Nexstar Media-owned and partner stations are hosting nearly 50 local and statewide candidate debates and forums from the primaries through Election Day.
It puts another exclamation point on the continued vital importance of free-to-air TV for U.S. politics.
In several key states with competitive races, Nexstar is the only local broadcaster with the scale and resources capable of bringing opposing candidates together for a live broadcast. Many of the Nexstar-hosted debates, including for the U.S. Senate races in Georgia and Pennsylvania and the Governor’s race in Texas, represent the only face-to-face meetings between the candidates ahead of the November elections.
“Every day, Nexstar stations help strengthen our communities by providing a trusted platform where people can discuss local issues, learn about their neighbors and gather in times of celebration or in times of difficulty,” said Andrew Alford, President of Nexstar Broadcasting. “This mid-term election season, Nexstar is proud to harness the power of our scale and resources to bring more candidate debates and forums to prospective voters across more platforms than ever before.”
During the 2022 mid-term election season, approximately 88 Nexstar and partner stations in 22 states across the country are bringing exclusive live coverage of these events via local television broadcast, CATV and digital livestream.
Nexstar owns America’s largest local broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 212 million people.
