ATLANTA, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Â Gray Television, Inc. ("
Gray") (NYSE: GTN)Â has reached an agreement to divest WJRT-TV, its ABC affiliate for the Flint-Saginaw, Michigan, television market, to Byron Allen's Allen Media Broadcasting, LLC ("
Allen Media") for $70 million dollars in cash. Â
Gray's sale of WJRT-TV facilitates regulatory approvals for its pending acquisition of the Local Media Group division of Meredith Corporation ("
Meredith") by removing the only market overlap between the respective television station portfolios of Gray and Meredith. The closing for the sale of WJRT-TV is expected to occur in the third or fourth quarter of 2021 prior to the closing of the Gray/Meredith transaction and is subject to customary closing conditions. WJRT-TV General Manager Pete Veto will remain with Gray after the closing of this sale in a new position that Gray will announce at a later date.