FOX 16 has been awarded a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Hard News!!! “Victory Over Violence: Young Lives Facing Big Fears” is an emotional and compelling story that gives a voice to kids in our community who are struggling with the impact that violence is having on their lives.[...]
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KTVE and KARD, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Monroe, La., combined for five awards from the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters in the small-market category. Rick Boone, KTVE-KARD’s news director dedicates the awards to every member of the news team: “We are a true news family and when we win, we win[...]
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This summer marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of Mission Broadcasting, Inc. Our founder, David Smith, secured his first station on July 11, 1996, in Nashville, TN. Today Mission owns commercial television stations in 27 communities across the U.S., including WPIX in New York City! Our company, led by[...]
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WTVO in Rockford, Ill., just completed the seventh season of its high school quiz show, Bergstrom Stateline Quiz Bowl. The station has aired 230 episodes so far. “It has been just hugely successful,” says David Rydell, chairman of the Bergstrom Manufacturing company, the show’s title sponsor.
Dish Subscribers in 21 Markets Left in the Dark as NFL Season Begins WICHITA FALLS, TX (SEPT. 11, 2020)—Mission Broadcasting television stations in 21 markets across the United States tonight were forced off Dish Network’s satellite distribution system at 7 p.m. ET, when the contract between Mission and Dish expired.[...]
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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[...]
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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),[...]
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