The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it had approved the merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna, the same day that two lawsuits trying to block the deal were announced.
The consolidated company will own multiple stations in Denver, where Nexstar owns FOX31 KDVR and KWGN, and Tegna currently owns 9NEWS KUSA and KTVD.
Nexstar’s chairman and CEO, Perry Sook, has said multiple stations in the same city will be combined, according toThe Denver Gazette’s news partners 9NEWS. Apart from this comment, Nexstar has not publicly said what will happen with the stations in the Denver market…