View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz Former Gray Television Exec Buying New York TV Station By Kevin Eck on Oct. 23, 2013 - 5:03 PM A company headed by Robert S. Prather, Sr. is buying Utica NBC affiliate WKTV for $16 million. Prather left Gray Television as president and COO in June. According to the FCC filing, Prather is the managing member of Heartland Med ...