List of stations owned or operated by Nexstar Media Group
The Nexstar Media Group is a television broadcasting company which owns or operates 171 television stations across the United States, many 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 affiliated companies, such as Mission Broadcasting and Marshall Broadcasting, under local marketing agreements.[1][2][3][4]
The following stations listed below 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.[5] 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. However, the Media General stations acquired by Nexstar have retained their previous addresses, including call letter-specific addresses.
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 |
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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 (DT3) Fox (DT4) |
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 Fox (DT2) |
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 | WDVM-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) | 2012 | 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 MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
WNAC-TV | 64 (12) | 11 | Fox The CW (DT2) |
|
Charleston, South Carolina | WCBD-TV §§ | 2 (50) | 2017 | NBC The CW (DT2) |
Florence - Myrtle Beach | WBTW §§ | 13 (13) | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV/Antenna TV (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 The CW (DT2) |
Jackson | WJKT ¤¤ | 16 (39) | 2012 | Fox |
Johnson 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 WDVM-TV 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 | Heroes & Icons affiliate 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 | Ion Life affiliate owned by OTA Broadcasting (Operated through a SSA by Ion Media Networks) |
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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