2019 Press Releases

AT&T’s Actions Contrast Sharply with its Public Commentary; Eight Broadcast Groups Presently Without Carriage Resulting in Concentrated Loss of Service to Consumers in Thirteen U.S. Markets

AT&T Withholds Content from Subscribers Rather than Negotiate with Broadcasters at Fair Market Rates   IRVING, Texas – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (“Nexstar”) set the record straight today with legislators, regulators, consumers and others related to ongoing negotiations between the parties on a distribution agreement that will allow AT&T to continue to offer […]

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Legislators From Eight States Have Now Called on AT&T to Negotiate in Good Faith and Restore Nexstar’s Stations and Programming

Barring Immediate Action from AT&T, Viewers in 20 Local Markets will be Unable to Access Tonight’s 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on DIRECTV and AT&T U-verse   IRVING, Texas – United States Senators John Thune of South Dakota and John Kennedy of Louisiana join Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal as well as legislators from West […]

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Connecticut Senator Blumenthal Calls on Directv and At&T U-Verse to Accept Nexstar’s Extension Offer to Immediately Restore Carriage of Network and Local Community Programming

IRVING, Texas – Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal has issued a letter urging direct broadcast satellite service provider DIRECTV and AT&T U-verse to immediately restore carriage of Nexstar-owned WTNH-TV (ABC) and WCTX-TV (MyNetworkTV). Effective 11:59 p.m. CT on July 3, 2019, AT&T/DIRECTV dropped the network and local community programming for Nexstar-owned stations impacting viewers in 97 […]

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VIEWERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DEPRIVED OF CRITICAL LOCAL EMERGENCY NEWS, HOLIDAY SPECIALS, LOCAL NEWS AND UPCOMING TEAM USA Women’s World Cup FINAL MATCH FOLLOWING AT&T/DIRECTV’S REMOVAL OF NEXSTAR LOCAL TV STATIONS IN 97 MARKETS

IRVING, Texas, July 5, 2019 – Viewers across the United States have expressed their outrage at AT&T/DIRECTV following their removal of scores of local Nexstar Broadcasting television stations which began on the Fourth of July. For example, as a result of AT&T/DIRECTV’s actions, AT&T/DIRECTV subscribers in Bakersfield, California were unable to receive local Nexstar televised […]

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Nexstar Media Group Announces Closing Of $1,120 Million Offering Of Senior Notes

Irving, TX – July 3, 2019 – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) (“Nexstar” or the “Company”) announced today that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Nexstar Escrow, Inc. (the “Escrow Issuer”), has closed the previously announced offering of $1,120 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.625% new senior notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), which priced at […]

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Nexstar Media Group to Report 2019 Second Quarter Financial Results, Host Conference Call And Webcast On August 7

IRVING, Texas (June 28, 2019) – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) announced today that it will report its 2019 second quarter financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 10:00 a.m. ET that morning to review the results. To access the […]

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Nexstar Media Group Receives Two National Edward R. Murrow Awards for Outstanding Journalism

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) announced the national winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards with the local news operations of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. garnering awards in the small market television category for Excellence in Social Media and Excellence in Writing.

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