List of stations owned or operated by Nexstar Media Group
The Nexstar Media Group is the largest owner of television stations in the United States, currently owning or operating a total of 197 television stations across the United States, many of which are affiliates of the four major U.S. television networks and are located in markets as large as Los Angeles and as small as San Angelo, Texas. It also operates all of the stations owned by affiliated companies, such as Mission Broadcasting and Marshall Broadcasting Group, under local marketing agreements.
The following stations listed below are either owned and operated by Nexstar, or controlled by Nexstar through management services agreements with affiliated companies like Mission Broadcasting and Marshall Broadcasting, among others, to comply with current FCC ownership limits. Until November 2015, Nexstar also held the license of one station which was operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group 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, Media General in 2017, and Tribune Media in 2019.
Each Nexstar cluster also operates its own news website, although most do not use their station branding or call letters in the addresses, choosing to use a slogan related to their area instead. Despite this, in all cases, all call letter-specific addresses are retained by Nexstar and redirect to a station's site for familiarity to site visitors and to discourage cybersquatting. The Media General and Tribune stations acquired by Nexstar have all retained their previous addresses, including call letter-specific addresses, and as a direct result of the deal, some Nexstar stations have resumed using call-only addresses.
Formerly, Nexstar stations also maintained separate deal of the day sites on the.biz domain with paid "ask the experts" sections and advertorial sections, though the decline of the local deal of the day business model, along with wariness of viewers of.biz sites from its association with spam marketing saw these sites eventually close when the Media General deal closed.
Current Nexstar Television stations
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.Notes:
- – 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.
- – 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.
- – Indicates a station owned by Tribune Broadcasting prior to its acquisition by Nexstar in 2019.''
| City of License / Market | Station | Channel TV | Owned since | Current affiliation |
| Birmingham - Tuscaloosa - Anniston | WIAT §§ | 42 | 2017 | CBS |
| Dothan - Ozark | WDHN | 18 | 2003 | ABC |
| Huntsville – Decatur | WHNT-TV ττ | 19 | 2019 | CBS |
| Huntsville – Decatur | WHDF | 15 | 2018 | The CW |
| Mobile - Pensacola | WKRG-TV §§ | 5 | 2017 | CBS MeTV |
| Mobile - Pensacola | WFNA §§ | 55 | 2017 | The CW |
| Fort Smith - Fayetteville - Springdale - Rogers | KNWA-TV | 51 | 2004 | NBC Fox |
| Fort Smith - Fayetteville - Springdale - Rogers | KFTA-TV | 24 | 2004 | Fox NBC |
| Fort Smith - Fayetteville - Springdale - Rogers | KXNW ττ | 34 | 2019 | MyNetworkTV |
| Little Rock - Pine Bluff | KARK-TV | 4 | 2003 | NBC |
| Little Rock - Pine Bluff | KARZ-TV | 42 | 2009 | MyNetworkTV |
| Little Rock - Pine Bluff | KLRT-TV ¤¤ 1 | 16 | 2013 | Fox |
| Little Rock - Pine Bluff | KASN ¤¤ 1 | 38 | 2013 | The CW |
| Bakersfield | KGET-TV ¤¤ | 17 | 2013 | NBC The CW |
| Bakersfield | KKEY-LP ¤¤ | 11 | 2013 | Telemundo |
| Fresno | KSEE | 24 | 2013 | NBC |
| Fresno | KGPE ¤¤ | 47 | 2013 | CBS |
| Los Angeles | KTLA ττ | 5 | 2019 | The CW |
| Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto | KTXL ττ | 40 | 2019 | Fox |
| San Diego | KSWB-TV ττ | 69 | 2019 | Fox |
| San Francisco | KRON-TV §§ | 4 | 2017 | MyNetworkTV |
| Colorado Springs - Pueblo | KXRM-TV §§ | 21 | 2017 | Fox |
| Colorado Springs - Pueblo | KXTU-LD §§ | 57 | 2017 | The CW |
| Denver | KWGN-TV ττ | 2 | 2019 | The CW |
| Denver | KDVR ττ | 31 | 2019 | Fox |
| Fort Collins | KFCT ττ ' | 22 | 2019 | Fox |
| Grand Junction | KFQX 1 | 4 | 2014 | Fox |
| Grand Junction | KREX-TV | 5 | 2014 | CBS MyNetworkTV |
| Grand Junction | KGJT-CD | 27 | 2014 | MyNetworkTV |
| Montrose | KREY ' | 10 | 2014 | CBS Fox |
| New Haven - Hartford | WTNH §§ | 8 | 2017 | ABC |
| New Haven - Hartford | WCTX §§ | 59 | 2017 | MyNetworkTV |
| Washington - Hagerstown | WDCW ττ | 50 | 2019 | The CW |
| Washington - Hagerstown | WDVM-TV Q | 25 | 2003 | Independent |
| Panama City | WMBB | 13 | 2014 | ABC MeTV |
| Tampa - St. Petersburg | WFLA-TV §§ | 8 | 2017 | NBC MeTV |
| Tampa - St. Petersburg | WTTA §§ | 38 | 2017 | MyNetworkTV |
| Augusta | WJBF §§ | 6 | 2017 | ABC MeTV |
| Columbus, Georgia | WRBL §§ | 3 | 2017 | CBS MeTV |
| Savannah - Hilton Head | WSAV-TV §§ | 3 | 2017 | NBC The CW MyNetworkTV/MeTV |
| Honolulu | KHON-TV §§ | 2 | 2017 | Fox The CW |
| Honolulu | KHII-TV | 9 | 2019 | MyNetworkTV |
| Hilo | KHAW-TV §§ ' | 11 | 2017 | Fox The CW |
| Hilo | KGMD-TV ' | 9 | 2019 | MyNetworkTV |
| Wailuku | KAII-TV §§ ' | 7 | 2017 | Fox The CW |
| Wailuku | KGMV ' | 3 | 2019 | MyNetworkTV |
| Champaign - Urbana - Springfield - Decatur | WCIA | 3 | 1999 | CBS |
| Champaign - Urbana - Springfield - Decatur | WCIX | 49 | 1999 | MyNetworkTV |
| Chicago | WGN-TV ττ | 9 | 2019 | Independent |
| Peoria - Bloomington | WMBD-TV | 31 | 1999 | CBS |
| Peoria - Bloomington | WYZZ-TV | 43 | 2 | Fox |
| Rockford | WQRF-TV Q | 39 | 2003 | Fox |
| Rockford | WTVO 1 | 17 | 2003 | ABC MyNetworkTV |
| Davenport - Burlington - Rock Island | WHBF-TV ~~ | 4 | 2013 | CBS |
| Davenport - Burlington - Rock Island | KLJB ≈≈ | 18 | 3 | Fox MeTV |
| Davenport - Burlington - Rock Island | KGCW ≈≈ | 26 | 2014 | The CW |
| Evansville | WEHT | 25 | 2011 | ABC |
| Evansville | WTVW Q 1 | 7 | 2003 | The CW |
| Fort Wayne | WANE-TV §§ | 15 | 2017 | CBS |
| Indianapolis - Bloomington, Indiana | WXIN ττ | 59 | 2019 | Fox |
| Indianapolis - Bloomington, Indiana | WTTV ττ | 4 | 2019 | CBS |
| Kokomo, Indiana | WTTK ττ ' | 29 | 2019 | CBS |
| Terre Haute | WTWO | 2 | 1997 | NBC |
| Terre Haute | WAWV-TV 1 | 38 | 2003 | ABC |
| Des Moines | WHO-DT ττ | 13 | 2019 | NBC |
| Sioux City | KCAU-TV ~~ | 9 | 2013 | ABC |
| Topeka | KSNT §§ | 27 | 2017 | NBC Fox |
| Topeka | KTMJ-CD §§ | 43 | 2017 | Fox |
| Topeka | KTKA-TV | 49 | 4 | ABC The CW |
| Wichita | KSNW §§ | 3 | 2017 | NBC |
| Great Bend | KSNC §§ ' | 2 | 2017 | NBC |
| Garden City | KSNG §§ ' | 11 | 2017 | NBC |
| McCook | KSNK §§ ' | 8 | 2017 | NBC |
| Salina | KSNL-LD §§ ' | 6 | 2017 | NBC |
| Baton Rouge | WGMB-TV ## | 44 | 2015 | Fox |
| Baton Rouge | WBRL-CD ## | 21 | 2015 | The CW |
| Baton Rouge | WVLA-TV | 33 | 5 | NBC |
| Baton Rouge | KZUP-CD | 19 | 2016 | Independent |
| Lafayette | KLFY-TV §§ | 10 | 2017 | CBS |
| Monroe - El Dorado | KARD Q | 14 | 2003 | Fox |
| Monroe - El Dorado | KTVE 1 | 10 | 2007 | NBC |
| New Orleans | WGNO ττ | 26 | 2019 | ABC |
| New Orleans | WNOL-TV ττ | 38 | 2019 | The CW |
| Shreveport - Texarkana | KTAL-TV | 6 | 2000 | NBC |
| Shreveport - Texarkana | KMSS-TV ## | 33 | 3 | Fox |
| Shreveport - Texarkana | KSHV-TV | 45 | 5 | MyNetworkTV |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | WWLP §§ | 22 | 2017 | NBC The CW |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | WFXQ-CD §§ ' | 28 | 2017 | NBC The CW |
| Escanaba - Marquette | WJMN-TV ' | 3 | 2011 | CBS |
| Grand Rapids | WOOD-TV §§ | 8 | 2017 | NBC |
| Grand Rapids | WXSP-CD §§ | 15 | 2017 | MyNetworkTV |
| Battle Creek | WOTV §§ | 41 | 2017 | ABC |
| Lansing | WLNS-TV §§ | 6 | 2017 | CBS |
| Lansing | WLAJ | 53 | 6 | ABC The CW |
| Jackson | WJTV §§ | 12 | 2017 | CBS The CW |
| Hattiesburg - Laurel | WHLT §§ ' | 22 | 2017 | CBS |
| Natchez - Alexandria | WNTZ-TV ## | 48 | 2015 | Fox/MyNetworkTV |
| Joplin - Pittsburg | KSNF | 16 | 1998 | NBC |
| Joplin - Pittsburg | KODE-TV 1 | 12 | 2002 | ABC |
| Kansas City | WDAF-TV ττ | 4 | 2019 | Fox |
| St. Louis | KTVI ττ | 2 | 2019 | Fox |
| St. Louis | KPLR-TV ττ | 11 | 2019 | The CW |
| Springfield - Branson | KOZL-TV Q | 27 | 2003 | MyNetworkTV |
| Springfield - Branson | KRBK | 49 | 2018 | Fox |
| Springfield - Branson | KOLR 1 | 10 | 2003 | CBS |
| Hardin - Billings | KSVI Q | 6 | 2003 | ABC |
| Hardin - Billings | KHMT 1 | 4 | 2003 | Fox |
| Las Vegas | KLAS-TV λ | 8 | 2015 | CBS MeTV |
| Albuquerque - Santa Fe | KRQE §§ | 13 | 2017 | CBS Fox |
| Albuquerque - Santa Fe | KWBQ | 19 | 7 | The CW |
| Albuquerque - Santa Fe | KASY-TV | 50 | 7 | MyNetworkTV |
| Roswell | KBIM-TV §§ ' | 10 | 2017 | CBS Fox |
| Roswell | KRWB-TV ' | 21 | 7 | The CW |
| Durango | KREZ-TV §§ ' | 6 | 2017 | CBS Fox |
| Albany - Schenectady - Troy | WTEN §§ | 10 | 2017 | ABC |
| Albany - Schenectady - Troy | WXXA-TV | 23 | 6 | Fox |
| Binghamton | WBGH-CD ¤¤ | 20 | 2012 | NBC |
| Binghamton | WIVT ¤¤ | 34 | 2012 | ABC |
| Buffalo | WIVB-TV §§ | 4 | 2017 | CBS |
| Buffalo | WNLO §§ | 23 | 2017 | The CW |
| Elmira | WETM-TV ¤¤ | 18 | 2012 | NBC Independent |
| Rochester | WROC-TV | 8 | 1999 | CBS |
| Syracuse | WSYR-TV ¤¤ | 9 | 2012 | ABC MeTV |
| Utica - Rome | WFXV Q | 33 | 2003 | Fox |
| Utica - Rome | WPNY-LP Q | 11 | 2003 | MyNetworkTV |
| Utica - Rome | WUTR 1 | 20 | 2003 | ABC MyNetworkTV |
| Watertown | WWTI ¤¤ ' | 50 | 2012 | ABC The CW |
| Charlotte - Belmont - Rock Hill | WJZY | 46 | 2020 | Fox |
| Charlotte - Belmont - Rock Hill | WMYT-TV | 55 | 2020 | MyNetworkTV |
| High Point – Greensboro – Winston-Salem | WGHP ττ | 8 | 2019 | Fox |
| Greenville - New Bern - Washington | WNCT-TV §§ | 9 | 2017 | CBS The CW |
| Raleigh - Durham - Fayetteville | WNCN §§ | 17 | 2017 | CBS |
| Bismarck | KXMB-TV | 12 | 2016 | CBS The CW |
| Dickinson | KXMA-TV ' | 2 | 2016 | The CW CBS |
| Minot | KXMC-TV ' | 13 | 2016 | CBS The CW |
| Williston | KXMD-TV ' | 11 | 2016 | CBS The CW |
| Cleveland | WJW ττ | 8 | 2019 | Fox |
| Columbus, Ohio | WCMH-TV §§ | 4 | 2017 | NBC |
| Dayton - Springfield | WDTN §§ | 2 | 2017 | NBC |
| Dayton - Springfield | WBDT | 26 | 4 | The CW |
| Youngstown | WKBN-TV §§ | 27 | 2017 | CBS |
| Youngstown | WYFX-LD §§ | 19 | 2017 | Fox |
| Youngstown | WYTV | 33 | 4 | ABC MyNetworkTV |
| Oklahoma City | KFOR-TV ττ | 4 | 2019 | NBC |
| Oklahoma City | KAUT-TV ττ | 43 | 2019 | Independent |
| Portland - Salem | KOIN §§ | 6 | 2017 | CBS |
| Portland - Salem | KRCW-TV ττ | 32 | 2019 | The CW |
| Altoona - State College - Johnstown | WTAJ-TV | 10 | 2006 | CBS |
| Erie | WJET-TV | 24 | 1998 | ABC |
| Erie | WFXP 1 | 66 | 1998 | Fox |
| Harrisburg - Lancaster - Lebanon - York | WHTM-TV §§ | 27 | 2017 | ABC |
| Philadelphia | WPHL-TV ττ | 17 | 2019 | MyNetworkTV |
| Wilkes-Barre - Scranton | WBRE-TV | 28 | 1998 | NBC |
| Wilkes-Barre - Scranton | WYOU 1 | 22 | 1996 | CBS |
| Providence - New Bedford | WPRI-TV §§ | 12 | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV |
| Providence - New Bedford | WNAC-TV | 64 | 8 | Fox The CW |
| Charleston, South Carolina | WCBD-TV §§ | 2 | 2017 | NBC The CW |
| Florence - Myrtle Beach | WBTW §§ | 13 | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV/Antenna TV |
| Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville - Anderson | WSPA-TV §§ | 7 | 2017 | CBS MeTV |
| Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville - Anderson | WYCW §§ | 62 | 2017 | The CW |
| Sioux Falls | KELO-TV §§ | 11 | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV |
| Florence - Aberdeen | KDLO-TV §§ ' | 3 | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV |
| Reliance - Pierre | KPLO-TV §§ ' | 6 | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV |
| Rapid City | KCLO-TV §§ ' | 15 | 2017 | CBS The CW |
| Jackson | WJKT ¤¤ | 16 | 2012 | Fox |
| Johnson City - Kingsport - Bristol | WJHL-TV §§ | 11 | 2017 | CBS ABC |
| Knoxville | WATE-TV §§ | 6 | 2017 | ABC |
| Memphis | WREG-TV ττ | 3 | 2019 | CBS |
| Nashville | WKRN-TV §§ | 2 | 2017 | ABC |
| Abilene - Sweetwater | KTAB-TV | 32 | 1999 | CBS |
| Abilene - Sweetwater | KRBC-TV 1 | 9 | 2003 | NBC |
| Amarillo | KAMR-TV Q | 4 | 2003 | NBC MyNetworkTV |
| Amarillo | KCIT 1 | 14 | 1999 | Fox |
| Amarillo | KCPN-LP 1 | 33 | 1999 | MyNetworkTV |
| Austin | KXAN-TV §§ | 36 | 2017 | NBC |
| Austin | KNVA | 54 | 4 | The CW |
| Austin | KBVO-CD §§ ' | 14 | 2017 | MyNetworkTV |
| Llano, Texas | KBVO §§ | 14 | 2017 | MyNetworkTV |
| Brownsville - Harlingen - McAllen | KVEO-TV ## | 23 | 2015 | NBC CBS |
| Dallas – Fort Worth | KDAF ττ | 33 | 2019 | The CW |
| El Paso | KTSM-TV ## | 9 | 2015 | NBC |
| Houston | KIAH ττ | 39 | 2019 | The CW |
| Jacksonville - Tyler - Longview | KETK-TV ## | 56 | 2015 | NBC |
| Jacksonville - Tyler - Longview | KFXK-TV | 51 | 6 | Fox |
| Jacksonville - Tyler - Longview | KTPN-LD | 47 | 6 | MyNetworkTV |
| Jacksonville - Tyler - Longview | KLPN-LD ' | 47 | 6 | MyNetworkTV |
| Lufkin - Nacogdoches | KFXL-LP ' | 30 | 6 | Fox |
| Lubbock | KLBK-TV Q | 13 | 2003 | CBS |
| Lubbock | KAMC 1 | 28 | 2003 | ABC |
| Odessa - Midland | KMID | 2 | 2000 | ABC |
| Odessa - Midland | KPEJ-TV ## | 24 | 3 | Fox |
| San Angelo | KLST | 8 | 2004 | CBS |
| San Angelo | KSAN-TV 1 | 3 | 2003 | NBC |
| Waco - Temple | KWKT-TV ## | 44 | 2015 | Fox |
| Bryan - College Station | KYLE-TV ## | 28 | 2015 | MyNetworkTV |
| Wichita Falls - Lawton | KFDX-TV | 3 | 1998 | NBC MyNetworkTV |
| Wichita Falls - Lawton | KJTL 1 | 18 | 1999 | Fox |
| Wichita Falls - Lawton | KJBO-LP 1 | 35 | 1999 | MyNetworkTV |
| Salt Lake City | KTVX ¤¤ | 4 | 2012 | ABC MeTV |
| Salt Lake City | KUCW ¤¤ | 30 | 2012 | The CW |
| Burlington - Plattsburgh | WFFF-TV | 44 | 2013 | Fox |
| Burlington - Plattsburgh | WVNY 1 | 22 | 2013 | ABC |
| Norfolk - Portsmouth - Virginia Beach | WAVY-TV §§ | 10 | 2017 | NBC |
| Norfolk - Portsmouth - Virginia Beach | WVBT §§ | 43 | 2017 | Fox |
| Richmond - Petersburg | WRIC-TV §§ | 8 | 2017 | ABC |
| Roanoke - Lynchburg | WFXR ≈≈ | 27 | 2014 | Fox |
| Roanoke - Lynchburg | WWCW ≈≈ | 21 | 2014 | The CW |
| Clarksburg - Fairmont - Morgantown | WBOY-TV ++ | 12 | 2017 | NBC ABC |
| Huntington - Charleston | WOWK-TV ++ | 13 | 2017 | CBS |
| Lewisburg - Bluefield - Beckley | WVNS-TV ++ | 59 | 2017 | CBS Fox/MyNetworkTV |
| Wheeling - Steubenville | WTRF-TV ++ | 7 | 2017 | CBS MyNetworkTV ABC |
| Green Bay - Appleton | WFRV-TV | 5 | 2011 | CBS Bounce TV |
| La Crosse | WLAX ≈≈ | 25 | 2014 | Fox MeTV |
| Chippewa Falls - Eau Claire | WEUX ≈≈ ' | 48 | 2014 | Fox MeTV |
Other Notes:
- 1 These stations are nominally owned by Mission Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar under local marketing agreements.
- 2 WYZZ is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar under a local marketing agreement.
- 3 These stations are nominally owned by Marshall Broadcasting Group and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 4 These stations are nominally owned by Vaughan Media and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 5 These stations are nominally owned by White Knight Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 6 These stations are nominally owned by Shield Media and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 7 These stations are nominally owned by Tamer Media, LLC, and operated by Nexstar under a shared service agreement.
- 8 WNAC is owned by Super Towers, Inc. and operated by Nexstar under a local marketing agreement.
Radio station
| Market | Station | Owned Since | Current Format |
| Chicago, IL | WGN 720 | 2019 | News/Talk/Sports |
Former Nexstar stations
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 to 2015, Clear Channel Communications, Newport Television, and later Sinclair would operate WLYH through a local marketing agreement.