Gray Media says its national news brand Local News Live will produce its own Election Night special that will be helmed by a team of four anchors and with contributions from more than 110 of its local television newsrooms.
The special will stream live through the Local News Live app for Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV starting at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Election Day. It will also stream via more than 500 Gray Media-owned websites and on the Local News Live website.
The Local News Live Election Night special will be anchored by Debra Alfarone, Rasheeda Kabba, Graham Ulkins, and Camila Rueda from Gray Media’s Washington, D.C. bureau, and will feature contributions from reporters who are on the ground in 113 local TV markets, the company said. White House Correspondent Jon Decker will be embedded with the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, while Senior National Correspondent Peter Zampa will report live from the campaign headquarters of former President Donald Trump.
“Local News Live has the unique ability to tap into the expertise of Gray journalists across the U.S. to cover this historic election from the local perspective of communities and cities nationwide,” Gray’s Chief Operating Officer Sandy Breland said in a statement on Monday.
Local News Live will emphasize its correspondents in several key battleground states throughout the evening, including reporters who will be stationed in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. A “results desk” will offer real-time reports and analysis from national and local races across the country, and will focus on the balance of power in Congress and the White House as part of its tent pole coverage.
“The Local News Live and D.C. Bureau teams, combined with our reporting force in more than 100 markets, amount to the most complete coverage of national and regional races through a local lens,” said General Manager of Gray’s Washington Operations Lisa Allen.
