Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE:GTN) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

Michael Kupinski: Got it. Appreciate it. That’s all I had.

Hilton Howell: I want to thank you for your excitement about what he is doing and in our participation. And that I agree with you. I think he’s a star and we’ll see for the future brands. Operator, was that last of our question?

Operator: Yes, So I’ll turn it back over for any closing remarks.

Hilton Howell: Thank you very much. I’d like — normally, I just sign off, but let me just sort of end this morning call with a few things. Gray Television’s assets, our core, our retrans, our ratings are all best-in-class. And as all of you know, Kevin, is a human being who speak softly, but carries a big stick. And so I am going to reprise his big stick as we close this. Our data illustrates that Gray’s local newscast delivers more household viewership in each of our markets than the total of all network prime viewership on NBC, CBS and FOX combined, Gray’s local newscasts deliver more viewership than the total of all NFL games on ABC’s Monday Night Football, CBS, FOX and NBC combined. Gray’s local newscast deliver more viewership than the total of all three major cable news networks combined.

Finally, Gray’s local newscast by a factor of over 6 times deliver more household viewership than the total of all 15 top cable sports networks in their markets. The reason we outperform is because our stations outperform. This is a unique company. And I think we should be valued as a unique company. So thank you for being here and joining us for this conference, and I look forward to reviewing our year-end results next year. Thank you, operator.

Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes your call. You may now disconnect.