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On January 1, 2015, Nexstar Media Group agreed to an amended "put and call option agreement" with White Knight Holdings.  On July 6, 2021, Nexstar exercised its option, putting the wheels in motion on its acquisition of a MyNetwork TV-affiliated UHF serving northwest Louisiana, and its MyNet sibling serving Tyler-Longview, Tex.

Jonathan Katz, the founder and President/CEO of the Katz networks, which Scripps acquired in 2017, has resigned as COO and Head of Entertainment for Scripps’ national TV networks business. He'd been in that role for some eight months.

For the second consecutive year, the Radio+Television Business Report is teaming up with Media Staffing Network for an exclusive Sales Compensation Study. The final day one can participate by taking the survey is July 23. PARTICIPATE NOW!.

The affiliate boards of directors of ABC, CBS, FOX Television and NBC will once again meet during NAB Show, scheduled as an in-person event from October 9-13 in Las Vegas. It's another sign that the "premier event for broadcasters and the broader media, entertainment and technology industries" is moving full steam ahead.

As the first market in the U.S. to experience NEXTGEN TV when it launched in 2018, audiences in the Phoenix area have been among the first to experience the next generation of digital TV broadcasting. Now, there is an expanded roster of stations using the ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast TV standard available for viewing.

It has quietly become one of the biggest media companies serving Spanish-speaking audiences across the Southeast. Now, Norsan Media is growing by bringing one of the region's fastest-growing markets an Estrella TV affiliate. To do so, it is buying a low-power digital TV facility in this locale, the nation's biggest city by square miles.

He's most recently served as the VP/GM of the Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned FOX affiliate serving Omaha and The CW Network affiliate it runs via a local marketing agreement with Mitts Telecasting Co. Now, after nearly 11 years in Mid-America, this 30-year local TV veteran is heading to the Rio Grande Valley for a new role with Nexstar Media Group.

The NAB Leadership Foundation has unveiled the winners of the 2021 Celebration of Service to America Awards, which recognize outstanding community service by local broadcasters. Winners were announced during a televised Celebration of Service to America Awards program.

TV transactions of late have also included deals involving unbuilt low-power TV stations. With a sign-on deadline of Tuesday, time is rapidly ticking for those seeking to spin these facilities and cash out. Then, there's a group of LPTVs for sale that are a bit unique. How so? They don't need to be built until 2023.

In the last week, NEXTGEN TV has gone live in such markets as Charlotte and Little Rock. You can now add the California state capital to the list of cities where ATSC 3.0-powered television is now available for those who are among the first to purchase the next-gen TV sets needed to get the signals.

With a healthy 1-year target estimate handed to TEGNA by Wall Street analysts and a beneficial long-term prognosis in hand, company executives could be preparing a positive Q2 2021 earnings report. We now know when those results will be released.

"What is real? How do you define real?' When it comes to true and false information spread on the internet, or via word of mouth, TEGNA believes it has a brand-new brand that can help the public distinguish the two. And, it's hired a trio of journalists to help disseminate fact from fiction.

Behind Atlanta, it's the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. South. And, its residents now have access to ATSC 3.0-powered next generation broadcast TV signals.

Wes Wyatt, who will become the Chief Meteorologist at Gray Television-owned FOX affiliate WBRC-6 in Birmingham come July 26, shares his views on how important it is for a local television station owner to invest in weather. What else does Wes have to say? Listen to this fresh RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, to learn more! LISTEN HERE

HC2 Holdings, the parent of a broadcasting company that is paring down its over-the-air TV station roster under President/CEO Wayne Barr Jr., has completed the previously announced sale of its insurance segment.