Gray Television, Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. Our total revenues of $827 million were strong as we begin an “on-year” of the two-year political advertising cycle. Importantly, our financial results exceeded our revenue and expense guidance issued for this quarter due in large part to faster than anticipated improvements in the operational performance across nearly all of our recently acquired television stations. In the first quarter of 2022 our core advertising revenue increased by 40%, our retransmission consent revenue increased by 59% and our political advertising revenue increased by 189%.

Due to the significant effect that material transactions have had on our results of our operations, we present the financial information herein consistent with both U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP” or “As Reported Basis”) and on a Combined Historical Basis (“CHB”), which incorporates certain historical results of acquired businesses, less the historical results of divested businesses. We also furnish certain other detailed non-GAAP metrics to provide more meaningful period-over-period comparisons to assist the public in its analysis and valuation of the Company. This additional information includes a summary of incremental expenses that were specific to our acquisitions, divestitures, and related financing activities (“Transaction Related Expenses”), non-cash stock-based compensation expenses and certain non-GAAP terms common in our industry.