Nexstar To Host Exclusive Live Telecast of Debate Between Candidates for U.S. Senator From Missouri on October 31 at 7 P.M. CT

Nexstar’s Local Stations Serving Missouri To Bring Debate Coverage To Millions Across the State and the Country

St. Louis, MO (Sept. 23, 2024) – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), announced today that it will host an exclusive live multi-market telecast of a debate featuring the candidates for the United States Senate from Missouri.  Democrat Candidate Lucas Kunce and Republican incumbent Senator Josh Hawley have committed to participate. “DEBATE NIGHT IN MISSOURI: THE RACE FOR U.S. SENATE” will take place on Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. CT, at the studios of KTVI-TV FOX 2/KPLR-TV in St. Louis, Missouri, and will be telecast and live streamed across the state.

“As Your Local Election Headquarters, we are proud to host major political debates, none bigger than this year’s Missouri Senate debate,” said Kurt Krueger, Vice President and General Manager of KTVI/KPLR in St. Louis. “A thorough debate of the issues confronting voters will help Missourians as they cast their ballots.”

The one-hour debate will be available via broadcast or digital live stream to every Missouri voter in every county of the state.  The debate will bring together millions of viewers and will air on five Nexstar-owned or operated local stations serving the state:  KTVI-TV (FOX) and KPLR-TV (CW) in St. Louis, WDAF-TV (FOX) in Kansas City, KRBK (FOX) in Springfield, and KSNF-TV (NBC) in Joplin.

The debate will be moderated by FOX 2 News anchor Shirley Washington and FOX 4 KC News anchor John Holt, who will pose questions to the candidates focused on local and regional issues impacting communities across Missouri.

The election for U.S. Senator from Missouri is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5th.   Voters must register by October 9th.  To register to vote, or for more information regarding the upcoming elections, including early voting dates, polling locations, and voter identification requirements, please visit

https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/register.

Anyone requesting media access should contact Julie Lau at jlau@nexstar.tv.

Your Local Election Headquarters: Missouri U.S. Senate Debate
Thursday, October 31, 2024
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CT

The U.S. Senate Debate will be carried on the following stations and websites:

Note: In addition to the live television broadcast, viewers may also access a livestream of the debate online by visiting their local participating Nexstar station’s website.

About Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

Contacts:
Chris Berg
Senior Director of Local Content Development
Nexstar Media Inc.
972/373-8800

Kurt Krueger
Vice President/General Manager
KTVI/KPLR
kkrueger@nexstar.tv

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