and was named a finalist for Station of the Year for Market 3, and WNEM in Flint-Saginaw took home four best awards.
  
• At the Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards gala, KKCO in Grand Junction won 15 first place awards, plus Small Market Station of the Year for the fourth year in a row.
  
• The Indiana Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awarded seven Best of Journalism Awards to both South Bend’s WNDU and Fort Wayne’s WPTA. WFIE in Evansville took home three awards.
  
• The Syracuse Press Club presented six awards to WWNY in Watertown for reporting, investigative work, and overall news broadcast.
  
  

About Gray:

Gray Television, Inc. is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Gray is the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the United States. Its television stations serve 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households.  This portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 102 markets with the first and/or second highest rated television station. It also owns video program companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, as well as the studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios. Gray owns a majority interest in Swirl Films. For more information, please visit www.gray.tv.

Gray Contact

Sandy Breland, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, 504-352-4019

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