In September 2012, Salem, N.H.-based John Viall Jr. — a former VP/Engineering and Operations at the former LIN Media since January 2003 — acquired the facilities housing the MyNetworkTV and CW Network affiliates serving the vast Albuquerque DMA. Viall’s Tamer Media paid $17.3 million for the stations, and carved out an option agreement that allowed the[...]
Read More »
Daily Archives: September 7, 2020
3 posts
On Tuesday, RBR+TVBR exclusively reported on a move that saw a shared services agreement partner of Nexstar Media Group execute an option agreement forged in September 2012 that transfers control of an Albuquerque TV station to another SSA partner Nexstar enjoys a cozy relationship with. It is now known that this licensee, led by Dennis Thatcher (pictured),[...]
Read More »
First, it was an Albuquerque station licensed to John Viall Jr.‘s Tamer Media. Then came two stations licensed to Sheldon Galloway-led Shield Media. Now, a UHF station in Providence offering FOX and The CW Network on a digital multicast channel is the latest station tied to Nexstar Media Group to be transferred from a services agreement[...]
Read More »