Nexstar to acquire Tegna

[newsteam13 417]

8 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

Nexstar is replacing network packages within local newscasts (CBS Newspath, ABC NewsOne, NBC News channel, Fox Newsedge) with NewsNation packages.

 

Those news services are gonna have a field day. CBS Newspath to CBS affiliates, ABC NewsOne feed to ABC affiliates, and so on.
 

 

Edited April 11 by newsteam13

[nathannah 2792]

I'm going to suppose now that if Sinclair overlays network-mandated NewsNation coverage on The CW as they've done previously, Nexstar will consider it a breach of contract and we're going to have a standoff between the two worst station owners.

[AmericanErrorist 267]

So KHON's Hawaii's World Report is going to be an all-NN program?

[TVLurker 389]

Nexstar back when they were acquiring Tribune seemed like they knew what they were doing. I was completely wrong as they have lost their minds with Trump 2.0. Maybe they've always been like this but I was wrong in thinking they were a well run company. They're doing shit not even Sinclair would think of doing.

[NYAZSporty 196]

1 hour ago, AmericanErrorist said:

So KHON's Hawaii's World Report is going to be an all-NN program?

Good thing they aren't the top news station in Hawaii with that honor going to Gray with KGMB/KHNL Hawaii News Now.

[EVVTV12 204]

3 hours ago, AmericanErrorist said:

So KHON's Hawaii's World Report is going to be an all-NN program?

How is international reporting going to be handled? Does Nexstar even have a plan anymore? 

[ColtFromGulfcoast 869]

18 hours ago, nathannah said:

I'm going to suppose now that if Sinclair overlays network-mandated NewsNation coverage on The CW as they've done previously, Nexstar will consider it a breach of contract and we're going to have a standoff between the two worst station owners.

Hold on? Sinclair actually did that?

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4 minutes ago, ColtFromGulfcoast said:

Hold on? Sinclair actually did that?

 

On election night 2024, they pre-empted NewsNation's coverage on their CW affiliates in favor of Sinclair's own election night coverage from the National News Desk: 

 

On 4/11/2026 at 9:47 AM, Georgie56 said:

Nexstar is replacing network packages within local newscasts (CBS Newspath, ABC NewsOne, NBC News channel, Fox Newsedge) with NewsNation packages.

 

At this point, I'm surprised Nexstar isn't purging network branding from their stations' logos (excluding CW stations, of course) like Gray was doing.

 

[rtmclaug 75]

I’m getting dangerously close to removing Nexstar and Tegna from my list of stations to work at. Are there any stations that are worth watching/applying to? 

[ColtFromGulfcoast 869]

3 hours ago, kfc513 said:

At this point, I'm surprised Nexstar isn't purging network branding from their stations' logos (excluding CW stations, of course) like Gray was doing.

Give them time. 

3 hours ago, kfc513 said:

On election night 2024, they pre-empted NewsNation's coverage on their CW affiliates in favor of Sinclair's own election night coverage from the National News Desk: 

Im surprised Nexstar didn't say anything about that.  

[Breaking News 888]

On 4/12/2026 at 2:12 PM, rtmclaug said:

I’m getting dangerously close to removing Nexstar and Tegna from my list of stations to work at. Are there any stations that are worth watching/applying to? 

Hearst & Graham IMO.

[Georgie56 3661]

Boom:

 

 

[rtmclaug 75]

On 4/13/2026 at 6:19 PM, Breaking News said:

Hearst & Graham IMO.

I agree. Those two, along with Disney, are good. I already watch them and applied to a bunch of their stations. 
 

But, are there any Nexstar/Tegna stations worth watching/applying to?

[l_miro 245]

1 hour ago, Georgie56 said:

Boom:

 

 

 

now Nexstar will ask for an injunction of the injunction at the 9th circuit

 

Nexstar will be arguing against itself

"Nexstar states in its 10K that it has “been able to increase [its] distribution revenue” even though “the number of MVPD subscribers has been declining.” (ECF No. 111-4 (citing https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1142417/000119312526078361/nxst-20251231.htm.) This statement supports the proposition that Defendants will increase their retransmission rates." 

 

and 

 

"Nexstar’s CFO’s statement in which he told investors “the synergy playbook [in the TEGNA transaction] is really the same” as Nexstar’s past deals and that where Nexstar and TEGNA stations “overlap” is “where we can really operate 2 stations off of [] 1 infrastructure.”

 

retrans data slipped out a bit:

 

"In particular, Big Four Retransmission Fees have risen sharply even as streaming services have become far more popular [in] recent years. In 2019, the average Retransmission Fee paid by an MVPD for all Big Four stations together was $9.64 PSPM12. By 2025, it had grown to $19.30 PSPM. Thus, the average annual growth rate in PSPM Retransmission Fees that MVPDs paid for the Big Four stations over the six-year period between 2019 and 2025 was more than 12%. During this same period of time, the average annual growth rate of the Consumer Price Index was only 4.0%."

 

 

Edited April 18 by l_miro

[MidwestTV 1358]

1 hour ago, Georgie56 said:

Boom:

 

 

 

This is going to continue into at least May. Undoubtedly Nexstar will appeal to the Ninth Circuit, and they'll probably try to move quickly with it. If Nexstar prevails, oh well, at least there was a concerted effort, but it still sucks. If Nexstar loses, then what? The only place from there is SCOTUS (unless they went crying directly to Trump). There's no guarantee SCOTUS would hear such a case like this.

[l_miro 245]

The $150 million for a TRO bond Nexstar asked for was denied. Judge ordered a $10,000 (not a typo) nominal bond to be posted,saying any harm from this litigation is self inflicted since the decision to rush the closing was Nexstar’s. though he also asked for evidence showing Nexstar had to do it quickly

[newsteam13 417]

NBC9 KUSA and MyDenver20 KTVD (under TEGNA) with FOX31 KDVR and CW2 KWGN (under Nexstar) all under one roof. Half the Mile High City TV Market blanketed by Nexstar.

YEAH, THAT'LL BE THE DAY!

 

Let's hope that day never happens!

[mre29 1967]

29 minutes ago, newsteam13 said:

NBC9 KUSA and MyDenver20 KTVD (under TEGNA) with FOX31 KDVR and CW2 KWGN (under Nexstar) all under one roof. Half the Mile High City TV Market blanketed by Nexstar.

YEAH, THAT'LL BE THE DAY!

 

Let's hope that day never happens!

 

Technically, it won't. KTVD is one of the stations Nexstar has already announced it'll be divesting.

 

[Megatron81 343]

These lawsuits aren't going to save the jobs in broadcast in my opinion or Pay-TV bills either what AGs & DirecTV are saying in their lawsuit. TEGNA will be sold which will be piece meal if the merger is denied by the courts which is poison pill no matter the outcome. 

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1 minute ago, Megatron81 said:

These lawsuits aren't going to save the jobs in broadcast in my opinion or Pay-TV bills either what AGs & DirecTV are saying in their lawsuit. TEGNA will be sold which will be piece meal if the merger is denied by the courts which is poison pill no matter the outcome. 

The remedy will likely be forced divestitures of the former Tegna stations. 
Whether or not they survive this sale, that could have been the outcome had the merger never happened in the first place.  After which, the stations may be fire-sale bait where they could forseeably be operated as tertiary or higher stations even after no other buyers stepped forward.

[channel2 1042]

2 hours ago, mre29 said:

 

Technically, it won't. KTVD is one of the stations Nexstar has already announced it'll be divesting.

 

 

Within two years. Which, again, gives them plenty of time to wait for the rules to be changed so they don't have to. If they get to keep it, that is.

[AmericanErrorist 267]

Perry Sook offered a defense of the deal at NAB Show, stating that soon there will be only 2-3 TV broadcasters left in "local TV" (does he imagine the networks leaving their O&Os) and dinging DirecTV history of retransmission disputes:

 

https://deadline.com/2026/04/nexstar-ceo-perry-sook-rips-directv-tegna-merger-1236867529/ 

[GoldenShine_10 263]

17 hours ago, AmericanErrorist said:

Perry Sook offered a defense of the deal at NAB Show, stating that soon there will be only 2-3 TV broadcasters left in "local TV" (does he imagine the networks leaving their O&Os) and dinging DirecTV history of retransmission disputes:

 

https://deadline.com/2026/04/nexstar-ceo-perry-sook-rips-directv-tegna-merger-1236867529/ 

 

Don't give him ideas, since they will start buying O&O's next.

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5 minutes ago, GoldenShine_10 said:

 

Don't give him ideas, since they will start buying O&O's next.

 

And if they do, 6ABC Action News in the City of Brotherly Love, and Eyewitness News in the Windy City on WLS ABC7, will be forever changed.

[Nelson R. 585]

12 minutes ago, GoldenShine_10 said:

 

Don't give him ideas, since they will start buying O&O's next.

Been there, done that in Charlotte lol. But yeah