The Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday evening that it had approved the $6.2 billion merger of major broadcast station owners Nexstar and Tegna.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said that Nexstar had agreed to “certain concrete conditions” as part of the deal, including “divesting a number of stations, increasing localism, and affordability steps.”
According to an FCC document obtained by News 3, Nexstar will have to sell six stations — including WAVY-TV in Portsmouth — as a part of the deal. The sale must be completed “no later than two years following the TEGNA Closing Date.”…