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PUBLIC
EYE FEATURE STORY
Gray
Matter
Channel 9 anchor appreciates ‘brainy’ and ‘discerning’
supporters
Interview by Felix Winternitz
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Clyde
Grey
Photo: Jymi Bolden
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For two decades,
Clyde Gray has been reporting and anchoring television newscasts
in Cincinnati. He’s also become a mainstay of the Best of
Cincinnati Readers Picks.
For the past five years — including 2004 — you’ve
voted Gray your favorite local TV news anchor.
“I deeply appreciate that,” Gray says of the continued
top vote. “Any time a group of people as savvy and intelligent
as the readers of CityBeat vote for me, it means a great deal.”
The win is the second piece of good news for Gray this month. Earlier
in March, his station, WCPO-TV (Channel 9), topped the A.C. Nielsen
numbers. The rankings showed Channel 9 the local ratings leader
for early evening news for the third sweeps period in a row and
in second place for the 11 p.m. nightly news. (With the entry of
Channel 64’s newscast, there are now five local newscasts
at either 10 or 11 each night, making for brisk competition.)
What does Gray account for his popularity?
“The CityBeat audience tends to be more civically involved
and brainy and more discerning in their choice,” he says.
“That’s a good thing.”
Gray is one of the former key players in Channel 9’s I-Team
investigative project, testifying before a number of Senate and
House hearings on his reports that exposed violations of state and
federal laws.
The newscaster, a native of Winston-Salem, N.C., has won two Emmys,
the Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Award and the Columbia University
DuPont Award. His newscast won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best
Newscast in the Nation. He’s a member of the Scripps-Howard
Foundation, the parent company’s charitable arm, and serves
on its board of trustees.
Prior to working in Cincinnati, Gray worked at television stations
in Baltimore and in North Carolina. He’s a speech communications
graduate of Wake Forest University. ©
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