Swap With Marquee Gives Gray Clean Sweep of Georgia Markets

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Marquee gets KNIN Boise, WPGA Macon goes to Gray

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(Image credit: Gray Television)

Gray Television said it agreed to a swap with Marquee Broadcasting Group that will give Gray a full-power station in all of the markets in Georgia, where the company is based.

Gray is selling KNIN, the Fox affiliate in Boise, Idaho, to Marquee. KIVI, owned by E.W. Scripps, provides KNIN with local news programming and back-office services under a shared-services agreement.

At the same time, Marquee is selling WPGA, a MeTV affiliate in Macon, Georgia, to Gray. 

Both transactions are expected to close in the second quarter of 2023 following receipt of regulatory and other approvals. ■

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.