ATLANTA—Gray Media has entered into a multi-year affiliation agreement with Telemundo Network that extends its Telemundo affiliations to three new markets.

The new agreement includes new local affiliates in Dayton, Ohio (WZCD-LD); Chattanooga, Tennessee (WTVL-CD, WDNN-CD); and Lafayette, Louisiana (KNGC-LD), on Gray-owned stations in those markets.

Gray’s expanded Telemundo portfolio now reaches over 1.6 million Hispanic TV households across the country, delivering comprehensive news and entertainment programming tailored to US Hispanics including the first and/or only Spanish-language locally produced newscasts in numerous markets.

Gray is Telemundo’s largest affiliate group. The popular Spanish-language television network is also the exclusive Spanish-language home of popular sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup 2026 and Super Bowl LX.

“This expanded relationship with Telemundo demonstrates Gray’s deep commitment to serving this fast-growing viewer and business segment in America,” said Susan Sim Oh, senior vice president of strategy and operations of the Gray Telemundo Affiliate Station Group. “We are excited to continue our strong partnership with Telemundo to deliver high-quality Spanish-language content, sports, and news that resonates with US Hispanic audiences. This growth directly reflects our corporate mission to be the trusted news source in every community we serve.”

Gray Media’s Telemundo stations deliver more than 1,100 hours of local Spanish-language news and investigative news programs each month across all markets and have more than 50 million digital impressions annually across local news sites and apps, making it one of the most important local Spanish-language news operations in America.

ATLANTA—Gray Media, Inc. and NBC have announced a multi-year deal that extends and renews station affiliation agreements for all 54 markets nationwide where Gray owns and operates NBC affiliated television stations.

The deal covers stations reaching more than 14 million households – nearly 11% of all U.S. TV Households.

Gray noted that the new agreement includes full carriage of the NBC broadcast network, including “TODAY,” “NBC Nightly News,” “Sunday Night Football,” the NBA, the Olympics and Paralympics, “One Chicago” franchise, “The Voice,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and more.

In the current 2025-26 television season, NBC is the #1 network in all programming in both demos, Gray reported.

BURBANK, Calif.—The CW Network and The E.W. Scripps Company have inked an agreement that will make WMYD-TV (TV20) in Detroit a CW affiliate beginning Monday, Nov. 13. 

TV20 will carry all of The CW’s network’s primetime entertainment, live sports and special event programming, the companies said. 

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The agreement comes in the wake of WADL-TV’s decision to drop its CW affiliation in the market. 

“We are extremely pleased to be adding TV20 as a CW affiliate, especially as we get set to launch ACC men’s and women’s college basketball next month,” said Dennis Miller, president of The CW Network. “TV20 has a legacy of service to the community, and it will be a great home in the Detroit metro area for The CW.”

“The CW offers our audiences and advertisers a solid lineup of attractive programming, including popular entertainment and a growing amount of live sports programming,” added Mike Murri, general manager for Scripps stations WXYZ/WMYD in Detroit.

One of America’s major broadcast television networks, The CW reaches 100% of U.S. TV households and delivers 15 hours of primetime programming per week in addition to live sports such as ACC football and basketball, LIV Golf, and beginning in 2025, NASCAR Xfinity Series racing. The fully ad-supported CW App, with more than 96 million downloads to date, is available for free to consumers on all major digital platforms.

IRVING, Texas & LOS ANGELES—Nexstar Media Group, Inc. and Fox  Corporation have announced a new multi-year agreement renewing the Fox affiliations of 29 Nexstar-owned stations across the United States, including  those in six of the country’s top twenty markets.

In addition, Fox Corporation has reached agreements to renew the Fox affiliations of 12 stations that have shared services agreements with Nexstar, 11 of which are owned by Mission Broadcasting, Inc., and one of which is owned by White Knight Broadcasting, Inc. 

Collectively, these 41 television stations renewing their Fox affiliations reach almost 22 million television  households. 

Financial terms of these agreements were not disclosed. 

“As the #1 Fox-affiliated television station group in the country, Nexstar is proud to extend its long standing relationship with Fox,” said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting division. “The strength of  the network’s entertainment programming and live sports, together with Nexstar’s outstanding coverage  of local news, weather and sports in the communities we serve is an unbeatable combination for viewers  and an incredibly effective platform for our advertising and marketing clients.” 

“We are pleased to continue our affiliation with Nexstar, our longstanding and valued partner,” said David  Espinosa, president of distribution for Fox Corporation. “Fox and Nexstar together provide leading  primetime, sports and local programming to our audiences, and this new agreement allows us to continue  delivering an unparalleled television experience to our viewers for years to come.” 

BURBANK, Calif.—The CW Network has announced that it has expanded and  extended its network affiliation agreement with Gray Television, Inc. (Gray). 

Under the new deal, Gray will continue carrying The CW’s entertainment and sports programming on television stations in a total of 55 markets across the country, 42 of which are covered under the terms of the new agreement and 13 of which are covered by  previous agreements with the network.

In addition, beginning September 2, Gray will launch The CW on PeachtreeTV (WPCH-TV) in Atlanta, Georgia. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.  

“Gray Television has been a great partner of The CW from the beginning,” said Dennis Miller, president of  The CW Network. “We look forward to sharing more success together as we transform and grow the  network and add WPCH-TV to The CW’s expanding portfolio of affiliate partners. Atlanta is an important  market for the CW, especially with ACC football and basketball debuting this Fall and NASCAR’s Xfinity  Series racing coming in 2025.”  

NEW YORK CITY and IRVING, Texas—ViacomCBS and Nexstar Media Group today have reached a multi-year agreement to renew existing CBS Television Network affiliations in 39 markets, including Las Vegas, Buffalo, N.Y., Raleigh, NC, and Indianapolis. Financial details were not disclosed.

Together the 39 markets cover 14% of the U.S. audience, some 17.4 million television households. The renewal follows an agreement between the parties last year to renew the affiliation agreements in three other markets.

“We are extremely pleased to once again extend our partnership with ViacomCBS and the CBS Television Network on a long-term basis,” said Tom Carter, Nexstar president and chief operating officer. “These new agreements recognize the value of the network’s news, sports, and entertainment programming, and reflect the importance of our stations to CBS and to the viewers of the local communities we serve.”

The renewed CBS affiliations include:

• KTAB in Abilene, Texas;
• KRQE in Albuquerque, N.M.;
• WIAT in Birmingham, Ala.;
• WVNS in Bluefield-Beckley, W.V.;
• WIVB in Buffalo, N.Y.;
• WCIA in Champaign, Ill.;
• WRBL in Columbus, Ga.;
• KGPE in Fresno, Calif.;
• WANE in Ft. Wayne, Ind.;
• KREX in Grand Junction, Colo.;
• WFRV in Green Bay, Wisc.;
• WNCT in Greenville, N.C.;
• WSPA in Greenville, S.C.;
• KVEO in Harlingen, Texas;
• WHLT in Hattiesburg, Miss.;
• WHNT in Huntsville, Ala.;
• WTTV in Indianapolis;
• WJTV in Jackson, Miss.; 
• WTAJ in Johnstown, Pa.;
• KLFY in Lafayette, La.;
• WLNS in Lansing, Mich.;
• KLAS in Las Vegas;
• KLBK in Lubbock, Texas;
• WREG in Memphis, Tenn.;
• KXMC in Minot, N.D.;
• WKRG in Mobile, Ala.;
• WBTW in Myrtle Beach, S.C.;
• WMBD in Peoria, Ill.;
• KOIN in Portland, Ore.;
• WPRI in Providence, R.I.;
• WNCN in Raleigh, N.C.;
• KCLO in Rapid City, S.D.;
• WROC in Rochester, N.Y.; 
• KLST in San Angelo, Texas; 
• KELO in Sioux Falls, S.D.; 
• WJHL in Tri-Cities, Tenn.-Va.; and 
• WKBN in Youngstown, Ohio.

The deal also includes two stations owned by Mission Broadcasting, Inc. and operated by Nexstar, KOLR in Springfield, Mo. and WYOU in Wilkes Barre, Pa.

“We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Nexstar that includes several early renewals of our CBS network affiliations,” said Ray Hopkins, president of U.S. networks distribution at ViacomCBS. “This deal demonstrates the power of our collective partnership and our commitment to maintaining strong relationships in order to best serve audiences across the country with leading content.”

More information is available on the Nexstar Media Group website. 

BURBANK, Calif. & IRVING, Texas—Nexstar Media Group has come to terms with the CW Television Network on multi-year renewals for CW network affiliations across 37 markets serving 38 million TV households, or 31% of the U.S. TV audience.

Of the 37 markets, Nexstar owns 28 of the stations, while nine are partner-owned TV stations. Among the stations included in these renewals are WPIX-TV in New York City, KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, KDAF-TV in Dallas, KIAH-TV in Houston and WDCW-TV in Washington, D.C.

“We are pleased to extend our valued partnership, through a multi-year agreement, with our largest station group, Nexstar. The linear broadcast model remains the backbone of our business model and vitally important as it gives us the scale and local reach that distinguishes us in today’s marketplace as the original multiplatform network,” said Betty Ellen Berlamino, executive vice president, Distribution, The CW.

“As the nation’s largest CW affiliate group, Nexstar is very pleased to extend its longstanding relationship with the network,” said Tom Carter, Nexstar’s president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. “The CW’s line-up of prime-time entertainment shows, coupled with Nexstar’s highly-rated local news and other market-centric programming enables us to deliver great content to millions of viewers and exceptional value to our advertisers.”

For more information, visit www.nexstar.tv.  

NEW YORK & BALTIMORE—ViacomCBS and Sinclair Broadcast Group have come to terms on a new multi-year agreement for 13 CBS network affiliates owned by Sinclair. These stations reach more than 6 million TV households, per the announcement.

The stations covered by this new agreement include:

• WRGB, Albany, N.Y.  
• KBAK, Bakersfield, Calif. 
• KFDM, Beaumont, Texas 
• KBOI, Boise, Idaho 
• WKRC, Cincinnati 
• KDBC, El Paso, Texas 
• KVAL, Eugene, Ore. 
• WWMT, Grand Rapid, Mich 
• WHP, Harrisburg, Pa. 
• KTVL, Medford, Ore. 
• KPTH, Sioux City, Iowa 
• WPEC, West Palm Beach, Fla. 
• KIMA, Yakima, Wash. 

In addition to remaining available through traditional TV, all of these stations will be locally available to subscribers of the CBS All Access digital subscription streaming service.

In total, Sinclair owns CBS affiliate stations in 23 markets, which represents 8% of the U.S. and about 10 million households, per ViacomCBS.

“We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Sinclair that covers several early renewals,” said Ray Hopkins, president, U.S. Networks Distribution, ViacomCBS. “We look forward to providing our best-in-class news, sports and entertainment programming to millions of households in Sinclair markets through our valued and long-standing partnership.”

“We are happy to have reached agreement to continue to offer our viewers CBS content, including primetime and sports programming, which complements our stations’ valuable local news and syndicated content,” said Barry Faber, president, Distribution & Network Relations for Sinclair. “The renewal is testament to the symbolic relationship between a network and its affiliates.

NEW YORK—ViacomCBS and Cox Media Group have announced a multi-year deal that will renew CBS Television Network affiliation agreements for five CMG stations.

Among the five stations are two in the top 50, KIRO-TV in Seattle and WJAX-TV in Jacksonville, Fla.; CMG provides operational services to WJAX-TV licensee Hoffman Communications, who approved the deal. The other stations included in this deal are WHIO in Dayton, Ohio; KYMA in Yuma-El Centro, Ariz.; and KVIQ in Eureka, Calif.

In total, the five markets served by these stations reach nearly 3% of the U.S., which comes out to nearly 3 million households.

As part of the deal, CMG’s CBS affiliates will continue to be locally available to subscribers on CBS All Access. 

Earlier in 2020, ViacomCBS and CMG reached a separate affiliation renewal agreement for WXVT-LD in Greenville/Greenwood, Miss.

NEW YORK & DES MOINES, Iowa—ViacomCBS and Meredith Corporation have come to terms on a multi-year agreement that renews the deals for all seven CBS affiliated TV stations owned by Meredith.

The seven stations that are impacted by this deal include WGCL in Atlanta; KPHO in Phoenix; KMOV in St. Louis; KCTV in Kansas City, Mo.; WSFB in Hartford & New Haven, Conn.; WNEM in Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Mich.; and WSHM in Springfield-Holyoke, Mass. These stations reach about 7% of the U.S. audience and serve more than 7.6 million households.

In addition to access to CBS affiliates on traditional television, all local subscribers can access content on CBS All Access, vMVPD platforms, cable and satellite services.

“We are pleased to reach an early agreement with our valued partners at Meredith,” said Ray Hopkins, president, U.S. Networks Distribution for ViacomCBS. “Our collaboration allows us to continue to support local communities with crucial access to CBS’ leading news and entertainment programming, which has never been more important than in this current climate.”

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

ViacomCBS also recently closed a multi-year renewal with Nexstar. 

NEW YORK & IRVING, Texas—ViacomCBS and Nexstar have come to terms on a new multi-year affiliation agreement that renews nine CBS affiliates on Nexstar TV stations that were going to expire later this year.

This deal follows a previous renewal between the two sides in August 2019 for 19 Nexstar stations in 15 markets. With the two deals, there is in place a long-term extension with essentially all of the ViacomCBS affiliation agreements covering 49 Nexstar stations in 41 markets, per the joint announcement.

The stations covered in this most recent agreement includes: WNCN-TV in Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; KLAS-TV in Las Vegas; KGPE-TV in Fresno-Visalia, Calif.; WYOU-TV in Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pa.; KVEO-TV in Harlingen-Brownsville, Texas; WTAJ-TV in Johnstown-Altoona-St. College, Pa.; KXMC-TV in Minot-Bismarck-Dickson, N.D.; WVNS-TV in Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WVa.; and KREX-TV in Grand Junction-Montrose, Colo.

“We’re pleased to reach an early agreement with Nexstar that builds upon our longtime partnership and enables us to continue serving millions of households across the country,” said Ray Hopkins, president, U.S. Networks Distribution, ViacomCBS. “Together with Nexstar, we look forward to continue playing an important role in providing local communities with the trusted news and entertainment that audiences can rely on during these uncertain times.”

NEW YORK & IRVING, Texas—Nexstar and Fox Broadcasting Company won’t be dealing with any blackout issues as the two sides have agreed to renew their affiliation agreement for Fox network stations owned by Nexstar. While no financial details were shared, it is a multi-year agreement.

The agreement covers Nexstar stations in 31 markets that reach 8% of the U.S., per Nexstar, as well as eight Fox affiliates that Nexstar will be bringing in as part of its Tribune Media Company acquisition. When the Tribune deal is finalized, Nexstar reports that it will be the largest independent operator of Fox-affiliated stations, covering 16% of the U.S. and more than 17.5 million households.

“We are delighted to reach this long-term extension of our affiliation agreements with Fox well ahead of the expiration date of the existing contracts and in a manner that mutually recognizes the value of our partnership,” said Perry A. Sook, Nexstar Media Group founder, chairman, president and CEO.

Nexstar previously this summer struck a reaffiliation agreement with CBS, while it also experienced a blackout dispute with AT&T before coming to terms on a deal.

ATLANTA—Gray Television customers won’t have to worry about losing access to their Fox programming any time soon, as Gray and the Fox Television Network have reached an agreement to renew and extend affiliation deals for all Fox television stations in Gray markets.

The deal covers 21 markets for Gray Television customers, including Cincinnati, West Palm Beach, Fla., Birmingham, Ala., and New Orleans.

There have been a record number of station blackouts in 2019; one such blackout between Nexstar and AT&T is still ongoing. This agreement keeps Gray TV and Fox from adding to that record.

NEW YORK & IRVING, Texas—A deal has been struck between CBS and Nexstar Media Group for a multi-year agreement that renews CBS network affiliation for Nexstar stations. The deal, which was set to expire later this year, covers 19 stations in 15 markets representing nearly six million households; Nexstar owns and operates 39 CBS affiliates in total.

Stations covered in the renewal agreement include: WSPA in Greensville-Spartanburg, S.C.; WIAT in Birmingham, Ala.; KRQE in Albuquerque, N.M.; WIVB in Buffalo, N.Y.; WPRI in Providence, R.I.; WKRG in Mobile, Ala.; WJTV in Jackson, Miss.; WBTW in Myrtle Beach, S.C.; WJHL in Johnson City, Tenn.; WANE in Ft. Wayne, Ind.; WNCT in Greenville, N.C.; KELO in Sioux Falls, S.D.; WRBL in Columbus, Ga.; WHLT in Hattiesburg, Miss; KCLO in Rapid City, S.D.; KBIM in Roswell, N.M.; KREZ in Durango, Colo.; KPLO in Reliance, S.D.; and KDLO in Florence, S.D.

The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed.

Both CBS and Nexstar are currently in retransmission disputes with AT&T that has resulted in CBS and Nexstar stations being blacked out for DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-Verse subscribers.

“This agreement marks the second marketplace distribution deal CBS has reached in just the last week and a half, coming to fair terms with another great partner who understands the value America’s Most Watched Network brings to the viewers we both serve,” said ray Hopkins, president of Television Networks Distribution for the CBS Corporation.

NEW YORK & TYSONS, Va.—CBS Corp. and TEGNA announced last week they have reached a multi-year agreement to renew affiliations for 11 TEGNA markets, including Washington, D.C., and Houston.

The TEGNA station CBS affiliation agreements include: WLTX in Columbia, S.C.; WFMY in Greensboro, N.C.; KHOU in Houston; KTHV in Little Rock, Ark.; WMAZ in Macon, Ga.; WWL in New Orleans; KENS in San Antonio, Texas; KREM in Spokane, Wash.; WTSP in Tampa, Fla.; KYTX in Tyler, Texas; and WUSA in Washington, D.C. Together, the TEGNA stations reach nearly 11 million households and cover about 10% of U.S. viewers.

The stations covered by the agreement also are available locally to subscribers of the network’s streaming VOD CBS All Access service.

"TEGNA is a valued and longtime CBS partner," said Ray Hopkins, president, Television Networks Distribution, CBS Corp.

Dave Lougee, president and CEO of TEGNA, described the relationship between his station group and CBS as a “valuable partnership” that offers viewers “a powerful combination of premium national and local content.”

"This multi-year agreement enables our stations to continue providing consumers and advertisers with must-have local and network content on multiple platforms," he said.