March 21, 2024, Wichita Falls, TX – Mission Broadcasting, Inc. today released the following statement from its President, Dennis Thatcher, regarding the F.C.C. Notice of Apparent Liability: “Mission Broadcasting has had a nearly 28-year track record of owning and operating commercial television stations with nary a blemish on our record.[...]
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Comprehensive Contract Covers 25 Mission Broadcasting’s markets. January 23, 2024 Wichita Falls, TX – Mission Broadcasting, Inc., (“Mission”) and DISH Network today announced that they have reached a comprehensive, multi-year distribution agreement. The agreement covers 27 Mission television stations in 25 markets across the country. Specific terms of the agreement[...]
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Subscribers in 23 Markets Across the U.S. Left in the Dark WICHITA FALLS, TX (Oct. 23, 2022)—On Friday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. ET, 25 Mission Broadcasting television stations in 23 markets across the United States were taken off DirectTV’s distribution system when the contract between Mission and DirecTV expired. [...]
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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.