NEXSTAR BROADCASTING AND CBS ENTER INTO AFFILIATION AGREEMENT RENEWALS

NEXSTAR BROADCASTING AND CBS ENTER INTO AFFILIATION AGREEMENT RENEWALS Published on: 06/17/2015 | All 2015 Press Releases

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Agreement Extends Affiliation for 5 CBS Affiliated

Television Stations Owned or Operated by Nexstar

IRVING, Texas, June 17, 2015 Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) today announced a long-term affiliation agreement with the CBS Television Network which covers four of its owned stations including KGPE-TV in Fresno, CA; KREX-TV in Grand Junction, CO; KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, NV and WTAJ-TV in Altoona, PA. In addition, Mission Broadcasting, Inc. entered into a new agreement for WYOU-TV in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA.

Commenting on the agreement, Nexstar Broadcasting Group President and CEO, Perry A. Sook said, We are delighted to extend our affiliation agreement with CBS in these markets. We recognize the value that the strong slate of CBS programming brings to our stations. Hits, including The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife, NCIS and Elementary; highly-anticipated new Fall series, including Supergirl and Code Black; award-winning news and information series, including 48 Hours Mystery and 60 Minutes; the highly anticipated The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and exciting sports programming, including NCAA and NFL Thursday Night Football/ Superbowl 50, complement the high quality local news and other exclusive local content produced by Nexstar and allow us to deliver great entertainment and information to viewers and an excellent platform for marketing solutions for local and national advertisers.

We are very pleased to extend our affiliation with Nexstar and Mission in five key markets and happy they recognize the value our programming brings to their business, said Ray Hopkins, President of Network Distribution for the CBS Television Network. Nexstar has a proven record of providing local viewers with high-quality programming and strong community support and we look forward to reaching these audiences and continuing our long-time collaboration with Perry and his local teams for years to come.

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