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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is an American publicly traded media company with headquarter offices in Irving, Texas, New York City, and Chicago. The company is the largest television station owner in the United States, owning 197 television stations across the U.S., most of which are affiliates with the four "major" U.S. television networks, The CW, and MyNetworkTV. It also operates all of the stations owned by affiliated companies, such as Mission Broadcasting and Vaughan Media, under local marketing agreements, and operates two terrestrial television networks airing classic shows, Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and owns three pay television networks.
KADN-TV, virtual channel 15, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Entertainment Studios, it is a sister station to low-powered NBC affiliate KLAF-LD, which is simulcast on its second digital subchannel. The two stations share studios on Eraste Landry Road in Lafayette; KADN-TV's transmitter is located south of Church Point, in rural Acadia Parish.
WGNO, virtual and UHF digital channel 26, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is part of a duopoly with CW affiliate WNOL-TV. Both stations share studios at The Galleria in Metairie, while WGNO's transmitter is located in Chalmette, Louisiana.
WNOL-TV, virtual channel 38, is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is part of a duopoly with ABC affiliate WGNO. Both stations share studios at The Galleria in Metairie, while WNOL-TV's transmitter is located in Chalmette, Louisiana.
KTAL-TV, virtual channel 6, is an NBC-affiliated television station serving Shreveport, Louisiana, United States that is licensed to Texarkana, Texas. Owned by Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, it is part of a duopoly with Shreveport-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KSHV-TV ; Nexstar also operates Shreveport-licensed Fox affiliate KMSS-TV under a shared services agreement (SSA) with owner Mission Broadcasting. The stations share studios on North Market Street and Deer Park Road in northeast Shreveport; KTAL-TV maintains a secondary studio on Summerhill Road in Texarkana, Texas and transmitter facilities northwest of Vivian, Louisiana.
WVLA-TV, virtual channel 33, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Lafayette-based White Knight Broadcasting, it is operated under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) by Nexstar Media Group, making it sister to Fox affiliate WGMB-TV and two Class A outlets: CW affiliate WBRL-CD and independent station KZUP-CD. The stations share studios on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, while WVLA-TV's transmitter is located near Addis, Louisiana.
WNTZ-TV, virtual channel 48, is a dual Fox/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station serving Alexandria, Louisiana, United States that is licensed to Natchez, Mississippi. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. WNTZ-TV's studios are located on Parliament Drive in Alexandria, and its main transmitter is located near Jonesville, Louisiana, with two low-power translators in Alexandria and Leesville.
KMSS-TV, virtual channel 33, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana, United States and also serving Texarkana, Texas. Owned by Mission Broadcasting, it is operated under a shared services agreement (SSA) by Nexstar Media Group, making it sister to Nexstar's duopoly of Texarkana-licensed NBC affiliate KTAL-TV and Shreveport-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KSHV-TV. The stations share studios on North Market Street and Deer Park Road in northeast Shreveport, while KMSS-TV's transmitter is located southeast of Mooringsport.
KSHV-TV, virtual channel 45, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana, United States and also serving Texarkana, Texas. Owned by Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, it is part of a duopoly with Texarkana-licensed NBC affiliate KTAL-TV ; Nexstar also operates Shreveport-licensed Fox affiliate KMSS-TV under a shared services agreement (SSA) with owner Mission Broadcasting. The stations share studios on North Market Street and Deer Park Road in northeast Shreveport, while KSHV-TV's transmitter is located southeast of Mooringsport.
WBRL-CD, virtual channel 21, is a low-power, Class A CW-affiliated television station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to Fox affiliate WGMB-TV and Class A independent KZUP-CD ; Nexstar also operates NBC affiliate WVLA-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with owner White Knight Broadcasting. The stations share studios on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, while WBRL-CD's transmitter is located near Addis, Louisiana.
Mission Broadcasting, Inc. is a television station group that owns 20 television stations in 17 markets in the United States. The group's Chair is Nancie Smith, the widow of David S. Smith, who founded the company in 1996. All but one of Mission's stations are located in markets where Nexstar Media Group also owns a station, and all of Mission's stations are managed by Nexstar through shared services and local marketing agreements—effectively creating duopolies between the top two stations in a market or in markets with too few stations or unique station owners to legally allow duopolies. The company moved their headquarters from Westlake, Ohio to Wichita Falls, Texas in 2018. The company's stations are based in markets as large as New York City and as small as Grand Junction, Colorado.
WGMB-TV, virtual channel 44, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, it is sister to two Class A stations: CW affiliate WBRL-CD and independent KZUP-CD ; Nexstar also operates NBC affiliate WVLA-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with owner White Knight Broadcasting. The stations share studios on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, while WGMB-TV's transmitter is located near Addis, Louisiana.
KZUP-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 20, is a low-power, Class A independent television station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to Fox affiliate WGMB-TV and Class A CW affiliate WBRL-CD ; Nexstar also operates NBC affiliate WVLA-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with owner White Knight Broadcasting. The stations share studios on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, while KZUP-CD's transmitter is located near Addis, Louisiana.
KPEJ-TV, virtual channel 24, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Odessa, Texas, United States and serving the Permian Basin area. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting; Nexstar Media Group, which owns Midland-licensed ABC affiliate KMID, operates KPEJ under a shared services agreement (SSA). The two stations share studios on Windview Street in southwestern Odessa; KPEJ-TV's transmitter is located on FM 1788 in rural southeastern Andrews County.
KGCW, virtual channel 26, is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Burlington, Iowa, United States, serving the Quad Cities area of southeastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly with Rock Island, Illinois-licensed CBS affiliate WHBF-TV ; Nexstar also operates Davenport, Iowa-licensed Fox affiliate KLJB under a shared services agreement (SSA) with owner Mission Broadcasting. The three stations share studios in the Telco Building on 18th Street in downtown Rock Island; master control and some internal operations are based at the facilities of Nexstar sister station WROC-TV in Rochester, New York. KGCW's transmitter is located near Orion, Illinois.
KBTR-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 36, is a low-powered, Class A This TV-affiliated television station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Louisiana Television Broadcasting, it is a sister station to ABC affiliate WBRZ-TV. Both stations share studios on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, where KBTR-CD's transmitter is also located.
KYLE-TV, virtual channel 28, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Bryan, Texas, United States and serving the Brazos Valley. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly with Waco-licensed Fox affiliate KWKT-TV. The two stations share studios on Woodway Drive in Woodway, Texas ; KYLE-TV operates a secondary studio on Broadmoor Drive in Bryan and transmitter facilities near Farm to Market Road 2818 on the city's western outskirts.
KTPN-LD, virtual channel 48, is a low-powered MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Tyler, Texas, United States. Owned by Irving-based Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to Jacksonville-licensed NBC affiliate KETK-TV ; Nexstar also operates Longview-licensed Fox affiliate KFXK-TV under a shared services agreement (SSA) with owner White Knight Broadcasting. The stations share studios on Richmond Road in Tyler, while KTPN-LD's transmitter is located west of Texas Loop 323 northeast of the city.
Communications Corporation of America was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana. It owned and/or operated 20 stations. The company began in 1989 and the next year, it purchased three television stations from Southwest MultiMedia Company of Houston: KVEO in Brownsville, KPEJ in Odessa, and KWKT in Waco, and they purchased the license for WPFT in Baton Rouge, LA, which they signed on in 1991 as WGMB.
Marshall Broadcasting Group, Inc. was an American television broadcasting company that owned three full power television stations in Iowa, Louisiana and Texas. The company was founded on December 1, 2014 by Pluria Marshall, Jr. All three of its television stations were affiliated with Fox and were operated through shared services agreements by Nexstar Media Group.