Report: Nexstar-Owned/Managed WEHT, WTVW Merging Operations

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Nexstar President/CEO Perry Sook and co-COO Tim Busch met with the WEHT Evansville staff this past week, according to a report in the Evansville Courier-Press, to talk about merging news operations at WEHT and WTVW.

On Aug. 8, Nexstar agreed to acquire WEHT, an ABC affiliate, from Gilmore Broadcasting. Nexstar also agreed to sell WTVW, which went independent after parting ways with Fox, to Mission Broadcasting, with Nexstar providing services to the station.

Calls to Nexstar, WEHT and WTVW were not returned at press time.

The Courier-Press says staffers will have to apply for their current positions in late September, with layoffs highly likely, and that the combined staffs will operate out of WEHT's home.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.