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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

Commission File Number 1-13796

GRAY TELEVISION, INC.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 504-9828

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x     No o

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).

Yes x     No o

     The aggregate market value of the voting stock (based upon the closing sales price quoted on the New York Stock Exchange) held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2002: Class A and Common Stock; no par value — $195,237,597

     The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s classes of common stock as of March 14, 2003: Class A Common Stock; no par value — 6,848,467 shares; Common Stock, no par value — 43,525,984 shares

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Item 1. Business

     In this annual report, unless otherwise indicated, the words “Gray,” “Company,” “our,” “us” and “we” refer to Gray Television, Inc. (formerly known as Gray Communications Systems, Inc.) and its subsidiaries. Our discussion of the television stations that we own and operate does not include our interest in the stations owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., which we refer to as “Tarzian.”

     The Company’s common stock, no par value, (the “Common Stock”) and its class A common stock, no par value, (the “Class A Common Stock’) have been listed and traded on The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) since September 24, 1996 and June 30, 1995, respectively. On August 30, 2002, the Company changed its ticker symbols to “GTN” from “GCS.B” for its Common Stock and to “GTN.A” from “GCS” for its Class A Common Stock. Prior to September 16, 2002, the Common Stock was named class B common stock.

     Unless otherwise indicated, all station rank, in-market share and television household data herein are derived from the Nielsen Station Index, Viewers in Profile, dated November 2002, as prepared by A.C. Nielsen Company (“Nielsen”).

General

     The Company owns 29 television stations serving 25 television markets. Fifteen of the stations are affiliated with CBS Inc., or “CBS,” seven are affiliated with National Broadcasting Company, Inc., or “NBC” and seven are affiliated with the American Broadcasting Company, or “ABC.” The combined station group has 22 stations ranked #1 in local news audience and 22 stations ranked #1 in overall audience within their respective markets based on the results of the Nielsen November 2002 ratings reports. The combined TV station group reaches approximately 5.3% of total U.S. TV households. In addition, with 15 CBS affiliated stations, the Company is the largest independent owner of CBS affiliates in the country.

     The Company also owns and operates four daily newspapers, three located in Georgia and one in Goshen, Indiana, with a total circulation of over 124,000.

     In 1993, after the acquisition of a large block of the Class A Common Stock by Bull Run Corporation (“Bull Run”), the Company implemented a strategy to foster growth through strategic acquisitions and certain select divestitures. Bull Run continues to be a principal shareholder of the Company since its investment in 1993. Since January 1, 1994, the Company’s significant acquisitions have included 28 television stations, three newspapers, a transportable satellite uplink business and a paging business located in the Southeast, Southwest and Midwest and the divestiture of two stations in the Southeast. As a result of the Company’s acquisitions and in support of its growth strategy, the Company has added certain key members of management and has greatly expanded its operations in the television broadcasting and newspaper publishing businesses.

Acquisitions, Investments and Divestitures

2002 Acquisitions

     On October 25, 2002 the Company completed its acquisition of Stations Holding Company, Inc. (“Stations Holding”) by acquiring all of Stations Holding’s outstanding capital stock in a merger transaction. Effective with the completion of the transaction, Stations Holding changed its name to Gray MidAmerica Television, Inc. (“Gray MidAmerica Television”). With this transaction the Company

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acquired 15 network affiliated television stations serving 13 television markets. On December 18, 2002 the Company completed its acquisition of the assets of KOLO-TV, the ABC affiliate serving Reno, Nevada.

     The Company paid approximately $515.7 million in aggregate cash consideration for Gray MidAmerica Television. This amount included a base purchase price of $502.5 million plus certain net working capital adjustments of approximately $5.7 million and fees of $7.5 million associated with the transaction. The Company funded the acquisition and related fees and expenses by issuing 30,000,000 shares of Gray Common Stock to the public for net proceeds of $232.7 million, issuing additional debt totaling $275.0 million and cash on hand.

     For advisory services rendered by Bull Run in connection with the acquisition of Gray MidAmerica Television, the Company paid to Bull Run an advisory fee of $5.0 million. This amount is included in the fees described above. The Company does not intend to compensate Bull Run for any such advisory or similar services in the future.

     The Company paid approximately $41.8 million in cash consideration for KOLO-TV. This purchase price included a base purchase price of $41.5 million and related fees of approximately $325,000. The Company financed this transaction by utilizing cash on hand and net proceeds of $34.9 million from the issuance of an additional 4,500,000 shares of Gray Common Stock. As of December 31, 2002, the Company did not owe any additional material contingent payments related to the acquisition of KOLO-TV.

Acquisition of Investment in Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.

     On December 3, 2001, the Company exercised its option to acquire 301,119 shares of the outstanding common stock, $4.00 par value, of Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. (“Tarzian”) from Bull Run. Bull Run had purchased these same shares from U.S. Trust Company of Florida Savings Bank as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Tarzian (the “Estate”) in January 1999.

     The acquired shares of Tarzian represent 33.5% of the total outstanding common stock of Tarzian (both in terms of the number of shares of common stock outstanding and in terms of voting rights), but such investment represents 73% of the equity of Tarzian for purposes of dividends if paid as well as distributions in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or other sale of Tarzian.

     Gray paid $10 million to Bull Run to complete the acquisition of the 301,119 shares of Tarzian. The Company has previously capitalized and paid to Bull Run $3.2 million of costs associated with the Company’s option to acquire these shares. This investment has been accounted for under the cost method of accounting and reflected as a non-current other asset. The Company believes the cost method is appropriate to account for this investment given the existence of a single voting majority shareholder. The Company’s ownership of these shares is subject to certain litigation which is discussed in Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

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Acquisition of the Texas Stations

     On October 1, 1999, the Company completed its acquisition of all the outstanding capital stock of KWTX Broadcasting Company and Brazos Broadcasting Company, as well as the assets of KXII Broadcasters Ltd. The Company acquired the capital stock of KWTX Broadcasting Company and Brazos Broadcasting Company in merger transactions with the shareholders of KWTX Broadcasting Company and Brazos Broadcasting Company receiving a combination of cash and the Company’s Common Stock for their shares. The Company acquired the assets of KXII Broadcasters Ltd. in an all cash transaction. These transactions are referred to herein as the “Texas Acquisitions.”

     Aggregate consideration (net of cash acquired) paid in the Company’s Common Stock and cash was approximately $146.4 million which included a base purchase price of $139.0 million, transaction expenses of $2.8 million and certain net working capital adjustments (excluding cash) of $4.6 million. In addition to the amount paid, the Company assumed approximately $600,000 in liabilities in connection with the asset purchase of KXII Broadcasters Ltd. The Company funded the acquisitions by issuing 3,435,774 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (valued at $49.5 million) to the sellers, borrowing an additional $94.4 million under its senior credit facility and using cash on hand of approximately $2.5 million.

     With the Texas Acquisitions, the Company added the following television stations to its broadcast segment: KWTX-TV, the CBS affiliate located in Waco, Texas; KBTX-TV, the CBS affiliate located in Bryan, Texas, each serving the Waco-Temple-Bryan, Texas television market and KXII-TV, the CBS affiliate serving Sherman, Texas and Ada, Oklahoma. Under Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) regulations, KBTX-TV is operated as a satellite station of KWTX-TV. The stations are collectively referred to herein as the “Texas Stations.”

Acquisition of The Goshen News

     On March 1, 1999, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of The Goshen News from News Printing Company, Inc. and affiliates thereof, for aggregate cash consideration of approximately $16.7 million including a non-compete agreement (the “Goshen Acquisition”). The Goshen News is currently a 16,000-circulation newspaper published Monday through Sunday and serves Goshen, Indiana and surrounding areas. The Company financed the acquisition through borrowings under its senior credit facility.

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Busse – WALB Transactions

     On July 31, 1998, the Company completed the purchase of all of the outstanding capital stock of Busse Broadcasting Corporation (“Busse”). The purchase price was approximately $126.6 million, less the accreted value of Busse’s 11 5/8 % Senior Secured Notes due 2000 (the “Busse Senior Notes”). The purchase price of the capital stock consisted of the contractual purchase price of $112.0 million, associated transaction costs of $3.9 million, acquisition costs associated with the Busse Senior Notes of $5.1 million and Busse’s cash and cash equivalents of $5.6 million. Immediately following the acquisition of Busse, the Company exercised its right to satisfy and discharge the Busse Senior Notes, effectively prefunding the Busse Senior Notes at the October 15, 1998 call price of 106, plus accrued interest. The amount necessary to satisfy and discharge the Busse Senior Notes was approximately $69.9 million.

     Immediately prior to the Company’s acquisition of Busse, Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation acquired the assets of WEAU-TV (“WEAU”) from Busse and exchanged them for the assets of WALB-TV, Inc. (“WALB”), the Company’s NBC affiliate in Albany, Georgia. In exchange for the assets of WALB, the Company received the assets of WEAU, which were valued at $66.0 million, and approximately $12.0 million in cash for a total value of $78.0 million. The Company recognized a pre-tax gain of approximately $72.6 million and estimated deferred income taxes of approximately $28.3 million in connection with the exchange of WALB. The Company funded the remaining costs of the acquisition of Busse’s capital stock through borrowings under the Company’s senior credit facility.

     As a result of these transactions, the Company acquired the following television stations: KOLN-TV (“KOLN”), the CBS affiliate serving the Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, Nebraska market; its satellite station KGIN-TV (“KGIN”), the CBS affiliate serving Grand Island, Nebraska; and WEAU, an NBC affiliate serving the La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wisconsin market. These transactions also satisfied the FCC’s requirement for the Company to divest itself of WALB. These transactions are referred to as the “Busse-WALB Transactions.”

Television Broadcasting

The Company’s Stations and their Markets

     As used in the table for the Company’s stations (i) “Total Market Revenues” represent gross advertising revenues, excluding barter revenues, for all commercial television stations in the market, as reported in Investing in Television 2002 Market Report, Fourth Edition November 2002 Ratings published by BIA Publications, Inc. (the “BIA Guide”), except for revenues in WYMT-TV’s (“WYMT”) 16-county trading area which is not separately reported in the BIA Guide; (ii) “in-market share of households viewing television” represents the percentage of the station’s audience as a percentage of all viewing by households of local commercial stations in the market from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Saturday, as reported by Nielsen for November 2002; (iii) “station rank in DMA” is based on Nielsen estimates for November 2002 for the period from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Saturday; (iv)“station news rank in DMA” is based on management’s review of the Nielsen estimates for November 2002, (v) estimates of population, average household income, effective buying income and retail business sales growth projections are as reported in the BIA Guide; and (vi) television households are as reported by Nielsen for November 2002. Designated Market Area is defined herein as “DMA.”

     The following is a list of all our owned and operated television stations. In markets where we have satellite stations and stations that serve distant communities, the figures have been combined.

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Broadcasting Summary

	(a)		Based on data published by Nielsen.
	(b)		Based on Nielsen data for November 2002 rating period, Sunday to Saturday, 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
	(c)		Based on our review of the Nielsen data for the November 2002 rating period during various news hours.
	(d)		We have included only stations that BIA has reported at one share or more in three of the four most recent rating periods.
	(e)		KLBY and KUPK are satellite stations of KAKE under FCC rules.
	(f)		Special 16 county trading area defined by Nielsen and is part of the Lexington, KY DMA.
	(g)		KBTX is a satellite station of KWTX under FCC rules.
	(h)		KGIN is a satellite station of KOLN under FCC rules.
	(i)		Approximately 5% of all US television households

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     The percentage of the Company’s total revenues contributed by the Company’s television broadcasting segment was approximately 74%, 68%, and 71% for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

Television Industry Background

     There are currently a limited number of channels available for broadcasting in any one geographic area, and the license to operate a television station is granted by the FCC. Television stations which broadcast over the very high frequency (“VHF”) band (channels 2-13) of the spectrum generally have some competitive advantage over television stations which broadcast over the ultra-high frequency (“UHF”) band (channels above 13) of the spectrum, because the former usually have better signal coverage and operate at a lower transmission cost.

     Television station revenues are primarily derived from local, regional and national advertising and, to a much lesser extent, from network compensation and revenues from studio and tower space rental and commercial production activities. Advertising rates are based upon a variety of factors, including a program’s popularity among the viewers an advertiser wishes to attract, the number of advertisers competing for the available time, the size and demographic makeup of the market served by the station and the availability of alternative advertising media in the market area. Rates are also determined by a station’s overall ratings and in-market share, as well as the station’s ratings and share among particular demographic groups, which an advertiser may be targeting. Because broadcast stations rely on advertising revenues, they are sensitive to cyclical changes in the economy. The size of advertisers’ budgets, which are affected by broad economic trends, affect the broadcast industry in general and the revenues of individual broadcast television stations.

     All television stations in the country are grouped by Nielsen, a national audience measuring service, into approximately 210 generally recognized television markets that are ranked in size according to various formulae based upon actual or potential audience. Each DMA is an exclusive geographic area consisting of all counties in which the home-market commercial stations receive the greatest percentage of total viewing hours. Nielsen periodically publishes data on estimated audiences for the television stations in the various television markets throughout the country.

     Four major broadcast networks, ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX dominate broadcast television. Additionally, United Paramount Network (“UPN”), Warner Brothers Network (“WB”) and the Pax TV Network have been launched as additional television networks. An affiliate of FOX, UPN, WB or Pax TV receives a smaller portion of each day’s programming from its network compared to an affiliate of ABC, NBC or CBS.

     The affiliation of a station with ABC, NBC or CBS has a significant impact on the composition of the station’s programming, revenues, expenses and operations. A typical affiliate of these networks receives the majority of each day’s programming from the network. This programming, along with cash payments (“network compensation”) in certain instances, is provided to the affiliate by the network in exchange for a substantial majority of the advertising time available for sale during the airing of network programs. The network then sells this advertising time and retains the revenues. The affiliate retains the revenues from time sold during breaks in and between network programs and programs the affiliate produces or purchases from non-network sources. In acquiring programming to supplement programming supplied by the affiliated network, the affiliates compete primarily with other affiliates and independent stations in their markets. Cable systems generally do not compete with local stations for programming, although various national cable networks from time to time have acquired programs that would have otherwise been offered to local television stations. In addition, a television station may acquire programming through barter arrangements. Under barter arrangements, a national program distributor may receive advertising time in exchange for the programming it supplies, with the station

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paying a reduced or no fee for such programming. Most successful commercial television stations obtain their brand identity from locally produced news programs.

     The Company accounts for trade barter transactions involving the exchange of tangible goods or services with its customers. The revenue is recorded at the time the advertisement is broadcast and the expense is recorded at the time the goods or services are used. The revenue and expense associated with these transactions are based on the fair value of the assets or services received.

     Management of the Company believes that barter revenue and related expense generated from syndicated and network programming is immaterial. Furthermore, any barter revenue recognized would then require the recognition of barter expense. Barter revenue would then be equal to barter expense and the recognition of these amounts would not have an effect upon net income. Therefore, the Company does not recognize barter revenue or barter expense generated by transactions between the Company and the providers of syndicated programming.

     In contrast to a station affiliated with a network, a fully independent station purchases or produces all of the programming that it broadcasts, resulting in generally higher programming costs. An independent station, however, retains its entire inventory of advertising time and all the revenues obtained therefrom. As a result of the smaller amount of programming provided by its network, an affiliate of FOX, UPN, WB or Pax TV must purchase or produce a greater amount of programming, resulting in generally higher programming costs. These affiliate stations, however, retain a larger portion of the inventory of advertising time and the revenues obtained therefrom compared to stations affiliated with the major networks.

     Cable-originated programming is a significant competitor for viewers of broadcast television programming, although no single cable programming network regularly attains audience levels amounting to more than a small fraction of any single major broadcast network. The advertising share of cable networks has increased as a result of the growth in cable penetration (the percentage of television households which are connected to a cable system). Notwithstanding such increases in cable viewership and advertising, over-the-air broadcasting remains the dominant distribution system for mass-market television advertising.

Network Affiliation of the Stations

     Each of the Company’s stations is affiliated with a major network pursuant to an affiliation agreement. Each affiliation agreement provides the affiliated station with the right to broadcast all programs transmitted by the network with which the station is affiliated. In return, the network has the right to sell a substantial majority of the advertising time during such broadcasts. In exchange for every hour that a station elects to broadcast network programming, the network pays the station a specific network compensation fee, which varies with the time of day. Typically, prime-time programming generates the highest hourly network compensation payments. Such payments are subject to increase or decrease by the network during the term of an affiliation agreement with provisions for advance notices and right of termination by the station in the event of a reduction in such payments. Although network affiliation agreements have historically been renewed by the Company and the respective networks, the Company can not guarantee that any agreements will be renewed in the future under their current terms. Network compensation has declined in recent years at certain of the Company’s television stations reflecting an ongoing phase out of network compensation. See the Broadcasting Summary table above for each of the Company’s television stations network affiliations and the expiration date of the current affiliation agreements.

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Newspaper Publishing

     At December 31, 2002, the Company owned and operated five publications comprising four daily newspapers and an advertising shopper, located in the Southeast and Midwest. The percentage of total Company revenues contributed by the newspaper publishing segment was approximately 22%, 26% and 24% for each of the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

The Albany Herald

     The Albany Herald Publishing Company, Inc. (“The Albany Herald”), located in Albany, Georgia, publishes The Albany Herald, which is published seven days a week and serves southwest Georgia. The Albany Herald’s circulation approximates 31,000 Sunday subscribers and 28,000 daily. The Albany Herald also produces a weekly advertising shopper and other niche publications.

Gwinnett Daily Post and Rockdale Citizen/Newton Citizen

     The Gwinnett Daily Post and Rockdale Citizen/Newton Citizen are newspapers that serve communities in the metro Atlanta, Georgia area with complete local news, sports and lifestyles coverage together with national stories that directly impact their local communities.

     The Gwinnett Daily Post is published Tuesday through Sunday and has a circulation of approximately 65,000 subscribers. The Gwinnett Daily Post is located northeast of Atlanta, Georgia in Gwinnett County, which has an estimated population of approximately 650,000. Since the purchase of the Gwinnett Daily Post in 1995, the frequency of publication has increased from three to six days per week and circulation has grown from 13,000 to 65,000 subscribers.

     Rockdale Citizen/Newton Citizen is published seven days per week with a circulation of approximately 15,000. In 2000, the Company began publication of the Newton Citizen for distribution into neighboring Newton County. The Rockdale Citizen is located in Conyers, Georgia, the county seat of Rockdale County, which is 19 miles east of downtown Atlanta. Rockdale County and Newton County’s combined population is estimated to be approximately 132,000.

The Goshen News

     The Goshen News is published seven days a week with a circulation of 17,000 and serves Goshen, Indiana and surrounding areas. The Goshen News also produces a weekly advertising shopper. Since the Company acquired The Goshen News in 1999, it has added a Sunday edition and converted the Saturday edition to morning delivery.

Industry Background

     Newspaper publishing is the oldest segment of the media industry and, as a result of the focus on local news, newspapers in general, remain an important media for local advertising. Newspaper advertising revenues are cyclical and have generally been affected by changes in national and regional economic conditions. Financial instability in the retail industry, including bankruptcies of larger retailers and consolidations among large retail chains can result in reduced retail advertising expenditures. Classified advertising, which makes up approximately one-third of newspaper advertising expenditures, can be affected by an economic slowdown and its effect on employment, real estate transactions and automotive sales. However, growth in housing starts (the number of residential building projects beginning in a specific period of time) and automotive sales, although cyclical in nature, generally provide continued growth in newspaper advertising expenditures. While the newspaper publishing

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industry is impacted by the economic cycles, it is not generally affected by the cyclical nature of political advertising revenue.

Pagers and Wireless Services

The Paging Business

     The paging business, acquired by the Company in September 1996, is based in Tallahassee, Florida and operates in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. In 2002, the Company’s paging operations had approximately 66,000 units in service compared to approximately 75,000 units in service in 2001. The percentage of total Company revenues contributed by the paging segment was approximately 4%, 6% and 5% for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

Additional Information on Business Segments

     Reference is made to Note K of notes to consolidated financial statements of the Company for additional financial and other information regarding business segments.

Competition

Television Industry

     Competition in the television industry exists on several levels: competition for audience, competition for programming (including news) and competition for advertisers. Additional factors that are material to a television station’s competitive position include signal coverage and assigned frequency.

     Audience. Stations compete for audience based on program popularity, which has a direct effect on advertising rates. A substantial portion of the daily programming on each of the Company’s stations is supplied by the network affiliate. During those periods, the stations are totally dependent upon the performance of the network programs to attract viewers. There can be no assurance that such programming will achieve or maintain satisfactory viewership levels in the future. Non-network time periods are programmed by the station with a combination of locally produced news, public affairs and other entertainment programming, including news and syndicated programs purchased for cash, cash and barter, or barter only.

     In addition, the development of methods of television transmission of video programming other than over-the-air broadcasting, and in particular cable television, has significantly altered competition for audience in the television industry. These other transmission methods can increase competition for a broadcasting station by bringing into its market distant broadcasting signals not otherwise available to the station’s audience and also by serving as a distribution system for non-broadcast programming.

     Other sources of competition include home entertainment systems, “wireless cable” services, satellite master antenna television systems, low power television stations, television translator stations, direct broadcast satellite (“DBS”) video distribution services and the internet.

     Programming. Competition for programming involves negotiating with national program distributors or syndicators that sell first-run and rerun packages of programming. Each station competes against the broadcast station competitors in its market for exclusive access to off-network reruns (such as Seinfeld) and first-run product (such as Entertainment Tonight). Competition exists for exclusive news stories and features as well. Cable systems generally do not compete with local stations for programming, although various national cable networks from time to time have acquired programs that would have otherwise been offered to local television stations.

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     Advertising. Advertising rates are based upon the size of the market in which the station operates, a station’s overall ratings, a program’s popularity among the viewers that an advertiser wishes to attract, the number of advertisers competing for the available time, the demographic makeup of the market served by the station, the availability of alternative advertising media in the market area, aggressive and knowledgeable sales forces and the development of projects, features and programs that tie advertiser messages to programming. Advertising revenues comprise the primary source of revenues for the Company’s stations. The Company’s stations compete for such advertising revenues with other television stations and other media in their respective markets. The stations also compete for advertising revenue with other media, such as newspapers, radio stations, magazines, outdoor advertising, transit advertising, yellow page directories, direct mail, internet and local cable systems. Competition for advertising dollars in the broadcasting industry occurs primarily within individual markets.

Newspaper Industry

     The Company’s newspapers compete for advertisers with a number of other media outlets, including magazines, radio, television and the internet, as well as other newspapers, which also compete for readers with the Company’s publications. One of the Company’s newspaper competitors is significantly larger than the Company and operates in two of its newspaper markets. The Company differentiates its publications from the other newspaper by focusing on local news and local sports coverage in order to compete with its larger competitor. The Company clearly identifies the markets it wishes to target and seeks to become the primary source for local news and advertising information within those markets.

Paging Industry

     The paging industry is highly competitive. Companies in the industry compete on the basis of price, coverage area offered to subscribers, available services offered in addition to basic numeric or tone paging, transmission quality, system reliability and customer service. The Company’s paging services also compete with other wireless communications services such as cellular service. The Company competes by maintaining competitive pricing of its product and service offerings, by providing quality, reliable transmission networks and by furnishing subscribers a superior level of customer service.

Federal Regulation of the Company’s Business

Television Broadcasting

     Existing Regulation. Television broadcasting is subject to the jurisdiction of the FCC under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Communications Act”) and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the “Telecommunications Act”). The Communications Act prohibits the operation of television broadcasting stations except under a license issued by the FCC and empowers the FCC, among other things, to issue, revoke and modify broadcasting licenses, determine the locations of stations, regulate the equipment used by stations, adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of the Communications Act and the Telecommunications Act and impose penalties for violation of such regulations. The Communications Act prohibits the assignment of a license or the transfer of control of a licensee without prior approval of the FCC.

     License Grant and Renewal. Television broadcasting licenses generally are granted or renewed for a period of eight years but may be renewed for a shorter period upon a finding by the FCC that the “public interest, convenience, and necessity” would be served thereby. Broadcast licenses are of paramount importance to the Company’s Television Broadcasting segment. The Telecommunications Act requires a broadcast license to be renewed if the FCC finds that: (i) the station has served the public interest, convenience and necessity; (ii) there have been no serious violations of either the Communications Act or the FCC’s rules and regulations by the licensee; and (iii) there have been no other violations which, taken together, would constitute a pattern of abuse. At the time an application is made for renewal of a

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television license, parties in interest may file petitions to deny, and such parties, including members of the public, may comment upon the service the station has provided during the preceding license term and urge denial of the application. If the FCC finds that the licensee has failed to meet the above-mentioned requirements, it could deny the renewal application or grant a conditional approval, including renewal for a lesser term. The FCC will not consider competing applications contemporaneously with a renewal application. Only after denying a renewal application can the FCC accept and consider competing applications for the license. Although in substantially all cases broadcast licenses are renewed by the FCC even when petitions to deny are filed against broadcast license renewal applications, there can be no assurance that the Company’s stations’ licenses will be renewed. The Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that could prevent the renewal of the licenses for its stations at the end of their respective license terms. See the dates through which the current licenses are effective in the Broadcasting Summary table above.

     Multiple Ownership Restrictions. Currently, the FCC has rules that limit the ability of individuals and entities to own or have an ownership interest above a certain level (an “attributable” interest, as defined more fully below) in broadcast stations, as well as other mass media entities. As discussed below, however, a number of these rules have been challenged successfully in the courts, and those still in effect are the subject of a pending FCC rulemaking proceeding.

     The current rules limit the number of broadcast stations that may be owned both on a national and a local basis. On a national basis, the rules preclude any individual or entity from having an attributable interest in television stations whose aggregate audience reach exceeds 35% of the total national audience. Owners of television stations that have an attributable interest in another TV station in the same Nielsen DMA, or that operate a satellite station in the same market, do not have to include those additional same-market outlets in calculating their aggregate television audience reach. A station owner with an attributable interest in a station in a separate market (including time-brokered local marketing agreements (“LMAs”) and satellite stations), however, must count that additional audience as part of its national aggregate audience.

     On a local basis, in an August 1999 decision, as modified by a January 2001 order on reconsideration, the FCC revised its local market television ownership rules, permitting station owners to realize the efficiencies of certain types of common ownership. The FCC currently allows the common ownership of two television stations without regard to broadcast signal contour overlap if the stations are in separate DMAs. The FCC continues to allow common ownership of two stations in the same DMA if their Grade B contours do not overlap. Entities also now are permitted to own two television stations within the same DMA if eight full-power independently owned television stations (commercial and noncommercial) will remain post-merger, and one of the co-owned stations is not among the top four-ranked stations in the market based on Nielsen audience share ratings. In order for a television station to count toward the minimum number of independent stations necessary for FCC approval of a proposed duopoly, its Grade B signal contour must overlap the Grade B signal contour of at least one of the TV stations involved in the proposed combination. The common ownership of two television stations in the same market with an overlapping contour also is permitted under the FCC’s waiver policy where the same-market licensee is the only reasonably available buyer and the station purchased is a “failed station” (either off the air for at least four months prior to the waiver application or involved in involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings) or a “failing” station (having a low audience share and financially struggling during the previous several years). In addition, a waiver of the FCC’s ownership restrictions is possible if the applicant for waiver can show that the combination will result in the construction of a previously unbuilt station. The FCC also substantially modified its rules implementing TV-radio cross-ownership restrictions (the so-called “one-to-a-market” rule). Depending upon the particular circumstances an entity may own up to two television stations and six radio stations or one television station and seven radio stations in a market.

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     On February 19, 2002, in response to appeals filed by Time Warner and three of the national broadcast television networks, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a ruling vacating the cable/broadcast cross-ownership rule (which effectively prohibited joint ownership of a broadcast television station and cable system in the same market) and remanding the national television station ownership cap to the FCC for further proceedings.

     Sinclair Broadcast Group filed a separate appeal in federal court, contending that the requirement that eight independent voices exist in a market before the FCC will permit a TV duopoly violates the First Amendment. On April 2, 2002, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit remanded the television duopoly rule to the FCC for further reconsideration, finding that it had failed to show that it was not arbitrary and capricious to exclude non-television media from the “eight-voices test” used to determine the permissibility of television duopolies.

     In response to these federal appeals court decisions finding that the FCC had failed to adequately justify certain of its media ownership rules, on September 23, 2002 the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking initiating a comprehensive review (the “Omnibus Ownership Rulemaking proceeding”) of its media ownership rules (with the exception of the cable/broadcast cross-ownership rule, which, as noted above, was vacated by the D.C. Circuit). The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which was released in conjunction with the Commission’s 2002 biennial review,¹ commenced a review of four of the agency’s existing rules: the television duopoly rule; the radio/television cross-ownership rule; the national television ownership cap; and the dual network rule.²

     The Omnibus Ownership Rulemaking proceeding also addresses two rules that are the subject of pending rulemaking proceedings: the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership ban;³ and the local radio ownership rule.

     Comments in the Omnibus Ownership Rulemaking proceeding were due by January 2, 2003; Reply Comments by February 3, 2003. The FCC has indicated its intention to conclude this proceeding by June 2003.

     Expansion of the Company’s broadcast operations in particular areas and nationwide will continue to be subject to the FCC’s ownership rules and any changes the FCC or Congress may adopt. Any relaxation of the FCC’s ownership rules may increase the level of competition in one or more of the markets in which the Company’s stations are located, particularly to the extent that the Company’s competitors may have greater resources and thereby be in a better position to capitalize on such changes.

     Under the FCC’s ownership rules, a direct or indirect purchaser of certain types of securities of the Company could violate FCC regulations if that purchaser owned or acquired an “attributable” or “meaningful” interest in other media properties in the same areas as stations owned by the Company or in a manner otherwise prohibited by the FCC. All officers and directors of a licensee and its direct or

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indirect parent(s), as well as general partners, uninsulated limited partners or members of a limited liability company and stockholders who own 5% or more of the voting power of the outstanding common stock of a licensee (either directly or indirectly), generally will be deemed to have an “attributable” interest in the licensee. Certain institutional investors, which exert no control or influence over a licensee, may own up to 20% of the voting power of the outstanding common stock before attribution occurs.

     The FCC revised its broadcast ownership attribution rules. The FCC’s attribution rules now include a new “equity/debt plus” attribution rule that functions in addition to the current attribution rules. Under the new rule, a holder of a financial interest, whether equity or debt or both, of 33% of licensee’s total assets will have an attributable interest in that licensee if it is either a major program supplier to that licensee (supplying more than 15% of a station’s total weekly broadcast programming hours) or if it is a same media market entity (including broadcasters, cable operators and newspapers). All stock, including common and preferred, voting and nonvoting stock, will be counted toward the 33% threshold. Time brokerage of another television station in the same market (including LMAs) for more than 15% of the brokered station’s broadcast hours per week will result in the attribution of the time brokerage arrangement. Except for certain LMAs, any interest acquired on or after November 7, 1996, is subject to the FCC’s revised ownership and attribution rules.

     In addition, the FCC in January 2001 made several minor changes to its attribution rules. Most significantly, the FCC eliminated the single majority shareholder exception, which had deemed the interests of minority shareholders in corporations in which a single shareholder owns more than 50 percent of the voting stock of the corporation to be non-attributable. The FCC’s decision to eliminate the single majority shareholder exemption in the broadcast context has been called into question, however, by a March 2001 D.C. Circuit ruling, which reversed and remanded the FCC’s decision to eliminate the corresponding exemption for purposes of the cable attribution rules. In light of the D.C. Circuit’s decision, the FCC issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in September 2001 to review the single majority shareholder exemption in both the cable and broadcast contexts. In addition, the FCC separately issued an order suspending enforcement of the elimination of the exemption for the broadcast industry pending resolution of that proceeding.

     To the best of the Company’s knowledge, no officer, director or 5% stockholder of the Company currently holds an attributable interest in another television station, radio station, cable television system or daily newspaper that is inconsistent with the FCC’s ownership rules and policies or with ownership by the Company of its stations.

     Alien Ownership Restrictions. The Communications Act restricts the ability of foreign entities or individuals to own or hold interests in broadcast licenses. Foreign governments, representatives of foreign governments, non-citizens, representatives of non-citizens, and corporations or partnerships organized under the laws of a foreign nation are barred from holding broadcast licenses. Non-citizens, collectively, may directly or indirectly own or vote up to 20% of the capital stock of a licensee. In addition, a broadcast license may not be granted to or held by any corporation that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by any other corporation more than one-fourth of whose capital stock is owned or voted by non-citizens or their representatives or by foreign governments or their representatives, or by non-U.S. corporations if the FCC finds that the public interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such license. The Company has been advised that the FCC staff has interpreted this provision of the Communications Act to require an affirmative public interest finding before a broadcast license may be granted to or held by any such corporation and the FCC has made such an affirmative finding only in limited circumstances. The Company, which serves as a holding company for wholly-owned subsidiaries that are licensees for its stations, therefore may be restricted from having more than one-fourth of its stock owned or voted directly or indirectly by non-citizens, foreign governments, representatives of non-citizens or foreign governments, or foreign corporations.

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     Recent Developments. Congress has recently enacted legislation and the FCC currently has under consideration or is implementing new regulations and policies regarding a wide variety of matters that could affect, directly or indirectly, the operation and ownership of the Company’s broadcast properties. In addition to the proposed changes noted above, such matters include, for example, spectrum use fees, political advertising, cable carriage of digital television signals and viewing of distant network signals by direct broadcast satellite services. Other matters that could affect the Company’s broadcast properties include technological innovations and developments generally affecting competition in the mass communications industry, such as the rapid growth of direct broadcast satellite service and the continued establishment of wireless cable systems and low power television stations.

     In response to two decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the FCC suspended its former equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) rules. On November 7, 2002, however, the FCC adopted new EEO rules requiring licensees to widely disseminate information about job openings to all segments of the community and periodically disclose details concerning recruiting and outreach activities. Those rules went into effect on March 10, 2003.

     The 1992 Cable Act. On October 5, 1992, Congress enacted the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (the “1992 Cable Act”). The FCC implemented the requirements of the 1992 Cable Act. Certain statutory provisions, such as signal carriage and retransmission consent requirements, have a direct effect on television broadcasting. Other provisions are focused exclusively on the regulation of cable television but can still be expected to have an indirect effect on the Company because of the competition between over-the-air television stations and cable systems.

     The signal carriage, or “must carry,” provisions of the 1992 Cable Act require cable operators to carry the signals of local commercial and non-commercial television stations and certain low power television stations. Systems with 12 or fewer usable activated channels and more than 300 subscribers must carry the signals of at least three local commercial television stations. A cable system with more than 12 usable activated channels, regardless of the number of subscribers, must carry the signals of all local commercial television stations, up to one-third of the aggregate number of usable activated channels of such system. The 1992 Cable Act also includes a retransmission consent provision that prohibits cable operators and other multi-channel video programming distributors from carrying broadcast stations without obtaining their consent in certain circumstances. The “must carry” and retransmission consent provisions are related in that a local television broadcaster, on a cable system-by-cable-system basis, must make a choice once every three years whether to proceed under the “must carry” rules or to waive that right to mandatory but uncompensated carriage and negotiate a grant of retransmission consent to permit the cable system to carry the station’s signal, in most cases in exchange for some form of consideration from the cable operator. Cable systems must obtain retransmission consent to carry all distant commercial stations other than certain “super stations” delivered via satellite. Under rules adopted to implement these “must carry” and retransmission consent provisions, local television stations are required to make an election of “must carry” or retransmission consent at three year intervals. Stations that fail to elect are deemed to have elected carriage under the “must carry” provisions. Other issues addressed in the FCC rules are market designations, the scope of retransmission consent and procedural requirements for implementing the signal carriage provisions. Each of the Company’s stations has elected “must carry” status on certain cable systems in its DMA. On other cable systems the Company’s stations have entered into retransmission consent agreements. These elections and agreements, when concluded, will entitle the Company’s stations to carriage on those systems until at least December 31, 2005.

     The 1992 Cable Act was amended in several important respects by the Telecommunications Act. Most notably, the Telecommunications Act repeals the cross-ownership ban between cable and telephone entities as well as the FCC’s former video dial-tone rules (permitting telephone companies to enter the video distribution services market under several new regulatory options). The Telecommunications Act also (a) eliminated the broadcast network/cable cross-ownership limitation and (b) lifted the statutory ban

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on TV/cable cross-ownership within the same market area. (The separate FCC regulatory restrictions on TV/cable cross-ownership have since been vacated, as discussed above).

     Digital Television Service. In December 1996, the FCC formally approved technical standards for digital advanced television (“DTV”). DTV is a flexible system that will permit broadcasters to utilize a single digital channel in various ways, including providing one channel of high-definition television programming with greatly enhanced image and sound quality or several channels of lower-definition television programming (“multicasting”), and is capable of accommodating subscription video and data services. Broadcasters may offer a combination of services, so long as they transmit at least one stream of free video programming on the DTV channel. The FCC has assigned to each existing full power television station (including each station owned by the Company) a second channel to implement DTV while present television operations are continued on that station’s existing analog channel. Although in some cases a station’s DTV channel may only permit operation over a smaller geographic service area than that available using its existing channel, the FCC’s stated goal in assigning channels was to provide stations with DTV service areas that will replicate their existing service areas. The FCC’s DTV rules also permit stations to request new channel assignments and other modifications to their assigned DTV facilities, allowing them to expand their DTV service areas if certain interference criteria are met. Under FCC rules and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, station owners may be required to surrender one channel in 2006 and thereafter provide service solely in the DTV format. Generally, under current FCC rules each of the Company’s stations was required to construct DTV facilities and commence operations by May 2002. Today, 13 of the Company’s stations are on the air with a digital signal; the remaining stations have received extensions of the May 2002 construction deadline.

     In November 1998, the FCC issued a decision to implement the requirement of the Telecommunications Act that it charge broadcasters a fee for offering subscription services on the DTV channel. The FCC decision was to impose a fee of 5% of the gross revenues generated by such services. The FCC also is considering whether and how to extend cable systems’ obligations for mandatory carriage of broadcast stations’ DTV channels. Finally, the FCC is considering additional public interest obligations on broadcasters’ digital operations. The FCC has asked for comment on four general categories of issues: (1) the application of television stations’ public interest obligations to the new flexibility and capabilities of digital television, such as multiple channel transmission; (2) how television stations could best serve their communities in terms of providing their viewers information on their public interest activities, as well as the use of digital technology to provide emergency information in new ways; (3) how DTV broadcasters could increase access to television programming by people with disabilities, and also further the longstanding legislative and regulatory goals of diversity; and (4) whether broadcasters could enhance the quality of political discourse through use of the airwaves for political issues and debate.

     In January 2001, the FCC issued a preliminary order addressing the must-carry rights of digital television broadcasters in which it determined the following:

	(i)		Digital-only television stations may immediately assert carriage rights on local cable systems;
	(ii)		Television stations that return their analog spectrum and convert to digital operations are entitled to must-carry rights; and
	(iii)		A digital-only station asserting must-carry rights is entitled only to carriage of a single programming stream and other “program-related” content, regardless of the number of programs it broadcasts simultaneously on its digital spectrum.

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Act, dual carriage obligations would appear to impose an unconstitutional burden on a cable operator’s First Amendment rights. The FCC is also considering whether rules for carriage of digital television signals by cable system operators should also apply to direct broadcast satellite operators.

     Several parties have filed petitions for reconsideration of the FCC’s DTV must-carry decision. Those petitions remain pending before the FCC, and we cannot predict what changes, if any, the FCC will make to its DTV must-carry rules on reconsideration.

     Direct Broadcasting Satellite Systems. The FCC has authorized DBS, a service which provides video programming via satellite directly to home subscribers. Congress has enacted the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (“SHVIA”) that gives satellite companies the option of providing local broadcast stations to subscribers living in the station’s local market area. This is referred to as “local-into-local.”

     Beginning January 1, 2002 DBS operators became subject to a requirement for mandatory carriage of local television stations, similar to that applicable to cable systems, for those markets in which a satellite carrier chooses to provide any local signal. Stations in affected markets were required to make must-carry elections by July 2001. SHVIA also extended the current system of satellite distribution of distant network signals to unserved households (i.e. those that do not receive a Grade B signal from a local network affiliate). In response to a challenge to certain provisions of SHVIA, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the requirement that DBS operators carry the signal of all local television stations in markets where they elect to carry any local signals. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review that decision. The Fourth Circuit also upheld an FCC rule that permits DBS operators to offer all local television stations on a single tier or an a la carte basis. The rule allows consumers to choose between the two options.

     In response to broadcasters’ July 2001 elections, DBS operators issued a large number of carriage denial letters, prompting the FCC to issue an order in September 2001 clarifying the DBS mandatory carriage rules. In particular, the FCC emphasized that a satellite carrier must have a “reasonable basis” for rejecting a broadcast station’s request for carriage. The Company cannot predict the impact of DBS service upon the Company’s business. It has, however, entered a retransmission consent agreement with EchoStar for the retransmission of its television stations’ signals into the local markets that they serve.

Paging

     Federal Regulation. The Company’s paging operations, acquired by the Company in September 1996, are subject to regulation by the FCC under the Communications Act. The FCC has issued the Company licenses to use the radio frequencies necessary to conduct its paging operations.

     License Grant and Renewal. The FCC paging licenses issued to the Company are for varying terms of up to 10 years, at the end of which renewal applications must be granted by the FCC. The Company holds various FCC radio licenses which are used in connection with its paging operations. The Company’s paging licenses will expire during calendar year 2009. Licensees in the paging services normally enjoy a license renewal expectancy and the vast majority of license renewal applications are granted in the normal course. Although the Company is unaware of any circumstances which could prevent the grant of renewal applications, no assurance can be given that any of the Company’s licenses will be free of competing applications or will be renewed by the FCC. Furthermore, the FCC has the authority to restrict the operations of licensed facilities or to revoke or modify licenses. None of the Company’s licenses has ever been revoked or modified involuntarily.

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Employees

     As of March 1, 2003, the Company had 2,147 full-time employees, of which 1,746 were employees of the Company’s television stations and satellite business, 327 were employees of the Company’s publications, 55 were employees of the Company’s paging operations and 19 were corporate and administrative personnel. The Company has 235 employees that are represented by unions. The Company believes that its relations with its employees are satisfactory.

Available Information

     The Company’s Internet address is http://www.graytvinc.com. We make the following reports filed by the Company available, free of charge, on our website under the heading “SEC Filings”:

	•		Annual reports on Form 10-K;
	•		Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q;
	•		Current reports on Form 8-K; and
	•		Amendments to the foregoing reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13 (a) or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act.

     The foregoing reports are made available on the Company’s website as soon as practicable after they are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 2. Properties

     The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 4370 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia, 30319.

     The types of properties required to support television stations include offices, studios, transmitter sites and antenna sites. A station’s studios are generally housed with its offices in business districts. The transmitter sites and antenna are generally located in elevated areas to provide optimal signal strength and coverage. The types of properties required to support newspaper publishing include offices, facilities for printing presses and production and storage. Paging properties include leased retail, office and tower space.

     The following table sets forth certain information regarding the Company’s properties.

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Publishing

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

     The Company is not a party to any legal proceedings in which an adverse outcome would have a material adverse effect, either individually or in the aggregate, upon the Company except as described below.

Income Tax Matter

     In October 2001, the Company received a notice of deficiency from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) with respect to its 1996 and 1998 federal income tax returns. The notice of deficiency alleges that the Company recognized a significant amount of taxable gain from the sale of certain assets in 1996 in connection with a business acquisition from First American Media, Inc. The notice of deficiency also alleges that the Company’s 1996 acquisition of certain assets from First American Media, Inc. should be characterized for tax purposes as an acquisition of stock. If both of these claims were successful, the Company would owe approximately $12.1 million of additional federal income tax with respect to its 1996 and 1998 taxable years, plus related interest and penalties and, the tax basis of the acquired assets would be significantly reduced. On January 18, 2002, the Company filed a petition to contest the matter in the United States Tax Court.

     On February 19, 2003 the IRS and the Company filed a stipulation with the Tax Court acknowledging that the IRS has withdrawn its claim relating to the taxable gain alleged to have been recognized by the Company from the sale of certain assets in 1996. This withdrawn claim accounted for virtually all of the $12.1 million tax liability in dispute before the Tax Court.

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successful, the tax basis of such assets acquired in 1996 would be reduced by approximately $166 million and the reduction in tax basis would significantly reduce the Company’s tax deductions for depreciation and amortization with respect to the acquired assets. Nevertheless, because of the Company’s available federal net operating losses, the Company would not owe any additional cash income tax payments for the tax years ending at least through December 31, 2002 in the event of an adverse ruling from the Tax Court. The Company believes it has a meritorious position with respect to this issue and intends to defend the IRS claim vigorously. However, the Company cannot be certain when, and if, this matter will be resolved in its favor, and if it is not, the Company might incur additional cash taxes in future years.

Tarzian

     As previously discussed in “Acquisitions, Investments and Divestitures” under Item 1 of this annual report, the Company has an equity investment in Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. (“Tarzian”) representing shares of Tarzian which were originally held by the estate of Mary Tarzian (the “Estate”). As described more fully below, our ownership of the Tarzian shares is subject to certain litigation.

     On February 12, 1999, Tarzian filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana against U.S. Trust Company of Florida Savings Bank as Personal Representative of the Estate, claiming that Tarzian had a binding and enforceable contract to purchase the Tarzian shares from the Estate. On February 3, 2003, the Court entered judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Tarzian for breach of contract and awarding Tarzian $4.0 million in damages. The Estate has filed a renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law, and alternatively, for a new trial on the issue of liability. Tarzian has filed a motion to amend the judgment, requesting that the court award Tarzian specific performance of the contract and title to the Tarzian shares, or, in the alternative, award pre-judgment interest on the $4.0 million damage award. The Company cannot predict when the final resolution of this litigation will occur.

     On March 7, 2003, Tarzian filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against Bull Run and the Company for tortious interference with contract and conversion. The lawsuit alleges that Bull Run and Gray purchased the Tarzian shares with actual knowledge that Tarzian had a binding agreement to purchase the stock from the Estate. The lawsuit seeks damages in an amount equal to the liquidation value of the interest in Tarzian that the stock represents, which Tarzian claims to be as much as $75 million, as well as attorneys’ fees, expenses, and punitive damages. The lawsuit also seeks an order requiring the Company and Bull Run to turn over the stock certificates to Tarzian and relinquish all claims to the stock. The stock purchase agreement with the Estate would permit the Company to make a claim against the Estate in the event that title to the Tarzian Shares is ultimately awarded to Tarzian. The Company has not filed an answer or other responsive pleading in the lawsuit; however, the Company believes it has meritorious defenses and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. The Company cannot predict when the final resolution of this litigation will occur.

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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a vote of Security Holders

     No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders of the Company during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered.

Item 4.1. Executive Officers of the Registrant

     Set forth below is certain information with respect to the executive officers of the Company as of March 17, 2003:

     J. Mack Robinson, age 79, has been our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since September 2002. Prior to that, he was our President and Chief Executive Officer since 1996. He has served as one of our directors since 1993. He is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of our board of directors. Mr. Robinson has served as Chairman of the Board of Bull Run, one of our principal stockholders, since 1994, Chairman of the Board and President of Delta Life Insurance Company and Delta Fire and Casualty Insurance Company since 1958, President of Atlantic American Corporation, an insurance holding company, from 1988 until 1995 and Chairman of the Board of Atlantic American Corporation since 1974. Mr. Robinson also serves as a director of the following companies: Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Company, American Independent Life Insurance Company, Georgia Casualty & Surety Company, American Southern Insurance Company and American Safety Insurance Company. He is a director emeritus of Wachovia Corporation. Mr. Robinson is the husband of Mrs. Harriett J. Robinson and the father-in-law of Mr. Hilton H. Howell, Jr., both members of our board of directors.

     Hilton H. Howell, Jr., age 41, has been our Vice Chairman since September 2002. Prior to that, he was our Executive Vice President since September 2000. He has served as one of our directors since 1993. He is a member of the Executive Committee of our board of directors. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic American Corporation, an insurance holding company, since 1995 and Executive Vice President from 1992 to 1995. He has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Delta Life Insurance Company and Delta Fire and Casualty Insurance Company since 1991, and Vice Chairman of Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Company and Georgia Casualty & Surety Company since 1992. He has been a director, Vice President and Secretary of Bull Run, one of our principal stockholders, since 1994. Mr. Howell also serves as a director of the following companies: Atlantic American Corporation, Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Company, Delta Life Insurance Company, Delta Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, Georgia Casualty & Surety Company, American Southern Insurance Company, American Safety Insurance Company, Association Casualty Insurance Company and Association Risk Management General Agency. He is the son-in-law of J. Mack Robinson and Harriett J. Robinson, both members of our board of directors.

     Robert S. Prather, Jr., age 59, has served as our President and Chief Operating Officer since September 2002. Prior to that, he served as our Executive Vice President — Acquisitions since 1996. He has served as one of our directors since 1993. He is a member of the Executive Committee of our board of directors. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Bull Run, one of our principal stockholders, since 1992. He serves as a director of Swiss Army Brands, Inc. and The Morgan Group, Inc. and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority.

     James C. Ryan, age 42, has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2002. Prior to that, he was our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since October 1998. He was the Chief Financial Officer of Busse Broadcasting Corporation from 1987 until we acquired it in 1998.

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     Robert A. Beizer, age 63, has served as our Vice President for Law and Development and Secretary since 1996. From June 1994 to February 1996 he was of counsel to Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, a law firm, in its regulatory and legislative practice group. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Beizer was a partner in the law firm of Sidley & Austin and was head of their communications practice group in Washington, D.C. He is a past president of the Federal Communications Bar Association and has served as a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates.

     Thomas J. Stultz, age 51, has served as our Vice President and President of our Publishing Division since 1996. Prior to joining us, he served as Vice President of Multimedia Newspaper Company, a division of Multimedia, Inc. from 1988 to 1995, having responsibility for developing and coordinating Multimedia’s newspaper marketing initiatives and directly supervising several Multimedia daily and non-daily publications. Mr. Stultz has approximately 32 years of experience in the newspaper industry.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

     The Company’s common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”), and its class A common stock, no par value (the “Class A Common Stock”), have been listed and traded on The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) since September 24, 1996 and June 30, 1995, respectively. On August 30, 2002, the Company changed its ticker symbols to “GTN” from “GCS.B” for its Common Stock and to “GTN.A” from “GCS” for its Class A Common Stock. Prior to September 16, 2002, the Common Stock was named class B common stock.

     The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock and the Class A Common Stock as well as the cash dividend declared for the periods indicated. The high and low sales prices of the Common Stock and the Class A Common Stock are as reported by the NYSE.

     As of March 17, 2003, the Company had 43,525,984 outstanding shares of Common Stock held by approximately 714 stockholders and 6,848,467 outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock held by approximately 846 stockholders. The number of stockholders includes stockholders of record and individual participants in security position listings as furnished to the Company pursuant to Rule 17Ad-8 under the Exchange Act.

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Common Stock is entitled to one vote and each share of Class A Common Stock is entitled to 10 votes. The Articles of Incorporation require that the Common Stock and the Class A Common Stock receive dividends on a pari passu basis. There can be no assurance of the Company’s ability to continue to pay any dividends on either class of common stock.

     The senior credit facility and the Company’s 9 1/4% Notes due 2011 each contain covenants that restrict the ability of the Company to pay dividends on its capital stock. However, the Company does not believe that such covenants currently limit its ability to pay dividends at the recent quarterly rate of $0.02 per share. In addition to the foregoing, the declaration and payment of dividends on the Common Stock and the Class A Common Stock are subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors. Any future payments of dividends will depend on the earnings and financial position of the Company and such other factors as the Board of Directors deems relevant. See Note C. Long-term Debt accompanying the Company’s consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein for further discussion of restrictions on the Company’s ability to pay dividends.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

     See “Item 12 — Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management — Equity Compensation Plan Information” for disclosure regarding the Company’s equity compensation plans.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

     On April 22, 2002, the Company issued $40 million (4,000 shares) of redeemable and convertible preferred stock to a group of private investors. The preferred stock was designated as Series C Preferred Stock and has a liquidation value of $10,000 per share. The sale issuance of the Series C Preferred Stock was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act because it was a transaction by an issuer that did not involve a public offering.

     The Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $14.39 per share subject to certain adjustments. The Series C Preferred Stock will be redeemable at the Company’s option on or after April 22, 2007 and will be subject to mandatory redemption on April 22, 2012 at liquidation value. Dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock will accrue at 8% per annum until April 22, 2009 after which the dividend rate shall be 8.5% per annum. Dividends, when declared by the Company’s board of directors may be paid at the Company’s option in cash or additional shares of Series C Preferred Stock.

     As part of the transaction, holders of the Company’s Series A and Series B Preferred Stock have exchanged all of the outstanding shares of each respective series, an aggregate fair value of approximately $8.6 million, for an equal number of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock. The excess of the $8.6 million liquidation value of the Series A and Series B Preferred Stock over its carrying value of $4.6 million was charged to retained earnings upon the exchange in April 2002. Upon closing this transaction, the Series C Preferred Stock is the only currently outstanding preferred stock of the Company.

     Net cash proceeds approximated $30.6 million, after transaction fees and expenses and excluding the value of the Series A and Series B Preferred Stock exchanged into the Series C Preferred Stock. The Company used the net cash proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings of $13.5 million under the Company’s revolving credit facility and used the remaining net cash proceeds for other general corporate purposes.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

     Set forth below is certain selected historical consolidated financial data of the Company. This information should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere herein and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”