Owner of WHNT Channel 19 purchases WZDX Fox 54 owner in $6.2B deal

HUNTSVILLE Just a couple weeks after two Huntsville television stations came under one umbrella, the city’s other two commercial TV stations will be under one owner.

Nexstar Media Group, the parent of WHNT-TV Channel 19, is purchasing TEGNA, the owner of WZDX Fox 54, the two companies announced today.

“The new company will be better able to serve communities by ensuring the long-term vitality of local news and programming from trusted local sources and preserving the diversity of local voice and opinion,” a press release from Nexstar said…

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