Gray Television, Inc. completed its acquisition of Raycom. Upon the closing, Hilton Howell became Gray's Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Pat LaPlatney, formerly Raycom's President and Chief Executive Officer, became Gray's President and Co-Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Pat and Raycom's prior President and CEO, Paul McTear, joined Gray's Board of Directors.

Bob Smith, Gray's Chief Operating Officer, Local Media, oversees station operations and reports to Pat. Gray will continue to have a group of seasoned managers oversee stations with Raycom's Sandy Breland and Brad Streit joining Matt Jaquint, Mike King, Nick Matesi and Chris Mossman in their new positions as Senior Vice Presidents, Local Media. Upon the closing, Gray promoted Sabra Cowart to Vice President, Accounting/Finance, and Becky Sheffield, formerly of Raycom, joined Gray as Vice President, Controller.

Ellenann Yelverton, formerly of Raycom, is now Gray's Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, overseeing Gray's legal department. Rob Folliard is now Vice President, Government Relations and Distribution. Dave Burke, formerly of Raycom, is Gray's new Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer.

In this role, he oversees all of Gray's Engineering and Information Technology. Dianne Wilson, also formerly of Raycom, is Gray's new Vice President, Employee Relations, and she will work closely with Jan Goldstein who continues as Gray's Vice President, Human Resources. Finally, effective upon the closing, Gray promoted Mike Braun to Senior Vice President, Gray Digital Media; Becky Meyer to Senior Vice President, National Sales; Mike Jones to Vice President, Political Sales; and Karen Youger to Vice President, Sales Operations, overseeing Traffic, the Programming Hub, and Matrix.