Nexstar Broadcasting Group

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., (NASDAQ: NXST) is an entity of broadcast television stations headquartered in Irving, Texas. The company consists of 50 television stations across the U.S., ranging from market sizes 9(a) (Washington, D.C. sub-market) to 201 (St. Joseph, Missouri). 43 of the stations are broadcasting at full power, with the other 4 broadcasting at low power. The CEO of Nexstar, Perry Sook, has donated over $4,300 to Republican ca... more

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., (NASDAQ: NXST) is an entity of broadcast television stations headquartered in Irving, Texas. The company consists of 50 television stations across the U.S., ranging from market sizes 9(a) (Washington, D.C. sub-market) to 201 (St. Joseph, Missouri). 43 of the stations are broadcasting at full power, with the other 4 broadcasting at low power. The CEO of Nexstar, Perry Sook, has donated over $4,300 to Republican candidates and officials. These stations are either owned and operated by Nexstar, or controlled by Nexstar under LMAs with Sinclair Broadcast Group or Four Points Media Group. Nexstar also holds the license of one station which is operated by Newport Television under an LMA. Most of the stations Nexstar owns and operates were acquired through the acquisition of Quorum Broadcasting in 2003. Many of these stations are licensed under the Mission Broadcasting brand, operated under Local Service Agreements with Nexstar to comply with current FCC... less