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Nexstar Fined $1.2M By FCC & Could Lose Control Of CW Flagship WPIX-TV In New York; Company Vows To Fight Ruling “Vigorously”
Nexstar has been ordered by the FCC to divest of CW flagship WPIX-TV in New York, which it has operated under an agreement with Mission Broadcasting.
In a ruling issued Thursday, the regulatory agency ordered Mission Broadcasting, Nexstar’s partner in WPIX, to sell the station. Such agreements, often described as “sidecar” deals, have come under scrutiny in recent years amid consolidation reshaping the local TV sector, with regulators expressing concern that the pacts can serve as workarounds to long-established ownership rules. Nexstar appeared to engage in “an unauthorized transfer of control” and broke through the longtime cap of 39% of U.S. TV households reached by a single owner, the FCC said in its ruling.
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