Media General Injunction Blocking Gray From Offering Local News, Gray Says
Media General’s injunction against Gray Television and Schurz over a Georgia joint sales agreement is blocking Gray from offering local news, Gray said in a news release Friday. Media General’s injunction order from the Richmond County, Georgia, Superior Court (see…
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1603100058) gives its WJBF Augusta control over programming on its JSA partner, Gray’s WAGT Augusta, Gray said. “Until WJBF surrenders control or a court dissolves the injunction,” Gray will “cooperate with the court order, which means that we cannot launch our new local newscasts on WAGT,” the release said. “Ever since the signing of the purchase contract, we have tried repeatedly yet unsuccessfully to obtain assistance from WJBF to ensure a smooth transition of WAGT and its employees to its new owner.” DOJ has said Media General's injunction is a violation of the Communications Act. Media General had no comment.