Tegna and Mediacom Communications announced that the reached a new retransmission consent agreement hours before the kickoff of the Super Bowl.
The agreement ends a blackout that began at the end of 2020 and affected stations in 12 markets.
The companies said that all Tegna stations would return to impacted Mediacom homes as soon as possible.
Tegna also reached a retransmission agreement with Dish a little more than a week ago. That agreement ended a four-month blackout.
“We are pleased to announce that we have reached a new agreement,” said Lynn Beall, executive VP and COO, media operation at Tegna, and Italia Commisso-Weinand, executive VP of programming and human resources for Mediacom in a joint statement. “This new agreement provides subscribers with access to valuable and important live local news, live local and national sports and popular network content. We appreciate the patience of our viewers while we worked to reach an agreement.”
Tegna has been involved in takeover reports involving Standard General and Apollo Global Management.
The stations involved in the Mediacom dispute are:
WQAD (ABC) Davenport, Iowa; Rock Island and Moline, Illinois
WOI, KCWI, WOID4 (ABC, The CW, COZI TV) Des Moines and Ames, Iowa
WZDX (Fox) Huntsville and Decatur, Alabama
WHAS (ABC) Louisville, Kentucky
WMAZ, WMAZ2 (CBS, The CW) Macon, Georgia
KARE (NBC) Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
WWL (CBS) New Orleans
WVEC (ABC) Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News, Virginia
KPNX (NBC) Prescott, Arizona
KFMB, KFMBDT2 (CBS, The CW) San Diego, California
KSDK (NBC) St. Louis
KMSB (Fox) Tucson, Arizona. ■
