Parent Company of KOAA Enters Station Swap Agreement with Gray Media, to Acquire KKTV

Station swap agreement sees same owner for two Colorado Springs TV stations

Scripps Company will acquire KKTV, a local CBS affiliate, from Gray Media in a station swap agreement. This will give Scripps, already owner of KOAA, a duopoly in the Colorado Springs market, allowing them to own two of the four…

WSYM parent company working on station swap with Gray Media

WSYM's parent company, the E.W. Scripps Company, has reached an agreement with Gray Media Inc. that will transfer WSYM to Gray.Gray Media owns several stations in Michigan, including WILX in Lansing and WNEM in Flint-Saginaw.Here's the full press release from Gray:Gray Media, Inc. (NYSE: GTN) and The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) have entered into agreements to swap television stations across five mid-sized and small markets, resulting in t…

Local TV Groups E.W. Scripps And Gray Media Swap Stations In Five Markets

Gray Media and the E.W. Scripps Co., two of the largest U.S. owners of local TV stations, have engineered a swap of stations in five small and mid-sized markets. The move will create new duopolies, coveted sources of extra revenue within a single market allowed under federal broadcast ownership rules, for each company. Gray will […]

Gray Media and Scripps agree to swap TV stations across five markets

KATC in Lafayette sold to Gray Media in TV station swap across five U.S. markets

Lafayette TV station KATC will be sold to Gray Media in an agreement between Gray and Scripps to swap television stations across five mid-sized and small markets. The goal of the swap is the creation of new duopolies for each group, according to a news release from Scripps.

Gray, Scripps swap stations, creating new market duopolies

(Photo by “flrnt” via Flickr/Creative Commons) Gray Media and the E. W. Scripps Company have announced a strategic swap of television stations in five mid-sized and smaller U.S. markets, a move designed to strengthen each company’s regional footprint and create new duopolies. The station exchanges are intended to provide both companies with enhanced market scale and operational efficiency, enabling them to deepen their commitment to local news a…