The company, the largest station group in the country, said in a statement, “The decision to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! was made unilaterally by the senior executive team at Nexstar, and they had no communication with the FCC or any government agency prior to making that decision.”
Nexstar has issued the statement in response to criticism that its decision to drop the show “for the foreseeable future” was motivated by a desire to get in the good graces of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Nexstar is seeking FCC approval of its merger with Tegna, and also has been a champion of repealing the agency’s broadcast ownership rule. The rule limits any one company from owning stations that collectively reach more than 39% of U.
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