Gray Accepts, Trone Declines Challenge Of WinStar Review

WinStar Communications is evaluating six contenders for its $15 million ad account, including one Southeast agency, Gray Kirk Vansant in Baltimore.
Other finalists seeking to replace incumbent Trone Advertising are: Holland Mark Edmund Ingalls, Boston; Tierney & Partners, Philadelphia; and Emmerling Post, Margeotes/Fertitta + Partners and Angotti, Thomas, Hedge, all New York.
A cut to three finalists is scheduled this week.
Trone of High Point, N.C., held the New York-based telecommunications and Internet account for seven years, but declined to defend.