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Lisa Allen and Gray Television Welcome Senate Press Secretaries Association to New Capitol Hill Bureau, Studios

June 19, 2023 By WHC Insider

Gray Television’s Washington Bureau hosted a reception on Wednesday, June 7 at their new Capitol Hill studios for members of the Senate Press Secretaries Association (SPSA), a bipartisan forum for U.S. Senate communications directors and press secretaries.

Tom Brandt, SPSA co-chair and Deputy Chief of Staff for Sen. Jerry Moran, delivers remarks alongside Lisa Allen, Gray TV’s Vice President & General Manager of Washington Operations

SPSA guests mingled with Gray TV anchors, reporters, and producers, learning more about Gray TV and their new 24/7 streaming platform, Local News Live. Guests were also treated to behind the scenes VIP tours of the D.C. bureau’s studios. 

Grace Newton, Deputy Press Secretary for Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), poses during a Local News Live studio tour with a mic from Gray’s WLOX station in Biloxi, Mississippi

Lisa Allen, Gray TV’s Vice President & General Manager of Washington Operations, and SPSA co-chair Tom Brandt, who is Deputy Chief of Staff for Sen. Jerry Moran, delivered remarks highlighting the power of Gray TV’s national reach into local markets, providing Senate offices with a direct line to their constituents across the country.

In addition to Brandt, guests included Senate Press Secretaries Association members from both sides of the aisle including Rachel Skaar, Angela Lingg, Eric Fejer, Kaily Grabemann, Ryan DuRant, Sarafina Chitika, Stephanie Penn, Grace Newton, and Stacey Daniels. 

Attendees from Gray Television and Local News Live included Lisa Allen, Priscilla Huff, Peter Zampa, Tyler Smith, Jamie Bittner, Brendan Cullerton, Molly Martinez, Josh Rultenberg, Jon Decker, Annie Anderson,  Stetson Miller, LNL News Director Kyle Rogers, anchors Debra Alfarone, Nicole Neuman, Camila Rueda, Ryan Piers and Graham Ulkins, and Sandra Brogan, Chelsea Gowdy, Vance Brinkley, Eddie Callahan, Julie Katz, Sarah Konsmo and Jon Sarver Jr. 

For additional photos from the reception, click here.

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