Nexstar Media Group
 | |
| Formerly | Nexstar Broadcasting Group (1996–2017) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| Nasdaq: NXST | |
| Industry | Broadcast television |
| Predecessor | |
| Founded | June 17, 1996 Irving, Texas, U.S. |
| Founder | Perry A. Sook |
| Headquarters | Irving, Texas, U.S. |
Area served | United States (Nationwide) |
Key people | Perry A. Sook (Chairman, President and CEO) |
| Products | Television stations |
| Revenue |  $896,4 million USD (2015) |
| $17.5 million USD | |
| $83.6 million USD | |
| Owner | Shareholders (controlling) |
Number of employees | 2,230 (2011) |
| Divisions | Lakana |
| Website | nexstar |
Nexstar Media Group is a publicly traded American telecommunications company headquartered in Irving, Texas. The company's portfolio consists of 171 television stations across the U.S., most of whom are affiliates with the four "major" U.S. television networks located in small to medium-sized markets. It also operates all of the stations owned by an affiliated company, Mission Broadcasting, under local marketing agreements.[1][2]
History
 | This article is missing information about History and acquisitions of Nexstar. (September 2014) |
1996–2010: Formation
Nexstar Media Group was founded as the Nexstar Broadcasting Group on June 17, 1996.[3] The first television station bought by Nexstar was WYOU in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Nexstar bought WYOU from Diversified Communications. The sale was completed on September 28 of that year.[4] Nexstar promptly fired two beloved anchors and laid-off several long-term staff-members.[5] Nextar founder Perry Sook said that WYOU would be Nexstar's flagship station, keeping an office off the newsroom for years.[citation needed] In 1998, Nexstar purchased WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Because this was in the same market as WYOU, WYOU was 'sold' to Mission Broadcasting. This began the first ever 'Shared-services' agreement between stations. WYOU's sales staff was kept in Scranton while the production and news operations were moved to WBRE's offices in Wilkes-Barre. WYOU's staff who were not laid-off were fired by Nexstar, hired by Mission and eventually re-hired by Nexstar. Mission Broadcasting then paid Nexstar to operate and control the production and news gathering operations while Mission kept the sales and management team.[citation needed]
In 2003, Nexstar acquired Quorum Broadcasting (owner of 10 television stations).[6][7]
On March 20, 2009, Nexstar operated television stations that were owned by Four Points Media Group, through and outsourcing agreement. However, on September 8, 2011, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its intent of purchasing the Four Points stations outright and took over the MSA for the stations that October upon Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approval of the deal (the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave final approval of the group deal on December 21, and the Sinclair purchase of the Four Points stations was completed on January 1, 2012).[8]
2011: Retransmission consent dispute with Fox
In 2011, Nexstar and Fox entered into a dispute over terms of reverse compensation; this occurred as Fox began to aggressively seek shares of earnings from retransmission consent agreements with cable and satellite operators as part of affiliation agreement renewals between station groups with affiliates whose affiliation contracts already expired (and carrying the network's programming without a contractual agreement) or were near expiration. Reportedly, the amount from retransmission consent fees from cable and satellite operators that Fox wanted its affiliates to pay the network would be 25 cents per subscriber during the first year of the affiliation agreement, increasing to 50 cents by the fourth year.[9] President of affiliate sales and marketing for Fox, Mike Hopkins, had said earlier in the year that the network would consider moving its affiliation to another market station as a last resort, if existing affiliates did not agree to the terms for reverse compensation retrans sharing.[10]
Fox dropped its affiliation from Nexstar-owned/managed stations in four markets, with three of the replacement stations adding Fox in addition to existing affiliations with the MyNetworkTV program service (owned by Fox parent company News Corporation). In Indiana, two markets saw Fox go from a primary affiliation of one station to joining an existing MyNetworkTV-affiliated digital subchannel of a competing Big Three station, with MyNetworkTV going to a secondary affiliation: in Evansville, Fox moved from WTVW (which then became an independent station and later joined The CW) to a MyNetworkTV-affiliated subchannel of CBS affiliate WEVV-TV on July 1, while in Fort Wayne, the Fox affiliation moved from WFFT-TV to a MyNetworkTV-affiliated subchannel of NBC affiliate WISE-TV on August 1.[11] The network also moved its affiliation in Springfield, Missouri from KSFX-TV (operated in a duopoly with area CBS affiliate KOLR) to upstart MyNetworkTV affiliate KRBK on September 1, 2011, with both stations becoming Independents.[11] Nexstar chose to drop Fox from WFXW in Terre Haute, Indiana and re-affiliate with ABC on September 1, 2011 (becoming the only Nexstar station thus far to affiliate with another network following the removal of the Fox affiliation) as part of a long-term renewal agreement between Nexstar and ABC for the group's nine existing ABC stations, reversing a 1995 switch that saw Terre Haute losing over-the air carriage of ABC programs (since then, ABC has been seen in the market via Indianapolis affiliate WRTV on area cable and satellite providers);[12][13] the Fox affiliation then moved to a digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WTHI-TV which also added MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation. Nexstar's remaining Fox affiliates have since signed a renewal agreement through December 2013;[14] in addition, following the settlement of Nexstar's antitrust lawsuit against WISE-TV's then-owner Granite Broadcasting, WFFT-TV reclaimed the Fox affiliation on March 1, 2013.[15][16]
2012–2013: Acquisitions
In July 2012, Nexstar agreed to purchase 11 stations and Inergize Digital Media from Newport Television with two stations going to affiliate Mission Broadcasting.[17]
On April 24, 2013, Nexstar announced that it would acquire the entire group of Communications Corporation of America, KMSS-TV, KPEJ-TV, and most of the ComCorp-managed stations that are owned by White Knight Broadcasting would be sold to Mission Broadcasting while WEVV-TV and White Knight Broadcasting's KSHV-TV would be sold to a female-controlled company called Rocky Creek Communications, with Nexstar assuming operational control of those stations.[18]
On September 16, 2013, Nexstar announced that it would acquire WOI-DT, KCAU-TV, and WHBF-TV from Citadel Communications for $88 million. Nexstar immediately took over the stations' operations through a time brokerage agreement.[19] The deal followed Phil Lombardo's decision to "slow down," as well as a desire by Lynch Entertainment to divest its investments in WOI and WHBF; Citadel would continue to own KLKN, WLNE-TV, and its Sarasota properties.[20] On March 5, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of these stations to Nexstar outright and the deal was completed on March 13. KCAU continued to use Citadel's standardized news sets, graphics and logos.[citation needed]
On November 6, 2013, Nexstar announced that it would purchase the Grant stations for $87.5 million. Due to Federal Communications Commission ownership regulations, one of the stations, KLJB, was spun off to Marshall Broadcasting, but will be operated by Nexstar through a shared services agreement.[21] The sale was completed on December 1, 2014.[22]
2015–2017: Acquisition of Media General
On September 28, 2015, Nexstar announced that it presented an unsolicited offer to buy Media General for $4.1 billion (including debt). Per share, shareholders of Media General would receive $10.50 in cash and 0.0898 shares of Nexstar, a total equivalent of $14,50 per share. Nexstar's offer was seen by analysts as a maneuver to torpedo the merger of Media General with Meredith Corporation (announced on September 8). If Media General agreed to the counter-offer within a 20-day period, Nexstar would expand its portfolio to 114 television stations, pending spin-offs in markets where both own stations and federal approval.[23][24][25][26][27] On November 16, Media General rejected the offer but agreed to negotiate after concluding its merge with Meredith.[28]
On January 27, 2016, Media General announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Nexstar in a deal valued at $17.14 per-share, valuing the company at $4.6 billion plus the assumption of $2.3 billion debt. The combined company became known as Nexstar Media Group, and owns 171 stations, serving an estimated 39% of U.S. households. The company paid Meredith Corporation (whom Media General had previously proposed a merger with) a termination fee of $60 million, and gave Meredith right of first refusal to acquire any broadcast or digital properties that may be divested during the purchase. The deal also included contingent value rights for Media General shareholders if it sold spectrum from its stations during the FCC's spectrum incentive auction.[29][30]
On May 27, 2016, Nexstar announced the sales of five stations. WCWJ in Jacksonville, Florida, along with WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Virginia, was sold to the Graham Media Group, and KADN-TV, as well as KLAF-LD in Lafayette, Louisiana, was sold to Bayou City Broadcasting, with KREG-TV in Glenwood Springs, Colorado going to Marquee Broadcasting as part of a series of divestitures required following Nexstar's acquisition of Media General due to Federal Communications Commission ownership caps (the sale of the Roanoke and Lafayette stations are required as Media General and Nexstar both own stations in those markets).[31] On June 3, 2016, it was announced that Nexstar would spin-off WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin and KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa to Gray Television for $270 million.[32][33]
On June 13, 2016, Nexstar announced that it would sell WFFT in Fort Wayne, Indiana, KQTV in St. Joseph, Missouri, KIMT in Rochester, Minnesota, WTHI in Terre Haute, and WLFI in Lafayette, Indiana to Heartland Media, through its USA Television MidAmerica Holdings joint venture with MSouth Equity Partners, for $115 million. The divestitures will allow Nexstar to comply with FCC ownership rules (specifically pertaining to national market coverage for station owners) in advance of the approval proceedings of the merger of both groups (Nexstar already owns NBC affiliate WTWO and operates ABC affiliate WAWV-TV in Terre Haute, and plans to acquire Media General-owned CBS affiliate WANE-TV in Fort Wayne).[34] The transaction was approved by the FCC on January 11, 2017. And the sale was completed on January 17.[35]
2014–2017: Other events
On March 13, 2014, Nexstar announced that it would purchase Internet Broadcasting, for $20 million. The company had also recently acquired competitor Inergize Digital through its purchase of assets from Newport Television, followed by Enterprise Technology Group, a spun-out joint venture between LIN Media and Fox Television Stations). The providers were merged to form Lakana, led by former ETG CEO Phillip Hyun.[36][37][38][39]
On February 2, 2015, Nexstar finalized its acquisition of Yashi, a location focused video advertising and programmatic technology company, for $33 million.[40] On November 17, 2015, Nexstar announced its intent to purchase West Virginia Media Holdings' stations for $130 million. The company took over the stations' non-license assets under a time brokerage agreement in December 2015 pending the formal completion of the deal, expected in late 2016. The two companies viewed the acquisition as being a complement to Nexstar's WHAG-TV, whose coverage area includes the Eastern Panhandle region. Nexstar CEO Perry A. Sook is an alumnus of WVMH–owned WOWK-TV.[41] The sale was completed on January 31, 2017.[42]
On April 30, 2017, the Wall Street Journal reported that there were competing bids for Tribune Media from Nexstar and a partnership between 21st Century Fox and private equity firm Blackstone Group.[43][44][45][46] However, on May 8, 2017, it was announced that Tribune reached a deal to be acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group.[47] On May 26, 2017, it was reported by DealReporter that Nexstar may be considering a bid to acquire Tegna, Inc. (although such a deal would likely require significant divestments due to ownership conflicts and exceeding the ownership cap).[48]
Television stations
These stations are either owned and operated by Nexstar, or controlled by Nexstar through management services agreements (MSAs) with affiliated companies like Mission Broadcasting and Marshall Broadcasting, among others, to comply with current FCC ownership limits.[49] Until November 2015, Nexstar also held the license of one station which was operated by Sinclair through an MSA. Most of the stations Nexstar owns and operates were acquired through acquisitions of Quorum Broadcasting in 2003, Newport Television in 2012, Communications Corporation of America in 2015, and Media General in 2017.
Each Nexstar cluster also operates its own news website, although they do not use their station branding or call letters in the addresses, choosing to use a slogan related to their area (though in all cases call letter-specific addresses are retained by Nexstar and redirect to a station's site for familiarity to site visitors and to discourage cybersquatting). Most local Nexstar sites also have a related .biz site separate from the news site to promote Nexstar's daily local deal efforts, paid "ask the experts" sections, any advertorial programming a station may air, and local advertisers in each market.
Current Nexstar stations
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
Notes:
- (Q) – Indicates a station owned by Quorum Broadcasting prior to its acquisition by Nexstar in 2003.
- (¤¤) – Indicates a station acquired by Nexstar from Newport Television in 2012 & 2013. WXXA was sold concurrently to Shield Media in 2012. Nexstar would eventually operate the station in 2017.
- (~~) – Indicates a station acquired by Nexstar from Citadel Communications in 2014.
- (≈≈) – Indicates a station owned by Grant Broadcasting prior to its acquisition by Nexstar in 2014.
- (##) – Indicates a station owned by Communications Corporation of America prior to its acquisition by Nexstar in 2015.
- (λ) – Indicates a station acquired by Nexstar from Landmark Media Enterprises in 2015.
- (§§) – Indicates a station owned by Media General prior to its merger by Nexstar in 2017.
- (++) – Indicates a station owned by West Virginia Media Holdings prior to its acquisition by Nexstar in 2017.
| City of License / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Owned since | Current affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham – Tuscaloosa – Anniston | WIAT §§ | 42 (30) | 2017 | CBS |
| Dothan – Ozark | WDHN | 18 (21) | 2003 | ABC |
| Huntsville | WZDX ≈≈ | 54 (41) | 2014 | Fox MyNetworkTV (DT2) MeTV (DT3) |
| Mobile – Pensacola | WKRG-TV §§ | 5 (27) | 2017 | CBS MeTV (DT3) |
| WFNA §§ | 55 (25) | 2017 | The CW | |
| Phoenix | KASW | 61 (49) | 2015 | The CW |
| Fort Smith – Fayetteville – Springdale – Rogers | KNWA-TV | 51 (50) | 2004 | NBC Fox (DT2) |
| KFTA-TV 1 | 24 (27) | 2004 | Fox NBC (DT2) | |
| Little Rock – Pine Bluff | KARK-TV | 4 (32) | 2003 | NBC |
| KARZ-TV | 42 (44) | 2009 | MyNetworkTV | |
| KLRT-TV ¤¤ 2 | 16 (30) | 2013 | Fox | |
| KASN ¤¤ 2 | 38 (39) | 2013 | The CW | |
| Bakersfield | KGET-TV ¤¤ | 17 (25) | 2013 | NBC The CW (DT2) |
| KKEY-LP ¤¤ | 11 (17.3) | 2013 | Telemundo | |
| Fresno | KSEE | 24 (38) | 2013 | NBC |
| KGPE ¤¤ | 47 (34) | 2013 | CBS | |
| San Francisco | KRON-TV §§ | 4 (38) | 2017 | MyNetworkTV |
| Colorado Springs – Pueblo | KXRM-TV §§ | 21 (22) | 2017 | Fox |
| KXTU-LD §§ | 57 (20) | 2017 | The CW | |
| Grand Junction | KFQX 2 | 4 (15) | 2014 | Fox |
| KREX-TV | 5 (2) | 2014 | CBS MyNetworkTV (DT3) | |
| KGJT-CD | 27 (27) | 2014 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Montrose | KREY (Satellite of KREX-TV) |
10 (13) | 2014 | CBS MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| New Haven – Hartford | WTNH §§ | 8 (10) | 2017 | ABC |
| WCTX §§ | 59 (39) | 2017 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Panama City | WMBB | 13 (13) | 2014 | ABC MeTV (DT2) |
| Tampa – St. Petersburg | WFLA-TV §§ | 8 (7) | 2017 | NBC MeTV (DT2) |
| WTTA §§ | 38 (32) | 2017 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Augusta | WJBF §§ | 6 (42) | 2017 | ABC MeTV (DT2) |
| Columbus, Georgia | WRBL §§ | 3 (15) | 2017 | CBS MeTV (DT2) |
| Savannah – Hilton Head | WSAV-TV §§ | 3 (39) | 2017 | NBC The CW (DT2) MyNetworkTV/MeTV (DT3) |
| Honolulu | KHON-TV §§ | 2 (8) | 2017 | Fox The CW (DT2) |
| Hilo | KHAW-TV §§ (Satellite of KHON-TV) |
11 (11) | 2017 | Fox The CW (DT2) |
| Wailuku | KAII-TV §§ (Satellite of KHON-TV) |
7 (7) | 2017 | Fox The CW (DT2) |
| Champaign – Urbana – Springfield – Decatur | WCIA | 3 (48) | 1999 | CBS |
| WCIX | 49 (13) | 1999 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Peoria – Bloomington | WMBD-TV | 31 (30) | 1999 | CBS |
| WYZZ-TV | 43 (28) | 3 | Fox | |
| Rockford | WQRF-TV Q | 39 (42) | 2003 | Fox |
| WTVO 2 | 17 (16) | 2004 | ABC MyNetworkTV (DT2) | |
| Davenport – Burlington – Rock Island | WHBF-TV ~~ | 4 (4) | 2013 | CBS |
| KLJB ≈≈ | 18 (49) | 4 | Fox MeTV (DT2) | |
| KGCW ≈≈ | 26 (41) | 2014 | The CW | |
| Evansville | WEHT | 25 (7) | 2011 | ABC |
| WTVW Q 2 | 7 (28) | 2003 | The CW | |
| Fort Wayne | WANE-TV §§ | 15 (31) | 2017 | CBS |
| Indianapolis – Marion | WISH-TV §§ | 8 (9) | 2017 | The CW |
| WNDY-TV §§ | 23 (32) | 2017 | MyNetworkTV | |
| WIIH-CD §§ (Translator for WISH) |
17 (8) | 2017 | The CW | |
| Terre Haute | WTWO | 2 (36) | 1997 | NBC |
| WAWV-TV 2 | 38 (39) | 2003 | ABC | |
| Ames – Des Moines | WOI-DT ~~ | 5 (5) | 2013 | ABC |
| KCWI-TV | 23 (23) | 2016 | The CW | |
| Sioux City | KCAU-TV ~~ | 9 (9) | 2013 | ABC |
| Topeka | KSNT §§ | 27 (27) | 2017 | NBC |
| KTMJ-CD §§ | 43 (43) | 2017 | Fox | |
| KTKA-TV | 49 (49) | 5 | ABC The CW (DT3) | |
| Wichita | KSNW §§ | 3 (45) | 2017 | NBC |
| Great Bend | KSNC §§ (Satellite of KSNW) |
2 (22) | 2017 | NBC |
| Garden City | KSNG §§ (Satellite of KSNW) |
11 (11) | 2017 | NBC |
| McCook | KSNK §§ (Satellite of KSNW) |
8 (12) | 2017 | NBC |
| Salina | KSNL-LD §§ (Satellite of KSNW) |
47 (47) | 2017 | NBC |
| Baton Rouge | WGMB-TV ## | 44 (45) | 2015 | Fox |
| WBRL-CD ## | 21 (21) | 2015 | The CW | |
| WVLA-TV | 33 (34) | 6 | NBC | |
| KZUP-CD | 19 (20) | 2016 7 | Independent | |
| Lafayette | KLFY-TV §§ | 10 (10) | 2017 | CBS |
| Monroe – El Dorado | KARD Q | 14 (36) | 2003 | Fox |
| KTVE 2 | 10 (27) | 2007 | NBC | |
| Shreveport – Texarkana | KTAL-TV | 6 (15) | 2000 | NBC |
| KMSS-TV ## | 33 (34) | 4 | Fox | |
| KSHV-TV | 45 (44) | 6 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Hagerstown – Washington | WHAG-TV Q 9 | 25 (26) | 2003 | Independent/Heroes & Icons |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | WWLP §§ | 22 (11) | 2017 | NBC The CW (DT2) |
| WFXQ-CD §§ (Satellite of WWLP) |
28 (28) | 2017 | NBC The CW (DT2) | |
| Escanaba – Marquette | WJMN-TV (Semi-satellite of WFRV) |
3 (48) | 2011 | CBS |
| Grand Rapids | WOOD-TV §§ | 8 (7) | 2017 | NBC |
| WXSP-CD §§ | 15 (15) | 2017 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Battle Creek | WOTV §§ | 41 (20) | 2017 | ABC |
| Lansing | WLNS-TV §§ | 6 (36) | 2017 | CBS |
| WLAJ | 53 (25) | 9 | ABC The CW (DT2) | |
| Jackson | WJTV §§ | 12 (12) | 2017 | CBS The CW (DT2) |
| Hattiesburg – Laurel | WHLT §§ (Semi-satellite of WJTV) |
22 (22) | 2017 | CBS |
| Natchez – Alexandria | WNTZ-TV ## | 48 (49) | 2015 | Fox/MyNetworkTV |
| Joplin – Pittsburg | KSNF | 16 (46) | 1998 | NBC |
| KODE-TV 2 | 12 (43) | 2002 | ABC | |
| Springfield – Branson | KOZL-TV Q | 27 (28) | 2003 | MyNetworkTV |
| KOLR 2 | 10 (10) | 2003 | CBS | |
| Hardin – Billings | KSVI Q | 6 (18) | 2003 | ABC |
| KHMT 2 | 4 (22) | 2003 | Fox | |
| Las Vegas | KLAS-TV λ | 8 (7) | 2015 | CBS MeTV (DT2) |
| Albuquerque – Santa Fe | KRQE §§ | 13 (13) | 2017 | CBS Fox (DT2) |
| KWBQ | 19 (29) | 10 | The CW | |
| KASY-TV | 50 (45) | 10 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Roswell | KBIM-TV §§ (Satellite of KRQE) |
10 (10) | 2017 | CBS Fox (DT2) |
| KRWB-TV (Satellite of KWBQ) |
21 (21) | 10 | The CW | |
| Durango | KREZ-TV §§ (Satellite of KRQE) |
6 (15) | 2017 | CBS Fox (DT2) |
| Albany – Schenectady – Troy | WTEN §§ | 10 (26) | 2017 | ABC |
| WXXA-TV | 23 (7) | 9 | Fox | |
| Adams, Massachusetts | WCDC-TV §§ (Satellite of WTEN) |
19 (36) | 2017 | ABC |
| Binghamton | WBGH-CD ¤¤ | 20 (20) | 2012 | NBC |
| WIVT ¤¤ | 34 (34) | 2012 | ABC | |
| Buffalo | WIVB-TV §§ | 4 (39) | 2017 | CBS |
| WNLO §§ | 23 (32) | 2017 | The CW | |
| Elmira | WETM-TV ¤¤ | 18 (18) | 2012 | NBC Independent (DT2) |
| Rochester | WROC-TV | 8 (45) | 1999 | CBS |
| Syracuse | WSYR-TV ¤¤ | 9 (17) | 2012 | ABC MeTV (DT2) |
| Utica – Rome | WFXV Q | 33 (27) | 2003 | Fox |
| WPNY-LP Q | 11 (20.2) | 2003 | MyNetworkTV | |
| WUTR 2 | 20 (30) | 2004 | ABC MyNetworkTV (DT2) | |
| Watertown | WWTI ¤¤ (Semi-satellite of WSYR-TV) |
50 (21) | 2004 | ABC The CW (DT2) |
| Bismarck | KXMB-TV | 12 (12) | 2016 | CBS The CW (DT2) |
| Dickinson | KXMA-TV (Satellite of KXMB-TV) |
2 (19) | 2016 | The CW CBS (DT2) |
| Minot | KXMC-TV (Satellite of KXMB-TV) |
13 (13) | 2016 | CBS The CW (DT2) |
| Williston | KXMD-TV (Satellite of KXMB-TV) |
11 (14) | 2016 | CBS The CW (DT2) |
| Greenville – New Bern – Washington | WNCT-TV §§ | 9 (10) | 1997 | CBS The CW (DT2) |
| Raleigh – Durham – Fayetteville | WNCN §§ | 17 (17) | 2017 | CBS |
| Columbus, Ohio | WCMH-TV §§ | 4 (14) | 2017 | NBC MeTV (DT2) |
| Dayton – Springfield | WDTN §§ | 2 (50) | 2017 | NBC |
| WBDT | 26 (26) | 5 | The CW | |
| Youngstown | WKBN-TV §§ | 27 (41) | 2017 | CBS |
| WYFX-LD §§ | 19 (19) | 2017 | Fox | |
| WYTV | 33 (36) | 5 | ABC MyNetworkTV (DT2) | |
| Portland, Oregon | KOIN §§ | 6 (40) | 2017 | CBS |
| Altoona – State College – Johnstown | WTAJ-TV | 10 (32) | 2006 | CBS |
| Erie | WJET-TV | 24 (24) | 1998 | ABC |
| WFXP 2 | 66 (22) | 1998 | Fox | |
| Harrisburg – Lancaster – Lebanon – York | WHTM-TV §§ | 27 (10) | 2017 | ABC |
| Wilkes-Barre – Scranton | WBRE-TV | 28 (11) | 1998 | NBC |
| WYOU 2 | 22 (13) | 1996 | CBS | |
| Providence – New Bedford | WPRI-TV §§ | 12 (13) | 2017 | CBS |
| WNAC-TV | 64 (12) | 11 | Fox MyNetworkTV (DT2) | |
| Charleston, South Carolina | WCBD-TV §§ | 2 (50) | 2017 | NBC The CW (DT2) |
| Florence – Myrtle Beach | WBTW §§ | 13 (13) | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| Greenville – Spartanburg – Asheville – Anderson | WSPA-TV §§ | 7 (7) | 2017 | CBS MeTV (DT2) |
| WYCW §§ | 62 (45) | 2017 | The CW | |
| Sioux Falls | KELO-TV §§ | 11 (11) | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| Florence – Aberdeen | KDLO-TV §§ (Satellite of KELO) |
3 (3) | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| Reliance – Pierre | KPLO-TV §§ (Satellite of KELO) |
6 (13) | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| Rapid City | KCLO-TV §§ (Satellite of KELO) |
16 (15) | 2017 | CBS |
| Jackson | WJKT ¤¤ | 16 (39) | 2012 | Fox |
| Johnston City – Kingsport – Bristol | WJHL-TV §§ | 11 (11) | 2017 | CBS ABC (DT2) |
| Knoxville | WATE-TV §§ | 6 (26) | 2017 | ABC |
| Memphis | WATN-TV ¤¤ | 24 (25) | 2012 | ABC |
| WLMT ¤¤ | 30 (31) | 2012 | The CW MeTV (DT2) | |
| Nashville | WKRN-TV §§ | 2 (27) | 2017 | ABC MeTV (DT2) |
| Abilene – Sweetwater | KTAB-TV | 32 (24) | 1999 | CBS |
| KRBC-TV 2 | 9 (29) | 2003 | NBC | |
| Amarillo | KAMR-TV Q | 4 (19) | 2003 | NBC MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| KCIT 2 | 14 (15) | 1999 | Fox | |
| KCPN-LP 2 | 33 (4.2) | 1999 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Austin | KXAN-TV §§ | 36 (21) | 2017 | NBC |
| KNVA | 54 (49) | 5 | The CW | |
| KBVO-CD §§ (Satellite of KBVO) |
51 (51) | 2017 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Llano, Texas | KBVO §§ | 14 (27) | 2017 | MyNetworkTV |
| Brownsville – Harlingen – McAllen | KVEO-TV ## | 23 (24) | 2015 | NBC |
| El Paso | KTSM-TV ## | 9 (16) | 2015 | NBC |
| Jacksonville – Tyler – Longview | KETK-TV ## | 56 (22) | 2015 | NBC |
| KFXK-TV | 51 (31) | 6 | Fox | |
| KTPN-LD | 47 (48) | 6 | MyNetworkTV | |
| KLPN-LD (satellite of KTPN-LD) |
47 (47) | 6 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Lufkin – Nacogdoches | KFXL-LP (satellite of KFXK) |
30 | 6 | Fox |
| Lubbock | KLBK-TV Q | 13 (40) | 2003 | CBS |
| KAMC 2 | 28 (27) | 2003 | ABC | |
| Odessa – Midland | KMID | 2 (26) | 2000 | ABC |
| KPEJ-TV ## | 24 (23) | 4 | Fox | |
| San Angelo | KLST | 8 (11) | 2004 | CBS |
| KSAN-TV 2 | 3 (16) | 2003 | NBC | |
| Waco – Temple | KWKT-TV ## | 44 (44) | 2015 | Fox |
| Bryan – College Station | KYLE-TV ## | 28 (28) | 2015 | MyNetworkTV |
| Wichita Falls – Lawton | KFDX-TV | 3 (28) | 1998 | NBC MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| KJTL 2 | 18 (15) | 1999 | Fox | |
| KJBO-LP 2 | 35 (3.2) | 1999 | MyNetworkTV | |
| Salt Lake City | KTVX ¤¤ | 4 (40) | 2012 | ABC MeTV (DT2) |
| KUCW ¤¤ | 30 (48) | 2012 | The CW | |
| Burlington – Plattsburgh | WFFF-TV | 44 (43) | 2013 | Fox |
| WVNY 2 | 22 (13) | 2013 | ABC | |
| Norfolk – Portsmouth – Virginia Beach | WAVY-TV §§ | 10 (31) | 2017 | NBC |
| WVBT §§ | 43 (29) | 2017 | Fox | |
| Richmond – Petersburg | WRIC-TV §§ | 8 (22) | 2017 | ABC |
| Roanoke – Lynchburg | WFXR ≈≈ | 27 (17) | 2014 | Fox |
| WWCW ≈≈ | 21 (20) | 2014 | The CW | |
| Clarksburg – Fairmont – Morgantown | WBOY-TV ++ | 12 (12) | 2017 | NBC ABC (DT2) |
| Huntington – Charleston | WOWK-TV ++ | 13 (13) | 2017 | CBS |
| Lewisburg – Bluefield – Beckley | WVNS-TV ++ | 59 (8) | 2017 | CBS Fox/MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| Wheeling – Steubenville | WTRF-TV ++ | 7 (7) | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV (DT2) ABC (DT3) |
| Green Bay – Appleton | WFRV-TV | 5 (39) | 2011 | CBS |
| La Crosse | WLAX ≈≈ | 25 (17) | 2014 | Fox MeTV (DT2) |
| Chippewa Falls – Eau Claire | WEUX ≈≈ (satellite of WLAX) |
48 (49) | 2014 | Fox MeTV (DT2) |
Other Notes:
- 1 The sale of KFTA to Mission Broadcasting is pending; Nexstar will continue to operate the station after the sale.
- 2 These stations are nominally owned by Mission Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar under local marketing agreements.
- 3 WYZZ is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar under a local marketing agreement.
- 4 These stations are nominally owned by Marshall Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 5 These stations are nominally owned by Vaughan Media and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 6 These stations are nominally owned by White Knight Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 7 KZUP was owned by White Knight Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement from 2015 to 2016, prior to its acquisition by Nexstar in 2016.
- 8 WHAG serves as a sub-market station to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- 9 These stations are nominally owned by Shield Media and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 10 These stations are nominally owned by Tamer Media, LLC, and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 11 WNAC is owned by Super Towers, Inc. and operated by Nexstar under a local marketing agreement.
Former Nexstar stations
| City of License / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years owned | Current ownership status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Springs | KREG-TV (Satellite of KREX) |
3 (23) | 2014–2017 | Silent station owned by Marquee Broadcasting |
| Jacksonville | WCWJ | 17 (34) | 2009–2017 | The CW affiliate owned by Graham Media Group |
| West Palm Beach – Fort Pierce | WTVX | 34 (34) | 2009–2012 1 | The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| WTCN-CA | 50 (34.3) | 2009–2012 1 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group | |
| WWHB-CA | 48 (34.2) | 2009–2012 1 | Azteca América affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group | |
| Fort Wayne | WFFT-TV Q | 55 (36) | 2003–2017 | Fox affiliate owned by Heartland Media |
| Lafayette | KADN-TV ## | 15 (16) | 2015–2017 | Fox affiliate owned by Bayou City Broadcasting |
| KLAF-LD ## | 46 (46) | 2015–2017 | NBC affiliate owned by Bayou City Broadcasting | |
| St. Joseph | KQTV | 2 (7) | 1997–2017 | ABC affiliate owned by Heartland Media |
| Rochester | WUHF | 31 (28) | 2005–2013 2 | Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Lebanon – Lancaster – York – Harrisburg | WLYH-TV | 15 (23) | 2006–2015 3 | Grit TV affiliate, WXBU, owned by Howard Stirk Holdings |
| Providence – New Bedford | WLWC | 28 (22) | 2009–2012 1 | The CW affiliate owned by OTA Broadcasting |
| Austin | KEYE-TV | 42 (43) | 2009–2012 1 | CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Beaumont – Port Arthur | KBTV-TV | 4 (40) | 1998–2012 | Fox affiliate owned by Deerfield Media (Operated through a SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
| Salt Lake City – St. George | KUTV | 2 (34) | 2009–2012 1 | CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| KMYU | 12 (9) | 2009–2012 1 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
Other Notes:
- 1 Owned by Four Points Media Group, Nexstar operated these stations through a shared services agreement.
- 2 Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Nexstar operated WUHF through a shared services agreement.
- 3 From 2006–2015, Clear Channel Communications, Newport Television, and later Sinclair would operate WLYH through a local marketing agreement.
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