Tegna, Seattle Kraken partner with Gray Media in Alaska

TEGNA Inc. (TGNA), The Seattle Kraken, and Gray Media (GTN) announced that Gray’s KAUU in Anchorage and KYEX in Juneau will expand the Kraken broadcast network into The Last Frontier. This follows the recent announcement that TEGNA will broadcast all locally available Kraken games, approximately 70 regular season games each year, on KING 5 and KONG in Seattle, KGW in Portland and KREM and KSKN in Spokane. Additional broadcast partners in Washington and Oregon are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. “Our partnership with the Kraken is all about their passionate fans and delivering more games to more people in more homes,” said Brad Ramsey, senior vice president, media operations, TEGNA. “We are thrilled with the early momentum we are seeing from advertisers and sponsors in Seattle, Portland, and Spokane, and grateful to our friends at Gray for helping us expand free over-the-air Kraken games beyond the continental United States.”