Byron Allen ’s Allen Media Group , Inc. has sold 10 local TV stations to Gray Media for $171 million.

The deal, which Gray expects to close in the fourth quarter subject to regulatory approval and closing conditions, will bring Gray into three new local TV markets: Columbus-Tupelo, Mississippi; Terre Haute, Indiana; and West Lafayette, Indiana. Per Gray, the sale is expected to “strengthen the company’s presence in the seven other markets by creating new duopolies that would allow Gray to preserve and deepen public service to their communities with expanded local news, local weather, and local sports programming.”

Local TV stations included in the deal are:

75 Huntsville, AL WAAY (ABC)

90 Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg WSIL (ABC)

109 Evansville, IN WEVV (CBS/FOX)

110 Ft. Wayn

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